Went fishing

[Mrs Graybeard]

This morning was the first time I had been fishing in our pond. I caught three bream. They were to small to keep so back in the pond they went. I spent more time straighting out the line than I did fishing.  I was using my new rod and reel and the line kept tangling up. GB was also have the same problem with his new rod and reel so it wasn't just me.  He will be putting new line so we won't have the same problem next time we decide to go fishing.
 
Faye aka Mrs Graybeard

PS:We wanted to go fishing yesterday but it rain all day.

[Oldshooter]

Mrs G, you just gotta put itty bitty line on a itty bitty reel to catch the little uns and it still will be lots o fun! good luck with the fishn!
We're counting on you to keep GB honest with the fish stories! but we're gonna be watchin you too! 

[slim rem 7]

live an love an enjoy ye fishing an the rest of each day...next to my kids an grankids an of course my wife ,,each day is valued the way i should have all my life..  behind the best men ive known was without fail ,,a good women...living or waiting just beyond the moon..
 

[Graybeard]

Since we have some pretty nice size catfish and bass in the pond these days I picked us up some heavier duty rods. Normally we fish only with ultra light rods and reels but the size of some of the cats in there I don't know if the little ultra light outfits with four pound test line will get the job done. I caught three large catfish and one smaller one plus one bream before we gave up on the tangling line. I'd guess my three large ones went three pounds give or take a bit. I need to get a scale to weight them on so I can stop guessing. the smaller one was at most a pound and I'm pretty sure was hatched in the pond and not one I bought for it.

I don't know what kinda line was on the reels mine a Shakespeare and hers a Zebco but it has gonna go before our next trip to the pond. We tossed them all back in cuz I'm too dang lazy to clean them.

Phil just got back with the mail and says the beavers are back and there is a tree across the driveway. I do have a permit to shoot them so I guess I need to get down there after them.

[Oldshooter]

Sounds like you greybeard folk have an outdoor extravaganza going on and I'm envious! Good luck with the beavers GB

[Graybeard]

So far they've won all the battles but the war isn't over yet. I'll likely go down this evening hoping it returns for the tree it has down. Doing so while I'm there will be a fatal mistake. I only need to win one battle to end the war as I think for now only one beaver is visiting.

[Graybeard]

The beaver won tonight's round. I gave up before it showed up but then it might or might not show up at all. I've waited a bunch of nights and not seen it yet.

[gypsyman]

Greybeard, one thing I noticed when I have bought any new rod and reel combo. Seems the company's always overfiled the reel, and especially with lighter line,4#-6# test, the line wants to tangle up. If you havn't already done it, you might want to take 30 or 40 yds. off the reel. gypsyman

[rex6666]

sounds like the line is twisted. Try paying off 40-50 yard of it then rewinding
it with some tension, hold it between fingers that usually works.

If you notice of all the big time fisher men on TV that make big money fishing
none of them have scales either, must be a reason.

[skifastchad]

Just curious... Is bream your regional name for bluegill?  Or do you really have bream in your pond? 

[slim rem 7]

now thats not a problem i know anything about..beavers cutting you off from the road to town..
 i spect that might get aggrevating after while..also  catfish in a pond.. thats different than n.c. also...
this will go into my lil study of folks differing customs an practices..
  yall ever noodle or doodle or whatever you call grabing catfish along a muddy bank..
  not me ...got invited a few times but i decided id be the one who would grab a moccasin..
 by the way some say,, they can t bite under water ...don t believe it for a min...

[Graybeard]

now thats not a problem i know anything about..beavers cutting you off from the road to town..
 i spect that might get aggrevating after while..also  catfish in a pond.. thats different than n.c. also...
this will go into my lil study of folks differing customs an practices..
  yall ever noodle or doodle or whatever you call grabing catfish along a muddy bank..
  not me ...got invited a few times but i decided id be the one who would grab a moccasin..
 by the way some say,, they can t bite under water ...don t believe it for a min...

Nope slim to me fishing and swimming are two totally different activities. I've caught them on trot line, rod and reel and by cane pole.

[Graybeard]

Just curious... Is bream your regional name for bluegill?  Or do you really have bream in your pond? 

Well kinda sorta. Bream or brim is a name given to a variety of panfish mostly all members of the sunfish family. Bluegill are called bream and are in my pond as are shell crackers also called by other names but to me they all are just bream.

[Graybeard]

Greybeard, one thing I noticed when I have bought any new rod and reel combo. Seems the company's always overfiled the reel, and especially with lighter line,4#-6# test, the line wants to tangle up. If you havn't already done it, you might want to take 30 or 40 yds. off the reel. gypsyman

Haven't really checked Faye's Zebco but my Shakespeare was kinda over full. Still I don't think that's the problem as it's not so much the tangle at the reel as it getting tangled around the end of the rod. The line seems to not be very limp and as if by magnetic attraction wants to wrap itself around the end of the rod. Maybe it's just the way new line is these days but I never had so much troule with the line I used to use.

[Oldshooter]

Sometimes  spinning reels will twist the line so they do that (wrap around the tip) .  Might try a tee tiny swivel next to the bait for lure.


Your beaver may be working the late shift!

[swordfish]

The line is twisted. It happens when you reel a spinning reel when the fish is pulling out line. Don't reel unless you are able to gain line on the fish. "Pump and reel." Just strip off several yards of line and you will get to good (untwisted) line. Cut off the twisted line and you should be good to go.
If you were in a boat I would say just drop the line back for several yards while boat is moving forward, no hook just line, and it will untwist it's self.

Hope that helps.
Swordfish

"Your beaver may be working the late shift!" Not sure what to think of that statement.