Fishing. Let's see your work.....

From the living room.........,,

 

Reviving this old thread...
It’s winter, 2020 season came and gone, can’t wait for 2021 to start!
My PB from this past fall.

 

that's a nice one

 

I like fishing, but I like CATCHING more...

 

how did you see to catch it? lol

 

Otter activity....Going to see if I can get a pic tonight.......,,,..

 

I don’t think it’s a bird of prey...,,,...

 

That's a monster!

 

I could justify the cost if I fished saltwater all year. I still don't know if I would buy one. But, I can definitely appreciate a reel that can withstand the abuse of that environment year after year.

For freshwater, it's probably not worth it.

 

Hey Al, nice catch. Are you on the most wanted list or something, maybe witness protection?

 

First fish of the year!!!$#fromthelivingroomThe water is cold, cold!!

 

He looks nasty in the pic but he was clean and very powerful!!! There’s a piebald in here somewhere....I forgot how much fun it is to catch a fish....,,,,I’m also amazed at how easy it is to remove a circle hook from fish and turtles......,,,,

 

I owe everybody money

 

Nuff said.

 

where you at? nice fish!

 

had an awful back injury the second half of last year so i barely fished. looking forward to getting back out there asap!

 

Look who showed up at 2am....,,,,

 

If it weren't for my obsession with Shimano reels and lately G. Loomis rods I could do alot to the 4runner. In this picture it's basically the same price as a King setup. Second picture would buy a set of tires.

 

I left a $200 rod/reel at the trout stream....,,,,....

 

Lovely Michigan Walleye..

 

South shore Long Island.
Get well soon! Spring run is only 3 months away!

 

Is it just me who thinks that Ol’blue keeps showing us pictures of the same three fish but taken in different locations?

 

I took a spill on the jetty in October that put a few gouges on my pristine van staal... and skunked out. Then landed that 36” bass in the same beach the week after... made it less painful.

 

hell yeah! im taking the winter time to reasses gear and make sure i am all set for the run.

 

The selfie in picture 3 is hilarious.

 

He came back last night but was camera shy and dragged the head off....
Prob took it into the neighbors attic, I think that’s where they live...

 

Now I have beavers...Nowonder I didn’t get a bite today......

 

I realized why I’ve been in such a crappy mood lately....???..,
Just needed to trout fish!!!

 

Fellow fisherman.....,,,,,..saw an old friend at the trout pond and met a couple more.....

 

The first four are from a trip to Florida in 2018, the trout probably was in 2018 too. I was on a work trip to Miami, and decided that my goal was to catch a Peacock Bass. There's a lot of canals around Miami, so I figured I'd just find some place and start throwing. But I didn't have any gear with me. Off to Bass Pro, and probably too much money later, I had a rod/reel/hooks, and a shit ton of lures. Funny thing is that I didn't catch even one of these on a lure. All were on minnows, or whatever minnows are called there. This part of the canal ran just behind a Post office near'ish to the airport. Being an aviation guy, it seemed like a great spot. I fished there every night after work. I don't know how many fish I caught, or what species most of them were. But I got my Peacock Bass! I returned all of them to that nasty, murky canal water. Tarpon were in the water too, and it was a lot of fun watching them cruising fast up the canal. I wasn't able to catch one of those though. Next time...








I have no freakin' idea of what this fish is. Nor did anyone else who saw the picture. One guy thought it might be a wolf fish? Looks like a dinosaur fish to me. Caught him in the rocks
just off shore.



I caught this little guy in Indian Peaks Wilderness, NW of Boulder. It's a hike up to the stream, but so worth it. The elevation is nearly 11000 feet, so the oxygen is thin! There's a lake that feeds this stream, and you'll often see deer or elk there too. I saw a Marten on one trip too, which is basically a weasel. There's a bunch of hungry little trout in there and are really fun to catch on my fiberglass 3 Wt. The trout don't get very big due to a short growing season, but they are wild and beautiful. Sorry to the pretty little trout for the death grip, but he was slippery! I did wet my hands before the picture so I didn't hork up his slime covering. BTW, I tied that fly too. It's basically a Brown With White Wings Cripple, probably a size 16 or so? I tie a lot of cripples, though not on purpose. I'm just not very good at tying flies. But the trout eat them up!