Fly reel question

Stan Gula wrote:

They were all 9 to
14".

a 14" crappie??!! jeez, isn't that like catching a blue marlin on
pro-rata, equivalent tackle?

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:07:27 -0400, Jeff Miller
wrote:



Stan Gula wrote:

They were all 9 to
14".

a 14" crappie??!! jeez, isn't that like catching a blue marlin on
pro-rata, equivalent tackle?

http://www.assabetriver.org/streamwa...ckCrappie.html

4 pounds 10 ounces. We get some big damned crappies up here...

/daytripper

"daytripper" wrote in message
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a 14" crappie??!! jeez, isn't that like catching a blue marlin on
pro-rata, equivalent tackle?

http://www.assabetriver.org/streamwa...ckCrappie.html

4 pounds 10 ounces. We get some big damned crappies up here...

/daytripper

I'm not sure how much the ones I catch weigh, but they aren't that thick. I
can't imagine there's a lot of food for them in the winter - these are all
long and thin, like somebody stretched them out. I wonder what that 4.6
pounder looked like. I caught one at Lake Mattawa a couple of years ago
that probably went 3 pounds and it was freakishly huge.

Stan Gula wrote:

"daytripper" wrote in message
...

a 14" crappie??!! jeez, isn't that like catching a blue marlin on
pro-rata, equivalent tackle?

http://www.assabetriver.org/streamwa...ckCrappie.html

4 pounds 10 ounces. We get some big damned crappies up here...

/daytripper


I'm not sure how much the ones I catch weigh, but they aren't that thick. I
can't imagine there's a lot of food for them in the winter - these are all
long and thin, like somebody stretched them out. I wonder what that 4.6
pounder looked like. I caught one at Lake Mattawa a couple of years ago
that probably went 3 pounds and it was freakishly huge.



That's one hell of a Crappie! The Colorado record is just over three pounds.

Willi

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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Stan Gula wrote:

They were all 9 to
14".

a 14" crappie??!! jeez, isn't that like catching a blue marlin on
pro-rata, equivalent tackle?


Now that's hilariousg. But is *is* fun on a 3 weight.
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

Stan Gula wrote:
"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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Stan Gula wrote:


They were all 9 to
14".

a 14" crappie??!! jeez, isn't that like catching a blue marlin on
pro-rata, equivalent tackle?



Now that's hilariousg. But is *is* fun on a 3 weight.

whew... i was afraid i might have been a bit too heavy on that one...but
you got my meaning. a 14" sunfish is a tugging machine... and unusually
big from my limited crappie, bream, bluegill experiences. oldtimers down
here call them speckled perch too (something i only recently learned),
and they are considered one of the best fish to invite to dinner. g
when the crappie are on the spawning beds, it's interesting to watch
folks in small boats after them...they'll have 8-10 rods with cork
bobbers, worms, crickets, minnows...and they will catch a limit. many
cook them on the bank...it's a good place to stumble upon, if you know
what i mean.

jeff

Stan Gula wrote:


Now that's hilariousg. But it *is* fun on a 3 weight.

and i hear a marlin on those winches they call reels are fun too...

Jeff writes:

and i hear a marlin on those winches they call reels are fun too

yeah, they are. Two or three magnificent leaps and off toward England they go!!
Never got one back to the boat yet, myself, but one of these years.....
Tom