Who Likes Fishing?

I've been fishing since I was a little kid, roughly 40 years. Here in Oregon we have some great fishing, but I'm sure other states do as well.

I don't go as often as I use to, but still enjoy it. The best fishing trip I've ever had, was about 5 years ago, my best friend since grade school and I went to Alaska.
His Mom and Dad had a really nice resort with log cabins he had built, it sat on the bluff over looking the Cook Inlet.
It was nice because we didn't have to mess around with charter fishing, we would just take their boat down to the tractor launch at Anchor Point and fish until we were ready to go back.
We caught quite a few Halibut, the biggest was around 65 pounds, but I guess the smaller ones like that are the best eating. No argument from me, it was the best fish I had ever had. IIRC we each brought back close to 100 pounds of Halibut.
It was a sad day when we cooked the last pack of steaks :(
 
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After I caught my first fish at aged 6, I was "Hooked". It is a great way to spend the day or night!
 
Love to flyfish for trout & smallmouth locally. 4wt w/ poppers for big bluegill are a hoot .Bellyboat & a 7wt for largemouth about dark makes for a cosmic experience. Done some surf fishing a few places. Salmon & steelhead in the PNW. Cutthroats in Montana & Yellowstone. Yeah, I guess I do kinda like it.
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Love to surf fish....it seems to be the only way I can catch keepers consistently (and that could be debated)
 
Guyon said:
It's not just about the rods and reels. It's also about the kayaks. :D
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that green kayak is a battleship...

a buddy and i tricked out a 12' portabote in a similar manner...if i had it assembled i throw a pic up...
 
Love to fish. I have had the privilege of fishing in several parts of the country since my work forces me to travel. Fly fishing on the South Fork of the Boise River would be my #1 best experience, even though not a single trout was landed. Still the most beautiful scenery and exciting water I have ever been in.
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Here is the result of a trip out of Venice, LA last March:
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Speckled trout on Lake Ponchartrain, LA:
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And yes, I have too much gear. Fly fishing, light tackle for crappie, bream and other small fish. Bass tackle.......I could spend days walking around in Cabelas or Bass Pro. Lucky me, both are within 30 minutes of my current work location.
 
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Do alot of fishing,live in Delaware ,salt water and freshwater is very good here,saltwaterfish 90% of the time,do alot of saltwater flyfishing. Striped bass is the main fish is this area.I also have too much fishing stuff
 
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[/IMG] Tyed Salmon Flies for about 12yrs+ fly fished, Then started throwing hardware, Love that Walking Topwater
 
I fall in the category of having too much fishing stuff too... I actually collect them on top of knives. I do surfcasting and the occasional deep sea trips but due to work commitments it's mostly peacock bass at a local river 5 mins from my place.

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I like fishing, but haven't gotten even close to understand what I am doing. I need to buy a lightweight rod for panfish. My general rod/reel isn't working well in that area.
 
Mr. Sogetsu said:
I like fishing, but haven't gotten even close to understand what I am doing. I need to buy a lightweight rod for panfish. My general rod/reel isn't working well in that area.
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Fishing with ultralight tackle is one of my favorite ways to fish. There are some great small ultralight reels and rods. Falcon makes an outstanding ultralight rod.
 
A bad day fishing is better than a good day working! When I was fishing in Oz some of the guys were wondering about this odd canuck who could spend all day, not catch a thing, and still be having fun. Compared to the fishing here, where cold-wet and bug bitten is the norm, I love standing in water up to my knees in the nice warm sun. They even apologized that we were catching only 4-5 each a day.
now I have two sets of gear, my trout stuff here in Canada (my Dad stocked one of the farm ponds with rainbows) and my much heavier salt water stuff at my fiance's parents in Oz.
 
Uplander said:
It's not that we have too much stuff...we don't have enough time to use it.
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How true... I've a feeling the only time I'd get to use all my tackle; or at least fully utilize them is when I retire... If ever. I have no qualms spending a bit more for tackle unlike knives. There's so much technology going into our reels these last few years. I'm still enamoured with ABU Garcias after all these years but the newer stuff from Daiwa and Shimano are amazing.
 
I like to fish, but have not been since I was in scouts 10 years ago. Got a fishing licence in 2008 and never used it cause I could never find someone to go with me and drive. :( I have access to a truck and some relatives close that want to go so I should be going at least a few times this years.

Am planning to get a raft this spring so I can fish on Huntington Reservoir and others up along Skyline Drive in Central Utah. Might go Ice Fishing up there in a few weeks with my Cousin.

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I'm over 40 years old and have never caught a fish, or course the last time I went fishing was over 10 years ago. I had gone with a friend - he was standing about 10 feet away, throwing his line fairly close to mine, but yet he kept reeling them; unfortunately, none of them were keepers.

I remember once putting a new lure on my line and dropping it in the water in front of me, just so I could see what it would like getting pulled through the water. As I did that, I saw a fish come up from the depths heading straight for it...I panicked and pulled the lure out before it could snatch it, my thoughts were along the line of "that's MINE!".
 
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