2024 Fish Pic Thread

[Iowagriz]

Cross post to RV thread.

#Vanlife and I'd like something the size of this Yakima rod vault for the top of the van. I don't fish, but I want something for skis and extra stuff up top. The problem I'm facing is getting something under 20" wide (or so) as the AC is mounted in the center of the van and makes it hard to mount a normal width ski box. I did get my normal Yakima box up there, but it was hanging over the back by at least 18", maybe more, die to having to mount it so far back behind the AC unit.

Any ideas? Rod box, 10" tall and 6-7' long would be ideal. But they also seem trendy now, so $$$$, and I'm cheap. This Yakima rod box has terrible reviews, but the dimensions seem right.

[BobMc]

Fun day today, picked up a 5hp Tohatsu off Facebook Marketplace. Gamechanger, trolled around streamers on Strawberry. Didn’t hit much till the afternoon, then killed it. My kid acts like he can’t row, but he can pilot an outboard,

We caught enough rainbows to put some into the freezer, I love the food saver vacuum packer.

[swimmy]

[swimmy]

Once again, on this morning at first light. I'm an early morning person anyway so this hatch is perfect for me.





This river doesn't give up nice fish on the dry easily. But I got a decent one today. Size 6 salmon fly.





Had a gallery interested in what we were doing.





And around camp we have a couple interesting birds. This is the Eastern Kingbird. It migrates from the Texas and Mexico.





Gonna get a little later start tomorrow as I have guests coming in from out of town. What an awesome time of year.

[Talisman]

More amazing pictures, no wonder you have a gallery admiring your fishing. Thank you for sharing Swimmy!

[lifelinksplit]

Nice Swimmy. Killing it.

I won't bother posting my dinks but I loaded up the dogs and been putting on some miles and dunking a line in some less busy water. Fucked up my gate opening date so I took long way around. Bout to head to another camp after a (not) 5 dollar burger. Great time of year to live in Montana.

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[Underoos]

Fucked up my gate opening date

I did the same thing a few weeks ago. I was two days early. Went back and made it happen though.







Did a quick stint in Boblandia. Bob was not there.





Lumpy was there.



Heading to the Gunnison Gorge tomorrow for a 3-day float. Might be some samminfries, might be some rain, will be some good times.

[lifelinksplit]

I was 4 days early. Tried to convince the FS trucks to just let me in but for some reason they wouldnt....go figure, lol.

Still wandering around. Had a pretty intense thunder/lightning storm last night. Put on a good show but rain blew out the already high creeks, oh well. Gonna go check a different lake and creek in a few minutes.

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[swimmy]

Couple more from the past few days.

[lifelinksplit]

That shot of the salmonfly withe eggs is rad and disgusting at the same time!

Walter is unimpressed with my dink slaying abilities...

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[skaredshtles]

That shot of the salmonfly withe eggs is rad and disgusting at the same time!

Walter is unimpressed with my dink slaying abilities...

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I think I recognize that stream... but maybe not.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Catchin' bass on gurglers Mass:

[swimmy]

Bite has slowed for us the past couple of days. Rain, 40 mph winds, cold temps...any excuse you can think of we got it. : )

Back at it tomorrow.

[BCMtnHound]

Just back from Nootka. Strong Southwesterlies kept us from the big water, but the spring and coho were abundant. Limited out on the salmon (springs avg 20lbs with a few hitting 25lbs and one near 30), 2 possession limits on the ling (most only just minimum length, just one 20lbs lunker), and almost limited on rock fish (my fav eating). Wife was a rockstar at the helm in the rough seas while buddy and I manned the downriggers and lines, and she reeled in the biggest springs. Jigging was mostly out of the equations with the active water, so no halibut this year.


Wife with Coho and boat buddy with 25lbs Spring



Lots of otters, seals were abundant but thankfully kept their distance. Whales and porpoises spouted in the distance a few times.

Last meal at camp.
No prawns this year - commercial guys have cleaned out the sound the past 2 yrs now.

3 days processing.


Canning the fish head soup today. Need to brine some caviar this eve as well.
All in all a very good year.

[BobMc]

Went back to Strawberry today, been there the last 5 Saturdays. The mussel check dudes in Heber know me pretty well by now. Did a mixture of stripping and trolling today. Trolling brought the little rainbows to the party and deeper water stripping brought in the cutts. Probably the last weekend I’ll target them like that. We saw a few floating cutts, the pelicans love the slot limit up there. We brought home three planters for the freezer.

[yeahman]

Beautiful day on the Blackfoot. Caught a few little guys. Damn the water is low for late June though.

[swimmy]

My buddy hasn't fished in a year much less spent much time with this hatch. Showed up yesterday and bagged a nice one on the dry. It was also his birthday.

[::: :::]

This guy was a fighter — prolly beat down an osprey prior to snatching my nymph



Quiet on the D yesterday, plenty of splash/giggle action…fisherfolks seem to be elsewhere

[swimmy]

[tgapp]

went up to some high mountain lakes and had a three species weekend

y'all can talk shit on me all you want but I'm really digging the tenkara/6wt combo...throw streamers at the lake, fish the creek with the tenkara stick, best of both worlds

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[swimmy]

This is why this hatch brings me back every year. Super fun morning.

[beer30]

Nothing but rain and high flows over here in the alps. Season started mid April and I’ve been a measly total of six times.

[jpcm]

Past few weekends We’ve been running some of the smaller freestones closer to home. Some great whitewater and dry fly fishing.



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[swimmy]

Nice dude ^^^

Another solid day here.





Landed a really nice fish early on.





Then I hit a home run and stuck my biggest fish of the year on the salmon fly.





Only a few more days left but the stoke meter is pegged.

[swimmy]

Back at it again. Had a solid boat today. Three sticks who can all row.





It was the best dry fly bite since I've been here. Lots of eats and the fish we netted were all quality.








I caught one bigger but no photos. Didn't realize but I the webbing on my boat net had come loose and had a huge hole. He ended up swimming away. No biggie. We all got to see it.


This has been a solid 10 days of fishing in one of the pretties places on earth to catch a trout.