The Fishing Thread

[Ghambit]

This is how I was used to fishing growing up (reminds me I need to dig up and scan some more stuff)


This is how I fish most times these days (damned recession)

http://youtu.be/SnKu94utCt4

[ShenMolo]

I don't really care for the taste of fish, I just like being on the water, and catching them.

[Sheepherder]

Northwestern Ontario has a few good fishing holes.

There's an absolute pisston of nearly untouched yellow pickerel (walleye) lakes out in the bushes around here, a number of them with boat caches if you know a guy.  Carry in your gear and if you have any fucking sense as to where the fish go at any time of the year you'll catch your limit for a boat of people in fifteen minutes.

Also: if anyone is telling you so-and-so species doesn't get parasites, they're full of shit.

[ShenMolo]

Did some small stream fishing for wild brown trout and native brook trout.

The brook trout have been edged out of most streams by the (invasive) browns and rainbows, but if you get up high enough, past a barrier falls, you can still find the little guys.

Here's a wild brown, a huge fish for a small wild stream. I was pumped when I caught this guy on my 3 wt fly rod:



Ah hah...the barrier falls:




And the natives: