For those with a fishing fever...

[Beej]

This past weekend (a week ago I mean) I was up in Northern Saskatchewan doing a little fishing on a few of the over 150000 lakes. Five of us in the boat, our best day was 130 landed between us. Mostly Walleye, but a few Perch and Northern Pikes (Jackfish). Lots of just jigging, but we trolled a few dozen miles each day too. If you ever want more fish than you know what to do, go up to Lac La Ronge or the Churchilll River...

Riverfever would have had a steaming woody seven feet long...

:D

[riverfever]

Funny...we have 2 roads that leave town here. Both lead to an excellent section of the river. Due to the recent rains, several sections of one road were washed out and are supposed to be shut down for 3-4 months now. So...I think I am going to focus on my still water fishing for a bit. Today I was doing some research on techniques for targeting Pike with a fly. Never heard them called jackfish but I've never even caught one. I'll be on one of the reservoirs all day tomorrow trying my hand. Anyway...a lot of the websites I found while searching were Canadian based. It is one of my dreams to fish some of the water up there. I have heard amazing things about the trout, pike, and smallmouth bass up that way. Sounds like you had a kick a$$ time Beej. Did you manage any pictures?

God I love to fish. The Dept. of Wildlife wants you to kill the Pike you catch from where I'm going tomorrow. I can't do it. Even though they fawk with my beloved trout...I can't kill them. I've heard they are very good to eat though. Did you guys eat any? Any tips on preparing them?

[CanMan]

Aren't Pike and tiger musky closly related? We got some musky here in a lake locally, and when I land one, I want to know how to cook it? Any pix X2?

[riverfever]

I thought I read something today that said that, although they look very similar, they are not related. I've never seen either of them for myself. The pics of the two sure make them look like family.

Come on already Beej.

[Beej]

I called the Walleye "walleye" for your benefit, up here we usually call them Pickerel, but I think the proper term is Walleye. Jack is a Canadian term I guess. They are a wicked fish to fish. They fight like a hot damn, sometimes a three pounder can feel like you're hauling in a 10 pound salmon. They can take 20 to 30 minutes to land depending on the time of day (lazy in the daytime but vicious at dawn and in the late evening). They can break strong test line easily due to their jillions of tiny razor sharp teeth. They taste great but man are they bony. You have to eat them in small pieces due to the possibility of choking. Kind of a greasy meat, but very flavourful.

We always pull off the lake or river for a shore lunch or two depending on the fishing. My preference is to bring with me a simple breaded crumb mixture in a ziploc bag with lots of spices, corn meal and bread crumbs. After I clean them, I toss the fillets in the bag, give them a good shake up and fry em on an oiled pan with a lid. I throw in a few spoonfuls of water, throw on the lid and do a steam/fry. Two minutes per side, and you got a delicious fish meal. A buddy of mine likes them raw too, he balls up rice and brings it with wasabi and soy sauce and has a little sushi on the boat. Funny as hell, and even though I like sushi, I won't eat them that way! I''ll get up some pics here as soon as the old man emails them to me...

Good times.

[riverfever]

I do not know how to clean a fish.

[Sniggs]

If you ever want to try Flyfishing on the Snake River or the Clearwater near Lewiston, Idaho/Clarkston, Washington area let me know. I know a guy that's a guide and will take you on the BEST drift boat fly fishing trip.
GREAT Vacation in 2004!

[CanMan]

I do not know how to clean a fish.

Huh? Sarcasm? :dunno:

[Beej]

Here's a few. He's going to email a few more tomorrow. I'll put them up then...

Nephew with little Jack:
http://i6.tinypic.com/1zgffk2.jpg

Fish a fryin:
http://tinypic.com/1zgfhuh.jpg

Shot of the boat on the side of the lake during a shore lunch:
http://i6.tinypic.com/1zgfitk.jpg

[riverfever]

They are a very pretty fish.


Gauge...no sarcasm dude. I guess it's the Buddha in me. I can't take a life.

[CanMan]

Gauge...no sarcasm dude. I guess it's the Buddha in me. I can't take a life.

Haha, I see. You'd probably be perty pissed if you seen the native rainbow I caught a few years back, that I ate. It was tasty. :)

[ssjkakkarotx]

Ah Fishing my area of expertise. Being from Minnesota I am intimately familiar with Pike. Pike and Musky are related along with the chain pickerel. A Tiger Musky is a hybrid. it's Half pike half musky. They have the pikes aggressiveness and the musky size. I have several good recipes for Pike n Musky if any one wants em.

[riverfever]

I'd be interested in tips on how to clean/prepare them.

I ate a stocker bow about 2 years back and it was the worst meal I've ever had. I was damn guilt ridden. I almost got sick during the meal. I'll never have another trout. I enjoy catching them too much.

[Beej]

Riv:

Give the fish a REALLY hard bash on the top of the head right twixt the eyes. That will kill them quickly. Then on the belly, run your fillet knife up from their asshole to between the gills. The guts and everything will just spill out (along with your vomit you pansy! :D ) Next, cut the head off just behind the gills and the tail from the asshole down. Carefully cut the fish lengthwise in two starting where the head used to be down to the tail. Pull out the spine and you will have two good sized pieces of fish. With a pike you can just cook it skin on and it will come off loosely afterward, or you can carefully shave the skin off. You need a strong and long-bladed VERY sharp filleting knife for Jacks. Note the glove my nephew is wearing. Its a filleting glove and god help ya if you try to grab a Jack without one when its still alive. They are good at taking fingers off!

Tight lines, eh?

[riverfever]

Yeah...I can't do that. I can't hit a fish in the fawkin' head!! You guys are sick. When I cleaned that trout (the ONLY thing I've ever cleaned) an old man instructed me to stick my knife in just like you said. I looked at him like he had 2 heads and he laughed at me. Catch and release is all I know man. I'll bring PB&J I guess.

[ssjkakkarotx]

Beej said it. Fillet em with care. One look into that evil mouth will tell ya why. Teeth beyond number

[Beej]

We usually catch and release about 90% of our fish. We normally only keep what we can eat that day. I almost never bring anything home...

[ssjkakkarotx]

Here is a reason you don't stick you hand inhttp://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h29/ssjkakkarotx/pike_mouth.jpg

[ssjkakkarotx]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h29/ssjkakkarotx/northernpike.jpg

[Lawn Cher']

Ah Fishing my area of expertise. Being from Minnesota I am intimately familiar with Pike. Pike and Musky are related along with the chain pickerel. A Tiger Musky is a hybrid. it's Half pike half musky. They have the pikes aggressiveness and the musky size. I have several good recipes for Pike n Musky if any one wants em.

Don't forget the redfin pickerel, smaller cousin to the chain pickerel but differently colored.

http://floridafisheries.com/images/raverart/Redfin-Pickerel.jpg

[Beej]

Where we go, there are pretty much only the fish listed below:
arctic grayling, burbot, channel catfish, goldeye, largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, perch, rock bass, sturgeon, walleye/sauger/pickerel, and whitefish. Lake trouts of all species are usually available too, although they are generally stocked rather than natural, (I think simply due to historical overfishing and susceptibility to winterkill) : brook, brown, cutthroat, rainbow, splake, tiger trout and Atlantic salmon. You can keep at least two of anything except smallmouth bass and sturgeon. They are catch and release only.

[CRASH]

"I caught you a delicious bass."

Sorry couldn't resist.

We eat a lot of trout all summer long, still it hurts a little every time I whack one betwixt the eyes.

I can arrow deer and slay quail for weeks on end, but killing trout gets me.

[Root Moose]

I can arrow deer and slay quail for weeks on end, but killing trout gets me.

Weird eh?

What was that line? "Eat fish because they don't have any feelings..."

[Beej]

Weird eh?

What was that line? "Eat fish because they don't have any feelings..." Yep. I couldn't kill a mammal or a bird (unless its a goddam deer :gonnablow) but I have no problem with fish. I guess its because I don't really view them as alive in the first place...
:D

[85xjwoody]

I enjoy my fishing in the nice cold air.

Sorry for the big pic. Still cannot resize.

http://i6.tinypic.com/1zl5aj7.jpg

Northern Pike pictured is 37.75" long and 17.5lbs. This past winter we caught one 45" 34lbs. I will see about getting the pictures.

Kim.

[Beej]

Damn, that sucker is HUGE! Biggest one I've ever caught was about 6 pounds...

[riverfever]

Well I spent all day at Spinney Reservoir. I started off with a 1/4oz. Panther Martin and caught some sweet Rainbows. After lunch I targeted Pike and used steel leader and Kastmasters, Red Devils, and big rabbit fur spinners. Notta. Not a damn Pike after about 4 hours of casting. I haven't used a spinning rod in years and now I remember why. It's harder on me than a fly rod. I'm beat. I went back to the Panther Martin in the evening and got 5 more bows the smallest was ~16". I WILL NOT use my spinning gear again. I crimped the barbs on those ghey treble hooks. They do way too much damage to the trout.
B/c I was so tired, I left my backpack in the Jeep this evening. My last fish was a 20 incher and she was hooked bad. I went to grab my forceps and they were still with my pack in the Jeep. My options were to cut the line or get back to shore and run to the Jeep. I thought her chances were better if I ran back. I revived that fish for 20 minutes. She didn't make it. The whole ordeal was very tough on her. I feel like absolute sh!t. I can't tolerate sloppy fawking ethics from other anglers. Now I am the guilty one. I know better than to be unprepared.
Now you see why I can't clean/gut a fish. I struggle enough with a bad hook. You just don't get THAT bad of a hook with a size 24. I left right after that happened. I don't know how you guys do it.

-river

[Beej]

Cripes riv, you just left her there dead? Oh the poor thing. You are evil, man...

:D Just playin.

I too feel all guilty taking their lives. That's why I eat them, at least they aren't wasted then. Along the lines of historical hunter-gatherers, I also apologize to them for taking their life, thank them for their meat and their fight and then kill them very quickly so they don't suffer. I'm not a huge fan of livewells, I've seen more than a few die in them over the years.

Sorry you lost her, but that would have been the perfect opportunity to learn to clean a fish...

[riverfever]

Minimum size is 21" and I don't think I coulda stretched her. I thought about it for a second though but I've never done it before man. As bad as I feel now...I woulda choked on a bone for sure.

[Beej]

That's a bummer. Oh well, there's always tomorrow...

[BSD]

Beej, that is a nice picture of you holding the fish on the first page.

RiverFever, I'm like you. I will catch and release all day long. Yep, big ol' dripping vagina between my legs. Two weeks I go backpacking and climbingin the Winds. The fishing in the alpine lakes is tremendous. Going to try for some Goldens. I can barely wait.

BSD

[riverfever]

Beej, that is a nice picture of you holding the fish on the first page.

RiverFever, I'm like you. I will catch and release all day long. Yep, big ol' dripping vagina between my legs. Two weeks I go backpacking and climbingin the Winds. The fishing in the alpine lakes is tremendous. Going to try for some Goldens. I can barely wait.

BSD


I'm OK with it really. For me...I think the coolest part of each fish is holding them in the water and making sure they are OK and then watching them slip through my hands. That is a sacred moment.

Hope you have fun on your trip. How long are you going to be gone?

[BSD]

I will be gone for two weeks. Ten of those days will be spent backpacking and climbing. Of course, fishing every day. I will post some pics when I get back. Of course, a couple days after I get back I have to start going back to the office......aaagggghhhhh.
BSD

[CRASH]

I don't know how you guys do it.

-river


Maybe cause I'm a fisheries biologist. You kill a lot of individual fish while trying to save a species.

[riverfever]

In that sense I can appreciate the act. I'm not an idiot...really...I know that harvesting fish has it's merits just as harvesting elk and rabbit do. I don't want this to head in that direction. I just can't do it.

Now the reservoir I was at yesterday is being plagued by the Pike. They are doing serious damage to the trout pop. The DOW is requesting that all anglers harvest the Pike. I'd love to try some.

I thought of doing a career change when I moved to CO and looked the direction you're in. If I was privy to the information that you have and benefitted from the training and knowledge, I'm sure I would be different. When my cousin hunts, he pays very close attention to info. from the DOW about what the specifics are on the intended species. If one sex is becoming overly problematic, he targets it. When he hunts white tail, he's not going for a trophy buck every year. In fact he hasn't in years b/c the doe are so numerous. He has my respect.

One of my students hunts a lot with his father. At the end of the year, his dad told me to swing by the house. When I did, he had a cooler of elk steaks and venison waiting for me. What a treat. Another parent hunts a lot as well and is just beginning to fly fish. I've been showing him some things on the water and he is going to take me out this fall when he scouts locations and calls the bulls. He said I'll get some great pics b/c he'll call them in close enough. That's all I could do. A book I read said you are born a hunter or not. I'm not.

[CRASH]

A book I read said you are born a hunter or not. I'm not.


I'll agree with that.

My dad loves to fish for trout. However, he keeps just about every trout over 14 inches (up to the legal limit). He loves to bring something home, it's his way of showing accomplishment, and he eats all of them.

He doesn't hunt at all, can't do it, loves the furry little critters.

Everyones got a different set of ethics when it comes to killing. I can kill anything, but I feel worse about some critters. Doesn't stop me, just makes me ponder a bit.......

[riverfever]

Crash, what's the typical setting of your day? Are you in a hatchery or in the field mostly?

[CRASH]

I haven't been in the field for about 6 years. I do politics now, so I type a lot, do a ton of legislative stuff, and try and help build actual infrastructure that helps restore fishery resources (mostly salmon and steelhead.)

Being a web-biologist is almost as good as being a web-wheeler!

[IH8RDS]

Here's acouple I caught off the coast of Florida. The first is a Bonita and the second is a Jack( probibly a different kind of jack)

http://www.dso4x4.com/ih8rds/Stuff/Bonita.JPG

http://www.dso4x4.com/ih8rds/Stuff/jackfish.JPG

[Lawn Cher']

Well I spent all day at Spinney Reservoir...

Like I said previously, Matt, Justin and I targeted the pike there with big flashy lures and landed rainbows instead. Released them unharmed, and man was that fun. If I ever make it back I'll consider bringing the Jeep and the canoe so we can cover more water.

[85xjwoody]

I just dug this picture up from last year for another thread so I figured I would drag this thread back up and post it here also. Ice fishing is so much fun and sounds so good right now with the temperature outside at 101. Enjoy.

http://i7.tinypic.com/21lj14z.jpg

45" 29lbs Northern Pike

Kim.

[riverfever]

Excellent fish Kim. I'd love to hook into that with an 8 wt. Nicely done.

[92AKXJ]

riverfever - I think you'd have fun with an 8 wt and some rabbit fur leeches, big hair mice and poppers for northerns. Topwater pike and muskies are awesome. Follows will make you poop yourself.

[riverfever]

Dude...I've always heard that and try as I may I just can't seem to connect. I've heard it described EXACTLY like that...to expect poop on the follows. As you probably know...casting an 8wt and big leeches is demanding work. It's tough when you come up trumps. For a short bit, I actually stopped hitting the moving water and targeting trout to specifically pursue the northerns that are wiping out the trout in one of our reservoirs. I haven't even seen one yet. I just look for grass and cast to it and strip it like a baitfish that's trippin' out.

[Fish'nCarz]

I'd be interested in tips on how to clean/prepare them.

I ate a stocker bow about 2 years back and it was the worst meal I've ever had. I was damn guilt ridden. I almost got sick during the meal. I'll never have another trout. I enjoy catching them too much.
Do what I do and just eat brookies. They are char, not trout!

And, they are the bluegill of the clan. They breed like mad, don't get very big, and taste great. Not as good as perch or Walleye, but great!

With pike, there is a 'y' bone on the side. Best to make four fillets, two from each side. They are good from cold water, but not so much in the heat of summer, just like crappie.

[Fish'nCarz]

Dude...I've always heard that and try as I may I just can't seem to connect. I've heard it described EXACTLY like that...to expect poop on the follows. As you probably know...casting an 8wt and big leeches is demanding work. It's tough when you come up trumps. For a short bit, I actually stopped hitting the moving water and targeting trout to specifically pursue the northerns that are wiping out the trout in one of our reservoirs. I haven't even seen one yet. I just look for grass and cast to it and strip it like a baitfish that's trippin' out.
Have you read John Gierach on fishing for Pike? He makes the point that they are the only fish he knows of named for a medeval weapon.

[85xjwoody]

People who have never been ice fishing need to give it a try. There is just something about using 40lb black nylon line and being able to set the hook with your hands, fighting them, and trying to get them to come through a 7" circular hole. Great times!

Kim.

[Fish'nCarz]

People who have never been ice fishing need to give it a try. There is just something about using 40lb black nylon line and being able to set the hook with your hands, fighting them, and trying to get them to come through a 7" circular hole. Great times!

Kim.
And fish never taste better than when they come through the ice. Don't know why, but there's a delicacy and succulence to the meat at that time of year that is unique.

[riverfever]

Have you read John Gierach on fishing for Pike? He makes the point that they are the only fish he knows of named for a medeval weapon.

I have not read that book but I'll look into it. I've still got about 2 weeks left before I need to be back at work. I may get after them again. They kinda got me down and I said screw it.

The browns will spawn in mid to late september and then we have the salmon run until the end of november. I fish about 5 nights each week when the salmon run for about a month and a half (from 4 until about 8 usually). I am the only one on the water after dark and just let it drift until I feel a bump and then it's on. I am so addicted I fish for those nasty looking things with a damn headlamp. I can't stop man.

[riverfever]

People who have never been ice fishing need to give it a try. There is just something about using 40lb black nylon line and being able to set the hook with your hands, fighting them, and trying to get them to come through a 7" circular hole. Great times!

Kim.

I know and I've heard that from tons of dudes. I just have a real hard time putting down the fly rod. I'm sure it's insane and I'm missing the boat.

[Fish'nCarz]

I have not read that book but I'll look into it. I've still got about 2 weeks left before I need to be back at work. I may get after them again. They kinda got me down and I said screw it.

The browns will spawn in mid to late september and then we have the salmon run until the end of november. I fish about 5 nights each week when the salmon run for about a month and a half (from 4 until about 8 usually). I am the only one on the water after dark and just let it drift until I feel a bump and then it's on. I am so addicted I fish for those nasty looking things with a damn headlamp. I can't stop man.

John Gierach books got you down?! When I can't go fishing they are the next best thing!

Are those kokonee Salmon outa 11 Mile reservoir?

[Fish'nCarz]

I know and I've heard that from tons of dudes. I just have a real hard time putting down the fly rod. I'm sure it's insane and I'm missing the boat.

Just stand back 45 feet and cast nymphs at the hole.

[riverfever]

John Gierach books got you down?! When I can't go fishing they are the next best thing!

Are those kokonee Salmon outa 11 Mile reservoir?

I have no experience with his books. It's the northerns that had me down. Way down.

[XJ20]

Well I spent all day at Spinney Reservoir. I started off with a 1/4oz. Panther Martin and caught some sweet Rainbows. After lunch I targeted Pike and used steel leader and Kastmasters, Red Devils, and big rabbit fur spinners. Notta. Not a damn Pike after about 4 hours of casting. I haven't used a spinning rod in years and now I remember why. It's harder on me than a fly rod. I'm beat. I went back to the Panther Martin in the evening and got 5 more bows the smallest was ~16". I WILL NOT use my spinning gear again. I crimped the barbs on those ghey treble hooks. They do way too much damage to the trout.
B/c I was so tired, I left my backpack in the Jeep this evening. My last fish was a 20 incher and she was hooked bad. I went to grab my forceps and they were still with my pack in the Jeep. My options were to cut the line or get back to shore and run to the Jeep. I thought her chances were better if I ran back. I revived that fish for 20 minutes. She didn't make it. The whole ordeal was very tough on her. I feel like absolute sh!t. I can't tolerate sloppy fawking ethics from other anglers. Now I am the guilty one. I know better than to be unprepared.
Now you see why I can't clean/gut a fish. I struggle enough with a bad hook. You just don't get THAT bad of a hook with a size 24. I left right after that happened. I don't know how you guys do it.

-river

I’m back from five days on the San Juan, five days on the upper Rio and then five days in Ouray for a full size jeep invasion. I still have fly-fishing and jeeping on the brain. I read this whole thread and it was quite civil considering the mix. Next time you forget your forceps you can use any twig laying on the ground with a Y and run it down the tippet and wah-la, out pops the hook. I also simply cut the tippet three inches from the mouth of the fish and let it go. The hook and line will be gone in a few days.

[Fish'nCarz]

I have no experience with his books. It's the northerns that had me down. Way down.
He live's up in Boulder County, and is one of the best fly fishing authors alive right now. You should check out his stuff. He writes the back page for Fly Rod and Reel magazine as well.

Have a look at this link.

http://bluequillangler.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/booksVideos3.html

[riverfever]

I’m back from five days on the San Juan, five days on the upper Rio and then five days in Ouray for a full size jeep invasion. I still have fly-fishing and jeeping on the brain. I read this whole thread and it was quite civil considering the mix. Next time you forget your forceps you can use any twig laying on the ground with a Y and run it down the tippet and wah-la, out pops the hook. I also simply cut the tippet three inches from the mouth of the fish and let it go. The hook and line will be gone in a few days.

Thanks for the advice. At the time, I was about 200 yards out in the water. My Jeep was parked right at the bank. I'm also aware that hooks rust and fall out. I honestly thought she faired a better chance with it out of her for good. I fawked up. It's the first fish I know that I've killed. As bad as I felt about it...it's a pretty good record considering the numbers of fish I catch throughout the year.

Also...a 1/4 oz treble hook is NOT going to be gone in a few days. On both the San Jaun and Rio, they use much larger hooks than we can ever get away with up here. I don't think I've caught anything on the South Platte with a fly larger than a 22. If it had been a 22 or 24 I wouldn't have thought twice about it.

[XJ20]

I was on the tail water at Navajo Dam. Nothing bigger than a size 24 midge there. On the upper Rio nothing smaller than a size 16 dry. After five days of tying midges with optics it was a pleasure to fish the rio. I could tie a size 16 ehc on a tippet blindfolded. http://www.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/tipshades.gif

[riverfever]

I was on the tail water at Navajo Dam. Nothing bigger than a size 24 midge there. On the upper Rio nothing smaller than a size 16 dry. After five days of tying midges with optics it was a pleasure to fish the rio. I could tie a size 16 ehc on a tippet blindfolded. http://www.dakotacom.net/~jeepster/tipshades.gif

I just got sprung when you said tailwater at Navajo.

LOL.....that's funny. The worst is tying on flies that small in the winter. Tough enough when it's warm out. Sometimes I feel like it takes me 15 minutes to tie on a fly when it's 30* out.

Hey man...where are the pics? Ever fished the Animas?

[riverfever]

Well I'm gonna go out and try for northerns again tomorrow and most of the week before we head to Buena Vista for COFest. My 8 wt is rigged with a fat, black, 5" bunny leech. I picked up some Tyger Wire. Pretty wild stuff. I use a 5ft 1X leader and tie a perfection loop in the end of it. The Tyger Wire is essentially wire that's wrapped in monofilament. Take it and run it through the perfection loop and make a loop in the TW. Twist it about 3x and then take a lighter and singe the areas where the TW crossed itself. Clip the tag and then do the same to attach it to the fly. The mono melts together. I can do a 2ft section of that stuff and pull on the loops...it wont break.

[Art Triggs]

Around me there are some walleye and chain pickerel,early evenings I like wading the shallows and weed patches of some of the reservoirs aound by my home, aside from a zillion bluegills, there are some nice largemouth bass, and medium large walleyes lurking around,I like to use either a 6 or 8 wt with a 2x or 1x leader/tippet, if I was targeting JUST pike I would use a wire tippet, olive or black zonkers, in about a 4 or 6 size or a sneaky pete do well, deer hair poppers or mice work right at the shoreline too.......great fun, and its a good way to cool off on a hot day ;-)

[Fish'nCarz]

Size 1/0 red/white bunny leach is also a good pike fly here in Michigan.

[Beej]

This photo was just emailed to me by a fellow fishing family member. Its 54" long and weighed 44lbs. I wonder how many ducklings it ate this summer...

http://i6.tinypic.com/23kf28j.jpg

[CanMan]

That is a nice catch. May have to get up to Canada someday to do some fishing.

[Fish'nCarz]

This photo was just emailed to me by a fellow fishing family member. Its 54" long and weighed 44lbs. I wonder how many ducklings it ate this summer...

http://i6.tinypic.com/23kf28j.jpg

He'll never get the slime off those clothes!

[85xjwoody]

Now that is a hell of a fish! Great catch. As said, good luck getting all that slime out of them clothes.

Kim.

[riverfever]

HOLY SHAT BEEJ!!!!!!

I think I just got aroused.

[Beej]

Pretty cool eh? See what I mean about fishing on the Churchill River?

:D

[corbinafly]

Okay. My turn from a couple of years ago....

Karl with one of his
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8494/ssteelheadfp8.jpg

Ty with one of his
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/7674/ssteelheadbv5.jpg

And one of mine
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9190/mysteelheadby1.jpg

Enjoying some fresh stealhead on the river bank........yummy.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7318/lunchonthebankjd1.jpg

Riverfever, those steelies sure are tasty!!

Kyung
























Just kidding! 0 limit for me. I could never kill anything that beautiful. We were eating chicken noodle soup.

[riverfever]

Man.....these fish are puttin' the hurts on me. One day I will fish the holy waters of the north (both Canada and Alaska).

I did manage to get into something last night. Was fishing still water with a big fat nymph. I had a 1X leader and 1X fluorocarbon tippet on there and whatever it was broke it. I played it for about 20 seconds and could see the backing. It went for a deep run and won.

My girlfriend yelled over to me, "Dude....I got a fish!!" I yelled back, "Dude....real it in". I'm working my way back to the shore so I can go over and help her out and as soon as I reached the shore I heard it peeling off drag. She only had 4lb test on. She almost hit herself in the head with that rod when the line broke.