Thread: Your "home" water

OK, let's see a pick of where you call home. I'll start, this is the Kinni in River Falls WI. Less than an hour from home and a natrulally reproducing pop of browns with a 3000 fish per mile avg. The downside is with that many fish, the bigger ones are few and far between but the upside is constant action and a great place to take the kids to "hook" them on the sport.

Hartwell Lake. This was taken from the dam (as you can see). That is the beginning of the Savannah River on the front side.

I usually fish for largemouth bass. There is a very good population of stripers here, state record came from Hartwell, as well as crappie and bream. The bream are good for kids because you can catch them so wasily.

The state record rainbow trout came from the river just by that bridge in the picture. Well an old record anyway, it has been broken a few times since.

Weedon Island- 10 minutes from the house.




Fort DeSoto- 15 minutes away.

the ocean.

Well unfortunately for me the river I call home is over 1500 miles away from me right now..... one of the offshoots of the Robe River in Valdez AK.

Salmon so thick you have to step over them to get to the good stuff.

God I miss that right now.

I really need to get out fishing in oregon.

One of my home waters... The Snake River



Sorry for the repeat pic.

KICK ASS!!! I was actually thinking of starting this very thread yesterday!!!

Mine:

My two usual spots...

#1: Big Laramie River:







and #2: a little lake called Meebor

(took this shot while fishing yesterday afternoon...

I'm new to the fly scene out here, but I used to frequent Ottertail County lakes in Minnesota and Lake of the Woods near Sioux Narrows.

The Flathead River. 10 min from my house

Flathead Lake. about 20 min from my house

Whitefish lake. about 4 min from my house

Whitefish River. Across the street from my house.

Our "home" waters. Beverly/Salem/Marblehead harbors, Cape Ann (Manchester, Gloucester, Essex, etc). Our boat is docked right under the "A" in Beverly, MA in the middle prong of the fork (Danvers River), and my buddy's boat (Jay's Dip Powcher) is docked right at the "G" in Gloucester.

As a side note. If any of you followed the news coverage of the explosion in Danvers a few months ago, that Marina they kept showing right next to the chemical plant that exploded is where our boat slip is. Luckily it wasn't there at the time.

Originally Posted by TS Quint

I'm new to the fly scene out here, but I used to frequent Ottertail County lakes in Minnesota and Lake of the Woods near Sioux Narrows.

Nice, move from one fishing Mecca to another, good job! I'll track down some info and contact stuff, my neighbor here in MN is also a guide in Bozeman in the summer. I'll pick his brain about a couple areas to hit close to you that would be good for a beginner in the area.

As for L of the W, spend a week each summer on Flag Island, love that place.

Jay

not my pics but were taken from just down the road of my place

Blaeberry River Golden BC

Warthog - that looks like a kick ass area!

Originally Posted by 72Twenty

Warthog - that looks like a kick ass area!

Just needs some mountains, and it would be perfect.

Gordon Liddy on our home water, Silver Creek:

Peterson Creek. About 18 miles north of Juneau. Today was my first day, with no fish luck, but oh what a day.

edited for Chilkat Range stoke.

Originally Posted by scarz111

Peterson Creek. About 18 miles north of Juneau. Today was my first day, with no fish luck, but oh what a day.

Just like my dad always says... "the catchin' isn't always good, but the fishin' is ALWAYS good."

Originally Posted by 72Twenty

Just like my dad always says... "the catchin' isn't always good, but the fishin' is ALWAYS good."

If you caught fish everytime you went out, the sport would be called Catchin', not Fishin'.

My home wataaaah! It's usually way rougher than this though.

ive got no pictures but when I lived in Atlanta, it was the Chatahoochee.

When I lived in NC, it was a combination of a few rivers all 15 minutes away.
Tuckaseegee, Nanthahala, and the Hiawasee. I was always shocked how different each river fished and they were so close.

Now I suppose its the S Platte being its 5 mins from my place.

that is gorgeous... I wish i lived somewhere near this and not near some little stream and glorified puddle. haha


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Elk River, less than 5 min walk from my back door. I took this photo last Monday April 23, more for the mountain where I ski, but the Elk is where I mostly fish.

Gloucester,MA. is my home water way....

Wind River Canyon, central Wyoming.

^^^^FKNA! Sure is purdy. I REALLY want to hit that place up in the fall.

Here's one of mine. The namesake of state.