Fish on! - The Fishing Thread

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hey Mick - no, we basically did our sight seeing on the treks out to the rivers but I don't remember being at the place you mention. It's such an incredibly beautiful part of the world - the "last frontier" is exactly how it feels IMHO.

Dave, it takes a bit to get into, but I would highly highly recommend it as a totally complimentary experience to what you've been doing. And there's some similar environs/species fishing with bones, permit & tarpon in salt flats in the Caribbean which is supposed to be just outstanding if very technical.
 
iheartskins said:
hey Mick - no, we basically did our sight seeing on the treks out to the rivers but I don't remember being at the place you mention. It's such an incredibly beautiful part of the world - the "last frontier" is exactly how it feels IMHO.

Dave, it takes a bit to get into, but I would highly highly recommend it as a totally complimentary experience to what you've been doing. And there's some similar environs/species fishing with bones, permit & tarpon in salt flats in the Caribbean which is supposed to be just outstanding if very technical.
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Come to SW FL, the flats fishing is outstanding
 
iheartskins said:
Love fly fishing...this is from one of the rivers on the Seward Peninsula near Nome from a couple years ago. Going back this summer!

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I've never seen a salmon that was so high top to bottom. I've been to Alaska, dIdn't fish though, but never saw or heard of something like this. Beautiful.
 
Miles Monroe said:
Come to SW FL, the flats fishing is outstanding
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No ban on Flounder ?
And no more BP oil on the fish ?
I always thought the BP spill made it easier to fry the fish, since the fish are already oiled and greasy. ready to fry
 
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Mickalino said:
No ban on Flounder ?
And no more BP oil on the fish ?
I always thought the BP spill made it easier to fry the fish, since the fish are already oiled and greasy. ready to fry
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Nothing like that in this neck of the woods:cool: Red tide over the past 30 years, but that's about it. I had a great spot for flounder, but don't know since the rebuilding of the causeway. We'll see soon enough, as it should be open in a few days if it hasn't already. That's my buddy Greg, and this is what's coming out of the water these days...
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I've heard that Red Tide could potentially make a person super sick.
A friend of mine was surfing, and it made him extremely and chronically ill
 
Mickalino said:
I've heard that Red Tide could potentially make a person super sick.
A friend of mine was surfing, and it made him extremely and chronically ill
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Yes sir, red tide can mess with you bigtime. Mainly repertory issues, and does effect some severely. I hear it can give you a rash from swimming in it. It took me a while to realize that it was effecting me while working about a mile from the beach. Like bad allergies for me... The fish kills really suck, and have to be cleaned up, so your beach trip could wind up a disaster. The news always finds some tourist to bitch on camera how their vacation was ruined by it. Not too bad for the locals who pay attention... which is less then 1/2 the population here. It's always reported by all the news outlets, with maps and phots / videos from the air. A lab rat that's been lobotomized could figure it out... You can often work around it if ya have a boat, as it's generally closer to shore. Lots of resources out there to keep you informed. They say it has a lot to due with fertilizer run off into the bays and estuaries that causes the abnormal algal blooms.
FWC Red tide gives a good overview.
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It's tarpon season... fishing the causeway bridges Hammerhead chasing tarpon
 
Boone said:
Looks like an amazing time
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Yeah it was great, out there for like 5 hours or so.

Fishing in the Potomac when the conditions are right for this, where I go wading and stuff, only happens like for 2 months out of the year, and it's definitely my favorite way to fish freshwater without going out on a boat.
 
I have loved fishing since I was a little kid. Weird thing is I rarely got the opportunity to do it as my Dad wasn’t into it. I fished on my own in High School and in college. Very little since then even though it’s one of my favorite activities. Maybe when I retire I can get back into it. Very cool.
 
Just getting back from the Seward Penninsula. Long way back to the East Coast, but the fly fishing (Dolly Varden, Greyling, Silver Salmon, Chums and Sockeye) is out of this world.
 
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