An Occasional Fishing Thread [Bandersnatch]

The Next Occasional Fishing Thread

Hello Piscators and Piscatrixes, this is the next occasional fishing thread. Occasional in this context means every three Saturdays at pretty much this time. For this edition I have decided to steal ideas from other threads. I will also suggest a theme, which as always is a jumping off point. All things fishy are on topic.

The first steal: Who Dis?

I went back and forth between “what have you seen out there?” and “the one that got away” for tonight’s theme. I’m going to tell a what I’ve seen story but the one that got away stories are good too.

One of the best nights of fishing I ever had I got skunked. I was kayaking out to Nauset Spit in late summer when there was fire in the water. That’s a term for phosphorescence, or what the smarty pants call bioluminescent diatoms. The water glows when you touch it. On this night the water glowed with every stroke of the kayak paddle. Fish that were spooked from the undercut banks took off like fire torpedos. When I beached the kayak the sand was wet and every step I took lit up like the Billie Jean video.

And then there were the Perseids. It was moonless, the Milky Way was showing off like a ripe young barista, then here come the meteors. God was absolutely showing off what he could do with light. I didn’t mind not catching anything. So what have you seen out there?

The second steal: a la the Pet Thread various Morons and Lurkers have sent in fish brag pics. As with the pet thread I got too many to handle so please be patient if you don’t see yours. I think the fish brag pics will be a continuing but not constant feature of the Occasional Fishing Thread.

This is McGyver:

Last fishing thread you mentioned that Eric Clapton had most likely got an old hostaery fish from the pic, it could be but I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure that fish was wild. He was fishing in Iceland and they have some interesting rules, like everything is catch and release. The wife and I went to Iceland on a kinda cultural exchange thing (her ancestry is Icelandic) a year ago. Well, besides finding the old farmstead where her great, great, great, umptity, ump grands homesteaded in 874 (NOT a typo!) I got a chance to do some fly fishing for Icelandic Browns. A tad pricey, but, you only live once.
[That came up in a non-fishing thread and I still think Clapton’s fish was a hostaery sow, but McGyver’s fish is pretty – ed]

Muad’dib’s kid caught a dinosaur.

Youngest son with a 72" sturgeon. Caught in the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls.

Lurker Jeff will not let the terrorists track him down.

I am a longtime lurker, and saw the occasional fishing thread. Seemed the least I could do after all these years of lurking was share a fish pic, give something back , as they say. Anyhow, the attached is a 50 lb rooster fish I caught in Boca Chica, Panama last year on a guided trip. They fight like bulls; it was like hauling up an engine block! We used 8" "blue runners" as bait drifted down to about 50 feet. Feel free to post this if you want. You can call me "Toxic Jeff",

Tony sez:

My name is Tony and I would like to share a pic of a Nurse Shark I caught off the west coast of Florida while fishing for Grunts. I was fishing in about 250 feet of water over a rocky bottom which my guide took me too. I was using 20lb test line as well, it felt like I had hooked the bottom, and it took me all of 45 minutes to bring this fish to the surface. The Captain was amazed that the line didn't break, and when I asked him about the fish, he told me it was at least an 8 foot, 300lb shark. Biggest fish I have ever caught so far. Most painful as well because the next day I ached all over from horsing this fish from the bottom.

This is not a joke, this is a legitimate brag pic. It means that there are wild spawning brook trout on a stream that is heavily stocked and gets heavy fishing pressure. Wild brookies are among the prettiest things in the world. I caught this.

Thank you as always for playing in the fishy thread. Suggestions and brag pics are welcome at aoshqfish@gmail.com.

Posted by: CBD at 07:30 PM

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1 first.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 13, 2019 07:36 PM (JUOKG)

2 Wow. Ingrid Bergman.

Posted by: JAS at April 13, 2019 07:37 PM (KOCKb)

3 Just laid up 15 lbs of halibut.
Truly the sirloin of the sea.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 13, 2019 07:37 PM (0tfLf)

4 And the best time fishing I had was catching a 63 pound snapper on a bait cast rod and reel with 10 pound test when we were stationed in Cuba. that fish drug my little boat around for almost an hour before we could get it in the boat.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at April 13, 2019 07:37 PM (JUOKG)

5 Here fishy fishy!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2019 07:37 PM (r+sAi)

6 Who dis?

Total SWAG: Ingrid Bergman.

Just a weird hunch.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 13, 2019 07:38 PM (PXJBj)

7 And I see I wasn't the first to make that guess.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 13, 2019 07:39 PM (PXJBj)

8 I was about to ask if that was Ingrid Bergman.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 07:40 PM (bQ/du)

9 I can not even say how much I love flyfishing. Alas, events in life have made it a rare happiness. Nevertheless a fishing thread classes up this joint. Thank you.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2019 07:41 PM (r+sAi)

10 2 Wow. Ingrid Bergman.

Shit. My bad. The Dildo puts up these posts for me and I didn't anonymize the image title.

Who would have got it legit?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 07:42 PM (fuK7c)

11 That's Ingmar Bergman!

After tranny surgery and hormone injections.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2019 07:42 PM (CRRq9)

12 Shit. My bad. The Dildo puts up these posts for me and I didn't anonymize the image title.

Who would have got it legit?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 07:42 PM (fuK7c)

She was a pretty distinctive looking lady.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 07:43 PM (bQ/du)

13 Fourth pic is Michael Jackson.

Posted by: JuJuBee at April 13, 2019 07:43 PM (aBR7R)

14 13 Fourth pic is Michael Jackson.
Posted by: JuJuBee at April 13, 2019 07:43 PM (aBR7R)

In Crocs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 07:44 PM (bQ/du)

15 That brook trout is about the size of a sardine, CBD. I love sardines. They taste like brook trout, do they? Probably cheaper too.

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2019 07:44 PM (qBNEP)

16 The boy catches dinosaurs regularly. He and his buddies have gotten very good at it. All Dinos are released unharmed.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 07:45 PM (zMvJD)

17 Who would have got it legit?
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 07:42 PM (fuK7c)

Not me. The first thing I did was cheat and look at the file name.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor at April 13, 2019 07:46 PM (f/gXe)

18 That brook trout is about the size of a sardine, CBD. I love sardines. They taste like brook trout, do they? Probably cheaper too.
Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2019 07:44 PM (qBNEP)

Stream caught brookie > sardine from a can.

Just sayin'

Posted by: DR.WTF at April 13, 2019 07:46 PM (aS1PU)

19 Ida put hot sauce on that Brooke and downed it.

Posted by: Ha at April 13, 2019 07:47 PM (MAstk)

20 Not me. The first thing I did was cheat and look at the file name.

Posted by: OregonMuse. AoSHQ Thought Leader & Pants Monitor

You of all people!

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 07:47 PM (fuK7c)

21 second pic is Jeff Lebowski.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2019 07:48 PM (r+sAi)

22 Just laid up 15 lbs of halibut.

Truly the sirloin of the sea.

Posted by: Diogenes
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One of the few fish my wife won't eat.. have no idea why.. "just doesn't like it".. I love it!
Haddock and Cod are my favorites of what she will cook.. salmon.. she loves.. me, not so much.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 13, 2019 07:48 PM (438dO)

23 No mistaking that face. An easy one.

Posted by: Al Crapton at April 13, 2019 07:48 PM (T8/UU)

24 23 No mistaking that face. An easy one.
Posted by: Al Crapton at April 13, 2019 07:48 PM (T8/UU)

This. If you go in assuming it is a famous person, black and white means a certain age subset. Even without narrowing it down, she is pretty unique.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 07:51 PM (bQ/du)

25
Cod you turn the TV down. I've got a haddock.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 13, 2019 07:51 PM (CRRq9)

26 My brothers, I and a few friends rented a houseboat just outside of Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota every spring for 25 years or so. 2 shield lakes that look like those old revolving Hamms beer signs. Learned a lot about how powerful mother nature can be and how good walleye taste fresh from the lake to the pan.

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 07:54 PM (K22Va)

27 'Mr. Smith, your wife has these haddocks because you only have one cod.'

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2019 07:55 PM (qBNEP)

28 Brother had the monster pike that got away after trying to eat a nice walleye he'd caught. Dad thought he'd let it get stuck on something because brother couldn't reel it up. Big surprise, attempted netting, ate the walleye later despite it's having tooth marks completely across it's body.

Posted by: DaveA at April 13, 2019 07:57 PM (FhXTo)

29 This smarty pants would like to inform you that the phosphorescent algae are dinoflagellates, not diatoms.

Posted by: Fritz Riedel at April 13, 2019 07:58 PM (7i0mT)

30 We like to have a freezer full of fish for frying at my parents' house. So, during the summer, when the bass fishing is slow, my brother and I run trot lines for catfish. I'll have to submit the pic of the big blue cat we caught last summer. It was my son's first time to run the lines with us. I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head when saw it. It was a great time.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2019 07:58 PM (uTY3H)

31 >Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 07:54 PM (K22Va)

We do the same thing in Lake of the Woods in Ontario. Every year for 22 years, so far. Mornings are for walleyes. Afternoons are for pike and musky. Evenings are for really great meals and adult beverages. It's heaven.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 07:59 PM (zMvJD)

32 second pic is Jeff Lebowski.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2019 07:48 PM (r+sAi)
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I'm The Dude. So that' what you call me. Dude or Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing...

Posted by: The Dude at April 13, 2019 07:59 PM (IFKOp)

33 I caught this.

You're gonna need a smaller boat.

Posted by: t-bird at April 13, 2019 07:59 PM (CDGwz)

34 Slow threads today. Have Saturdays been like this recently?

Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Town Drunk at April 13, 2019 07:59 PM (Ckg4U)

35 That looks like a lot of fun Muad'dib.

Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2019 08:00 PM (uTY3H)

36 I've caught some decent fish over the years: decent stripers and rockfish, a few mackerel (great eating), sheepshead, and a bunch of others. No photos.

The one where I wish I had a picture would be the first fish I caught on a fly I had tied. It may have been a world record tiny bluegill. Probably no bigger than my thumb. I still laugh thinking about it. It even beat out a baby striper I took from the Potomac. I had snagged it by the tail and thought it was a leaf. Not exactly a titanic piscene struggle.

Posted by: JTB at April 13, 2019 08:01 PM (bmdz3)

37 OK. I have been in love (OK, in lust) with Ingrid Bergman since my youth.

Posted by: JAS at April 13, 2019 08:01 PM (KOCKb)

38 Moved to Tacoma 1970. Parents to run a Mom & Pop fish & chip drive in. On Sundays we caught cod in Puget Sound then sold in the shop. No licenses. Taxes. Inspection. Freshest fish you could find.

Posted by: PhilDirt at April 13, 2019 08:02 PM (t/tlh)

39 28
Brother had the monster pike that got away after trying to eat a nice
walleye he'd caught. Dad thought he'd let it get stuck on something
because brother couldn't reel it up. Big surprise, attempted netting,
ate the walleye later despite it's having tooth marks completely across
it's body.

Those northerns can be some feisty critters. Tear the shit out of all your tackle and bite you if they get a chance. Funny to watch gulls try to swallow a whole carcass and try to fly with the tail hanging out of it's mouth.

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 08:02 PM (K22Va)

40 >35 That looks like a lot of fun Muad'dib.
Posted by: no good deed at April 13, 2019 08:00 PM (uTY3H)

Sturgeon are a blast. Most of them will jump at least once. The one in the pic did.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 08:02 PM (zMvJD)

41 I remember taking a touristy fishing trip off of Cape Cod with my girlfriend. The one where about 20 people fish off of each side of the boat. The only thing we caught was the ugliest , creepiest fish I've seen. Like a spider fish. Anyone know what it might be?

Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 13, 2019 08:03 PM (2DOZq)

42 I have no line to cast in this thread but I will say that I love eating those very small catfish, pan fried.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2019 08:04 PM (ZE3T8)

43 I've caught some decent fish over the years: decent stripers and rockfish

I thought Rockfish was a Chesapeake word for Stripers?

The regional variation in fish naming is cause for constant confusion and hilarity. A southern Bonito is a northern False Albacore. There's a whole different fish called Bonito in the north.

Your crappie is our calico bass, etc.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 08:05 PM (fuK7c)

44 Did someone duct tape Pug to a chair and make him read this thread?

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 08:06 PM (zMvJD)

45 Hey, I'm good on frog gigging.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2019 08:06 PM (ZE3T8)

46 I took one of those touristy fishing trips in FL on a company outing once, same result everybody caught those ugly fish, the capt called them mother-in-law fish.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 13, 2019 08:07 PM (r+sAi)

47 >42 I have no line to cast in this thread but I will say that I love eating those very small catfish, pan fried.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2019 08:0

Bullheads?

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 08:07 PM (zMvJD)

48 One time I was fishing off the rocks trying for stripers. I don't recall if I caught anything but it was a clear night, no moon, and an utterly dark area. The Milky Way was the brightest I had ever seen. The reflected light laid down a carpet of diamonds on the water, undulating gently. That was almost 50 years ago and it remains fresh in my memory.

Posted by: JTB at April 13, 2019 08:10 PM (bmdz3)

49 Never thought much of catfish until I ate some of those gigantic Mississippi cats out of the Wolf river in Wisconsin. They would put them in an old minnow tank for a few days and then bleed them out a certain way. The meat was pure white and some of the best fish I've ever tasted.

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 08:12 PM (K22Va)

50 I wasn't fishing, but I was out on the water: a cruise ship, heading east through the Florida channel in March 1996. We were due to dock in Miami in the morning.

At midnight, our friends came pounding on the door, insisting that we go up on deck right NOW.

So I went up, still in my pajamas, and my friends led me forward to the bow and pointed.

Right in front of the ship, as large as the Big Dipper, was Comet Hyakutake. It had brightened unexpectedly, with a vast glowing green tail streaking across the sky, and the eye of the comet glittered a malevolent green.

Posted by: Delayna at April 13, 2019 08:12 PM (KNFU5)

51 Maud'dib, I'm sorry I have no idea about that. Please educate me.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2019 08:12 PM (ZE3T8)

52 I got a good one of what I've seen: returning from Westpac cruise via Hawaii in the Pacific south of the equator, I was up on the 3rd deck at my cleaning station early in the morning.

Looked over the side and saw this HUGE fish swimming parallel to the ship but in the opposite direction. I mean HUGE. Bigger than our Utility boat which was right there on the main deck to compare with. (it's about 30 feet long).

This fish was maybe 5-10 below water cause it was very easy to see. I THINK it was a whale shark but couldn't see spots so not sure was a charcoal colored on it back and the mouth was closed. Could've been a different type of shark but they don't get quite that big usually and are a different color.

I didn't know anything about whale sharks at the time so I found all this out later. Most interesting thing I've ever seen in the water. (well except for Phoebe Cates getting out of the pool in slo mo. Perfect back ground music BTW)

Posted by: jakee308 - Hylozoist at April 13, 2019 08:13 PM (9MBGf)

53 The only thing we caught was the ugliest , creepiest fish I've seen. Like a spider fish. Anyone know what it might be?
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at April 13, 2019 08:03 PM (2DOZq)
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Sculpin? Monkfish?

Posted by: Dr. All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 13, 2019 08:14 PM (kQs4Y)

54 About 60 years ago I was fishing the Rogue in Oregon with my grandfather when I caught a fish that I nor he (an outdoorsman who followed the salmon runs and hunting seasons across the U.S.)had never seen before. It was two inches and dead when I brought in my line, so gramps took it to the Coast Guard station and asked what it was. The Lieutenant said, "What that is is a $500 fine (in 1960!)" Turned out it was a baby sturgeon.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at April 13, 2019 08:15 PM (w7U7L)

55 Come on Guys- Rachael Welch coming out of the surf.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2019 08:15 PM (ZE3T8)

56 Not many fisherman here I guess. Where's MisHum, I'll bet he has some good stories.

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 08:18 PM (K22Va)

57 I guessed Isabella Rossellini. In The Old Man and the Sea. With James Whitmore.

Posted by: Burger Chef at April 13, 2019 08:18 PM (RuIsu)

58 There is no way in Hell any of you claim jumpers will get a line in my fishing hole!

Posted by: Fritz at April 13, 2019 08:18 PM (LuPts)

59 Ben Had, bullheads are little catfish. Rarely get over 10". Mr brother and i used to catch them by the hundreds. Really good fried up.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 08:19 PM (zMvJD)

60 So.

I am currently in Kill Devil Hills, NC. I don't fish but I received an invitation to go out on a "head boat" to catch something. Is it fun? I mainly want to go and smoke cigars while hanging out on the water though, since I know nothing about fishing. Anything I should know or is it best if I hang with the captain and watch?

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at April 13, 2019 08:19 PM (syyA2)

61 Hey, ThanX! for putting my pic up! It's nice to read other fish stories, to. I am NOT at the Trail to First Class with the Scouts at Holter Lake. I am getting ready for my next out and back to Beeeooootiful Gulfport MS. While packing for this I am also packing for Giggles, who is going on a Smith River float next Sunday (yes, they are putting in on Easter Morn) She's taking my Grandpa Bill's 1930s bamboo combo rod and stands to have four days of Heaven on Earth. I am jealous, but I've floated the Smith with our Scouts, so, it's her turn

McGyver, out (sorting flies)

Posted by: McGyver at April 13, 2019 08:21 PM (gMngZ)

62 Bander, thanks for the fishing thread. Sharing stories and experiences (not necessarily the same thing) is a pleasant way to spend a Saturday evening.

Posted by: JTB at April 13, 2019 08:21 PM (bmdz3)

63 Maud'dib, these were probably 6in at the most.

pan fried over a campfire in a cast iron skillet. They must have been good because 40 years later I can still remember them.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2019 08:22 PM (ZE3T8)

64 In The Old Man and the Sea. With James Whitmore.

Ahem, cough!

Posted by: Spencer Tracy at April 13, 2019 08:22 PM (K22Va)

65 WitchDoktor, take some dramamine ahead of time before you get on the boat. Go slow on the cigars too.

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2019 08:23 PM (qBNEP)

66 Anita Ekberg?

Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 08:24 PM (gJLZZ)

67 Thanks Eromero - I'm ex Navy but not surface fleet. Dramamine, good call.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at April 13, 2019 08:24 PM (syyA2)

68 Out and Back, McGyver? What battalion?

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2019 08:25 PM (qBNEP)

69 Rumor has it that Luca Brasi sleeps with fishes.

Posted by: Fat Clemenza at April 13, 2019 08:25 PM (4knXT)

70

I am currently in Kill Devil Hills, NC. I don't fish but I received an invitation to go out on a "head boat" to catch something. Is it fun? I mainly want to go and smoke cigars while hanging out on the water though, since I know nothing about fishing. Anything I should know or is it best if I hang with the captain and watch?
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at April 13, 2019 08:19 PM (syyA2)
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Go! I've had some amazing charters out of Hatteras. The last was the best. Four of us chartered a boat and motored abut 50 miles offshore to the Gulf Stream. An amazing day on the water. Wahoo, tuna, mahi-mahi and at the end of the day, a 14' long blue marlin (released). A NC citation fish for our pal who reeled it in.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:25 PM (MVjcR)

71 Bartending a sorority party tonight.

This should be fun.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 08:26 PM (gIcXG)

72 No, Ekberg is too course.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 08:26 PM (gJLZZ)

73 I got to scuba dive in the big tank at the Georgia Aquarium with the whale sharks. Went with #2 son because he wanted to go. A very interesting experience, being inside the fishtank instead of on the outside. They take you on a tour all over the big tank, which holds something like 10 million gallons iirc.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 08:28 PM (UdKB7)

74 Some of us spiders enjoy fishing.

Posted by: Dolomedes at April 13, 2019 08:28 PM (aBR7R)

75 Are the Perseids the August meteors? One year I went out on my third floor balcony to see them. I waited a while, then the showers started. At first I was delighted and awestruck. But then I got all choked up and couldn't watch anymore, had to run back inside. I'd suddenly realized how far from home I was.

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2019 08:28 PM (hOfX7)

76 VP-8. Represent! PO2 AW.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at April 13, 2019 08:29 PM (syyA2)

77 Weasel. I'm thinking about the only thing you need now is a squirrel hunt with fried squirrel and biscuits and gravy at the end of it.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2019 08:29 PM (ZE3T8)

78 Thanks Weasel! I think it sounds like fun. I'll accept. Charter leaves on Monday.

Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at April 13, 2019 08:30 PM (syyA2)

79 Looked it up. The big tank at the Georgia Aquarium is 6.5 million gallons.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 08:30 PM (UdKB7)

80 Should look at Don Dickson master class on youtube, how to fish

Posted by: Lord Percy's Cracked Chamber Pot at April 13, 2019 08:30 PM (+hBZ9)

81 I sure hope you like catching white suckers and perch because that's all you'll be seeing.

But I'll be happy to sell you some smoked kokanee fillets later on.

Posted by: Fritz at April 13, 2019 08:31 PM (LuPts)

82 77 Weasel. I'm thinking about the only thing you need now is a squirrel hunt with fried squirrel and biscuits and gravy at the end of it.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 13, 2019 08:29 PM (ZE3T

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That was almost 20 years ago, and I still remember it as one of my best days.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:31 PM (MVjcR)

83 I wanted to go fishing tomorrow morning but we have thunderstorms starting about 8am. Oh well.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 08:32 PM (UdKB7)

84 78 Thanks Weasel! I think it sounds like fun. I'll accept. Charter leaves on Monday.
Posted by: WitchDoktor, as if you give a damn at April 13, 2019 08:30 PM (syyA2)
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Good luck!

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:33 PM (MVjcR)

85 Bartending a sorority party tonight.

This should be fun.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 08:26 PM

It's not nice to tease the Horde.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2019 08:34 PM (Pj/7Q)

86 Bartending a sorority party tonight.

This should be fun.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 08:26 PM (gIcXG)

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Don't let the bottles get knocked over when the big pillow fight starts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 08:35 PM (4knXT)

87 Dear Horde,

I never thought this would happen to me...

-Bitter Clinger

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 08:37 PM (bQ/du)

88 Bartending a sorority party tonight.

This should be fun.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Two words: Body. Camera.

Put it on pr0nhub later.

Posted by: mikeski at April 13, 2019 08:38 PM (P1f+c)

89 'Bartending a sorority party tonight. '

Annnd the thread is off the rails.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 08:39 PM (UdKB7)

90 There are a few fish I was proud to catch. A few four pound large mouth bass on two pound test line. Not a world record but they fought and it took skill not to snap the line.

The best were a couple of snook I caught in Florida by a pier. Snook are powerful fighters for their size and they often hang around barnacle covered pilings. On purpose. They are possessed by the devil and will run your line against the pilings, wrap a line around anything available (the sharper the better), and would bite through the leader if they could. In two years I caught exactly two of them. But it was worth the effort. First there is the satisfaction of defeating their evil possession. Second, they are about the tastiest white-fleshed fish on the planet.

Posted by: JTB at April 13, 2019 08:39 PM (bmdz3)

91 89 'Bartending a sorority party tonight. '

Annnd the thread is off the rails.
Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 08:39 PM (UdKB7)

Called 'chumming the water'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 08:40 PM (bQ/du)

92 Just a different kind of fishing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 08:40 PM (bQ/du)

93 The Hatteras trips notwithstanding, I'll take a day on the Florida flats fishing for reds any day.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:41 PM (MVjcR)

94 I saw the Florida Flats open for Los Lobos at The Palladium in '79.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 08:43 PM (4knXT)

95 90. JTB you could get a guest spot on C2C am with that story: 'How I Survived Attack of Demon Fish'

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2019 08:45 PM (hOfX7)

96 "JTB you could get a guest spot on C2C am with that story: 'How I Survived Attack of Demon Fish'"
-Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2019 08:45 PM (hOfX7)

Just tell Noory that it happened at Mel's Hole. You're a shoe-in, Kid!

Posted by: Slapweasel, White Enthusiast, Town Drunk at April 13, 2019 08:46 PM (Ckg4U)

97 When I was 14 or so my Uncle took us to a place on the Florida Gulf coast ( I don't remember exactly where, in the vicinity of Mexico Beach ) where we could catch Scallops. It was a shallow bay with some weedy grass and you would just walk around until you saw one and grab it. We caught a few buckets full. The meat in them was tiny though and seemed to me hardly worth the effort. That's probably why we didn't go back.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 08:48 PM (UdKB7)

98 I think those fish Gollum was eating were blind catfish.

Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2019 08:48 PM (qBNEP)

99 95 ..."JTB you could get a guest spot on C2C am with that story: 'How I Survived Attack of Demon Fish'"

LOL. The problem is there is no proof of evil. The few that are caught end up on someone's dinner plate. Of course, that might not matter to the C2C audience.

Posted by: JTB at April 13, 2019 08:49 PM (bmdz3)

100 94 I saw the Florida Flats open for Los Lobos at The Palladium in '79.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 08:43 PM (4knXT)
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'79? That was after they sold out to the record label and got all commercial.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:50 PM (MVjcR)

101 All right, this is a fun thread idea.
Nice pics!
Speaking of pike, a while back someone decided to stock CA lakes with them or to accidentally release them, one or the other.
Which led to the poisonings and the draining of said lakes by the state...

Posted by: navybrat, sometime commentater at April 13, 2019 08:50 PM (w7KSn)

102 This is not a fish story but it does involve the killing of a cold-blooded creature. BF saw a coiled up snake outside his garage but it wasn't a typical snake for these parts. It was bright colored and had a flat head. He threw a brick on it then picked it up and threw it on the street so a vehicle would run it over, lol.

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2019 08:51 PM (hOfX7)

103 Lester Flatt > Florida Flats

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 08:51 PM (UdKB7)

104 >> 'How I Survived Attack of Demon Fish'

That would be pretty good, but nothing is ever going to beat Mel's Hole.

Art Bell's ashes should've been dumped, cermonially and with respect of course, into Mel's Hole. As a UFO squadron overflew in the missing alien formation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 13, 2019 08:52 PM (f1Vqw)

105 Flats Domino > Lester Flatt > Florida Flats

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 08:53 PM (4knXT)

106 #14: That's not Michael Jackson, it's me!

Posted by: Toxic Jeff at April 13, 2019 08:53 PM (p47Y4)

107 >>Flats Domino > Lester Flatt > Florida Flats

Brie "Flat Ass" Larson >> all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 13, 2019 08:54 PM (f1Vqw)

108 I used to think it would be cool to fish in the ocean until I went snorkeling and saw what actually swims there. Fvck that, I'll take a lake or small river anytime.

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 08:56 PM (K22Va)

109 'Brie "Flat Ass" Larson >> all'

pfft

Posted by: Flat Rachel Corrie at April 13, 2019 08:56 PM (UdKB7)

110 '79? That was after they sold out to the record label and got all commercial.
Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:50 PM (MVjcR)

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I know, man. Their raw gas station sessions were their best work.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 08:56 PM (4knXT)

111 JTB - the snook habitat reminds me of where tarpon hang out. I have hooked a few but never landed one. It's like catching a truck.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:57 PM (MVjcR)

112 I told BF: 'Listen, your neighborhood is changing. You can't off sneks like that anymore! You got a Desi family next door who thinks their great grandma's spirit resides in that reptile. Then the yuppie on the other side is prolly a PETA fanatic who will report your ass.

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2019 08:57 PM (hOfX7)

113 When I was 14 or so my Uncle took us to a place on the Florida Gulf coast ( I don't remember exactly where, in the vicinity of Mexico Beach ) where we could catch Scallops.

In one of these threads I'll talk about other kinds of fishing like lobstering (which I've done) and raking clams (I have not).

I did catch two scallops once. Was jigging a sabiki rig off the bottom looking to catch bait for trolling and I hooked two scallops. They weren't snagged, that had sought out and hunted the jigs.

It turns out that scallops have a light sensing thing that isn't quite eyes but works.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 08:58 PM (fuK7c)

114 I was just thinking - it was my grandmother who taught me to fish.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:59 PM (MVjcR)

115 It turns out that scallops have a light sensing thing that isn't quite eyes but works.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 08:58 PM

There are supposed to be some pretty good sea scallop beds off Beverly. Never had time to dive them, though. *sigh*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2019 09:00 PM (Pj/7Q)

116 Mmmmm scallops.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 09:01 PM (bQ/du)

117 114 I was just thinking - it was my grandmother who taught me to fish.
Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 08:59 PM (MVjcR)

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Did she teach you the Hail Mary trick?

Posted by: Fredo at April 13, 2019 09:01 PM (4knXT)

118 Mmmmm scallops.

Yeah. The other guy said he wanted to take them home to show his kids. Granted, it was his boat but still...

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 09:02 PM (fuK7c)

119 #101: Same thing in Alaska with illicit stocking of pike crushing the native trout and salmon fisheries in some areas.

Posted by: Toxic Jeff at April 13, 2019 09:02 PM (p47Y4)

120 I have a number of books with fly tying patterns. Beautiful and sometimes rather involved examples. But from my limited experience fly fishing, it seems the simpler, easier to tie patterns are the most effective. I suspect a fly box could be stocked with Wooly Buggers and variations, Elk Hair Caddis, and a couple of dry flies and the fisherman would be set for many types of fish. Just vary the sizes. Of course, salt water is a different matter.

Oh yeah. Add some foam ants and a few gnats.

I don't know if this impression is correct. If it is, it would simplify future tying efforts.

Posted by: JTB at April 13, 2019 09:03 PM (bmdz3)

121 'scallops have a light sensing thing that isn't quite eyes but works.'

They can see you coming and jet off in random directions. That's when you can spot them in the shallow water and catch them if so inclined.

Posted by: Flat Rachel Corrie at April 13, 2019 09:03 PM (UdKB7)

122 I thought scallops came from cookie-punching it out of pieces of swordfish. That's how they did it at the seafood place I used to work at.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 09:03 PM (4knXT)

123 Oops off flattened sock

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:03 PM (UdKB7)

124 I suggested he take the next snek out back and shoot it as long as the noise is suppressed. He said 'naw, I'll just chop its head off with a shovel.'

Posted by: kallisto at April 13, 2019 09:04 PM (hOfX7)

125

Did she teach you the Hail Mary trick?
Posted by: Fredo at April 13, 2019 09:01 PM (4knXT)
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I'm not sure I want to know what that is.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 09:04 PM (MVjcR)

126 #113: I have hauled a few blue crabs bottom fishing with bait. The greedy bastards just won't let go.

Posted by: Toxic Jeff at April 13, 2019 09:04 PM (p47Y4)

127 >>>I wanted to go fishing tomorrow morning but we have thunderstorms starting about 8am. Oh well.<<<

Anytime is a good time to go fishing. The only time you have to worry about lightning is when you're sweeping off the back yard lounge and party deck.

Posted by: Fritz at April 13, 2019 09:05 PM (LuPts)

128 I thought scallops came from cookie-punching it out of pieces of swordfish. That's how they did it at the seafood place I used to work at.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 09:03 PM

Hmm. I always thought they used skate wing for that. I love skate. Beautiful sweet meat.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 13, 2019 09:05 PM (Pj/7Q)

129 I thought scallops came from cookie-punching it out of pieces of swordfish. That's how they did it at the seafood place I used to work at.

I think swordfish is too expensive for that. People do punch out cookie cutters of skate (a ray-like trash fish) and others for fake scallops, but real scallops are a real shellfish.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 09:06 PM (fuK7c)

130 'The only time you have to worry about lightning is when you're sweeping off the back yard lounge and party deck.'

The heck with that. I have been TOO close to enough lightning strikes to know better.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:06 PM (UdKB7)

131 Fake scallops are a scam.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 09:08 PM (4knXT)

132
The heck with that. I have been TOO close to enough lightning strikes to know better.
Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:06 PM (UdKB7)
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I was standing in my garage when the house across the street was hit by lightning. It's loud!

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 09:08 PM (MVjcR)

133 Grew up fishing, floating and camping on the Tippecanoe River. Have caught three species of catfish, pike, largemouth and smallmouth bass, rock bass, striped bass, perch, sunfish, bluegill, dogfish, carp suckers, bullhead, turtles, watersnake, mudpuppy, grey crane, muskrat and a beaver! All on a rod and real and some point in our group of uncles cousins and friends. Oh, and crappie. My uncle was drunk when he caught the beaver and swore it was a platypus. Pretty funny when you are realling in the Big One and it jumps out of the water on the bank and runs through the woods.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at April 13, 2019 09:08 PM (rPa/q)

134 Looks like I am going to be stuck in CHARLOTTE tomorrow. Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2019 09:09 PM (uJ2Eb)

135 134 Looks like I am going to be stuck in CHARLOTTE tomorrow. Sigh
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 13, 2019 09:09 PM (uJ2Eb)

Is she hot?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:09 PM (NWiLs)

136 Did she teach you the Hail Mary trick?
Posted by: Fredo at April 13, 2019 09:01 PM (4knXT)
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I'm not sure I want to know what that is.
Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 09:04 PM (MVjcR)

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Details aren't important. Just make sure Rocco isn't behind you in the boat,

Posted by: Fredo at April 13, 2019 09:09 PM (4knXT)

137 Man there are a lot of legs here.

I'll tell you about it later.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 09:10 PM (gIcXG)

138 I guess the scallops we caught would have been Bay Scallops. Sea scallops are larger.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:10 PM (UdKB7)

139 137 Man there are a lot of legs here.

I'll tell you about it later.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 09:10 PM (gIcXG)

Lucky fargin' bastich.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:10 PM (NWiLs)

140 >
137 Man there are a lot of legs here.

I'll tell you about it later.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13

2 per, yes?

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 09:11 PM (zMvJD)

141 137 Man there are a lot of legs here.

I'll tell you about it later.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 09:10 PM (gIcXG)

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How about arms?

*sob*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 13, 2019 09:12 PM (4knXT)

142 Thought they made scallops with a doughnut cutter and flounder.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 09:12 PM (gJLZZ)

143 137 Man there are a lot of legs here.

I'll tell you about it later.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13, 2019 09:10 PM (gIcXG)

Elbows? I am stuck at normal people work- and the resident busty redhead is off today.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 09:12 PM (bQ/du)

144 137 Man there are a lot of legs here.

I'll tell you about it later.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13

2 per, yes?
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 09:11 PM (zMvJD)

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On average, yes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 09:13 PM (4knXT)

145 144 137 Man there are a lot of legs here.

I'll tell you about it later.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13

2 per, yes?
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 09:11 PM (zMvJD)

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On average, yes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 09:13 PM (4knXT)
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The one legged ones are easier to catch.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 09:14 PM (MVjcR)

146 144 137 Man there are a lot of legs here.

I'll tell you about it later.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at April 13

2 per, yes?
Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 09:11 PM (zMvJD)

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On average, yes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 09:13 PM (4knXT)

Depends on if they allow trannies or not.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:14 PM (NWiLs)

147 I went to a soapbox derby today. Lots of ladies in Summer attire, and far too many tats.

FYI ladies, a big honking tattoo on your thigh is not really a good look.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:14 PM (UdKB7)

148 Hey, that's not a swizzle stick!

Posted by: Sorority Party Girl #6 at April 13, 2019 09:14 PM (4knXT)

149 147 I went to a soapbox derby today. Lots of ladies in Summer attire, and far too many tats.

FYI ladies, a big honking tattoo on your thigh is not really a good look.
Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:14 PM (UdKB7)

They honk? I thought they didn't make any noise at all.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:15 PM (NWiLs)

150 147 I went to a soapbox derby today. Lots of ladies in Summer attire, and far too many tats.

FYI ladies, a big honking tattoo on your thigh is not really a good look.
Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:14 PM (UdKB7)

Depends on the thigh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 09:15 PM (bQ/du)

151 They honk? I thought they didn't make any noise at all.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:15 PM (NWiLs)

The new '4D' tattoos.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 09:15 PM (bQ/du)

152
They honk? I thought they didn't make any noise at all.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:15 PM (NWiLs)

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They do if they're on a boob.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 13, 2019 09:16 PM (4knXT)

153 'They honk? I thought they didn't make any noise at all'

Some are pretty loud.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:16 PM (UdKB7)

154 151 They honk? I thought they didn't make any noise at all.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:15 PM (NWiLs)

The new '4D' tattoos.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 09:15 PM (bQ/du)

Ohhhh. I guess I need to get out more.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:16 PM (NWiLs)

155 FYI ladies, a big honking tattoo on your thigh is not really a good look.
Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:14 PM (UdKB7)

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I make exceptions for the tasteful ones. A portrait of Winston Churchill would be okay.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 13, 2019 09:17 PM (4knXT)

156 I do wish i lived where I could dig clams, grab mussels and scallops live. My grandfather would send my dad to a scuzzy fish shack on 14th and Ashland in Chicago to get us shrimp. For the longest time i thought they got the shrimp from the canal out back.

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 09:17 PM (K22Va)

157 'Depends on the thigh. '

I don't see how it could enhance anyone, from Barbie Benton to Stacy Abrams.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:17 PM (UdKB7)

158 I'm always amazed at the young people working what are probably minimum wage service jobs sporting elaborate tattoos. Hope you enjoy the view from behind the register, kids.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 09:18 PM (MVjcR)

159 157 'Depends on the thigh. '

I don't see how it could enhance anyone, from Barbie Benton to Stacy Abrams.
Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:17 PM (UdKB7)

Eventually it's just going to look like the blue lot markings on a side of beef anyway.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:19 PM (NWiLs)

160
Yep, some thighs are deafening. That's why they're called thunder thighs.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 13, 2019 09:19 PM (f1Vqw)

161 158 I'm always amazed at the young people working what are probably minimum wage service jobs sporting elaborate tattoos. Hope you enjoy the view from behind the register, kids.
Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 09:18 PM (MVjcR)

No shit. Hundreds, thousands of dollars worth of tattoos.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:19 PM (NWiLs)

162 Eventually it's just going to look like the blue lot markings on a side of beef anyway.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:19 PM (NWiLs)

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So plan ahead and get one that says USDA PRIME

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 13, 2019 09:19 PM (4knXT)

163 'Depends on the thigh

I thought those were for a little higher up.

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 09:20 PM (K22Va)

164 160
Yep, some thighs are deafening. That's why they're called thunder thighs.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 13, 2019 09:19 PM (f1Vqw)

Thilence can altho be deafening.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 13, 2019 09:20 PM (NWiLs)

165 Depends on the thigh

I thought those were for a little higher up.
Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 09:20 PM (K22Va)

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The fit leaves something to be desired.

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary! 2016, Who Will Never Be President of the United States at April 13, 2019 09:21 PM (4knXT)

166
Hear the thunder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY1o9igy0a0

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at April 13, 2019 09:23 PM (f1Vqw)

167 Welp, I'm going to get ready to head for bed. Gutfeld is on at 10pm, and WeaselDog likes to jump in and out of bed a half dozen times before she settles down.

Posted by: Weasel at April 13, 2019 09:23 PM (MVjcR)

168 Hey Sugar Daddy, do you party?

Posted by: Spring Break Nymphette at April 13, 2019 09:25 PM (LuPts)

169 Ok back to fishing. Who else her likes the classic Rapala plug? Silver or gold?

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:26 PM (UdKB7)

170 The fit leaves something to be desired.

It's the latest thing. Moo Moo Depends. They'll catch anything you can throw at them!

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 09:28 PM (K22Va)

171 Jeebus! What are the chances my accountants would call me with questions about my return on Saturday night during the fishing thread?? 100% you say? Right you are.

Posted by: Muad'dib at April 13, 2019 09:29 PM (zMvJD)

172 Read tats as: Walk on by.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 09:29 PM (gJLZZ)

173 In California the sturgeon you get to keep have to be between 48" and 72". Too much fishing pressure ...39 million plus millions of illegals.

We need an asteroid strike. For the fish.

Posted by: torabora at April 13, 2019 09:30 PM (dLJjb)

174 One of the reasons I was so anxious to get my back fixed was fishing. Hope to be back on the boat and in the ocean by July. Mostly near shore now but used to do it all. Happy to go to one of the nearby artificial reefs and bucktail for flounder and black bass. Get a bite on every drop.

Posted by: Agitator at April 13, 2019 09:30 PM (m9DnX)

175 She and Isabella favor each other.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 09:30 PM (gJLZZ)

176
I prefer a Princess Plug myself. With diamonds!

Posted by: Mayor Pete(r lover) at April 13, 2019 09:31 PM (f1Vqw)

177 If I go down to our family farm pond early in the morning ( when there's not a thunderstorm going on ) it is almost guaranteed that within 10 casts of a silver Rapala in a likely spot I will snag a largemouth bass over a pound. Sometimes several pounds.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:31 PM (UdKB7)

178 169
Ok back to fishing. Who else her likes the classic Rapala plug? Silver or gold?

Silver, not jointed and the old knives were awesome.

Posted by: dartist at April 13, 2019 09:31 PM (K22Va)

179 175 She and Isabella favor each other.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 09:30 PM (gJLZZ)

Isabella was smokier, IMO.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 09:32 PM (bQ/du)

180 175 She and Isabella favor each other.
Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 09:30 PM (gJLZZ)

Also, it kind of makes sense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 09:32 PM (bQ/du)

181 ONT is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at April 13, 2019 09:33 PM (bQ/du)

182 Hi Freaked. Your "flat Rachel Corrie" is the best sock ever!!

Posted by: jayhawkone at April 13, 2019 09:33 PM (ZD+J8)

183 I don't like the jointed ones either. 4 or 5 inch floater is adequate. All the other fancy colors don't seem to make a difference either.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:33 PM (UdKB7)

184 OT for native Californians, reflections:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqWt49o7R-k

Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 09:34 PM (gJLZZ)

185 Tats don't bother me as long as they're not like frigging billboards, are done really good, aren't something stupid, and aren't in a stupid location.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 13, 2019 09:35 PM (9Om/r)

186 Thanks jayhawkone. I couldn't have done it without the horde.

Posted by: freaked at April 13, 2019 09:35 PM (UdKB7)

187 Like anal tats. You don't see 'em until it's too late.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 13, 2019 09:36 PM (gJLZZ)

188 a true phospho story...

In Tongue of the Ocean, bahamas, coming to periscope depth (I was driving, so, first-hand account)

OOD: "No large shapes or AAAAHH HOLY SHIT I CAN'T SEE I'M FARKING BLIND!!!!!!!"

the qm took the con and we went on up while somebody scrambled to find an ood, that one being, uhm, blind.

Our off the cuff analysis, after eliminating russians, aliens, venus or the moon, was:

a jellyfish splattered itself all over the periscope head window.

Good times.

Posted by: Gooshy at April 13, 2019 09:36 PM (BLjJ7)

189 It's a different kind of fishing, altogether.

Posted by: Burger Chef at April 13, 2019 09:37 PM (RuIsu)

190 Toxic Jeff, that's a monster you caught!

I am a native of Chiriqui and many of my relatives fish/ed Boca Chica a lot.
My uncle had a big roosterfish ---not as big as yours --- mounted in his study and it scared me silly when I was a little girl.
I think one of my brothers told me that the fish shot poison through the combs. Anyway, I believed that!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 13, 2019 09:37 PM (Rxduq)

191 Dump the fuck out of those fucking illegals in San Fran, Seattle, and NYC.

Posted by: logprof at April 13, 2019 09:40 PM (XAYDB)

192 "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he can eat for a lifetime. Buy fish at the supermarket and you can avoid all the hassle to begin with."

Posted by: qdpsteve at April 13, 2019 09:41 PM (miE9U)

193 Another fire on the water story. One night I was bringing the kids home and it was raining these big drops but not very many. It was really an odd rainfall.

We walked around the back of the dark house to look at the canal and every time one of these freakish drops hit the water, it lit up with the glow like a ghostly green star that faded away. There were hundreds of these lights appearing and disappearing in the water as far as the eye could see.

The kids were in a hurry to get in to play video games but when they saw this they just stared, wordless, for what must have been five minutes.

It was probably the most miraculous thing that I ever have seen and I'm sure it was for them too. Video games could wait while we all stared in awe at something we knew we would probably never see again, it was so intensely beautiful.

They still tell there friends the story, many years later.
I can still see it perfectly in my minds eye. Thanks God.

Posted by: pawn at April 13, 2019 10:26 PM (dPTGY)

194 I can still see it perfectly in my minds eye. Thanks God.

Awesome!

Posted by: Bandersnatch at April 13, 2019 10:31 PM (fuK7c)

195 68 Out and Back, McGyver? What battalion?
Posted by: Eromero at April 13, 2019 08:25 PM (qBNEP)
Got busy. Not w/the Army Nat'l Guard. I'm teaching a class in Computer Security at the CRTC to some contract IA folks that work for the ANG

Sorry for being late answering

McGyver, Out

Posted by: McGyver at April 13, 2019 10:36 PM (gMngZ)

196 My favorite aunt and I were night fishing off a dock in far north Wisconsin circa 1971. The sky was weird, white like it was cloudy, almost like the line of a storm. You could still see stars. City kid that I was, I had no idea what I was looking at. My aunt told me it was the Milky Way. The only time in my life I have seen it.

Posted by: Gem at April 13, 2019 11:02 PM (XoAz8)

197 Hope this works

Posted by: Drewbicle at April 13, 2019 11:25 PM (3fVZC)

198 #190 Margarita DeVille:

Love Boca Chica. Check out the Seagull Resort-I highly recommend it. Fantastic cabins on the pacific, great food, not too expensive, etc. We're going back this September for tuna fishing..

Posted by: Toxic Jeff at April 13, 2019 11:44 PM (p47Y4)

199 Watching blue whales GLOW as they passed back and forth beneath our boat.

Flying in the middle of a pod of over 1,000 Pacific Common Dolphin while laying in the submerged observation cupola of a high speed catamaran...

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at April 14, 2019 01:08 AM (+wjl1)

200 Fishing with my best friend forever in Oregon, she never let me forget that shit flied back in my face. Good Times

Posted by: Summer of Love at April 14, 2019 02:42 AM (FJrl0)

201 Went fly fishing last Saturday at a small pond and swamp area with my two grandson's. We caught Bream and Crappie none big enough to keep and the youngest Grandson went swimming.Great time!

Posted by: obsidian at April 14, 2019 10:21 AM (7+yqP)

202 The one where I wish I had a picture would be the first fish I caught on a fly I had tied. It may have been a world record tiny bluegill."
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You DO know that bluegill will take a bare hook, right??? Guess their little fish brains think its tiny, weird worm!

Posted by: Old Codger at April 14, 2019 11:16 AM (HvZln)

203 "Wild brookies are among the prettiest things in the world. I caught this."
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The tiniest brookie puts up a more exhilarating fight than the usual brown trout!

Every decent-sized brown (20+ inches) I've managed to land, I initially cursed as a "snag"----thinking it would lead only to a broken line/lost lure or fly!

Posted by: Old Codger at April 14, 2019 11:22 AM (HvZln)

204 I once went on a fishing cruise out of Hampton Beach, NH. It was about twenty guys and one young gal. We guys caught mostly dogfish, which are inedible.

But she came home with a red snapper.

Posted by: Noam Sayen at April 14, 2019 12:58 PM (ooMrJ)

205 Go Fishing and drive the idiots from PETA crazy

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at April 15, 2019 05:31 PM (wGqjj)

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