Fishing

[hempyninja309]

Can't wait to do some fishing this spring and summer. Might give fly fishing a try. What are you folks into??? Moving west I would love to catch some salmon or trout. Here I mostly catch bluegill , bass , and catfish.

 

[Singlemalt]

Freshwater: salmon and trout. Ocean: anything, albacore salmon and a lot of the kelp bass

 

[hempyninja309]

Freshwater: salmon and trout. Ocean: anything, albacore salmon and a lot of the kelp bass

Never done any salt water fishing but I can just imagine how exciting it would be. Love grilled mahi mahi and tuna. Barracuda fishing might be pretty exciting. Shark fishing is just on a level of its own haha.

 

[frizzlegooch]

freshwater smallmouth, perch and pickerel.
But i am so goin river fishing this year

 

[Silky Shagsalot]

i miss the fishing in oregon, huge trout!!!

 

[Singlemalt]

Kelp bass(rock fish) don't fight much but are real tasty. We'll have a smokey joe going, land one and in about 10 min its a fish taco....that is heaven. Whatever you catch from the ocean is either a lot of fun, or tasty, or both

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Just got back from a short brain vacation in the south & we did a bit of fishing.
I looked for catfish - but no luck.

 

[Silky Shagsalot]

he's gotta be drunk, crazy or stupid!!! no way would i get into the water with that thing, lol...

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

he's gotta be drunk, crazy or stupid!!! no way would i get into the water with that thing, lol...

He does it all the time.
The fish are pretty shagged out by then & he likes to make sure they are in good shape prior to release.
Killing a billfish out of malice or inexperience is unacceptable in that sport.

 

[hempyninja309]

Now that is some fishing GWN!! How long did it take to reel that sucker in?? What kind of bait where you using??

 

[BarnBuster]

LM bass fishing here. Early Spring, end of March. Can't wait

 

[Silky Shagsalot]

He does it all the time.
The fish are pretty shagged out by then & he likes to make sure they are in good shape prior to release.
Killing a billfish out of malice or inexperience is unacceptable in that sport.

well, my hats off to him. that takes some real nards!!!

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Now that is some fishing GWN!! How long did it take to reel that sucker in?? What kind of bait where you using??

Billfishing is a boat game - a good captain can put a fish on the stern in mere minutes if necessary. You can literally "legally" catch a sail in about 2 minutes or less in a tournament situation (its a numbers game), but we typically took less than 10 minutes to finish the deed.
Bait was keel rigged ballyhoo fished on a harness with a circle hook (which avoids gut/gill hooking the fish).
BTW, 1st day trolling netted 6 Dorado in the 30-40 lb range, 6 sailfish releases and one 350 lb blue marlin (also released).
2nd day we released 14 sails.

Did I mention Rooster fish ?
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Piss poor I know, but what's a guy to do ?

 

[vostok]

Blazzed to fuck ...I once went fly fishing was a real good thing until I hooked a fish ...then it went real wrong real fast, I nearly drowned, wearing big rubber boots, I made such a scene that peeps come from miles around, nearly got busted ...to to embarrassed ...if I smoke and fish now ...I use no hook, but sit back of the raft ...enjoying the life ....lol .....lesson learned !!!

 

[Cowboykush]

Love all night cat fishing & early spring crappie

 

[420God]

Muskie, pike, bass... all the regular sport fish. Lots of lakes up here.

There's a little pond not too far away I like to take my daughter to and catch bullheads, they give her a good fight.

 

[ebgood]

Its stripers and sturgeon in my parts year round. Salmon run comes round fall. Ready to get some lines wet.

 

[dux]

On my local rivers,smallmouth bass, walleye and of course cats! Channel cats are cool but I became addicted to flatheads few years back .. 51" 60# 5 years ago,he was hungry and ate a 9" bullhead.

 

[joe macclennan]

love flathead fishing. 50#ers are very few and far between around here. especially since everybody keeps them now.

flatheads used to be the best kept secret around here...not so much anymore

 

[B166ER420]

Looking for some rep
..today's pix!
BIG BASS AND BIG BUDS ALL DAY!!