Show off your fish

I leave for Arkansas tomorrow and can't get y freakin boat motor to crank. Takin it to a guy this Mornin to see if he can get it runnin for me before tomorrow

 

Did you check the main fuse or breaker?

 

CRISIS AVERTED!

It was the boat motor. Took it in today to get checked out. The jets in the carb were all FUBARed. But he was able to take care of it for me. She purrs real nice now.

 

Got a few pics to post later from Arkansas. Got screwed over by the generation schedule, and we were fishing "minimum flow", so there was basically no water. We still managed to get 20 fish from 17-20". Nothin bigger than that, though

And...I have wanted a tattoo for a while, and couldnt figure out what I wanted. I finally realized, what better than something to do with fishing?

 

Pretty cool man! I'm coastal bound for a 3 day trip, winds 30+ mph is going to be rough tomorrow, supposed to settle down for Thurs/Fri. Hoping to get on some big redfish and to have some pictures to share here!

 

This is what we were dealing with. In this pic, I'm standing in the middle of the river. There was ZERO water. The had a tournament Saturday, and limited it to 125 boats. It always fills up...except when everyone heard they weren't generating. 52 boats showed up, and the biggest fish brought in was 1.5 lbs.

 

Tournament didn't turn out quite like we wanted, shoulda been top 5 but had some boat issues

 

Well this trip went a little different than planned. I caught a lot of reds, but all undersized. I did end up catching a few keeper trout, and my first ever on artificial!! I am super pumped about that

First trout on artificial


And the cooked meal

 

Terrible pic of a really pretty fish. Front facing iPhone camera sucks balls.

 

Nothin big, but it was a pretty fish

 

My PB so far
9lbs 14oz

 

Catfish from Vail Lake in Temecula. 12+ lbs

 

HA!! Unfortunately, I was so excited it appears the scale is backward. D'OH!

 

^^Damn, boy... you're hoggin' all the hogs! Biggest bass I ever caught was 8 lbs, but back then we didn't have cell phones. (80's)

 

Went fishing yesterday at a friend's ranch. He has a 30+ acre lake and to keep the fish healthy it is important to keep the population levels in check for the lake size and food. We keep bass under 18". Had a good haul yesterday. Between my friend and I we caught about 75 fish.
The lake has some real monsters in it. The big one of the day was right at 26" and was very old. Had the big bug eyes and everything. She should have gone over 10 but was skinny and right at 8 pounds. Still a great catch and was even better that I got her on a top water with a whippy medium action rod.

 

Action shot of a little brookie from today.

 

Unfortunately, not mine. Mine broke the line, with a spoon on. This is my cousin and his Brown. 20", and 4 lbs.

 

Who would have known I would find a fishing forum in a Tacoma enthusiast site.

 

Ah, so they are still north of us right now...