Local Fishing Thread

[Geary]

That shredded flesh reminds me of what I saw the other day at our local beach. A couple long distance swimmers were working out, when one had both feet chomped (ripping his left foot off completely) by a large Tiger shark. Ugly.

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[mikester]

Thank you Capt. Buzz Kill!

Anyway...

The seal got to it before it was visible to me from the boat. When the Bonita hit my line it hit hard and fast and I was hoping so much it was a yellow tail. It was putting up a nice fight and may be one of the biggest Bonita I've ever caught but as I was bringing it in and probably just past visual range in the water it felt like god grabbed my line and gave it a tug. Drag meant nothing...line was spooling out quickly and I couldn't even turn the crank. Finally I was able to turn it again but this happened easily two more times.

Then I got it within visual and I could see the silver of the fish and a huge green/brown blob right behind it.

The seal. I seemed to have gotten his fish so I threw it back to him.

Caught a few other nice sized Bonito and took home half a yellow tail I split with the buddy I went out with. Had some tonight and it was amazing!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by NotaBRG

Found this old 'fishing' picture of me from somewhere around 1972.

"Fishin' the Mason Jar Reservoir as a boy...."

I did catch a couple of bass yesterday....no pics....ruins the lies

[targa911S]

Brown Trout. Caught in a creek 10 minutes from my house. It was about 21"

[porsche4life]

Nice!

[72doug2,2S]

More fresh water shore fishing last night.

[KFC911]

^^^ Nice

[berettafan]

Went rockfishing Sunday. Rare that we didn't have a screen looking like this...

[VincentVega]

where were you fishing?

[72doug2,2S]

Snook

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by VincentVega

where were you fishing?

Tangier Sound around the river mouths. Lots of 17-19" fish but we happened on a massive school (the screen was almost entirely giant red arches) of 22-25" fish on our way back to the ramp.

I'm told they are thick in the coastal bays as well.

[VincentVega]

cool, thanks!

thats a haul for me. looks like good fishing

[targa911S]

My sister and I bagged these two big boys last month..caught a smaller brown and a big Brookie as well.

Probably a six pounder

Shari's was huge.

[berettafan]

Man those are monsters! Used to trout fish with a little 4 weight around Thurmont, Md. loved it.


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[targa911S]

I actually caught that brownie on a 3 WT.. it took a while to get her to the net. Yeah I put her back..

[berettafan]

my favorite fly was the very simple to tie bead head nymph. still have a nice renzetti vice and lots of materials.

[targa911S]

I could see that brown close to shore about 30 feet out. Just laying there breathing, waiting. I threw a couple of different wooly buggers at her...nothing. Threw an elk hair Caddis...nothing. So I threw a blue wing olive so it rested on the bank. I let it sit there for a minute and hopped it into the water. She exploded on it. The rest is history. Took a while after I put her back for my adrenaline levels to return to normal.

[meal5]

It makes hooking into any fish exciting.

[ledhedsymbols]

It has to stay at the top of the board until 1:00 this afternoon, but I am currently at the top of the standings for one of the major local fishing derbies! It's a REALLY big fish for this time of year.

[KFC911]

The clock moved forward 1 hour..so somebody's lookin' out for ya....nice!