06-23-2005, 06:54 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I made reference to the circle hooks with you in mind, sir. Hope you appreciate my thoughtfulness. I know how difficult it is to stick a super sharp regular baithook through the skin. I can only imagine the extra difficulty with the different bend in the circle hooks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Glad you and the lads enjoyed the smoked kitty. Maybe that will give you some incentive to "roll your own". Can you say BIG Zig Zags.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My carp punishing trips are usually spur of the moment, when I can get away and the weather is cooperative. Got a tentative trip in mind for Saturday morning. How is your schedule?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have always scaled any fish I plan to use for bait. It accomplishes two things...maybe three. First, it DOES make it easier to put the hook through it. Second, it allows more of the natural scent of the bait to spread in the water. Third...maybe...it makes a softer and more natural mouthful for the quarry species. Soft bait, with no bones or scales, is more likely to be held in the mouth longer or actually swallowed if it does not need to be chomped and tenderized. Catfish do pick up and consume loose carp scales, but I suspect that they do so only when they are really desperate. Treat 'em nice with a nice slice of tender carp cutlets.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Glad you and the lads enjoyed the smoked kitty. Maybe that will give you some incentive to "roll your own". Can you say BIG Zig Zags.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]My carp punishing trips are usually spur of the moment, when I can get away and the weather is cooperative. Got a tentative trip in mind for Saturday morning. How is your schedule?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have always scaled any fish I plan to use for bait. It accomplishes two things...maybe three. First, it DOES make it easier to put the hook through it. Second, it allows more of the natural scent of the bait to spread in the water. Third...maybe...it makes a softer and more natural mouthful for the quarry species. Soft bait, with no bones or scales, is more likely to be held in the mouth longer or actually swallowed if it does not need to be chomped and tenderized. Catfish do pick up and consume loose carp scales, but I suspect that they do so only when they are really desperate. Treat 'em nice with a nice slice of tender carp cutlets.[/#0000ff]
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