Fishing 2017

[BOTS]

The nor cal rivers finally settled down from there massive flows and silty waters.

I hike upstream and fish then float down with water proof back pack making for a nice adventure





Waters were crystal clear...





This rock was not here last year...it slid down from above road and ended up in midst of river...





how I roll and float



white fish....they come up from the res.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Wow. That looks terrific.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Looks like a nice day

 

[Limbrat]

Beautiful pics and fish Scott. Looks like a peaceful place, just watch out for boulders! Explain to me how you float down the river, are you using the pack as flotation, a tube or what?

 

[sotc]

Beaut-ful

 

[BOTS]

Beautiful pics and fish Scott. Looks like a peaceful place, just watch out for boulders! Explain to me how you float down the river, are you using the pack as flotation, a tube or what?

Ray I just hold on to it and go down feet first....any bad areas I just get out and go around and get back in.

The pack has a valve on bottom that you can blow up like an air mattress, I do this before I float down

 

[Limbrat]

Very cool. Never seen or heard of that.

 

[Limbrat]

Took some friends out for a couple of hours this morning and they slayed the sea trout, redfish and flounder.

 

[cory]

Ray I just hold on to it and go down feet first....any bad areas I just get out and go around and get back in.

The pack has a valve on bottom that you can blow up like an air mattress, I do this before I float down

Geez no wonder you started the Adventure thread

 

[BOTS]

Adventure b my middle name Cory

 

[cory]

 

[Limbrat]

My wife says I make every outing an adventure

 

[Burnham]

Great stuff, Scott. And you keep the ante high, Ray.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Thinking real hard about going to Devil's Lake towards the end of July.

Walleye as far as you can see.

 

[BOTS]

My wife says I make every outing an adventure

Ha!...we should have named this thread "Big Rays and BOTS most excellent adventures"

 

[Limbrat]

Walleye as far as you can see.

Sounds like a hot spot Jim. Read about them, never laid eyes on one though. Are they any good to eat?

 

[Limbrat]

It was a really nasty day on the Gulf. Five to six foot seas out of the southeast then a big squall came from the northeast and turned it into a sure 'nuff sloppy mess. It made for a long run in but we did catch some nice snapper, king mackerel and small dolphin. Should've taken more pics but we were pretty busy just trying to hang on. I caught this one on a medium spinning rod and he put up quite a battle. It was good to get back on solid ground. We'll all sleep well tonight.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Sounds like a hot spot Jim. Read about them, never laid eyes on one though. Are they any good to eat?

Best eating fish this side of the Mississippi!

 

[cory]

Nice pic, Ray.

Is that a snapper?

Those seas in the pic, 1-2' would you say?

 

[woodworkingboy]

Wonderful fish there, Ray! Cudos pounding it out in rough seas.

 

[Limbrat]

That's right Cory, red snapper. For some odd reason, as soon as they hit the deck today, their color bleached out and they turned almost white. In the ice and they morphed back to red. The pic is deceiving, it was probably 3-4 then.
After the fact.

Getting ready for the table.

 

[cory]

Interesting knife, looks different than a typical fillet knife, you like the curved blade?

Thanks for the snapper info.

 

[Limbrat]

For big, tough fish I really like it Cory. It was a gift from my daughter, a Victorianox beef skinner. They make some top quality blades. You might be a redneck.... when get fish and deer cleaning gear for birthday presents

 

[MasterBlaster]

Snapper steaks!!!

 

[sotc]

Chartered a couple boats for the crew this am. Had a blast, Orrin had 3 fish on at once 2 times , the second time, I did too. I think we had about 60 fish between the 2 boats today !