Anybody into fishing?

nikimcbee · 06-26-22, 11:25 PM

I'm trying to get back into fresh water fishing and I finally caught my first chain pickerel! (The lil kid cousin of the muskie and northern pike).

Just a wee lad:

Platapus · 06-27-22, 01:26 PM

I remember the worst day I was out fishing...

It was great.

les green01 · 06-27-22, 10:54 PM

If going out almost everyday until I start hunting counts then I'm good lake only 20 feet from the house muskies are fun carp put up a fight biggest fish I caught was a 62 pound spoonbill when I was 5

Catfish · 06-28-22, 12:54 AM

The pikes/pickerels(?) i caught were so small i carefully removed the hook and put them into the water again.
Lots of trout (brown, rainbow), salmon and mackerel, but have not been fishing since 20+ years

Aktungbby · 06-28-22, 01:30 AM

I used to fish in Minnesota as a 5 year old boy on the local creek, Minnehaha, which flows through Minneapolis to the Mississippi. We caught huge carp, crappies and occasional trout. In Nothern Minnesota in the Quetico Boundary canoe waters it was all pikes and muskies. Later in the '80's in California, I scuba'd Monterey Bay for 40 lb. predator Ling Cods which hide out in the rockwall of the 10,0000 ft. deep Monterey Trench at 100 ft. depth in 32 F. temperatures-excellent for BBQing on the grill! Getting back to the beach with a fresh kill on the keeper, seeping from a spear wound, is a tad dicey though, as the bay is a major breeding ground for great white sharks...and at 250+ pounds in a wet suit, I tend to resemble an elephant seal #1 choice of the shark??!! Ie: Nothing like being a middle-link in the marine food chain!

Jimbuna · 06-28-22, 06:03 AM

Last time I went fishing I caught the Lambton Worm (look it up).

nikimcbee · 06-29-22, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

I used to fish in Minnesota as a 5 year old boy on the local creek, Minnehaha, which flows through Minneapolis to the Mississippi. We caught huge carp, crappies and occasional trout. In Nothern Minnesota in the Quetico Boundary canoe waters it was all pikes and muskies. Later in the '80's in California, I scuba'd Monterey Bay for 40 lb. predator Ling Cods which hide out in the rockwall of the 10,0000 ft. deep Monterey Trench at 100 ft. depth in 32 F. temperatures-excellent for BBQing on the grill! Getting back to the beach with a fresh kill on the keeper, seeping from a spear wound, is a tad dicey though, as the bay is a major breeding ground for great white sharks...and at 250+ pounds in a wet suit, I tend to resemble an elephant seal #1 choice of the shark??!! Ie: Nothing like being a middle-link in the marine food chain!

I love ling cod, they are the best.

06-27-22, 01:26 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I remember the worst day I was out fishing... It was great. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-27-22, 10:54 PM	#3
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,784 Downloads: 1405 Uploads: 0	If going out almost everyday until I start hunting counts then I'm good lake only 20 feet from the house muskies are fun carp put up a fight biggest fish I caught was a 62 pound spoonbill when I was 5 __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

06-28-22, 12:54 AM	#4
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	The pikes/pickerels(?) i caught were so small i carefully removed the hook and put them into the water again. Lots of trout (brown, rainbow), salmon and mackerel, but have not been fishing since 20+ years __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

06-28-22, 01:30 AM	#5
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,983 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I used to fish in Minnesota as a 5 year old boy on the local creek, Minnehaha, which flows through Minneapolis to the Mississippi. We caught huge carp, crappies and occasional trout. In Nothern Minnesota in the Quetico Boundary canoe waters it was all pikes and muskies. Later in the '80's in California, I scuba'd Monterey Bay for 40 lb. predator Ling Cods which hide out in the rockwall of the 10,0000 ft. deep Monterey Trench at 100 ft. depth in 32 F. temperatures-excellent for BBQing on the grill! Getting back to the beach with a fresh kill on the keeper, seeping from a spear wound, is a tad dicey though, as the bay is a major breeding ground for great white sharks...and at 250+ pounds in a wet suit, I tend to resemble an elephant seal #1 choice of the shark??!! Ie: Nothing like being a middle-link in the marine food chain! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 06-28-22 at 01:46 AM.

06-28-22, 06:03 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Last time I went fishing I caught the Lambton Worm (look it up). __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-26-22, 11:25 PM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Anybody into fishing? I'm trying to get back into fresh water fishing and I finally caught my first chain pickerel! (The lil kid cousin of the muskie and northern pike). Just a wee lad: __________________