Gone Fishin'

[Sam_Adams]

Well with all of the people on the bag I'm sure there is a good number of folks that like fishing.

I grew up fishing but I have moved more towards fly fishing over the last six or so years. I'd post photos from bass fishing yesterday (caught about eight of them in an hour) but I get uncomfortable about carrying my big camera (and expensive) on the water in a kayak. I need a small little pocket camera for fishing.

Post your picks and your trips that you go on. :action-sm:action-sm

[distortion9]

Because I am a crazy gun nut, I will now magically turn this thread into a political discussion.

Fishermen weigh in on proposed license (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lifish0421,0,2216531.story)

BY KENNY PORPORA |Special to Newsday3:53 PM EDT, April 20, 2008

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At 6 a.m. on Sunday, the Bay Shore dock was empty under an overcast sky -- until Bill Moser unloaded his rod and bait from his truck and prepared for a day of fishing, just as he has for more than 50 years.

Moser, 64, of Kings Park is an avid recreational fisherman and an even more avid opponent of the new proposal that would force recreational fishermen to register with the federal government and purchase a license before heading out to sea.

more

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lifish0421,0,2216531.story

Like Anthony once said, "What, exactly, is "free" about our Country?"

Annnnnnd go

[Glenn Dandy]

thought it was going to be a you tag thread:(


goin Stripper fishin soon il post some pics when i do./.... cool thrad idea Sam.

[Haeder]

goin Stripper fishin soon il post some pics when i do./.... cool thrad idea Sam.

Where ya headed, the KitKat Club?

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/DakotaTed/Smallmouth.jpg

In South Dakota, our recreational opportunities result in death for some form of lower animal. Most of 'em are delicious.

[Sinn Fein]

For the most part, I only do salt-water fishing. In the last few years, I haven't done much at all. That's going to change this year.

[FishinForBabies]

I try and make it down to Texas every summer and fish the gulf, usually around Galveston. every once in a while i'll go out on a deep sea boat, but I usually just fish from the shore around san luis pass.

I also do some fly fishing when I get a chance and I keep a fishing pole on the 18 wheeler with me to fish whenever i find a spot.

[seeinred]

I went deep sea fishing in Cabo last month. I didn't catch a single goddamn thing. Our guides sucked, and made me hate deep sea fishing.

[Sam_Adams]

I also do some fly fishing when I get a chance and I keep a fishing pole on the 18 wheeler with me to fish whenever i find a spot.

For years I just had a cheap fly rod I bought from Wal-Mart when I was like 15 but then around 18 I got a very nice fly rod for Christmas from my mom, along with a new fly vest. I now have two of the same vest except one is too large (the one mom bought) but it works for when it's cold outside and I have a jacket on under it.

I used to tie flies but I have to buy all new gear. When I had moved I put my stuff in a storage building for about a year and when I came back to get my gear out I found out that my $300 worth of tying material had been eaten by mites. I picked up a hackle skin and it was rotting and I saw little white mites crawling everywhere and on my hand. It pissed me off. So, I haven't gotten around to buying new stuff.

I need to though. It's a great hobby.

I went deep sea fishing in Cabo last month. I didn't catch a single goddamn thing. Our guides sucked, and made me hate deep sea fishing.

The only time I went deep sea fishing was in San Diego when I was about 12 years old. We didn't catch shit and it was the first time I had got sick on a boat because it was a very windy day with tons of waves. After a couple hours of waves it finally got to me.

It was a very odd feeling. I have been on the water for most of my life and that was the only time I've ever gotten sick.

[Sam_Adams]

Out of curiosity, how do you guys say "Crappie?"

"croppy" or "crappy?"

Here in the South we call them "croppy" but I have heard people from like NC say "crappy" and it just sounds stupid.

[Glenn Dandy]

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3192/imgp0303fr0.jpg

[maz]

We call them crappies up here Sam
like it's spelled

we'll be goin for Stripers in may
maybe a Striper/ Black Drum combo trip

out of Cape May, NJ

I have a Lil' sony digital camera I bought for fishing trips
but last year we went for Tuna and Dolphin
out of Nags Head
and all my pics were streaked with white and brown
don't know if it's the cam or memory stick

[Gladys kravitz]

Nice thread SAM, I was waiting to see if there were other baggers that fish. I do most of my fishing on Lake Michigan for salmon, trout and monster perch. I also fish up in Wisconsin for panfish, walleyes, smallmouth and northerns. But I spend well over 250 hours fishing Lake Michigan, I have a 24ft boat that I slip for the season. Here is a pic of sunrise while my buddy is fighting a fish.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e271/jtnost/DSCF0010.jpg

[Sam_Adams]

Nice thread SAM, I was waiting to see if there were other baggers that fish. I do most of my fishing on Lake Michigan for salmon, trout and monster perch. I also fish up in Wisconsin for panfish, walleyes, smallmouth and northerns. But I spend well over 250 hours fishing Lake Michigan, I have a 24ft boat that I slip for the season. Here is a pic of sunrise while my buddy is fighting a fish.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e271/jtnost/DSCF0010.jpg

I've always wanted a boat with a cabin that I could do nothing but fish, dive and cruise around in the Carribean. Maybe when I get older I can get something like that. When I get older and retired I think I will study shipwrecks and go around as a hobby diving to look for relics.

I mostly fish out of a kayak since it's small (45lbs) and easy to take for a solo trip. I catch and release 95% of the time though since I don't have a live well and it sucks dragging around a stringer of fish with a kayak. If I'm trout fishing then I eat all of those motherfuckers because they are lovely baked with some parsley and lemon :D

[maz]

know much about digital cameras Sam ?
any thoughts on the problem with mine ?

see post #11
any ideas appreciated

[Sam_Adams]

know much about digital cameras Sam ?
any thoughts on the problem with mine ?

see post #11
any ideas appreciated

post a photo fella. still under warranty?

[maz]

maz doesn't know how to post photos yet
but it's a SONY dscU20 i think
hoping it's the memory stick
do they go bad
haven't really used it that much
but had it for about 5 years

it's about 2/3 the size of a pack of smokes
perfect size for the pocket

[Sam_Adams]

maz doesn't know how to post photos yet
but it's a SONY dscU20 i think
hoping it's the memory stick
do they go bad
haven't really used it that much
but had it for about 5 years

it's about 2/3 the size of a pack of smokes
perfect size for the pocket

Did you ever get it wet? I'd have to see a photo to try to figure out what is causing the discolorization.

It would be a fucked up image sensor that is a chip that actually gathers the light for the images. Depending on how much you paid for it, it may be worth it to send it into Sony and pay them a few bucks to repair it.

You can always try a new memory card if you have a feeling that it may be a problem. I haven't ever had a memory card go bad on me. It's pretty hard for them to mess up since they are static devices that don't have any moving parts.

I have an old school 35MM that will put streaks of light on my negatives but it's a problem with my shutter sticking and I have to get it fixed.

You problem could also simply be the camera setting that you have put on that will cause chromatic aberrations in certain lighting conditions

[maz]

I'll take it to a camera place i guess

unfortunately it takes the older style memory stick
not the 1 in my PSP

thanks , Bro
I'll get it fixed or get a new 1

think it was about 2 bills back then

[Sam_Adams]

I'll take it to a camera place i guess

unfortunately it takes the older style memory stick
not the 1 in my PSP

thanks , Bro
I'll get it fixed or get a new 1

think it was about 2 bills back then

Like I said, it could simply be your settings mixed with a bad lighting situation. I couldn't tell without seeing a photo.

[Gladys kravitz]

Out of curiosity, how do you guys say "Crappie?"

"croppy" or "crappy?"

Here in the South we call them "croppy" but I have heard people from like NC say "crappy" and it just sounds stupid.

Croppy up here in the North. And right now they are hitting everything you throw at them.

[Jef Leppard]

Croppy up here in the North. And right now they are hitting everything you throw at them.

the will county strip mines, hiedekie, des plains conservation area are kickin some fuckin ass. kankakee smallies are startin hit soft plastics small in natural colors in a basic jig and twist. hell when does that not work?
and ice fishin in burnham harbor fuckin rules

[LZMF1]

been an avid angler since i was a lil' kid. fresh and saltwater.

so yesterday i went down to burnham park(here in morris county NJ) and wasn't having much luck with the powerbait nuggets or meal worms. i got annoyed and put powerbait on all 3 poles and sat and waited and waited. got all annoyed and reeled the 1st 2 in. as i reached for the 3rd pole i noticed that i had a fish on. i jerked the pole to set the hook and started reeling in. i knew it was a trout because i was using powerbait but i never had one fight like this. this mug put up a hell of a fight. it was jumping out of the water trying to dislodge the hook. i got it in to the wall and realized i didn't have my net right next to me. i yelled to some dude fishing further down from me. he came running with my net for me and then i saw it.....i'm not sure what type of trout it was but it was at least 2 feet long and was almost lavender in color and had a white belly. just as i was bringing the net down to pick up my prize it jumped and got the hook out!!!!! along with my hook were 3 other hooks, 2 swivels and a weight. biggest trout i've ever, ever caught sadly i had it and it got away! i was soooooo pissed.

i usually go up to cape cod in the summer and try to get some fishing done while i'm up there.

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/Image026.jpgi caught this 40" 45 lb striper after a liquid breakfast a few years back

[Haeder]

Walleye fishing in Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin. Don't know who these guys are but they're sure diehards. 10 walleyes over 10 pounds in two nights of fishing.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/DakotaTed/ice1.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/DakotaTed/ice2.jpg

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[LZMF1]

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/3_rainbows.jpg3 rainbows i caught sunday afternoon

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/3_brookies.jpg3 brookies i caught last year

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/nice_brown.jpg i caught this brown last year. 1st cast in and boom! the drag on my reel was screming. i have a 72 gallon aqurium at home so i took it home and lowered the water temp. kept it alive for a few days before i decided to have it for dinner.

[LZMF1]

I went deep sea fishing in Cabo last month. I didn't catch a single goddamn thing. Our guides sucked, and made me hate deep sea fishing.
that sucks that your guides weren't worth shit. trust me. try again next time you get a chance. the second you hook a nice one and reel it in you will be "hooked"(no pun intended)

[Sam_Adams]

Walleye fishing in Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin. Don't know who these guys are but they're sure diehards. 10 walleyes over 10 pounds in two nights of fishing.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/DakotaTed/ice2.jpg

That's just too much buddy. I don't have a problem hunting in the snow but fuck fishing in the snow. You wouldn't catch me out there on that cold shit getting wet when it's below freezing.

[Sam_Adams]

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/3_rainbows.jpg3 rainbows i caught sunday afternoon

When I was in high school since I didn't get to go trout fishing very much I spent a spring break at my grandparent's place and went trout fishing on the Little Red River every day, morning and evening.

I left with 36 trout that size an kept them in my freezer so I could throw them in the oven every once in a while.

I think the daily limit was like four fish a day :icon_roll

[LZMF1]

bag limit here in NJ is 6. the fish have to be a minimum of 9" last year it was 7"

[gleet]

I took off last week to go fishing. We turned the corner on one little lake and found ice so we headed over to the side where the hot spring comes in and managed to catch some perch, largemouth and bluegill. It will be better in another 2-3 weeks.

We went to a big lake further south and caught perch and crappie and rainbow. The crappie (croppie) are just starting and action was slow on them. I got a rainbow with a jaw tag that let me enter a drawing for $1000, so I'll be rich soon.

I live by a river full of steelhead bit never fish for them much. They say we might get to have a chinook season later this summer if enough can get past the seals, dams, and injuns then swim 900 more miles until they get here.

[LZMF1]

I live by a river full of steelhead but never fish for them much. They say we might get to have a chinook season later this summer if enough can get past the seals, dams, and injuns then swim 900 more miles until they get here.damn dude, i'd be in heaven!

[Sam_Adams]

damn dude, i'd be in heaven!

That's like saying, "I live right next to a company that throws away automatic weapons in the dumpster because they don't have any more storage space but I'm not interested in them."

Man I'd love to live by a place that was a salmon run free of grizzlies.

[gleet]

I will give the chinook a try, those bastards are big.

But to get to the river I'd have to walk past the neighbors house at the end of this dead end road and then go thru the trees to the river, it must be a quarter mile from here.

[LZMF1]

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/4_trout.jpg

caught 4 more tonight.

[Sam_Adams]

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/4_trout.jpg

caught 4 more tonight.

We mostly have rainbow trout in our state since they are stocked. That and brown trout.

But we have a smaller amount of Brooks and Cut Throat.

[LZMF1]

NJ stocks rainbow, brook and and brown. so far this year i've caught brookies and rainbows.....not a brownie to be seen yet. there are indiginous brook trout in my area (morris county and passaic county)

[Sam_Adams]

NJ stocks rainbow, brook and and brown. so far this year i've caught brookies and rainbows.....not a brownie to be seen yet. there are indiginous brook trout in my area (morris county and passaic county)

The AR Game & Fish don't stock Brownies but they are in the Little Red and White River. They stock everything else but there is a little town full of old people and tweakers called Heber Springs where tons of tourist flood the area in the Summers and fish out the itty bitty piece of shit fish that are stocked each week.

So, if you want any decent fish you have to go miles down stream to another town and below.

I have to be honest, my father never taught me anything about the outdoors. He knows nothing about them still. So, I taught myself while I was a kid and I went fishing with friends. I fell in love with fly fishing after having the film "A River Runs Through it" burned into my head. Then I saved up my money and bought a cheap fly rod and gear in order to get started.

[BCH]

Walleye fishing in Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin. Don't know who these guys are but they're sure diehards. 10 walleyes over 10 pounds in two nights of fishing.

Is that where you're from? I work with a guy who just re-located from wisconsin a couple years ago. That's where he grew up.

[Natesac]

Is that where you're from? I work with a guy who just re-located from wisconsin a couple years ago. That's where he grew up.

Maybe they spent time together under a porch as children.

[BCH]

Maybe they spent time together under a porch as children.

Tee Hee! :p

Going to check on my reservoir boat today. The NYC DEP will let you fish in the city watershed if properly permitted. There's some real lunkers to be had if you're into trout. For me it's all about the smallmouth.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/watershed_protection/html/reservoirs.html

I have a boat on the New Croton reservoir and hope to be adding one to Muscoot and Titcus. Anyone interested in "boat sharing' in one of them PM me.

[oandapartycock]

My dad used to take us fishing every summer down in Baja. I once caught a 205lb Marlin. But the funnest trip I ever remember was getting caught in a school of Dorado and just reeling them up one after another. We brought back so much fish that we ended up just giving a lot of them away to the locals and the hotel we were staying at.

I once caught a Hammerhead shark too, I'll see if I can't find that picture. Those things are freaky looking up close. They seem like aliens or living dinosaurs.

[LZMF1]

went fishing at the same spot i caught the 4 rainbows last night. only caught 2 this time.

[OJ can scar]

been an avid angler since i was a lil' kid. fresh and saltwater.

so yesterday i went down to burnham park(here in morris county NJ) and wasn't having much luck with the powerbait nuggets or meal worms. i got annoyed and put powerbait on all 3 poles and sat and waited and waited. got all annoyed and reeled the 1st 2 in. as i reached for the 3rd pole i noticed that i had a fish on. i jerked the pole to set the hook and started reeling in. i knew it was a trout because i was using powerbait but i never had one fight like this. this mug put up a hell of a fight. it was jumping out of the water trying to dislodge the hook. i got it in to the wall and realized i didn't have my net right next to me. i yelled to some dude fishing further down from me. he came running with my net for me and then i saw it.....i'm not sure what type of trout it was but it was at least 2 feet long and was almost lavender in color and had a white belly. just as i was bringing the net down to pick up my prize it jumped and got the hook out!!!!! along with my hook were 3 other hooks, 2 swivels and a weight. biggest trout i've ever, ever caught sadly i had it and it got away! i was soooooo pissed.

i usually go up to cape cod in the summer and try to get some fishing done while i'm up there.



http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/Image026.jpgi caught this 40" 45 lb striper after a liquid breakfast a few years back

Id hafta say that was a brown trout that you had on. If I knew how to post pics here, I would show you the 9 lb. 11 oz. monster brown I caught last summer in the Catskills.

As a matter of fact I just got back from doin a lil illegal trout fishin myself. I got a license, just no trout stamp.

[OJ can scar]

Tee Hee! :p

Going to check on my reservoir boat today. The NYC DEP will let you fish in the city watershed if properly permitted. There's some real lunkers to be had if you're into trout. For me it's all about the smallmouth.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/watershed_protection/html/reservoirs.html

I have a boat on the New Croton reservoir and hope to be adding one to Muscoot and Titcus. Anyone interested in "boat sharing' in one of them PM me.

Dude, I fish in the Peapacton just about every weekend. The trout arent hitting yet, but we have hauled in a few nice smallies over 2.5lbs.

[BCH]

Dude, I fish in the Peapacton just about every weekend. The trout arent hitting yet, but we have hauled in a few nice smallies over 2.5lbs.

Yeah, had my kids parked on top of a few smallies this weekend using drop shots. If I tell them not to move the rod, they seem to move it just enough :) got a couple of 1.5 to 2 range.

Did you see the 23 pound lake trout that came out of Kensico last year? Holy Shitfuck!

[LZMF1]

Id hafta say that was a brown trout that you had on. If I knew how to post pics here, I would show you the 9 lb. 11 oz. monster brown I caught last summer in the Catskills.

As a matter of fact I just got back from doin a lil illegal trout fishin myself. I got a license, just no trout stamp.
put your pics up on a site like photobucket or what ever free image hosting site you can find. click on the http://www.wackbag.com/images_black/editor/insertimage.gif above ^^^^^(in the reply window) and enter the url in the pop-up window.

i'd love to see a pic of that fucker!


by the way, i went to my usual spot today and got skunked! to top it off i had some annoying kids crossing my lines.....asking me stupid questions and just generally irking me.

[Haeder]

Is that where you're from? I work with a guy who just re-located from wisconsin a couple years ago. That's where he grew up.

I'm from South Dakota.

Mostly a walleye and smallmouth state.

Although I'm hoping to break the state record this year for orange spotted sunfish. The current record is 0 pounds, .55 ounces. That's just a little more than one of those cheap composite poker chips. Caught a half dozen state record orange spotted sunfish last year but didn't know what they were.

I'll probably be famous. Not really famous, just South Dakota famous.

[Haeder]

New state record smallmouth bass caught in South Dakota on April 27th. 20.75" long, 17" girth, 6 pounds 9 ounces.

A toad.

http://www.tonydean.com/photos/p12487.jpg

[gleet]

It's like a smallmouth, only bigger.

There is a hot spring near here with a fish hatchery on it. We fish in the canal coming from it and catch the escapees. My wife caught a huge tilapia that tasted very good. Later, i noticed Idaho has a record book on tilapia and hers easily would have beat it.

There are koi in that canal that are at least 18", swimming wild.

[BigWilly]

Fly fishing trip on Green River in Flaming Gorge Park at the corner of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. We slaughtered them this last weekend. The last two pics are my introduction into the "20 inch Club".

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/wlarkin/DSC_0573-1.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/wlarkin/DSC_0515-1.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/wlarkin/DSC_0655-1.jpg
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/wlarkin/DSC_0648.jpg

[Haeder]

The last two pics are my introduction into the "20 inch Club".


You forgot to say "no homo" sir.

Nice fish.

[BigWilly]

You forgot to say "no homo" sir.

Nice fish.

Thanks, I was gonna see how long until someone said something about that. Figuring this board, I didn't think it would take longer than an hour.

[LZMF1]

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/trout_4_30_1.jpg

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/trout_4_30.jpg

caught 5 more yesterday. they stocked at 11am right next to me. the fish were stunned for a little while so i gave them a chance to acclimate themselves. the fucking cormarants there were going nuts feeding on the freshly stocked trout. if they weren't protected i'd shoot the fuckers......


anyway, i went back later and got 3 on spinners and 2 on powerbait nuggets.

[LZMF1]

2 more rainbows today. little ones only 9" each.

[Budyzir]

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/trout_4_30_1.jpg

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/trout_4_30.jpg

caught 5 more yesterday. they stocked at 11am right next to me. the fish were stunned for a little while so i gave them a chance to acclimate themselves. the fucking cormarants there were going nuts feeding on the freshly stocked trout. if they weren't protected i'd shoot the fuckers......


anyway, i went back later and got 3 on spinners and 2 on powerbait nuggets.

OK, now I'm really hungry!

[Gladys kravitz]

Here's my son with a couple of Jumbo Lake Michigan perch we caught last weekend. The biggest was 15.5 inches and the rest were 12-14". I tried getting him to hold them without the gloves but this is the only way I could get a pic of him with the fish. Heading out again this weekend for Perch and hopefully some coho salmon.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e271/jtnost/justinperch2.jpg

[LZMF1]

caught 2 more brookies today.

just had them for dinner......damn they were good! i'll post pics of them later.

[LZMF1]

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/0504081245.jpg
1 decent sized brownie and a small brookie from earlier today.

[Hudson]

Fucking Fuck, Fuck!!
Went today with an old buddy to do some fishing and drink some beers all day at an old fishing spot we had found as kids, a stream off the Lackawanna river...we go there and there was a FUCKING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT!!!!..We ended up going to the State Park....too far from home and too many people to really get faced...it kinda sucked.

[LZMF1]

hey hudson i hear ya man. i used to fish a small spot that had some insane bass fishing in it. the bass would only hit on minnows. spinners and any other types of lures just didn't work there. i went to check the spot just to see how the bass were there and was sadly disappointed to find a fucking development full of mcmansions where this awesome spot once was.

[Sam_Adams]

OK, I haven't been fishing in a couple of weeks now, but I was just thinking of a time in High School when I took a friend to my farm.

He was excited as hell to get to fish on a private river (well, it's public water but in 12 years I have seen four people above or below our 1.5mile waterfront) and we paddled upstream to a deep hole below some shoals.

We were fishing for a while and then we drifted a hundred yards downstream to some shoals where a cliff had fallen into the river and created a nice spot for smallmouth bass and rock bass (type of bream).

He didn't bring a pole so he was using an old Shakespear Ugly Sick rod (supposed to bend all around and last forever) while we were out on the river. Well, he got a really heavy strike while reeling in a black and yellow Mepps Aglia rooster.

He was jerked over to the side of the boat and the pole snapped in half right away. He kept reeling in though with the lower half of the rod to pull on. I grabbed the line and pulled the fish in the last few feet and brought it to the surface.

The fish was about a 15-17lbs striped bass and it just dwarfed the fucking lure hanging in its mouth. We both were fucking freaking at the size of this damned fish and I reached down to pull it into the boat. As soon as my thumb touched the inside of its mouth the fish jumped and threw the treble hook of the lure out of its mouth and it disappeared back into the Fourche LaFave river.

We lost a trophy fucking with the flick of a tail.

[BeerBelly]

did you notice any global warming or ozone holes cuz I never notice that when i go fish

[OJ can scar]

Yeah, had my kids parked on top of a few smallies this weekend using drop shots. If I tell them not to move the rod, they seem to move it just enough :) got a couple of 1.5 to 2 range.

Did you see the 23 pound lake trout that came out of Kensico last year? Holy Shitfuck!

No I didnt hear about that. The biggest recorded out of the Peapacton is 22lbs.

Where is Kenisco?

[Haeder]

Buddy of mine with a 2 pound 3 ounce perch he caught through the ice in January.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/DakotaTed/perch.jpg

[Gladys kravitz]

Buddy of mine with a 2 pound 3 ounce perch he caught through the ice in January.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/DakotaTed/perch.jpg

Is that a Devils lake, fat belly, perch? Very nice.

[Haeder]

Is that a Devils lake, fat belly, perch? Very nice.

Nope. Came from a little dam south of Pierre, South Dakota. The lake is maybe 3 or 4 acres. There aren't too many perch in there but they are all huge.

[LZMF1]

that is one big fat assed perch! here in NJ they don't even come close to being that size. i haven't caught a perch in years

[FishinForBabies]

well hell. I finally got off my ass and uploaded pics of one of my fishing trips to Texas a few years back. here ya go:

these were taken on the new buccaneer offshore party boat. here's a small amberjack I caught and tossed back. wasnt big enough yet.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/offshoreamberjack.jpg

and some shots of the crap everyone else caught. my stringer of red snapper is in there somewhere.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/offshorestringers1.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/offshorestringers2.jpg

there are some full grown amberjack in this pic.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/offshorebiguns.jpg

[FishinForBabies]

and here are some pics of a trip before that one where I was fishing San Luis Pass on the far west end of Galveston Island in Texas. this is my favorite spot to fish.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/fishinfool.jpg

black drum
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/sanluisblackdrum1.jpg

sheepshead
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/sanluissheepshead.jpg

spanish mackerel. got into a huge school of these. I was catching the hell of them till I lost all my lures. didnt have any wire leaders and these fuckers have some serious teeth.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/sanluisspanishmackerel.jpg

gafftop catfish
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/sanluisgafftop.jpg

and a good ol stingray
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/fish%20and%20fishing/sanluisstingray.jpg

last, my fat ass with a small bonnethead shark
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/Trainworm/me%20and%20my%20junk/san20luis20bonnethead20shark201.jpg


I usually try to make it down there at least once every summer. but i didnt make it last year and it doesnt look like i'll make it this year. going to go to Colorado and do some shooting with my new .50 instead.

[LZMF1]

posted for OJ can scar:

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/troutweb.jpeg


damn nice fish!

[OJ can scar]

posted for OJ can scar:

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/troutweb.jpeg


damn nice fish!

Thanks dude! Did a lil fishin today, only caught 1 pickerel, bout 10" or so.

[LZMF1]

no prob dude. i also went fishing. i got 1 fat assed rainbow and lost another one that was at least 18" long.

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/rainbow.jpg

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/rainbow1.jpg

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/me_and_rainbow.jpg

[OJ can scar]

Nice Rainbow man! A buddy of mine caught a 21" upstate a few weeks back. They are few and far between up there in the resivior.

What are you using for bait?

We went fishin in Stokes State Forest last nite and all we caught was a buzz. god damn fish.

[LZMF1]

i got that fat assed rainbow on a yellow #2 roostertail spinner. the 2nd bigger one that i lost took the yellow powerbait floating nuggets. i always seem to have luck with yellow lures and bait when fishing for trout

[Gladys kravitz]

Went fishing solo today and picked up a 15 lbs King salmon. It's always fun fighting the fish, steering the boat and then finally landing it by yourself. I fought this guy for about 20 minutes.


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e271/jtnost/king51608.jpg

[Sam_Adams]

Went fishing solo today and picked up a 15 lbs King salmon. It's always fun fighting the fish, steering the boat and then finally landing it by yourself. I fought this guy for about 20 minutes.


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e271/jtnost/king51608.jpg

Wow, nice fish buddy. That bastard would taste lovely. I hope you have a cedar plank large enough for it in the oven.

[Gladys kravitz]

Wow, nice fish buddy. That bastard would taste lovely. I hope you have a cedar plank large enough for it in the oven.


This guy is going in the smoker. I smoke my own fish and he's ready to go to be smoked Sunday. The smaller guys(and the cohos) are much better for the cedar plank.

[LZMF1]

http://edit.81x.com/Authors/LZMF1/P5270439.JPG

my daughter yanked this one out on saturday. beginners luck! i didn't get jack shit and she got lucky with that one!!!!

[gleet]

I got the chinook salmon rules today. We can keep 2 a day, 6 in possession, and catch 40 total for the season. Season is on now but the river is really high and muddy, plus the chinook aren't even here until around July 4 most years. They opened now to get some tourist dollars, no doubt. The guy at the worm store said to use 20-30 lb test with at least 200 yards and a heavier rod than a steelhead needs. I'll dig out my surf casting and deep sea rods and give it a try. Trouble is, I'll have to drive about 20 miles upriver to get to the legal area.

An example of the intended quarry.
http://www.fishchinook.com/DSCF0609a.JPG

[Voss's Tumor]

It's like a smallmouth, only bigger.

There is a hot spring near here with a fish hatchery on it. We fish in the canal coming from it and catch the escapees. My wife caught a huge tilapia that tasted very good. Later, i noticed Idaho has a record book on tilapia and hers easily would have beat it.

There are koi in that canal that are at least 18", swimming wild.

I didn't read the rest of the thread once I read this.

Dude, Koi are worth some cash! If you could catch those and sell them through some online pet store thing, that might be a cool thing to make some cash on.

[Sam_Adams]

I didn't read the rest of the thread once I read this.

Dude, Koi are worth some cash! If you could catch those and sell them through some online pet store thing, that might be a cool thing to make some cash on.

When I was growing up I would get very bored in the Summer. So, I'd go out and catch the Koi out of my mom's fish fountain with balls of bread wrapped around a hook.

[Voss's Tumor]

When I was growing up I would get very bored in the Summer. So, I'd go out and catch the Koi out of my mom's fish fountain with balls of bread wrapped around a hook.

Haha, that's fucking funny dude.

It sounds like I grew up with the opposite of your Dad, Sam. Him and all my uncles were crazy fishermen (One of his buddies at one point held the Lake Fork/Texas champion BLack bass, etc)

Best trip ever was deep sea and our guide got us caught up in a fucking awesome school of red snapper that was being fed on by hammer heads and black tip reef sharks. Between me, my dad, and two uncles we totaled like 30 huge snapper, 5 or 6 black tips, 2 or 3 hammer heads, and just some random other shit like amber jacks and shit.

And yeah, tot he dude who got a bad guide in Cabo, don't let that stop you from finding a good guide in the future. There's great ones all along the Texas Coast, the bad ones don't stay in business long.

[BigWilly]

I got a monster one yesterday after work. They just get bigger from here on out.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/wlarkin/Monster_fish.jpg

[LZMF1]

LOL! nice lil' trout!

give 'em a couple of years

[Gladys kravitz]

Here's a couple of kings we caught this past weekend. We've been hitting the water around 230-300 AM the last few weekends using an all glow program(spoons and J-plugs). Nothing beats fishing in the dark when these things start screaming the drags.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e271/jtnost/kings8308002.jpg

[maz]

Went out of Wildwood this past Sunday

Would've had at least 18 keeper Fluke

But the minimum size was raised to 18" this year

I had 1 keeper
Lots of 17 inchers

Won the pool , but gave it to the owner for fuel

Not many boats out there

The charter boats Hafta be Hurting

[Haeder]

Walleye from Lake Oahe in South Dakota caught on 8/13/08.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-6 pounds.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j220/DakotaTed/oaheeye.jpg

Brought a half dozen of 'em home. They were delicious.