u/NoMoreFishingGear

Never gave them time or used them in the right situations. The other day I went out and spent 8 hours throwing only a frog. It was amazing. I learned so much in that one session while also losing the most fish ever, a couple would have been PB's for sure. But the quality of the fish I was catching definitely went up. Went back yesterday morning and got a few more that were a tiny bit bigger (4lbs).

Don't make fun of my net, my gunnel walls are high and my back hurts 😭

Edit: Picanha

What an absolute rip. I've been waiting twenty years for our region to get these in. Imo it's the best meat there is. I've been reverse searing caps (fatless) for awhile now and have it so dialed in that we can't even eat steak anywhere else. I was assuming with the amount of fat that's on these things that they would be a bit under per lb in price vs the ones without fat.

Nope. Same price. 9.99 per lb. Why is this a big deal? Because I opened a couple to cut while I was working (since the Cryovac got punctured) and when I trimmed the fat it was literally 50% of the product. Some had even less meat underneath. While I know the importance of the fat, it's just insane to me that we're charging the same for fat off which is 100% meat minutes the tiny blue skin you peel off. So essentially, if you buy one that's 6lbs, you're only getting maybe 3lbs of meat.

The markup on them is insane as well. Our department average IMU (item Mark up) is 10-11%. But I saw we are buying these at $5 something per lb. Not sure what the actual IMU percentage is since I didn't look and there's other buying factors involved but damn, come on Costco. This is almost as bad as the "Extreme tenderloins" we sell.

Guess I'll be sticking to fat off for now until the buying office gets their heads out of their ass but that's a pipe dream.

First time on the Sea Watch, I usually stick to the half days or the malahini out of HM. But man, this captain knows what he's doing. We chased the schools of yellowtail and got them to come up on every stop. I just happened to not be one of the lucky ones. Great trip though. It's nice having a crew that doesn't just anchor down when 2 calicos are caught and sit there for an hour.

Daiwa tatula elite 2500 MQ on Daiwa tatula elite shakeyhead rod

Daiwa Tatula 80 on Daiwa tatula elite jerkbait rod

Daiwa 21 Zillion SV TW on Daiwa tatula elite multipurpose rod

Daiwa Salamandura Air TW on Daiwa Salamandura Light action rod

Daiwa tatula Elite 100 on Daiwa tatula elite frog rod

Daiwa Mangetsu 150 on Daiwa Tatula punching rod

Daiwa 21 Zillion SV TW on Daiwa tatula elite deep crankin glass rod

It's getting kinda crazy in every fishing sub. Why does everyone think their fish is 5lbs? Here is my example. Not the best angle since I didn't have anywhere to set my phone but in my left hand, the larger fish, she weighed barely over 4lbs. The fish in my right hand was right over 3lbs. If you don't own a scale stop posting the weight!

Daiwa Zillion SV TW 6.3

Daiwa Tatula Elite 7ft 3 multipurpose rod

Daiwa 30lb 8x J braid

Seagusr Red label 10lb fluorocarbon

Zman Zinkerz in white lightning

Just wanted to share their first single they put out. So proud of these boys and what they have accomplished in such a short amount of time. Tons of hardcore/metalcore/deathcore influence and they have already had 2 live shows that they absolutely crushed and have 3 more lined up.

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1TnNMSBD925xjnhh7kPwlO?si=KmZD9GujT-qXeUb7kpufPA

YouTube first live show:

https://youtu.be/srUg5ab3O6o?is=TMdUORiEu7jgrnSA

First time I've been on my local lake with a bunch of fog but it sure was nice to have before it got to 98 degrees!

So much shad everywhere, they won't even take shad imitation baits. Resorted to the bait I have most confidence in no matter what water I'm fishing. Shakey heads are stupid easy to fish and stupidly effective. I used to resort to drop shot but I've found my hook up ratio and water coverage is far better with the shakey.

What do you guys do when you just need to catch a fish?

Daiwa Tatula Elite swimbait rod

Daiwa Tatula 300 6.3

Savage gear Scandal 10inch

Was using a Daiwa DX swimbait rod rated to 8oz with a Lexa 300 and while I could lob the heavier baits just fine I wanted something a bit lighter with a higher lure rating. The elite is rated to 12oz and feels a lot more well suited for the job.

The scandal is an amazing lure. They took everything that made the deps 250 great and made it even better while fixing the flaws of the deps. The self draining carrying case is pretty awesome too.

I've spoiled my family with cooking Top Sirloin caps for the last twenty years it's hard for us to eat anything else.

Smoked at 190 for an hour till 130 F, then seared both sides for a few minutes at 500 till 145 F, rested for 30 minutes.

And because I know it's coming:

1. I do not cut caps with the grain. Regardless of what people say I prefer it this way

2. No it's not picahna, it has to have the fat cap to be called that

Ribeye cap roast, before steaking it out. By far the best piece of meat off the entire steer, imo. I prefer reverse searing whole meat/roasts.

Still suck at reading sonar, I mainly use MSI for finding structure and then DI for seeing what the bottom terrain looks like. We couldn't find any fish in the shallows all morning but then found this massive area where it appeared all of the fish were. I'm guessing it's bass feeding on shad but just wanted more experienced anglers to chime in.

We threw everything at them all morning and they wouldn't touch a single thing except when I decided to troll at 35ft with a spoon. Got one 2lber out of countless massive schools.

Still trying to get the crappie and common carp trophy but we rarely go for either of those.

Edit: Anyone else SUPER annoyed with how I placed the stickers because now I am after seeing it 😑