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Fishing from a Float Tube
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RMAN4443 Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 6:47 PM EST
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Anyone ever used one or have any info?


Gon' Fishing
DrafterX Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 6:48 PM EST
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Ya, tubes and catfishes don't mix... Unsure
opelmanta1900 Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 6:56 PM EST
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Did it for awhile in my teenage years... lots of fun but also lots of work and you need flippers for sure...
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#4 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 7:02 PM EST
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RMAN4443 wrote:
Anyone ever used one or have any info?


Gon' Fishing

setting up a fishingherf on Winnepasaukee?
MACS Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 7:06 PM EST
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I've watched our brother RJCardema fish, very successfully, from a float tube. IIRC he did have fins. I was in a john boat with a 50hp motor.

Cuz I'm smaht.
delta1 Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 7:37 PM EST
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I remember when they first started this, using actual inflated inner tubes tied to a long rope that was anchored to shore...latest gear looks like a small inflatable catamaran with a seat in the middle and nooks and crannies for gear. Some models have motors, so fins are optional...
Whistlebritches Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 8:22 PM EST
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I have a U-tube,bass,crappie and catfish out of it every year.We have a couple walk in only lakes that are barely accessible from the shore but in a tube........you can go places no one else can,not even in a boat.As a matter of fact a buddy and I use his boat to get back in the tangles and tube fish from their for spring crappie.........We absolutely slay them big slabs.

I will also say after years of tube fishing that it is my favorite way to fish.As stealthy as one can get when pursuing spooky fish.My biggest fish tubing was a 16 lb hybrid striper.That bastid took me for about a half mile ride.......but there was never a doubt I was going to land him.Thats another thing about tubing......it becomes part of your drag system.
MACS Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 8:34 PM EST
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You need to troll for yellowtail with me, Ron. (double entendre intended)

Get the boat up to 5 mph, let your lures out... then drink beer and smoke cigars until your clicker starts singin'. Then reel in the fish.

It's beautiful.
RMAN4443 Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 8:51 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
setting up a fishingherf on Winnepasaukee?

sounds like fun, but Winnipesaukee is inhabited and surrounded by rich folk who get offended if you fish anywhere near shore, because they don't like you "fishing in their yard" d'oh!
MACS Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 8:54 PM EST
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RMAN4443 wrote:
sounds like fun, but Winnipesaukee is inhabited and surrounded by rich folk who get offended if you fish anywhere near shore, because they don't like you "fishing in their yard" d'oh!


Sounds like a great excuse for ol' MACS to show up and act like a Northeastern resident. (sarcastic smartass)

"You don't like me fishin' in yaw yaahd?" "F**k you!" Do suuhtin', ya fuhkin pansy fuhk."

C'mon. You know that's how we non-Kennedy's act.
RMAN4443 Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 9:10 PM EST
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How are they on the back? Any features I should be looking for? Any other important questions or info I need to make a more informed decision? Think
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#12 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 9:11 PM EST
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I got spend about an hour jawing with an old boy up in the Iron Range of Minnesota few years ago that Muskie fishes from a float tube. Dude would go out and float for miles and battle f*cking Muskie all day in the damn thing. Can't remember his name but he's apparently kind of a legend up there. Old as hell but in better shape than I've ever been in. Looked like way too much work for me...lol
RMAN4443 Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 9:13 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Sounds like a great excuse for ol' MACS to show up and act like a Northeastern resident. (sarcastic smartass)

"You don't like me fishin' in yaw yaahd?" "F**k you!" Do suuhtin', ya fuhkin pansy fuhk."

C'mon. You know that's how we non-Kennedy's act.


some of the Kennedys act that way too Anxious
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#14 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 9:22 PM EST
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I've done this for years, we have lakes that are hike in only dry camping. One lake in particular Tanen is a Brookie hot bed, we literally will catch fish all day, females in the shallow, big males in the deep by the submerged log.

1. Do NOT USE ANYTHING except neoprene waders, the canvas style are a death trap waiting to happen. You WILL DROWN if you don't heed that advise.
RMAN4443 Offline
#15 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 9:30 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
I've done this for years, we have lakes that are hike in only dry camping. One lake in particular Tanen is a Brookie hot bed, we literally will catch fish all day, females in the shallow, big males in the deep by the submerged log.

1. Do NOT USE ANYTHING except neoprene waders, the canvas style are a death trap waiting to happen. You WILL DROWN if you don't heed that advise.

Good to know, important advice......Thanks Beer
JadeRose Offline
#16 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 9:54 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
I've done this for years, we have lakes that are hike in only dry camping. One lake in particular Tanen is a Brookie hot bed, we literally will catch fish all day, females in the shallow, big males in the deep by the submerged log.

1. Do NOT USE ANYTHING except neoprene waders, the canvas style are a death trap waiting to happen. You WILL DROWN if you don't heed that advise.




Maybe CROS used the canvas waders. Poor CROS
MACS Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 10:30 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
I've done this for years, we have lakes that are hike in only dry camping. One lake in particular Tanen is a Brookie hot bed, we literally will catch fish all day, females in the shallow, big males in the deep by the submerged log.

1. Do NOT USE ANYTHING except neoprene waders, the canvas style are a death trap waiting to happen. You WILL DROWN if you don't heed that advise.


ADVICE. Not advise. If I give you ADVICE you better listen. I advise you to read a dictionary to see the difference. Dipshit
JadeRose Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 11:19 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
ADVICE. Not advise. If I give you ADVICE you better listen. I advise you to read a dictionary to see the difference. Dipshit





That's not very nice MACS. Pretty sure Z can't read.
MACS Offline
#19 Posted: Tue, Mar 13 2018, 11:24 PM EST
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JadeRose wrote:
That's not very nice MACS. Pretty sure Z can't read.


Yeah, well... he better learn to spell, or get fkin ridiculed.
JadeRose Offline
#20 Posted: Wed, Mar 14 2018, 2:20 PM EST
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Laugh
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#21 Posted: Wed, Mar 14 2018, 3:06 PM EST
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He can send it to me. I will type it up for him, for a price. lol
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#22 Posted: Wed, Mar 14 2018, 3:16 PM EST
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Cathcam13 wrote:
He can send it to me. I will type it up for him, for a price. lol


I would charge at least a cigar per 4 words Herfing
Cathcam13 Offline
#23 Posted: Wed, Mar 14 2018, 8:46 PM EST
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😂
Cathcam13 Offline
#24 Posted: Wed, Mar 14 2018, 8:47 PM EST
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Also along this topic, don’t use one on the Alsea River, unless you would care to drown....
Whistlebritches Offline
#25 Posted: Wed, Mar 14 2018, 9:03 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
You need to troll for yellowtail with me, Ron. (double entendre intended)

Get the boat up to 5 mph, let your lures out... then drink beer and smoke cigars until your clicker starts singin'. Then reel in the fish.

It's beautiful.


Sounds like a blast.........My yellowtail trolling skills sadly have dwindled over the years.Lets make it happen.
Whistlebritches Offline
#26 Posted: Wed, Mar 14 2018, 9:23 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
I've done this for years, we have lakes that are hike in only dry camping. One lake in particular Tanen is a Brookie hot bed, we literally will catch fish all day, females in the shallow, big males in the deep by the submerged log.

1. Do NOT USE ANYTHING except neoprene waders, the canvas style are a death trap waiting to happen. You WILL DROWN if you don't heed that advise.


I agree if you're fishing fast moving waters.............Breathables are so much more comfortable and all I use.I've been over my had more than once,still here to tell about it.Full of water it is way more difficult to say get in a boat.......dats why you slip out the waders then dump them once back aboard.

I went down in a hole in a slough with a shotgun.Waders full,soaked to the bone,shotgun never got wet .........I paddled a few feet to the shallows.BREATHABLES RULE!!!
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#27 Posted: Thu, Mar 15 2018, 12:25 AM EST
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https://www.cabelas.com/product/boating/canoes-kayaks-small-boats/float-tubes/pc/104794380/c/104710680/sc/104335380/classic-accessories-cumberland-float-tube/743402.uts?slotId=0


Used one of these with flippers on a small lake a few years ago. I'd gone out on a kayak and caught some stuff but there wasn't anywhere to store gear and my hook got snagged on the front tie rope had to go to shore to climb out and fix it. On the tube there's room for stuff without sitting it all on your lap. Had a more relaxing experience on the inflatable.
fishinguitarman Offline
#28 Posted: Thu, Mar 15 2018, 12:59 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
setting up a fishingherf on Winnepasaukee?



My azz ain't gonna be that uncomfortable while fishin
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#29 Posted: Thu, Mar 15 2018, 7:34 AM EST
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fishinguitarman wrote:
My azz ain't gonna be that uncomfortable while fishin

must be a bit uncomfortable now, judging by your picture.
delta1 Offline
#30 Posted: Thu, Mar 15 2018, 1:04 PM EST
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pretty sure FGM isn't catching any with that little rod...
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#31 Posted: Thu, Mar 15 2018, 1:11 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
pretty sure FGM isn't catching any with that little rod...

It ain't the size of your rod, it's how you dangle your worm Anxious
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