Outdoorsman Thread

[zp4ja]

I finally got thru to the Salmon as the smelt started running this week not a big one but Sue will have a mother's day salmon

Nice Dogg. Very cool. Good catch.

Jerry

[CheckSix]

I finally got thru to the Salmon as the smelt started running this week not a big one but Sue will have a mother's day salmon

Fishing is one of my favorite things to do! Glad you got that Salmon!!

[jmh58]

Congrats gdogg.. Nice!! And it only takes 1 to complete the day!!! John

[philco]

I've never fished for salmon but would love to try. Do they put up a lot of fight when hooked ?

[orvet]

Yes, depending on where they are; the closer to the ocean the more they flight! I watched my dad boat a 75 lb Chinook salmon in the ocean, I think it took him 45 minutes to boat the fish. Quite a battle!
On the same trip I had to have him help me land a 10 pounder (I was 5), I remember cranking that big reel till I thought my arm would fall off, I would get him up to the boat and he would make another run and strip half the line off my spool. Dad finally had to land the fish for me.

But if you catch one several miles inland they are tired from swimming up stream and don't fight as well.

[CheckSix]

I've never fished for salmon but would love to try. Do they put up a lot of fight when hooked ?

yep! especially when you have 300 yards of lead core out.

Typical Great Lakes 3 - 4 year old is in the 15 - 16 lb range.

[kootenay joe]

That's the size of fish most of us only dream of catching. Great catch Dave.
kj

[FRJ]

I finally got thru to the Salmon as the smelt started running this week not a big one but Sue will have a mother's day salmon

Nice one Dogg. Did you use a streamer?

Nice catch, Dave.

I caught a small salmon in waters off of Olympic Peninsula. We ate it fresh. Oh baby, was that good.

[garddogg56]

Thanx guys they are fun to catch on a 6wt flyrod.Salmons are ok to eat but not as good as native Brook trout for us in Maine Brookies are as good as it gets.Check6 that is a sea run correct our salmon are land-lock, the largest we get are 12lbs.that is a beauty I couldn't land that on a 6wt flyrod but I'd LOVE to try :)Ya Joe on a Montreal horr..

[CheckSix]

Thanx guys they are fun to catch on a 6wt flyrod.Salmons are ok to eat but not as good as native Brook trout for us in Maine Brookies are as good as it gets.Check6 that is a sea run correct our salmon are land-lock, the largest we get are 12lbs.that is a beauty I couldn't land that on a 6wt flyrod but I'd LOVE to try :)Ya Joe on a Montreal horr..

Howdy dogg,
Freshwater, land locked, Great Lakes (Pacific transplanted) Chinook Salmon, is what we go after. We troll at 35', 55' and 85' deep. 6 rods total, 2 lures at each of those depths, plus flashers.

These Chinook's have a 4 year life span and at the end, they go spawn up one of the rivers that feed the lake.

On a normal half day out on the water, we'll get 10 - 13 strikes and boat 7 to 10 of them. I'll come home with 100 lbs of Salmon filet.

On the taste side of it, the freshwater Salmon have a milder flavor, when compared to ocean Salmon.

[garddogg56]

100lbs of Salmon on a given day WOW we don't get that in a lifetime!

[CheckSix]

100lbs of Salmon on a given day WOW we don't get that in a lifetime!

shot of the cleaning station, after a typical outing....

[Colonel26]

Those are some great fishing photos. Wow. It sure sounds like some real fun catching them too.

[Dinadan]

Beautiful Salmon, Dogg! That is a good size fish for a fly rod. I have never caught anything bigger than a maybe one pound bass on a fly rod. Nice!

Dave - those Great Lakes Salmon look ... healthy! I have never caught a Salmon but those fish sure look good.

Last Tuesday I was out on the water an caught this forty inch (more or less) Redfish (Red Drum) along with an assortment of small fry (literally fry, in my case). I always release the big Redfish since they are usually or maybe always females and the big ones are not as good to eat as small ones. It took me about forty five minutes to get this girl along side the boat and unhook her. You better believe I was ready for a beer when I got done releasing that fish!

[Colonel26]

Wow Mel! That's a nice fish.

[CheckSix]

Mel, that is an awesome Red!!!

[FRJ]

Great catch Mel, ....... And your camera technique is remarkable. I don't know how you do it.

[jmh58]

Real nice fishing pics all.. Yep!!! John

[Dinadan]

Thanks, fellows. My wife was doing the camera for that photo so she gets the credit.

[TripleF]

Yeah, nice shot Mrs. Mel! Knice RED Mel!

The community picnic table here happens to be surrounded by all kinds of mature trees. Compliment of Phil and Garry I've begun
a new hobby.....bird watching. I sit at the picnic table for me brunch cigar with my binoculars and Bird Field Guide Book.

Yesterday I spotted a Pileated Woodpecker, easily identified by the crown.....even though this pic is a silhouette, the crown stands out.
In real color it's fire engine red - the crown.

[garddogg56]

Beautiful Salmon, Dogg! That is a good size fish for a fly rod. I have never caught anything bigger than a maybe one pound bass on a fly rod. Nice!

Dave - those Great Lakes Salmon look ... healthy! I have never caught a Salmon but those fish sure look good.

Last Tuesday I was out on the water an caught this forty inch (more or less) Redfish (Red Drum) along with an assortment of small fry (literally fry, in my case). I always release the big Redfish since they are usually or maybe always females and the big ones are not as good to eat as small ones. It took me about forty five minutes to get this girl along side the boat and unhook her. You better believe I was ready for a beer when I got done releasing that fish!

That looks like a blast Mel

[jerryd6818]

Yeah, nice shot Mrs. Mel! Knice RED Mel!

The community picnic table here happens to be surrounded by all kinds of mature trees. Compliment of Phil and Garry I've begun
a new hobby.....bird watching. I sit at the picnic table for me brunch cigar with my binoculars and Bird Field Guide Book.

Yesterday I spotted a Pileated Woodpecker, easily identified by the crown.....even though this pic is a silhouette, the crown stands out.
In real color it's fire engine red - the crown.

Do you have binoculars with which to spy on our little feathered friends?

[TripleF]

Yeah, nice shot Mrs. Mel! Knice RED Mel!

The community picnic table here happens to be surrounded by all kinds of mature trees. Compliment of Phil and Garry I've begun
a new hobby.....bird watching. I sit at the picnic table for me brunch cigar with my binoculars and Bird Field Guide Book.

Yesterday I spotted a Pileated Woodpecker, easily identified by the crown.....even though this pic is a silhouette, the crown stands out.
In real color it's fire engine red - the crown.

Do you have binoculars with which to spy on our little feathered friends?

Thankfully I do, I just don't have the camera gear I used to, to take proper pics.

[Quick Steel]

Congrats Scott. When enlarged that is a fine shot. Those Pileated are striking birds.

[Dinadan]

Those are a couple of nice photos Scott - the Pileated photo and the book, knife and binos photo. I always like seeing Pileated Woodpeckers - they have really made a comeback in my area within my lifetime. The Pileated's call is very distinctive and they are not shy about announcing their presence!