2019 Fishing - Bent rods and tight lines

[Sbbruin 21697]

10 minutes ago, justhookit said:

Yeah, long boat rides are no fun and I’ve done plenty of them. My guys fished yesterday and said the weather was great, but he had no idea what it was doing up north where your friend is coming from. It’s starting to sound like y’all may end up fishing Mag Bay at the same time. They’ll be on Tenacious.

Go to know, I'l look out for them.  Yeah, looks like we'll be in the Mag Bay area for at least 3-4 days.

[Chewbacca 7727]

2 hours ago, Johnny Sack said:

Yep.  Go rent a house or condo in Telluride or Aspen.   All the shit you want to do is there. Plus good dining and spa shit.  

Telluride is far superior to Aspen if 4 wheeling is on the agenda.  So many great trails in that part of the state.  And, as you mentioned, great food choices.

[kangsta 50]

Have yall seen this yet? New company started by some UT grads,  invented a process that lets you do Gyotaku prints of your fish without the ink/paint.  Saw it on 9.95 forum thought i'd share here. Looks pretty sweet. 

https://www.thepaperfin.com/

 

[Lat22 3990]

This is so cool. 

 

[Mac8111 2103]

Kept waiting for alligator to eat that kid.


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[ROFL BOX 6647]

How drywallers wadefish.

[ROFL BOX 6647]

On 10/17/2019 at 6:57 PM, Lat22 said:

This is so cool. 

 

Parents are raising that kid right.

[otisdog 365]

On 10/16/2019 at 11:02 AM, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

yep. some areas are designated wildnerness areas and have restrictions on motorized vehicles, but national forest and BLM is do what you want where you want. hell, i own it.

mmm......national forests not so.  Need to stay in "official" campsites inside the forest, generally. Some exceptions exist. BLM land is a go, though. Only restriction on BLM land is how close you can camp to the water. Fire permits often necessary, also.  Lots more BLM land than federal forests, but it is generally not as nice as the later.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

3 minutes ago, otisdog said:

mmm......national forests not so.  Need to stay in "official" campsites inside the forest, generally. Some exceptions exist. BLM land is a go, though. Only restriction on BLM land is how close you can camp to the water. Fire permits often necessary, also.  Lots more BLM land than federal forests, but it is generally not as nice as the later.

You got some bad info, Otis. You can camp wherever you want in a national forests.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11796]

Hit up Lake Buchanan this morning out of Tow.  Got a nice mess of a couple stripers, some hybrids and some good white bass.

 

[Sbbruin 21697]

Down at Magdalena Bay.  Going fly fishing today.  Will post pics.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11796]

28 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Down at Magdalena Bay.  Going fly fishing today.  Will post pics.

Do it!!

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

What are you fishing for @Sbbruin?

[otisdog 365]

17 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

You got some bad info, Otis. You can camp wherever you want in a national forests.

 

17 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

You got some bad info, Otis. You can camp wherever you want in a national forests.

You are correct - and I did get some bad info....from a forest service ranger, of all people.

[LongestHorn 759]

Tropical storm jacked up our surf fishing trip a tad.  Adapt and overcome.  Spent Friday night fishing the south side Packery jetty.  Caught ribbon fish.  Saturday we wade fished the flats behind the church at Dead Man’s Hole.  Sunday kayak fished all around CC bay,  

Caught bait fish, no Reds.  Fed many pin fish many shrimp  Gulp shrimp at Roy’s worked better.  Don’t care.  Was fishing.

[justhookit 4174]

20 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

What are you fishing for @Sbbruin?

I don’t know what the fly fishing was for, but the striped marlin bite where he is has been insane for a few weeks now. I know @Sbbruinwas going to do that at some point. My guys are fishing it now and I hope to have a report soon. There are a bunch of Costa Rica boats fishing there right now because of the big tourney in Cabo coming up. From the teams that I know,  the best day I have heard of was 160 stripe marlin. Another boat was over 100 two days in a row. Another released 90ish. Another released .80ish. You get the picture.

Keep in mind these are teams that fish together in tournaments for numbers all the time, so they know exactly what they are doing. 

[justhookit 4174]

Ok just got the text we caught 132 stripes over three days at Mag Bay. It was disappointing for them. Hopefully they do better in Bisbee’s where all you need to do is catch the big blue or black.

[Braff Zacklin 13399]

Christmas in October is finally here. Unfortunately, the water is super murky and not even fit to flush, so fishing was unusually slow.

Still, there were good moments, like this 26-incher. 😎

 Same fish, just pulling her out of the water so you can see dat thiccness.

And a couple more I'll put in a spoiler tag to keep from longcatting.

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23-inch hen

And a 21-inch hybrid buck

Two of the past three years have been great water years, so conditions are ideal for a PB. *fingers crossed*

Edited October 24, 2019 by Braff Zacklin

[Sbbruin 21697]

Haha.  This trip has been sick, We caught 30 marlin and a bunch of wahoo.  @justhookit you would trip on the marlin outside Mag Bay.  We stopped cuz our arms were about to fall off.  We did a day of wahoo fishing too.  Caught about the; Wahoo. Most epic fishing trip in my life.  In San Jose del Cabo now. 

[Sbbruin 21697]

*ten wahoo

[Sbbruin 21697]

On 10/22/2019 at 11:19 PM, justhookit said:

Ok just got the text we caught 132 stripes over three days at Mag Bay. It was disappointing for them. Hopefully they do better in Bisbee’s where all you need to do is catch the big blue or black.

We could have caught a hundred if our arms were up for it. They were thick as thieves out there.

[justhookit 4174]

16 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Haha.  This trip has been sick, We caught 30 marlin and a bunch of wahoo.  @justhookit you would trip on the marlin outside Mag Bay.  We stopped cuz our arms were about to fall off.  We did a day of wahoo fishing too.  Caught about the; Wahoo. Most epic fishing trip in my life.  In San Jose del Cabo now. 

Yup, congrats. Wish I was there. Our team didn’t do so well in Bisbee’s, but our friends who are in the marina in Quepos with us won the big money for the 2nd time in 4 years. Last time they actually finished 3rd but because they were in all the big money pots and the first and second place boats weren’t, they won close to 3 million. They finished in first place yesterday and won close to 2 million. Tranquilo is the boat you may have also seen them up at Mag Bay.

[Braff Zacklin 13399]

@Sbbruin, have any pics to share of your catches? Can't fish saltwater here in Idaho, so it's always a pleasure to see what you, hookit, rojo, and others come up with. And wahoo are just fucking gorgeous.

[Sbbruin 21697]

Yup, congrats. Wish I was there. Our team didn’t do so well in Bisbee’s, but our friends who are in the marina in Quepos with us won the big money for the 2nd time in 4 years. Last time they actually finished 3rd but because they were in all the big money pots and the first and second place boats weren’t, they won close to 3 million. They finished in first place yesterday and won close to 2 million. Tranquilo is the boat you may have also seen them up at Mag Bay.

Yep guy with us now fished the Big tourney and said Tranquilo won it. Fishing in Cabo sucked for us, but Mag Bay was awesome.

[Sbbruin 21697]

[mention=1357]Sbbruin[/mention], have any pics to share of your catches? Can't fish saltwater here in Idaho, so it's always a pleasure to see what you, hookit, rojo, and others come up with. And wahoo are just fucking gorgeous.

No wifi right now and most of our marlin were released at the side of the boat so didn't get a lot of photos of them, but here's a few

[justhookit 4174]

On 10/26/2019 at 2:15 PM, Braff Zacklin said:

@Sbbruin, have any pics to share of your catches? Can't fish saltwater here in Idaho, so it's always a pleasure to see what you, hookit, rojo, and others come up with. And wahoo are just fucking gorgeous.

Better than being gorgeous they are delicious. Best eating fish IMO.

[Sbbruin 21697]

4 hours ago, justhookit said:

Better than being gorgeous they are delicious. Best eating fish IMO.

Definitely when fresh.  Made some unreal wahoo sashimi and sushi, blackened wahoo, and wahoo ceviche.  And a cooler of it heading home.

[Pescado_Rojo 19327]

We had a 40 redfish day in Rockport yesterday. All on fly. Best day of redfishing of my life, on any tackle. We started the day saying we would switch off every 30 minutes, then I caught my first 3 fish in the first 10 minutes of fishing and told my buddy I was ready to switch then. We decided we would switch out every 3rd fish or 30 minutes, and only switched out on time twice all day. There were times we wouldn't even have time to switch out and get the other angler on the platform before we were back on fish and hooked up. I hit a fish in the back with my fly and it spun around looking for what hit him, I stripped once and he ate...Then had a 30" trout stalk a small red that was hooked up and follow it almost all the way to the boat. I almost broke my neck trying to get down off the poling platform to get my rod to cast at the trout, but it finally bolted right about the time I got the push pole secured and grabbed my rod. Just an absolutely insane day. 

[Johnny Sack 8397]

19 hours ago, justhookit said:

Better than being gorgeous they are delicious. Best eating fish IMO.

What I love about wahoo is it tastes great raw and it tastes great grilled or sautéed.  I love tuna raw, but won't eat it cooked.  Wahoo you can vacuum seal and freeze and it's great for a long time.

[huge 3788]

Went out of Freeport Sunday morning to try for billfish and tuna.



Slow going most of the weekend but the weather was great.


Did bag this big tilefish when we went deep.

Also got one nice yellowfin, about 40lbs.

Some smaller tiles and barrel fish and I have plenty to eat.



Hey good lookin...



Beats the shit out of work.

[fattyflattie 4636]

Damn. Tilefish and YFT.  I could use some of both right now. 

[justhookit 4174]

3 hours ago, huge said:

Went out of Freeport Sunday morning to try for billfish and tuna.



Slow going most of the weekend but the weather was great.


Did bag this big tilefish when we went deep.

Also got one nice yellowfin, about 40lbs.

Some smaller tiles and barrel fish and I have plenty to eat.



Hey good lookin...



Beats the shit out of work.

Yup. As y’all know it is way late for billfish - you might scratch out 1 - but tuna should be good now. I guess you went to boom Vang/Nansen? They’ve sucked all year and Perdido is a long long run from Freeport.

[justhookit 4174]

On 10/26/2019 at 1:48 PM, justhookit said:

Yup, congrats. Wish I was there. Our team didn’t do so well in Bisbee’s, but our friends who are in the marina in Quepos with us won the big money for the 2nd time in 4 years. Last time they actually finished 3rd but because they were in all the big money pots and the first and second place boats weren’t, they won close to 3 million. They finished in first place yesterday and won close to 2 million. Tranquilo is the boat you may have also seen them up at Mag Bay.

Also I was wrong. They won a little over 2.5 million this year. I’m expecting a free Imperial Light when I get down to CR in 2 months.

https://www.bisbees.com/News/Article/96

 

Edited October 29, 2019 by justhookit

[justhookit 4174]

Well hell thats 4 years ago. Maybe they really did “only” win 2 this year. I give up. And still want my beer.

[1leggedduck 443]

On 10/20/2019 at 4:39 PM, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Hit up Lake Buchanan this morning out of Tow.  Got a nice mess of a couple stripers, some hybrids and some good white bass.

 

Son and I launch at the Burnet County park. We left the ramp two Saturdays ago to throw baits at the drop offs to catch some early fall blacks. We weren't 100 yards from the ramp when the surface exploded with whites pushing up a huge ball of shad. We were obligated to stop and catch about 10 for the shits and giggles. We weren't in the mood to clean fish so we released them all, but it was a good time. We were a little early for the largies but caught a good number of spots. Love that lake, unless the wind is blowing. Then it gets a little dicey.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11796]

16 minutes ago, 1leggedduck said:

Son and I launch at the Burnet County park. We left the ramp two Saturdays ago to throw baits at the drop offs to catch some early fall blacks. We weren't 100 yards from the ramp when the surface exploded with whites pushing up a huge ball of shad. We were obligated to stop and catch about 10 for the shits and giggles. We weren't in the mood to clean fish so we released them all, but it was a good time. We were a little early for the largies but caught a good number of spots. Love that lake, unless the wind is blowing. Then it gets a little dicey.

Yeah it was extremely calm when we were out.  Max, the guy that took us fishing, said he would have preferred a little more chop.

[huge 3788]

Yup. As y’all know it is way late for billfish - you might scratch out 1 - but tuna should be good now. I guess you went to boom Vang/Nansen? They’ve sucked all year and Perdido is a long long run from Freeport.

[1leggedduck 443]

2 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Yeah it was extremely calm when we were out.  Max, the guy that took us fishing, said he would have preferred a little more chop.

Hardly any freshwater guys who aren't fly fishing posting on here. There have to be more bass fishermen on Surly. 

[crash_davis 23078]

1 hour ago, 1leggedduck said:

Hardly any freshwater guys who aren't fly fishing posting on here. There have to be more bass fishermen on Surly. 

On Saturday, I fished a cove and marsh channels in Sabine Lake. 2nd cast, caught a potato chip flounder. Then proceeded to catch 6 bass where I should've been catching redfish and flounder. Tasted the water in the channel and cove, not a hint of saltwater. No bait or any movement at all in the cove/flat. Sabine Lake was/is fresh as the Colorado River.

Does that count?

[4th and 5 4910]

Anyone have some current POC tips for me, I'm heading down soon. I fished there for 15 years but haven't been back in 6 years. I know the area well, it's just been a long time. Thanks in advance

[fattyflattie 4636]

4 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

Anyone have some current POC tips for me, I'm heading down soon. I fished there for 15 years but haven't been back in 6 years. I know the area well, it's just been a long time. Thanks in advance

Sharkys is underrated, but good food. Maybe hit Junction for a bit, definitely close Maddens.   
 

Fishing?  I’ve always maintained there are no fish in POC, at least not for me. These fronts may start pushing some flounder to the drains, and out the pass.  

[crash_davis 23078]

15 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

Anyone have some current POC tips for me, I'm heading down soon. I fished there for 15 years but haven't been back in 6 years. I know the area well, it's just been a long time. Thanks in advance

pm pescado rojo. he fishes POC area in a boat.

i fish POC from a kayak out of charlies. i imagine you prob want pescado's advice.

[Pescado_Rojo 19327]

28 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

pm pescado rojo. he fishes POC area in a boat.

i fish POC from a kayak out of charlies. i imagine you prob want pescado's advice.

Fatty and MAC probably have better advice than I would for his style of fishing. I'm fishing marsh ponds on the back side of the island in a poling skiff, not wading for trout. Also, I fish mainly from Power Lake down to Panther Point...I do very little fishing around POC. (I'm Seadrift trash)

[1leggedduck 443]

19 hours ago, crash_davis said:

On Saturday, I fished a cove and marsh channels in Sabine Lake. 2nd cast, caught a potato chip flounder. Then proceeded to catch 6 bass where I should've been catching redfish and flounder. Tasted the water in the channel and cove, not a hint of saltwater. No bait or any movement at all in the cove/flat. Sabine Lake was/is fresh as the Colorado River.

Does that count?

You don't necessarily have to catch bass out of a shiny bass rig. I guess that fresh water bodes ill for the Texas oyster industry. Ever fish Rayburn or Toledo Bend?

[Judge Roybeanbag 11796]

1 hour ago, 1leggedduck said:

You don't necessarily have to catch bass out of a shiny bass rig. I guess that fresh water bodes ill for the Texas oyster industry. Ever fish Rayburn or Toledo Bend?

There are quite a few guys that bass fish occasionally.  Some I haven't seen post in a while.  Mostly just hitting up stock tanks and neighborhood spots.

[Mac8111 2103]

Fatty and MAC probably have better advice than I would for his style of fishing. I'm fishing marsh ponds on the back side of the island in a poling skiff, not wading for trout. Also, I fish mainly from Power Lake down to Panther Point...I do very little fishing around POC. (I'm Seadrift trash)

I just sight cast for hard heads ....


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[Pescado_Rojo 19327]

2 minutes ago, Mac8111 said:

 

 

I just sight cast for hard heads ....


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Been fooled many a time by tailing hard heads. Nothing worse than 50 yards of hard poling to discover those tails you were trying to get to were hard heads. 

[crash_davis 23078]

1 minute ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Been fooled many a time by tailing hard heads. Nothing worse than 50 yards of hard poling to discover those tails you were trying to get to were hard heads. 

pound for pound, the best fighting fish in the ocean. bonefish have nothing on hardheads. that's why they are so hard to catch.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

2 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Fatty and MAC probably have better advice than I would for his style of fishing. I'm fishing marsh ponds on the back side of the island in a poling skiff, not wading for trout. Also, I fish mainly from Power Lake down to Panther Point...I do very little fishing around POC. (I'm Seadrift trash)

Back in college I camped out at Panther Point one night.  Me and two buddies in a small Mako that could barely get up on a plane with three two hundred pound guys and a shitload of beer and gear.

We just had sleeping bags and no tents.  It was windy as fuck and we kept getting sand in the food we grilled.  Then it started raining.  So we proceeded to get drunk enough to pass out in the rain.  We did catch fish the next day.

I would need a week to recover from that shit now 20 years later.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

20 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

pound for pound, the best fighting fish in the ocean. bonefish have nothing on hardheads. that's why they are so hard to catch.

I would put Amberjack up with any fish as a fighter pound for pound.