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Hit Yuba this morning about 7:30. I think Tube Dude and Babe were already on the water. This was my first trip in a tube. I spent the first hour or so just trying to maneuver, the next hour or so trying to make everything work. The Cabela's rod holders are a nightmare. The fish finder setup that I copied from this board worked like a charm. Fishing was kinda slow for me. A few perch and a couple of 17" rainbows. There were tons of fish suspended at 30 ft. in 50 ft. of water. I couldn't get them to take anything though. All the fish I caught were right on the bank. The Tube's were still fishing the docks when I left. I really like fishing from a tube, can't wait for the next trip.
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You shoulda talked with the dude and dudette! I'm sure he would have given you some pointers, lures, bait, etc. Glad you could make it out.
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THANKS MIKE....GOOD TO HEAR THE NEW TUBE WORKS.
SORRY THE FISHING WASN'T AS GOOD. MAYBE I WILL STAY WITH STRAWBERRY NEXT WEEK...SEE YA AT TSO.........
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[cool][#0000ff]You should have hailed me. I was expecting you but had never met you before. I usually talk to any other tubers or tooners but had a couple of nasty purist fly flingers down there last year that made it plain that they did not appreciate a spin fisherman trying to be sociable with the elite.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I will be posting our report on a separate thread. I kept one trout and long line released a couple, including one biggun that ran under the dock and wrapped me on a cable. We got over a hundred perch each. They were also right on the bank, in shallow water...chasing minnows. I also netted a few of those minnows.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We also saw fish out in deep water. They are always out there and they never bite. I have sent down about everything in my bulging tackle boxes and they just sneer at it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The rainbows are definitely not in there like they were last year.[/#0000ff]
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[reply][cool][#0000ff]... but had a couple of nasty purist fly flingers down there last year that made it plain that they did not appreciate a spin fisherman trying to be sociable with the elite.[/#0000ff]
That's the funniest thing I've read here for a while. Damn fly fishers.
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[cool][#0000ff]Nuttin' pers'nal, Cheech. I've knowed a couple of pocket lint tossers that was almost human.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Again, just for the record, I ARE a fly flinger too. I just don't let it get in the way of being sociable to those beneath my station in life.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you were to wander down that way, and you could find a stretch of rocks that the little fathead minnows were swarming, you could do some serious damage with a 2" white pattern...cast right up almost on the shore and then worked out into about 4 or 5 feet of water before picking up and recasting. You might even hook up a couple of nice trout if you could keep the perch off your fly.[/#0000ff]
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Me likey Perch. I like to target them occasionally. I also like the looks the tournament crowd gives me when I'm throwing flies at bass at Pelican. Tables turn I guess. I should probably stick to slimer-only lakes so I don't have to worry about social stereotyping.
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[cool][#0000ff]I've been known to bend a flyrod on the bass at Pelican too. Much fun those bass and bluegills over there.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]No worries about worrying. An old friend used to say "You can fish...or you can worry. But, you can't fish AND worry."[/#0000ff]
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I'm a lint fisherman, and this is the first year I've really gone after the warmwater species. I have had a blast! I only got to Pelican once, and it was fabulous. I need to go to Starvation and Yuba, too. I also need to mount my fishfinder on the tube. I don't usually initiate conversation on the water with anyone, but if somone talks to me, I'll talk their ears off.
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[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1]Post:[/size][/black][/font] [font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][black][size 1]I'm a lint fisherman, and this is the first year I've really gone after the warmwater species. I have had a blast! I only got to Pelican once, and it was fabulous. I need to go to Starvation and Yuba, too. I also need to mount my fishfinder on the tube. I don't usually initiate conversation on the water with anyone, but if somone talks to me, I'll talk their ears off.
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]That would be me also. It don't matter if you ride a Harley or a moped, you get wind and bugs in your teeth.[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]Heck if no one talks to me, I talk to myself....carry on some good conversation at times[laugh] I don't always agree with my answers however.[/size][/black][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 3]The only advantage to spinning/bait, etc. as to FF is you can fish deeper.[/size][/font]
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