flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
this morning at the musky, i got skunked on the fly, but i had brought my ultra lite with me, second cast yields my biggest trout since i started trout fishing 3 years ago, returned to the river, swam away strong.
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Biggest Trout so far.
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Oliver10
Profishional Cupcake
Why is covered in dirt and laid out on a dry rock? fucktard!
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
I don't take kindly to name calling.
You are no gentleman sir, there is a more polite way to let me know that this fish was not handled well, but being a musician, i'm used to elitist jealousy and cork sniffing over critique.
i've seen worse on this site. if i brought it home to eat i would have got slammed, dry rock, slammed.
offer friendly advice next time, or don't even bother.
You are no gentleman sir, there is a more polite way to let me know that this fish was not handled well, but being a musician, i'm used to elitist jealousy and cork sniffing over critique.
i've seen worse on this site. if i brought it home to eat i would have got slammed, dry rock, slammed.
offer friendly advice next time, or don't even bother.
Future Fanatic
Nirvana
You think THAT'S what you got from Oliver10?!?
(No offense, O10... if I may call you O10...)
I don't think he's up for that...
This really isn't the place for friendly advice... This is the place where MUCH of the time you find out EXACTLY how people feel. And they tend to NOT worry much about being "gentlemenly" or polite about it. You SHOULD have known better... Take your lumps... and move on. Your NEXT photo of a nice fish will not include mud and rocks.
We will then bust you for posting about using spin tackle on a fly fishing site...
Oliver10
Profishional Cupcake
Flymantis, I appolgize for calling you a Fucktard. I would not have said that to you in person. I would have given you shit for poor fish handling though. I am assuming it was not out of the water too long and the weather is cold and the water is cold so there is a good chance your fish did live. It would be dead if this was the summer or late spring. Also I would not give you shit for keeping a stocked fish, I think they taste like fish meal, but if you want to keep them and eat them I don't care.
I am jealous you got to fish on a Tuesday I am stuck at work and you did catch an nice fish. The fact that you brought the spin rod along just in case you did not do well with the fly tells me that you are not totally confident in fly fishing yet. Keep at it and you will feel sure of your abilities to catch fish with the fly rod. I recently have been doing pretty well fly fishing. I have been doing it now for 19 years. Only recently have I aquired to confidence to select a fly or dropper combo that I think will work and fish it. I used to fish for a bit change flies then change again and again. My fly in water time was probably a quarter of the time it is now. Most of my time was spent changing the fly or thinking that I was fishing it wrong or that I need to change it soon or getting out of the water and walking to a new spot because there were no fish where I was. Confidence means that I can select something good fish one spot knowing that there are fish there and that my fly will work. This means I spend and hour confidently fishing instead of 15 minutes second guessing myself and 45 minutes second guessing myself while fumbling to change flies, add or remove shot, ect.
I am jealous you got to fish on a Tuesday I am stuck at work and you did catch an nice fish. The fact that you brought the spin rod along just in case you did not do well with the fly tells me that you are not totally confident in fly fishing yet. Keep at it and you will feel sure of your abilities to catch fish with the fly rod. I recently have been doing pretty well fly fishing. I have been doing it now for 19 years. Only recently have I aquired to confidence to select a fly or dropper combo that I think will work and fish it. I used to fish for a bit change flies then change again and again. My fly in water time was probably a quarter of the time it is now. Most of my time was spent changing the fly or thinking that I was fishing it wrong or that I need to change it soon or getting out of the water and walking to a new spot because there were no fish where I was. Confidence means that I can select something good fish one spot knowing that there are fish there and that my fly will work. This means I spend and hour confidently fishing instead of 15 minutes second guessing myself and 45 minutes second guessing myself while fumbling to change flies, add or remove shot, ect.
Trout Nazi
And...Boom goes the dynamite.
Don't get all bent over the fish handling. Those mutant stocked brookies are good for feeding your dog-sled team or garden fertilizer.
What do you play?
lightenup
A fan of Boobery
Have you been looking at GST?
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
apology accepted.
golden beetle
Active member
Are you in Labrador?
PRomano
Fishizzle, I never use worms!
Just because a fish swims away doesn't mean it will survive. I snapped this photo at the Pequest a couple years back. These trout were caught and released above the bridge that leads to the hatchery entrance. They all swam away strong but look what happened later on. :beingsick:
You should have kept that one for the freezer.
You should have kept that one for the freezer.
golden beetle
Active member
Just because a fish swims away doesn't mean it will survive. I snapped this photo at the Pequest a couple years back. These trout were caught and released above the bridge that leads to the hatchery entrance. They all swam away strong but look what happened later on. :beingsick:
You should have kept that one for the freezer.
Mr. Romano, who tied that beautiful fly in your avatar?
PRomano
Fishizzle, I never use worms!
Captain Cupcake, it was tied by Pat Cohen. He should be at the show this weekend. Check him out. He's the best deer hair tier I ever seen.
I finaly got my picture up, check out those beautiful dead stockies.:nose-picking:
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
guitar, bass, and some piano.
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
Just because a fish swims away doesn't mean it will survive. I snapped this photo at the Pequest a couple years back. These trout were caught and released above the bridge that leads to the hatchery entrance. They all swam away strong but look what happened later on. :beingsick:
You should have kept that one for the freezer.
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understandable, yeah, i could have handled the fish better, i'm not infallible.
I'm sure several members here hunt, i do not, some people shoot their quarry with out locating it, it's not right, but it happens.
i'm still pretty new to fishing rivers, and trout.
let's chalk it up to happy accident. happy i got a sweet brookie an accident that i mishandled it. so howsa about those mets... :confused3
Rusty Spinner
Active member
And there's your mistake, the rest of us are infallible
Here's general rule of thumb for handling any fish you plan to release in the future: use wet hands, never touch the gills, don't remove the fish from the water for more than a few seconds (less than 30 for certain), don't place on dry ground, use barbless hooks, and make sure you revive the fish well by facing it upstream until it kicks its way out of your hands whether that takes no time at all or a full minute or more (more in warmer water as you'll find over time). Hey, we all mishandled fish at one time or the other. It's just that some of us did so before Al Gore invented the internet and there were digital pictures. There are guys on this site so old that they made cave paintings using berry juice of their first trout:crap:
Catskill Mountain Man
Explore, and implore to explore
take a picture with it on wet gravel/sand/even mud or a wet mossy rock.
i hope that fish wasnt a wild or holdover cause shes a beauty
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
And there's your mistake, the rest of us are infallible
Here's general rule of thumb for handling any fish you plan to release in the future: use wet hands, never touch the gills, don't remove the fish from the water for more than a few seconds (less than 30 for certain), don't place on dry ground, use barbless hooks, and make sure you revive the fish well by facing it upstream until it kicks its way out of your hands whether that takes no time at all or a full minute or more (more in warmer water as you'll find over time). Hey, we all mishandled fish at one time or the other. It's just that some of us did so before Al Gore invented the internet and there were digital pictures. There are guys on this site so old that they made cave paintings using berry juice of their first trout:crap:
Good advice.
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
i'm not sure, it was big and fought well, it all happens so fast and i'm trying to get the fish back in as soon as i can.
wrapped my line around my leg like i was Capt. Ahab.
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eddavidson9
how's that for a slice of fried gold
Im on my phone so cant be hassled to look up the link right now but an interesting article just recently crossed my radar indicating head trauma is a huge killer of released fish (something like 50% mortality rate in the study). They attributed it to beaching the fish rather than handling in the water or net. Ive long preferred beaching over nets but ill be changing my ways now.
Nice fish, congrats.
Nice fish, congrats.
lightenup
A fan of Boobery
aaaarrrrrrrggggghhhh........
FIN-ITE 34
Well-known member
“From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned <S>whale”</S> mutant stocker!
gregschmegg
New member
I recently (last year) started using a fish safe rubber net and love it!
Half the time when fishing midges or something small the fish will unhook itself before i can even grab my hemostats. No tangles or snags that you have with regular nets. After a few weeks of using one you wont even need to lift the fish out of the water... quicker catch and release, less stress on the anglers gear and fish. There is really no need to land or even handle a fish if done properly.
Half the time when fishing midges or something small the fish will unhook itself before i can even grab my hemostats. No tangles or snags that you have with regular nets. After a few weeks of using one you wont even need to lift the fish out of the water... quicker catch and release, less stress on the anglers gear and fish. There is really no need to land or even handle a fish if done properly.
Trout Nazi
And...Boom goes the dynamite.
I'm gonna guess blues and/or jazz.
MACFLY
Too many streams too little time
And there's your mistake, the rest of us are infallible
Here's general rule of thumb for handling any fish you plan to release in the future: use wet hands, never touch the gills, don't remove the fish from the water for more than a few seconds (less than 30 for certain), don't place on dry ground, use barbless hooks, and make sure you revive the fish well by facing it upstream until it kicks its way out of your hands whether that takes no time at all or a full minute or more (more in warmer water as you'll find over time). Hey, we all mishandled fish at one time or the other. It's just that some of us did so before Al Gore invented the internet and there were digital pictures. There are guys on this site so old that they made cave paintings using berry juice of their first trout:crap:
Geez anything else
flymantis73
I am haunted by waters
blues, classic rock, punk, and Jaco Pastorius!
paraphysis
New member
Not sure if this is the article your were referring to--it related to steelhead mortality but I'm sure it applies to other species as well.
http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/steelhead/you-may-be-killing-steelhead-and-not-even-know-it/
paraphysis
New member
This may be the article you reference
http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/steelhead/you-may-be-killing-steelhead-and-not-even-know-it/
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