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Well as some of you know i bought a new fishcat 4 the other day. Ive been dying to use it and finally took it out today. Conditions were not perfect but not bad either..but ill fish at dead low tide when its raining and the wind is blowing 50mph and theres a red tide....so just being out there is good enough for me. But tonight i was on a mission to fish...but also to determine if i made a good decision by buying a new tube when the one i already have is perfectly fine.
First thing i notice about the new tube...it sits a lot higher above the water. This is really cool and it allows you to cast so much further than you would on other tubes. Also pitching and flipping is actually possible with these foam seats...really cool. The only disadvantage of the foam seats.....i feel like kicking is harder because my fins come out of the water everytime i kick making a lot of noise and its a waste of energy. This may be associated with the new fins i bought which are longer and heavier than the ones i have been using though. The bighorn definitly has more storage pockets but overall they hold close to the same amount...actually id have to say the bighorn holds more. The seat on the fishcat is really comfortable though...itis much better on my already screwed up back. I can easily lean back to rest and after a 2 hour session my back wasnt botheringme at all. Normally its hurting me after 30 minutes.
I think i made a good decision with this new tube although i miss the storage pockets on the bighorn...but at least with this one i have a little area behind me to store things like a cooler. Another thing i didn't like was the stripping apron on the fishcat. I didnt even use it just because it seems bulky and too flimsy. Its cool that you can use the tube without the apron though...other tubes you need to apron because the spreader bar keeps the tube in the right shape.
Did i get sidetrackeed or what? Back to the report:
Im dropping piling after piling and fishing dock after dock for nothing. I get a bite or two while dragging my bait from one spot to another but cant connect. 2 weeks ago i came to the conclusion that the spotties had moved to a shallowerpart of the marina because the water was colling down. Figured theyd head to shallower/warmer water but this was proved wrong on veterans day when i caught all my fish in the deeper areas and caught nothing in the shallowerareas like i had the previous week. After tonight and my last few outings these fish have me baffled...i dont know where they are of what thehre up to. Finally get out of the water because im wearing my waiders and had to use the potty. One cool thing about the fishcat and its foam seats is that i may be able to "relieve" myself from my tube in the future. (As long as im well hidden obviously). Other tubes sag too far down and if you have waiders your gonna have trouble.
Anyways after 2 hours i get out RUN to the bathroomaand do my thing. Heav over to the breakwalland manage 2 small spotties to get rid of the skunk. Fish were caught on blackwidow t&c swimgrubs.
I toom pics but im not near my computeraand theae fish were micro spotties so maybe next time.
Brian
First thing i notice about the new tube...it sits a lot higher above the water. This is really cool and it allows you to cast so much further than you would on other tubes. Also pitching and flipping is actually possible with these foam seats...really cool. The only disadvantage of the foam seats.....i feel like kicking is harder because my fins come out of the water everytime i kick making a lot of noise and its a waste of energy. This may be associated with the new fins i bought which are longer and heavier than the ones i have been using though. The bighorn definitly has more storage pockets but overall they hold close to the same amount...actually id have to say the bighorn holds more. The seat on the fishcat is really comfortable though...itis much better on my already screwed up back. I can easily lean back to rest and after a 2 hour session my back wasnt botheringme at all. Normally its hurting me after 30 minutes.
I think i made a good decision with this new tube although i miss the storage pockets on the bighorn...but at least with this one i have a little area behind me to store things like a cooler. Another thing i didn't like was the stripping apron on the fishcat. I didnt even use it just because it seems bulky and too flimsy. Its cool that you can use the tube without the apron though...other tubes you need to apron because the spreader bar keeps the tube in the right shape.
Did i get sidetrackeed or what? Back to the report:
Im dropping piling after piling and fishing dock after dock for nothing. I get a bite or two while dragging my bait from one spot to another but cant connect. 2 weeks ago i came to the conclusion that the spotties had moved to a shallowerpart of the marina because the water was colling down. Figured theyd head to shallower/warmer water but this was proved wrong on veterans day when i caught all my fish in the deeper areas and caught nothing in the shallowerareas like i had the previous week. After tonight and my last few outings these fish have me baffled...i dont know where they are of what thehre up to. Finally get out of the water because im wearing my waiders and had to use the potty. One cool thing about the fishcat and its foam seats is that i may be able to "relieve" myself from my tube in the future. (As long as im well hidden obviously). Other tubes sag too far down and if you have waiders your gonna have trouble.
Anyways after 2 hours i get out RUN to the bathroomaand do my thing. Heav over to the breakwalland manage 2 small spotties to get rid of the skunk. Fish were caught on blackwidow t&c swimgrubs.
I toom pics but im not near my computeraand theae fish were micro spotties so maybe next time.
Brian
