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Posted on 5/1/14 at 10:37 pm to
Posted by gorillacoco
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 10:37 pm to
Take a sharpie and write the date on your big spools of line so you know how old they are when you're deciding to respool later.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 10:38 pm to
You obviously have worked at a grocery store
Posted by Boats n Hose
NOLA
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 10:43 pm to
Negative, but the idea may have come from a store. I've been doing it for years.
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 11:00 pm to
Don't spray yourself w sunscreen immediately after a hot shower
Posted by Who Me
Ascension
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 11:00 pm to
Beer coozies work great for holding spools if fishing line.
Posted by Da Hammer
Folsom
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 5/2/14 at 5:19 am to
If anyone still squirrel hunts buy extra smoke bombs on July 4, when you cripple one and he goes in a hole in the ground or low on a tree light smoke bomb and he's coming out so you can finish him off. Has sent many squirrels to the pot over the years that would have been lost otherwise.
Posted by laangler21
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Member since May 2012
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Posted on 5/2/14 at 8:01 am to
Lots of good stuff in here, my contribution:
For those anglers who use a color/ garlic dye for soft plastics. I keep mine in a small tupperware container in dry storage, open container, open garlic inside container, dip, close, close. Once you spill half a bottle of that shite on your boat you will understand why.

Drill holes in the bottom of your hard plastic boxes, and throw in some of those moisture absorbing packets in each box. Will keep your tackle from rusting.

If your rods dont have a hook keeper, steal a couple pony tail holders from your wife or SO, wrap around the rod a couple times and your set.

Add a couple frozen bottles of water to your ice chest in the summer to keep it colder.
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6847 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 8:16 am to
1- Instead of digging up your mom's flower beds looking for worms, shock them up to the surface. Wet the ground first and let the water seep into the ground. Take an old extension cord and cut the female end off. Split the cord and attach each wire to a screwdriver. Put screwdrivers in ground 2-3' apart. Plug into wall. Watch worms come out of the ground. (Wear shoes while doing this)

2- Use styrofoam ice chests to organize trotlines. Stick hooks into chest in the appropriate order. Once it starts peeling off the hooks will tear out of the styrofoam and should lay out nicely.

3- Step number 1 when dealing with a softshell turtle is to cut that fricker's head off.

4- Old prescription medicine bottles are perfect for organizing hooks and weights.

5- A $100 deep freezer purchased from the classifieds, plus a couple 5-gal buckets, will pay for themselves (and yield superior ice) in one good summer.

6- If you want to go hunting or fishing and your wife wants you to stay home, just leave really really early.

This post was edited on 5/2/14 at 8:27 am
Posted by farad
St George
Member since Dec 2013
9666 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 8:21 am to
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4 - Fire starter: Put charcoal briquets in a cardboard egg carton and tie shut. Light the carton to start a fire


cut off a piece of fireplace log and put it in a ziplock for fire starter...
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81627 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 8:44 am to
quote:

finding an angel food cake pan, a wooden stake and a hammer is always a lot easier than finding a bowl.

Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
56280 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:15 am to
Rule 1: Milkcrates can be used for most anything: Seat, steps, four wheeler baskets, yo yo carriers, keep propane tanks from rolling around, hauling 4 gallons of milk.
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
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Member since Aug 2011
17318 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:20 am to
Always keep a box of toothpicks in your truck/boat. If a screw strips out of something, usually a couple toothpicks jammed in is enough for the screw to catch and hold it for the time being.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59651 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:53 am to
I spray my atv fenders with wd40. the mud washes off with ease
Posted by 34venture
Buffer Zone
Member since Mar 2010
11369 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:01 am to
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12 - Find crappie - After catching first fish blow up a balloon and tie it onto the fish using monofilament through the hook hole in the mouth. Follow the ballon around to stay with the school.


The ole jew fish. Works like a charm. I once caught the balloon fish three different times. After all was said and done I let him go to thank him for the work he had done that day.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38735 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:05 am to
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11 - Eye irritant: If you get something in your eye rub the opposite eye to cause both to water. This will flush the irritant from the original eye.


Thanks, now both of my eyes are itchy.
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:07 am to
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If anyone still squirrel hunts buy extra smoke bombs on July 4, when you cripple one and he goes in a hole in the ground or low on a tree light smoke bomb and he's coming out so you can finish him off. Has sent many squirrels to the pot over the years that would have been lost otherwise.



I have squirrel hunted for years and never thought of this. Will add a few bombs to my vest.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81627 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:21 am to
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The ole jew fish.
Will be doing this sunday morning. BTW, good balloons are hard to find.
Posted by Langston
Member since Nov 2010
7685 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:24 am to
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The ole jew fish. Works like a charm. I once caught the balloon fish three different times. After all was said and done I let him go to thank him for the work he had done that day.

Posted by 34venture
Buffer Zone
Member since Mar 2010
11369 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:36 am to
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BTW, good balloons are hard to find.


Rubber glove works well. Not only are you catching fish, but your're getting a thumbs up the whole time.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81627 posts
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:45 am to
Mine are all dry rotted. I need to hit up my dentist friend.
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