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RedRhino

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  1. I'm fairly sure Indy's fish is a spotted bass. Note the smaller cheek scales, and especially the lack of a separation between the first and second dorsal fins. It's also spotted up the back where a largemouth has a more distinct lateral line, and is just darker on top. The differences are kind of subtle, but the lack of a split in the dorsal fin is the giveaway. Sorry to get so technical though. As far as stripers are concerned, I think I'd have to to the Hudson river. Maybe some day I'll give it a shot. EDIT: Forget about the lateral line actually. And it don't matter in the long run what it is, first fish this this year, good job Indy!

  2. I'm right on lake Ontario, so I have many tributaries, creeks, and bays to choose from. The trouble is getting to the better pockets from the shore. I'm not going to get too serious, just want a kayak to cruise down the rivers and get myself into some back water. Indy, that's a spotted bass correct? Don't think I've caught one of those yet. Thanks for the congrats Spacehog.

  3. I caught my first largemouth, Smallmouth, black crappie, northern pike...maybe another species, all last year when I started getting more serious about fishing. This one was quite a bit bigger than the largemouth I've caught. Edit: maybe one of the LM was about the same size. The pike were the only fish I've caught larger, and even those were not bigger by much. I'm going to get a kayak next month, so maybe I can go after the big ones.

    That's a nice smallie. What they lack in size compared to largemouth, they more than make up for in fight. I miss smallmouth fishing in TN.

    where are you now?
  4. There's nothing wrong with a .22 being used for hunting small game...the point was, that doesn't make them tactical. It's not a descriptive term, because it does not describe what they are. It describes what the people who post the shit call anything with a weaver/picatinny rail. I'm really not trying to be a dick! But calling .22s tactical is pretty much what leads to tactical toe nail clippers, and tactical hot dogs. And who is to say that a .22 shaped like an m4 is cooler than a Henry golden boy, or "cooler than other .22s" I certainly wouldn't agree. The label is the problem. I just suggest that if the only way you can find what you want is by putting tactical in front of it, maybe you're choosing something for the wrong reasons. Tactical has become a casual term in general. But it doesn't have to be.

  5. Asking about a tactical rifle is a loaded question I think (no pun intended). It seems to me that if you are set on 'tactical', tactics go out the window, and what you really want is opinions on some kind of AR. I mean, what the hell is a tactical .22? What tactics are you employing? I feel like the most tactical thing a rimfire rifle is going to do is take small game in some kind of survival scenario. And in that case the best "tactical" .22 is the one that is best suited to taking small game. Maybe the most rugged. Now there are a few cases of rimfires being used to some degree in combat. But the chances that you are going to need our even want to use a .22 in such a manner are quite slim. All that being said, sometimes guns are just for fun, and there's nothing wrong with that! I do hope you enjoy your rifle, but leave the "tactical .22s" to the operators.

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