Fishing Megathread: Looking For Big Girls Who swallow

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

Just now, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Cindy will learn one of the first lessons any angler needs to know:

Lie

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story. 

 

[4th and 5 4914]

5 hours ago, justhookit said:

Cindy’s first ever marlin the other day. Fishing again Tuesday the marlin bite is on fire.

 

 

Is that guy named Cindy and that sailfish named Marlin?

[justhookit 4191]

31 minutes ago, 4th and 5 said:

 

Is that guy named Cindy and that sailfish named Marlin?

Hey at least I managed to post the proper video afterwards. Dealing with the marina WiFi is sometimes a pain in the ass.

[conVINCEd 21469]

Spotty WIFI on the yacht is some serious white people problems shit.

[troph 24806]

Drought over bitches… 4 for 4 and all big ones. This girl was a fun one! Best pic of her…

 

 

 

my 12year old struggled but said he liked it and wanted to come back… here on a drift that was criminal no bites it was so good.

Edited January 29, 2022 by troph

[Brisketexan 105146]

Had a moment with the TV on, found A River Runs Through It. I prefer the book to the movie, but not by much.

In any case, every time I either read or watch, I get to the end, with maybe the most beautiful prose in American literature. It’s staggering, every time. Figure the fishermen around here will appreciate it again.

“Now nearly all those I loved and did not understand when I was young are dead, but I still reach out to them.

“Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn’t. Like many fly fisherman in western Montana, where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.

I am haunted by waters.”



Goddamn.

[troph 24806]

Hell yeah that’s it.

I was just having a moment - a future one near my death - telling my sons to chase the moments and to remember times when they first were learning with me, and to share the same with theirs. I can’t explain what happens with that fly rod in my hand but it’s as spiritual as any god-moment I’ve ever had and I chased the good Lord as relentlessly as I’ve chased the fish. 

[troph 24806]

Though @Brisketexan my intellectual OCD requires I disclose I’d argue Annie Dillard - Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and the transcendentalists before her might be the best nature writing this country has ever seen and frankly her book is a must for any angler that experiences more than “fish on” when wading a river with the fly rod in his or her hand.  Her mind is the most beautiful I’ve ever experienced. 

[justhookit 4191]

He wasn’t the best angler we’ve ever had but still managed to catch a blue marlin, 14 sails, and a boatload of dorado. May have to leave him in CR.

[troph 24806]

https://www.landwatch.com/costilla-county-colorado-farms-and-ranches-for-sale/pid/332287208

 

 

this would be awesome to plant an rv and never come back.  A very poor part of the state, my ex FIL lived on the other side of the sangres and it was poor too. Still fishing the RG there… I’d love to be there. Fuck this life.

 

Edited February 1, 2022 by troph

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

how much is in the wreath fund?

[troph 24806]

5 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

how much is in the wreath fund?

it'll only take 1-2 guys/families that are serious and I'm no longer "just passing time".  while that area is a shithole it's 1 hour from Taos and it's the mother fucking rio grande with a gorge there to own. 2 bedroom old timey off the grid log cabin and holy shit I'll find god again. could probably make some cash on guided tours and hunting leases if that's allowed up there.  the smaller acrage has a rifle hunting permit.

[Kennythetiger 9386]

Troph, have you checked out the Gorge Bridge?  I couldn’t make it across. Had to turn around. 

[justhookit 4191]

Yo @immamaci’m trying to post more pics and vid’s with Burnt Ends but I keep getting this error message. 1 file would exceed the total allowed size of 1.778mb and was skipped.

[midtown 3345]

Fishing in San Pedro. This headless dude caught this jack. A nice trigger and 5 mutton snapper. Going to eat well the rest of my time here

[Braff Zacklin 13575]

Half man, half Predator.

[immamac 42852]

6 hours ago, justhookit said:

Yo @immamaci’m trying to post more pics and vid’s with Burnt Ends but I keep getting this error message. 1 file would exceed the total allowed size of 1.778mb and was skipped.

which server are you on in cookie monster?

[justhookit 4191]

3 hours ago, immamac said:

which server are you on in cookie monster?

103

just switched so test

Nope still same error and now I’m on 01

[justhookit 4191]

3 hours ago, immamac said:

which server are you on in cookie monster?

I’m on a vpn would that matter?

Edit- ok I turned it off and it still doesn’t work so that’s not it

Edited February 3, 2022 by justhookit

[justhookit 4191]

5 hours ago, midtown said:

Fishing in San Pedro. This headless dude caught this jack. A nice trigger and 5 mutton snapper. Going to eat well the rest of my time here

Just don’t eat the jack and you’re good.

[midtown 3345]

Really? They told me these yellowtail are good. Grilled up a filet tonight and it was damn good. Not the greatest but made for some great tacos

[justhookit 4191]

1 hour ago, midtown said:

Really? They told me these yellowtail are good. Grilled up a filet tonight and it was damn good. Not the greatest but made for some great tacos
 

Looks an awful lot like a jack crevalle but maybe it’s not. Those things are close to inedible. It’s definitely not a yellowtail, which are really good to eat, but something may be getting lost in the translation. Or, you’ve got Covid and just can’t taste anything.

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

10 hours ago, justhookit said:

Looks an awful lot like a jack crevalle but maybe it’s not. Those things are close to inedible. It’s definitely not a yellowtail, which are really good to eat, but something may be getting lost in the translation. Or, you’ve got Covid and just can’t taste anything.

Looks more like an Amberjack to me. JCs have that bright yellow belly and anal fin. AJs are great eating fish. 

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

Are there JCs with heads shaped like that? All the ones I’ve ever caught had that pronounced rounded off face.

[davidg 4038]

Not a jetty tuna IMO.   Looks more small AJ to me.

[fattyflattie 4639]

2 hours ago, davidg said:

Not a jetty tuna IMO.   Looks more small AJ to me.

Same. Looks like a reef donkey. 

[crash_davis 23113]

that's an AJ. JC has a black spot over the gill plate.

[troph 24806]

3 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Are there JCs with heads shaped like that? All the ones I’ve ever caught had that pronounced rounded off face.

same.  if an AJ then that would explain the ok eating - not great like YT eating but not JC bad.

[crash_davis 23113]

on second thought, i belize that is a horse eye jack. on idea on it's table fare.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

That fish in midtown's post looks different than the AJs I have caught.

Edited February 3, 2022 by Johnny Sack

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

I think Crash is right. Midtown did say they called them "Yellowtail", but you can't see the tail in his picture. 

[midtown 3345]

It's definitely not a horse eyed. I've caught plenty of them down here. I've fished like 6 times with Tino. He knows the fishery. He's been fishing here for 40 years. If he tells me to eat it ; I'm eating it.
I think it's more than of a miscommunication because I know hook knows his fish . All good. Any day fishing is better than a day not fishing

[justhookit 4191]

Cool story time - we’ve got the world record horse eye jack - https://igfa.org/igfa-world-records-search/?search_type=AnglerNameDetail&search_term_1=135678. Caught it on one of the Baker rigs. Not exactly a record I would ever shoot for but still cool.

edit - that was back when we were running a few charters out of Port A. Our client caught it.

Edited February 4, 2022 by justhookit

[justhookit 4191]

Crushed them today. 3 blue marlin, 15 sails and all the dorado you can eat. 
Also I still don’t know what that fish is. It’s not an amberjack unless they are growing them funny down in Belize.
I’ll try showing it to my captain and see what he says.

 

Edited February 4, 2022 by justhookit

[justhookit 4191]

I’d post a vid or 2 but @immamacstill won’t let me.

[4th and 5 4914]

yellow jack, edible for all purposes, including raw

large ones might carry risk of ciguatera

 

[cknight 184]

I’m going to start fly fishing (again) this year and wanted to get y’all’s opinion on some solid gear for mostly trout. 
 

I did some backpacking back in the day and had a cheap bass pro backpacking rod but like to get something nicer.

Heres what I’m thinking so far:

-freshwater fishing

-6 wt rod?

- orvis clear water?

Any suggestions on local companies or am I heading in the right direction? Also, is YouTube a great place to learn or lessons etc?

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

Freshwater trout I think I'd go 5wt, but some of the trout bums might disagree.

I bought my son a 9wt Orvis Recon and Hydros 5 for Christmas. It's a saltwater rig, but he cast the Clearwater first and much preferred the Recon. For a trout rod, spend a little more on the rod and save on the reel. 

One or two professional lessons will save you literally years of learning on your own. That said, the Lefty Kreh beginners videos are great and probably on YouTube. Orvis has some good casting videos on their website as well. 

[The Royal We 3072]

TFO is worth a look too.  They aren't in the same class as some of the high dollar rods, but I feel like they punch above their weight for the price for sure.

https://tforods.com/fly-fishing/

[Johnny Chimpo 478]

37 minutes ago, cknight said:

I’m going to start fly fishing (again) this year and wanted to get y’all’s opinion on some solid gear for mostly trout. 
 

I did some backpacking back in the day and had a cheap bass pro backpacking rod but like to get something nicer.

Heres what I’m thinking so far:

-freshwater fishing

-6 wt rod?

- orvis clear water?

Any suggestions on local companies or am I heading in the right direction? Also, is YouTube a great place to learn or lessons etc?

My pick has been a Hardy shadow 5 wt for a high quality mid range rod. If you want to step your game up, I have a Douglas sky G that’s been quite nice as well. 
 

https://www.yellowstoneangler.com/gear-review/2020-five-weight-shootout/
 

some solid reviews up above - it’s tough to find fly rod reviews without an angle these days. 

I went with a Galvan torque for my reel - frankly if you’re not going to get into some big fish it’s not going to matter much what your reel and drag are like, because they won’t pull on it. 
 

that’s been my experience I’m sure there’s others who can tell me I’m wrong. But I don’t think you could go wrong with the equipment above. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

19 minutes ago, The Royal We said:

TFO is worth a look too.  They aren't in the same class as some of the high dollar rods, but I feel like they punch above their weight for the price for sure.

https://tforods.com/fly-fishing/

Love TFO rods and between the boy and I we own 6. Their reels are trash though. If you go TFO, plan to look elsewhere for reels. Orvis makes nice reels at every price point and are pretty hard to beat in the beginner/budget lines like the Clearwater. Redington makes nice budget reels (and rods), too. 

[The Royal We 3072]

42 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Love TFO rods and between the boy and I we own 6. Their reels are trash though. If you go TFO, plan to look elsewhere for reels. Orvis makes nice reels at every price point and are pretty hard to beat in the beginner/budget lines like the Clearwater. Redington makes nice budget reels (and rods), too. 

Yea, I think I have a Lamson reel on my 5 wt TFO.  I've got a 7wt TFO rod and reel for bass fishing and it's fine for what I'm trying to do with it.  I don't think I'd take it to go catch reds though.

[troph 24806]

I have a TFO rod and a reddington reel 5/6wt and it's been really fun to fish with.  I use it more so far than my 8wt and 12wt much nicer set ups and don't foresee upgrading it anytime soon.  in the whole set up for probably $500-600 total.  that was 3 years ago and the TFO was on sale.

[cknight 184]

I’ll check out TFO; thanks a lot for the suggestions!

[cknight 184]

I’ll check out TFO; thanks a lot for the suggestions!

[troph 24806]

so almost 2 years ago, my son caught a red fish, we had to use a tag too, he had a heck of a time getting it in, I posted about it. guide said let's get it taxidermied and he said he knew just the guy.  well I finally got it from him, and disregarding the failure to do both sides and mount so it could sit on a table (and I paid for that too), the quality is crap.  the entire mouth, teeth, inside and out is white. the belly is bright white, just a bad job. my son won't know the difference but I'm still mad. I won't make this mistake again. 

who do I go to for trophy fish and mounts?

TIA

 

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2022 by troph

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

4 minutes ago, troph said:

so almost 2 years ago, my son caught this red fish, we had to use a tag too, he had a heck of a time getting it in, I posted about it. guide said let's get it taxidermied and he said he knew just the guy.  well I finally got it from him, and disregarding the failure to do both sides and mount so it could sit on a table (and I paid for that too), the quality is crap.  the entire mouth, teeth, inside and out is white. the belly is bright white, just a bad job. my son won't know the difference but I'm still mad. I won't make this mistake again. 

who do I go to for trophy fish and mounts?

TIA

 

 

I’ve used New Wave Taxidermy out of Florida for a bass mount for my son. They did a superb job. They do all fiberglass replica mounts, so if you can supply a picture and measurements they can get it pretty close. I’ve been thinking about having a mount of my first Permit done, and I’ll use them if I do. Not cheap, but I think the quality is worth it. 

[troph 24806]

17 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

I’ve used New Wave Taxidermy out of Florida for a bass mount for my son. They did a superb job. They do all fiberglass replica mounts, so if you can supply a picture and measurements they can get it pretty close. I’ve been thinking about having a mount of my first Permit done, and I’ll use them if I do. Not cheap, but I think the quality is worth it. 

ooooh, I could have a redo for him.  I was going to post a pic but the only pic that makes sense is the one where he's barely holding it up by the tail and he's got this look of hilarious shock on his face, as if he realized how amazing fishing can be for 30 seconds out of a few hours at a time, and realizing that's why it's so addictive. 

[troph 24806]

My mental health has taken a real beating this winter and that’s for another thread (or not). Tonight we fight back. Fishing alone tomorrow just me and my thoughts, Guad might only be a poor facsimile of Colorado trout fishing but it’s what we got. I’m prepping lines tonight, single malt and the venerable singer song writer Brandi Carlisle on the head phones. 
 

 

Edited February 6, 2022 by troph

[troph 24806]

24-25 knots later, I got me 6 set ups. first blood knot ever too.  I like it better than the surgeon's knot for joining two lines I think. yeah, I get a kick out of this shit.  thing is, it makes you practice your patience and breathing.  that's kind of a life skill. troph is meta tonight. tomorrow we ride.