Topic: At some point today I WILL go fishing.
catgo65's photo
Fri 04/08/11 02:01 PM
I am an avid fisherman, some people don't get it. Where I live there's nothing better than the scenery fishing from a boat, wading, or casting off of a dock. So relaxing and peaceful, good luck!!

Dict8's photo
Fri 04/08/11 02:01 PM


Catfish, Blue gills, Crappies, sounds like
you're fishing in puddles. laugh
Saltwater is where it's at. Nothing
like the fight of a 30 or 40 pound
Stripper to let you know
you're fishing.happy

You made up the Stripper part, right?
laugh

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Fri 04/08/11 02:01 PM
I am not knocking saltwater fishing... I would love to one day!
But I live next to a creek not the ocean!
But I do have the Ohio river close by and we have huge strippers and catfish and all that here.
Still I would love to ocean fish.

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Fri 04/08/11 02:02 PM

I am an avid fisherman, some people don't get it. Where I live there's nothing better than the scenery fishing from a boat, wading, or casting off of a dock. So relaxing and peaceful, good luck!!

Exactly I will def post some pics of my creek in a bit...

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Fri 04/08/11 02:12 PM
This is outside my door...Where I am going if my friend ever shows up.... If it will post...

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Fri 04/08/11 02:15 PM
Fish from last year



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Fri 04/08/11 02:18 PM
Last one just to show I am getting more comfortable actually holding the fish :)


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Fri 04/08/11 06:04 PM
Edited by Haley1243 on Fri 04/08/11 06:08 PM
I tried Cat fishing ...Couldn't catch anything was reeling in and this caught itself... I am told it is a hellbender and is actually endangered.


mightymoe's photo
Fri 04/08/11 06:10 PM

I tried Cat fishing ...Couldn't catch anything was reeling in and this caught itself... I am told it is a hellbender and is actually endangered.




mmmmm.. looks yummy! maybe sauteed with a nice wine sauce?

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Fri 04/08/11 06:15 PM
It would be like slugs...It was slimey as hell...which is why I wouldn't hold it..
You may like the taste but I wouldn't recommend it.

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Fri 04/08/11 06:24 PM

It would be like slugs...It was slimey as hell...which is why I wouldn't hold it..
You may like the taste but I wouldn't recommend it.


looks like a huge salamander... cool looking, glad you took a pic of it
i've never seen one out here that big... i was kidding about the eating of it, i would never kill anything that unique...

mightymoe's photo
Fri 04/08/11 06:26 PM
Edited by mightymoe on Fri 04/08/11 06:27 PM
i looked it up, and this is what it said:



The Hellbender is one of the largest salamanders in the world, which are rivaled only by a few who are close to their size that live in China and Japan.

Once numbering literally millions, they are today not truly endangered but are limited to the healthy stream systems that are throughout the eastern United States.

Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) are extremely large, completely aquatic salamanders native to the eastern United States. The largest hellbender ever recorded was nearly 21/2 ft. long.

http://www.itsnature.org/ground/reptiles-land/hellbender/

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Fri 04/08/11 06:54 PM
Thats what it was....
OOoh They get big.... I don't like swimming down there anyway.

mightymoe's photo
Fri 04/08/11 07:09 PM

Thats what it was....
OOoh They get big.... I don't like swimming down there anyway.


i don't think they eat people... but i'm not sure

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Fri 04/08/11 07:19 PM
Haley, Stripe Bass season opens in May, biggest and best fishing is in the Fall. When you're ready to FISH, let me know!laugh laugh The fish in your pictures is about the size of our bait.:tongue: Seriously enjoy the fishing. Even a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work!!

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Fri 04/08/11 07:22 PM
That's my Motto Paul...
A bad day fishing is still pretty freakin sweet!


My fish aren't bait!rant They are baby MONSTERS!
But ooooh.... I am jealous I want something I really have to fight with!

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Fri 04/08/11 07:28 PM

That's my Motto Paul...
A bad day fishing is still pretty freakin sweet!


My fish aren't bait!rant They are baby MONSTERS!
But ooooh.... I am jealous I want something I really have to fight with!



Come out to the Island, I got a buddy who is a charter Capt, never came back in without a 40" fish in the boat. happy By the way, What do you have when you put 20 fisherman in the same place? A room full of liars! laugh laugh Have a great time, some of us have to work.tears

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Fri 04/08/11 07:35 PM
I'm already home. I just went out for a little bit today.
I have to work as well.
If I ever make it to the Island I will look you up for sure and If i don't catch a 35in one I am charging you airfare!

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Fri 04/08/11 07:38 PM
i guess the fishing is good up there in NY? i'm in the gulf, and i haven't been fishing since the oil spill... i loved fishing up in seattle, salmon and pike, great fighting fishes... but if you want a good fight, try getting an 8 ft tarpin or alligator gar, they are amazing...

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Fri 04/08/11 07:42 PM
No thanks... I pass on teethy fish...