I win.

Pics or it didn't happen. Or you could just really suck and didn't catch anything over that 4 day period. Until we see proof otherwise, you suck.

TBH when I am alone I seldom take fish pics,and this last trip to the Trinity the fish weren't very noteworthy. I did land a little hen that was pretty.

+1 Fukk you.

You’d think those modern deer hunters, being all modern and stuff, would have some pics to post. They must suck, a lot.

I bet the last Steelhead NickV90 caught was under the watchful eye of Todd.

No that's the only photo I took. But hey. Where's that elk??

I win.

Those Trinity and Klamath fish are gorgeous.

Dan S. caught this one a couple weeks back.

Dan S. Didn’t fvck it up is what I mean

Nice pics fellas.
Striper is on my to do list.

In a good year, I can get out about 120 days per year.
Not all day long trips, but it helps living a five minute walk to Puget Sound and short drives to other beaches after work.

Haven’t out nearly as much this year do to family health issues and trying to clean out and sell a house with Covid going on.
Beach coho sucked ass this year but there are a lot of nice searun cutts around so far this fall.
SF

Seeing as how it's on a plug...you mean you caught it, and Dan just reeled it up, right?



Fish on...

Todd

Where's the Stripper invite? What the chit Arvid!!!

Avid needs to use smaller plugs so those fish look bigger.

I fish pretty much whenever I want these past 4 years, except for the Covid shutdown. Had a pretty poor season on summer steelhead again this year, and couldn't travel to B.C. so no Dean River hotties. The steelhead doldrums and my general malaise with WDFW management motivated me to make 3 fishing trips to Montana this year. And that could become a habit. Then came health issues with my mom, who turned 96 two weeks ago, so I haven't been fishing in almost a month now except for a cold azz day on the Cowlitz a couple weeks back. If I needed pics of fish, I'd be totally up sh!t creek. I think I took a total of 2 pictures of trout this year and no steelhead. One smallish 7# summer run was into the backing noteworthy, but no photo. Maybe I'm jaded; I've seen a few and have enough photos to help me remember what a fish looks like when I get old and senile.

Arvid, I remember my best day bass and bluegill fishing in a farm pond in the Sierra foothills. Using a Mepps, I probably;y C&R'd at least 100 bass; had 10 on 10 casts. Anyway, my goal was to catch a bass on a topwater plug, because that is how "real bass fishermen fish". Tied on a Hula Popper and as I prepared tp cast my Dad warned me "Be ready. They might hit right when it lands." Yeah, sure. Cast sails out, comes down near a stob and about 6" from the surface Willie Mays Bass hits it. It never got down to the pond. I missed him but did catch one later. Someday on a level wind.

It was an interesting pond. Cast and retrieve and it was bass. Cast, count to 10, retrieve, and get 8-10" bluegill. All evening.

One of my wishes is to go back to Land Park in Sacramento and toss some flies on my 1wt for Green Sunfish and Bluegill.

Pond fishing is underrated. I get to be a kid again for a couple hours.

I have thought about “garbage fish” a lot over the years and here are my thoughts:

There are ample fishing opportunities just about everywhere except the desert. So why are so many fishermen not interested? I think it’s because we don’t all fish for the same reasons. Here are some of the types of fishermen starting with the type I am:

Fish Nerd: likes all types of fish big and small, ugly and beautiful, likes all the different and sometimes weird fisheries. Willing to just go find out what might live in that pond. A nerd and fish lover at heart

Meat Fisherman: pretty self explanatory, if there is no chance to eat, they aren’t interested. An eater at heart.

Trophy Fisherman: wants big fish and pictures of them for the office wall. A checklister and bragger at heart.

Boat Fisherman: likes their boat, will use it to catch fish but doesn’t fish unless it’s in their boat or at least by boat.

Fly Fisherman: likes romance novels, incense, ascots, wastes their time for their own reasons at their own pace.

Liar Fisherman: these types are the worst, they are more full of BS than anyone. They fish to brag and feel manly, all about ego. They will always one up you. When asked about fishing they will answer with the same question and add 5-10 on top of whatever you say. You can spot them because they will only respond to what you say, but never volunteer any information of their own. Their goal is to be better at fishing and catch more fish than anybody which is an impossible goal, they are eternally unsatisfied.

Project much?

I should had added: no sense of humor under fly fisherman.

Lol

Beezy is so sensitive. That’s so sad.

I think it’s an interesting topic; the types of fishermen and why we fish. I spent 20 minutes writing that post. I thought it would be a discussion. I guess I underestimated you.

Breezy is 40 minutes into his next post. Labor of love. Sad little fat guy, that Beezy is.

I knew Beezy was a punk ass bitch the moment he tried to fight Evo. Talk about picking low hanging fruit!

I’m now convinced Evo would win that fight.

Dude I wish NickV90 would chime in!!

Caught this off the pier. Note the old school WFO hat.





My avatar pic cracks me up. My idiot friend couldn't work the camera.







Caught this one a few weeks ago off a pier.





Trinity fish ^^ and below,average 5 or 6 pounds,but they are pretty fish.



Note the world series hat

Fat crappie. Not not steamer.

Did you guys know that Dwatkins only goes fishing when Arvid takes him to the pond?

I wish Todd would get here. He's taking too long. What's that guys deal anyway?

GET UR POOP IN A GROUP TOOF!

I'd be blowing his phone up and tell him to hurry out of the gay bar. You got animals to kill..

You guys bring 2 sleeping bags or one?

Keith