Gone Fishin'

A group devoted to the Angler and the Angler at Heart. 

If the topic has anything to do with fishing, this is the place to post.  Tell us your fishing stories, talk about tackle old and new!  What you like and what you don’t like.  

Bought some new equipment and want to tell us about?  We want to hear about it. 

Thinking about buying a new pole and want to know it if it is worth the money?  Ask up!

Do you collect fishing tackle?  Show it off with pride!

 Any type of angler with any skill level is welcome!  

And as this is I Knife Collector, this is also a place to talk about the knives made, used and collected by anglers!   We especially want to see your fishing knives -- in the tackle box, on display, or in action!

  • Thoughts about Custom Rods

    I was reading a discussion here about how pleased a member was with his purchase of a Dobyns rod. He commented that the only thing that bugged him was the placement of the hook keeper which interfered with using the reel. This statement got me to thinking and for what it might be worth - here's my…

    By Old Guy

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  • Fishing rods I am now using

    I got some money, so I always liked higher end stuff, sort of you get what you pay for these days. I have all the normal St. Croix,  G.Loomis ,  etc... however I came across a brand named Dobyns.  I bought one, the ML, which was good. I liked it, but then I said, how about a MH, and boy was that…

    By Peter Creager

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  • Fisherman's Knives

    My passion is about fisherman's knives. Hope to meet and talk with others that collect them

    By horace rogers

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  • Leave it to Cleaver

    Picked up two purpose made Fish Cleavers.  On is made by Ka-Bar, the other by Robeson.   I'm not sure if anyone is still making these but they really seemed to be a perfect size for cutting bait fish or clipping the head and tails off of fish you're cleaning.  I plan on putting them to use in the…

    By Tobias Gibson

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  • Ah Shucks

    Well the last thing I needed to do is find another odd ball knife to collect but that's just what I did.I'm sure plenty of people will tell me they're not odd at all.  While they aren't really a fishing knife they are used by lovers of a particular type of of seafood -- I'm talking about the oyster…

    By Tobias Gibson

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  • Slim Jims

    Anybody out there use Slim Jims for catching fish? I heard it works great for bluegill/sunfish. Anyone try it for other species?

    By Tobias Gibson

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  • Show us your fishing knives

    Most of my fish knives have already been posted over inKnife Patterns so I'm ot going to re-post them here.  But as this is Social Group called i Knife Collectors it…

    By Tobias Gibson

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  • Weird fishing tools

    It bonks! Nicely. It cuts! Safely. It cleans! Efficiently. It sharpens! Er...sharply. And it floats.The Kombo Fish is a rugged, seafood-dinner-centric multi-tool that hopes to become an…

    By Jan Carter

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  • Are the fish running where you are?

    Hope to get out this week-end. We had one week-end this winter when the ice was thick enough to fish. Now the weather is warm enough and the ice is gone but I'm not skilled enough to cast from shore in gale force winds.

    By Tobias Gibson

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  • Some of my favorite fishing/fillet knives

    I just joined this group a couple days ago. I was looking for folks I could talk to about my fillet knife collection. I have tried over the years to get together knives from top makers, if I felt they were worthy of collecting. I have a vast array of great fillet knives and some fighters.  Some of…

    By Peter Creager

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