And the local catfish

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STRIPEAHH off Pt Judith RI a few years back :D
It was too big to do the "hold it at arms length so it looks bigger for the camera" pose. ;)

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Everyday after work

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You dog!

I'll be there with you in just two years :D I'm doing a real estate search trip in a couple weeks for canal front property in the Tampa/Tarpon Springs area, then heading up to John's and James Islands in SC for waterfronts. My wife wants SC, I want Gulf. My dream is to walk out on my own dock to fish and paddle board everyday.

Whooo, awesome.

You should come to New Zealand sometime. We have this place called Lake Taupo and the Tongariro River that have the meanest trout around :D

I would LOVE to fish New Zealand. I've a couple friends who did in the navy, and they had nothing but wonderful things to say about the whole place. They said the fishing was fantastic and the climate beautiful.


Maybe for the wife and I on our 10th anniversary.... That gives me a couple years to plot.

Caught this Walleye about 20 minutes North of here in the Red River. The river flows thru the city, but the big Walleye are North of a dam. It was 15 lbs 4 oz.

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a day of Crappie fishing last spring. Me with a good sized one for NY.
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So tonight while I'm fishing this snake moves right from beneath my shoes into the water and just stays there. It's a big snake and I'm surprised, but I manage to snap a photo. I'm just hoping it wasn't a moccasin. Looks like a banded water snake.


I had to fiddle with the color so you could see the thing, sorry about the orange water.

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Cheers Craig!

I got lucky to find work in SWFL where everybody is retiring. This economy has not been good for many years.

Now I'm debating kayak vs paddle board, vs boat.

I do most of my fishing standing anyway.

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That's gonna be me!

Looks like a hoot. We've got guys around here that tow salmon flies behind their ocean kayaks.

Every odd year here, the pink salmon show up by the millions and it's a riot on a fly rod!

This is me salmon fishing too.

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Nice! Columbia river?

I tried pulling a plastic swim bait behind my SUP and all I caught was a stinky mackerel. I had to finish the last hour of the paddle smelling that damned thing. Took two weeks to get the smell out of my paddle handle. Our West Coast mackerel are different than the East Coast. Only good purpose is catfish bait.

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I used to do this right from the beach by my house and bring back nice halibut and sea bass…But gave it up after being sniffed and bumped buy a 300 lbs mako shark. :eek:

I went back two or three times afterward, but never could get comfortable again. When a harbor seal almost gave me a heart attack, I said "no mas". Plus…its CHEATING!

BTW…The fish on the deck is a 67lbs white seabass :D

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It'll be in salt water at the end of July. Fresh water starting mid August. PM me, I'll teach you some sure fire techniques to catch humpies until you are done catching humpies.

I should be able to run up the Snohomish with you if you want. We do a "Snoopy Pole" derby every other year when they run. The rules are simple. Respool with whatever you want, but it must be a character rod and it must cost less than $25.


2013 Champ.... My buddy Mark with a hot humpy on his princess special.
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Tonight's catch. It was a cold 71 degrees tonight.

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Lake Benmore, Otago, New Zealand. It's a man made hydro dam.

I'm just sitting here watching the snow melt knowing I'll be fishing the big pond (Atlantic) three weeks from today out of St. Augustine. Didn't even get her out on the water last year so she's up for sale in a few weeks after owning her 25+ years.

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Of course I still have this to fall back on (one of several I own or have access too) :p


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Always using artificial lures on an assortment of spinning/baitcasting reels....pond is slammed full of 1-2lb bass and nice crappie....the double digit bass were "taken" (and probably eaten) some years back :(. Have fun guys...I can't wait...three weeks and counting....