At Fishing Fury, we love shiny things as much as fish do - especially shiny reels. As odd as it may sound, it’s not only important that our reels function well, but that they look great too. Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder when it comes to reels though. Personally I prefer the appearance of a round baitcast reel, where as Jon prefers low profile. One thing with both agree on though, is that if we had the money, we would have a serious collection of pimped out reels. Here’s a list of the reels we wish we had, but probably never will.
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Here’s something you don’t see everyday, a big ole sturgeon pulled through the ice on light tackle. I would imagine there must have been a panic to make the hole bigger once they had a look at this fish near the surface!
The fish is said to have been over 66 inches long and more than 70 pounds and was released after a couple of photos.
Quantum have been making some great reels over the last few years. Not only do they look good, but they have proven to be solid reliable reels. I picked up a Quantum Cabo a couple years ago, and Jon got a Quantum PT and we have been very pleased with each of them. I was checking out the new reels from Quantum and came across their latest low profile baitcaster, the Code. It’s a great looking reel, and it costs less then $100 which makes it an affordable reel for just about any serious fisherman. At that price, we might need to add this reel to our starting lineup.
It has been over two years since I started making my own spinner baits. I’ve sold a couple along the way, buy usually just gave them away to people so they could test them out and let me know what they think. I have made dozens of designs and thanks to feedback from my fellow fishermen and readers of Fishing Fury, I have all but perfected my lures. I’ve been able to prove that my lures can catch musky and pike consistently, as well as several other species of fish. Although several of my designs worked well, one stood out as being the best. I just opened an online shop on Etsy to make these lures available to you. I’ll be updating new lures every chance I get. And if there are specific colours you need, just let me know. All the proceeds will go toward fishing trips for Jon and I.
There are a tons of fishing techniques out there, but free-dive fishing is pretty insane. These guys can hold there breath for an incredibly long time, which is good, because when a big ole tuna is dragging you around underwater, you really have no choice.
We have been getting plenty of photo submissions from our readers so far in 2008. It’s a good thing too, because Jon and I haven been fishing for months! I think this may be the longest stretch of time I have gone without fishing in years. I can’t complaint though, I’ve been busy with two jobs and raising a four month old little boy.
The weather here in Halifax has been awful lately, now and freezing rain all day long. I’m glad our buddy Mark from across the big pond has had good weather to do some pike fishing though. He was kind enough to send us a photo of his first ever pike, a beauty 8.5 pounder. I’m looking forward to seeing more pike photos coming up, especially once he has a couple custom made spinner baits to try out…
Hello again, Pike shaped guns, whatever next?! This was my 1st ever Pike I’ve caught, it was on a 7″ Yellow Goldfish deadbait cast out in a Trout Resevoir. I’ve got to admit I let my mate take the hooks out as I about shat my pants when I saw it come to the top! It weighed in at 8 and a half pounds which isn’t bad for a 1st one, the other difference i really noticed is they’re a nightmare to keep a grip on compared to the fat Carp! Cheers lads.
Welcome to the world of pike fishing Mark, and great use of the machine gun hold!
PS. There will be some announcements about prizes for photo submissions in the near future, so keep those photos coming!
When I was younger, we used to use old hubcaps to ride down snow covered hills. I was sure there would never be a better use for hubcaps, but for the first time ever, I am wrong. Hubcaps can also be used to make Hubcap Creatures - BEHOLD!
via Jalopnik
I’m always amazed at the amount of crazy fish related products there are out there. This one is one of the strangest, brought to you from the folks at Thanko (more awesomeness from Japan!) - the same people who created USB gloves and the butt cooler.
Best mouse pad ever or worst, you decide.
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Jonathon Marshall (16 hours, 20 minutes ago)Abdullah our recent interview in the Toronto Sun is all about fishing spots in the GTA. http://www.fishingfury.com/ 20080629/the-fishins-fine-furious-i n-toronto/ If you're willing to travel there are more options as well.. Lake Scugog http://www.fishingfury.com/ categories/places/lake-scugog/ J ack Lake http://www.fishingfury.com/ca tegories/places/jack-lake/
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To Be Carter (16 hours, 28 minutes ago)Just puttin the line in to start fishen, in CABO ya Bouy!!!
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