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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
[Re: River Mongrel]
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10/08/14 12:01 AM
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moonriver
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TarponFly is an expert using lures. He has lots unique skills. One of the best in this business. I was wondering how a live bait guy was going to go to work for striper express! Guess you are equally versed in artificials too! That's awesome man! Good luck to you Carey.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
[Re: TarponFly]
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10/08/14 07:26 PM
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Bass fro chop
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congrats tfly. i guess potlickers on texoma are the same as rowlett creek lol. gl
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/09/14 09:29 PM
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nop789
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Well Carey my name is Alex and Chris and I go back a ways. You are on a great team. Chris, Bill and the gang know how to get it done and they sure know how to work with kids. I recommend Striper Express to all my friends and family and they always enjoy themselves even on a bad day. Great post and pictures. Keep up the good work!!
Alex
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/09/14 11:31 PM
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Thanks guys and gals. Today was very hard to find my box fish. From 7 am till 9:30 am, all we caught were overs. Threw a 8 inch topwater at them and the color didn't matter. Just as long as it was in the sweet spot and moving, they would smash it. They were jumping out of the water 2-3 ft, they were hitting it so hard. Sometimes just one would hit and miss 5-10 times before we couldn't walk the dog anymore due to it was next to the boat. Had over 40 explosions on the topwater plugs. - so addicting. After the topwater bite died, we picked up 8 more on the tandem rig, with https://moestackleshop.com/product/cocamoe-paddle-tail-swimbait/. Then moved on to get the box fish. The Excitement and Thrill of The Hunt.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/10/14 12:18 AM
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moonriver
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Super cool. I want those big ones. I am for the action, not much for the meat.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/10/14 12:19 AM
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/10/14 01:44 PM
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Ruff n Redi
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Well here is good chance for me to get on my soap box. There are really good guides on Texoma and there are some really good "potlickers" that respect them. The guy should not have anchored in the guides line of drifting, but I have been on Texoma when throwing top waters and catching fish and a guide would run right thru them because his customers had slabs tied on. I have been drifting with live bait and had guides pull up within 10' of my boat to drift and catch fish. I have been trolling a spot and had guides pull up and scatter my fish so they could slab or live bait. Not everyone is able to fish 4 to 5 days a week and keep up with where the fish are. I have been fishing Texoma on regular basis since 1980 and have seen it all. I have had friends that guide on the lake and still do. Most of them understand, it is a privilege to be able to go to such a great fishery and make a living. They are the good ones. Like I said at the start there are some good respectful guides and good respectful "potlickers" on Texoma. By the way I don't like being called a Potlicker! I am a fisherman just like you are, that gets to go to Texoma 3 or 4 times a year now.
Luv2Fish
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/10/14 09:14 PM
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Thump My Jig
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2002 21 Ft Fish Master CC & 140 4 Stroke Suzuki
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
[Re: TarponFly]
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10/12/14 04:51 AM
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River Mongrel
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I would only use live minnows on crappie when they won't hit a jig.
I would only use live minnows on white bass up in the creeks when they won't hit a jig.
90% of the time I use artificial's. After cold fronts or high air pressure I'm usually using bait. That's primarily only in the creeks.
I don't need bait to catch a Striper.
So yeah....... Oh okay. Your the only "artificial" guy I know of that has guided netting trips for shad on YouTube.
Keep em tight!
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/12/14 02:00 PM
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Yup. A net is artificial. I don't use bait to catch a shad.
So yes, I throw artificial's at the shad as well.
Those trips will start soon! $75 catch all the shad you want. Bring a buddy to help. DFW creeks.
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
[Re: TarponFly]
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10/12/14 02:46 PM
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River Mongrel
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Lol That's funny. I been netting shad in Texas rivers and creeks since you were sporting diapers. Hey again good luck!
Keep em tight!
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/12/14 04:05 PM
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Lovfldx
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It's like they can't wait for you to surface somewhere on the Forum T-Fly! I guess until they meet you, they just don't get it. amazing!
Rudy
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/12/14 04:07 PM
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BTW folks, he is one of the best, if not the best, guides around, and I have several friends that are guides, each with his own untouchable skills and each with his own quirks, so it goes!
Rudy
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
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10/12/14 04:15 PM
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River Mongrel
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Keep em tight!
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Re: The Adventures of Pro Fishing Guide Carey Thorn @ Lake Texoma - Stripers
[Re: TarponFly]
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10/13/14 05:38 PM
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Texdan
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Not too many folks use artificials for kitties so maybe that's why Tfly guides for shad trips? Duh.
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