Wore Fillet knife out yesterday!

[ripinlips]

Well I took a friend that lives out of town and has not been fishing in over a year and my brother to try and find some Reds in all da muddy water and we did. I never usually keep too many big reds but yesterday after the first two nice size ones that is all we caught. So we threw back all the 26+ inchers, after we had one over 27 inches, and kept the rest. We threw back our legal (size wise) limit a few times. I can live without actually bringing home two more. Anyway great day on the water and fun rippin some lips. Oh, quick question. I know this probably has been asked before but I have light tackle rods and I need to find some type of line that is small in diameter but strong for Reds like this. Most of the people that fish with me can handle my tackle but some struggle to not break lines and leaders I am not an expert with different line types and fishing in general so any help will do Thanks

Oh the title means that I cleaned them all with a non-electric fillet knife...think it may be time to get one for times like this

[BIG RED 1983]

nice catch where were they cought

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Nice mess of fish

[mcjaredsandwich]

Nice mess of fish. If you are worried about line on light tackle, a lower pound test of powerpro is a good choice. Reds don't mind if you don't use a leader.

sammich

[Keith_Stone]

Nice catch

[meaux fishing]

electric knives will burn out on reds. Get a dexter russel serrated knife and you can thank me later


nice catch btw

[ripinlips]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

electric knives will burn out on reds. Get a dexter russel serrated knife and you can thank me later


nice catch btw

Thanks very much for the info...Can you buy them anywhere or only online(the link you provided)?

[Asterisk-Rich]

Originally Posted by ripinlips

Thanks very much for the info...Can you buy them anywhere or only online(the link you provided)?

Academy carries them.

[ripinlips]

Originally Posted by Asterisk-Rich

Academy carries them.

Thanks

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

electric knives will burn out on reds. Get a dexter russel serrated knife and you can thank me later


nice catch btw

they are nice but how do you sharpen them?

[Speck Attack]

awesome catch....excellent for the grill......
Are you fishing the VB area?

[ripinlips]

Originally Posted by Speck Attack

awesome catch....excellent for the grill......
Are you fishing the VB area?

Thanks,
and
I was not fishing the Vermillion Bay area but the Hwy 82 area...

[Texas Tiger]

Bet y'all had some fun with those, nice catch

[Asterisk-Rich]

When I clean reds I find that my Dexter Russel works better than my electric knife. Instead of sawing through the bones you maneuver around them...NICE CATCH!

[eman]

30 lb power pro. Diameter of 8 lb mono.
nice catch

[meaux fishing]

http://www.dexter-russell.com/Item_D...id=492&line=SG

[T-Bone]

Originally Posted by eman

30 lb power pro. Diameter of 8 lb mono.
nice catch

Will that 30 lb PowerPro work on all types of reels?

[Keywest18]

Originally Posted by T-Bone

Will that 30 lb PowerPro work on all types of reels?

I use it on my spinning reels, instead of mono I used a small piece of electrical tape to keep it from slipping. I had 65lb on my ambassadeur but it kept digging into the spool which gets frustrating watching your bait fly off. But alot of people use it with no problems on baitcast reels

[jgannard]

Nice catch !!!!!!1

[Gerald]

I don't think there is any electric knife that will stand up to cleaning Red fish on a regular basis......... unless you really take your time and never "force" the knife while cleaning the fish.

A Dexter Russel serrated knife is what I am using and I can clean several Red's in the time it takes to clean 1 using an electric knife.