Specimen Fishes any species..
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Bo Diddley
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@SikaSeeker big tench are wonderful fish, I've had a few close encounters with them while stalking carps in the edge, but never managed a chunk.
SikaSeeker
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Yes they are. These were all from natural venues in Ireland, I would have been the only angler putting in bait. Our specimen tench start at 6lbs, which is a decent fish in most venues. Trying to find low stocked rich waters can be tricky to get them over 7lb but all feed on natural food, no boilies or the likes. I have been meaning to get over to England to fish for them. I do a fair bit of angling, trying for specimen sized fish.
Was that pike from a trout water, it looks too long and athletic to be though
Bo Diddley
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You guys are so lucky with all the fishing available, acres of lakes and waterways, and miles of coastline.
I fished Lake Marion in South Carolina, not very well, but at least I gave it a go with my late Brother-in-law, SSgt David Beebe.
Yes, we are a bit spoiled with all the fishing and hunting we can do (despite the hunting seasons and bag limits that some on here despise). I also think the variety of fishing is also something we take for granted. Here in San Diego, we can fish lakes, ocean, bays and beaches....which really means we spent a metric crap ton on the various tackle needed for each environment (saltwater, fresh, shore fishing, etc.). Never mind if you want to fly fish for bone fish in Glorietta Bay (which is also a bit of nursery for Bay Bass and striped bass). We even catch sharks (leopard and lemon) in the bays (they will pull a kayak for quite awhile before they tire out).
TBH, I haven't fished in years. Between work and going neck deep into long range competition (and dealing with the whole tumor thing), it fell to the way side. I still have my Cobra kayak, so hopefully it'll see some use on the Yellowstone River when I retire.
Bo Diddley
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It was caught from a gravel pit used exclusively for duck shooting. The owner loved Rudd, and it was originally stocked with a few, which, as you know, breed like wildfire. They also stocked it every year with a few hundred rainbow trout as a bonus offering for the members of the shooting syndicate to have a go at.Was that pike from a trout water, it looks too long and athletic to be though
I got the opportunity to have a go at the Rudd a few times while the owner was abroad. Long story short, while I was out in the boat, I heard a huge eruption and just caught sight of the ripples from what I thought must be a huge pike, all the birdlife was going crazy as well... so I returned with a lure rod and soft shads and filled my boots with some quality pike fishing, almost once in a lifetime stuff.
I no longer have access to the gravel pit, my contact on the estate has moved on to another job... nobody realises the pike are there, I kept it under wraps, the syndicate members hardly ever catch any of the 400 trout that are stocked, I wonder why
SikaSeeker
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Did a well known pike angler catch a big pike from that water?It was caught from a gravel pit used exclusively for duck shooting. The owner loved Rudd, and it was originally stocked with a few, which, as you know, breed like wildfire. They also stocked it every year with a few hundred rainbow trout as a bonus offering for the members of the shooting syndicate to have a go at.
I got the opportunity to have a go at the Rudd a few times while the owner was abroad. Long story short, while I was out in the boat, I heard a huge eruption and just caught sight of the ripples from what I thought must be a huge pike, all the birdlife was going crazy as well... so I returned with a lure rod and soft shads and filled my boots with some quality pike fishing, almost once in a lifetime stuff.
I no longer have access to the gravel pit, my contact on the estate has moved on to another job... nobody realises the pike are there, I kept it under wraps, the syndicate members hardly ever catch any of the 400 trout that are stocked, I wonder why
Bo Diddley
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I'm a little envious. Hopefully, you will one day get the fishing rods out again, it's good for the soul.
I'd love to fly-fish in Montana for brown trout... I guess I have Brad Pitt to thank for that with the film "A River Runs Through It"
Bo Diddley
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Not that I know of, it's a closed shop.
That one I caught in December, and it was 44lb 8oz who knows what it would have weighed in March when she filled up.
SikaSeeker
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Well done mate, fish of a lifetime
John Gryphon
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My first FNQ Barramundi.
Dirty old hen carp,I cheated and head shot them as they were rising to the surface.
I couldn't resist adding a specimen....in the bottle.
Dirty old hen carp,I cheated and head shot them as they were rising to the surface.
I couldn't resist adding a specimen....in the bottle.
Honestly, I think everyone who saw that movie, and enjoyed it, desires to fish in that type of environment. It is always enchanting at so many levels.
I love the monologue at the end of the movie; a true American Classic.
“Now nearly all those I loved and did not understand when I was young are dead, but I still reach out to them.
“Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn’t. Like many fly fisherman in western Montana, where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters.”
devon deer stalker
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Been working all day and thought I would pop out for a Sea trout, glad I did, estimate 9lb, and it was returned quickly.
I remember it well, it smashed into a wake lure around 11.30pm, it took off downstream, my mate shouted up from the darkness, ' see you're in', I thought, how did he know? 'it just passed me by!'
It took 20 minutes to subdue, after I looked at my index finger, it was sticky, sticky with my blood! As it did its first run the fly line cut into my finger!.
And within a few weeks I caught an even bigger fish, but just can't find the photo.
I remember it well, it smashed into a wake lure around 11.30pm, it took off downstream, my mate shouted up from the darkness, ' see you're in', I thought, how did he know? 'it just passed me by!'
It took 20 minutes to subdue, after I looked at my index finger, it was sticky, sticky with my blood! As it did its first run the fly line cut into my finger!.
And within a few weeks I caught an even bigger fish, but just can't find the photo.
Bo Diddley
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@John Gryphon, get the Autobiography written mate... put me down for a copy
Bo Diddley
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One of my all-time favourite movies on every level. (Young Guns, with Emilio Estevez, is another)
devon deer stalker
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I watched it on a ferry on the way over to Southern Island to go fishing, within a few years I did my first of many visits to Montana, fishing and hunting, a great film
Legends of the Fall was also a good one, if you enjoy the Montana scenery.
Bo Diddley
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How great is that! Angling is the gift that keeps giving.
I've never caught a Seatrout (never tried tbf), but the stories I read of the captures others have enjoyed always make me think I should make the effort one day. So many fish I'd like to catch, and so little time.
Bo Diddley
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Here is a carp from some time ago, 35 years maybe.
42 lbs from Lac de Saint-Cassien in southern France, we loaded up an Escort van with two lots of gear and set off for an adventure. When we first spied the lake from the road, it quite took our breath away. This fish was still in the lake 7 years ago, and is still a similar weight.
42 lbs from Lac de Saint-Cassien in southern France, we loaded up an Escort van with two lots of gear and set off for an adventure. When we first spied the lake from the road, it quite took our breath away. This fish was still in the lake 7 years ago, and is still a similar weight.
Do you guys intentionally go after carp?
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