Hobby Thread - August 2, 2025 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. Good news! The Ace of Spades Wheel of HobbiesTM) is back in service. We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and it landed on fishing.

I have faith that you can either find something in the content that resonates or contribute your own hobbying interests.

You might be tempted to say "I have no hobbies or interests." Bah. Dig around in the content and soak in the comments. Be curious. Glad you're here.

[Top photo: Two Fishermen by polynikes (20 x 16)]

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What are you hobbying?

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. Pants are optional. Puns are welcome and encouraged - especially with this theme.

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TRex is not wise in the ways of fishing (as the content below will make clear). Many others, however, enjoy the fine arts of the reel and rod, lures, casting, and hip waders. Some even drill through the ice and fish on a frozen lake in the winter! Can you imagine? For purposes of the theme, crabbing, catching lobster and other similar activities are in scope. Looking to the Horde to help with the hobbying theme this week.

We will leave aquariums, koi ponds and other such marine habitats for another time. This is about catching, not just observing. We'll also leave boats and boating for their own thread another time.

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Seems like as good a place as any to start:

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Always wonder what is happening underwater...

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Every picture tells a story:

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Truth:

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This photograph apparently shows the US Fish & Wildlife Service electrofishing for invasive Silver Carp in the Fox River in Illinois.

TRex does not know about electrofishing but the photo implies that an electric shock applied to the water makes the fish jump. The interweb says it stuns rather than injures the fish, but I'm unfamiliar with stunned fish jumping with such enthusiasm. Anyone know about this technique?

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Fish fine art:

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Maybe people who fish enjoy watching videos of other people that fish. Seems a little like watching someone else golfing or playing a video game to me, but I have a small brain and short arms. Since TRex is not wise in the ways of fishing, I am not equipped to select youtube clips with wisdom and prudence.

Since this is a Hobby Thread, one aspect of fishing that might resonate with a broader mix of Morons is making lures and hooks. There is a crafting element involved.

Making a Shiny Balsa Minnow Lure

I have a soft spot for people that make their own tools. I also have a soft spot for youtube videos with no commentary.

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Bears fish too.

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Fresh is EVERYTHING in places like Japan and Hong Kong:

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Fine literature:

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Fine music:

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Bonus Horde Hobbying from the Ace of Spades Archives

Many of you knew Moron Jay Guevara who recently passed away. Did you know he made a carpentry post on Ace of Spades in December 2021 with links to some of his favorite YouTube channels? Tis true: My Favorite YouTube Channels - Carpentry

The links all still work. Thanks for the tip KT!

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a random grab bag of hobbies. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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Would TRex include a mystery click behind the top photo in a Hobby Thread? Maybe... If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. What are you hobbying? We love showing off Horde hobbying. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 05:30 PM (JnW4x)

2 I'll go let the pet thread know this one's live.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2025 05:33 PM (O7YUW)

3 I remember Jay's Carpenter post, as for fishing I got nothing

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 05:33 PM (JnW4x)

4 Never mind, Skip took care of it. Thanks Skip.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 02, 2025 05:34 PM (O7YUW)

5 Most excellent topic, TRex thank you. Grew up fly fishing - mostly in the Idaho panhandle. Great memories.

Posted by: scampydog at August 02, 2025 05:34 PM (41CYW)

6 I've been thinking about taking up disc golf. They've got courses at most of the RV Parks we go to - and a couple local parks. I've tried it ... it's relaxing. You can do it with a beer in one hand.

Posted by: Man Without A Party at August 02, 2025 05:36 PM (atlTj)

7 I took a fly fishing class in college, thinking it looked fun and would be an easy A. However, I discovered that the instructor took fly fishing more seriously than anything I had ever encountered—or likely ever will. The class was incredibly challenging. I think I earned a B, but I never cared to fly fish afterward.

Posted by: HappyFun at August 02, 2025 05:37 PM (d2+05)

8 5 Most excellent topic, TRex thank you. Grew up fly fishing - mostly in the Idaho panhandle. Great memories.

Posted by: scampydog at August 02, 2025 05:34 PM
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Thanks Doggo! Love Idaho. Hidden gem.

Posted by: TRex - no fishing at craters of the moon at August 02, 2025 05:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 Torturing fish by ripping their lips, then suffocating them. Also known as catch-and-release.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at August 02, 2025 05:38 PM (TizQb)

10 I fished with my grandpa and my aunt. Not really since. These days I usually have to multitasking doing anything (attention span woes) so probably would need to listen to music or something in addition to the drinking and fishing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 02, 2025 05:38 PM (zZu0s)

11 I wouldn't expect a college course on fly fishing to be as easy as a DIE college course.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 05:38 PM (JnW4x)

12 was at Taneycomo in southern MO two weeks ago. We caught 21 trout of which 18 were keepers in two hours.

A good day.

Posted by: RS at August 02, 2025 05:39 PM (rk5vz)

13 7 I took a fly fishing class in college...

Posted by: HappyFun at August 02, 2025 05:37 PM
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You had a very different college experience than me.

Best wishes for your flipper.

Posted by: TRex - no fishing in the library at August 02, 2025 05:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

14 The graphic is lovely!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 02, 2025 05:40 PM (n9ltV)

15 Posted by: TRex - no fishing at craters of the moon
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Craters of the Moon, ID. Very interesting place.

Posted by: scampydog at August 02, 2025 05:42 PM (41CYW)

16 I fished with my dad many years and spouse and I did it a some when son was little. Son has mentioned he would like to go again, so we'll have to do that. I thought it might be interesting to go on. a chartered fishing boat in the ocean. We've never done that.

And the picture up at the top is beautiful, Polynikes!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 02, 2025 05:46 PM (2GCMq)

17 Trout Mask Replica

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 02, 2025 05:47 PM (63Dwl)

18 Great topic, TRex. I've fished since I was about 5 years old. The methods have varied over the years.But the excitement of a small boy pulling in a trash fish that took an oversized hook baited with a piece of clam is the same as an old guy (me) landing a large mouth bass, on a lure I made and light tackle, is the same.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2025 05:49 PM (yTvNw)

19 Polynikes, that picture is fantastic. How in the world do you get the "water" to look so translucent?

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 05:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

20 6 I've been thinking about taking up disc golf. They've got courses at most of the RV Parks we go to - and a couple local parks. I've tried it ... it's relaxing. You can do it with a beer in one hand.
Posted by: Man Without A Party at August 02, 2025 05:36 PM (atlTj)

I actually love watching it on TV. They show it on ESPN Ocho occasionally. It’s also relaxing just to watch.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 05:53 PM (VofaG)

21 Polynikes painted that? Wow. Very impressive.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 05:57 PM (viF8m)

22 I've been thinking about taking up disc golf. They've got courses at most of the RV Parks we go to - and a couple local parks. I've tried it ... it's relaxing. You can do it with a beer in one hand.
Posted by: Man Without A Party

You can play regular golf with a beer in one hand, too, but your score suffers a bit.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2025 05:57 PM (DgGvY)

23 6 I've been thinking about taking up disc golf. You can do it with a beer in one hand.
Posted by: Man Without A Party at August 02, 2025 05:36 PM
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Destin has an interesting video on his Smarter Every Day youtube series about the manufacture of plastic discs.

Posted by: TRex - hobbies are better with beer at August 02, 2025 05:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

24 My fishing was more like sacrificing tackle to surf and stream.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 02, 2025 05:58 PM (XB804)

25 Sunfish is tasty.

Crappie is better.

Walleye is betterer.

Northerns and largemouth are fun to catch, but not tasty.

Posted by: mikeski at August 02, 2025 05:58 PM (DgGvY)

26 Afternoon, Hobby Folken,

A quick OT, as I was away from the computer: Condolences to all who have lost furry friends recently, or in the far past for that matter. Imagine the fun squabbles there will be over priority and seniority at the Rainbow Bridge!

Back to hobby stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 05:59 PM (omVj0)

27 Polynikes, that picture is fantastic. How in the world do you get the "water" to look so translucent?
Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 05:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

Thanks. It’s just a matter of hues and values that create an optical illusion. The two parts of the painting that I had to figure out was the fish net and the face of the fisherman on the right.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:00 PM (VofaG)

28 Fly fishing can become an obsession. There is the matter of assembling the proper equipment (collector mania), learning to tie perfect flies (OCD), stalking the fish (primal hunting instinct) and traveling to exotic locations.
Throw in the history and traditions and it becomes a religious experience.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 02, 2025 06:00 PM (Ac/bm)

29 "Making a Shiny Balsa Minnow Lure"

Rapalas are dang good plugs but they also cost too dang much.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 06:00 PM (vFG9F)

30 I've never been fishing, and have never really wanted to do it. Yes, I read about it in the "Lassie" original novels based on the TV series published by Whitman when I was a kid; in various scenes Jeff or Timmy would go fishing with Lassie. That was as close as I've ever gotten.

Consuming the fish? Oh, yes. Capturing them? Uh, no.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:01 PM (omVj0)

31 Rex keeps seeking in polynikes paintings and I miss it on my phone thinking these are canned professional pictures

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 06:01 PM (JnW4x)

32 Great videos TRex.
Well done on the art, polynikes.
Catch you all later this evening.

Posted by: scampydog at August 02, 2025 06:02 PM (41CYW)

33 As for my pipe smoking/collecting hobby: I ordered a Viby, a Danish brand, a vintage (i.e., "used") "pear" shape from one of the 'Net sites I peruse from time to time. It's shorter than I usually buy, but not very much so; it's not what people call a "nosewarmer." Still, it should be a good smoker. The Danes know what they are doing in pipes.

(So do the Italians and the French, and the old-time British sure did, and I like American-made pipes too.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:04 PM (omVj0)

34 I used to have a dentist in CA who would "entertain" me the entire session with stories of how wonderful his fishing trips were to Idaho. As far as I knew, all of his vacations were to Idaho....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:04 PM (IQ6Gq)

35 Huh. I've been fishing with Rapala minnows since I could cast but I never knew this:

Rapala is a manufacturer of fishing lures and other fishing related products. It was founded in Finland in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, covered with chocolate candy bar wrappers and melted photography film negatives, for a protective outer coating. He created the lure in order to try and catch a pike."

Aint the internets amazing?

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 06:05 PM (vFG9F)

36 The place I recently moved to has six stocked small lakes. It’s catch and release . I’ve seen someone catch a 4lb large mouth . I’m sure in a few more years ( first stocked two years ago) that there will be some rather larger ones.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:06 PM (VofaG)

37 I've done a lot of fishing but almost all of it has been in saltwater. My BFF and I used to go out 2 or 3 mornings a week before work and after and then of course weekends and vacations for many years.

Planning to give fly fishing in fresh water a go. Looks like a ton of fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 06:07 PM (viF8m)

38 That painting by polynikes really captures the feel of fly fishing in early morning. Cold temps, gentle movement of shallow water making the only sound, the bend of the rod when the fish is first on, the quiet companionship as both guys focus on the action. he kept the setting simple, not lush, keeping the viewer's attention on the activity. Implied but not stated in the scene is both men talking over some hot coffee from a thermos while they warm up after the first casts.

This would appeal to anyone who enjoys early morning fishing.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2025 06:07 PM (yTvNw)

39 One hobby I still practice is fly tying. In fact, I taught my girls how to tie, one still does and she's very adept at it. I think women make better tyers than men anyway. They have a certain touch.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at August 02, 2025 06:09 PM (hKoQL)

40 Fly fishing will sometimes work when nothing else does. You may not catch the big ones lurking deeper but the little ones find a well presented bug irresistible.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 06:12 PM (vFG9F)

41 F'n Cox. Worst internet provider I've ever had. Constant dropping of service nearly every day. I hate Google, but might jettison Cox when Google Fiber comes later this year.

Nice painting, Polynikes. You should go pro for book covers.

Eh, I don't fish so have fun.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 02, 2025 06:12 PM (0eaVi)

42 My maternal grandfather taught me to fish.

It was awesome sitting there in his little aluminum row boat out in Quartermaster Harbor on Vashon Island. We’d catch red rockfish, Ling cod, flounder and salmon. All different lures or techniques, but he was a fisherman because he needed to be in order to eat. He also taught us to dig clams and geoduck. And where to drop the crab pots.

He was awesome and I miss him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 06:12 PM (mT+6a)

43 Totally impressed by polynikes' painting.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 02, 2025 06:12 PM (3qn+p)

44 Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2025 06:07 PM (yTvNw)

To be fair the photographer of the reference photo captured what you described but I was glad that I was able to transfer that same feeling to canvas.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:12 PM (VofaG)

45 Brad Paisley was, and for all I know still is, the Clown Prince of Country Music. The song TRex posted above is one, and you all may remember his song "Celebrity." That one featured Jason Alexander as an outraged, entitled "celebrity" complaining about his latte, Brad competing in an "America's Got Talent"-type show, Jim Belushi giving him advice, and William Shatner hilarious and very apt as a Simon Cowell-like judge:

https://tinyurl.com/bdfd4rtx

Nobody layers a performance like Bill; nobody. Check out his comic moments cleaning out an ear and wiping his eyes while listening to Brad's audition.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:13 PM (omVj0)

46 Fly Fishers Anonymous.

Hi, I'm Idaho Spudboy, and I'm a recovering fly fisherman. I started when I was a teenager, with a cheap fiberglass rod and a few store bought flies.
Then I moved up to a better fiberglass rod and a cheap fly tieing vise. The next thing I knew, I was spending all my money on hackle, hooks, and multiple flylines.
At the end I had a graphite rod and was making my own tapered leaders.
All my gear is still stashed away, calling to me, but I avoid putting on my waders and take it one day at a time.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 02, 2025 06:13 PM (Ac/bm)

47 People like to ask “what is your hobby?”

Do I have one?

I have many things that interest me, things that I do that really, I need to get back into. Once I get my inherited coin collection together I’ll head to numismatics, I suppose. I’ve had a stamp collection since 1983…nothing fancy or worth anything, but it’s there. I’m obsessed with all things astronomical and considering myself a poor man’s shadow chaser. Especially after 1999, 2017 and 2024. I need to get into the observational side. When I get a house I need to set up a weather station, and look at getting a space set aside for model airplanes once again. I’ve got a bunch of state and national parks targeted for massive hiking expeditions. I firmly believe that he who dies with the most stamps in his/her passport wins. Of course there is the reading…lots of it. Just for starters.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 02, 2025 06:16 PM (vm8sq)

48 37 ... "Planning to give fly fishing in fresh water a go. Looks like a ton of fun."

JackStraw,

Like you I did salt water fishing only. No surprise considering where I was, Rhode Island or the gulf coast of Florida. But fly fishing a pond or lake on a quiet day is very different: more peaceful, the gear is usually lighter, and I think fly fishing calls for more finesse.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2025 06:17 PM (yTvNw)

49 I bought a fly rod and reel at Service Merchandise once. I still have the reel but don't know what happened to the rod. It was a nice one, at least I thought so. I saved up my lawn cutting money.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 06:18 PM (vFG9F)

50 46 "but I avoid putting on my waders"

It's August, the water has warmed a bit, only Texans need waders ?

Currently waiting for the flex seal to dry so I can attach a new 4wt fly line to my reel. FFA member 12,615,021.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at August 02, 2025 06:18 PM (tA1/w)

51 In Dubai they have a luxury hotel with a huge aquarium that you chose your fish . I can’t recall how they retrieve the fish because it’s like a real sea world aquarium.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:19 PM (VofaG)

52 45 Brad Paisley was, and for all I know still is, the Clown Prince of Country Music. The song TRex posted above is one, and you all may remember his song "Celebrity."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:13 PM
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Thanks Wolfus. Very funny!

Posted by: TRex - Dinos stay under the radar at August 02, 2025 06:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

53 49 I bought a fly rod and reel at Service Merchandise once.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 06:18 PM
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I appreciate a good, random Service Merchandise reference.

Posted by: TRex - waiting for my merchandise at August 02, 2025 06:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

54 30 I've never been fishing, and have never really wanted to do it. Yes, I read about it in the "Lassie" original novels based on the TV series published by Whitman when I was a kid; in various scenes Jeff or Timmy would go fishing with Lassie. That was as close as I've ever gotten.

Consuming the fish? Oh, yes. Capturing them? Uh, no.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:01 PM (omVj0)

I tried it a few times. Never clicked with me. Last time I tried I was 15.

I’ve even lived in AK and spent plenty of time on the Kenai.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 02, 2025 06:23 PM (vm8sq)

55 I appreciate a good, random Service Merchandise reference.
Posted by: TRex - waiting for my merchandise at August 02, 2025

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I miss them. I bought my first Braun coffeemaker from an SM in 1986, and a quartz dress watch a few years later. Home Goods is something like them, but they don't offer things like rods and reels or watches.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:25 PM (omVj0)

56 47 People like to ask “what is your hobby?”

I’ve had a stamp collection since 1983…nothing fancy or worth anything, but it’s there. .

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 02, 2025 06:16 PM
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I've had stamps in the hobby thread queue for a while. Just waiting for the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) to land there in the topic selection.

Posted by: TRex - upside down is valuable at August 02, 2025 06:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

57 One aspect of fishing I love is making your own gear. I haven't tried making rods but I do make my own lures, mostly spoons and spinners, and tie my own flies. The satisfaction of catching a fish on a lure you made adds a lot to the enjoyment, whether it's a plug carved out of cedar or a size 14 Wooly Worm.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2025 06:25 PM (yTvNw)

58 >>Like you I did salt water fishing only. No surprise considering where I was, Rhode Island or the gulf coast of Florida. But fly fishing a pond or lake on a quiet day is very different: more peaceful, the gear is usually lighter, and I think fly fishing calls for more finesse.

When I was a kid my folks had friends that had a cabin on a lake in the Adirondacks. It was a generational home that was passed down. We'd go visit every summer for a week or so and a few times the father of the couple my folks knew would be there. He was an avid fly fisherman and a super nice guy.

He took me along on his early morning trout fishing and it's one of my fondest memories. I get the shakes when I'm away from the ocean but a mountain lake is pretty darn sweet.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 06:26 PM (viF8m)

59 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:01 PM (omVj0

Hah no one in South Louisiana that didn’t know you would believe you lived in Sportsman Paradise ( Louisiana License Plate motto)!.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:26 PM (VofaG)

60 Ah fly fishing I used to go out every night to escape the pressures of speech writing for a Fortune 100 CEO.

Nothing better to shut out the rest of the world than listen for Brookies sipping may flies off the surface a crystal clear stream.

I remember Charles Kuralt reading a poem on it: "The phone never rings on a trout stream... "

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 02, 2025 06:26 PM (wBaIH)

61 DX conditions were much better last week than we've seen in a couple of months. Out of 64 contacts, I worked 24 countries, including A71AH Qatar on 20m FT8, which is new to me, and that brings my country total to 166. Qatar is further away from Illinois than I realized.

Posted by: gp Stares At Sun at August 02, 2025 06:26 PM (2XN3U)

62 Haven't done any fishing but I do enjoy frog gigging.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025 06:28 PM (HFcKg)

63 Cow Demon,

Would you like some free stamps? I inherited my uncle's stamp collection. I have no use for them and would love for them to go to someone that collects. My email is in my nic.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2025 06:29 PM (kUxzU)

64 Do you know who is a very good fly fisherman?

That croc wearing pinball wizard garrett. Also, secretly a very nice guy.

Don't tell him I said so.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 06:29 PM (viF8m)

65 46 Fly Fishers Anonymous.

Hi, I'm Idaho Spudboy, and I'm a recovering fly fisherman.
All my gear is still stashed away, calling to me, but I avoid putting on my waders and take it one day at a time.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 02, 2025 06:13 PM
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Hi, Idaho Spudboy. We're here for you.

Posted by: TRex - friend of big mouth billy bass at August 02, 2025 06:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

66 My absolutely best memories growing up are fishing with my father and my brother.

Catching fish all day, and spending 10 hours together just talking about Moron (guy) stuff the whole time.

We also saw tons of wildlife and generated a million good stories.

I assume that when I eventually go to see St. Peter, he is going to say, "Thank goodness you are finally here. Your father has been driving us crazy talking about all of the good fishing trips he has planned in heaven when his sons arrive."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 06:32 PM (HlyYF)

67 61 ... gp,
Congrats on that country total. Qatar, on any band, has to be rare. Can't imagine there are that many ham radio folks there. When DX conditions are good, a lot of nice things can happen.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2025 06:34 PM (yTvNw)

68 Hello Ben Had...frog gigging? I assume that's catching frogs? If so, why is it called gigging?

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

69 60 Ah fly fishing I used to go out every night to escape the pressures of speech writing for a Fortune 100 CEO.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 02, 2025 06:26 PM
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Did you sneak fishing references into the speeches?

Posted by: TRex - lives in a pineapple under the sea at August 02, 2025 06:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

70 I loved fishing in the Sabine Reserve but I think I loved getting there just as much. You had to drag your boat over a series of levees . They were nice enough to build a set of rollers on each levee.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:35 PM (VofaG)

71 Hah no one in South Louisiana that didn’t know you would believe you lived in Sportsman Paradise ( Louisiana License Plate motto)!.
Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025

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Well, I've always been a city creature. And neither of my parents (father a bookkeeper, mother a nurse) were into fishing either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:36 PM (omVj0)

72 Hello Ben Had...frog gigging? I assume that's catching frogs? If so, why is it called gigging?
Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

You get to play Poseidon with a ‘trident’ .

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:37 PM (VofaG)

73 Polynikes, I am still analyzing your painting...your techniques and style...you are one talented painter....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

74 66 "Thank goodness you are finally here. Your father has been driving us crazy talking about all of the good fishing trips he has planned in heaven when his sons arrive."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 06:32 PM
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Very sweet story. Thank you.

Posted by: TRex - good for a guy that likes rocks at August 02, 2025 06:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

75 67 Right now I'm hearing TY5AD Benin LOUD on 20m, but he doesn't hear me. Obviously there's something wrong with his rcvr.

Posted by: gp Stares At Sun at August 02, 2025 06:37 PM (2XN3U)

76 Hello Ben Had...frog gigging? I assume that's catching frogs? If so, why is it called gigging?
Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

You get to play Poseidon with a ‘trident’ .
Posted by: polynikes
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Thanks, I've learned something new. Obviously a city girl...

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

77 70 You had to drag your boat over a series of levees . They were nice enough to build a set of rollers on each levee.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:35 PM
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If you're James Bond, you just jump them.

Posted by: TRex - live and let die at August 02, 2025 06:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

78 The Grateful, a frog gig is a sharp pronged appliance attached to a long pole. You go gigging with that and a flashlight.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025 06:40 PM (HFcKg)

79 Haven't done any fishing but I do enjoy frog gigging.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025

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"During the millennia that frogs and men have lived in the same world, it is probable that men have hunted frogs. And during that time a pattern of hunt and parry has developed."

". . . I introduced her to my ol' hound dog and took her out giggin' frogs . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:42 PM (omVj0)

80 Haven't done much fishing at all, but here's an animation I did some years ago that takes place underwater.

https://tinyurl.com/bdrxhcpa

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 02, 2025 06:42 PM (CHHv1)

81 39 ... "One hobby I still practice is fly tying. In fact, I taught my girls how to tie, one still does and she's very adept at it. I think women make better tyers than men anyway. They have a certain touch."

IRONGRAMPA,

Agreed. Elsie Darby comes to mind. Tying any fly smaller than a size six with my gorilla hands is both satisfying when it works and a source of humor quite often.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2025 06:45 PM (yTvNw)

82 The key to getting small children to pick up the hobby is to take them "catching" rather than "fishing"!

One time around age 6, I went fishing with my brother, father, and maternal grandfather. My father was a purist, and wanted to outwit the largest bass on the pond. However, that day the bass just weren't biting at all.

My grandfather was just the opposite, he just wanted to get any fish he could on the hook. So he went back to the station wagon, grabbed a shovel and dug up some worms. We then went to a weedy mud flat that never produced any bass. As soon as the worms hit the water we started getting strikes. Turns out that area was holding a thousand(?) bullheads.

None were very big, but my brother and I caught at least a hundred bullheads that day. For little kids, that counts as a huge win in the fun column.

Moral of the story: For introducing new anglers, take them to some body of water where they will catch fish. Farm ponds with green sunfish are easy. Crappie spawning in the big reservoirs are easy. Same with stripers. If you are not a great fisherman yourself, pay a guide. They are relatively inexpensive and will put kids (and you) on the fish!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 02, 2025 06:46 PM (HlyYF)

83 I worked R9CA in S central Russia also last week. He's in Nizhny Tagil. If you look at a common mercator map and compare Illinois-Tagil distance to Illinois-Qatar distance, you'd think Qatar was way closer. But Qatar is 7200 miles away, while frosty Tagil is only 5100 miles away. The great circle distance over the poles is shorter to Siberia.

Tagil is the site of the largest main battle tank manufacturer in the world. Also where the first Russian steam locomotive was built.

Posted by: gp Stares At Sun at August 02, 2025 06:46 PM (2XN3U)

84 Hey, All. What’s going on?

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 06:47 PM (77rzZ)

85 OT, though this is tangentially related to outdoor activities: Some years ago I bought a couple of Wowtac brand LED flashlights, USB charged, for my place. I wanted to get another for the car -- but Amazon is out of them, and nobody else (in a cursory search, anyway) seems to sell them. The Wowtac website doesn't have a "Buy Now" button anywhere. It's a China company; did they decide not to export to America now?

Amazon suggests a ThruNite TN12 V6 instead, and it looks fine. Anybody ever use this brand?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:47 PM (omVj0)

86 Toledo Bend is another big fishing destination on the Louisiana/Texas border.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:48 PM (VofaG)

87 With lots of help, on my first deep sea Tuna fish... I landed a 32 pounder. Best fish eveah.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 02, 2025 06:48 PM (Q4IgG)

88 84 Hey, All. What’s going on?

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 06:47 PM
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Hey, Bulg. Just hanging out with the Horde talking Hobbies. What are you hobbying these days?

Posted by: TRex - Saturday tradition at August 02, 2025 06:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

89 1) pour gasoline into empty soda bottle. This confuses game wardens when you
2) pour gas on rocks at low tide.
3) carefully collect worms which crawl out - they bite.
4) bait hook. They bleed red.
5) catch fish!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 02, 2025 06:50 PM (hZ92/)

90 The Grateful, a frog gig is a sharp pronged appliance attached to a long pole. You go gigging with that and a flashlight.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Well, I have enjoyed some frog legs...just never thought about how they were captured.....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

91 Favorite sort of fishing story. I was in Manaus, Brazil on business and had a weekend to myself. Took a boat ride up the Amazon to the coolest hotel I've ever stayed in that was literally on the Amazon.

Saturday evening when it was absolutely pitch black cause Amazon a bunch of us hopped in a canoe style boat with an outboard off the ass end and a guide in front with a spot light hooked to a car battery.

We cruised down a small tributary with the guide scanning the water for eyeballs. When he found some he dove into the water, did I mention this was the Amazon and it was frigging night, and came up with about a 3 foot caiman.

Coolest thing I've ever seen.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 06:50 PM (viF8m)

92 [Top photo: Two Fishermen by polynikes (20 x 16)]

Damn son, that's really nice.

I'd hang that ...

***golf clap***

Posted by: browndog barking with appreciation at August 02, 2025 06:52 PM (TTAGa)

93
We cruised down a small tributary with the guide scanning the water for eyeballs. When he found some he dove into the water, did I mention this was the Amazon and it was frigging night, and came up with about a 3 foot caiman.

Coolest thing I've ever seen.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025

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How are the boots you had made from him?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 02, 2025 06:53 PM (omVj0)

94 88 TRex, my hobbies are weird ones. Geography is a big one. I’m really into the constituent entities of the Holy Roman Empire.

Posted by: Bulg at August 02, 2025 06:53 PM (77rzZ)

95 Wouldn't say often but at least 2 nights in last couple weeks coming home in the 3am hour see boats out on the river, only can assume fishing. There isn't anywhere to go but out and back.

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 06:53 PM (JnW4x)

96 A cousin's husband is a huge salt water fisherman...out on the water every weekend unless the weather prohibits it...I was impressed when he took over one of the closets. He has all of his rods and all of the other gear immaculately displayed and stored. It is without question the neatest and most orderly part of their home - and obviously off limits to anyone but him.

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

97 Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 06:50 PM (viF8m)

My question is related to how the night sky looked if you recall. I haven’t seen a night sky in years that didn’t have some amount of light pollution.

I ask because my next purchase is going to be a decent telescope.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 06:56 PM (VofaG)

98 The topic makes me smile. Mrs. JTB likes to fish or at least to catch fish and she is good at it. But she won't touch bait and she won't touch the fish (they are 'icky'). Since she usually catches five fish to my one, I spend a lot of time taking the fish off her hook. It's become a family joke. When we still used worms as bait she developed a technique of chasing the thing around the lid until she could get the hook in sufficiently without ever touching it.

Posted by: JTB at August 02, 2025 06:57 PM (yTvNw)

99 Elvin Bishop had a great song - Fishin'
…… I ain't had this much fun in about 100 years

Posted by: kactus at August 02, 2025 06:58 PM (twS2i)

100 >>How are the boots you had made from him?

He did let us hold it but then let it go back into the river. The next day we went fishing for piranha.

One of the most memorable weekends of my life. The Amazon is amazing.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 06:58 PM (viF8m)

101 Every time we get a lot of rain here people are out fishing in the bar ditches. No idea what they are catching.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025 06:59 PM (HFcKg)

102 My question is related to how the night sky looked if you recall. I haven’t seen a night sky in years that didn’t have some amount of light pollution.

I ask because my next purchase is going to be a decent telescope.
Posted by: polynikes
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If you'd like, I can send you a photo of the night sky in Donegal Ireland where there was absolutely NO light pollution...

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

103 I've fished: spin casting / fly ...

It's not my go to hobby, but I've got some great memories of Fly fishing in Wyoming and Utah.
(which include casting flys, chest deep in a meadow creek, and having river otters swim out to me).

My boys liked to spin cast for bass up at our cabin on the Canadien lakeshore. If they liked it ... I liked it ... watch out for the Pike.

Posted by: browndog is a waterdog at August 02, 2025 07:00 PM (TTAGa)

104 101 Every time we get a lot of rain here people are out fishing in the bar ditches. No idea what they are catching.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025 06:59 PM
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Maybe they're looking for their car keys from being at the bar the night before?

Posted by: TRex - what a night at August 02, 2025 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

105 I watched the Idaho Fish and Game shock fish in Silver Creek and then count the fish. The fish would swim off in about 30 seconds. Mostly browns with a few rainbows interspersed.
Gave one much hope when an hundred fish float to the surface in a 500 sq. ft. area.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 02, 2025 07:00 PM (P0m9n)

106 I absolutely suck at fishing. It's one of my favorite things to do.

Got to hang out with some manatees a few times while casting from a dock. The fact that my greatest fishing memory isn't about the big one I landed but about the other wildlife I got to see while drowning some worms should be all you need to hear to gage my prowess as an angler.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2025 07:00 PM (65zPH)

107 106
Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2025 07:00 PM
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You're late.

Posted by: TRex - where's your note? at August 02, 2025 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

108 I can totally sympathize with Steve.

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2025 07:02 PM (65zPH)

109 107 106
Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2025 07:00 PM
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You're late.
Posted by: TRex - where's your note? at August 02, 2025 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

And you're surprised why?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2025 07:03 PM (65zPH)

110 >>My question is related to how the night sky looked if you recall. I haven’t seen a night sky in years that didn’t have some amount of light pollution.

Incredible. I remember it well. The southern hemisphere sky is pretty spectacular but in a remote spot like that it really has to be seen to be properly appreciated or at least it's beyond my means to desctibe how beautiful it is.

It's like being offshore at night. You see so many stars it's breathtaking.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 07:04 PM (viF8m)

111 Every time we get a lot of rain here people are out fishing in the bar ditches. No idea what they are catching.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025 06:59 PM (HFcKg)

Reminded me of some of the most enjoyable times as a kid crabbing along the canals on the side of the roads in Cameron parish ( canals connected to the gulf) .

You buy chicken necks, tie them to a nylon string and lower it into the canal . You set 4 or 5 lines and wait for the crabs to grab on and you slowly pull the string in until you can net the crab or crabs.holding on to the chicken necks.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 07:05 PM (VofaG)

112 Lotta people fish for walleye at night. The fish are attracted to the lantern.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at August 02, 2025 07:05 PM (P0m9n)

113 Haven't done any fishing but I do enjoy frog gigging.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025 06:28 PM (HFcKg)

My dad went for an interview at a very snobbish medical school. Five seconds in he decided he didn't want the job. The dean who was interviewing him was waxing poetic about all of the upland bird hunting he did. He asked my father if he hunted.

My dad said: "Sure do! I jacklight deer!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 02, 2025 07:06 PM (n9ltV)

114 Japan was booming in here (PNW) on 20 and 17M CW this afternoon 599+. I made quite a few contacts in about 30 minutes then whoosh, the propagation was gone.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at August 02, 2025 07:07 PM (/U5Yz)

115 109 And you're surprised why?

Posted by: tankdemon at August 02, 2025 07:03 PM
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Not surprised but looking for a fish story to explain.

Posted by: TRex - the one that got away at August 02, 2025 07:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

116 I have a friend that does a bunch of trotline fishing. That was a new one on me.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025 07:07 PM (HFcKg)

117 It's like being offshore at night. You see so many stars it's breathtaking.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 07:04 PM (viF8m)

The Caribbean used to be fantastic for night skies. And believe it or not, upstate NY is excellent.

But I think the best for me was Northern Wyoming.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 02, 2025 07:08 PM (n9ltV)

118 If you'd like, I can send you a photo of the night sky in Donegal Ireland where there was absolutely NO light pollution...
Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 06:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

Bet that was awe inspiring. I assume we’ll have an Astronomy hobby thread unless we already did and I just don’t remember.,

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 07:08 PM (VofaG)

119 "I have a friend that does a bunch of trotline fishing. That was a new one on me.
Posted by: Ben Had"

That's how they catch the big catfish in the rivers here. 50 lbs +.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 07:11 PM (vFG9F)

120 It's like being offshore at night. You see so many stars it's breathtaking.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 07:04 PM (viF8m)

The Caribbean used to be fantastic for night skies. And believe it or not, upstate NY is excellent.

But I think the best for me was Northern Wyoming.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)
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For me it was Crater Lake, Oregon. I have never seen anything like it....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 07:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

121 >>The Caribbean used to be fantastic for night skies. And believe it or not, upstate NY is excellent.

Agree on both.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 07:12 PM (viF8m)

122 118 I assume we’ll have an Astronomy hobby thread unless we already did and I just don’t remember.,

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 07:08 PM
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We did in June 2024. It was well received, so perhaps it is time for a revisit.

Posted by: TRex - billions and billions of stars at August 02, 2025 07:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

123 Marine loves fishing. He used to bring some line and a couple hooks and lead weights in a little plastic tub when we’d go backpacking to some of the mountain lakes. Fish were non indigenous, having been stocked decades ago. No license needed. No limit. No rules. He’d find a stick, tie line into it, throw on a weight and a hook and smash a mayfly and stick in on the end.

He’s pull fish out like you wouldnt believe.

Gut em and throw them on a stick over the fire, squeeze some lemon and sprinkle some salt and pepper. Yum!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 07:13 PM (mT+6a)

124 But I think the best for me was Northern Wyoming.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at August 02, 2025 07:08 PM (n9ltV)

I’m sure there are better locations but my personal one was outside of Amarillo before you reach the New Mexico /Colorado borders. It was like I was in a planetarium.

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 07:14 PM (VofaG)

125 Posted by: TRex - billions and billions of stars at August 02, 2025 07:13 PM (IQ6G

Nice!

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 07:15 PM (VofaG)

126 120 It's like being offshore at night. You see so many stars it's breathtaking.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 07:04 PM (viF8m)

The Caribbean used to be fantastic for night skies. And believe it or not, upstate NY is excellent.

But I think the best for me was Northern Wyoming.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)
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For me it was Crater Lake, Oregon. I have never seen anything like it....
Posted by: The Grateful at August

Haleakala.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 07:16 PM (mT+6a)

127 nurse, Yum is right. Best fish fry I ever went to was fingerling catfish pan fried over an open fire.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 02, 2025 07:16 PM (HFcKg)

128 Hmmm, we're talking about fried fish...where is Eromero?

Posted by: The Grateful at August 02, 2025 07:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

129 My hobby today was cruising a harley around some back roads and county roads in an area of the pine barrens. Really scenic, really,really empty, and looks like it would be darker than biden's soul at night.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2025 07:21 PM (snZF9)

130 Fun fishy fact. The Amazon has dolpnins. And they are pink.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 07:22 PM (viF8m)

131 My hobby today was cruising a harley around some back roads and county roads in an area of the pine barrens. Really scenic, really,really empty, and looks like it would be darker than biden's soul at night.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2025 07:21 PM (snZF9)

What’s the creature that’s supposed to be lurking there? Something something devil?

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 07:23 PM (VofaG)

132 Time to say good night and thank you before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. I'm disappointed that none of you took up the fish pun challenge, but that's OK. Thanks for being here. New theme next week. See y'all in Club ONT later tonight.

Posted by: TRex - roly poly fish heads at August 02, 2025 07:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

133 What’s the creature that’s supposed to be lurking there? Something something devil?

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 07:23 PM (VofaG)

Jersey devil. After what I saw today, he got a big playground.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 02, 2025 07:24 PM (snZF9)

134 One day when my dad was away in Vietnam, I got my mom to take me fishing at Spring creek, which runs thru south Georgia and dumps into Lake Seminole. We were down on the bank by a bridge and a water moccasin came slithering up out of the water a few feet away. I wasn't too worried, but that ended that excursion. That was the only time my mom took me fishing, but she did drop me off at a boy's fish camp for a week a couple of times.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 07:24 PM (vFG9F)

135 My wife forced me to take ballroom dancing lessons 8 years ago so I could dance properly with her and my soon to be daughter in law.

It turned out to be lot of fun.

I don't know if that's a hobby, but, as a good hobby should, it sure eats up a lot of time and money, neither of which I begrudge.

Now if you'll all excuse me, it's Saturday night and the band at a place called Rendezvous looks good and I think my Rumba "Switch Back & Swivels" are working. Not good, just working, but it's time to test them.

Posted by: Fred Z at August 02, 2025 07:25 PM (VQIqq)

136 Posted by: TRex - roly poly fish heads at August 02, 2025 07:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

Fish puns . Hilarious that it didn’t occur. Have to wait for the morning art thread I guess😀

Posted by: polynikes at August 02, 2025 07:27 PM (VofaG)

137 But I think the best for me was Northern Wyoming.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises)

I’m sure there are better locations but my personal one was outside of Amarillo before you reach the New Mexico /Colorado borders. It was like I was in a planetarium.
Posted by: polynikes

New Mexico has numerous dark sky locations. One of my favorites is Chaco Canyon. This site has the spectacular ancient Puebloan ruins. It is the kind of place where the hair will stand up on the back of your head; there is a presence there. The place is managed by the National Park Service and camping spots can be reserved. If you are in the area do yourself a favor and check it out.
https://is.gd/31DqOv

A pic from one of my visits to Chaco Canyon.
https://is.gd/O5N7IM

Some other New Mexico dark sky options
https://is.gd/5yfEAA

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 02, 2025 07:28 PM (9vYpt)

138 Where on the Fox River was that photo taken, of the electrofishing?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 02, 2025 07:30 PM (mZ/55)

139 63 Cow Demon,

Would you like some free stamps? I inherited my uncle's stamp collection. I have no use for them and would love for them to go to someone that collects. My email is in my nic.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 02, 2025 06:29 PM (kUxzU)

Copy. May inquire later on. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 02, 2025 07:30 PM (vm8sq)

140 Went fishing on my sisters pond on her farm last month. Didn't catch anything but I don't fish much. I always enjoy it when I do, then not do it that much. Lots of fish in her pond too. Oh well. I tend to catch and release so apparently I torture fish. I would feel bad about that but there fish, and this isn't a Disney movie. Lots of fishing places around Babylon DC but it isn't quite as tranquil as Western PA. Lots and lots of noise around here. Cars, planes, jets, choppers, trucks, etc. Cities are noisy.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at August 02, 2025 07:30 PM (NkASH)

141 >>One day when my dad was away in Vietnam, I got my mom to take me fishing at Spring creek, which runs thru south Georgia and dumps into Lake Seminole.

My mom taught me to fish. Also body surf. And sail.

I have the best mom.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 02, 2025 07:30 PM (viF8m)

142 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I’ve camped at Chaco Canyon.

It is how you described. Eerie and beautiful and powerful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 02, 2025 07:31 PM (mT+6a)

143 No nerd radio / hiking for me this weekend. Too much yard work and other domestic stuff. Sounds like I would've had a decent shot at some DX. Maybe next weekend.

Out of curiosity, I decided to order a little circular slide rule. It should be here in about 10 days. Not that I have any use for it, but it seems like a cool little gadget and I sometimes get curious about such things. Is there at least one Horde member with a slide rule collection?

Posted by: PabloD at August 02, 2025 07:33 PM (134SI)

144 138 Where on the Fox River was that photo taken, of the electrofishing?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at August 02, 2025 07:30 PM
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Sorry. Have no more detail.

Posted by: TRex at August 02, 2025 07:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

145 "My mom taught me to fish. Also body surf. And sail.

I have the best mom.
Posted by: JackStraw"

And clean 'em? That righteous!

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 07:35 PM (vFG9F)

146 114 Japan is like that. When it's good, you can work a string, maybe a dozen, then it quits. I think it's because it's such a skinny country, the grayline passes over it quicker, than say Russia.

Posted by: gp Stares At Sun at August 02, 2025 07:36 PM (2XN3U)

147 nood

Posted by: gp Stares At Sun at August 02, 2025 07:36 PM (2XN3U)

148 "Is there at least one Horde member with a slide rule collection?
Posted by: PabloD

I had several from my dad, including a circular Air Force "flight computer". I gave them all to my sons, who surprisingly expressed an interest in learning how to use them.

Posted by: fd at August 02, 2025 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

149 Can 1WP be hobbies too?

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 07:40 PM (JnW4x)

150 149 Can 1WP be hobbies too?

Posted by: Skip at August 02, 2025 07:40 PM
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Dunno but anything is possible. I don't know what 1WP means.

Posted by: TRex - dictionary challenged at August 02, 2025 07:42 PM (IQ6Gq)

151 Regarding the electrofishing photo:

I've done both backpack and e-boat electrofishing. The photo is of the e-boat variety. Properly done, electrofishing doesn't stun fish, or make them jump. What it does is induce a series of muscle contractions that basically force the fish to "swim" involuntarily toward the anode (it's a DC system), whereupon a lethal voltage can be applied or they can be netted out of the water for harvest / biological sampling etc.

As you'd expect, the effect can be felt by the fish at longer range than it's actually effective, so fish outside the working range react to it. In most cases they simply swim away.

But Asian Carp in particular use jumping as an escape mechanism. So what you're seeing is the e-boat operator zapping a large school of Asian Carp. The ones close in to the boat are screwed, and are involuntarily swimming toward the guys with the dipnets (notice the nonconductive gloves!); they're under the surface and not visible. The ones further away, outside the effective radius, are reacting by jumping- not because electrofishing causes jumping, but because that's how Asian Carp in particular react to adverse stimuli.

Posted by: Some guy at August 02, 2025 10:11 PM (xh+uU)

152 "I have a soft spot for people that make their own tools."
This guy is amazing, and someone I have NOTHING in common with, but admire immensely.
Having glued my fingers together multiple times using SuperGlue (with my project lying untouched and unglued on the table in front of me), I understand the old Clint Eastwood line,"Man's gotta know his limitations."
The video of this amazing lure/bait rig is awesome. But we know this kind of guy. He's the fella who says, "Yeah, today I'm gonna make a Fleemer-Blegzoff Dynamic Rotating Posculator Rig using this coffee cup, a lizard intestine, and part of a pizza crust from last night."

Posted by: VirginiaSmoker at August 03, 2025 03:05 AM (YC7Ue)

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