Braggin Board for Fishing!

[mntnguide]

Had a great trip late last year down to Baja to fly fish for marlin, mahi and roosters. Fished Bluewater for 3 days, then spent 2 days getting dropped off on an uninhabited island chasing roosters from the beach. We saw mahi by the thousands, and brought home 50lbs each which has been great in the freezer. Can't wait to get back down there this year.

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[Mtnman84]

Got the boys out for some fishing

 

[roosiebull]

Yesterday I headed out to Ling fish. Got to 25 fathoms and said "screw this!" Asked if they'd want to do some nearshore instead. They all said yes. Biggest mistake 9 of them made. Sick as dogs. Only had 6 that could actually stand up and fish. Should have just pulled the plug and headed to the dock. It was a miserable cold sloppy day.

Indeed, it wasn’t big, but it sucked

You been seeing the northern fur seals offshore lately? We saw one yesterday and Thursday in the same area, but I can’t imagine it was the same critter

 

[roosiebull]

My biggest coho last year.

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That’s a pig! Shaped more like a king

You weigh it? I used to go fish them pretty hard in SW WA, And stay for a week, we had a year probably 17-18yrs ago that they were huge, my first fish that trip was 19#, got 2 more that were 17# that trip… it was crazy. It was slower but the fish were huge, and I believe was a 3 fish limit, so we were still able to scratch up limits every day, I really miss doing that, last trip I made was 15yrs ago the week following my wife and I getting married, we decided to go fish silvers for a week with a good friend and my new bride… we got a couple over 15# that trip too… big coho are one of my favorite fish

We killed one a few years ago opening day of ocean coho (mid June) that was 17#… how big would that fish have been when it entered its home river in the fall? Can’t imagine considering they put on a pound a week in the summer (on average)

 

[Oregon]

Indeed, it wasn’t big, but it sucked

You been seeing the northern fur seals offshore lately? We saw one yesterday and Thursday in the same area, but I can’t imagine it was the same critter

No fur seal sightings.

 

[HuntHogsnFish]

Had a great trip late last year down to Baja to fly fish for marlin, mahi and roosters. Fished Bluewater for 3 days, then spent 2 days getting dropped off on an uninhabited island chasing roosters from the beach. We saw mahi by the thousands, and brought home 50lbs each which has been great in the freezer. Can't wait to get back down there this year.

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Yo! Fly fishing Dorado!? That’s a huge bull! Dream trip, you have a guide recommendation?


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[OMF]

My wife caught a real nice rainbow at a local pond (former gravel pit). This was 17". We've caught lots of 10" - 12" rainbows from this same pond in the recent past. It was supposedly drained a few years ago and refilled and restocked to restore the fishery so it was surprising to pull one out this big.

 

[MTbowhunter36]

A couple of tuna on a recent trip to the Florida Keys! I had an absolute blast!

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[Sunshine40]

My wife out fished me today and I'm not the least bit mad about it.

 

[OMF]

@Sunshine40,

Having a wife that will fish with you is a win in and of itself.

 

[Amos Keeto]

@Sunshine40,

Having a wife that will fish with you is a win in and of itself.

My wife LOVES to fish, I just can't get her in a boat.
She's seasick before we even get the boat off the trailer!
Stand her on a rock or a beach and she'll fish all day long!
She wanted to go with me to Kodiak, but she'd puke just walking the pier to the boat!

 

[roosiebull]

Found an early summer today, eating good tonight

 

[Stache Attack]

Can’t wait to see some paddlefish hitting the board this week!

 

[ACHILLES]

3 of us caught 50crappie last Saturday 3 fish over 15”. Also managed to catch a 7or8lb bass with my crappie rod on 6lb test.

 

[JMundy84]

My daughter caught this dandy rainbow today I didn't have a scale or tape with me but it had to be 18" or better

 

[idahodave]

Did pretty well last week with a better than average cut-bow.

Dave

 

[IDVortex]

Going through this makes me really want to try and focus on fly fishing now.

 

[roosiebull]

I’m hoping that the early presence of fish means we’ll have at least a few summers around this year, almost had a limit by 6am, but my second one was wild

If I can scratch up a limit of summers I probably won’t even fish spring chinook this year, the past few years there have basically been no summers around

 

[OXN939]

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I’m hoping that the early presence of fish means we’ll have at least a few summers around this year, almost had a limit by 6am, but my second one was wild

If I can scratch up a limit of summers I probably won’t even fish spring chinook this year, the past few years there have basically been no summers around

Man that's a beautiful fish. I finally made it up to AK full time (Matsu area) and it seems like I'm about 20 years too late to catch a king around here. I would absolutely lose my mind for a fish like that.

Good news is, the lake I live on here has some MONSTER bows. I figured a 3 weight and a 6 weight would be fine for trout... decided about ten minutes into my first trip up here I needed an 8 in the lineup as well.

 

[philos]

Fly rod bassin’ is stupid fun