Here it is folks, proof that I actually do catch fish, and that I am not a keyboard fisherman. Notice the transport in the back, it's the only way to fly.

I went fishin' with my wife's aunt's third husband today, and he found the spots. It was pretty cool scoping out the river from above. You could see where all of the fish were holding, so it turned out to be some great education to a born again steelheader.

I ended up cathing 4, Brad caught three, including a nice 20+ lb silver that he took my picture with. I'll post it after he e-mails it to me.

[img]http://www.picatorialpursuits.com/cgi-bin/pursuits/uploader.pl?action=view&epoch=1009675301[/img]

[ 12-29-2001: Message edited by: Dogfish ]

Okay, I got the photo loaded to the visitors site, how do I get it to this page?

Andy,

Here it is.

is it legal to spot fish from the air,then once you find them go after them? if it is , i don't think it should be!

Hi Chris,

We saw a lot of fish hiding in the usual places, behind boulders, in the deeper section of runs, and on the apron of the tailouts (the amount of fish in the tailouts surprised me). Talk about the ultimate guide to reading rivers. The fish that we caught were actually from a series of deep holes that we couldn't spot fish in because of the depth. Shoot, we had no problem spotting fish from the bank, which is where we fished from. Plus, all of the folks who were fishing this particular river had fish on the bank, so we had no real advantage other than no stop signs or speed limits on the way. You can see a fish, but that doesn't mean you can get it to bite.

In all we saw probably 50+ fish while we were walking the banks, hundreds by air, but we only caught 7 fish total. Yeah, only. Lots of the fish we saw were in runs where there was nowhere to set down safely. That was our limiting factor.

I'm sure you would have jumped at the chance to fish like this, most folks would, and I am very greatful that Brad was kind enough to let me tag along.

Dan,

Thanks for the assistance on the picture!

We also saw 4 different herds of elk, from 4 to a dozen animals, but no real monsters. Had bear tracks and elk tracks on the river bank, and I think a coyote. Also saw some Native American fellows who connected on some elk, two raghorns.

Best of luck to all of you folks tomorrow, I'll be fishing the Wynoochee, but this time from a DB.

Andy

Way to go Andy!

I can see it now....a reg proposal banning accessing prime drift boat only accessible fishing grounds by air....Sheeesh!

Gooose

Dogfish,
that is a nice looking picutre anf beautiful fish. i am almost about to take my check ride to get my private pilots license. I am pumped, it is expensive but I really enjoy it. I am heading down your way tomorrow to try and get my dad his first steelie. tight lines.

Way to go, Andy! Nice fish, nice picture.

Zach and I send our congratulations.

I also think that spotting fish from a helicopter should be illegal. I suggest you and the pilot wear blindfolds while flying during fishing season.... unless I'm with you!!!

Andy,

Nice feeesh. It's just proof that good things happen to good people. The 'coptor ride must have been a great time too.

Talk to you soon...

Man, talk about a way to get to a fishin' hole!

Make it illegal? Er..sure, that is until I get one...

I still think boats ottta be illegal for now, 'cause I don't have one of those either...

Great photo Andy and great ride.

Hey Dogfish, are you sure you guys weren't fishing right out of the 'copter? Sorry, just couldn't resist...

It's been done, KB, believe me.

We didn't try any of that, the rotor wash obscured the fish when we got too low.

wow, that's really been done! did you or whoever did it hook any fish while in it? seems like it would be awful hard to detect a bite or land a fish for that matter in that machine. if you were hovering above the water while fishing that is. or maybe you drifted downriver in it? that would really suck if you hit a boulder/logjam cause you couldn't see it. flip ya over couldn't it? and i would think, like dogfish says, all the wind generated from the prop would blur your fishing area, plus spook fish. i just can't imagine it.

[ 01-04-2002: Message edited by: Krome Brite ]

i'll post a pic of me fishing out of a chopper in a couple of days. my biggest fish out of a chopper was 56lbs. it was taken out of the escalante river on vancouver island in the fall.

First Heyall, next Dogfish. Who's going to be next?? They can have a threesome

Fishhead5

hey dogfish.I would like to say i am sorry if my reply came off the wrong way,I didn't make my reply clear enough.In no way was i trying to rain on your parade.I just didn't know if it was legal or not, congrats on your first winter run,I would have jumped at the oppertunity in a heart beat myself

Hi Chris,

No harm, no foul. If you had really pissed me off, then I might have talked some trash, but I am trying to be kinder and gentler. You know, more user friendly. Andy