I for one, ;D would like to see some fish pictures of the past. Doesn't anybody fish anymore? ??? I,m stuck on the land for a few more weeks >:(
Thanks to those that help. :-*
yeah, it seems like a bunch of us got left on the dock for a few months...... :-\
Last week 28 pounds 41 inches...
John
Quote from: gstours on May 23, 2017, 03:46:43 PM
I for one, ;D would like to see some fish pictures of the past. Doesn't anybody fish anymore? ??? I,m stuck on the land for a few more weeks >:(
Thanks to those that help. :-*
How far back in the past?
If a BFT from 2013 is far enough back, I'd recently (had to dig back through 4 years of Facebook posts to find it) put this one up in the Fishing Tips and Techniques section:
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m153/Amadeus_Surf/2013_50lb_BFT_zpsmlbabjz5.jpg)
If insufficient , I'll see if I can hook up to another corvina out of San Diego Bay like the one I'd caught last Saturday and post a pic...
Feeding Yellowtail, Nov 2008. Second photo on the same day, Rod, gaff and camera all at the same time!
Thought I would add the days catch. These fish are all in the 10 to 15 lb class and the one that the shark had a bit less ;D
89" Scalloped Hammer Head. May 8th 2015. He swam off strong. I haven't caught a Shark Since. >:(
Not a big deal compared to most of you guys -- however, here is a 4 pound, 21 inch rainbow from last week at Shaver Lake -- 15 minutes from our house. Back by Tunnel Creek -- just outside the current swirl from the inflow and falls.
Speedy Shiner -- 4 colors down on leadcore with a 12' leader. Kept a 3 & 4 pounder -- lipped the other 12 or so rainbows that were 12" to 14" -- released unharmed.
We had three dinners out of this one fish for Sue and I. Friday, Saturday, Monday.
Butter, lemon, lemon pepper, salt, pepper, capers, rosemary -- wrap in tin foil. Cook 9 minutes on the BBQ --
or 20 minutes in the oven at 350. For me, a sprinkle of Cholulu Sauce when served steaming hot.
Spine and bones just pull out like a zipper -- nice firm and mild pink flesh.
Burning giant piles of slash timber today -- branches and junk. Will be monitoring the 5 piles through the night and most of tomorrow.
Best,
Fred
We have been targeting 8-10 inch kokanee and we rarely photo them.
ROYAL STAR Dorado, October 2014 :D
(http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah207/ladyaialaAiala/P1000381_zpsmoihssjv.jpg)
~A~
July, 2013. Caught on my homemade Slope Head Swimmer in white/red head. 58lbs 13oz.
.....................Lou
Nice work boys
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(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/IGFA19Keta/Fish/TunaatGaff.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/IGFA19Keta/media/Fish/TunaatGaff.jpg.html)
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/IGFA19Keta/Fish/12695807_10208788981186300_61558753_n_zpsu03cvueo.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/IGFA19Keta/media/Fish/12695807_10208788981186300_61558753_n_zpsu03cvueo.jpg.html)
Very nice fish keep them coming :o ;D
Groovy little Sturgeon, Lee! ;D
My Avatar fishies.
....and something slightly smaller but still a beautiful specimen, IMHO.
A little Pumpkinseed sunfish. Caught on a nymph fly.
And I fished Saturday! Here's some blue sky, Utah sunshine for ya , Gary.
One of my favorite target species.
A Black Rockfish print. Caught off the coast of Prince of Wales. Got a few prints pulled before filleting it. Yum!
(http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p633/doen1/20170127_091006_zpsuvk5j4wa.jpg)(http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p633/doen1/20170127_085326_zpsfbvqf6xh.jpg)(http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p633/doen1/20170126_162910_zpsxzu2xklv.jpg)
((http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p633/doen1/Reel/pics/20160225_165010_zpsxpximfs6.jpg)Fishgrain) Fishing with friends for tuna ,sailfish and dorado!
And one black bass.
Come on Guys and Gals. Keep them coming!
This was a Great Idea Gary. ;)
I don't even know who this guy is, but I posted this pic for him somewhere on here. ::)
Steve O's sturgeon looks a lot like an alligator gar to me ::)
A fun day turning the handle for a great crew on a great boat. I am not a religious guy, but there is something magical about the Kona side, sheltered by those enormous volcanos and haunted by the ghosts of King Kamehameha and Captain Cook and all of those granders that almost makes me a believer every time that I spend a day on the water there.
Holy Cow! Randy :o
You are the Man! ;)
My Very first Shark four year ago.
I thought it was a blacktip, but now I know it was a spinner shark.
He also swam off strong. That is how I like to do it.
60 Seconds is my time limit for a shark on the sand after tail roping, dehooking and a quick pic.
Quote from: Vintage Offshore Tackle on May 24, 2017, 06:06:51 AM
A fun day turning the handle for a great crew on a great boat. I am not a religious guy, but there is something magical about the Kona side, sheltered by those enormous volcanos and haunted by the ghosts of King Kamehameha and Captain Cook and all of those granders that almost makes me a believer every time that I spend a day on the water there.
Nice work!
Looks like a good day. Makes for a pretty picture at the dock.
John
Vintage Offshore Tackle, love those Dorado, I still want to get a plug to those one day. We occasionally see them in our waters but has not happened to me yet.
Quote from: Shark Hunter on May 24, 2017, 06:12:58 AM
Holy Cow! Randy :o
You are the Man! ;)
My Very first Shark four year ago.
I thought it was a blacktip, but now I know it was a spinner shark.
He also swam off strong. That is how I like to do it.
60 Seconds is my time limit for a shark on the sand after tail roping, dehooking and a quick pic.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4295/35510070760_a8bbd4e88b_b.jpg)
You are a very brave man to unhook and release those sharks Daron! I still have a scar on my hand from of unhooking a baby mako. Ineptitude and carelessness are a bad combination.
Quote from: Tightlines666 on May 24, 2017, 06:15:11 AM
Quote from: Vintage Offshore Tackle on May 24, 2017, 06:06:51 AM
A fun day turning the handle for a great crew on a great boat. I am not a religious guy, but there is something magical about the Kona side, sheltered by those enormous volcanos and haunted by the ghosts of King Kamehameha and Captain Cook and all of those granders that almost makes me a believer every time that I spend a day on the water there.
Nice work!
Looks like a good day. Makes for a pretty picture at the dock.
John
Thanks John. We found a big floating log on our way back in and turned 15 opelu into 15 mahi, slow trolling in circles around the log.
Quote from: Cor on May 24, 2017, 06:17:49 AM
Vintage Offshore Tackle, love those Dorado, I still want to get a plug to those one day. We occasionally see them in our waters but has not happened to me yet.
With all of the great fishing that you have for yellowfin, albacore, bigeye, black marlin and yellowtail, you probably don't have much time to miss the dorado.
Quote from: Vintage Offshore Tackle on May 24, 2017, 06:24:09 AM
Quote from: Shark Hunter on May 24, 2017, 06:12:58 AM
Holy Cow! Randy :o
You are the Man! ;)
My Very first Shark four year ago.
I thought it was a blacktip, but now I know it was a spinner shark.
He also swam off strong. That is how I like to do it.
60 Seconds is my time limit for a shark on the sand after tail roping, dehooking and a quick pic.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4312/35857247306_e9eca6ab73_b.jpg)
You are a very brave man to unhook and release those sharks Daron! I still have a scar on my hand from of unhooking a baby mako. Ineptitude and carelessness are a bad combination.
You have to keep your wits Randy. I am more scared of the smaller ones when trying to release them.
You can't anticipate their moves when they are small.
That spinner was probably 100 lbs, when he came on the sand, he thrashed Violently.
Literally shaking the ground. He was coming off the sand at least two feet in his shaking frenzy. He looked like a pissed off Dolphin. I just waited until he was done and went to work.
He behaved after I pulled that 20/0 hook out of his Jaw Bone.
Right tools for the job will keep you away from those teeth.
That is my Dehooker in my left hand. Made of solid stainless, about 18" long.
yesterday
(http://www.raingarden.us/snap/TSFzl.jpg)
-steve
Last summers new PB :D
Quote from: oc1 on May 24, 2017, 08:39:54 AM
yesterday
(http://www.raingarden.us/snap/TSFzl.jpg)
-steve
Bonefish on a vintage baitcaster and fiberglass!!!! Please, I gotta hear more about this outfit and how you use it on Bonefish!!
Quote from: fsrmn on May 24, 2017, 05:59:58 AM
Steve O's sturgeon looks a lot like an alligator gar to me ::)
You're right, my bad, and corrected.
That comment was referring to Lee's groovy little Sturgeon in the pic above my post. You don't normally see too many little ones caught and photo'ed.
My gar pics were from a bucket list trip back in 2011.
Snowy and a Dolphin and my first YFT about 20 years ago. I was too tired to stand as I caught it on a TLD 25 single speed and was whooped. Also my first Sword that made legal size.
Bahamas mahi two weeks ago, bass, cats ands striper from home lake 2015, 2016
two more, two favorites, from Cozumel 2015, first white of the year for the fleet, and Sept 2016 salmon fishing with the Boss and Ohana in San Fran.
Wow :) Thanks for those great fun times, and fish are one of the best foods we can eat on the planet! You folks got my fun meter restarted!
Now i,ve got another to keep livin! Good Job. Many various species and colors. :o
I was thinking of posting a fishee from my past as well?
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This King was caught this winter and was very welcome on my boat, These are quite tasty as well. ;D
20lb King on Lake Superior I caught at 7 years old, ca.1982. I took first place in the tournament, and made the front page of the Duluth Herald.
John
Here's one from November 2011. You are all lucky I caught the Dorado before I stripped down to my Speedos. :D ;D Dominick
My girlfriend and I this last weekend fishing out of Berkeley. Hers was 15#, mine was 12. ;D
Man I love fishing, even if I'm not catching. Just great to be out in nature. Soothes my soul.
John
Thanks folks, keep em coming! ;) This is not so hard with the advent of the cell phone. Butt how do you send a cell picture to this photo site? I,m a dummy, hatched out a long time ago. ??? Any help wood be great! ::) ::)
I think you need to email to yourself to get it on the computer.
I don't even own a cell phone, but my wife can email me pictures off of hers.
Quote from: Shark Hunter on May 25, 2017, 03:54:25 PM
you need to email to yourself to get it on the computer.
That's how I do it. I don't know an easier way.
Sid
... unless you charge the phone through a USB port on the computer. Then you do bulk file transfer.
-steve
Quote from: sdlehr on May 25, 2017, 04:18:23 PM
Quote from: Shark Hunter on May 25, 2017, 03:54:25 PM
you need to email to yourself to get it on the computer.
That's how I do it. I don't know an easier way.
Sid
Same here email myself . joe
Nice Sword from Bill Miller.
Got a wild hair one day and invited our own JV out on the bay. I asked him to bring along everything we might need to catch a blue fin tuna. He was up for it. He brought everything, we made a bait stop and filled the live well in a few minutes, ran out to a nice spot dropped in and shortly hooked up and landed this 50lber.
Like we did it all the time.
1980 Lake Hell for Sure
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Not my video, but the area we were at is amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UntuFyCgJvs
Nice fish people.....here's mine. 36lb King Salmon on the Sacramento River, just down from the I St Bridge in West Sacramento, CA
(http://i.imgur.com/CI3Zd8Q.jpg)
Nice king, we occasionally get 30+ pound ones here too.
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/IGFA19Keta/Fish/DSCN1388_zps74289f4a.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/IGFA19Keta/media/Fish/DSCN1388_zps74289f4a.jpg.html)
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/IGFA19Keta/Fish/Brookings%20Chinook%201_zpsav6ngwce.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/IGFA19Keta/media/Fish/Brookings%20Chinook%201_zpsav6ngwce.jpg.html)
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/IGFA19Keta/Fish/DSCN1336_zpse27d9472.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/IGFA19Keta/media/Fish/DSCN1336_zpse27d9472.jpg.html)
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/IGFA19Keta/Fish/OdelMac.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/IGFA19Keta/media/Fish/OdelMac.jpg.html)
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g104/IGFA19Keta/Fish/Rods%20butt%20II_zpstoiybjnn.jpg) (http://s54.photobucket.com/user/IGFA19Keta/media/Fish/Rods%20butt%20II_zpstoiybjnn.jpg.html)
A White Amur from a local urban fishery.
All right Steve-O,
Since your posting up photos for urban grass carp, I'll post a couple urban carp too...
Right on! Nice Grassie....and super cool koi!
Okay...I'll see you with another Grassie and raise you with some real Gold...3#'s worth! ;D
The grassie taped out at one meter, one centimeter and 27#'s
Quote from: Steve-O on May 27, 2017, 01:00:26 AM
Okay...I'll see you with another Grassie and raise you with some real Gold...3#'s worth! ;D
The grassie taped out at one meter, one centimeter and 27#'s
I don't know that much about fresh water fishing but is that the same species of Goldfish from aquariums? Please excuse my ignorance.
I would say with 100% certainty that this was an aquarium or goldfish bowl dump fish. Survived and thrived to grow up. The name of the urban fishery is Midas Pond..so maybe someone knew about goldie. ;).
I put it back to surprise another lucky angler in the future. It sure surprised me when that bright orange surfaced after a brief tussle.
Goldfisher! ;D
That a nice sanke rogan. You would need a high-end koi collection to dump that one in the pond.
-steve
Yesterday. Nothing big but good eats never the less.
Here's another cool thread that tried to slip past me...maybe that would have been for the best...ha ha! This priceless pic earned me the grand prize in a Livingston Lures "funny fishing photo" contest. I think they all felt sorry for me...LOL! :D ;D 8)
Thanks again for more pictures. I read my mail on an excersize bike to help pass the time and boring activity. You all help. Its fun for me to see what other people do. Inspiration, one might say. ??? Going is theraputic.
Ive been using photobucket to send pictures. Havent had the e mailed pictures sent to this site with any success. Any step bu step advice wood be great! Tanks. gst. :D
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This is to have been a salmon, I cut it out of sheet scrap steel with a acetylene torch freehand about 40 years ago. Embellished with brazing rod before the rust made it look like another old spawner. Hope you get some ideas? ;)
Another fun time with the good eating size on a foggy rainy day! Clean air? Wow Yes ::)
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do you guys let me play?
my wife using a 14ft rod, light action, 3/4oz lure, shimano sonora 2500 with 6 lb mono line and a 1/2oz Kroc spoon & me, with same combo, I caught a small corvina and my wife's catch is a small croaker
This morning San Diego Bay, 1/2 oz Chrome Kroc with 1/0 Siwash. Unfortunately, it was low tide and could only get so far down the rocks before the slippery ones below the high tide line. Made for difficult release without touching the fish. These two unbuttoned themselves while I was trying to grab the Siwash shaft with hemostat.
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Total: 4 barracuda and 3 mackerel
NO PHOTOS THANKS TO PHOTOBUCKET! >:(
Since we are going old, here is a photo I posted before. No fish in the photo but we didn't know what we were doing. Brielle, N.J. Circa 1950. Dominick
Just caught off my dock...
Very nice toenails Keith! ;)
Steve
I'm Diggin' that toe ring and anklet too. ;D
Hey Keith where do you get your pedis? :D ;D Dominick
I knew that was going to happen..!!!
That's my hot Italian girlfriend. You should see the rest of her..!! A grandmother of 13.
Steve-O,
I'll see your grasser and "bit 'o gold"... With a mirror carp and my "bit 'o gold", a Sonoran Desert Sucker.
LOL... I was going to comment on Keith's pedi also, but didn't feel I had the " senoirtitry" or cajones also...makes me giggle... I knew right after he posted it someone would would say something! Thanks Swill, Daron , and Dominick...
I'm still giggling. C'MON Keith you knew it would happen!!!
Rogan, I'm in AZ too...where are you catching those...Canals by Yuma?
Brett
I think this is officially the smallest thing I have caught on a hook, even if it was just snagged...
What is it?
A tiny shrimp, about 1" long. I snagged it jigging for sea trout.
Alright , rogan, right back atcha. After this I wil have to dig deep and pull out some Cloud pics. My iPad only holds so many.
Soooo....a nice golden grassie a-la-kayak caught. And a little fattie Common @ 13#.
BTW, that linear mirror carp is gorgeous. Definitely a great scale pattern to recognize again on a future capture.
I've got a few Mirrors in my quiver too.
Very good. Keep em coming folks. Dig out the old ones they are great to see how we have evolved! ???
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Heres one that was too big to keep! :-*
Here's a couple from 40+ years ago.
........Lou
Dang, Lou, looks like you were the Striper King way back in the day, too. Long live the King!
I caught a"wiper" the other evening. That's what they call white bass out here.
This pic is from a walleye trip on Lake Erie in the summer of 2013. The video gives a better look at things, and the catch was excellent on the table. 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjV7-V4f88M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjV7-V4f88M)
A BC albacore and a bunch. What a busy few hours !!
Nice Albies!! On Prince of Wales island, the charter guys run out 50 miles due west when Albies are around.
Quote from: Steve-O on May 29, 2017, 09:35:18 PM
Nice Albies!! On Prince of Wales island, the charter guys run out 50 miles due west when Albies are around.
The top on is a pig.
Steve-O,
I'm trying to reply with more photos, But I'm have computer glitches...
I caught this guy twice, 3 weeks apart, but I cant get the second photo to load
I'll play along...
A couple of years back at Islamorada
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Computer problems? That's okay ...like Gary said I'll keep them coming.
I wet a line this morning before anybody else in the family got up. One common, followed by one grassy.
Steve (oc1),
Since I don't know anything about Koi and the grading system and desirability of the all types and styles, would care to share your knowledge? It's something I'm interested in, but I haven't been able to learn about it (something about having a wife, kids, work, other hobbies, etc... ;D)
Brett,
I mostly fish Maricopa County; urban lakes and the big impoundments, but that guy came from the salt river. He was a by-product of fishing for the carp. I plan to try a few trips targeting them, and the other "chub" style species this summer and fall. Only fished Yuma area once, its a long drive for a day trip!
Steve-O,
I got skunked today :'(
The grassers were there, but not interested in bottom baits. I managed to get them feeding on the surface (floating dog food), but they didn't really like them, they would pick them up, spit them out and repeat a couple times. They never found the one on my hook.
And I figured out my problem, old cell phone pic and the file size was waaayyyy too large. So here is the second pic from the re-capture...
Quote from: Alto Mare on May 29, 2017, 10:41:54 PM
I'll play along...
A couple of years back at Islamorada
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I have 8 years on the forum and its the first time I see a picture of Sal with a fish, dang, this is a good day on my book
nice to meet you Salvatore pescatore
Haha, yes Alex I used to fish a little. Here is a 44" cow, no way near the cows of Striper Lou, but it is my personal best to date:
Sorry it's not a clear shot:
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;D Really nice striper,,,sal
Mahimahi/Dorado:
(http://i.imgur.com/2ywObFx.jpg)
Yellowtail/Kingfish:
(http://i.imgur.com/WXxiU1U.jpg)
today...
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-steve
I love it! The vintage rod and a reel that still reels ! Dinner is in sight! Great pictures. Today ! :D tanks gst.
Quote from: oc1 on May 30, 2017, 07:57:17 AM
today...
(http://www.raingarden.us/snap/TFSzm.jpg)
-steve
Nice fish .......... But i would like to see more pictures of that stick . Bamboo ? joe
I wanted to keep the balll bouncing to let you see another fishee n a great reel. sure was fun! ;D
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Summers almost here, hooraay! Lets go fishing!
Fun one from a few years ago with my dad. Not the biggest ones we have caught but a good jump pic.
Wow! Nice Sturgeon. :o
This was last year in June. Caught with a 50SW.. Beautiful day!
54" Barracuda!
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Awe Man!
That Cuda would make some nice shark bait!
They are really no good for anything else.
One more and then that's it. Here is a pic of myself with a 35 lb chum and my buddies dad with a 37 lb spring way back in 1995. Turned out to be the IGFA world record (and line class) beating the old record from Alaska of 33 lbs .................... still stands. We were mooching cut plug herring so it was unusual to catch a chum but not unheard of.
I got a small marlin one time ;D
8 pound cabrilla caught in
Bahia de Los Angels.
Hey Bill nice catch but that looks like a Golden Grouper to me. Though in the same family as a Cabrilla, which here in the states are also called Spotted Grouper but I don't think it is a true Cabrilla. Though many of the people down in Mexico call all of the grouper family of fish Cabrilla.
Here are some pics of Cabrilla, A.K.A. a Spotted Grouper.
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/SoCalAngler1/Marks006_zpsd9e21e1f.jpg)
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/SoCalAngler1/Marks123_zps3c085413.jpg)
(http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag355/SoCalAngler1/Marks124_zpse9066c53.jpg)
Any way nice catch and a real tasty fish to eat.
Some of my favorite fishing pictures don't include fish in the pic so others might not find them interesting. I know you are looking for older pics here but here a few from a little ways back.
1999 with my son, 12 years old at the time, on his first mini long range trip (3 dayer) with his first BFT ever caught.
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I love this pic. My dad with his grandson setting out a troll rod looking for a sundown screamer. Same trip by the way.
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This is the next year when my son has a way better time managing the bigger BFT we ran into on this trip.
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I don't know if any body will notice but these pics are on the SOA. It's kind of hard to tell because they are before the rocket launchers, rod holders were put on the boat aft of the bait tanks.
See no fish in two of the pics but I personally like these.
It's a leopard grouper in the golden phase. 1-2 percent of the leopard grouper do this gold color.
Quote from: Steve-O on June 02, 2017, 01:27:57 AM
It's a leopard grouper in the golden phase. 1-2 percent of the leopard grouper do this gold color.
Your right I should of said leopard grouper when I said spotted. But I'm still not 100% sure if Mexfish is correct in this 1-2% call that the fish change color in certain stages. I know some marine biologist don't agree on this either, but what do I know? I just fish.
Thanks for all the great pictures, and here is another winter spring salmon and my happy friend. Twas an unexpected suprise! ;)
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Keep your line tight, and send some more. Everybody? ???
Quote from: SoCalAngler on June 02, 2017, 01:45:38 AM
Quote from: Steve-O on June 02, 2017, 01:27:57 AM
It's a leopard grouper in the golden phase. 1-2 percent of the leopard grouper do this gold color.
Your right I should of said leopard grouper when I said spotted. But I'm still not 100% sure if Mexfish is correct in this 1-2% call that the fish change color in certain stages. I know some marine biologist don't agree on this either, but what do I know? I just fish.
I thought it was a regular cabrilla during its change phase. But interesting to hear that some scientists don't agree and think it's a totally different species. Food for thought
Quote from: Bill Carson on June 02, 2017, 04:31:48 PM
Quote from: SoCalAngler on June 02, 2017, 01:45:38 AM
Quote from: Steve-O on June 02, 2017, 01:27:57 AM
It's a leopard grouper in the golden phase. 1-2 percent of the leopard grouper do this gold color.
Your right I should of said leopard grouper when I said spotted. But I'm still not 100% sure if Mexfish is correct in this 1-2% call that the fish change color in certain stages. I know some marine biologist don't agree on this either, but what do I know? I just fish.
I thought it was a regular cabrilla during its change phase. But interesting to hear that some scientists don't agree and think it's a totally different species. Food for thought
Agreed, food for thought.
In my experience, while on the boat whatever the capt says it is that's what it is!
Steve
Quote from: Hardy Boy on May 31, 2017, 03:48:30 PM
One more and then that's it. Here is a pic of myself with a 35 lb chum and my buddies dad with a 37 lb spring way back in 1995. Turned out to be the IGFA world record (and line class) beating the old record from Alaska of 33 lbs .................... still stands. We were mooching cut plug herring so it was unusual to catch a chum but not unheard of.
I had the 6kg record chum for many years.
Lee, was that the fish that beat your record? Bill
Quote from: TARFU on June 04, 2017, 05:01:04 PM
Lee, was that the fish that beat your record? Bill
No, different line class. The fish that knocked me off was a upriver slug caught in a Skeena River tributary, mine was a fresh saltwater fish caught 7-18-87. The same guy beat his record a few years later on the same river.
Had a decent day offshore today. Still getting stuff sorted and figured out, but at least we put fish in the boat.
Good day indeed....well done brother.....Bill
Nice bobo's and specs Adam.
That is some primo bait right there. ;)
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Subsistence fishing with the inlaws.
That one will hold you a couple weeks.
Quote from: TongassFisher on June 07, 2017, 02:17:24 PM
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Subsistence fishing with the inlaws.
nice! are you fishing in pajamas?
Hahaha!
That's my father-in-law, he's a commercial power trolled of 20 plus years up here in Alaska. I've only lived up here for 3 years having moved from California which socially and culturally is like a different country. Your pajama question has crossed my mind before but I would never say anything to him about it😂
Thanks for the pajama pictures! Wow thats a big halibut too! What a day? Great story? Send us More! ::)
Two hogtied Halibut, wow. Must have been hard hauling them over the gunwale. Everybody gets a full freezer.
Locale looks like POW ...but could be anywhere in SE AK. Thanks for sharing.
Here's a Blue Cat from a few years ago. I'm getting the itch...we're hitting the river next week...and I'll be toting a few hot rods this time. 8)
Thanks for all the great pictures! :D
I did finally get the boat in the saltchuck. First day was a shakedown sorta, Weather was medium crappy, wind waves lite rain. Butt.
It was worth it. Boat was running g ;)ood, a few fish did finally bite! ::)
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The best was a four footer at about 52# ;)
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Perfect eating size! 8)
Very nice!!!!!
....Lou
Nice fish guys,,,and can't wait to see the monster cats mo gets this summer
:)Yes monster or gin or tiny bluegills , it a good fish picture. ;D
My bro in law, his dad, coworker, and friends are flying back today from their 3 day trip on POW island, Alaska. Reduction in King Salmon harvest regs kept me home until the fall trip.
$4K for 3 salmon and 3 halibut seems to me on the spendy side. :o
But here's one beautiful Yelloweye!
And a load of Black Rockfish...pics from a coworker.
Yes its fish n chips for lunch again! :) Tanks! Keep em coming, I love pictures. n stories! :-*
Some of me and sharing the love with others.
More pics.
Just happened to slip out of the house early one morning. It still took all day to find a good keeper! ???? Butt thats ok! ;)
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I gave the larger one to a friend who hurt his back recently and has his daughters wedding and company coming up soon. ;D
Nice fish, Gary!
I just got the nod to head back up to Alaska in September. Ye hawww!
550lb bluefin today.
Sweet!!! Nice work and a great day's pay. Well done.
.........................Lou
$15 to $20 a pound on wicked tuna (been watching alot of tv lately). what's the back story? ;D
Yellow Spot Papio
Quote from: alantani on September 02, 2017, 10:41:53 PM
$15 to $20 a pound on wicked tuna (been watching alot of tv lately). what's the back story? ;D
I'd be really happy with $10. Might only get half of that. The fish might sell for $15 but after fees and shipping costs you get less. I've heard horror stories of guys who have shipped fish to Japan and actually ended up with a bill because the meat was tainted!
Nice fish.
My wife buys her ahi from a guy that parks his truck alongside the road with a cooler of cut and wrapped fish and a hand painted sign. He will only there the day after catching one so he's sort of a road-side fishing report too.
-steve
Not too many days like this one from NJ anymore, the regs for fluke are horrible now! 3 guys limited out, largest was 10lbs, plenty in the 5-7lb range.
Fluke seem like a flounder or halibut to me. How do you fish them? a live bait? or cut pcs ? on the bottom ? From shore and retrieving slowly or just sitting likr catfish? Just wondered?? Are they seasonal? or just the regs? ???