I got to go fishing

[steplift20]

Did you see the price of fresh fish lately? Whoa I gotta go.

[Giorgio]

Oh yeah, this is where I really miss my boat and really am pissed I can't fish any longer. All of you listen to me
GO CATCH SOME FISH and that's an ORDER
G

[oteps]

I was down at Indian River inlet this past weekend. There is a beached whale there. Maybe get a fillet or 2?
Everyone there was blaming it on the subsonic sonar crap they use to find bedrock when they put up windmills. Happened sunday, news said it died monday night but also said it was a mature 50 ft whale. My calibrated eye says 25 ft.

[Giorgio]

Could be, could be, check out the picture???

[scook]

Speaking of fishing, I know there’s not much talk about fresh water species here, but do any of you guys ever fish for Crappie?

A buddy here fishes just about everything that swims here and says they’re very sweet and good eating. We had a no bite Salmon day on the Willamette River (runs through western Oregon and through Portland before entering the Columbia) last week. Also made an attempt at Crappie, but didn’t find any schools and came up empty for the day.

We’re checking reports and planning to go again when conditions look right.

[phatdaddy]

Not a big fan of fresh water fishing, too many stumps & snakes. Crappie is very mild soft meat, i d rather eat bream.

Cajuns call them sac-o-lait, means bag of milk because the meat is so white.

I do like to fly fish in fresh water

[scook]

One thing we don’t have to worry about west of the mountains in the Pacific NW is snakes - that would definitely put me off.

I’m not much of a hand at fly casting, but enjoy trying. I’ve gone to British Columbia, Kamloops lakes area a few years with my fishing buddy, got some good practice in and had some epic days dragging leach patterns in smallish lakes. We use small inflatables with flipper or oar power and have hit one lake, two lines in the water and lots of time both going off, clear one, throw it back and it’s going off while cleaning the other. The eagles have learned to watch fishermen, and I had one stolen complete with the fly, about 3’ from me.

I do envy how many species you guys have in the east - with the diminished Salmon runs here, I’m working on targeting more species. Fishing’s nice, but catching is better.

[phatdaddy]

I m not very good at fly fishing,mostly sit on a kayak and roll cast. We use floating rubber bugs, look like water spiders.

[scook]

Had to laugh - the roll cast is definitely my friend. I think if I could get the timing into muscle memory, or loosen up and learn to feel the rod load on the back cast, I’d do a lot better. For me, I think it’s one of those automatic “try harder” things that makes it worse.

[oteps]

Im not good at fly fishing. Someone gave me an old bamboo fly rod. Maybe im afraid of breaking it.

[scook]

Well, I went Crappie fishing Thursday with an old friend that I met in 7th grade. He’s done a lot of all kinds of fishing and we came back with 7 Crappie and one Blue Gill, so my wife and I cooked up 4 Crappie for dinner. I only caught one Crappie, but we split the catch down the middle. Had a good day on the water and the fish were very good - they grew up in cold water - were firm and sweet.

I thought someone posted a really simple way to paste photos directly into posts, without having to upload into another site first. Was that you, Blue, or does anyone recall the post?

[phatdaddy]

Glad u got to go and bring home some supper. one of the guys i fish with was in little league with me. Nice having OLD friends like that.

If u want i can PM u my email and I ll post them for u

[Pipe_Dream]

Got to go fishing? Seems like I've heard that somewhere before . . .





Oh yeah!



Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
You've seen it all, you've seen it all

Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
And in your belly, you hold the treasures few have ever seen
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream

Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late

I've done a bit of smugglin', and I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last

And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin'
Down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends, just a few friends

And I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day
Still could manage to smile
Just takes a while, just takes a while

Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found
My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around
And I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown

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[Pipe_Dream]

I can relate. I can hardly find the time to fish. Maybe when I retire . . .

[Pipe_Dream]

Friends fishing off of Marathon yesterday hauled in a "square grouper!" It was waterlogged and after snapping a few pics they left it. True catch and release.

:beer:

[scook]

Thanks Phat - that would be great

[phatdaddy]

PM sent, I think

[scook]

Got it - Thanks. Emailed a couples of photos this morning.

[phatdaddy]

https://i.imgur.com/yMc6hlYh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6nFtnlOh.jpg

Nice Catch, couldn t get the cat to pose for me

[Giorgio]

Nice bunch of Crappies, :nice:I think, not a fresh water guy, but I see you have been talking about them so I used common sense, :you:which is hard to find today, so all I have to say now is this!!! What's the sense of posting these pictures, without your star, THE CAT!!!!:you: Well done.
G

[scook]

G - It was just too far to drive from Oregon to Florida to borrow Phat’s cat.

Thank you very much Phatdaddy for posting my pics - you’re definitely a main brother here.

[Giorgio]

SC, sorry I thought the pictures were Phats, because at the end of the pictures, he said, sorry I couldn't get the cat to pose. Hope you enjoyed them.
G

[phatdaddy]

no problem,scook. Any more just send em to me.

As far as the cat, I will be glad ship him to you.

[scook]

G - they were good, but will be better next time, now that we know better how to cook them. Hotter pan, crisp up the skin but don’t over cook the meat - we didn’t over cook, but didn’t get the skin right.

Phat, I’m more of a dog guy, though dogless now. You catch a lot more fish, so I’m sure the cat is much happier with you, and there’s all that training it has invested:haha: