The Ultimate Fishing Thread ! - Page 31

LoneRanger · 04-14-07, 04:22 PM

what lurks beneath

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So I'm taking a friend fishing on the Pearl River. We drove down to the sand bar in my 60 with canoe on top. Get out on the water and drop my buddy off on the rocks to fly fish for stripers. Some guys over on the other side motion for me to come over as if needing some assistance.

What the heck, I paddle over. Turns out one of them had a fish on line which he couldn't manage to land. Requests a boat ride out to the fish. Having never sat in a canoe before, he nearly tips us over trying to get in. After a quick lesson about center of gravity we real his line in out to the middle of the river.

For the next 15-20 minutes we were pulled around by SOMETHING very large. Finally gets tired enough to surface revealing a catfish about the size of my canoe. (well.....)

Unable to pull said creature into said boat, we make our way over to the bank, hop out, wade in. I take the pole and keep the (now exhausted) lunker on line while my new friend wades out with a stringer and wrestles the fish to shore.

View the results: Weighed in at 49 lbs.

cajun65 · 04-14-07, 06:01 PM

When's the fish fry? That's a big cat!

LoneRanger · 04-14-07, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by cajun65

When's the fish fry? That's a big cat!

How does one cook those big cats? Is the meat any good?

cajun65 · 04-15-07, 08:54 AM

Ideally, I think the smaller cats would be better tasting, but I know quite a few folks that will cut the filets into strips and fry them and I believe they're okay tasting. Some fish, once they get that big, taste nasty. Not sure about the cats though.

D'Animal · 04-15-07, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cajun65

Ideally, I think the smaller cats would be better tasting, but I know quite a few folks that will cut the filets into strips and fry them and I believe they're okay tasting. Some fish, once they get that big, taste nasty. Not sure about the cats though.

The taste of the fish depends greatly on the water it lived in and how you clean it. On a catfish there is a membraine lining inside the gut cavity. It is generally silver. If you leave it in, it will taint the taste of the fish. It will tast like the water it lived in. If you remove that lining the fish will have a fresh tast.

As far as the toughness of the meat, it depends on the water movement. If you pull a catfish out of a fast running river it will be a little tougher than one pulled from a farm pond. In a pond they do not develope the muscles like they would fighting the current constantly.

LoneRanger · 04-15-07, 09:54 PM

first redfish.

amos715 · 04-16-07, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ps40-2

How does one cook those big cats? Is the meat any good?

leave the back straps out and soak in salt water or milk.

fry the tail, they're great

LoneRanger · 06-08-07, 07:32 AM

Used my 60 to haul my canoe down to a local Striped Bass hideout this am.

VELARDECHILE · 06-09-07, 12:11 AM

Great pic's everyone! Going fishing on the Valles Caldera National Preserve(The old Baca ranch in northern New Mexico) this Sunday. Hope to get some good fishing in. Mostly Browns, but if I get a few good pic's I'll try to post.
I'm in north central New Mexico,pretty good fishing in these parts, 98% trout, but catch small mouth,and northern Pike in the Rio Grande. If anybody find themselves around the area,feel free to call for info, or a fishing partner.
velardechile@yahoo.com

Gold Boy · 06-09-07, 09:28 AM

that's a GREAT pic! it says to me, all that is good in fishing! -

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in fact all the kids with family pics are great!

MARLIN375 · 07-31-07, 07:54 PM

Whent on a 2,250 mile adventure last week with my son.
He got the prize for the biggest........but mine was nicer looking.

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LoneRanger · 08-05-07, 03:19 PM

[quote=MARLIN375;2399611]Whent on a 2,250 mile adventure last week with my son.
He got the prize for the biggest........but mine was nicer looking.
QUOTE]

Very nice fish. What body of water were they drawn from. What does one fish for those with?

MARLIN375 · 08-05-07, 11:38 PM

Both caught in tribs of the Skeena river (northern BC).
both caught with a med action 10.5ft rod and a level wind baitcaster with 25lb test-line. One on a Jig the other with Roe.
If you hook a big fish 50+lbs they usually make a fool of you. The record chinook for these waters was just broken a few years back and if I remember it was in the 90lb range.

LoneRanger · 08-06-07, 04:49 AM

How long does it take to land one of those? Do you have to set the drag real low and let it run line out till it gets tired?

MARLIN375 · 08-06-07, 05:52 PM

It depends on the fish and how it likes being hooked, sometimes if you hook them "gently" you can get them to swim within view before they take the first run.
Once they turn and go down river, crank up the drag and hope they turn again before you get spooled and your thumb roasted.
You can "gear up" with a super stout rod and 60lb braid, but that takes the sport out of playing a nice 25lb chrome bullet.
Regs here are single barbless hook only, so they will spit out the hook if they get a chance. Most take less then 20min to land or get off.
A few years back I spent about 30min and landed a 44 pounder.
Its like tying your line to your dog and letting a rabbit out of a box on a football field (not much you can do to stop him just hang-on and hope he does not leave the field)
These fish don't live in the river, they are heading for spawning beds up stream, they have surived in the pacific for 6 years before they spawn and die.

yooper · 09-25-07, 10:01 AM

bump. Salmon season is here. I hope to have some pics soon.

GRM · 09-25-07, 03:06 PM

Few weeks old...

Here is my Labor Day weekend Vacation from Trail Teams. The fish on Eagle Lake don't get much over 4 lbs anymore.

yooper · 09-25-07, 04:02 PM

Here's a little Atlantic salmon I caught on the fly in the St. Mary's River in early July.

CaliCruiser · 10-18-07, 10:31 PM

Got a few this past weekend at New Melones resevoir (NorCal), heading out again this weekend. . .

yooper · 10-19-07, 05:35 AM

NICE fishies! Those look tasty...

Fly Rod · 10-19-07, 07:33 PM

It has been a while since I contributed. Here are a couple of client fish. I am so busy guiding I haven't been able to fish for myself so these will have to do.

25"

26"

27"

Enjoy!

yooper · 10-19-07, 08:27 PM

Oregon Steel! Sweet! On which rivers are you guiding?

CaliCruiser · 10-19-07, 08:46 PM

nice!

Fly Rod · 10-19-07, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by yooper

Oregon Steel! Sweet! On which rivers are you guiding?

Those are all on the upper Rouge. From mid Sept to mid Nov I will be on the river 50 days.

As a rule, I don't fish when a client is in the boat. At $375 per day I wouldn't want to watch my guide catching fish that I paid good money to fish for. But so far this season I have hooked three pigs while showing clients how to get a good drift. They have broken all of them off when I handed the rod to them. One was commenting that he thought I hooked a rock when a 30" hen exploaded from the water. Nope, thats not a rock. I want to see one of my clients break 30-34" this season so bad I can taste it. I know where it will happen it is just so hard to find a client that can get a good drift through the big fish buckets.

04-14-07, 04:22 PM	#901
LoneRanger the purpose driven life Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: outside the box TLCA# 14668 Posts: 1,510	what lurks beneath -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So I'm taking a friend fishing on the Pearl River. We drove down to the sand bar in my 60 with canoe on top. Get out on the water and drop my buddy off on the rocks to fly fish for stripers. Some guys over on the other side motion for me to come over as if needing some assistance. What the heck, I paddle over. Turns out one of them had a fish on line which he couldn't manage to land. Requests a boat ride out to the fish. Having never sat in a canoe before, he nearly tips us over trying to get in. After a quick lesson about center of gravity we real his line in out to the middle of the river. For the next 15-20 minutes we were pulled around by SOMETHING very large. Finally gets tired enough to surface revealing a catfish about the size of my canoe. (well.....) Unable to pull said creature into said boat, we make our way over to the bank, hop out, wade in. I take the pole and keep the (now exhausted) lunker on line while my new friend wades out with a stringer and wrestles the fish to shore. View the results: Weighed in at 49 lbs. Attached Images __________________ Barry Hause shunpiker parts vulture Homegrown '82 fj60--managed entropy eclectic mods and second hand parts "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." -Euripedes PLEASE HELP ERIC HAGEN AKA LANDSPEEDER http://forum.ih8mud.com/ms-cottonlan...ease-read.html

04-14-07, 06:01 PM	#902
cajun65 Wishin I was fishing Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lost and Found TLCA# 16685 Posts: 2,797	When's the fish fry? That's a big cat! __________________ Bayou State Land Cruiser Association

04-15-07, 08:54 AM	#904
cajun65 Wishin I was fishing Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lost and Found TLCA# 16685 Posts: 2,797	Ideally, I think the smaller cats would be better tasting, but I know quite a few folks that will cut the filets into strips and fry them and I believe they're okay tasting. Some fish, once they get that big, taste nasty. Not sure about the cats though. __________________ Bayou State Land Cruiser Association

04-15-07, 09:54 PM	#906
LoneRanger the purpose driven life Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: outside the box TLCA# 14668 Posts: 1,510	first redfish. Attached Images __________________ Barry Hause shunpiker parts vulture Homegrown '82 fj60--managed entropy eclectic mods and second hand parts "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." -Euripedes PLEASE HELP ERIC HAGEN AKA LANDSPEEDER http://forum.ih8mud.com/ms-cottonlan...ease-read.html

06-08-07, 07:32 AM	#908
LoneRanger the purpose driven life Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: outside the box TLCA# 14668 Posts: 1,510	Stripers! Used my 60 to haul my canoe down to a local Striped Bass hideout this am. Attached Images __________________ Barry Hause shunpiker parts vulture Homegrown '82 fj60--managed entropy eclectic mods and second hand parts "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." -Euripedes PLEASE HELP ERIC HAGEN AKA LANDSPEEDER http://forum.ih8mud.com/ms-cottonlan...ease-read.html

06-09-07, 12:11 AM	#909
VELARDECHILE IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Velarde, New Mexico Posts: 34	Great pic's everyone! Going fishing on the Valles Caldera National Preserve(The old Baca ranch in northern New Mexico) this Sunday. Hope to get some good fishing in. Mostly Browns, but if I get a few good pic's I'll try to post. I'm in north central New Mexico,pretty good fishing in these parts, 98% trout, but catch small mouth,and northern Pike in the Rio Grande. If anybody find themselves around the area,feel free to call for info, or a fishing partner. velardechile@yahoo.com

06-09-07, 09:28 AM	#910
Gold Boy it's fishing time! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southern Interior, BC, Canada. Posts: 1,435 Blog Entries: 1	that's a GREAT pic! it says to me, all that is good in fishing! - - in fact all the kids with family pics are great! __________________ BJ74 & TUFT & U-AFPT

07-31-07, 07:54 PM	#911
MARLIN375 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kelowna, B.C. Posts: 471	Couple of chinooks Whent on a 2,250 mile adventure last week with my son. He got the prize for the biggest........but mine was nicer looking. __________________ "Stupid things, happen to smart people that are affraid to ask stupid questions" 93 FZJ80 Full Load w/lockers, 2.5 OME, #7pin/CDL, Custom Bumper w/M8274, 315 MTZs 78 FJ40 Retired.....never left me, not once. 81LJ, 89JLX, 01Vitara SUZUKI wifemobiles (the only other 4X4 to own) 76 Chevy PU 292 6cyl, Restored w/collector plates

08-05-07, 03:19 PM	#912
LoneRanger the purpose driven life Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: outside the box TLCA# 14668 Posts: 1,510	[quote=MARLIN375;2399611]Whent on a 2,250 mile adventure last week with my son. He got the prize for the biggest........but mine was nicer looking. QUOTE] Very nice fish. What body of water were they drawn from. What does one fish for those with? __________________ Barry Hause shunpiker parts vulture Homegrown '82 fj60--managed entropy eclectic mods and second hand parts "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." -Euripedes PLEASE HELP ERIC HAGEN AKA LANDSPEEDER http://forum.ih8mud.com/ms-cottonlan...ease-read.html

08-05-07, 11:38 PM	#913
MARLIN375 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kelowna, B.C. Posts: 471	Both caught in tribs of the Skeena river (northern BC). both caught with a med action 10.5ft rod and a level wind baitcaster with 25lb test-line. One on a Jig the other with Roe. If you hook a big fish 50+lbs they usually make a fool of you. The record chinook for these waters was just broken a few years back and if I remember it was in the 90lb range. __________________ "Stupid things, happen to smart people that are affraid to ask stupid questions" 93 FZJ80 Full Load w/lockers, 2.5 OME, #7pin/CDL, Custom Bumper w/M8274, 315 MTZs 78 FJ40 Retired.....never left me, not once. 81LJ, 89JLX, 01Vitara SUZUKI wifemobiles (the only other 4X4 to own) 76 Chevy PU 292 6cyl, Restored w/collector plates

08-06-07, 04:49 AM	#914
LoneRanger the purpose driven life Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: outside the box TLCA# 14668 Posts: 1,510	How long does it take to land one of those? Do you have to set the drag real low and let it run line out till it gets tired? __________________ Barry Hause shunpiker parts vulture Homegrown '82 fj60--managed entropy eclectic mods and second hand parts "One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." -Euripedes PLEASE HELP ERIC HAGEN AKA LANDSPEEDER http://forum.ih8mud.com/ms-cottonlan...ease-read.html

08-06-07, 05:52 PM	#915
MARLIN375 IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kelowna, B.C. Posts: 471	It depends on the fish and how it likes being hooked, sometimes if you hook them "gently" you can get them to swim within view before they take the first run. Once they turn and go down river, crank up the drag and hope they turn again before you get spooled and your thumb roasted. You can "gear up" with a super stout rod and 60lb braid, but that takes the sport out of playing a nice 25lb chrome bullet. Regs here are single barbless hook only, so they will spit out the hook if they get a chance. Most take less then 20min to land or get off. A few years back I spent about 30min and landed a 44 pounder. Its like tying your line to your dog and letting a rabbit out of a box on a football field (not much you can do to stop him just hang-on and hope he does not leave the field) These fish don't live in the river, they are heading for spawning beds up stream, they have surived in the pacific for 6 years before they spawn and die. __________________ "Stupid things, happen to smart people that are affraid to ask stupid questions" 93 FZJ80 Full Load w/lockers, 2.5 OME, #7pin/CDL, Custom Bumper w/M8274, 315 MTZs 78 FJ40 Retired.....never left me, not once. 81LJ, 89JLX, 01Vitara SUZUKI wifemobiles (the only other 4X4 to own) 76 Chevy PU 292 6cyl, Restored w/collector plates

09-25-07, 03:06 PM	#917
GRM Profesional at Something Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: West Coast Hometown: Morgan Hill, Ca TLCA# 16721 Posts: 119	Few weeks old... Here is my Labor Day weekend Vacation from Trail Teams. The fish on Eagle Lake don't get much over 4 lbs anymore. __________________ ----Bottoms Up 4wd Club----- --Toyota Trail Teams-- 2008 West U.S. 2007 East U.S. 2006 Central U.S. www.toyota.com/fjtrailteam I4WDTA Certified Trainer

10-18-07, 10:31 PM	#919
CaliCruiser IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pine Grove, Ca TLCA# 15987 Posts: 1,747	Got a few this past weekend at New Melones resevoir (NorCal), heading out again this weekend. . . __________________ ROTW '85 FJ60 \| SOA \| ARB \| M8274-50 \| Sliders \| Aussie'd \| H55F \| 4.7 Toybox \| 4.88s \| Custom Crap

10-19-07, 07:33 PM	#921
Fly Rod IH8MUD Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ashland, OR Posts: 952	It has been a while since I contributed. Here are a couple of client fish. I am so busy guiding I haven't been able to fish for myself so these will have to do. 25" 26" 27" Enjoy! __________________ Fly Rod 95 FZJ80, Factory locked, 7 pin mod, 285/75/16 Revo's, Extended diff breathers, Fully synthetic fluids, OME Mediums, Georges LED's, JD HIR, Slee Light Harness, silicone phh, dual sony dvd's for the munchkins, more to come? I have a double handed rod...

10-19-07, 08:46 PM	#923
CaliCruiser IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pine Grove, Ca TLCA# 15987 Posts: 1,747	nice! __________________ ROTW '85 FJ60 \| SOA \| ARB \| M8274-50 \| Sliders \| Aussie'd \| H55F \| 4.7 Toybox \| 4.88s \| Custom Crap