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How Likely Is My Car To Be Vandalized If I Have A Darwin Fish On It? How About A Flying Spaghetti Monster?
I’d like to put a Darwin fish or a flying spaghetti monster on my car.
I’m a little hesitant to do so because I don’t want any extreme theists to vandalize my car (snap off the antenna, break a window, slash the tires, throw eggs, etc).
How likely is this to happen? If you’ve ever had something like this on your car, did it happen to you?
Thanks!
As an extreme theist I only vandalize cars with the Darwin fish on them. I find the FSM stickers humorous and then I find it difficult to vandalize someone else’s property when I am laughing. But I can only speak for myself and my unwritten policy. But as an unbalanced nut job, I never really know what I might do.
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It is very important to have quality crappie fishing rigs to become a more consistent and proficient crappie fisherman. The most common crappie fishing rig you will need to have and you will use it quite often are fishing rigs set of to catch crappie with different crappie jig presentations. You can use crappie jigs with our without live bait but sooner or later there will be a need to use a combination of artificial crappie baits combined with some type of live bait. The most common of these combinations being a crappie jig striped of any plastics combined with a live crappie minnow.
Now you need to make a decision on what is the best choice of a crappie jig. To choose the correct crappie jig with depend on a some key factors that pertain directly to the local waters you intend to fish in. Your crappie fishing rig will change depending on what the local food source is for the crappie population you are targeting and also the season you are fishing in. To put it all together you need to do some research as to what exactly the crappies are eating on a regular basis, then you can make your crappie fishing rig selection based on this information. For example I had of this great farm pond that not many people fish in and that there was talk that this pond was full of crappie. Well the first thing I would do when arriving at the pond Is look very close at the type of bait fish I see swimming the shallows. Ok Its spring time and I notice there are just hundreds of small bluegill fry swimming around , bingo! I am going to try to match my crappie baits to look like the small bluegill fry. Actually if you had a minnow net with you The ideal bait would be to use a small crappie jig with a safety pin spinner tipped with small crappie fry. Well anyway the key here is you need to as they say “match the hatch” to be successful. I Think you will be pleasantly surprised with the results if you can design your crappie fishing rig to “match the hatch” so to speak.
There will be a trial and error period and some practice to identify on what to match the hatch with. One very effective way to see if your crappie bait selection is going to be effective is keep trying different presentations until you catch tow or three crappies and then go ahead and clean them , but be careful to open up their gut to see what exactly they are eating. In my example above I did exactly that. I got lucky and hit on the right combination right away and when I caught my first three crappie within minutes I checked to see what they were eating sure enough they were feeding heavy on the small bluegill fry. This technique will work on any crappie waters you intend to fish. Don’t make the mistake and not use this important tip because it can be very powerful information on you next crappie fishing trip to this area.
One more important note when you are matching the hatch. Size and color are very important. If you are going to say fish only artificial jigs you need to match the size and coloration of the hatch. In my example above I chose a jig head that had a color similar to the color of the bluegill fry and the size was a 1/ 32 ounce jig size because the bluegill fry were very small. The safety pin spinner was used because the pound was weedy and the water was a bit discolored so I wanted my crappie fishing rig to have some flash so the crappie could see it, and hear the vibrations.
I want to thank you for reading my article about Artificial Crappie Baits. We wish you the best of luck on your next fishing trip!
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There are so many different types of crappie fishing rigs that work to catch crappie. Common fishing rigs for crappie include the old fashion cane pole bobber and a hook or a fly rod with a ultralight spin cast or open face reel. Also there are some excellent graphite jig fishing fishing rigs designed specifically to catch crappie. Jigging poles are manufacture in lengths of from 8 to 20ft but longer poles are somewhat awkward to use. A better selection would be a pole in the 10 to 12ft range.
When looking to purchase a good crappie fishing rig there are a few things that you need to consider, You need to make your selection based on the poles power rating and the poles action. When considering a power rating you need to understand that ultralight rods are designed that the ultralight rods are designed for line weights of 1 to 4 pound test line, and lures or jigs 1/64 to 1/16 ounce. These are the 2 different rod types that are commonly used as crappie fishing rigs. Make sure you match the rod power and action to the reel you select.
The next thing you need to consider when selecting your crappie fishing rig is the rod action. Action is the flexibility or stiffness that the rod has. A fast action rod will bend very little in fact if you used one of these rods when crappie fishing you would probably rip the hook right out of its lips. You do not want to select a fast action rod as one of your crappie fishing rigs.
A medium action rod is a common choice for walleye and small catfish. You can use a medium rod for crappie fishing if you are fishing crappie spinner baits but it probably is not a good choice if you intend to do allot of crappie jigging.
The slow action rod is your best choice as crappie fishing rig. The slow action rod will bend through out the entire length of the rod and they are perfect for the old paper mouth crappie.
We hope the information in this article about crappie fishing. Have a great day and the the best of luck to you on your next fishing trip
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Fishing with nightcrawlers for fish species such as walleye, bass and trout is quite common. The trouble is you need lots and lots of nightcrawlers or worms to fish for these species. If you are a avid walleye fisherman you know what i mean. You are constantly re-baiting your hook to make your live bait presentation enticing, and it is very easy to use dozens of nightcrawlers in one fishing outing. To limit or eliminate your cost of live bait it makes good sense to build a worm farm and raise your own night crawlers and worms. You will be amazed how simple this actually is.
To build a worm farm you need to understand a few basic principles of worms and nightcrawlers. Worms are what is called a hermaphrodites. Basically what this means is that both the female and male worm or nightcrawler have sex organs so therefore they are both breeders. You still need to have two worms worms to breed but since they are both breeders it doesn’t mater if you have male or female worms, just that you have two nightcrawlers. Catching both is very simple to do, But before we get there there is some preparation you need to do. and that is constructing your worm box and filling it with the right kind of soil.
You can either construct a worm box that you can locate outside of the ground say in your basement or garage or you can construct one that fits in the ground. Night crawlers and other worms feed by eating their way through the ground so you want the soil you put in your worm box to be fertile and full of nutrients. If you have a compost pile this type of soil is perfect. dead or rotting vegetation in the soil is perfect for nightcrawlers and other worms to feed on. Or you can go to a local garden soil and purchase at least 25 lbs of fertile soil to start out with. In order for your worms to reproduce consistently you need to keep your soil moist and full of nutrients at all times. left over table scraps ground up and sprinkled over the the surface of your worm box works great for feeding nightcrawlers.
To construct a worm box get yourself some 1 x 12″ white or yellow pine. you want your box to be at least 24 inches deep so you will have (2) 12 ” wide boards stacked together on for sides. the length and width of your box should be at least 3ft by 3ft. So you finished worm farm box would be 24″ deep x 36″ deep x 36″ long. Once you have your box completed line the inside with plastic sheeting 1/8″ thick if possible. attach to the bottom and all insides of you box with adhesive or a staple gun. next if you have some ground up table scraps and newspaper mixed all together sprinkle it evenly in the bottom. next fill your box with your fertile soil to within 2 ” from the top of the box. Then mix the soil and sprinkling all together. Know you are ready to fill your box with crawlers for a box this size you need to start off with at least 6 dozen nice fat nightcrawlers.
Now you are ready to start catching your night crawlers. Wait for a rainy night and get your flashlights together and head out to the lawn after dark. Make sure you do not shine your flashlight directly on the crawlers. What you want to is sneak up so you can get your hand behind them then put your hand over them and squeeze gently this will make it easier to pull the nightcarwlers out of the whole. One thing you want to look for is two night crawlers that are all slimy and right next to each other all stretched out. these are breeding crawlers and pick up as many of these as you can find because that way you will have baby nightcrawlers in your box with 2 to three weeks.
I have had a great time writing this article we hope you enjoyed our information about construct a worm box. Have a great day and the the best of luck to you on your next fishing trip
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It has been estimated that live bait accounts for about 75% of all walleyes that are caught on a hook. One of the favorite foods that walleye like to eat on a regular basis is the ribbon leech And ribbon leeches make an excellent live bait. Amazingly few fishermen use leeches when they are walleye fishing. Probably the biggest reason is the bad reputation that they have as being thought of as blood suckers. Actually the leeches used as live bait to catch walleye or any other gamefish are not blood suckers at all.
The popular leeches such as the ribbon and tiger Leech feed on small worms and other aquatic organisms, but they do not bore through the skin of live animals to suck blood. Actually when leeches get on your skin they are using their powerful suction cup on their tail to hang on. The Leech that gave all leeches a bad rap as a live bait is the medicine leech and it was used to suck blood from humans many years ago.
If you are going to fish with leeches as your live bait selection for walleye it is probably best to use them in late spring or summer because leeches do no work well if the water temperature is below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Leaches tend to curl up around your hook if the water is to cold. You need your leech to be as lively as possible and swim as natural as possible to entice any nearby walleye. Just remember leaches work better if the water temperature is above 50 degrees.
One of the best ways to fish leaches as a live bait presentation for walleye is by using a slip sinker rig with a plain short shank or circle hook or a floater size number 8 through number 2. The best leaches to use are the ribbon and tiger leech about 2 to 2 1/2″ in length. The best way to hook leaches is through the tail, through the tough skin on the back of the leaches neck head area, and through the middle of the leech.
We hope the information in this article about fishing for walleyes with leeches. We wish you the best of luck on your next fishing trip!
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