Weekend get-together

[gabowman]

How about somebody posting a pic of a spoonbill so this Ga. boy knows what the heck you're talking about!! :D

[LBM]

gabowman

Check these sites out.

http://www.trumaninfoguide.com/Gener...paddleFish.cfm

http://www.thejump.net/fishlist/spoonbill.htm

http://charmingjustcharming.blogspot...bill-fish.html

How about somebody posting a pic of a spoonbill so this Ga. boy knows what the heck you're talking about!! :D

[crap-king]

I do know that swordfish steaks I have seen in display cases at seafood
places looks just like it, grain pattern and color.[/QUOTE]

Horse meat looks like beef too!!! lol

Spoonbill the other swordfish

[Billbob]

is there a size limit on treble hooks??

[J White]

is there a size limit on treble hooks??

That my friend, is a hard question to answer. All I can say, is in years
past, snagging from the boat BELOW THE END OF RIP-RAP, we have used
whatever we wanted to, and never had any problems with the wardens.
I like two 7/0 or 9/0, my buddies have stuck with 5/0 and catch plenty.

Last year, they changed up the season and didn't bother to tell anyone -
you are supposed to have ESP and I heard that now, from the bank
in the spillway proper, you will have to use tiny hooks, something like a 2/0.
But that is hearsay, I will try to find out more before time.

I was told last year that the handbook they pass out where you buy your
licenses is "only a guide, not THE LAW" so... we will take it as we go I guess

Oh, and to the naysayers - no, I have never ate swordfish, but plenty of
spoonbill, and to me, it is the equal of (or better than) anything I've ever tried.

[willsjwills]

That my friend, is a hard question to answer. All I can say, is in years
past, snagging from the boat BELOW THE END OF RIP-RAP, we have used
whatever we wanted to, and never had any problems with the wardens.
I like two 7/0 or 9/0, my buddies have stuck with 5/0 and catch plenty.

Last year, they changed up the season and didn't bother to tell anyone -
you are supposed to have ESP and I heard that now, from the bank
in the spillway proper, you will have to use tiny hooks, something like a 2/0.
But that is hearsay, I will try to find out more before time.

I was told last year that the handbook they pass out where you buy your
licenses is "only a guide, not THE LAW" so... we will take it as we go I guess

Oh, and to the naysayers - no, I have never ate swordfish, but plenty of
spoonbill, and to me, it is the equal of (or better than) anything I've ever tried.

AMEN

[fiddlefarter]

Can you shoot 'em with a bow down there?

[J White]

Can you shoot 'em with a bow down there?

Sorry, don't know on that either! I would think yes, they used to be
considered a "rough fish" - but now they have some restrictions on them,
two per day limit, so I don't know. BTW, glad to see the limit, just hope
they enforce it. Unless you've ever been bitten by the snagging bug,
it's hard to explain - but I sure want to see the resource managed so
it will continue to be there. Just wouldn't seem like Fall for me without
a snagging camp :D

[ShilohRed]

Jeff what day do you plan on leaving and heading that way> I may try to make it. That is if we do not head to east Tn that weekend.
Pete

[J White]

Pete, gonna try to go down Thursday night the 19th, but it may be
Friday morning of the 20th - if we get caught up a little at work, might
even try to ease into the next week a day or two
Sure hope you can make it, Jeff