any "old fashioned" fishermen still out there?

[deam]

Using the same equipment from 20 to 30 years ago a Diawa ultra lite gold  taped on an Eagleclaw rod tip,a 5" old Jiffy hand auger and a 6 gallon bucket with a Rinehart quarter bucket seat  and some newer metals with some homemade rapalas thrown in. Made a couple sleds in the past and used a flasher but like to keep it simple and travel light now a days.

[Fatfish]

I have 2 poles that are over 50years old and I still use them. Now I make my own poles. My son and I got a new gas auger this last year,just to make it a little eraser to fish. I still have some of the old jigs that I used in the 1960s,but the paint is falling off of them now.We have a camera,but I won that ,and it work's great. Keep an open mind,new stuff isn't so bad.   Jerry

[Tainterslayer]

Anyone still using a spoon auger?

[JoeJ]

Taint,,,,I am,,,wish I could find a new one!!!!

[MattR]

FatFish... My spoon auger is my backup.


JoeJ.. Good luck finding one new...lol. I think they stopped making them decades ago. Not sure why because they do work great for opening old ice holes in a permanent shack. Finding a used one is a challenge as well. Not sure if Ebay has any listed, but I always keep an eye open at garage sales and flea markets for that old stuff like spoon augers.

Matt

[soaknwet]

 I may be old, but i'm not stupid. Sitting in a portable shack with a heater beats heck outa sitting on a bucket in a cold wind. And a power auger REALLY beats hell out of a spud. I go fishing to fish, not work. Also, with flashers and cameras, I not fishing over a dead hole. I've got a lot of old equipment, but thats cause I'm CHEAP.

[Beets]

  Started out with cheapo stuff but now that I'm a little older I can afford to buy better stuff. No electronics either and seem to do just as good. I can drill and move with the best of them.

[BASSandICE65]

Talk to Flaggs in the Mass. room he has some vintage stuff...his jig rods look like a tree branch with eyelets lol

[teamlund]

people using flashers and gas augers is not something new... Flashers have been around since the 60s. Bass fisherman started the craz..... Auger been around for a LOOOOONG time too.

[stevenb12315]

I fish w/a friend who is all into the hitech stuff.My old school set up works just as well.As long as your having fun is all that really matters.Get out there and fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yahoo

[wawaseebass]

My dad is old school only uses The "Schooley" type rods and reels and hands my butt to me everytime except for when we are fishing 30-40 foot in the perch hole then with my spinning reel and custom rod I can kick his hind end but he still keeps close even without a vex... Hows he do it? Doesn't matter though I just love getting out there with my old man.