Comments for Fish with JD http://fishwithjd.com JD Richey's online fishing magazine. Thu, 15 May 2008 04:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on Baitcasters: lefty or righty?? by JD http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/11/baitcasters-lefty-or-righty/#comment-65859 JD Mon, 12 May 2008 15:56:32 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/11/baitcasters-lefty-or-righty/#comment-65859 Way to go, my son! Can I get a big "RA-MEN!" Wait, those are noodles. Guess I'm hungry....ah, nevermind!! Way to go, my son! Can I get a big “RA-MEN!” Wait, those are noodles. Guess I’m hungry….ah, nevermind!!

]]> Comment on Baitcasters: lefty or righty?? by Ryan Sabalow http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/11/baitcasters-lefty-or-righty/#comment-65857 Ryan Sabalow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:54:34 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/11/baitcasters-lefty-or-righty/#comment-65857 Preach on, Rev. JD. Just bought a bait caster and was baffled when the bait shop guy tried to give me an allegedly "right-handed" reel. He looked at me funny when I gave it back and asked for a "left-handed" one instead. Preach on, Rev. JD. Just bought a bait caster and was baffled when the bait shop guy tried to give me an allegedly “right-handed” reel. He looked at me funny when I gave it back and asked for a “left-handed” one instead.

]]> Comment on Baitcasters: lefty or righty?? by JD http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/11/baitcasters-lefty-or-righty/#comment-65794 JD Mon, 12 May 2008 14:56:44 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/11/baitcasters-lefty-or-righty/#comment-65794 Yep, I think you're right about the fact that all baitcaster reels started out as righties and how people just got used to doing it that way. It's funny -- most righties are very used to cranking spinning reels with their left hands, but feel like a goof ball if they try to operate a baitcaster with the left hand. I once tried to "educate" the angling public on the advantages of going with left-handed baitcasters by using them on my guide trips. Damn near had a mutiny on my hands!! People just couldn't handle it and I switched back to right-handed reels in a few days. In the interest of full disclosure, I do have to admit that I feel like a one-armed drunken monkey whenever I've tried to turn a spinning reel handle with my right hand... Yep, I think you’re right about the fact that all baitcaster reels started out as righties and how people just got used to doing it that way.

It’s funny — most righties are very used to cranking spinning reels with their left hands, but feel like a
goof ball if they try to operate a baitcaster with the left hand.

I once tried to “educate” the angling public on the advantages of going with left-handed baitcasters by using them on my guide trips. Damn near had a mutiny on my hands!! People just couldn’t handle it and I switched back to right-handed reels in a few days.

In the interest of full disclosure, I do have to admit that I feel like a one-armed drunken monkey whenever I’ve tried to turn a spinning reel handle with my right hand…

]]> Comment on Baitcasters: lefty or righty?? by Jack http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/11/baitcasters-lefty-or-righty/#comment-65772 Jack Mon, 12 May 2008 14:42:14 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/11/baitcasters-lefty-or-righty/#comment-65772 Righty vs Lefty was a conversation I had almost a year ago. My Bass partner, Gary Musick, knew I was heading to purchase my first of three Shimano Chronarch's I now own. He is quite a bass pro, in my opinion. He suggested that all baitcasting reels originally were right handed built. Old guys grew up casting and switching the rod to alow the right hand to reel in. I don't know if that's true, but fortunately for me, all my reels are left handed reels. Being a right hander, it feels right. Now if I can figure out how to catch bass, I will be happy. Jack M. Righty vs Lefty was a conversation I had almost a year ago. My Bass partner, Gary Musick, knew I was heading to purchase my first of three Shimano Chronarch’s I now own. He is quite a bass pro, in my opinion. He suggested that all baitcasting reels originally were right handed built. Old guys grew up casting and switching the rod to alow the right hand to reel in. I don’t know if that’s true, but fortunately for me, all my reels are left handed reels. Being a right hander, it feels right. Now if I can figure out how to catch bass, I will be happy.

Jack M.

]]> Comment on Striper for Dinner! by Ransom http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/01/inviting-sandie-to-dinner/#comment-64708 Ransom Fri, 09 May 2008 17:16:06 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/01/inviting-sandie-to-dinner/#comment-64708 One caution about eating stripers, they typically have the highest concentrations of methyl mercury of any freshwater fish species in the central valley. The state office of environmental heath hazard assessment is in the process of finalizing new consumption guidelines for the sac river and northern delta, including those for stripers (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish/so_cal/srnd041108.html). Basically, women of child-bearing age, nursing mothers, and children should really limit, if not altogether forgo, striper consumption. If you do keep stripers for the table, make sure they are on the small side; the larger the fish, the more the mercury. More details can be found at: http://www.oehha.org/fish/hg/index.html One caution about eating stripers, they typically have the highest concentrations of methyl mercury of any freshwater fish species in the central valley. The state office of environmental heath hazard assessment is in the process of finalizing new consumption guidelines for the sac river and northern delta, including those for stripers (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/fish/so_cal/srnd041108.html). Basically, women of child-bearing age, nursing mothers, and children should really limit, if not altogether forgo, striper consumption. If you do keep stripers for the table, make sure they are on the small side; the larger the fish, the more the mercury. More details can be found at: http://www.oehha.org/fish/hg/index.html

]]> Comment on Taxidermy Gone Bad — Yikes!! by Wilson Taguinod http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/06/more-bad-taxidermy/#comment-62524 Wilson Taguinod Thu, 08 May 2008 00:13:36 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/06/more-bad-taxidermy/#comment-62524 JD, I think Rod should lose MAJOR karma points for submitting two pictures from Fosters. And the striper isn't the worst mount on the wall. Ya gotta check out the Arctic char!! At the very least he could have walked (or staggered as the case may be) up the street to the Striper and showed those sterling examples of Taxidermy Gone Bad. Wilson JD,

I think Rod should lose MAJOR karma points for submitting two pictures from Fosters. And the striper isn’t the worst mount on the wall. Ya gotta check out the Arctic char!!

At the very least he could have walked (or staggered as the case may be) up the street to the Striper and showed those sterling examples of Taxidermy Gone Bad.

Wilson

]]> Comment on Salmon-eating sea lions to be captured! by Ransom http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/01/salmon-eating-sea-lions-to-be-captured/#comment-62056 Ransom Wed, 07 May 2008 17:38:58 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/05/01/salmon-eating-sea-lions-to-be-captured/#comment-62056 I am glad to see that the sea lions aren't going to be killed, but I still have a problems with this issue. Are anglers allowed to keep salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon in this area of the Columbia? Of course they are. Do we have any more right to kill these species than sea lions? It is extremely hypocritical for man to prevent sea lions from killing fish just so we can. We say that sea lion control is essential for conservation, yet we take tens of thousands of fish each year. We created this problem by building the dams that concentrate the fish and allow the sea lions to efficiently feed. The sea lions, like the lines of sturgeon, salmon, steelhead, and shad anglers below the dam, know where the fish are. We can't fault sea lions for doing the same things we do. I don't think it's fair that these wild creatures are now going to zoos (I am not sure if death wouldn't be a more humane treatment); we should be responsible, high cost and all, for continued trapping and relocation. I am by no means a PETA card holding sea lion lover, I wanna thump every sea lion that has left me reeling in a severed salmon head, but the hypocrisy of this issue stinks... I am glad to see that the sea lions aren’t going to be killed, but I still have a problems with this issue. Are anglers allowed to keep salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon in this area of the Columbia? Of course they are. Do we have any more right to kill these species than sea lions? It is extremely hypocritical for man to prevent sea lions from killing fish just so we can. We say that sea lion control is essential for conservation, yet we take tens of thousands of fish each year. We created this problem by building the dams that concentrate the fish and allow the sea lions to efficiently feed. The sea lions, like the lines of sturgeon, salmon, steelhead, and shad anglers below the dam, know where the fish are. We can’t fault sea lions for doing the same things we do. I don’t think it’s fair that these wild creatures are now going to zoos (I am not sure if death wouldn’t be a more humane treatment); we should be responsible, high cost and all, for continued trapping and relocation. I am by no means a PETA card holding sea lion lover, I wanna thump every sea lion that has left me reeling in a severed salmon head, but the hypocrisy of this issue stinks…

]]> Comment on Stripers Gone Wild! by greg mcelroy http://fishwithjd.com/2008/04/18/stripers-gone-wild-2/#comment-57684 greg mcelroy Sat, 03 May 2008 22:40:12 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/04/18/stripers-gone-wild-2/#comment-57684 jd, your a f'n PIMP! i wanna hook up with you and some TW like that... jd, your a f’n PIMP! i wanna hook up with you and some TW like that…

]]> Comment on Postcard from British Columbia by Herb http://fishwithjd.com/2008/04/25/postcard-from-british-columbia/#comment-52439 Herb Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:13:29 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/04/25/postcard-from-british-columbia/#comment-52439 Beautiful fish. I fish the Stamp River up there in beautiful BC. These photos make me want to pack my bags and fly north :) Beautiful fish. I fish the Stamp River up there in beautiful BC. These photos make me want to pack my bags and fly north :)

]]> Comment on How do I get started in guiding? by Scott Fesit http://fishwithjd.com/2008/04/24/how-do-i-get-started-in-guiding/#comment-50871 Scott Fesit Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:30:11 +0000 http://fishwithjd.com/2008/04/24/how-do-i-get-started-in-guiding/#comment-50871 You hit the nail right on the head. I have come to realize that most people fish to get away from there every day lives. Whacking fish is just a bonus. It really is what you do between the action that will make you or brake you... Scott Feist Feisty Fish Guide Service You hit the nail right on the head. I have come to realize that most people fish to get away from there every day lives. Whacking fish is just a bonus. It really is what you do between the action that will make you or brake you…

Scott Feist
Feisty Fish Guide Service

]]>