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 Alan Smith Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 106 Credit: 26,816 RAC: 0 
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I did most of my fishing for trout in cold Colorado streams. I recently moved out of state and now fish in a warm water lake. This morning while fishing for smallmouth bass (yeah, I caught a few) using a 3 inch lure, I caught a bluegill on it. Now, this 'monster' was a good 4.5 inches long. Are bluegill always this aggressive, or did this guy have delusions of grandeur? Even if the lure had been a real fish, I don't see how it could have eaten it. Maybe all the fish here are aggressive. I also caught a 12 in bullhead on a spinner. Never got one before without using bait. "If stupidity were like a toothache, something would have been done about it long ago" ID: 1000415 ·  |
Carlos  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29860 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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I like to fish in the ocean. Mahi Mahi and Shark are my favorites. For shark I start by catching a bunch Mackerel for bait. I cum with then and put one a 3" hook with 500# stainless steal leader. I have brought in some 150 lb sharks. They put up a nice fight. ID: 1000454 · |
nemesis  Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
bluegills are fiesty.... ID: 1000462 · |
SciManStev     Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6653 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0
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bluegills are fiesty.... I remember them always swallowing the hook, making catch and release quite difficult. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website ID: 1000479 · |
Robert Waite  Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 59 
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I love fishing. Most of the time I fish for Rainbow trout, but hooking on to a big Dolly Varden can sure make your day. I also love to fish for Char (Lake Trout) which can be over 30 lbs but they are getting more rare these days. So many people think they've caught something special when they land a 5 to 7 lb Char. They don't realize that Char are still juvenials at that weight and haven't even reproduced yet. Any Char under 7 lbs gets released from my boat. If you don't like that rule, fish from shore. I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. ID: 1000505 · |
hiamps  Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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Love catching those dolly's, used to be real good fishing in the Quinault River but not so much any more, too many end up in freezers and then the trash. Mostly go after Salmon or Steelhead when I go out. Did some trout fishing out of Bishop California a couple years ago and they were stocking 5 lb trout, awesome weekend. Pretty much catch and release here. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! 
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zoom3+1=4  Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65763 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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There was a story on the TV News showing a fish that had dropped out of somebodys pickup truck, of a Carp that was 5' long, Now that's a fish. :D The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's 
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KB7RZF  Send message Joined: 15 Aug 99 Posts: 9549 Credit: 3,308,926 RAC: 2
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I love fishing. Rainbow trout, perch, small mouth bass, whatever works. Cooking them is the best part. My family loves fish, and fishing. 
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Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29860 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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No deep sea fishermen out there? One of my favorite stories was when I caught 7 fish on a 6 hook rig. One came in with the sinker. ID: 1000542 · |
Angela  Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31
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Eric loves catch and release bass fishing. Long ago, during our dating days, I occasionally sat in the damn boat and kept him company. Fisherboys NEVER seem to need a potty break!!! Anyway, I would sporadically amuse myself by trying to catch pan fish like Bluegills and Pumpkin Seeds, and it was my experience as well that those tiny little fish will strike at most anything. Now that Eric and I have been married a long time, I feel absolutely no need to get in ANY boat at ANY time for ANY reason! When he goes out I try to encourage Eric to fish for trout, so we at least get dinner out of the ordeal! ID: 1000565 · |
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Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0
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I'm at that stage in life where fishing involves a shade tree on the bank, a lawn chair under it with the appropriate adult beverage nearby, and a line with a weight and bobber but no hook so that I give the illusion of fishing without having my nap interrupted by a fish.  ID: 1000660 · |
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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31
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...a shade tree on the bank... Can you say "tick borne illnesses"? ID: 1000700 · |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan  Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4
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Best wishes and peace to all in this thread ... from Byron.  ID: 1000716 · |
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Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0
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...a shade tree on the bank... Us old leathery cowboys make the ticks sick. Best wishes and peace to all in this thread ... from Byron. Back at ya, Byron! (Good to see you about again) ID: 1000739 · |
kittyman  Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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My fishing extends only to catching men's souls unaware of what they wish to reveal......... And, in the words extended by Hal Holbrook on behalf of the distant 'Mark Twain'........ "Man is by far the most interesting jackass there is.........." Enjoy, and learn. Mark Twain Tonight..........I only wish I could find more of this online.......... The greatest quote? There are many. Man is the only..............that blushes, or needs to. Listen to his political statements...........made so many years ago......... And how they still ring true. Man is the only.........creature that seems to cry........or needs to. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster 
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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31
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 Nice bass!!! ID: 1000750 · |
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Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29860 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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El Dorado.  My favorite fish. The color is amazing. They are blue like sail fish when alive and turn this green yellow. when they die. ID: 1002132 · |
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nemesis Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
most of us will...turn green...that is... ID: 1002146 · |
Gary Charpentier  Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30676 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32
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 Try catching it that hard way, spear fishing. 
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