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feeds@yuku.com (1971snipe) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:54:57 GMT

Does anyone have a copy of the book "Seasons of the Angler"? If so, if you can scan the Gene Hill story, As was the Father so is the Son, and post it here, I would appreciate it.

New task force poses threat to recreational fishermen

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:07:31 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Until recently, threats to fishing access have been so diverse and so scattered that they have not raised collective concern among anglers.

Why should fishermen in Maine worry that the state of California has closed waters around the Channel Islands? Why should Texans be upset that the National Park Service blocked surf casters from reaching the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina?

With the recent creation of a federal Interagency Ocean...

Can't hunt, maybe I can fish

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:06:08 GMT

Tomorrow morning our five day wood duck and teal season opens. Unfortunately I won't be hunting them this time around. However, I will get up early and walk down to the water and see if I can catch a fish. I didn't get to fish today but we did get here just in time to see the sun disappear.

Gulf Grouper

feeds@yuku.com (Snipeaholic) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:20:24 GMT

Today I loaded up the truck and headed over to Yankeetown to pick up a load of grouper that one of our guys came in with. Mrs. SA rode over with me and snapped a few pics while I weighed in the catch and put them on the truck.

Note that they are well iced and in great shape. The mate is readying to start pitching them out.

Fishing, scouting, goofing off part II

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:39:00 GMT

There is more to Florida than sand and palm trees. You could argue that this should be Georgia and I wouldn't disagree.

At least three of you have walked out here with me. I might be retired from snipe hunting before the conditions allow that again. Until then it will make for better duck hunting.

Fishing, scouting, goofing off

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:46:16 GMT

I went out to the lake this morning to see if I could catch a couple of fish, see any birds, and basically just goof off. Last weekend I was stuck in the house so this weekend I was going to fish somewhere for something. Until yesterday afternoon I hadn't decided where or for what. As is the case most often I ended up at the snipery. I only caught a couple of runts so there won't be any pictures of them.

The water isn't rising but it isn't receding either. It is...

Flats Fishing for Redfish in Port Aransas, Texas

feeds@yuku.com (LoboYZorro) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:41:27 GMT

My son and I spent three days fly fishing in shallow (about 12 to 18 inches) water at Port Aransas, Texas, for redfish. Sometimes we wade fish, but most of the time we pole the flats boat. One of us poles from the poling tower and the other one casts from the bow casting platform. Although one of us actually catches each fish, it is a team effort. The one on the poling tower can usually see the fish better, points the fish out to the one with the fly rod, positions the boat just right...

girls gone fishin

feeds@yuku.com (vanckirby) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:11:48 GMT

getting ready to head out

digging for worms

the snake egg we found while digging for worms

Endless Summer

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:09:49 GMT

This morning we fished with Capt. Bill Hammond at Endless Summer Charters. I didn't find out until Monday evening that Janet had booked it for me. I have been on my share of fishing charters but this was probably the most enjoyable one. It was a four hour trip and we spent most of that time with a line in the water. We didn't start until 8:30 so for someone like Janet that enjoys sleeping more than I do it meant we didn't have to get up a couple of hours before the crack of dawn....

Early Call

feeds@yuku.com (DLFL) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:55:24 GMT

6:30 AM the phone rang. I got a call from my neighbor Matt asking me to go fishing. His son and a friend along with Matt and I got off around 7:30 am. It was a untypical July morning, cool, low humidity, and low winds. WE made the ride of about 10 miles and made our first drift. All were getting hits and we got several fish hook ups. A beautiful day with good people made it a day to remember. A limit of snapper, 2 king mackerel, a nice red grouper, and several other species. The two boys...

Offshore Snapper and Grouper Trip

feeds@yuku.com (Jeffry50) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:57:50 GMT

My wife's uncle, two of his deputy buddies, and myself went out Monday to try and catch some snapper and grouper. The weather was nice and the seas were not to bad. We ended up limiting out on snapper(8) and only caught one keeper red grouper and a few smaller lane and vermillion snapper. We saw a few dolphins and a sea turtle but the highlight of the trip was seeing a sailfish surface. I have never seen one in the gulf. I'm guessing he was about five feet long. I cooked a couple of...

July 4

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:59:41 GMT

I thought I'd show a few pictures I took last weekend. There aren't but a couple of fish but since I spent a fair amount of time fishing I thought this would be a good place to post them.

This is a view of the biggest pond from the from porch of the house. I can think of worse things to have to look at when you walk out the front door.

Here's my cousin's...

Friday

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:26:22 GMT

After looking at Cannon's big bass I almost want to make my post sans pictures. However, a little humility is a good thing so I will show a few runts. I was going out in the big pond with my uncle but we had a couple of hours to kill while it was too hot so Janet and I grabbed a rod and went to fish in the shade. First we walked out on the dock but all I caught was one bream. The sun was still overhead and after a few minutes we headed to shore to fish under the cypress trees. All we took...

1st place on lake toho

feeds@yuku.com (vanckirby) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:15:19 GMT

had a good tourney on lake toho (kissimmee chain of lakes) today. caught my limit of 5 fish for 25.5 pounds. two seven pounders, one six, one four and one 1.5. heres a pic of the two 7 pounders.

One rough day!

feeds@yuku.com (DLFL) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:40:17 GMT

My friend had a old friend in town for the holiday and he wanted to take his son fishing. Matt included me and we were off at 6 AM this morning.

First we located the live bait sellers and got enough live cigar minnows for a great trip.

Silencing My Severest Critic

feeds@yuku.com (LoboYZorro) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:15:38 GMT

Zorro, my 4 year old lab, likes to fish with me. Lobo, now 13, prefers the air conditioning or the fan on the porch. We have another black dog found in a ditch and named Blacky by my nephew.
Zorro enjoys the canoe and the water but clearly is not impressed with my skills as a fisherman.

Zorro inspects the canoe for seaworthiness while Blacky just sniffs around.

Zorro...

It's gotta be the hat!

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:15:18 GMT

Jeffry picked me up at about 6:15 this morning and we were off to the beach. We would get there right as the tide was peaking and we would fish the falling tide for a couple of hours. The last few times I have fished that piece of shore it has been slow for me and today was the same way. We would have probably done better fishing an incoming tide but you have to fish when you can. Thankfully I was wearing my Northwest Seafood hat as has been my standard practice this year. That might have...

Bluefin Tuna

feeds@yuku.com (DLFL) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:57:57 GMT

Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic

Early June this fish was caught in a Billfish tournment. I can not imagine bringing this in with rod and reel.
622.6 lbs

Deola's Pond

feeds@yuku.com (Chagaman) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:19:26 GMT

If your ancestors lived in deep tropical forests where the sun never shone through and the ground was dark and wet and death lurked in innumerable ways in every shadowed corner and the carcasses of death disappeared through decay and forage so fast that there was no trace of a life having passed, just the immutable forest, then, ingrained deep in your ancestral memory is the certainty that each part of the earth is ruled by those of worlds...

Brother- in- law

feeds@yuku.com (DLFL) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:13:45 GMT

My brother- in- law Monty, got back Sunday from a Canadian fishing trip Sunday. he and his friend caught more and bigger fish than he has ever on former trips. His two largest walleye were 27" each.

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