#1011351 - 07/04/19 12:44 PM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Idaho Mike]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7429
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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Me too, Salmo. I have Ecuador and Australia on the trout list for next year.
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#1011352 - 07/04/19 01:16 PM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Carcassman]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/03/09
Posts: 4413
Loc: Somewhere on the planet,I hope
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Kona Green sticking tuna in August then Costa Rica next June or maybe back to Kona again. I live on the river so I have a boat but it is the last one. I lived near the Satsop and night fished Chinook with my old man when little and as a kid on my own. It is sad that us old guys that grew up in this state can only remember what was. Folks now do not have any idea on just how bad all our fish stocks have plummeted to something akin to a joke.
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#1011354 - 07/04/19 02:12 PM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Idaho Mike]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7429
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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Where to in CR and any interest in trout? Wild Redband.
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#1011357 - 07/04/19 03:11 PM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Carcassman]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 03/06/14
Posts: 265
Loc: Tumwater
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Headed back to Baja in August. (Not Cabo) Have always fished in mid May with the REEL NEWS crew, and loved it. August (for the first time) will be really hot, but there are more Dorado and Tuna, I'm told. Love those fish on salmon tackle. Sailfish, maybe. Don't need to catch another Marlin or a big Tuna. Love the fishing out of Los Barriles, and it's affordable, at least to a degree .
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#1011364 - 07/05/19 08:50 AM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Idaho Mike]
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 09/07/05
Posts: 1882
Loc: Spokane WA
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I stopped buying anything about 4 years ago, other than some travel rods to fly someplace else to fish.
I didn’t get a license last year, and just a fresh water license this year.
I have a 30 year old drift boat that I built, I use that to row around in front of my house, I will buy new oars for it though, the only set I have now are ones I made right after I built the boat.
Sold my bay boat for cheap, hadn’t been used in at least 7 years.
Still have my jet boat, it hasn’t been used in 4 years.
Other than some low cost freshwater tackle and a set of used oars, I may be good for another 10 years.
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#1011365 - 07/05/19 09:09 AM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Idaho Mike]
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Carcass
Registered: 01/01/03
Posts: 2214
Loc: Post Falls Idaho
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Thanks for the feedback. I miss the old days, but got to deal with the new days. I won't quit fishing and boating, but I have adapted to new fisheries, and when opportunity presents itself, I will take a shot at some of the old fisheries.
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#1011369 - 07/05/19 09:34 AM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Idaho Mike]
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 09/07/05
Posts: 1882
Loc: Spokane WA
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I don’t live far from you now, and I don’t really miss the west side at this time.
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#1011374 - 07/05/19 11:29 AM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Idaho Mike]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 06/23/04
Posts: 422
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I had been planning to buy a sled with my family growing. Something over 20' that could fish rivers, the sound, the Columbia, etc.
With the opportunity, including crappy runs in rivers where I'd get use out of a big sled (Cow, Lewis, etc) I have no plans to spend the money.
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#1012679 - 08/09/19 02:11 PM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Idaho Mike]
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Returning Adult
Registered: 04/07/06
Posts: 289
Loc: Bellingham, WA
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I started looking for a newer boat about three years ago and placed a "wanted ad" for a specific make and model.
Had a few responses, but two stood out because both guys said they are fed up with the decline in salmon opportunity, so they were getting rid of their boats. I ended up with one of those boats.
On the other hand, since I have a newer boat, I'm spending money like it's the good ol days of salmon in Puget Sound. Each time, wondering if it makes sense with all the closures. Even crabbing could be closed someday.
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#1012681 - 08/09/19 02:41 PM
Re: Have you been Influenced
[Re: Idaho Mike]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7429
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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I still plan to do a lot of fishing and hunting but it will be on a particular day basis. Since I get seasick easily, I don't really do much boat fishing; walk and wade, shore casting, and so on.
I will pick my trips, based on where, what's available, and what else I can do there. So, obviously, Iceland, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Australia will be on the list; maybe even Africa this November. It will be part of a trip.
I have never been one who truly believes that just be out there (opportunity) is enough. Has to be something there to interact with.
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