June 11Jun 11 44 minutes ago, BearSchlong said: Ok dumb question time. Do you right-handed people use left hand cranked baitcasters/spinning reels? I cast lefty and crank righty, does that mean I fish left or right-handed? Same with fly rods. I ask because dad was right handed and after he died I had to convert a dozen spinning reels to RH crank. I suspect I’m about to convert a half dozen fly reels/spools to the same. But if I go search “baitcasting reels” everything comes up, generally speaking, with RH cranks. So am I really a RH fisherman or was dad a righty who fished lefty? Legit question as I consider myself lefty but I golf righty and throw/catch lefty. And I know I’m goofy AF because that's how I skateboard/snowboard. My baitcasters are all right-hand reel and I'm right-handed. Throw with the right, reel with the right. Spinning reels are all left-hand reel.
June 11Jun 11 As a natural lefty, this is the first time I pondered that most people shift the rod to a different hand to reel.
June 11Jun 11 On a bait caster I cast and retrieve with my right on a fly rod I cast with my right and retrieve with my left. Spinners same as a fly rod. edit - clarify two diff conventional set ups That would feel freaky and unnatural to me, but then again I've got 48 years of muscle memory doing it my way.One of my best friends, a guy I've worked with for over 20 years is coming down from Dallas for the weekend. He was laid off recently, and actually had an anxiety attack so severe it landed him in the ER. So Im going to take him on long boat rides to all my honey holes this weekend and we are going to practice mindfulness and casting. I've never fished with him so Friday afternoon I suspect I’ll be swapping handle sides on spinning gear and getting him a LA license and play acting fishing guide all weekend.Please God can we be blessed with June weather patterns? Is 5-10 variable from the SSW such a heavy ask?
June 11Jun 11 1 hour ago, BearSchlong said: Ok dumb question time. Do you right-handed people use left hand cranked baitcasters/spinning reels? I cast lefty and crank righty, does that mean I fish left or right-handed? Same with fly rods. I ask because dad was right handed and after he died I had to convert a dozen spinning reels to RH crank. I suspect I’m about to convert a half dozen fly reels/spools to the same. But if I go search “baitcasting reels” everything comes up, generally speaking, with RH cranks. So am I really a RH fisherman or was dad a righty who fished lefty? Legit question as I consider myself lefty but I golf righty and throw/catch lefty. And I know I’m goofy AF because that's how I skateboard/snowboard. Right handed, cast right handed, reel left handed. For fly fishing - casting is the most important, so use your dominant hand.
June 11Jun 11 * and unlike “our” Baylor football players on the payroll, Pescado would have been a productive employee /SWC
June 11Jun 11 5 minutes ago, BearSchlong said: * and unlike “our” Baylor football players on the payroll, Pescado would have been a productive employee /SWC
June 11Jun 11 Right handed, cast right handed, reel left handed. For fly fishing - casting is the most important, so use your dominant hand.The best thing a fly fishing guide ever did was to tuck the rod butt up under my jacket cuff to keep me from getting too wristy; when I’m on I can throw it a long way and land a fly without a ripple.
June 11Jun 11 18 minutes ago, BearSchlong said: That would feel freaky and unnatural to me, but then again I've got 48 years of muscle memory doing it my way. One of my best friends, a guy I've worked with for over 20 years is coming down from Dallas for the weekend. He was laid off recently, and actually had an anxiety attack so severe it landed him in the ER. So Im going to take him on long boat rides to all my honey holes this weekend and we are going to practice mindfulness and casting. I've never fished with him so Friday afternoon I suspect I’ll be swapping handle sides on spinning gear and getting him a LA license and play acting fishing guide all weekend. Please God can we be blessed with June weather patterns? Is 5-10 variable from the SSW such a heavy ask? As a side note re anxiety is being calm a strategy that works for him? For me I sometimes need balls out exercise to calm down when I’m that anxious. I have used fishing at times but it only works with things like wading where I can actually get tired. Sometimes I’ll boat to a far away spot but even then I’m going fast. Soft music and yogi type shit sends me over the cliff when I’m too far gone. Edited June 11Jun 11 by troph
June 11Jun 11 Back in CR did a day trip today picked up 6 sailfish and broke off a nice blue on light tackle. We had a drone right on top of it when it broke off otherwise would have gotten a great show. Bonus wahoo and yellowfin tuna. Going to spend the night at Drake Bay and run out deep to the FADs early tomorrow morning to target marlin if the weather cooperates. peggy sail.mov IMG_2569.mov
June 11Jun 11 3 hours ago, BearSchlong said: Ok dumb question time. Do you right-handed people use left hand cranked baitcasters/spinning reels? I cast lefty and crank righty, does that mean I fish left or right-handed? Same with fly rods. I ask because dad was right handed and after he died I had to convert a dozen spinning reels to RH crank. I suspect I’m about to convert a half dozen fly reels/spools to the same. But if I go search “baitcasting reels” everything comes up, generally speaking, with RH cranks. So am I really a RH fisherman or was dad a righty who fished lefty? Legit question as I consider myself lefty but I golf righty and throw/catch lefty. And I know I’m goofy AF because that's how I skateboard/snowboard. I have used both.
June 12Jun 12 3 hours ago, Deej said: My baitcasters are all right-hand reel and I'm right-handed. Throw with the right, reel with the right. Spinning reels are all left-hand reel. 3 hours ago, troph said: On a bait caster I cast and retrieve with my right on a fly rod I cast with my right and retrieve with my left. Spinners same as a fly rod. edit - clarify two diff conventional set ups same. it's what I grew up with, as far as the bait caster is concerned. I think I switch hands about the time the bait hits the water so I can crank right-handed. not even aware of it when I do it. for fly and spinning I started out RH crank because that's how I bait casted but realized it was kinda dumb since it's so easy to flip the retrieve on those reels.
June 12Jun 12 5 hours ago, BearSchlong said: Ok dumb question time. Do you right-handed people use left hand cranked baitcasters/spinning reels? I cast lefty and crank righty, does that mean I fish left or right-handed? Same with fly rods. I ask because dad was right handed and after he died I had to convert a dozen spinning reels to RH crank. I suspect I’m about to convert a half dozen fly reels/spools to the same. But if I go search “baitcasting reels” everything comes up, generally speaking, with RH cranks. So am I really a RH fisherman or was dad a righty who fished lefty? Legit question as I consider myself lefty but I golf righty and throw/catch lefty. And I know I’m goofy AF because that's how I skateboard/snowboard. Which hand do you touch yourself with? That defines your "handedness..." But if you lost that hand... you WOULD adapt!
June 12Jun 12 fuck @justhookit I give in, you can have our dog, can I has marlin catch on drone footage for me please?
June 12Jun 12 53 minutes ago, troph said: fuck @justhookit I give in, you can have our dog, can I has marlin catch on drone footage for me please? We’ve been fishing for 2 hours now 4 blue marlin bites and released 3 and my wife and I caught a double header. Dealing with weather issues (rain) so not sure how much longer we can stay here. No drone shots yet can’t fly in the rain.
June 12Jun 12 My buddy owned the trolling motor and battery and as such commanded the front of whichever Jon boat we were bass fishing out of. Being some what ambidextrous, I just started casting side-arm with my left hand when slinging baits up under boat houses. This has carried over to adulthood and I still cast left handed about half of the time these days when fishing. I don’t mind fishing out of the back of the boat either as long as you’re not hugging the bank and casting down parallel to the shoreline and blocking my casts.
June 12Jun 12 4 minutes ago, justhookit said: We’ve been fishing for 2 hours now 4 blue marlin bites and released 3 and my wife and I caught a double header. Dealing with weather issues (rain) so not sure how much longer we can stay here. No drone shots yet can’t fly in the rain. yeah troph isn't there so it doesn't matter what you catch. I didn't mean you could have my dog in exchange for someone else on the drone footage...
June 12Jun 12 12 minutes ago, troph said: yeah troph isn't there so it doesn't matter what you catch. I didn't mean you could have my dog in exchange for someone else on the drone footage... I am pretty sure you were giving me him anyway.
June 12Jun 12 59 minutes ago, justhookit said: We’ve been fishing for 2 hours now 4 blue marlin bites and released 3 and my wife and I caught a double header. Dealing with weather issues (rain) so not sure how much longer we can stay here. No drone shots yet can’t fly in the rain. I am pretty jealous of you and your life. Not going to lie.
June 12Jun 12 1 hour ago, troph said: I ain’t skeerd. We just got the best drone footage we’ve ever had. Show off blue. Posting soon. 51 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said: I am pretty jealous of you and your life. Not going to lie. It doesn’t suck being able to do this in one of the top fishing marinas in the world.
June 12Jun 12 Just lost a 500+ lb blue. That’s huge for out here. Bite has slowed down some since this morning we are 4/6 on blues and 2/2 on sails. Still waiting on my buddy to download his drone footage but he’s too busy pounding beers.
June 13Jun 13 Just pulled lines in for the day. Ended with 5 blue marlin and 5 sailfish. Raised 5 more blues missed 3 and 2 didn’t bite. Going to move a little further offshore overnight to fish a different set of FADs tomorrow. Short drone clip- vert blue peggy.mov
June 13Jun 13 Long version. Not sure we will ever top this one. This fish tail walked more than I’ve ever seen.
June 13Jun 13 On 6/11/2025 at 2:59 PM, BearSchlong said: Ok dumb question time. Do you right-handed people use left hand cranked baitcasters/spinning reels? I cast lefty and crank righty, does that mean I fish left or right-handed? Same with fly rods. I ask because dad was right handed and after he died I had to convert a dozen spinning reels to RH crank. I suspect I’m about to convert a half dozen fly reels/spools to the same. But if I go search “baitcasting reels” everything comes up, generally speaking, with RH cranks. So am I really a RH fisherman or was dad a righty who fished lefty? Legit question as I consider myself lefty but I golf righty and throw/catch lefty. And I know I’m goofy AF because that's how I skateboard/snowboard. Baitcaster cast with right, crank on right and rod switches to left hand as cast is completed. This is how i learned and how I will work a jerk bait 100% of the time. I throw spinning rods right hand, reel with left and use that for topwaters and popping corks for the kids. I dont work a jig as well using my right arm on the rod it's unnatural for me. But on long days ill switch to a spinner for a while for a break/ different arms doing different stuff. I'm 90% arty and cast a lot often 10 hrs days of wading so change of pace can be necessary. Fly Right hand cast; left retrieve. Even though old school you switched hands on the reel- I freaking hate it and find it completely unnatural and will fish my cheaper rod than deal with it if my guide runs the old school way. Supposedly it's because your dominate hand can reel faster for steelhead or bones. But the handover and managing line negates even a hint of advantage in that argument, to me.
June 13Jun 13 On 6/11/2025 at 4:08 PM, BearSchlong said: That would feel freaky and unnatural to me, but then again I've got 48 years of muscle memory doing it my way. One of my best friends, a guy I've worked with for over 20 years is coming down from Dallas for the weekend. He was laid off recently, and actually had an anxiety attack so severe it landed him in the ER. So Im going to take him on long boat rides to all my honey holes this weekend and we are going to practice mindfulness and casting. I've never fished with him so Friday afternoon I suspect I’ll be swapping handle sides on spinning gear and getting him a LA license and play acting fishing guide all weekend. Please God can we be blessed with June weather patterns? Is 5-10 variable from the SSW such a heavy ask? Whenever you hate wind speed up there, check out Port A or Mansfield and feel better. Yall do get the rain though.
June 13Jun 13 On 6/11/2025 at 4:26 PM, troph said: As a side note re anxiety is being calm a strategy that works for him? For me I sometimes need balls out exercise to calm down when I’m that anxious. I have used fishing at times but it only works with things like wading where I can actually get tired. Sometimes I’ll boat to a far away spot but even then I’m going fast. Soft music and yogi type shit sends me over the cliff when I’m too far gone. Fishing hard is my best bet against anxiety. Early mornings, sweating out toxins, drinking massive amounts of water, tons of steps in or time pushing a skiff. Zoned into a task with no distractions. It echos new age shit. And works great. No yoga mat required
June 13Jun 13 On 6/11/2025 at 5:58 PM, justhookit said: Back in CR did a day trip today picked up 6 sailfish and broke off a nice blue on light tackle. We had a drone right on top of it when it broke off otherwise would have gotten a great show. Bonus wahoo and yellowfin tuna. Going to spend the night at Drake Bay and run out deep to the FADs early tomorrow morning to target marlin if the weather cooperates. peggy sail.mov IMG_2569.mov Been seeing your drone footage on social media. Yall are killing it! Both content and fish. LTD
June 13Jun 13 On 6/11/2025 at 8:33 PM, horn4life said: Which hand do you touch yourself with? That defines your "handedness..." But if you lost that hand... you WOULD adapt! Buddy of mine jerked off with his other hand to get better at percussion. Swears by the efficacy. So if any of you dad's out there have a...
June 13Jun 13 11 hours ago, davidg said: My buddy owned the trolling motor and battery and as such commanded the front of whichever Jon boat we were bass fishing out of. Being some what ambidextrous, I just started casting side-arm with my left hand when slinging baits up under boat houses. This has carried over to adulthood and I still cast left handed about half of the time these days when fishing. I don’t mind fishing out of the back of the boat either as long as you’re not hugging the bank and casting down parallel to the shoreline and blocking my casts. That's awesome. Elite fly casters can switch arms, arm angles etc and cast to whatever small basket presents. Takes time
June 13Jun 13 1 hour ago, justhookit said: Just pulled lines in for the day. Ended with 5 blue marlin and 5 sailfish. Raised 5 more blues missed 3 and 2 didn’t bite. Going to move a little further offshore overnight to fish a different set of FADs tomorrow. Short drone clip- vert blue peggy.mov If you don't mind me asking, how far out roughly these days? I do not have a boat down there but I spend time between Pavones and Jaco
June 13Jun 13 On 6/11/2025 at 3:28 PM, Pescado_Rojo said: That's one of the more confusing questions in fishing, I think. I'm the same as you, cast with left hand, and reel with right. I always ask the shop to set up any new fly reel for "Right hand retrieve"...I think that's the correct industry designation. I also throw left but golf AND swing a baseball bat righthanded. Wtf
June 13Jun 13 11 hours ago, Born to Run said: If you don't mind me asking, how far out roughly these days? I do not have a boat down there but I spend time between Pavones and Jaco We are currently about 70 miles offshore of Pavones and 140 from Jaco. In the winter we are fishing much closer in - between 15-50 miles. First stop this morning was a bust so we are moving about 15 miles right now. Edited June 13Jun 13 by justhookit
June 13Jun 13 Regarding the reel discussion, I can only crank right handed on conventional and left handed on a spinning reel. If I do it any other way I look and feel like a regard.
June 13Jun 13 2 hours ago, justhookit said: Regarding the reel discussion, I can only crank right handed on conventional and left handed on a spinning reel. If I do it any other way I look and feel like a regard. Left-handed, and use my right hand for all fishing reels. Do all y’all spend the nights on the Port Afino, or is there a larger boat that goes with you for supplies? Does your anchor hit bottom at night that far out when you sleep or does someone stay awake and keep the boat on course? Thanks for answers to random questions.
June 13Jun 13 3 hours ago, justhookit said: Regarding the reel discussion, I can only crank right handed on conventional and left handed on a spinning reel. If I do it any other way I look and feel like a regard. Like a normal person... 😉
June 13Jun 13 5 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said: Yikes here, let me show you how to put the plug in, Son.... back off, Dad! I gotta do it my way.
June 15Jun 15 On 6/13/2025 at 10:11 AM, Kennythetiger said: Left-handed, and use my right hand for all fishing reels. Do all y’all spend the nights on the Port Afino, or is there a larger boat that goes with you for supplies? Does your anchor hit bottom at night that far out when you sleep or does someone stay awake and keep the boat on course? Thanks for answers to random questions. We hold over 1500 gallons of diesel and have a water maker that can make about 80 gallons of water an hour so the boat is self sufficient. Depending on what we are doing we can stay offshore for a week or more on our own if we want to but most of our overnight trips are 2-4 nights. When we do overnight trips we spend the night on the boat and either drift or slowly chug to a new spot. it’s too deep to anchor. Either way there is always someone awake on the bridge watching the radar and other electronics/equipment. All that said the vast majority of the time we do day trips leaving at dawn and back to the dock before dark.
June 16Jun 16 On 6/15/2025 at 1:20 AM, justhookit said: We hold over 1500 gallons of diesel and have a water maker that can make about 80 gallons of water an hour so the boat is self sufficient. Depending on what we are doing we can stay offshore for a week or more on our own if we want to but most of our overnight trips are 2-4 nights. When we do overnight trips we spend the night on the boat and either drift or slowly chug to a new spot. it’s too deep to anchor. Either way there is always someone awake on the bridge watching the radar and other electronics/equipment. All that said the vast majority of the time we do day trips leaving at dawn and back to the dock before dark. When we do overnight trips out of Freeport, TX, I am always amazed at the number of miles we will drift at night.
June 17Jun 17 I finally did it. Broke a rod smacking an aggressive alligator in the head. Twice. I think Im just going to carry an airsoft or pellet pistol from now on. I am a dumbass, considering that I had a perfectly good push pole that would have survived unscathed. Or maybe I should scare him with a Sig Sauer 9mm, but when an 8 footer looks like he's trying to join me in the boat I got nervous. Some coonass is feeding these guys.Shimano Crucial medium moderate/fast. It was a good rod. Here in the BPT I can't find shit to buy.Switched over to my G Loomis 2nd favorite rod, and promptly caught a 46 inch Gar, but I'm in the market. Probably going to add 2 more 13 Fishing concept C2 reels as well.You speck/redfish guys, if you were looking for a ML or M 7 footer with full cork handle, baitcaster, what would you get?Basically, whats your dream trout/red rod/reel combo, budget be damned.And what is the best tackle shop in Houston?
June 17Jun 17 On 6/5/2025 at 6:16 PM, midtown said: Does anyone have fishing recs for roatan Honduras? Absolutely. Wahoo Slayer. We caught wahoo and tuna. On 6/11/2025 at 2:59 PM, BearSchlong said: Ok dumb question time. Do you right-handed people use left hand cranked baitcasters/spinning reels? I cast lefty and crank righty, does that mean I fish left or right-handed? Same with fly rods. I ask because dad was right handed and after he died I had to convert a dozen spinning reels to RH crank. I suspect I’m about to convert a half dozen fly reels/spools to the same. But if I go search “baitcasting reels” everything comes up, generally speaking, with RH cranks. So am I really a RH fisherman or was dad a righty who fished lefty? Legit question as I consider myself lefty but I golf righty and throw/catch lefty. And I know I’m goofy AF because that's how I skateboard/snowboard. spin - cast right, reel left bait - cast both, reel right On 6/12/2025 at 8:04 PM, justhookit said: Long version. Not sure we will ever top this one. This fish tail walked more than I’ve ever seen. Your captain and drone operator deserve a medal, that is fantastic
June 17Jun 17 18 hours ago, BearSchlong said: I finally did it. Broke a rod smacking an aggressive alligator in the head. Twice. I think Im just going to carry an airsoft or pellet pistol from now on. I am a dumbass, considering that I had a perfectly good push pole that would have survived unscathed. Or maybe I should scare him with a Sig Sauer 9mm, but when an 8 footer looks like he's trying to join me in the boat I got nervous. Some coonass is feeding these guys. Shimano Crucial medium moderate/fast. It was a good rod. Here in the BPT I can't find shit to buy. Switched over to my G Loomis 2nd favorite rod, and promptly caught a 46 inch Gar, but I'm in the market. Probably going to add 2 more 13 Fishing concept C2 reels as well. You speck/redfish guys, if you were looking for a ML or M 7 footer with full cork handle, baitcaster, what would you get? Basically, whats your dream trout/red rod/reel combo, budget be damned. And what is the best tackle shop in Houston? He almost jumped in the boat and that’s the best picture you got? Negged.
June 17Jun 17 57 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said: He almost jumped in the boat and that’s the best picture you got? Negged. He was busy fighting for his life - no time to take pics.
June 19Jun 19 Author Ok dumb question time.Do you right-handed people use left hand cranked baitcasters/spinning reels? I cast lefty and crank righty, does that mean I fish left or right-handed? Same with fly rods.I ask because dad was right handed and after he died I had to convert a dozen spinning reels to RH crank.I suspect I’m about to convert a half dozen fly reels/spools to the same.But if I go search “baitcasting reels” everything comes up, generally speaking, with RH cranks.So am I really a RH fisherman or was dad a righty who fished lefty?Legit question as I consider myself lefty but I golf righty and throw/catch lefty. And I know I’m goofy AF because that's how I skateboard/snowboard.Left handed bait casters are the devil. (For right handed people) Like seriously, it is easier to wank off with your opposite hand than it is to work a lure with a left handed bait caster as a right handed person.
June 19Jun 19 Anyone ever fish the Trinity River in or around Trinity Park in Ft Worth? Other spots in the metroplex? There are tons of kayak access points (from Eagle Mountain Lake and Lake Lewisville down to south Dallas) that would seem to offer a lot of bank fishing opportunities.
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