Float Tube Forum Gathering in the salt

I say the next gathering in the salt should be in San Diego..... or Dana Point.

I may have to pass the next one off to another member to handle anyone want to take it on.

bayfishingjunkie wrote:just use that fishing tape they sell everywhere. a few wraps around thumb and your all good. but then again I love to see my thumbs all rew and skinless because it means it was a good day

I got some finger tape at the Hall show. Turns out it's just Coflex. Jeff you might know what I mean. Anyway, if anyone needs that stuff...I'm your man. But only one color...FLESH! I can get it from work.

bayfishingjunkie wrote:Thanks to everyone for a fun filled day. I apologize for the quick exit but the wife has been very cool with all the fishing time so I had to make sure I made it back in time. I ended up with a total of 4 spotted bay bass 3 shorts and one that taped out at 14" and weighed 1.1 pounds. agaimn I have picks and video but cant seem to be able to post them.. Thanks again and cant wait till the next gathering

It was nice fishing with you. I never left that area we started out in. It was a good day for my tally. Catch you next time.

waxon67 wrote:

bayfishingjunkie wrote:just use that fishing tape they sell everywhere. a few wraps around thumb and your all good. but then again I love to see my thumbs all rew and skinless because it means it was a good day

I got some finger tape at the Hall show. Turns out it's just Coflex. Jeff you might know what I mean. Anyway, if anyone needs that stuff...I'm your man. But only one color...FLESH! I can get it from work.

How much for a roll bro.

I takes care of ya'll my brothas. Done be frettin yoselfs. I be commin troo wit da goods. I will try to have a roll fo each of yuz ness time we be fishin toogetha!!

[quote="jeffcpr"]I may have to pass the next one off to another member to handle anyone want to take it on.[/quo

I will do it

Dano is the Mano

The main reason I always keep a lip gripper with me in the harbor is for SCULPINS! and they can be useful on Rays depending on the type of lip gripper. I know most people just freak and cut the line but if I can help it I don't like leaving jigs in them especially with a few feet of line dangling from it.

Vagabond wrote:The main reason I always keep a lip gripper with me in the harbor is for SCULPINS! and they can be useful on Rays depending on the type of lip gripper. I know most people just freak and cut the line but if I can help it I don't like leaving jigs in them especially with a few feet of line dangling from it.

AGREEEEEEED! As for Bat Rays and Sting Rays, I just cut the line as close to the bait as I can get to. I don't want to be stung by a stinger! For the Sculpins, I totally agree! I still lip them because I know I won't let go! LOL! I'd be super duper afraid of the lipper failing and that Sculpin and all it's spiny glory landing on my lap!

lagunaCOCONUT wrote:

Vagabond wrote:The main reason I always keep a lip gripper with me in the harbor is for SCULPINS! and they can be useful on Rays depending on the type of lip gripper. I know most people just freak and cut the line but if I can help it I don't like leaving jigs in them especially with a few feet of line dangling from it.

AGREEEEEEED! As for Bat Rays and Sting Rays, I just cut the line as close to the bait as I can get to. I don't want to be stung by a stinger! For the Sculpins, I totally agree! I still lip them because I know I won't let go! LOL! I'd be super duper afraid of the lipper failing and that Sculpin and all it's spiny glory landing on my lap!

LC You Got Some Big COCO NUTS! now I Know Why You Got That Name Lagunacoconut Lol

ed5000x wrote:

lagunaCOCONUT wrote:

Vagabond wrote:The main reason I always keep a lip gripper with me in the harbor is for SCULPINS! and they can be useful on Rays depending on the type of lip gripper. I know most people just freak and cut the line but if I can help it I don't like leaving jigs in them especially with a few feet of line dangling from it.

AGREEEEEEED! As for Bat Rays and Sting Rays, I just cut the line as close to the bait as I can get to. I don't want to be stung by a stinger! For the Sculpins, I totally agree! I still lip them because I know I won't let go! LOL! I'd be super duper afraid of the lipper failing and that Sculpin and all it's spiny glory landing on my lap!

LC You Got Some Big COCO NUTS! now I Know Why You Got That Name Lagunacoconut Lol

LOL Ed! Muahahahah!

[quote="Dano67"]

jeffcpr wrote:I may have to pass the next one off to another member to handle anyone want to take it on.[/quo

I will do it

Dano U rock! Way to step up!

lagunaCOCONUT wrote:

ed5000x wrote:

lagunaCOCONUT wrote:

Vagabond wrote:The main reason I always keep a lip gripper with me in the harbor is for SCULPINS! and they can be useful on Rays depending on the type of lip gripper. I know most people just freak and cut the line but if I can help it I don't like leaving jigs in them especially with a few feet of line dangling from it.

AGREEEEEEED! As for Bat Rays and Sting Rays, I just cut the line as close to the bait as I can get to. I don't want to be stung by a stinger! For the Sculpins, I totally agree! I still lip them because I know I won't let go! LOL! I'd be super duper afraid of the lipper failing and that Sculpin and all it's spiny glory landing on my lap!

LC You Got Some Big COCO NUTS! now I Know Why You Got That Name Lagunacoconut Lol

LOL Ed! Muahahahah!

TMI LOL!!!

Still not doing it

Dano67 wrote:Still not doing it

Me Neither

ed5000x wrote:

Dano67 wrote:Still not doing it

Me Neither

Theres Talk About Tape For Your Thumb Maybe

I was thinking of trying some of that rescue tape they sell at gun, fishing and outdoor shows as thumb wrap. Seems pretty tough and dense and it only sticks to itself.

Short story I took 5 friends out on a Davey's locker skiff out of Newport and 4 out of the five had never fished before. Back then the Davey's skiffs would get a inch or two of water in the bottom from slow leaks. All 6 of us were wearing flip-flops when one of the guys catches a 9 inch Sculpin brings it into the boat to have it throw the hook and fall into the boat with us and start swimming around in our two inches of water. Everyone was laughing till I screamed it was poisones! then everyone was scrambling onto boat seats and the ice chest. With no net it took me almost 10 minutes to scoop the thing out with our cooler lid and by then the harbor patrol had spotted the comotion and come by to see what the heck we were doing and why we drifted into a swimming area.

That was a good store I would have loved to see that from another boat. I would have laughed my ars off. I once say a guy lose his thumb as he was trying to undo a birds nest and got a good strick. The line took off with out him noticing and with in few seconds it wrapped around his thumb and off it came. Needless to say the fish got away iut even got the pole as well.

Holy crap Jeff that is horrible!

I saw a guy at Newport pier that didn't know better full fist a baby sculpin while trying to get it off his hook. It was like slow motion as a another guy yelled at him not to but too late guy was screaming till the life gards showed up.

Man Sculpion And Flip-flop
There Was A Guy And Two Kids On A Fish Boat Last Year On My Birthday Waring Flip-Flops He Was Doing Good Untill On The Way Back There Was A Ice Chest Full Of Sculpion And The Deck Hand Started To Clean Them And Dumped Them On The Deck The Guy Did See Them (Maybe It Was All The Beer He Was Drinking ) But He Went Right Into Them And Kicked A Few Of Them He Was Crying Like A BAby All The Way Back He Could Barely Walk Off The Boat I Felt Sorry For The Kids

Don't get stuck by this fish! The dorsal fin and the spikes on the gill plate have poison! If you are out on a boat and do get stuck, you must immediately find HOT COFFEE to pour over the spiked area and OR believe it or not, you have to URINE your own PEEPEE on the area stung! The ammonia in your peepee will help neutralize the venom some and ease the pain a bit. I know. Sounds like a joke but this is the best remedy.

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same as jelly fish right?

Geez everything about that little bugger says don't touch me! My lip gripper might even have second thoughts about touching that one.

Thats a mean looking bugger!!.