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Long rods for Blues??
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09/30/19 04:18 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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Does any one use long rods for catfishing? If so I’d like to hear about how y’all use em and also which ones you own. Thinking about getting a couple of WS 9’6” H FMJ rods for outside drift rods or for the planer rods. Hopefully someone is already running poles this way and can offer up some info...
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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09/30/19 06:46 PM
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Dan90210 ☮
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I use my trusty Ugly Stik Catfish rods. Paired with my super smooth Shakespeare spinning reels. TWO bearings in those bad boys. Thats all I got Blue.
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/01/19 07:32 PM
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Naut Now
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I use 10ft proanglers on outside rods. The work great on twok fish, but a little too much for lewisville fish. I’m trying to finder a lighter action rod for Lewisville.
I also have 2 12ft rods. They are too long to deal with in the boat. You want em?
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/01/19 09:14 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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Jimmy Hendricks my brother from another motherI appreciate the offer amigo!..I think 12 ft is too long though. I don’t want to have to break em down. Was hoping to hear from someone with the 9’6” whisker seeker. We need to meet up so I can give you some whisky and get Littlefeathers rods. I’m fishing Sunday
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/02/19 12:57 AM
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Littlefeather
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So you’re fishing when?
Those who dance are considered mad by those who cannot hear the music.
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/02/19 01:55 PM
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serj5150
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Curtis we should follow him around ...LOL!!!....I'll be out there Sunday but probably on the southside...They are in there thick El Gato, just gotta scan a bit
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/02/19 02:49 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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Y’all know I’m an open book when it comes to where I fish. Curtis knows how i pattern fish, he can probably guess my first 3 spots just looking at a map. With the north wind Im gonna check 1 shallow spot on the west side of the dam first. Then the humps in main lake Serj. I’ve marked some big ones on those ledges past couple of trips. If we can’t get em going then we’ll head north up the channel till we find em. North wind Sunday so it’s either gonna be boom or bust! What side of the south end will y’all be on?
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/02/19 04:43 PM
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Ed-n-eddy
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1987 Whaler Super Sport 17, Yamaha 90 1981 Whaler Sport 13, Johnson 50
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/03/19 01:30 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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Now they are calling for East wind Sunday morning and North wind with chance of rain in the afternoon. Im taking my wife’s uncle and cousins out in the morning, hope I can put those fellers on some fish! Will post our report good or bad...
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/03/19 03:39 PM
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Big Sam
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I got some 9ft 1 piece meat hunter rods i use in the winter to throw out big baits with..they have 7000c'3s on them...i use them on tawakoni and texoma and kerr
If it ain't broke don't fix it...but go ahead and work on it anyway.....
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/04/19 03:28 AM
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Dan90210 ☮
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Now they are calling for East wind Sunday morning and North wind with chance of rain in the afternoon. Im taking my wife’s uncle and cousins out in the morning, hope I can put those fellers on some fish! Will post our report good or bad... Look forward to the report! Best of luck mate. I know youll find em good.
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/04/19 01:13 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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Thanks amigos! I think I will hold off on the long rods for now until I can Get some in my hands. Weather man now says SE wind Sunday morn... Those guys change their mind more than my wife!! Next week we finally get nights in the 50s. It’s almost party time!!!
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/04/19 01:26 PM
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serj5150
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E G I'm on The Colony side between the golf courses...Very good area ....I'm still trying to master guessing the catfish size down according to my side scan but I'm pretty sure I saw some big ones mixed in with those nice 5 and 6 pounders I caught Sunday
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/04/19 02:08 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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I never fish that side of the lake Serj...we need to get together and do some fishin!! I’ve been marking some big fish last 3 weeks but haven’t been able to get em going. We had a good one hooked up last week but the 6/0 hook came unbuttoned when we got him to the surface. I got 8/0 hooks on this week.
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Re: Long rods for Blues??
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10/05/19 10:52 PM
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serj5150
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Dang sounds like my day last Sunday I know I was hooked up with a nice cat it just wouldn't take just got off the lake and the Stinger rigs absolutely ruled too bad I only caught three fish it for those dang yachts ran me off and then after that I went after some nice crappie it was still a great day though working on the video right now ... yes sir we definitely need to get out there
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