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Line on a Can
« on: October 05, 2011, 07:56:22 AM »
Just something to ponder....

As a young fella I spent a lot of time in the Bahamas fishing with my uncle...kinda easy when your mother was born there...Tackle has progressed for me just like television and computers...

My rig back then, either off a boat or on a dock, a coffee can with rolled up line on it...of course a sinker and a hook...lol...

I am seriously considering doing this again just for nostalgia reasons...

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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2011, 07:58:00 AM »
Nothing better then the "old" times chrz
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2011, 08:03:21 AM »
Right on! My students always look at me like I have 3 heads when I tell them I had a TV with rabbit ears and 5 channels.... hhppy
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2011, 08:06:40 AM »
Still the preferred method in many parts of Asia - local fishermen laugh at me with my tackle boxes full of equipment.
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2011, 08:13:38 AM »
Agreed...funny when the guy with the line on the can catches more than you with your custom tackle and enough gear to warrant a pack horse... ;D
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2011, 08:49:25 AM »
 t^
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2011, 10:20:23 AM »
Tell the kids that the coffe can and string was your fishing pole and also doubled as a phone  rofla

Cool story t^


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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2011, 11:51:40 AM »
old school for sure.. my grandfather did something similar.. He used a thick piece of wood.
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2011, 03:54:06 PM »
Hey, go for it. I'm sure it will put a great big smile on your face.  TT^
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2011, 05:09:02 PM »
I can remember using nuts that we found along the railroad tracks for sinkers.

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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2011, 05:12:11 PM »
I've seen it used once. The guy caught a pretty big striper on it too

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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2011, 06:15:55 PM »
A long time ago when i was a kid.There was this old guy using a stick and twine and a hook to catch snapping turtles in red bank...If i remember right he had a huge chicken leg. Said he was gonna make turtle soup....
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2011, 06:22:36 PM »
A long time ago when i was a kid.There was this old guy using a stick and twine and a hook to catch snapping turtles in red bank...If i remember right he had a huge chicken leg. Said he was gonna make turtle soup....

I would have eaten the chicken!

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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2011, 06:25:23 PM »
Turtle soup is good t^
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2011, 09:34:24 PM »
OK...put this together tonite...ah...memories...
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2011, 09:44:11 PM »
A long time ago when i was a kid.There was this old guy using a stick and twine and a hook to catch snapping turtles in red bank...If i remember right he had a huge chicken leg. Said he was gonna make turtle soup....

I would have eaten the chicken!

Me too. ;D

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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2011, 11:09:24 PM »
I was at a party in college a couple years ago and made a bet with a friend that I could catch a fish without a rod and reel. We stumbled down to takanasee. I took a windmill hot dog with me and a flashlight. I found a tangle of line in a bush and a rusty hook. Put the hot dog on the hook and flipped it out about 10 feet. Before I could even crack a beer I had an arm length channel cat struggling on the other end. I must have hit him right in the head. I was a fishing super star in the eyes of my friend after that. That was a fun night
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Re: Line on a Can
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2011, 07:05:49 AM »
OK...put this together tonite...ah...memories...

  ahhh the old times.... TT^
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