Fishing Thread

tempo_n_groove

Loujoe said:

Wow^ we used to go carp fishing all the time as kids off a bridge. Catch huge turtles. We'd beach them. Grab em. Bring them up to the bridge and they would hiss and snap at sticks we shoved in their faces. Throw them off the bridge back into the water. Heck they would come right back and We'd catch them again. 
Had a bio teacher in high school that would offer 10 bucks for a turtle. He ate them. I never gave him one. They are magnificent creatures.
Also had a Russian immigrant that came to the bridge when we caught carp. He brought a shopping cart and we filled it with carp. He couldn't believe we threw them back. 
End of flashback

HA!  You wracked my brain about another turtle story. I had friends that moved away from Cali back to Kentucky.  That's where their Dad was from so they left.

When they were there they got looks and stares because of their license plate.  CALIFORNIA.  It might as well say SATAN on it.

About a week goes by and the people were still driving by oogling at their house when a man knocks on the door.  Introduces himself and walks in holding a turtle.  Greets everyone and hands them, no shit, a snapping turtle as a gift.  The son, my friend, asks his mom "what are we supposed to do with this?"
"I think we're supposed to eat it?  We'll let it go after he leaves."

They never really found out why he brought a turtle.  They did let it go and the people stopped driving by their house after that.  That podunk town got to be too podunk for them so they came back to cali.

Loujoe

Awesome

Get_Right

My town used to pay $50 for a dead copperhead snake. Better than a paper route I guess 

Loujoe

Yeah. Today I hope people kill less stuff. I told my dad I saw a rattlesnake. First thing he asked was did I kill it. 

eddiec

This thread is inspiring me to get back into fishing. I used to fly fish for trout all the time.
Here's a brown caught on a size 18 Blue-winged olive. Probably thirty years ago.


In retrospect, I feel bad I kept that one, but we did eat it.

Loujoe

It's ok. I feel like there are stages to fishing. I went through that one. Also harvesting a large brown likely saved thousands of baby wild trout it would have eaten.
All good and awesome fish.

I have a 19" brown on my wall from about 30 years ago too. They must have been biting then!
Here's a pic of my buds he got on a dry fly maybe 2 years ago. Released it.
F..king gorgeous fish

Loujoe

^story..
We were heading to this fishing spot and while hiking in i told my bud you are going  to catch a huge brown. It was the first time he fished that season. Late September. We both hit this run and a fish was rising like crazy.  It wouldn't hit. He told me to give it a try. I said it's your fish. I went downstream and told him to whistle if he nails it.
He changed his fly and I was going after a fish feeding in the riffles.
Sure enough he hooked up! Said he was trying to whistle but forgot how.
only fish caught that day. We haven't got out since...yet. have to waitvtil the river calls us back.

Get_Right

Nothing better than a big brown rising to a dry IMHO. Never kept a brown for eating. 

mcgruff10

The joys of teaching your son how to fish.   Two different lakes today and nada 

Spiritual_Chaos

Teach them something that doesn't cause the suffering and death of other animals.

Not good values to pass down to the future generations imo.

Loujoe

mcgruff10 said:

The joys of teaching your son how to fish.   Two different lakes today and nada 

Close call. Son, this is how you get a hook out of your leg!

Get_Right

Pinch the barbs. 

Loujoe

Good call

mcgruff10

You know I usually do but that was brand new out of the box.  I will next time I go out.   
By the way that was my leg lol.  My son wasn't looking when he casted; I was not happy.  

Get_Right

mcgruff10 said:

You know I usually do but that was brand new out of the box.  I will next time I go out.   
By the way that was my leg lol.  My son wasn't looking when he casted; I was not happy.  

After catching a few in the fat of my hand, or in my fleece, you pinch them after. Easy peasy. Maybe a tetanus shot just to be safe LOL.

lastexitlondon

mcgruff10 said:

The joys of teaching your son how to fish.   Two different lakes today and nada 

My daughter hooked my nose on the back swing of her first cast. Then pulled....yeah......oof

lastexitlondon

I have some pictures of fish caught in England a good few years back if anyone is interested I will dig them out

Loujoe

lastexitlondon said:

These or more? Great haul. 
I'm glad I posted pics from 2023. Lost those pictures.

lastexitlondon

Ah yes those
.great work lou

mcgruff10

I haven’t caught a carp in years.  Such a fun fish to catch.  Nice work Rob!

lastexitlondon

This thread and the game fishing planet have inspired me to get a membership to the local consortium of lakes for a 6 month deal . 
I'm making it a promise since being sober 5 months to do something worth while with the money I would have drank.

Get_Right

lastexitlondon said:

This thread and the game fishing planet have inspired me to get a membership to the local consortium of lakes for a 6 month deal . 
I'm making it a promise since being sober 5 months to do something worth while with the money I would have drank.

Congrats! Stay strong. Fishing is a great way to just get outside. I have always found carp to be a nasty fish, but I know they are a popular gamefish in the UK.

lastexitlondon

Thanks my friend. Carp are a massive business here. The main kind of course fish.

mcgruff10

lastexitlondon said:

This thread and the game fishing planet have inspired me to get a membership to the local consortium of lakes for a 6 month deal . 
I'm making it a promise since being sober 5 months to do something worth while with the money I would have drank.

So are they private lakes?  What does that get you?  Congrats on five months bud.  

lastexitlondon

It's just a membership and it gets you on some lakes and rivers that are owned by the club. So it's more like a fishing club. £100 for 6 months and lots of places to try. Thanks mate

Loujoe

  sounds great Rob 

Get_Right

lastexitlondon said:

It's just a membership and it gets you on some lakes and rivers that are owned by the club. So it's more like a fishing club. £100 for 6 months and lots of places to try. Thanks mate

That is not a huge fee for what should be private fisheries. Do they use the beat system for the rivers? I did some fly fishing in the UK out in the cotswolds in the early 2000s and it was beat fishing. You basically rent a portion of the river or lake. And a guide was required for the first day. Not cheap.

mcgruff10

Jointed rapala.  Love top water.  

lastexitlondon

I've never fly fished these are mainly carp. And other silver fish like roach and bream. Maybe some tench my favourite fish

mcgruff10

Here's my pb: 41 pound striper on a snag and drop about 100 yards from where pj played sea hear now.  I'm thinking this is around 2010.