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Location: Southwest PA | leech lake strain - 3/26/2017 10:47 PM
smoke a few cigs while out there.
Chew is better, keeps both hands free and less scent transfered to everything in your boat...  |
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Location: NorthCentral WI | Tommis - 3/26/2017 10:02 PM
Chew is better, keeps both hands free and less scent transfered to everything in your boat... ;)
Better not get your spit on my carpet or you may get a lashing from a 9' rod upside the head. 10 mg of Oxycodone and you'll be feeling fine. |
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Location: Southwest PA | Lmao, I would never! That would warrant a good lashing but I'd use one of the little baseball bats... no need to ruin your rod and your carpet |
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| I quit chewing over 5 months ago.
We will see how it goes when I'm fishing everyday. Having a dip while fishing is something I've always done. It is a nasty habit, and it does get all over sides and top of the gunnels, of the boat. |
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Location: Waukee, IA | I have ways to work through the pain of long days bombing muskie baits, they just aren't legal in every state. |
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Location: Southwest PA | Congrats on quitting! it's still my guilty pleasure, other than muskie fishing. I just carry a spitter, solves the mess and is a force of habit from the work van anyways. I feel bad, I got this thread off topic! No more chew talk! |
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Location: St. Lawrence River | Nothing more disgusting that a grown man collecting his spit in a bottle. Not allowed in my boat or truck lol.. |
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Location: Southwest PA | Lol Jake I said no more chew talk but to each their own. If that's the rule, I'll follow out of respect. Last thing... Save the lungs, screw the gums! Ok, I'm done now. For real this time. |
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| I have been casting the last two trips out, I have an extremely tight muscle in my left upper back/shoulder that is nasty, going to try to put some heat on it, early season woes get me every year, same when I start planer boat fishing and jigging, you lose muscle memory over winter it eventually clears up. |
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Location: Detroit River | Kgonefishin - 3/28/2017 10:20 AMI have been casting the last two trips out, I have an extremely tight muscle in my left upper back/shoulder that is nasty, going to try to put some heat on it, early season woes get me every year, same when I start planer boat fishing and jigging, you lose muscle memory over winter it eventually clears up. Don't apply heat, apply an ice pack. |
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Don't apply heat, apply an ice pack.
Exactly. Before any day on the water I spend 20 minutes with four heating pads in the room applying heat to my lower back, neck area, and both arms with emphasis on the elbow area. When I get back, I spend 20 minutes with moldable blue ice bags on those same areas. It's a PIA to do, but I can't make it all season without doing it that way. |
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Location: Waukee, IA | Most guys will scoff, but there are yoga programs targeting specific areas of the body. My uncle is a completely new man because of his lower back routine he does every morning. He calls it stretching, but they're old timey yoga poses. Call it whatever you like, it helps a lot to loosen up and allow regenerative blood flow |
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Location: Aurora | Consider switching over to a spinning reel and use a launcher.
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Location: Hayward, Wisconsin | Check this out:
http://www.thefishingwire.com/story/399504 |
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Location: Phoenixville, PA | When my back hurts and my arms are about to fall off, I pick up my light spinning reel and catch some perch for the cooler. I also will fish for bass. Not only does this give my body a break from big baits, but I often learn where the perch are holding and how active they are. Fishing for bass and perch informs my musky fishing. If the bass are taking spinner baits, I will start throwing bucktails, if they want plastic worms, I will slow down and start throwing musky jigs or gliders. I also end up catching fish, which does not always happen when I spend the whole time throwing musky bait. |
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| The comforting reality is there're so many of us to share these realities. What's so uncomfortable, is that so few young people appear excited to join our midst. But that's for a whole nuther thread. About four or five years ago I wrote an article called "The Bionic Angler" where I talked about a whole list of products that allow us oldsters to stay on the water. The good news is there are enough new products to write a sequel. The bad news is I'm 67 and need them faster then they come out. So far, the real winner for me is the "lightness of St Croix rods" (yea they are my sponsor) and the Ulterra self-deployed bow mount (not my sponsor.) In fact, the safety factor alone for Ulterra saving us a trip to the bow in rough seas is maybe the single best innovation in allowing unsteady seniors to stay out there on nasty days. |
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| No heat! Only ice. Even today as your in the office it will help for this up coming weekend. I was told to freeze a coffe cup and bust out the bottom of have it full. 5-10 minutes in an area about 3x the size of the cup. Keep moving to avoid frost bite, and the cup was the insulator for you hand is all. |
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then try these exercises: http://www.in-fisherman.com/bass/pain-free-fishing/
