2017 fish squeezing and sundry images

[skifishbum]

they finally turned down the faucet on the home river hit the road to fish with my pops and his crew
stopped at the res


]hit the river the next day and squeezed a few troots


ate n drank well shared flies, food, and recent trips

rowed the old man and another dude into a few the next day

gougie day till we got gully washed



hit the road again stopped at the lake of mirrored poopfish


only found 1 though

drove east crossed a mighty river

was hopin to fish my childhood home river but 7" of rain upstream put the cabosh on floating the fox

did hook up with a new fishin partner

he's a bit young and raw but i see potential
headed home passed a lot of good water i wish we had a chance to fish

headed back out and hooked up with the dude id asked to be bestest man a couple decades ago
put a few in the nets



hooked up with the hog island crew down in chocolate milk city
consumed sundries

rest of the fam showed up for a this is what we do puppy training course
why is my new chew toy attached to me

met sum new friends makin their 1st float too

he was pretty good in the boat

did sum swimmin

hung out on grandpas boat

sniffed a troot or 2



pretty good for a its all new to me dad start

[skifishbum]

water cleared a bit downstream by sunday enough to throw junk anyway

shouda floated those who did were rewarded

bucked camp and hit the gorge

put the pup on the sup


finally he bailed and swam to shore
mom took him home and dad busted up a few fat lebowskis

[plugboots]

JHC, that's a riot.

[thebirdhunter]

Congrats on the new pooch sfb. I'm guessing your old one is no longer with us? Condolences.
Looks like you've mastered the art of the nohackle. Nice work.

[Underoos]

You were missed at the Luau, Dibs.

[Mr. Mike]

I like the stripping basket set up on the front of that raft. That looks handy.

[dfinn]

Any opinions get thrown around about that NRS boat? Seems like it could be best of both worlds?

[skifishbum]

aint my flies i cant tie my way outta of a wet paper bag with a turbo powered rotary vice
i do appriciate fine work and took a couple as a tip for spending the day on the sticks
bummed i missed it roos
i just didn't think puppy needed that level of piscatorial shenanigans for his 1st
hope to float yas in sept

[skifishbum]

Any opinions get thrown around about that NRS boat? Seems like it could be best of both worlds?

the ability to run dry or self bailer is sweet
i think he had some issues with one of em but nrs is good about backing their stuff

[spankthepow]

[Ville]

Some arctic char fishing.



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[Binky]

Awesome! ^^^^^

[stapes]

[2FUNKY]

Continuing the carp theme.
Not me, a good buddy.

[wendigo]

We were catching them too fast to get them in the cooler. One in the cleaning tray, two on deck and one in hand.



Eventually got them all into the cooler. 19 silvers in the freezer.

[Ville]

This one has been around on hatcing times, short and fat 😁

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[BCMtnHound]

So July turned into a smoke show. After issuing a few evacuation alerts and orders, and to appease the less than calm wife, we took heed of our own evac alert, loaded the truck with the usual plus our keepsakes and other valuables and ran from the flames and smoke for our annual escape to Vancouver Island.
Visited family in Victoria, spent a few days camping by Lk Cowichan, then taking in the Salish sea life of Hornby with the mother-in-law. Got my fill of fanny bay oysters (not really) but decided it was time to leave the ladies with their Gran, and head to Nootka Sound. Met up with my father, sister and her brood in Cumberland and headed to the west side of the island.

First day out we spend daylight testing the waters for the spring run, but after an hour or so our guide said f-it and out to the big water we went. Got our limit of ling cod and rock fish trolling the bottom amid a rough sea with the swell from the NW and a stiff SouthWesterly. Luckily only experienced liquid sunshine outside the sound, but the evening back at camp was a wet one.


Day two saw a return of clear and calm so we ran straight out to the banks and got our halibut. Jigging brought up 125cm and 122cm (about 55lbs each) which effectively paid for the trip. After catching another day's limit of rockfish, and hooking an octopus with arms as long as mine, we called it a day as we kept hooking into yelloweye that we couldn't return.


Day three we played our luck with the springs. They were running slow and strikes were scattered as per the reports the past few days, but after a full day and the skill of our guide, we brought in 5 of 8 fish. Coho unfortunately had not yet made an appearance in the sound. Nephew was stoked on his spring, and I assisted my niece reel in her first salmon. Between that and fishing for mackerel and sable off the dock, she is hooked on summer fish camp.


Limits for the bottom fish have been reduced, and the salmon were a bit smaller on average than in previous years, but still managed to take home about 80lbs of steak and fillet. An added bonus was a strong NE wind was blowing all the smoke to the coast, leaving the air at home clear (for the next few days at least). Local fires have been subdued for now, but the ready bag is still packed. Guide said his bookings are light the end of Aug...

[skifishbum]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/3332497/
i think it means the carps eat more when its hot












the dead ones smell even more when its hotter too

fuckers

feel free to join us at the mc bob bakers bday bash on the green below fonts this weekend

[alias_rice]

Slayed it!

[Underoos]

[plugboots]

Hey!!! No fair lassooing them!!


Jeez, maybe I should fish this summer, and add a pic or 3

[skifishbum]

stoked to git out n share bday blessings of green piscatorial pursuits

[Jong Lafitte]

Nice, SFB! Happy Bday. Looks like it was a good one. Love that pup.

[happytimefunbox]

Fuck yeah dibs headed that way this weekend for a day trip if you aren't booked up

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[Underoos]

We did the thing again. No kids this time, but we did have some out of town guests. Many more fish were squeezed this year, but I took zero pictures of them.