Fishing 2012

[MasterBlaster]

And it's FREE!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Maybe you can catch some fish that doesn't taste like fish.

 

[Tucker943]

I used to think fish/wild game was free food. It's actually expense, for me anyways. License, guns/rods, tackle/ammo, fuel, correct clothing, boat, etc. Pound for pound its outrageous. That's not to say wild fish and game cost that much over an over. The initial investment in the gear is a killer. After that I suppose its free.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Fishing is way cheaper than hunting. Hunting costs an arm and a leg!

 

[treesmith]

Depends on situation, I'd say. I have to go somewhere to fish. I walk out the door to hunt.

Both have their associated expenses. Guns aren't cheap, but neither are boats! I spend more in a good year of bass fishing on lures than I do on ammo for hunting. I bought lifetime license (hunting/fishing) when I was 18. Money well spent! They've more than doubled in cost now. If I hadn't bought it then, I'd likely hunt without license now, as I hunt right here at the house, and seldom elsewhere.

 

[stig]

The last couple of deer I brought home, I hit with the truck.
That was pretty cheap.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Same with growing vegetables, it can be expensive for fertilizer if you use the chemical type....plus the time investment. A good garden requires time, both the prep for planting then the maintenance.

 

[treesmith]

The last couple of deer I brought home, I hit with the truck.
That was pretty cheap.

Most folks I know who've killed deer with their vehicle didn't think so!

 

[Burnham]

That was my thought as well, Scott .

 

[stig]

You forget the tiny size of our roe deer.
50-60 pds. tops. You'd have to go really fast to damage a truck on one of those.

Had it been a fallow deer or an elk, it would have been a different story

 

[Burnham]

True, I forgot that point.

 

[Mrs.B]

I found this really cool webcam today....bears fishing on the Brooks River in Alaska. It's real time and manned by a person that is able to pan and zoom. Great footage of bears and fish jumping, etc. http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-lower-river

 

[MasterBlaster]

I love those cams!!!

 

[vharrison]

We got 11 sters, lobsters that is. No grouper to be found. I am dead dog tired.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Have some fish and relax!

 

[Tucker943]

I'll co-sign what Butch said.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Terri, that is so cool, thanks! Beautiful place!

Good hunting, V.

 

[Tree Reb]

Do you eat lobster Gigi or just not fish?

Maybe you can catch some fish that doesn't taste like fish.

There's one here, tastes just like lobster. Rock cod, not a cod really and not a popular fish. You get them mostly when fishing for Snapper, I was good at catching rock cod when I had my boat.

Just a pic from here and some info.http://allatsea.biz/catch-of-the-day/andrew-caught-a-lobster-fish-i-e-a-red-rock-cod#!prettyPhoto

 

[vharrison]

Nice fish, kinda looks like a red grouper. About the only seafood I eat is shrimp and stone crabs.

 

[woodworkingboy]

It looks similar to what is called "Rock cod" along the California coast, but I can't recall if that color was common. Bottom dwellers and pretty easy to catch in quantity of you find a hole where they are.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Pretty much Jay. Used to fish for them as a kid. Damn spines on their dorsal fin will screw with your hand as well.

 

[woodworkingboy]

There was a kind of rock fish that was called a Sculpin. Found in the same zones as the rock cods. There is some toxicity in their dorsal fin, so if you get poked it can be a problem other than just the cut.

 

[vharrison]

Here is the evidence! I have had problems with my c drive, finally got some space to load pictures.

 

[woodworkingboy]

I'w waiting for the announcement that bugs in Florida are on the endangered species list.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's weird seeing them w/o claws.