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Richard_the_Aughth

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  1. Yea tog takes a very light touch, which is tough in strong current. I find them fun to fish for but quite honestly if there was still a decent fluke population targetable from shore I probably would have never gotten into tog. They also fight really, really hard. The fight is short but you need to put a lot into it or you will lose the fish. They also do taste better than striper, imo
  2. The rig I personally use is somewhat similar. I have the whole reel spooled with 30lb mono test, and I use size 1(not 1/0) hooks. The way I am able to do so is I tie a dropper loop about 6 inches from the bottom, and then I cut the loop near its base so I have about 5-6 inches of line which I then use to snell one of these small hooks. I slip on a 4oz or 5oz weight and drop it right next to the jetty I fish off of. I have yet to be broken off with 30 lb test and from talking to other people who fish that jetty is seems that the smaller hook you can use the better for tog. The mono i use is too thick to get two strands into the eye of the hook but a single strand seems to work. Its a bit of a PITA to snell a size 1 hook but its doable and this setup has yet to fail on me as well. I have an old inshore rod that I bought years ago and never got much use out of due to the kind of fishing I normally do, but now its my dedicated tog rod, ready to go.
  3. I heard that rule as well but last year I saw one in March
  4. 4/15? Thats closer than I expected, I cant wait! I usually make my first trip once I find out bait shops have green crabs. Hopefully that is by 4/15 but it seems that the people who catch tog first catch their own bait.
  5. Any predictions? Will a warm winter help these fish move in shore early this year?
  6. A couple years back on the BST forums someone was selling a complete ice fishing setup with an electric auger. Some quick math showed what this person was selling was worth more than $500 but they were selling everything for $200 obo. I never go ice fishing but thought I might buy it just in case I ever decide to get into it. Now I am glad I did not buy it.
  7. I dont think any single person is responsible, but rather trends in society. Its easy to play the blame game and point the finger at someone but it doesnt change the environment. Who would you say is responsible? If you want to get technical about it the winter that wasnt was more likely than not caused by years of industrialization by the Western world. The East is now starting to ramp up and fully industrializing so they have not yet produced enough emissions to cause a big enough impact. And when I say now I mean more recently than the West.
  8. Depends on the population they are trying to coerce. You are correct though, they can also fly in using false identities. I imagine any sneaking in over the border would have to be interested in certain Chinese citizens also sneaking in over the border. If the article I am linking gets blocked, google "chinese harassing us chinese citizens" and look for the United States Department of Justice result. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/five-individuals-charged-variously-stalking-harassing-and-spying-us-residents-behalf-prc-0
  9. That's just one claim, what about the others? I don't think spies are coming in, I think it's desperate people, but there are certainly spies mixed in. There have been Chinese citizens arrested by uncle Sam for intimidating people who have fled China into going back too likely go to jail.
  10. That I certainly agree with. But that's also why they lie about numbers. If an officials province is not doing as well as others the question is why. For an officials livelihood, it is best they are not asked "why?"
  11. That's interesting, I've yet to hear that. I was mostly alluding to my belief that most of the country suffered worse poverty than the US. It's very hard to actually know because the only thing we really know is they fudge their official government numbers
  12. Parking is definitely an issue, I'm hoping to making it down this year though.
  13. A lot of Chinese people in neither group B or C probably don't have the means to get to the border to begin with
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