Fishing "survival" skills practice

BarberFobic1992 · Feb 1, 2009

SDS said:
When it gets closer to time for my trip I may be getting in touch with you for some advice. I have just over 3 1/2 yrs. until I retire. That trip is going to be my retirement gift to myself.

I don't get to the coast very often and we don't have anything that looks like that here in Oklahoma. We do have our share of ugly fish though.

SDS

yes, deffinatly.

oklahoma alligator gar. for the love of pete, do not swim in oklahoma lakes!
(not my catch, some other guys. but it is at a lake that is not far from me)

Rupestris · Feb 1, 2009

As much as I love to fish I usually do it alone. Because of that, I don't have many pics of me with the catch of the day. The only pic I have right now is this one:

This pic was taken at my brother-in-laws pond in SE Georgia last summer. Yeah, thats a Busse Combat blasting cap I'm wearing. Don't judge me monkey.

SDS · Feb 1, 2009

Barberfobic, I think I know those guys! If that was a bowkill I know I do. Those are some tough fish too. They aren't exactly what you would want to go noodling for.

SDS

BarberFobic1992 · Feb 1, 2009

SDS said:
Barberfobic, I think I know those guys! If that was a bowkill I know I do. Those are some tough fish too. They aren't exactly what you would want to go noodling for.

SDS

yea, i tead the caption with the pics, and it was a bow kill. they shot it three times.out in broken bow lake.

SDS · Feb 1, 2009

I thought so. I'll have to give that guy on the right a call. I know he bowfishes but didn't know he got that. I don't see him often but I would have expected him to brag a bit about one that size.

SDS

dipbait · Feb 1, 2009

Southern Cross. You caught all those carp on a flyrod?

That sounds like great sport.

Im probably the best fisherman who ever lived.

tonym · Feb 1, 2009

dipbait said:
Southern Cross. You caught all those carp on a flyrod? That sounds like great sport.

Im probably the best fisherman who ever lived in MY OWN WORLD.

Fixed it for you

myright · Feb 1, 2009

I've been dropping the hint to my wife for quite some time now that I want an Alligator Gar trip as a Bday present one hear. Those things look like a lot of fun to catch.

Great thread - I'm planning a short trip around a local pond in the distant future which will allow me to try fishign with alternate means of tackle.

dipbait · Feb 1, 2009

OK heres proof.

dipbait · Feb 1, 2009

Southern Cross, I got to know. What kind of fly did you catch those carp on? I want to try that.

kgd · Feb 1, 2009

Northern Ontario

Southern Ontario

dipbait · Feb 1, 2009

Whoa, nice Musky. KGD fourth picture. What is that? Looks like a creek chub.

dipbait · Feb 1, 2009

rocketbomb. I was just in the Beartooth mnts. june 2008. Thats one of the neatest spots Ive ever been. Didnt fish. Family vacation.

tonym · Feb 1, 2009

Great fish Dip bait!!!!

KGD thats a helluva Musky

Ebbtide · Feb 1, 2009

We'll start with a cell phone pic of my biggest bass for last summer

Followed by another phone pic self portrait

Then some bluefish

It isn't all about the fish...

Coalsmoke · Feb 1, 2009

What type of fly do you use for carp?

kgd · Feb 1, 2009

dipbait said:
Whoa, nice Musky. KGD fourth picture. What is that? Looks like a creek chub.

Hi dipbait - it is a whitefish. Perfect fish for smoking. You and Tony had a bunch of nice fish shots too!

Wandering_About · Feb 1, 2009

dipbait said:
rocketbomb. I was just in the Beartooth mnts. june 2008. Thats one of the neatest spots Ive ever been. Didnt fish. Family vacation.

If you get the chance, get out there and do some fishing. Some of the lakes had some pretty good fishing. And the scenery out in the wilderness is great. Just make sure you're in shape, I've never been on so many STEEP trails! I'm going to try to get out there again next year and hit the lake with big cutthroats a couple of times. We caught some of the smallest fish I've ever seen on that trip--got a couple brookies almost as big as my index finger.

Man, all this fishing talk is driving me nuts. The ice is too thin for ice fishing right now. With a warm week coming up, I might be able to try for some ice-out catfish. Never tried fishing ice-out cats this time of year, or ever for that matter, but it's worth a try. I need my fishing!

EDIT: Here's another interesting fish from an interesting spot. From the Titcomb basin in the Wind River range. This is a golden trout, or mostly golden, at least.

Bushman5 · Feb 1, 2009

diehard rainbow trout flyfisher here.

Raskolnikov · Feb 1, 2009

I normally go solo, and when a camera is to be had I'm usually the photographer (so I have very few photos of myself), but fishing is probably my first and greatest love.