Holliday's World Famous Fishing Thread - 2026 Version
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What's a shaker?...I know what we call shakers around here. I wish I had all that money back with interest.
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We call them throwbacks. I got two today. First time out. A baby Striper and a nice one, maybe 20 inches. Still too small so back they go. Spring time water is still very cold. No bait in the water. I was using sand worms. A nice guy next to me left and offered his leftover blood worms. The idea is rig for Winter Flounder. Any Bass will find it and grab it. I got one on the sands and one on the bloods. On the outgoing tide no less.
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Got back to that second pond from a couple of days ago. Then - 11 Bass to 2 lbs on spinnerbaits and chatterbaits in an hour and a half. Today a whole different game.
. Nothing on those baits for a hour. Bit more sun and calmer. Switched to a 5" Creme Stik (straight senko type worm) in green Pumpkin and got 7 in the next hr or so as clouds and light rain rolled in. One nice one at 3 1/2 lbs.
That might be my big trophy for the year.
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I was supposed to take the Grandkids fishing today. We went from 90° to 40's wet and windy. WTF?!?
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April.
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I got a fishing joke for you.
A professional fisherman is out early in the season. It is pretty cold, freezing even. He has the best equipment money can buy, yet is fishless. He notices a small boy catching one fish after another. He swallows his pride and asks the kid how he is doing so well. The kid says "smurfetoofusnoomdebds". The pro thinks the kid must be mental so he walks away. Still no hits, yet the kid is reeling them in one after another. This time he runs over to the kid and demands to know what he is doing. The kids says "smurfetoofusnoomdebds". The pro loses his temper and screams at the kid to tell him his secret. The kids spits something into his hands, and says "Ya gotta keep the worms warm".
A professional fisherman is out early in the season. It is pretty cold, freezing even. He has the best equipment money can buy, yet is fishless. He notices a small boy catching one fish after another. He swallows his pride and asks the kid how he is doing so well. The kid says "smurfetoofusnoomdebds". The pro thinks the kid must be mental so he walks away. Still no hits, yet the kid is reeling them in one after another. This time he runs over to the kid and demands to know what he is doing. The kids says "smurfetoofusnoomdebds". The pro loses his temper and screams at the kid to tell him his secret. The kids spits something into his hands, and says "Ya gotta keep the worms warm".
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I got two more baby Stripers today. The worms are healthy so I went and used them. While there I noticed a DEC car parked nearby. They were not in sight so I forgot about them. An hour or so later here they come walking back from the back of the bay. One was holding a big black garbage bag. You could tell there was a BIG fish in there. Someone got popped. The only fishermen coming back from there were two guys with a fishing cart with wheels, and a guy that was all dolled up like a trout fisherman. Chest waders, vest, hat, fly rod, he would have fit right in upstate on some Trout stream. When you are back there you are very isolated and you think no one will see you. But the DEC decided to make the walk- and got their guy. I think the fine is a thousand bucks now. Ouch.
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I finished installing the Skeg Guard. I bedded it with Harbor Break 5-minute epoxy. A big improvement over the skanky old chewed up skeg.
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English countryside is lovely, especially if you down near some water.
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It really is, like you could walk for days and feel at rest and peace.
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I've been fortunate enough to spend a great deal of time camping and fishing all over the UK, wouldn't trade it for nowt.
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10 LMB yesterday in 1.5 hrs.
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. Weird Spring so far. Except two Walleye in March the one day I targeted them, nothing but Largemouth. Haven't been to the river, or reservoirs for Smallmouth or fished the Shad. Noticed the road to a favorite spot wad closed recently.
.Went twice for trout. Zip.
...but for the Largemouth my catch rate has been good - well over 3 per hour most on Spinnerbait and the rest on 5" straight worms. By chart length the best was 19.5" = 4lb 4oz, but I'd call 3 1/2 lb by feel.
.Went twice for trout. Zip.
...but for the Largemouth my catch rate has been good - well over 3 per hour most on Spinnerbait and the rest on 5" straight worms. By chart length the best was 19.5" = 4lb 4oz, but I'd call 3 1/2 lb by feel.
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- 130
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- Shangri La
There's no gameday with fishing. Not the way I do it. No competition.
. Tournaments are for lamers, these dooshbags who think they are NASCAR legends with their brands labelled all over their gas guzzling Bass boats. I just had reason to look up mortality rates in Bass fishing. In my catch and immediate release fishing - 1-3% (closer to 1 in my personal experience. In tournament fishing up to 40%. Sport fishing has no doubt an element of cruelty in it, but there is no excuse for engaging in glory fishing that destroys 40% of catches. Fuck them assholes.
, Anyway, here is my ego fishing: 218 consecutive outings with at least one catch (Bass), over 3 years w/o getting skunked.
This Spring was interesting since I played only for Largemouth - all on spinnerbaits and 5" straight worms at two locations.
. Rigged up just for lilypads - a 6 ft Heavy action pistol grip rod I've had from the early 90s and used only once then - a near mint Shimano 251 SG (my favorite model reel - late 80s) and 40 lb braid which I'd never used. Worked pretty good. Just used that as the lilies matured and started to bloom, prior my usual medium heavy with 14 lb mono. You can get a pounder wrapped in them pads and it can be hard to pull it through - that's why the heavy gear.
.Now it is the beginning of topwater time and river fishing smallies.
Finally got some good early summer weather starting.
. Tournaments are for lamers, these dooshbags who think they are NASCAR legends with their brands labelled all over their gas guzzling Bass boats. I just had reason to look up mortality rates in Bass fishing. In my catch and immediate release fishing - 1-3% (closer to 1 in my personal experience. In tournament fishing up to 40%. Sport fishing has no doubt an element of cruelty in it, but there is no excuse for engaging in glory fishing that destroys 40% of catches. Fuck them assholes.
, Anyway, here is my ego fishing: 218 consecutive outings with at least one catch (Bass), over 3 years w/o getting skunked.
This Spring was interesting since I played only for Largemouth - all on spinnerbaits and 5" straight worms at two locations.
. Rigged up just for lilypads - a 6 ft Heavy action pistol grip rod I've had from the early 90s and used only once then - a near mint Shimano 251 SG (my favorite model reel - late 80s) and 40 lb braid which I'd never used. Worked pretty good. Just used that as the lilies matured and started to bloom, prior my usual medium heavy with 14 lb mono. You can get a pounder wrapped in them pads and it can be hard to pull it through - that's why the heavy gear.
.Now it is the beginning of topwater time and river fishing smallies.
Finally got some good early summer weather starting.
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So you hook a poor fish in the mouth, then rip the hook out and toss it back in the water to suffer in pain until it's mouth heals. That's cruel as fuck. If you're gonna catch a fish, at least eat it and thank its soul for giving you sustenance.
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- 130
- Location
- Shangri La
On occasion I do just that, and humanly.
. Otherwise I educate them fish and send them on their way a little wiser, less liable to be caught by a ruffian.
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I think there was a drive-in movie about killer fishes that took revenge on "sport" fisherman. I don't really remember the plot, but there were young women in halter tops in it.
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- 130
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- Shangri La
Sounds very 50s eightyish. Bet that was a good one.
. Yes, I'm sure a section of my afterlife will include being gobbled by gigantic toothy hungry fish.
A few of them bikini girls getting swallered along with me will soften the horror.
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