Who loves fishing ?

[Ramjet159]

@Ramjet159 A brief rundown for you and other salties that may not be familiar.

For small personal watercraft, belly boats are cool because you are right down in the water. They are ultra stealthy and ultra portable. You can take one to hike-in lakes and reach water otherwise unfishable. They are relatively cheap and easy to store

Pontoon boats are a little different. You sit out of the water and have oars(and the option for a small motor), but still have flippers for fine movements. You can cover more water, but lose some stealth and portability. Some of these get pretty fancy and stupidly expensive, but there are more affordable options.

Here's my view from the seat of my old pontoon boat with a pike coming up underneath. It can get a little nerve wracking when teeth and hooks are thrashing around near your balls, but it is exciting.

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There you go , you learn something new every day . I’ve never heard of them before . Great idea when you think about it .

 

[Capt's Farm]

Nice the place I used to stay at when I was at the delta, is like my dad and mom it's a joke. but his user name is Tunaman that pic reamends me of him/them

 

[Capt's Farm]

Watching that link I believe you . I fished commercially for 25 years as well as recreational so I know what fish a lot means . Me back in my Tuna fishing days View attachment 55615

ya that's me i don't speak well in front of the cam...

at the time STony was the owner of westerbass.com and he came down to my dad's last birthday party...
he had been trying to get someone to do a video on/of silerwood lake, but no one wanted to do it.. I was fishing it almost everyday and had a trny that weekend.. we ended up fishing the trny and saying screw it.. shot half the viedo that afternoon them finish the next morning....

I was on some big fish but you know how that goes..lol It was fun doing it.. I can always say I had the 1st bass video on line form the wood ...

 

[Ramjet159]

I didn’t get rich from fishing but I saw things and experienced things that I consider truly unique . I also came close to losing my life on two occasions so it did give me a true appreciation of life . We once had a wave break over the bow of our 19 metre shark boat , smashed every window out of the front of the bridge then threw me to the back of the wheelhouse and into the rear windows which I smashed with my back . We estimated about 8 tons of water passed through our wheelhouse rendering us with no navigational equipment 100 miles from home . It was a long voyage home wondering if we’d make it . That’s a juvenile Great White we caught back in the early Nineties .

 

[Ramjet159]

ya that's me i don't speak well in front of the cam...

at the time STony was the owner of westerbass.com and he came down to my dad's last birthday party...
he had been trying to get someone to do a video on/of silerwood lake, but no one wanted to do it.. I was fishing it almost everyday and had a trny that weekend.. we ended up fishing the trny and saying screw it.. shot half the viedo that afternoon them finish the next morning....

I was on some big fish but you know how that goes..lol It was fun doing it.. I can always say I had the 1st bass video on line form the wood ...

You guys catch a lot of Bass . They must be in good numbers throughout your continent . They look super aggressive little feeders

 

[Capt's Farm]

tunaman and mom

there my adopted Mom and Dad less just say that.. but he is my age and mom is younger them me...LOL

 

[Capt's Farm]

You guys catch a lot of Bass . They must be in good numbers throughout your continent . They look super aggressive little feeders

the smallies are for sure... the LMB have there mins but most lakes get hit so bad that they are smart as shit...

stripes are just a blast on jerk baits.... and Top Water

 

[Capt's Farm]

livewell shot of a dvl bass

i had just got a waterproof cam

 

[Capt's Farm]

dvl

 

[Capt's Farm]

mead 09 this was a good bazz for there in 09

 

[Capt's Farm]

 

[Capt's Farm]

the wood

 

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[Amarok]

I've been part of a small annual gathering of ice anglers for about 15 years. This is from one of our early ones. We camp out on the ice for a few days and drink and smoke and eat and fish. Some of my favorite times have been at these events. Guys bring all sorts of wild game and we feast on deer and moose and elk and salmon, as well as frying fresh fish on the ice.


A couple of the old boys teaming up on the auger. Ice was getting thick. (RIP Yardbird)

 

[Capt's Farm]

this is what it's about taking the a day on the water with the boy scotts

 

[Orion]

this is what it's about taking the a day on the water with the boy scotts View attachment 55643 View attachment 55644 View attachment 55645 View attachment 55646 View attachment 55647 View attachment 55648 View attachment 55649 View attachment 55650 View attachment 55651 View attachment 55652

Lot of Champs in those pics...my favorite was my 1995 202 with a 300 pro max...just sold my Bass Cat and waiting on a new Bullet 21XRS...Will be my 15th bass boat since 1987...

 

[Amarok]

Hey @Capt's Farm , I see you mentioning Lake Mead. Did you ever know a tournament guy down there called Huggy? He worked at the interpretive center at the Hoover Dam and had a big white-dude afro. He offered to show me some fishing spots on Mead next time I was in Vegas, but by the time I got down again he had passed away.

He told me "I wouldn't show any of these locals my spots, but I figure I can trust a Canadian."

The guy who was working at the Interpretative Center who told me Huggy had passed said he was known for working with kids' groups and was a big advocate for teaching kids to fish. Between that, and the smallness of the angling world, I thought it would be a neat coincidence if you knew him.

 

[Capt's Farm]

Lot of Champs in those pics...my favorite was my 1995 202 with a 300 pro max...just sold my Bass Cat and waiting on a new Bullet 21XRS...Will be my 15th bass boat since 1987...

`ca is/was full of them.. the godfather sold them.. so everyone had to have one.. now it's ranger... BUT Phoenix is getting a little play out there..

I been running bugs since my 1st one ss90 in 94.. I had a few but nothing like you.... the best boat I had was my 1st 202zx with the ox66 but the 2nd 1 in ca... with the 2.6l H wasn't bad for that area.. I had it 4 yrs Never got a ghost egg so that means alot

 

[Capt's Farm]

Hey @Capt's Farm , I see you mentioning Lake Mead. Did you ever know a tournament guy down there called Huggy? He worked at the interpretive center at the Hoover Dam and had a big white-dude afro. He offered to show me some fishing spots on Mead next time I was in Vegas, but by the time I got down again he had passed away.

He told me "I wouldn't show any of these locals my spots, but I figure I can trust a Canadian."

The guy who was working at the Interpretative Center who told me Huggy had passed said he was known for working with kids' groups and was a big advocate for teaching kids to fish. Between that, and the smallness of the angling world, I thought it would be a neat coincidence if you knew him.

no i don't
i really don't talk much unless im working....

if you need spots to fish on mead i'll hook you up..... gps #s

 

[Orion]

`ca is/was full of them.. the godfather sold them.. so everyone had to have one.. now it's ranger... BUT Phoenix is getting a little play out there..

I been running bugs since my 1st one ss90 in 94.. I had a few but nothing like you.... the best boat I had was my 1st 202zx with the ox66 but the 2nd 1 in ca... with the 2.6l H wasn't bad for that area.. I had it 4 yrs Never got a ghost egg so that means alot

I bought my first new boat in 1987 was a Champ 184sc, I plopped down 15k of firewood money...10 more Champs till that dick Hopper @ Ranger put the final nail in their coffin and Bass Cat's till I ordered the Bullet last fall...70+k is a long way from 15k...I'm just hoping I can fish my trails this year...last year was a very depressing fishing season for me.