So took my 5 yr old out to the river. The humpies are runnin this year ( odd years) so it makes fishin easier on the kids when there’s about a million humpies runnin in the river.
Species—– Humpie AKA pink salmon
Weight—– 2lbs 8oz
River—— Puyallup river washington state
Rod & reel—– Lamiglass 8′-6″ with Abu Garcia 66014C (mine)
Rigging—— 1/2oz slider lead, 7′ leader with bright green corky, & champagne yarn, 1/0 barbless octopus hook ( Gamakatsu)
I hooked it & handed the pole over to him, I had to help him hold on to the pole, but he did all the reeling———WOO HOO.
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“If Fred Thompson runs… then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
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To give ya an idea of how hot the fishing is this year, I caught all thses silvers & humpies in about 2 hours the day before.
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“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
Here's a 16 lb chinook, & 1.5lb humpie I caught the week before----- Skokomish river.
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“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
Very cool.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
Can we still say "humpees"?Huck said it first. I just agreed with him.
ROFLMAO give it a couple of weeks I'm sure that will end up as ###### with all the other ones.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
We didn't catch that, that was the boat next to ours. My daughter did catch a few flukes and a sea-bass that day though, her first time out.I almost bagged a big blue, but it chomped through the hook, line and sinker. We went off Montauk Point in the Atlantic over Labor day weekend. You're catch is very impressive though. I love Columbia River salmon, when we camped out there we came across a fabulous smokehouse in Oregon - Josephsons.
These are streams compared to the Columbia.
Have to wade out in fairly fast moving water.
News said they counted over 500 fisherman in the river in a 7 mile stretch, last Saturday.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
You better have a talk with your wife. I don't see how anybody that looks like you could father a daughter that good looking.
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BTW, why's that feller holding you by the nose?
SamT
I'm the guy taking the picture, and the fisherman is probably handsomer than me anyways.
That is awesome, Bill. Didn't know your son was named Ryan, too.
Here's my Ryan's biggest rainbow to date; he had just turned 6 at the time. He caught that monster and reeled it in and even cleaned it with very little help from me (see the little spots of fish guts on his face and shirt?).
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Measured out at 16½"; it was by far the biggest catch of the day. I don't remember what it weighed but it was too heavy for him to hold up on the fishline once he landed it; that 6lb-test monofil kept slipping through his hand. It fed three of us, though.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
foolish men call Justice....
Very cool.
My 13yr old will usually do the cleaning when he goes fishing.
Not the best cleaning, but I filet everything once we get home anyways.
Next year he will have to filet all his own fish ( the 13 yr old that is).
Thanksgiving when the chum (aka dog) run hits I'm gonna have my 5 yr old cast, hook, & land the fish all by himself ( I hope). It's a really small stream & you don't have to cast that far, & the chum aren't that picky on color of corky & presentation, but they do get up to 20lbs so I might have to pay close attention.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
Mmmmm... trout and salmon. Two of my favorites.
jt8
"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
Mmmmm... trout and salmon. Two of my favorites.
Not surprising, they are both from the same family, the salmonides. Up here, we have what are called ouananiche in the bigger lakes; I think they're called 'landlocked salmon' or 'salmonised trout' in English. They're about midway between a salmon and a trout in size, and have the typical salmon hooked nose.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
4-5 oz cooked salmon, 1 pkg Philly cheese, 1/3 C med picante, dash of Tony Chacheres Cajun seasoning. Mixer until even. Great cracker dip. Mmmmmmm.
Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
I allready have a bunch of humpies smoked, so I have 4 in the fridge right now that I'm going to make salmon patties with.
Your dip recipe sounds pretty good, I might have to try that with some of my smoked humpies.
They frreeze pretty good & are great for lunches at work.
I'm debating wether to go fishing tomorrow, or watch the Seahawks------ I'm thinkin fishin, it's just the Cardinals anyways. ;-)
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
smoked already . . . purrrrrrrrrrrfectReal trucks dont have sparkplugs
You know, if you have too much of that smoked salmon, it actually can be packed in dry ice and shipped to the east coast quite easily ;-)
very cool!
hope yer salmon run isn't as crowded as my closest one in Erie PA.
used to go every year ... freezing drizzle and shoulder to shoulder rods.
"Fish On" ... meant an hour of untangling and arguing who's hook it really is!
too much work for me.
do have a great memory of being the only small baot to go "out" with my BIL's Dad.
I'd follow that old fisherman anywhere ... 14' boat with 8' whitecaps ...
he got us through ... I think I was 12 or 14 at the time.
mighta been the exact moment I became a man!
much smarter than me ... and already a man ... my Dad stayed on shore!
we caught a couple ... then it was my job to "catch" the gear as we fought to get back to shore!
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Hey! Didn't you post some pix of Cory with a fish he caught last year? Or am I remembering stuff that didn't happen again?
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
2 years ago.
he was 3 when he caught his first fish.
cast all by himself ... reeled it in mostly by himself too!
and that sunfish was huge ... huge I tell ya ...
and had anger in it's eyes!
a real killer that 4" fish ... scourge of the lake ...
so after he wouldn't "kiss the first catch" ... I did then tossed it back.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
Edited 9/16/2007 12:09 am ET by JeffBuck
Some of our runs are a madhouse with domino style casting. I use dacron line 20lb, which will cut right through 60lb monofilliment, incase I cross with someone elses line. ;-)
A bit busier this year cause of the humpie run which happens on odd years.
Weekends on the Skoke (Skokomish river) can be a friggin madhouse in August for the kings, but the crowd tapers off cause the Puyallup & Green rivers open on Sept 1st.
We'll see how the Oct run of ocean silvers go, the silvers being caught now are Puget Sound silvers which are a bit smaller, up to 15lbs--- the ocean run will pull in 20 pounders, & up to 25 lbs.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
What is it about Canada and fishing? After two summers of fishing for walleyes in Western Ontario, I was spoiled for fishing in most U.S. waters.
Then I went sturgeon fishing in the Fraser River. I'll never fish in the U.S. again.
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Edited 9/16/2007 11:19 am ET by Hudson Valley Carpenter
Yeah, I made the mistake of being in Harrison Hot Springs & picked the cut throat fishing over the sturgeon fishing, cause I had the DW with me.
Nice fish BTW, I bet that was fun to land with the barbless hook.
If you ever get a chance to go to Louisiana, that is some killer fishin down there.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
Not my catch. Just googled it to have a laugh and one-up another New Yorker, TGNY.
Edit: I'm glad to find that guide service in Chilliwack. I never knew that there were sturgeon of that size, anywhere. We have a run of them in the Delaware river each spring but no where near that size.
Edited 9/16/2007 11:44 am ET by Hudson Valley Carpenter
I heard that!BTW How far up the Hudson are you?They get pretty big up there thanks to GE and all the pcp's they dumped in the river ;-)
I've never fished in the Hudson, for those precise reasons.
Used to be that bass fishing was good in small remote lakes, most of them on state forest lands. I could get to them easily on my dirt bike. But now even those places have been fished out by the many new people who've moved into the area over the last twenty-some years.
So I'll enjoy my other hobbies and wait until I have the opportunity to fish in Canada again.
Hah. Ya missed yer chance to fish right off my dock at NorthFest. There are huge arctic char and brown trout down deep in this lake.
Well, I gotta figure they must be huge, cause fish never stop growing and nobody ever catches those wise old Browns. Just Jeff Buck's 'Killer Sunfish' and smallmouths.
I did see a monster brown while I was building a dock two houses down from me a few years ago, though. Hadda be at least 20 inches long. The HO told me they saw it often while swimming; they'd nicknamed it 'Jaws'.
Friggin' fish swam right between my legs while I was about 6 feet down nailing a pre-built truss in place between a couple of posts. I tried to harpoon it with the nail gun but missed. He just backed off a couple of feet and sneered at me.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
There are supposed to be a few giant lake trout in almost every deep lake, US and Canada. I don't have the knowledge or the patience to catch 'em. But I'd be happy with fat walleye for supper, any time.
Maybe next year.
Okay. Bring yer nail gun....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
If you'll be the bait again, I'll bring a mask, snorkle and a fishing spear.
We do have a pretty good sport fish in some of the slower rivers around the mid-Hudson river valley, the carp. They can get up to twenty pounds or more. Hooking up with one of them is quite a wild ride. They swim very fast, dashing back and forth, trying to get off. They often snag the line on something underwater, then break it off.
I've only caught them a couple of times, while out for catfish. They bite on the same, homemade sweet bait.
Edited 9/16/2007 8:41 pm ET by Hudson Valley Carpenter
If you'll be the bait again, I'll bring a mask, snorkle and a fishing spear.
I don't think Jaws was interested in me; I think he was intrigued by the 'ka-choonk!' sound and all the bubbles from firing the nailgun underwater. Maybe he figgered it was a really big frog fart....
What's up with the shad run on the Hudson? IIRC that used to bring out so many small boats you could almost walk from Poughkeepsie to Passaic.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
What's up with the shad run on the Hudson? IIRC that used to bring out so many small boats you could almost walk from Poughkeepsie to Passaic.
That's in the spring when I'm always rushing to catch up with work, servicing machines or doing something at home so I've never gotten involved. From what I've heard, it's not predictable anyway.
A lot of time spent waiting for the fish to show up. That's OK for some guys, who'd be drinking beer in front of the TV otherwise. It's just not doable for a tradesman.
that same summer 2 yrs ago ...
first big fishing summer with the boy ...
I told Cath one day ... after she asked if I wanted a "chance to fish" ...
between baiting HER hook and unsnagging HIS line ...
and baiting HIS hook and unsnagging HER line ...
that I realized I'd pretty much stop being a fisherman and keep being a fishing guide for the next 10 or so years ... maybe I'd get a chance to fish after that!
funny thing ... up till that point ... I was the guy that didn't leave the water till I caught at least one that counted. And I was the guy that had to hit all the hot spots. And I was the guy who'd fish thru rain / sleet and snow ...
but add one little kid enjoying himself and I can now care less how many casts I get in ... I do always try to fit in at least 15 minutes of "real fishing" each trip for myself ...
but I can happily leave the lake behind ... and head back early to make sure we can snag a happy meal at McD's for the long ride home. As long as the client is happy ...
this fishing guide is thrilled with the days production.
funny how that changes.
had to re-learn all my favorite lakes ... now I know where all the sunfish hang out at!
the very same ones I used to try to avoid.
(did find a trick ... broke out my ultralight gear ... man ... some of them blue gills put up a fight on a little rod with 2# line ...)
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
I was never a serious fisherman; I guess Ryan and I learned to fish pretty much at the same time. And he's got a sixth sense for what lure or fly the trout will go for any given day; he almost always comes home with more fish than I do. I only remember two times we went out where he didn't catch a fish, and one of 'em nobody caught anything, not even the owner of the place...so no shame there.
Me, I like catching a trout or two, but if we wind up with more than we can eat on the same day, I start getting worried about how I'm gonna fillet all that fish to freeze it...cause I am probably the world's worst filleter. Takes me 20 minutes to fillet one stupid trout. Drives me nuts, too.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
A while ago a found a pic of a sturgeon that was even larger than the one in your pic, those are monsters.Martin
When I was at Harrison hot springs (start of the Frasier river) they caught a 14' the day before I got there----- catch & release only on that river.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
14 foot????Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Yup 14' , the pic I saw had five guys holding it in the water.
Pulled this from a BC website.
STURGEON SIZE CHART
INCHES LONG= WEIGHT IN POUNDS
20" = 2 LBS. 78" = 145 LBS. 132" = 724 LBS.
36" = 14 LBS. 84" = 185 LBS. 144" = 943LBS.
48" = 33 LBS. 96" = 276 LBS. 156" = 1202 LBS.
60" = 65 LBS. 108" = 394 LBS. 168" = 1525 LBS.
72" = 115 LBS. 120" = 542 LBS. 180" = 1750 LBS.
THE LARGEST CAUGHT WAS OVER 18 FEET OR 216" AND OVER 2000 LBS.
AFTER THEY REACH 5 FOOT IN LENGTH EACH FOOT ADDS MAJOR WEIGHT
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
I knew that there were old time recorded lenghts like that...
but didn't realize there any that size left...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Frasier river went 100% catch & release, with barbless hooks only about 7 or 8 years ago IIRC, & the population has gotten bigger with a lot more fish available to be caught.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
impressive...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Have you ever read about the old catfish in the southern rivers? While they never get anywhere as big as those sturgeon, they're known to live for over one hundred years and grow to impressive sizes.
They like to lay in shady, hollow places under the river banks during summer days. The old ones work out a cave of sorts for themselves, over the years.
Some fisherman figured out where they were and came up with a different way to catch 'em. This method became popular with a few men who wanted to make money on catfish. It's still practiced too.
To catch the big cats they get in the water and feel their way along, under the bank with their hands until they come upon a catfish in his mud cave. Then they quickly jamb their arm down his throat and grab him through the gills, yank him out of his cave and throw him up on the bank.
Seen it done on TV------ never catch me doin that----- no pun intended.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
That was on PBS wasn't it? About ten years ago?
I first read about it in Outside magazine, about twenty years ago. One of their better stories, IMO. Told about hundred pound cats, over a century old. The idea of stickin' my whole arm in the mouth of that big ugly fish left me laughin' and shakin' my head.
ahhhhh.... common sense rules...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Have you ever read about the old catfish in the southern rivers?
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Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
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HA! There they are! Looks like it took two of them to pull that guy out of his muddy cave. I'll bet he's well over a hundred pounds too. More power to 'em!
Edited 9/17/2007 1:01 pm ET by Hudson Valley Carpenter
It is called noodling.http://www.cabelas.com/information/cabelas-field-guides/Catfish-Techniques/Noodling-for-Catfish-The-Ultimate-Thrill-in-Fishing.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/photogalleries/noodling/
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
To catch the big cats they get in the water and feel their way along, under the bank with their hands until they come upon a catfish in his mud cave. Then they quickly jamb their arm down his throat and grab him through the gills, yank him out of his cave and throw him up on the bank.
They call it 'hoggin' here abouts. Once or twice a year you hear about some rednecks pulling 50-80lbs cats out of a river. Go a little futher west and they call it 'noodlin'. Saw a show on the Documentary channel about some guys in Oklahoma or Arkansas that were noodling. Not my cup of tea.
jt8
"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
Not my cup of tea.
Nor mine. Particularly when there's a good chance of finding a snapping turtle, feelin' around with my hands in a muddy bank, instead of that big old catfish. Either way, it's not fishin' to me but it sure is fascinating to think about.
On the tv show, one dude was talking about a friend who was killed while noodlin. Man made lake that had some old roads underwater. Dude had reached in between a crack in the old, underwater road to check for a cat. While checking, the dude got his arm caught and couldn't get it uncaught. Which is typically not good when you're head is under water.
jt8
"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly.
I said 'I don't know.'"
-- Mark Twain
A terminal case of noodlin' without Mr. Noodle.
I passed through there, a few years ago, on my way to Alaska for a short visit. Had I known about the many large species of fish in that river, I'd have stopped to pay my respects.
Fourteen feet is scary! That's an ancient ugly fish anyway but fourteen feet? Holy Shid, that's prehistoric.
Congrats! Fall stocking for trout is in 3 weeks here and I can't wait.
Headstrong, I'll take on anyone!
Hey plumb, I'm gonna call ya when I get to Seattle in the fall. We GOTTA go fishin with the kids. My 5 yr old can rip a 30ft. cast with great accuracy. Nice to see the salmon in the river, enjoy the food.Tim
I'm game.
Depending on what time there should be somethin runnin in one of the rivers.
“If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.†Newt Gingrich
So if she caught a shark....... Careful she may marry a LAWYER!!!!!!