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Things you should have known but didn't (re: fishing/hunting)
Posted on 8/14/14 at 8:15 am
Posted on 8/14/14 at 8:15 am
In 2003 I moved to the 'dell. My subdivision sits on the Honey Island Swamp, and there is a public launch into the Pearl River about 30 seconds from my front door. Based on that, I bought a 16' flat. I though I needed something small enough to maneuver through the Cypress swamp to look for snakes and gators, and I figured I could learn how to catch sac au lait. My error: I HAD NO IDEA that a 25 minute run down the West Pearl would drop me right in the Rigolets right where it hits Lake Borgne. For at least a year, any time I wanted to chase reds I hauled my boat to my dad"s place on the Jourdan and ran to Bay St. Louis. Turned out okay since that little flat was a redfishing machine, but obviously it would have greatly influenced the type of boat I bought if I had known the Rigolets, Lake Borgne, Lake Catherine, and even Lake Pontchartrain were right at my fingertips. 
ETA - Literally I just went "exploring" one day and the revelation was like, "WTfrickingF - I'm sitting in the Rigolets right now and looking at Lake Borgne."
ETA - Literally I just went "exploring" one day and the revelation was like, "WTfrickingF - I'm sitting in the Rigolets right now and looking at Lake Borgne."
This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 8:30 am
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Posted on 8/14/14 at 8:18 am to 911Moto
"I had no idea the spec limit was 2 officer. Honest!"
Posted on 8/14/14 at 8:23 am to 911Moto
I should've known that chick at the tarpon rodeo would give me crabs
Posted on 8/14/14 at 8:25 am to jimbeam
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"I had no idea they took their rattlesnake love so serious in the Tensas Refuge, but FRICK EM! Honest!"
Posted on 8/14/14 at 8:29 am to Ole Geauxt
PFD in a pirogue? How come duck hunters don't have one? 
Posted on 8/14/14 at 8:43 am to fishfighter
That scope mounted rifles shoot high at like 20 yds. Missed a damn buck 4 TIMES! He was a suicidal buck. I just couldn't deliver. He looked at me and just walked away. I was young then.
Missed a damn buck 4 TIMES! He was a suicidal buck. I just couldn't deliver. He looked at me and just walked away. I was young then. Posted on 8/14/14 at 9:02 am to 911Moto
Current not always same as wind direction. Scrubbed my boat against the rig trying to attach hook.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 9:40 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
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That scope mounted rifles shoot high at like 20 yds.
You meant "shoots low at 20 yards" ?
Posted on 8/14/14 at 9:43 am to 911Moto
Wish i would have known that put-putting along, picking up our dead ducks and pouldo, that shooting the wounded ones is considered creeping or running, i forgot which. cost me $500 though.. 
Posted on 8/14/14 at 9:44 am to dawg23
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You meant "shoots low at 20 yards" ?
huh?
Posted on 8/14/14 at 9:46 am to 911Moto
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Things you should have known but didn't
I'll read articles and study fishing patterns, what they're eating, how deep they should be, etc... Forget everything when I get on the water.
ETA: It's always a "wish I would've known that while I was fishing" after I go back and read it again.
This post was edited on 8/14/14 at 9:48 am
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:06 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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quote: You meant "shoots low at 20 yards" ?
huh
boolit hasn't risen to line of sight yet.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:16 am to Ole Geauxt
Correct
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:21 am to KingRanch
thank you ma'am, may I move to the front row of class now?
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:27 am to Ole Geauxt
You can sight in to be dead on at 100yds, by being 2.5-3" low at 20yds
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:38 am to 911Moto
Didn't know for years that the commonly sold boat plugs with the locking handle on them can also screw down to adjust the width of the rubber part. Always had my gas can holding in the plug bc I thought my boat had an oversize plug hole. Almost sank it once because the gas can bounced up and let the plug out.
Also, I didn't know about tuning your bow for a long time.
Also, it took me years of bow hunting before I figured out to get the bow in position as soon as you hear the deer instead of freezing right then and then having to shift everything when it's within shooting range.
I could write a book on this shite. A lot of my hunting/fishing has been self taught so I've had way more than my fair share of dumbassery in the process. Not that that excuses me.
Also, I didn't know about tuning your bow for a long time.
Also, it took me years of bow hunting before I figured out to get the bow in position as soon as you hear the deer instead of freezing right then and then having to shift everything when it's within shooting range.
I could write a book on this shite. A lot of my hunting/fishing has been self taught so I've had way more than my fair share of dumbassery in the process. Not that that excuses me.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:42 am to gorillacoco
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dn't know for years that the commonly sold boat plugs with the locking handle on them can also screw down to adjust the width of the rubber part.
Guilty.
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:50 am to gorillacoco
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boat plugs with the locking handle on them can also screw down to adjust the width of the rubber part.
My buddies old boat had a shite load of silicon around and in his drain hole. I asked what that was about and he said his plug had shrunk by drying out in the sun and no longer fit.
It blew his mind when I tightened the nut by hand and it fit snug in the hole.
This guy was from Arkansas, so he had an excuse. I don't know about you guys...Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:56 am to Clyde Tipton
That the island (public land) in the river 3 miles from my house was loaded with turkeys. Didnt even bother to look last year. I was happy but a litle pissed at myself when I went this year and was working gooblers each morning....
Posted on 8/14/14 at 10:57 am to dawg23
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You meant "shoots low at 20 yards" ?
Yep. I need coffee in the morning.
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