Fishing!

[TANSTAAFB]

I love fishing. But this thread is hard to read. Every post is a that's what she said joke [emoji16][emoji482]

 

[GRJBowers]

Here's a burbot I caught summer of 2016, easily the ugliest fish I've ever caught.

And here's my personal best walleye summer 2015. 77.5 cm (30.5").

 

[arturo7]

A Few weeks ago I had trouble with my kayak and long story short, spent 17 hours adrift before making it to a light house and then rescue. PFD saved my life.

17 hours adrift? Holy moly. Ya gotta give us some details on that. Or did you already sign away the movie rights?

 

[Zuljin]

Two from the new Bonafide today.

 

[Hophunter]

Good day in the creek.

 

[Shwagger]

Last few weeks

 

[atoughram]

Some lake Merwin Kokanee in the oven as the final spring snows melt. (It was a few months ago.)

 

[Sbe2]

A doré(walleye) last week in Québec.

 

[Curtis2010]

Lion Fish, San Blas Islands, Panamá

 

[day_trippr]

Awesome! Could you catch another bazillion of those, please?

Cheers!

 

[JB_Brewing2]

Lion Fish, San Blas Islands, Panamá

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Forgive my ignorance, but do you eat that?

 

[Curtis2010]

Forgive my ignorance, but do you eat that?

Yes! Quite tasty, a nice fine grained white meat, but not a lot of meat per fish, so you need a few to make a meal.

However, you do have to deal with those toxic spines first. Each is like a long skinny hypodermic needle. Cold, below freezing, and heat denatures the toxin. One way to deal with it is fill an ice chest w a salt water/ice slurry, the salt allows it to get below freezing, and drop them in there.

They are an invasive species so its become popular to spear them in many places.

 

[day_trippr]

Right - spear them in as many places as it takes
They've become a substantial problem in the Bahamas - and that looks like just the beginning. If you let this USGS animation play out (about 15 seconds) it'll show the accelerating rate of spread - throughout the US gulf and all the way up to southern New England...

Cheers!

 

[Shwagger]

You can just clip the spines. That's what we've done

 

[Curtis2010]

You can just clip the spines. That's what we've done

Yes, if Ive just spreared one or two I just use shears to cut the spines. Best to wear gloves, I just grazed my finger once with a spine tip, didnt even break the skin, and it throbbed for hours.

If you plan to shoot a bunch, then the sea water ice water slurry in a big ice chest is more convenient.

I assume you could just throw em on the grill spines and all and the heat would denature the venom, but dont know for sure.

Another lion fish pic and a link to video of a big lion fish (I didnt have a spear).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o63kcht2l2ca63/Lion Fish GRANDE GOPR0742_1527636028836_high.MP4?dl=0

 

[Curtis2010]

View attachment 575513 Last few weeks
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The Snook and Redfish I know, but whats the other one with dorsal fins way back toward the tail?

 

[Shwagger]

Spotted/speckled sea trout

 

[smurfjuice]

Some handsome feet as well ...

 

[Shwagger]

Flip flop life

I also bathe

 

[Curtis2010]

Awesome! Could you catch another bazillion of those, please?

Cheers!

Working on it, but wont be back aboard the boat until early next year...will have some serious catching up to do!

 

[Zuljin]

Carp on my homemade rig.

 

[Curtis2010]

Friend of mine being silly with a small baracudda. Eastern Panamá, Caribbean coast.

 

[day_trippr]

We call those axe handles. I caught its daddy:

Cheers!

 

[Curtis2010]

We call those axe handles. I caught its daddy:

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Cheers!

Axe Handles...why is that?

 

[LittleRiver]

Little River, of course.

Spotted bass. These guys love swift water, and are great fun on a 4wt fly rod.

 

[Sbe2]

View attachment 577355 Little River, of course.

View attachment 577356 Spotted bass. These guys love swift water, and are great fun on a 4wt fly rod.

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That sure looks like a relaxing day.

 

[bleme]

 

[day_trippr]

Axe Handles...why is that?

The little ones are long and thin like an axe handle...

Cheers!

 

[Curtis2010]

The little ones are long and thin like an axe handle...

Cheers!

With sharp stuff on the other end!

 

[Shwagger]

And the little ones taste best

 

[day_trippr]

Indeed, the big dudes can build up toxin levels from consuming reef fish that makes them dangerous to eat.
The boat owner took the one in the picture and cut off a chunk to give to his cat.
If the cat made it through the day the 'cuda was safe to eat.
If not, it would be food for his crawfish farm (apparently crawfish can handle the toxins)...

Cheers!

 

[Shwagger]

They make good shark bait

Saw about a 5ft nurse shark this morning whilst kayaking

 

[Desert_Sky]

Had a decent morning up by Loveland

 

[Kharnynb]

leaving tomorrow for finnmark, norway.
pictures in a week or so.

 

[Shwagger]

Did good thos morning. 25" red

 

[Hophunter]

Decent day on a small lake in the Poconos. Caught a few perch, smaller pickerel and a decent smallie also.

 

[Kharnynb]

took a bit to sort pictures, we fished mostly upriver for the smaller stuff(don't care about big salmon too much and salmon river licenses are way too expensive)

Norway is amazingly beautiful and arctic char is still the best "redmeat" fish to eat.

mass of photo's incoming

 

[Kharnynb]

by the way, gravlax made from arctic char is like the butter of gods.

 

[Shwagger]

A link to some of my (amateur) videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcoEFjDSBMYmJFoZqmzB1cA?view_as=subscriber

 

[Kharnynb]

nice videos, but why don't you take em home for eating?