BajaNomad - Where do you fish when your not down south?

Where do you fish when your not down south?

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baitcast - 5-20-2013 at 12:12 PM

I know you don,t stop so just where do you fish,rivers,lakes the northern salt,I found the striper fishing not as advertised I,m about 10 years late maybe more but I,m learning how to give the smallmouth hell,they and big bows are my sweetwater favorites.

Fially got out the other day thought I would share the outing with you.

Got there at first light and started throwing the Spook on one of my favorite coves on the AZ. side,its been awhile since I worked a Spook and missed two straight half-hearted blow ups in the first hour then nothing for the next hour.

I suffer from tunnel vision when I,m throwing my favorite lures and stay with them for to long when I should be trying something else such it is with Kastmasters and Spooks in freshwater,if they don,t work I figure its time to go home

Not this day been using the original spook to start with no luck opened the tackle for one last look and spotted a Spook puppy a sexy little 3" frog which worked great up north on smallmouth and crappie,what the hell why not give it short try before I leave and I'll try that little shallow rocky pointe.

The Pup is to light for the baitcaster so I rigged it on a light spinner with 4# used it that way before why not today,first damn cast and just getting used to the change when a good smallie made an aerial attack and I nearly dropped my rod whoa!! one more cast and again an explosion missed him! what the hell settle down boy finally hooked one,what fun these fish are,big native Bows and Smallmouth my two favorites in freshwater,ened up getting four and lost count of the misses,all were 2 or 2 1/2 and I nearly went home,the Lake Mohave Smallies are alive and well.........The end
Rob
This took place at Lake Mohave,just where do you fish when your not down south?

Howard - 5-20-2013 at 12:19 PM

I fish Mexico 24/7 in my mind. Do I need to get a life?

woody with a view - 5-20-2013 at 01:17 PM

"down south" is the last bastion of fishing for SoCal.

Frank - 5-20-2013 at 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by woody with a view
"down south" is the last bastion of fishing for SoCal.

That is the sad truth.....

mulegemichael - 5-20-2013 at 03:00 PM

beachgirl and i are on a smallie trip to banks lake in northcentral washington as we speak...i've got my fly rod and she's loaded up with an ultralite....the third week in may is when these bronze bombers really go on the crunch...not unusual to have 40 fish days and these guys are bruisers!!!...climbing in the bass boat tomorrow morning once it warms up and kickin' some butt!

baitcast - 5-20-2013 at 03:12 PM

Atleast you boys are close to the border,still alot of fishing north of you,my old stomping grounds still offers good fishing,tho hard if your just passing thru and don,t know the country.
Rob

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baitcast - 5-20-2013 at 03:14 PM

Knew I would hear from you and Banks lake :biggrin:

24baja - 5-20-2013 at 03:18 PM

We do not fish anywhere but south of the border.......after catching those fighters everything else pales in comparison.

baitcast - 5-20-2013 at 03:32 PM

You mean there's no fishing around Grants Pass? and you never fish when home?
Rob

baitcast - 5-20-2013 at 03:59 PM

we will need a report and pics PLZ,the weather right now looks great for you,wish I was there Michael.
Rob

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Curt63 - 5-20-2013 at 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 24baja
We do not fish anywhere but south of the border.......after catching those fighters everything else pales in comparison.

Ditto

acadist - 5-20-2013 at 05:35 PM

Four Bay.....Rocky Mountain High! Little trout but fun times

24baja - 5-20-2013 at 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by baitcast
You mean there's no fishing around Grants Pass? and you never fish when home?
Rob

Rob,
Of course there is fishing around Grants Pass, we just choose not to fish here. C

coconaco - 5-20-2013 at 06:23 PM

CATALINA OFFSHORE PRODUCTS

Eagle Lake

bajaguy - 5-20-2013 at 06:32 PM

Second largest natural lake in California. N/W of Susanville in Lassen County. Eagle Lake strain of the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout.

baitcast - 5-20-2013 at 06:39 PM

Will turn 79 next month which means I probably been fishing for something somewhere for over 70 years and I think I have a few left,fished in some interesting places tho I think my crowning achievement was perhaps the world longest troll 2500 miles in all,Hawaii to Eniwetok Atoll and thats where I met my first Dorado,2500 miles gotta be a world record :lol:

Rob

woody with a view - 5-20-2013 at 06:42 PM

that's impressive! :wow:

Paulina - 5-20-2013 at 06:46 PM

Ok, this may sound weird, but I fish in my dreams.

In the carpet.

The fish are swimming in the carpet and I can cast right to them and watch them take my lure.

Sometimes I'll be sitting on the couch when a fish will come swimming out from underneath. I'll grab my rod and drop a bait down between the couch and the coffee table and FISH ON.

Reel, reel, reel, reel!

This is not a one time dream. I have carpet fishing dreams often.

This past winter we were in Bahia and the halibut were right on the shore. It was dajavu all over again, just like in my dreams, it was there, I could see it and BAM, it would take my lure.

I need to fish.

P>*)))>{

woody with a view - 5-20-2013 at 06:50 PM

and i thought my dreams where i flap my arms to gain altitude, then soar all over the 'hood were crazy.....

Paulina - 5-20-2013 at 06:53 PM

Woody,

I fly too.

All I have to do is raise my chin.

P>*)))>{

woody with a view - 5-20-2013 at 06:54 PM

be careful with that! :biggrin:

DENNIS - 5-20-2013 at 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Paulina
Ok, this may sound weird, but I fish in my dreams.

In the carpet.

The fish are swimming in the carpet and I can cast right to them and watch them take my lure.

Sometimes I'll be sitting on the couch when a fish will come swimming out from underneath. I'll grab my rod and drop a bait down between the couch and the coffee table and FISH ON.

Reel, reel, reel, reel!

This is not a one time dream. I have carpet fishing dreams often.

This past winter we were in Bahia and the halibut were right on the shore. It was dajavu all over again, just like in my dreams, it was there, I could see it and BAM, it would take my lure.

I need to fish.

P>*)))>{

Excellent dream management, Toots. "Night Movies" can be fun if they have the right cast.

mulegemichael - 5-20-2013 at 07:35 PM

woody....i think that you and paulina might want to exchange email addys and really get with it!!!...kidding, of course, just to stent any possible nasty remarks....we are jest havin fun in washington state with some fab muscular smallmouth and a cold one!!...be back down next week for the dorado tourney in mulege..looking forward to mas baja!!!!!

woody with a view - 5-20-2013 at 07:38 PM

we'll be in your neck of the 'hood in oct. the odd numbered ones are on me.

baitcast - 5-20-2013 at 07:47 PM

Michael I was thinking the Pot Holes but never did Banks either wanted to tho its got all kinds if I remember right,drove by a number of time,lived in Okanogan at the time,thats some great country also.

We fished BC from there,all the way up the Okanogan drainage system.
Rob

Was a Bucket List

thefishaholic - 5-20-2013 at 09:41 PM

Had a bucket list trip planned for this summer, but now it's just a .............fishin trip.

Trying Kayak fishing and heading for a month to Trinidad, Ca. Easy Rockfish, Lings and Salmon close in.

Then 2 months at Sekiu, WA for Salmon, Lings and Rockfish.

Leaving Fri and won't be back till Nov 1.

Skipjack Joe - 5-21-2013 at 09:07 AM

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Wow. My dream was remarkably similar. I had it when I was about 16 on Socal.

I dreamed that it had rained heavily and there we puddles on the lawn in our back yard. It walked out on the grass and started casting and out of the grass came big fat crappies. It was miraculous how they just appeared out of the grass like that.

Skeet/Loreto - 5-21-2013 at 12:56 PM

Lake Tramal- Sweetwater Texas for Catfish and Bass.

All the Creeks of Montana for Rainbosw and Browns as well as the Upper Big Hole near Wisdom Montana.
The Jefferson, Galatin and Missouri River in Montana

Vancover Island North Uculet to Port Alice for Salmon and Halibut

Puget Sound for TrueCod

and my most special Place called Amphitheater Lake at 11,000 Ft in the Sierras above Bishop Calif. for Crossbows and Golden Trout

chuckie - 5-21-2013 at 02:10 PM

I got spoiled fishing the Sea of Cortez, and while I was living in Kansas on the ranch, found the only thing that came close was catching BIG catfish. Now, I am getting spoiled again...I will be 78 in June...(FYI in case anyone wants to send gifts u2u for address :lol:

:lol

mulegemichael - 5-21-2013 at 02:17 PM

skeet...i love all those places you mention too...problem is, puget sound hasn't had a true cod for around 25 years now...they were completely wiped out near the end of the 20th century, sadly...the commercial boys took their toll, not saying we didn't catch our share also....

baitcast...blown off the water today here at banks lake; breaks my heart after traveling this far in seek of smallies but there will be another day, i hope

woody...what part of "our" world will you be in in october???....sequim up north or mulege down south....always have a pile of ice cold ones and in sequim keep a keg at 33 degrees 24/7...look us up.

Skeet/Loreto - 5-21-2013 at 03:01 PM

Mulegem:

Some of the Truecod are coming back. I was fishing in the Sound the last day the Commercials were taking all the fish out, Sure did not like it as i think the Truecod is one of the best eating fish around.Skeet

mulegemichael - 5-21-2013 at 04:23 PM

truly, the truecod is one of the finest eating fish on the planet....and that's why they are gone bigtime...i live on the straits of juan de fuca, right here on the entrance to puget sound...i have been involved in fisheries enforcement almost all my adult life...i also fish this wonderful fish stew almost daily...and i'm sorry to say skeet, but the true cod is NOT coming back...at least so far...no documented catches in many many years here recreationally...it is very sad but true.

chuckie - 5-21-2013 at 05:01 PM

Walleye

baitcast - 5-22-2013 at 06:55 AM

I like Franks movies as well his taste in musica,checked out your boys thresher catch as well,what is it about La Jolla that works so well?
Rob

neilm81301 - 5-22-2013 at 06:56 AM

El Rio de Las Animas Perdidas
Durango, CO 81301

Skipjack Joe - 5-22-2013 at 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by baitcast
I like Franks movies as well his taste in musica,checked out your boys thresher catch as well,what is it about La Jolla that works so well?
Rob

I think it's the submarine canyon that's just offshore. It pumps out a lot of nutrients from far below. When I was going to school there I once saw a school of anchovies from the beach to the end of the pier. The only other place I've seen it like that is at Cabo Pulmo every March. The sardinas arrive there from the south and hold for a month before moving north. Don't know if that is still going on.

woody with a view - 5-23-2013 at 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mulegemichael
skeet...i love all those places you mention too...problem is, puget sound hasn't had a true cod for around 25 years now...they were completely wiped out near the end of the 20th century, sadly...the commercial boys took their toll, not saying we didn't catch our share also....

baitcast...blown off the water today here at banks lake; breaks my heart after traveling this far in seek of smallies but there will be another day, i hope

woody...what part of "our" world will you be in in october???....sequim up north or mulege down south....always have a pile of ice cold ones and in sequim keep a keg at 33 degrees 24/7...look us up.

Mulege and the south/central points.

Frank - 5-23-2013 at 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by baitcast
I like Franks movies as well his taste in musica,checked out your boys thresher catch as well,what is it about La Jolla that works so well?
Rob

Its got to be the bait and the deep water canyon, that brings them in. We only will take 1 Thresher every other year, no matter how bad it kicks our butt :biggrin:

We finally figured out how to mouth hook them with live bait and circle hooks. Someday we may actually calm down enough to film one underwater chasing the greenback.

After all these years fishing, I still can't sleep the night before a trip even if we are chasing calicos in kelp with the 14' Klamath.

Dreams? I sat up straight one night during Tuna season, yelling " there they are! " My wife sits up and says what's wrong? I whacked right across the chest pointing to the boiling fish, still yelling, then fell back to sleep.

She just ducks now when the fish are in.

baitcast - 5-23-2013 at 08:50 AM

:lol:

Hilarious Sleeping has always been a problem with me also altho I never beat on the wife.

T-Sharks and Mako,s are two of my favorites used to fish them often in a 16' Ryan off OC.Calif. and speaking of sharks check out this vid of a Mako gone crazy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJYVKejC5XE

Frank - 5-23-2013 at 09:34 AM

Best video of a guy that was totally caught up in the moment! He had me yelling at the monitor.

I may have to get the 12wt out and give that a try this year.

baitcast - 5-23-2013 at 09:50 AM

Those two sharks are a kick in the ass to catch as well as eat we would take a small one now and then,the pic is me and my old 16" Ryan,not much freeboard which meant when a bigger grinner was along side the hair on the back of my neck would stand on end,the bigger ones were very scary

Had a T-Shark whack me up side the head with his tail one time,saw stars for a hour,my first Mako.

Notice along side of its head a bigger one took a nip while I had it along side

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baitcast - 5-23-2013 at 02:38 PM

Where were those WSB taken,Beautiful fish!! can,t be to much of a wasteland,its great to see such a come back,I got some nice ones on the old Belmont pier in the early sixties but in those days there were sardines everywhere,b-tchen fishin!!
Rob

Skipjack Joe - 5-23-2013 at 09:52 PM

There was a time when you could have sworn that the WSB days at socal would never be again. But the management practices DFG put in really turned things around. WSB off Belmont pier? That must've been something.

Even halibut had become really rare at one time. I remember my first trip ever on a half day boat (about 62). We made a drift over Huntington Flats and every one of us got a halibut on one drift. There must've been 30-40 anglers on board. Everyone went home with limits of halibut. Then things started to get worse but the Seal Beach pier was still a good bet for a large flattie. By the mid 70's they were pretty rare. They've bounced back since then but the WSB turnaround is just amazing really.

Kgryfon - 5-24-2013 at 10:11 PM

When NOB I fish the California Delta and SF Bay. I keep my boat berthed halfway between so I can go either way. We catch striped bass, sturgeon, tiger shark, an occasional ray, and pesky crabs inside the Golden Gate (can't keep them if they are inside the GG. They eat all your bait and tease!). Catfish back in the Delta, too, but I don't keep those. Salmon can be found here, too, but I've never caught one myself.

I've fished everywhere I've ever lived and I try to make it a point to get in at least one fishing trip everywhere I go on vacation.

Frank - 5-25-2013 at 07:05 AM

I think he means Leopard sharks. On another note, it seems a lot of Nomads have had really interesting "other" lives. :lol:

baitcast - 5-25-2013 at 08:02 AM

Frank that is why sessions like this are so much fun before you were just talking to a handle now its a guy who loves to fish and he lives out there and he has that itch just like you,the great thing about fishing is its something you have been able to do all our life and it fills a need we all have,its in our genes........we are all water babies clear back to the beginning!
Rob

baitcast - 5-25-2013 at 08:51 AM

The last time we had a gabfest like this was when Acadist asked posted "Why do I fish" enlightening reading about other guys who fish and their thoughts on our hobby.

The next best thing to fishing is to gab about it :lol:

Rob

Skipjack Joe - 5-25-2013 at 10:23 AM

1200 views. Pretty good, Rob.

60 more pages and we'll reach ramuma's pinnacle.

My list:

Alaska: salmon & rainbow trout
British Columbia: rainbow trout
Oregon: trout
Idaho: trout
Montana: trout
Yellowstone: trout
Utah: trout
Quebec: northern pike
Maine: largemouth bass
New Hampshire: smallmouth bass
West Virginia: smallmouth bass
Yucatan: tarpon, permit
Peru: rainbow trout
Christmas Island: bonefish, trevally
Sierras: trout
Central Valley: largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie
SF Delta: striped bass, largemouth bass, leopard shars
Half Moon Bay: rockfish

My favorite trout spot in california is the Klamath River that flows at the junction of Oregon and California.

Skipjack Joe - 5-25-2013 at 11:44 PM

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Originally posted by whistler
Skipjack,a bunch of my friends would fish the Klamath every year for salmon.Finally said I would go with them till I saw photos of people three deep on the shore waiting for their turn to cast.No thank you.

I'll show you an area that fewer than 100 people see a year. Above Copco Lake, where there are no salmon or steelhead runs. 20 miles of the worst dirt road you have ever experienced. It's very primitive in there. There are no tables and no firepits. Unlike the sierras the water is rich in minerals and loaded with bugs. The trout are fat and sassy.

baitcast - 5-26-2013 at 08:46 AM

I well take you back to 1946 0r 47,my father bought a stump ranch on Pend Oreille lake Ida,we had fished the lake off and on since I was a kid while living in Spokane Wa.

Hows this for a bargain,180 acres,2100' of shore line,old farm house,big barn,two horses,two cows,80 acres cleared the rest in timber and a lake while at the time had two world records trout,37#Rainbow and a 32# Dolly Varden for a total out the door of $ 18,000 :lol:

forgot it had huge Mackinaw also up to 40#

Thats what they called Lake Trout up there.

The first year Dad towed a big tree up to our beach after the the spring run off,secured it and made our fishing pier ,where as a young kid I caught Bows,Cutthroat and Dollies,perch,my first Bass,it was heaven on earth for a fisherman,before we moved three years later our best fish were a Rainbow or Kamloop that Dad caught 12#,nearly 8# Dolly for me and Moms 9# Bowand I was just getting started with my fishing career :lol:

He said son if it ain,t a trout its not worth your time :lol:

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wessongroup - 5-26-2013 at 10:35 AM

Thanks to all ..... great thread

Kgryfon - 6-1-2013 at 02:40 AM

Whistler, Baitcast, Frank...yes, I meant leopard shark, not tiger shark. Good eating but a pain to get that tough skin off. I love the Delta! I'm moving my boat this month further into the Delta; I've been on the Bay side for a few years now and want a change of scenery. Plus, if this water issue goes the wrong way it could spell the end of the Delta and I want to get back there before that happens. Used to be more in the Delta by Bethel Island but moved towards the Bay about 5 years ago. BTW, I'm a woman, not a guy. This happens a lot. Maybe I should post a pic :spingrin:

Frank - 6-1-2013 at 05:26 AM

I'm sorry, typical assumption. Yes please post a pic, of the boat :lol:

baitcast - 6-1-2013 at 09:46 AM

Definitely post :biggrin:

Rob

Kgryfon - 6-2-2013 at 01:42 AM

Whistler, I used to go gold panning on the N. fork of the American River. Spent many a day camping up there and had a blast! Hike upriver, pan all day, and ride a inner tube all the way back down to camp. Make fresh-picked blackberry pancakes and bacon in the morning. Make the kids tote water up from the river (no facilities - remote camping) when they got "bored." I never saw any decent fish there, though. I was told it was from all the panning going on. Some people used vacuums and scooped up all the rocks, etc, from the bottom of the river; I guess it disturbed the eggs. This was up by Colfax, and Sunnyvale is quite a bit further south so the fishing must have not been impacted down there. This was all before I got bit by the boating bug. Haven't been back in many years but have many fond memories from when my kids were small.

Very nice picture, and heck of a nice fish you have there!!

Kgryfon - 6-2-2013 at 03:24 AM

Ok, since you asked, here's a picture of my boat: :tumble:

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Fishin with my grandson

msawin - 6-2-2013 at 09:27 AM

Oroville, Clear Lake, Shasta Lake the San Joaquin Delta.. Bass fising in my procraft.

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Rather be in Baja

msawin - 6-2-2013 at 09:32 AM

But......... The Cabo is where its at.

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Skipjack Joe - 6-2-2013 at 11:48 AM

Speaking of shad. This was taken off Road 48 on the Sacramento River. The best time to be there was May 15 - Memorial Day.

MarshallShad.jpg - 48kB

Skipjack Joe - 6-2-2013 at 11:56 AM

Launching for evening bite on shad:

LaunchingOnSacramento.jpg - 49kB

Skipjack Joe - 6-2-2013 at 12:06 PM

Ffishing the Madison:

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wessongroup - 6-2-2013 at 12:09 PM

Great stuff ....... thanks again ....

Skipjack Joe - 6-2-2013 at 12:13 PM

@#$$%@@!!!!! Grrrrr..

Hate it when your fly gets caught in those rocks:

MontanaRvr.jpg - 50kB

Maybe Punta Banda isn't far enough north but ....

durrelllrobert - 6-2-2013 at 12:19 PM

The YT bite is still on here.

Photo courtesy of Vonny's Fleet (ivanvillarino@gmail.com)

freediverbrian - 6-2-2013 at 02:03 PM

mendicino coast for ablone

baitcast - 6-2-2013 at 02:45 PM

How about a little spiny ray action,off my dock back in the 90,s on Long lake northeastern Wash,

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bajaguy - 6-2-2013 at 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kgryfon
Whistler, Baitcast, Frank...yes, I meant leopard shark, not tiger shark. Good eating but a pain to get that tough skin off. I love the Delta! I'm moving my boat this month further into the Delta; I've been on the Bay side for a few years now and want a change of scenery. Plus, if this water issue goes the wrong way it could spell the end of the Delta and I want to get back there before that happens. Used to be more in the Delta by Bethel Island but moved towards the Bay about 5 years ago. BTW, I'm a woman, not a guy. This happens a lot. Maybe I should post a pic :spingrin:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A new survey finds that sport fish from rivers and streams in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have higher levels of mercury in their systems than fish taken from anywhere else in California.

http://www.ktvn.com/story/22480468/fish-taken-from-delta-hav...

Kgryfon - 6-2-2013 at 06:16 PM

Love the pictures! Looks like you put that boat through a whole lot to get to where you were going!

wessongroup - 6-2-2013 at 07:26 PM

Surf fishing is always there

baitcast - 6-6-2013 at 08:35 AM

Thanks Igor for the pic of the river,for those of you who haven,t slept next to a river like that you need to add that to your bucket list,the sights and sounds must be experienced to fully appreciate the scene.
Rob

tripledigitken - 6-6-2013 at 08:57 AM

High Sierra Lake..................

baitcast - 6-6-2013 at 03:10 PM

Whoa! beautiful pic. don,t you just love a scene like that? been to a several like that in Idaho but for me a small mountain river like that is heaven, the thing that a river has is its ability to talk to you,many times before you see it you may hear it then thru the trees WOW there it is,although a gentle surf has its own music,then we have Baja.
Rob

Geo_Skip - 6-9-2013 at 12:09 PM

TD Kitten...Love the Pic of Virginia Lake, my retreat for four of the last six years, after driving past the Conway Summit turn off for 30 years. The campground is OK, lodge is very convenient and Carolyn's fly fishing information is fantastic.

My other place to feel homesick for when I am Away, along with Asuncion.

Skipjack Joe - 6-9-2013 at 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by baitcast
Whoa! beautiful pic. don,t you just love a scene like that? been to a several like that in Idaho but for me a small mountain river like that is heaven, the thing that a river has is its ability to talk to you,many times before you see it you may hear it then thru the trees WOW there it is,although a gentle surf has its own music,then we have Baja.
Rob

Very true. Each has it's own special properties. There is no 'best' in these matters.

Have you ever walked the dewey grass banks of a BC lake in the early morning and watched the mist over the water?

Have you ever waded the shallows of Henry's Fork and seen the gentle dimples of trout on it's flat surface?

Have you ever stood on the granite boulder of a sierra stream and looked upward along the cliffs, to the green skyline, and seen those white clouds pass overhead?

Have you ever been at Tuolumne Meadows and felt as though you could reach those clouds just above you?

Have you ever sat in a float tube on a bass pond and looked across the water and seen the cottonwoods all lit up with gold from the setting sun?

Those are the visions of a fishermen.

Skipjack Joe - 6-9-2013 at 01:01 PM

Bristol Bay area canoeing trip:

Skipjack Joe - 6-9-2013 at 01:03 PM

Rainbow trout in alaska:

baitcast - 6-9-2013 at 04:47 PM

Aspen groves in the fall all lit up in gold late in the day on a BC lake,I have fished Henrys Fork as well as Henrys lake Igor,a favorite pass time of mine has been to look down,deep clear water,I can not pass a body of water without wondering what kind of fish live there :lol:

Lost track of the number of times I've watched eagles and Osprey take fish,life around water is fascinating,we miss our place on the lake and I remember that pic of the boy and that beautiful fish.
Rob

Skipjack Joe - 6-9-2013 at 09:21 PM

Well, he's no longer a boy like that. He's at the junior prom tonight and I'm here waiting for the midnight telephone call to go pick him up.

Moreover, he's gone to the dark side. Yes, the world of surfing is now exerting it's strong pull ( :lol:

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baitcast - 2-8-2015 at 12:21 PM

Bump one more time
Rob

Tod - 2-8-2015 at 01:12 PM

Fly fish 6 months within 150 mile radius of Bozeman. Spend one week off OR/WA coast chasing salmon and albacore. Rest of the time in Baja.

bajabuddha - 2-8-2015 at 03:08 PM

Albertson's....., Las Cruces :lol:

longest troll trip

captkw - 2-9-2015 at 07:50 AM

La paz to Alaska myself...NOW that was a LONG trolling fishing trip.. K&T

woody with a view - 2-9-2015 at 08:44 AM

Catalina Offshore Products!

AKgringo - 2-9-2015 at 09:48 AM

Kenai River in South central AK, or from a Zodiac off the beaches south of Deep Creek on the Kenai Peninsula. Huge tides! As much as +22'. -4', you don't drive on those beaches without checking the tide tables.
Fishing out of Seward and Whittier is also productive and spectacular scenery.

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Seward Rocks !!

captkw - 2-9-2015 at 01:00 PM

Caught fish from shore and the bay !! Just don't be in the local "free" hotel.....LOL...the joint with the best view on the planet..talk about torture

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Bob53 - 2-9-2015 at 02:46 PM

Mostly offshore tuna fishing off So Cal when not in Baja. Have also done some Halibut fishing out of Sitka, AK. Not much of a fresh water fishing guy.

pauldavidmena - 2-9-2015 at 03:49 PM

Cape Cod Bay between Plymouth and Provincetown. Some tasty striped bass and bluefish to be had.

Skipjack Joe - 2-9-2015 at 05:25 PM

I like to pursue grayling in Alaska's interior.

tripledigitken - 2-9-2015 at 05:45 PM

Very nice composition Igor.

Skipjack Joe - 2-9-2015 at 10:22 PM

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Very nice composition Igor.

Thanks, Ken. I'll let Alex know. I'm the guy in the waders.

tripledigitken - 2-10-2015 at 10:53 AM

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Quote: Originally posted by tripledigitken

Very nice composition Igor.

Thanks, Ken. I'll let Alex know. I'm the guy in the waders.

That's the second time I've done that. He's obviously following in his dad's footprints.

Skipjack Joe - 2-10-2015 at 09:36 PM

I'm so proud that we went to this place Ken. The road goes up to that mining operation you see in the background. The snowmelt was so high that the river was flowing both down the river and the road further upstream. The road looked like the river itself. We drove up to it and realized we couldn't drive further.

I got out of the suv to see how deep it was and whether there were high spots in the road where we continue driving. Anyway, I spot what I think is a rise in the river. So Alex assembles his rod and presto he lands a grayling from the submerged road. And it was a good 200-300 feet from the river. What a surprise.

Eventually I drove that suv right into that water for about 1/2 mile before it rose out onto dry land and continued our journey. We found caribou up in those hills.

[Edited on 2-11-2015 by Skipjack Joe]

baitcast - 2-11-2015 at 08:22 AM

What a wonderful pic! the boy has the touch also,Igor I know nothing about Grayling tell me a little about them.
Rob

Well, they look like this ...

Skipjack Joe - 2-11-2015 at 09:14 AM

And they taste like this ...

Skipjack Joe - 2-11-2015 at 09:16 AM

And they're caught like this ...

Skipjack Joe - 2-11-2015 at 09:18 AM

And they often live in small streams.

Skipjack Joe - 2-11-2015 at 09:21 AM

And they live in some fine country

Skipjack Joe - 2-11-2015 at 09:27 AM

baitcast - 2-11-2015 at 10:09 AM

:lol:

So funny,I like your kitchen, nothing like traveling light,those guys remind me of whitefish with a big dorsal.....didn't know they were good eating thx.
Rob
PS We fished where they were supposed to be be but never got one :?:

Skipjack Joe - 2-11-2015 at 10:23 AM

I'm pretty sure they are related to whitefish. They are a beginner's fish. Fly is dragging - no problem. They'll hit it anyway.

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