The fishing blues

[Grumpy Old Man]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVWWmIXKxk

Well now that we are musically attuned to fishing, I'm starting a fishing thread. Saturday I'm going to go soak some powerbait at the local reservoir for stocker trout. Is it as much fun as fly fishing in the Sierras or long ranging for tuna? No! But it is still fun!! And my fishing buddy has got his bass boat in order so we will soon be trolling for stripers at Diamond Valley!

It's warm, the sun is out, we should be fishing. Post pics of your catches and tales of your trips. This is about the fine bloodsport of fishing.

I might add that I got some Gulp synthetic worms I'm going to try, so I'll have an AAR report and an evaluation on them. I also am going to sling some new Panther Martin spinners with copper blades on my ultralight rig. Durn, now I've got me all riled up to go! Guess I'll have to lube a reel and organize my tackle when I get home. Maybe I'll even consult Colonel Beam on proper fishing mindset.;)

[Sniper-T]

G-Damn it Grumpy... I'm stuck in limbo here between a premature melt ruining ice fishing, and waiting for open water season to start. ya b'tard!

All the best luck bud! looking forward to hearing (seeing) results, Aaaand... I would like to hear some tips/tricks, that you guys use down there. nothining that will spoil fish-sec, but maybe little things that you consider 'normal' and the rest of us would think :eek:

Ironically enough... I have a few lures that I travel with extensively. I almost always pack a collapeable rod, wherever I go and go throw a cast or 80 in my spare time. I'll find some links for my 'goto' lures... if you will!

:cool:

[Grumpy Old Man]

For me, for trout Panther Martin spinners in the 1/8- 1/16 oz range are fish callers.

Panther Martin - The Greatest Fish Catcher of All Time (http://www.panthermartin.com/Default.aspx)

[IDTANDY]

Drowned afew worms the other day no luck.

[piranha2]

Good luck - if the wind ever lays down here, we are going out, too.

[Sniper-T]

Ooooh called me on it....

OK, here is my GOTO lure for almost anything that I can catch from shore or a boat, excluding deep water drag trolling.

Northland Fishing Tackle: EYE-BALL JIG® - MW4 1/4 oz. (http://www.northlandtackle.com/Product/product.taf?_function=detail&_ID=444&pc=233)

I use the NO. 12 METALLIC GOLD, AND DO EXTREMELY WELL! ESPECIALLY AROUND HERE!

and this is essentially my favorite crank bait... but in blue (B) and as the 8`three hook version...
RapalaWorld.com (http://www.rapalaworld.com/lure.php?s=aWQ9MjUmc2l2dT1jb2xvcnMmdHlwZT0xJnA9MSZ oPTNRUTVvTUoz#)

[bacpacker]

Interesting thread. I was just talking with my dad yesterday while we were workin on my chicken fencing. WE NEED TO GET ON THE LAKE, yesterday.

Sniper, I have several of those Rapala's in different colors. Very nice lures. Question for you about the jig heads. Do they have concave eyes or is that just the way they look on that site? I use some jigs with eyes like that but they are smooth with the lead. I either use them for flies of curly or split tail grubs. Some times will even put a spinner on the jig.

Grumpy I love the panther's for trout and sometimes for crappie or bluegill.

.

[realist]

ONe stick of Dyno Nobel is usually all I need for my limit. This way I don't have to deal with all those sharp hooks.

[Evolver]

Ditto T on the Rapala. This one in a #9 is deadly and work very well on the Green River, Ut


(MN) http://www.rapalaworld.com/images/lures/f_mn.jpg


These are my other go to's for river fishing.

(G) http://www.rapalaworld.com/images/lures/f_g.jpg

(RT)http://www.rapalaworld.com/images/lures/f_rt.jpg


This one is my goto for Walleye.

Brass Lil Jake Spin-A-lure

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/img/products/original/jakes_lures_lil_jakes_spoon_brass_401886_1_og.jpg

[Sniper-T]

The eyes of the jigs are concave, with metalic eyes.

[Grumpy Old Man]

Well, Saturday was the fishing blues for me. It was overcast and a low pressure cell was moving in, so I expected to slay the poor stocker trout! Well, I was reminded of why we call it fishing and not catching. I, and everybody else got skunked. 2 1/2 hours was all my fun-o-meter could handle, particularly after the wind came up. So I have nothing to report on the gulp worms, other than the last time I used them there I caught a couple of 2 pounders. Oh well, it beat the heck out of working, even if it did leave me grumpy. Grumpy

[IDTANDY]

Nada this weekend.Same conditions.

[bacpacker]

The eyes of the jigs are concave, with metalic eyes.

Thanks Sniper! That's what it looked like, just wanted to verify. I will be ordering a shit pot full of them. They should work great on the crappie down here.

[Sniper-T]

They have been my 'goto' for nearly 20 years. I've won many tournies with them, and set up many friends with them. Dude... especially up here... they're hot hot hot!

price around, but Northlands is the only one that makes that exact one. I've tried everything that looks like it, is similar colour, and I've tried making my own with every 'gold' kit that is out there. NOTHING works as well

I'm trying to source another 1000 of them. most box stores will deal, but cash up front and begrudgingly. They see me buying them and selling them to my friends as money out of their pockets (which it is), But honestly... I don't care. In an average fishing year, I'll go through a couple hundred.

IF.... and that is a BIG IF, I can get a decent price down south... I buy them by the 1000, sell enough to cover my cost, and keep the balance.

FYI... here they are up to $1.50 ea. Down there, in bulk, when I can...I buy them for .65 ea.

big difference

BIG BIG difference!

[Katrina]

Guys, hope you don't mind but as my experience with fishing is to put worm on hook and drown it before Iever catch anything. I want to pick your brains for ideas for the couple of serious fishermen I know. One is bro in law ,the other is one of the brokers I work with. I know it's early for Xmas but with my three guys( brokers) it usually takes a while for me to come up with a nice gift, not too personal but thoughtful and not too expensive for each of them. BIL usually will put one or two things on his list but if I get his name I try to get something not on the list but some thing he has wanted IF he says anything tothe wifeand it's not on her family's gift list. Co worker is a bit harder, I know he does a lot of bass fishing. Has for years so he'll be a bit tougher. Coming up with something he doesn't have a gazillion of.

[Sniper-T]

you need to tell us where they fish, for what (species), and what manner they fish.

If they`re long lining in the ocean, then lake and river lures are nogo. same with viceversa.

fly fishing and sniggling catfish are completely different balls of wax as well.

Ask to see some pics of they`re fishing forays, if you don`t know the answers to the above.

[Evolver]

Guys, hope you don't mind but as my experience with fishing is to put worm on hook and drown it before Iever catch anything. I want to pick your brains for ideas for the couple of serious fishermen I know. One is bro in law ,the other is one of the brokers I work with. I know it's early for Xmas but with my three guys( brokers) it usually takes a while for me to come up with a nice gift, not too personal but thoughtful and not too expensive for each of them. BIL usually will put one or two things on his list but if I get his name I try to get something not on the list but some thing he has wanted IF he says anything tothe wifeand it's not on her family's gift list. Co worker is a bit harder, I know he does a lot of bass fishing. Has for years so he'll be a bit tougher. Coming up with something he doesn't have a gazillion of.

Deep water Bass Jig... FOOTBALL JIG GREEN PUMPKIN CRAW 3/8 OZ :cool:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41-rAmhJUjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[Katrina]

Thank you. BIL fishes up in ontario every may but I really can't say where as the lake and camping site changes every year. As for co worker he goes up to Houghton lake here in Michigan. He does a lot of trout and bass fishing. Evolver, lure looks great, Thank you, appreciate the idea. I really appreciate you guys's help.

[IDTANDY]

Going tomorrow.

[Grumpy Old Man]

I'll be heading out Saturday early.

[Sniper-T]

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt140/Sniper-T/fishy-1.gif

[Onestep]

Went Saturday to the Stick Marsh. For those of you not familiar with the place, it is a catch & release bass impoundment south of Melbourne FL. It's been around since the mid 80"s but got devestated during our 2005 hurricane season when all the grass was ripped out by the wave action and most of the remaining trees snapped off. The grass is just starting to come back after the 2010 winter, which for us was very cold and had a freeze down to so FL and it killed almost all the tilapia and armoured catfish that were eating all the new growth as soon as it started.
Anyway, I've been fishing it since it opened and always hit it during the spring as that is prime time there.
This trip the wife and I managed 23 bass up to this 6# fish all on artificials (which is all we use).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/SC53/515Bass.jpg

The fishing can be so good at times that 75 fish days are possible.

[IDTANDY]

Sweet.

[Grumpy Old Man]

^^^^^^ What he said!

[bacpacker]

Nice bass!

[Grumpy Old Man]

So I am going fishing tomorrow on Diamond Valley lake. I ordered a six pack of Panther Martin copper bladed lures to try out. I was tracking them at USPS and expected delivery yesterday per their routing. No lures. So, when I went online today they are in Honolulu at a sorting facility. So I guess I'll get them next week. I'll just have to use spoons and jigs.

[IDTANDY]

Slow week for Crappe,white fliptails stopped working,went back to minnows.
caught 4 pound to pound 1/2,keeper here is 10".Took 2 Hybrid striped Bass on the minnows.;)

[piranha2]

Poor fishing off Ft. Pierce today. Poor, poor, poor. Nuff said. Try again tomorrow. Oh yeh, I hate bonitas.

[IDTANDY]

Fish feast.
http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/6949/sdc10253.jpg


http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8436/sdc10258b.jpg


http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/6898/sdc10257l.jpg

[piranha2]

Rub it in. Saturday was a bust with 3 bonitas and one Spanish Mackerel. At least we had supper. Now, the water is blown up and we can't get out for a few days. It will get better.

[IDTANDY]

Winds been up to much to fish.

[Stormfeather]

Was going to go dynamite fishing today, but the game warden was out and about.












I jest. . . the game warden wasnt out.

[IDTANDY]

I got an old crank phone.....:rolleyes:

[Grumpy Old Man]

We went to Diamond Valley Saturday on our initial exploration. No fish succumbed to our offerings as we were trolling for stripers. Around the inlet and spillway a huge (45+) mass of boats were anchored. It looked like the Mekong river! All the fishermen and women were soaking anchovies in 100 feet of water for stripers. And they were catching some.

We trolled and toured the lake. For the most part it's abyssal plain at 180-230 feet deep. but there are a lot of rises in various spots and the coves get fairly shallow and some have concrete construction debris formed into reefs. Lessons learned: fill one reel with lead core for trolling deep, bring frozen 'chovies, worms work best for bass in coves, and beetle spins for crappie and 'gills (that's bream for you SE boys and girls) on the beds. Also, Wednesdays are 1/2 price entrance fees. I talked to my fishing buddy today and it seems we may be coming down with a bug; probably hits us hard enough to take a sick in the middle of the week.

[piranha2]

Way too windy to go offshore. Been catching endless numbers of sugar trout and croakers. Croakers are awesome snook and cobia bait. The trout are good table fare, even if small.

[Evolver]

The trout are good table fare, even if small.

Like these guys? :)

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/xplore2c/seatrout2.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/xplore2c/seatrout1.jpg

[IDTANDY]

Good eating.

[Evolver]

Yup!

[Sniper-T]

Fishing Season Opens this weekend, but I doubt I'll make it out!

:(

Next weekend is our Long Weekend, And I am going for 6 days!!!

I can't wait!

[Grumpy Old Man]

Report back on how da fishin was dere sniper,eh.

[piranha2]

Like these guys? :)

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/xplore2c/seatrout2.jpg

http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/xplore2c/seatrout1.jpg

These are actually spotted seatrout. The ones we are getting have no spots.

[piranha2]

This is what we are catching. No spots, no size or number limits.


[img=http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6947/silvertrout.th.jpg] (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/silvertrout.jpg/)

[mitunnelrat]

Watch out Grumpy! He called me a bastard when I said something like that!

I'm still not sure how he knew, its not like I discuss my lineage, but I'm sure he'll have something equally beguiling and heinous for you!

Lol...

[Grumpy Old Man]

Well, alrighty then! I'm leaving Thursday morning for a 4 day fishing trip to Mammoth Lakes in the eastern Sierras. Brisk mountain spring weather will be the order of the day. We may even go up to Tioga lake at the east entrance to Yosemite. Rainbows, Cutts and possibly Goldens will be the Oncorhynchus species we are pursuing. I'm loaded up with Panther Martins, Grey Wulffs, Royal Wulffs and BWOs. I love trout on a fly, but spinners also work nicely!

[Evolver]

That should like a great trip and may the fish god shine down on you!

Speaking of Golden Trout... My brother has held the Utah record for these guys since 1977 at a whopping 14oz. I was with him when he caught it in the Unitas on Atwood Creek. The record will probably never be broken due to fact that they are pretty much extinct in Utah.

[IDTANDY]

Good luck on your trip.Remember being stationed at Malmstrom,AFB just a short time 1year,SAC Missiles,Had an area in The Bob Marshall Wilderness and Fished the
Sun River in Montana for Cutts and other places along the continental divide of Montana.

[piranha2]

good luck on your trip. I will be trying the Atlantic in the morning.

[Grumpy Old Man]

Piranha, catch a dorado for me. The one saltwater fish I want so bad I can taste it and I've not caught one yet. Be safe and catch many fishes!

[piranha2]

Try to get you one, but they run here in the summer. Tomorrow we will be hunting cobia and kings.

[IDTANDY]

Fished for many Cobia and Kings off Panama City Beach.Last 16 years....
Had 1972 24 foot Stamas.

[Sniper-T]

1 more sleep... 1 more sleep...

ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy

did I say, 'oh boy'??

ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy

[Grumpy Old Man]

I'll tell the last time I saw ol' Sniper he was headed out in that truck "Gone Fishin' instead of just a wishin'".

[tompnoid]

how do you post pictures on here i got a nice bass a few weeks ago

[Sniper-T]

upload it to something like photobucket, or image shack. then cut and paste the url in here.

more info here:

http://www.shtfready.com/f4/tutorial-image-uploads-838/

And welcome aboard

[tompnoid]

just check the avatar for most recent catch ill update every week this week is my monster large mouth i thought it was a catty when i hooked into it

[Grumpy Old Man]

I'm leaving work, headed north to Mammoth Lakes!! WooHoo!!!!!

[tompnoid]

I'm leaving work, headed north to Mammoth Lakes!! WooHoo!!!!!

have fun

[IDTANDY]

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1151/1birdshit.gif

[IDTANDY]

I'm leaving work, headed north to Mammoth Lakes!! WooHoo!!!!!

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/8874/whichway8.gif

[piranha2]

First dolphin of the season. Thats a happy girl. She beat out a couple fellas for that one.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7474/jakesdolphin.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/137/jakesdolphin.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[piranha2]

Her and her sister are also armed and dangerous, but not fugitives. Just my baby girls.


http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8827/pict0239v.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/pict0239v.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[IDTANDY]

nice

[IDTANDY]

First dolphin of the season. Thats a happy girl. She beat out a couple fellas for that one.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7474/jakesdolphin.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/137/jakesdolphin.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)
Sweet

[piranha2]

Another, my SIL.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4546/20120518174134210.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/20120518174134210.jpg/)

[tompnoid]

I went out and took the little ones out fishing this weekend caught 15 sun fish to use for cat fishing this week

[IDTANDY]

Way to windy here.:(

[tompnoid]

sorry to hear that its been windy all the time here when it isnt raining or hailing

[piranha2]

Apparently, Imageshack is anti gun.

[Grumpy Old Man]

Well...... we had 2 good fishing days with a number of rainbows caught and released, though none of bragging size- mostly 12-14" range. I'll Have Another won a great Preakness race and the scenery was beautiful. 5 blacktail does fed outside the condo every morning. Here are a few photos of the scenery on the Owens River.
http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/GrumpyOldMan53/100_0480.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/GrumpyOldMan53/100_0479.jpg

[Grumpy Old Man]

The mountains surrounding North Lake outside of Bishop.

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/GrumpyOldMan53/100_0478.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/GrumpyOldMan53/100_0477.jpg

[Grumpy Old Man]

And Convict Lake, the prettiest of the bunch. From east to west.

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/GrumpyOldMan53/100_0483.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/GrumpyOldMan53/100_0481.jpg

http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd421/GrumpyOldMan53/100_0482.jpg

[tompnoid]

hey old man you woulda been proud last night i went out cat fishing had these boys come up with like 3 grand worth of gear live wells little infra-red lights on thier hats whole nine. cut bait everything you could think of they casted out like 150 yards intot he river poles bending from the current. i went 20 feet out was hammering em night crawlers and a old school catty line man it was beautiful too dark for pics but man it was so amazing watching them squirm everytime i pulled another out. with my medium heavy ugly stick and 10 lb line.

[Evolver]

Beautiful country there Grumpy! I don't know how I missed your post until now and I'm glad Tom bumped this thread.


Good going Tom on the bump and kicking some yuppies ass at fishing.

[IDTANDY]

Beautiful pictures Grumpy.

[tompnoid]

we cant let the fishing thread die

[tompnoid]

this thread is why i joined here

[bacpacker]

I just need time to go fishing!

[IDTANDY]

Been so busy.
Weather not good thunder storms.

[tompnoid]

best time to fish is when you have no time and it is pouring bet you catch more then any other time

[tompnoid]

Why Some People Don't Catch Fish
Luke 5:1-11
5th Sunday after Epiphany - Year C
February 07, 2010
I'm a city boy, so I don't know much about fishing. I don't watch the fishing channel or hang out with fishermen. All I know about fish is I like mine fried or Cajun style with some rice and vegetables on the side.

I do know a fishing story is supposed to be flattering to the fisherman. Fishermen are supposed to talk about the monster fish they hooked but that got away, or they're supposed to talk about the bait they use to make the fish just jump on your hook.

The Bible tells a different kind of fishing story though. This story is about fishermen coming up empty after fishing all night and about a carpenter, who commandeers a boat, preaches a sermon, and tells the fishermen where the fish are.

After hundreds of pounds of fish are finally caught, a fisherman, Simon, immediately resigns from fishing and starts fishing for people.

I told you it was a different kind of fishing story. If there's anything to learn from this story, it's "why some people don't catch fish."

Some people don't catch fish because they refuse to go into deep water. Jesus told Simon, "Let's leave the shallows and go to the deep."

Everybody knows the schools of big fish are in the deeper water. And the first rule of fishing is you've got to go where the fish are. But we shouldn't limit this to fish only. Jesus was teaching a spiritual principal.

We could substitute fish for abundance or wisdom or love, healing or peace. All those things we want in abundance. Some people don't catch these things because they simply refuse to go deep.

Deep water is where the increase is. Deep water takes faith. Deep water is a risk. Focus of mind and heart are needed.

The visibility in deep black water is next to nothing. You've got to trust the words and directions of others who have passed through deep water to make it there. Jesus is always inviting people to the deeper end of things.

But shallow water is pleasant. It tickles our ankles when we walk in it. The minnows and the half-grown fish gather there. You can see all the way to the bottom in shallow water.

Staying in shallow water is such a temptation. Shallow water doesn't cost much; it doesn't take a whole lot of courage. But Simon knew the minnows couldn't feed him. They couldn't fill him. The minnows weren't the desire of his heart. The deep water of faith is where those things we say we want are swimming around. The shallow is where we begin the adventure, not where we finish.

There is a time for classes and listening and a time to live what we've learned, a time to receive and a time to give sacrificially, a time to worship the Lord in church, and a time to be church and lead the world in the worship of the Lord.

Deep water is where we have to go to get what God has for us.

Some people don't catch fish because they don't expect to catch fish. When Jesus tells Simon, "Let's go to the deep water," he doesn't stop there. He says, "...prepare for a catch." What an encouragement.

This is a word for us there who go to church regularly. Week after week we go to the deep water of worship, but do we go preparing for a catch? Do we go believing that a blessing is just waiting for us? Or do we go to appease a spouse or be seen by others or, worse, just out of dumb habit? Expectations count with God. It's all over the Bible.

Expectation is the first-born child of faith, "the substance of things hoped for." No expectation, no real faith. When we say we believe in God, we are not saying I am agreeing with some abstract idea; we're saying we expect the things that God has promised to us.

We're saying that I'm a partner with the "giver of every good gift." And among those gifts God has promised us are fruitfulness and fish and forever.

I like how Jesus keeps pushing Simon's boundaries. "Leave the shore, Simon. Go into the deep, Simon." These are easy in comparison to "Expect a blessing, Simon." Jesus was calling Simon to risk being disappointed in God.

I heard a story once about an old minister who every time he preached someone would give their life to Jesus. But when his young assistant would preach, no one would come forward and give their life to Jesus.

After a year of this, the young minister went to him for some clarity and some coaching. The wise old minister asked his young protégé, "When you preach, what do you expect to happen?" She thought about it and said, "I expect to tell the Good News. I expect to be eloquent and to edify people."

He said, "You are doing those things. But when I preach, I expect to win people to Jesus Christ, that's all." Us expecting and preparing to be blessed must make God's heart smile in some wide and extraordinary way. God probably says to himself, "They get it; I'm trustworthy, really."

Some people don't catch fish because they don't go to the deep water, and some people don't catch fish because they don't expect to. But some people don't catch fish because they know more about fish than God.

Simon almost makes this mistake. He tells Jesus in that exasperated tone, "Hey, we've been fishing all night. We know fish. The fish don't run in the day. Aren't you a carpenter moonlighting as a preacher anyway?"

Some people think they know more about fish than God. It happens to all of us sometimes. It's not that we actually think we know more than God; it's just that we behave that way.

We hear God's instructions: Forgive a whole bunch. Bless those who curse you. Give abundantly. Visit the jails. Forget your life and you'll have a ball. Remember the Sabbath day, it's for worship and family not for catching up on work.

But we ignore God's invitation to abundance. We say to God by our actions: I know more about marriage, more about healing, more about forgiveness, more about children, more about money than you do, God.

Simon, for just a split second, almost forgot that God is God. Modern culture doesn't really have any use for the word humility; it goes back to the Enlightenment when Western culture told itself that it could know everything. Funny, huh?

Our information highway is repeating that humor all over again. Simon, at that crucial intersection we all come to over and over again in life, decided that he didn't know everything, that his present emptiness and frustration had made him ready to learn. Now there's a good definition of humility, a readiness to learn.

People say that the net full of fish is the miracle of this story, but I disagree. The real miracle of this story is that Simon decided that God was God and that he would live that way beginning immediately.

Just look at what Simon says before the miracles begin to happen, "Yet, Lord if you say so...." My frustration is real, Lord. My pain is real. My emptiness is real. My despair is real, all real, Lord, and yet. And, yet, you are God and I am not.

That's when our miracles will begin to happen, that's when we will start catching fish, when we decide that God is God, when our lips and our lives agree that "God's foolishness is wiser than any human wisdom."

Simon's full net is just a consequence of that fact, of that revelation. What a freedom Simon got that day, what a joy...that "God is the maker of heaven and earth..." and that all by himself.

God alone put the sword in the swordfish, the sail on the sail fish. He put the big in the whale and the play in the dolphin; it was Him alone who put electric in the eel and just because He's God. And if He's God enough to do all of that, what can He do with you, when you're ready to catch fish?

Let's pray together.

Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen.

don't know i read this yesterday and had some deep thoughts ya know figured i would share it and if it affects you it does if not then so be it

[Grumpy Old Man]

^^^^ Beautifully rendered!!!


I like the opening lines of "A River Runs Through It", by Norman Maclean :


In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.

Hard to disagree with that logic. Tight lines!!

[Grumpy Old Man]

WooHoo!!! Only 23 days until the first tuna trip of the year!! Tuna, mahi mahi, yellowtail and maybe a lingcod or two!!

[Sniper-T]

MMMMmmmmmmmm

Mahi Mahi. Now that is some good tasting fish!

[carolinasurvivalist]

WooHoo!!! Only 23 days until the first tuna trip of the year!! Tuna, mahi mahi, yellowtail and maybe a lingcod or two!!

The mahi are almost done running here...such a warm winter and hot spring.

[Grumpy Old Man]

15 days until my first trip to tunaville! 2 weekends ago the first charter encountered rough weather, but still managed 26 yellowtails in the 10 lb class and 2 20 lb Bluefins. Kelp patties were scarce. And now a little seafaring music for your listening pleasure.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw2iBF5mMpQ

[tompnoid]

i am going to fenwick island delaware to go fishing this weekend and the beach but fishing the ocean cmon most beautiful thing i could imagine

[bacpacker]

Sounds like a good time comin on Grumpy! Do you do multiday trips or just here and there? What size boats do you go out in? How many folks fishing?

I'm wanting to go over on Hatteras Island,NC sometime. I've been there and surf fishied a bunch of times, but never have got on a boat. Guess that's on the bucket list for sure. :)

[Sniper-T]

How many more sleeps?

[Grumpy Old Man]

14 sleeps until we head out on a 2 day charter. The way it works BP is we leave Thursday at 6:00 p.m., head south about 150 miles and troll from kelp pattie to kelp pattie. Sleep Friday night on the boat and maybe do some night fishing for squid and oilfish, then start back north trolling and fishing kelp patties in reverse until we arrive at the dock Saturday night. The end of the season trip follows the same pattern except it is a 2 1/2 day so we arrive back Sunday morning.

This is the boat we go out on.

http://www.fishermanslanding.com/pages/Pegasus.php

The guys I go with have been chartering this same boat for 30 years, so we get treated like VIPs.

[piranha2]

Nice boat. All the comforts that royalty demands, I assume.

[Sniper-T]

how many of you go?

[Grumpy Old Man]

It's limited to 19 guys.

[Grumpy Old Man]

I forgot to mention the food is outstanding, but as for everything else it's pretty spartan. But we do have a shower AND.......we can bring our own coolers.

[Sniper-T]

So that is 8500/19+tip; so about $450/ea?

if so, that's pretty reasonable

I'm jealous!

[Grumpy Old Man]

No, more like $562 base. Mexican License, food included. Fuel surcharge extra and the big catch pot. Consider too that we'll be eating KC strip steak for dinner Friday night, Tuna steak Saturday before we get in, full breakfasts and lunches, fish cleaning fees, etc. So figure $700 by the time all is said and done.Which is still a bargain around here.

[Sniper-T]

All said and done, my Salmon trip will run about a grand. Yup, totally reasonable!

[carolinasurvivalist]

Went and did some trolling and bottom fishing this weekend. Would share a pic or two but I am blocked from uploading pics:mad:

[mitunnelrat]

Cs, we all are. You'll have to use photobucket or another image hosting site to upload your pics and like them if you wanna show em off ;)

[piranha2]

It was a wash today. Got out early, had a couple pull downs, but the weather ran us back into the inlet. US -0, fish -2.

[Grumpy Old Man]

3 days and counting. And..the bite is on!

[piranha2]

Lobster mini season opens tomorrow night at midnight. Guess where I will be.

[piranha2]

These are little Spanish lobsters. No regulations or limits except no egg bearing females.


http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/9582/2012072507430658.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/861/2012072507430658.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

28 Florida spiny lobsters last night and 12 spaniards. A good time was had by all. Going again tonight.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8123/20120725073915499.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/100/20120725073915499.jpg/)

[piranha2]

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5708/20120725074007906.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/52/20120725074007906.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[Sniper-T]

you have traps out Piranna? or do you snorkle/scuba for them?

Awesome looking catch! I can't wait til I'm down there this winter...

*drool*

[piranha2]

We use a third lung and/or free dive. Mostly third lung.

[Grumpy Old Man]

Sweet! I'll be hooping for lobsters when the season opens in October.

ETA: 24 hours and counting down!

[IDTANDY]

Sweet,miss Florida Lobster season,nice take.

[Grumpy Old Man]

2 day trip, rough seas, many bruises. 2 Yellowtails and a 36" Dorado. All in all a pretty good trip!

[Sniper-T]

4 more sleeps and I'll be heading Salmon fishing!

[Grumpy Old Man]

Catch many fishes Sniper!

[Evolver]

Good luck on the fishing Sniper!

[Evolver]

2 day trip, rough seas, many bruises. 2 Yellowtails and a 36" Dorado. All in all a pretty good trip!

Nice!!! Well I tried two different time to go fishing for trout while in Utah but they both feel threw. :( My son has Mondays and Tuesdays off and both times I had inspections come up on those days. :mad:

[piranha2]

The lobster gods were smiling on us tonight.


http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5522/20120809003751672.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/20120809003751672.jpg/)

See if you see something out of place.


http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/6046/20120809003733592.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/20120809003733592.jpg/)


http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/435/20120809003702878.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/20120809003702878.jpg/)

[Grumpy Old Man]

Beats the heck out of me what's out of place. All I can focus on are those tasty looking lobsters!!!

[slowz1k]

The lobster gods were smiling on us tonight.


http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5522/20120809003751672.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/20120809003751672.jpg/)

See if you see something out of place.

The "Unopened" beer... Should be opened.

[IDTANDY]

I keep getting reminders of why I loved Florida.Nice catch.

[piranha2]

Thanks guys. Slowz - you win.

[slowz1k]

Thanks guys. Slowz - you win.

It's a law here in North Carolina:

NC Statute 15A3-1377-J Paragraph 4 states that any and all alcoholic beverage containers must be opened and the contents actively consumed when in the presence of Lobsters or any other crustacean that may be viewed as delicious and or appetizing.:cool:

[piranha2]

As it is here in Florida, sir. I do not recall the statute, but its in the "alcohol abuse" section. I can assure you that the perpetrator of this incident was punished harshly (as soon as I got thru with the pics). As a matter of fact, I confiscated the evidence and consumed it myself.

[Grumpy Old Man]

16 sleeps until we chase the wily yellowfins, yellowtails and dorados. Ah, a fisherman's life is the life for me!

[bacpacker]

I think you just enjoy making me eat my heart out. :)

Have fun Grumpy.

[Willie51]

Nice!!! Well I tried two different time to go fishing for trout while in Utah but they both feel threw. :( My son has Mondays and Tuesdays off and both times I had inspections come up on those days. :mad:

Evolver,
This sounds like my story this summer. While traveling back east, I stopped in eastern Washington for 2 days waiting to go fishing in the Columbia River with a guide and it fell through twice. So I left there and headed into Idaho and then Utah to the Green River. The 2 days I had planned to fish in Utah was very windy, so had to give it up......until next time. :) I did get to wade fish for trout in the Yellowstone River though and exercise my flyrod some. We love it out there!!

[Evolver]

Twice a year my son and I would spend the weekend on the Green canoe fishing. We would put in at the Dam and spend the whole day fishing every hole possible and on the average we would catch 15-20 (catch and released) fish each that ranged from 12'' to 24'' and take out at Little Hole. I love that river!!! We throw #9 RT or BT Countdown Rapalas and slay them. Good memories!!!

[Grumpy Old Man]

I used to fish the Green during the "Mormon Bug" hatch. The fish went nuts!!!! That is a very nice stream.

[Willie51]

Twice a year my son and I would spend the weekend on the Green canoe fishing. We would put in at the Dam and spend the whole day fishing every hole possible and on the average we would catch 15-20 (catch and released) fish each that ranged from 12'' to 24'' and take out at Little Hole. I love that river!!! We throw #9 RT or BT Countdown Rapalas and slay them. Good memories!!!

We were out there July 25th 2012- We went to a little town in Utah called Dutch John down near Flaming Gorge Reservoir dam. The last attempt to fish, we drove down Little Hole Rd. to the landing there, but too windy for fly fishing. If I would have had my spinning rigs, I could have fished. :( I would love to go back next summer and fish Green River. I hear that it is the finest trout fishing in the U.S. :)



I used to fish the Green during the "Mormon Bug" hatch. The fish went nuts!!!! That is a very nice stream.

What's a Mormon Bug? :confused:

[Sniper-T]

...
What's a Mormon Bug? :confused:

Aren't they the ones that come door to door handing out flyers???

[Evolver]

Aren't they the ones that come door to door handing out flyers???

ROTFLMAO!!! Too funny.

[Willie51]

Aren't they the ones that come door to door handing out flyers???

LOL, never considered that one!! :):rolleyes::)

[Evolver]

We were out there July 25th 2012- We went to a little town in Utah called Dutch John down near Flaming Gorge Reservoir dam. The last attempt to fish, we drove down Little Hole Rd. to the landing there, but too windy for fly fishing. If I would have had my spinning rigs, I could have fished. :( I would love to go back next summer and fish Green River. I hear that it is the finest trout fishing in the U.S. :)




What's a Mormon Bug? :confused:


Dang Man, It's too bad that you were right there and wasn't able to enjoy it. It is fishing at it's finest for sure. (weather permitting :()

[Willie51]

Dang Man, It's too bad that you were right there and wasn't able to enjoy it. It is fishing at it's finest for sure. (weather permitting :()

Yeah man, I was bummed! Next time I'm gonna make sure that I don't have a schedule to meet on the back end of the trip.

[Grumpy Old Man]

A Mormon bug is a type of terrestrial grasshopper or something that hatches in May/June out there in the area around Vernal (where there is good arrowhead hunting, BTW). We used big Sofa Pillow flies and slapped them down on the water. Supposedly these are the same hoppers that about wiped out the farms back in the 1800's, but the farmers were saved by gulls from the Great Salt Lake flying in to eat them. When a really good hatch of them happens all serious fly fishermen head toward Flaming Gorge.

[Willie51]

^
Grumpy, that's good to know. Maybe if I can get back out there next year, I'll make a point to go in May or June. I love fishing of any kind, both fresh and salt water. I don't do much offshore stuff any more as I sold my offshore boat.....cost to much, hard day, and beats me up to too. When I go offshore now, I just hire a charter. :cool: Most of my fishing is bay/back country salt water, and fresh water lakes and rivers. I'm headed to the panhandle of Florida tonight for a couple of weeks to fish St. Joe Bay and the intercoastal. :) I've gotta treat my "fishing blues".

[Grumpy Old Man]

Man I envy you that! Our lagoons are okay, but nothing like what you guys have down there. Oh, I know this is a fishing thread, but tomorrow is opening day of dove season out here!

[Willie51]

Man I envy you that! Our lagoons are okay, but nothing like what you guys have down there. Oh, I know this is a fishing thread, but tomorrow is opening day of dove season out here!

What part of the country are you in? You can PM if you need to. Anyway, I have not been dove hunting in 12 years. Last time I went, I took my young son who now just graduated from college. Wow, time flys. Have fun and hope you get lots of birds.:)

[Evolver]

Yeah man, I was bummed! Next time I'm gonna make sure that I don't have a schedule to meet on the back end of the trip.
Late Sept early Oct is the best time to go... The weather and the fishing is fantastic!

[Grumpy Old Man]

Willie, I am in the People's Republick of Kommiefornicastan in the south. BTW only 7 more sleeps til the next tuna trip.

[Willie51]

^Grumpy, have fun and catch some tuna for all of us. My wife was born out there, but grew up in beautiful central Wisconsin. She still has a brother and sister in PRK, one in the south and one in the middle. :)

I did a little bass fishing yesterday, but finally got rained out. Had fun anyways!! :cool:

[Evolver]

May the Tuna Gods shine down on you Grumpy!

[Sniper-T]

^ can't say it any better than that!

[bacpacker]

Wear em out Grumpy. Most of all have a ton o fun!