The 2015 Random Maggots Fishin' Stoke

[Tahoe Bromide]

I've got some fresh sturgeon. Any recommendations on how to prepare it? Ive never had any before.

[spankthepow]

[ManInBozeMan]

Binky, I have done the same thing when I learned to fly fish awhile back. What made all the difference was having a buddy take me who knew what he was doing- game changer. Also, save up for a half-day with a guide, that will also pay huge dividends. You'll be catching 20 inchers on a size 22 fly in no time.

[skifishbum]

as much as i'd like it not to end the pull of seasonal addiction order and a summer of honeydo negligence means this was probably the last get outta town piscadorial pursuit.
started the season here over st patties day so a green ending brings er round full circle

didn't see to many live green headed red dressed land locked salmos

wtf dad

hooked up w/ some slc cats saved them a wtf were we thinkin 20+ mile maiden float of their new hydes

had to pull overs and do sum safeties buzz catchin while waitin

managed to grasp a rainbows or 2


there were bikini clad cuties and gods

my bro blasted outta work sat night and made it up to float sun
some bwo and caddis on top once things warmed up in am but went full bore river white caps windoming early that day

but my bro managed to git the 8 weights to send em far nuffs to gits eaten


saw kokomos but downstream 30 mph tail winds ment go with the flows speeds
winds kicked back a bit that eve so we relaunched in the spillway to koke spot surprisingly not many
my bro took the captains chair to learn 2 hands 2 sticks 1 beer 1 smoke multitaskin

got dark n blurry

pulled out n the dark shouda stopped by k's camper but the slate takeout is the only mandatory feet wet
and my waderless ass was cold .
managed to roust early dp mon 34 degrees frosties start


slow morn

Pulled over for sum stick fetchin, battered up n substance



warmed up a bit and a small hatch started but not many snouts
stuck a few on the streamers




stopped by kokomos camp on the way outta town but they were out fishin sorry i missed ya.

[Underoos]

Also, save up for a half-day with a guide, that will also pay huge dividends. You'll be catching 20 inchers on a size 22 fly in no time.

You forgot to say "tight lines."

[Binky]

I am confused

[whitekingsalmon]

... stoked be be off this fuckin seiner

[whitekingsalmon]

... stoked be be off this fuckin seiner

[highangle]

... stoked be be off this fuckin seiner

Hey! Just in time to go fish in a Man's Fishery: GOA golden king crab in 300 fathoms of water!

That's only 5 king coiler stacks going over the rail with every string set, or about 15 bitchin armloads of crabline. And the pots and sinking line have to be hella heavy to tend bottom with all that sail area above them... Whew!

Then, they take 30 minutes to block up, if they're not popping and coming up slow. This gives your deck boss, "Fightyaforit Mike", lots of time to drink his daily quart of Irish whiskey and spin yarns about ol'time skippers who used to throw 4 candy bars on deck for 5 deckhands, just to watch who'd fight for it...

[whitekingsalmon]

Monkeys push pots around n never sleep....I drive a 100 grand skiff for a highliner n sleep 6 hours a night... I longline too BTW,..... And you ¿???

[skifishbum]

can i interupts the fishy weenies waggon for sum project healin waters fishin w/ vets in a cool location stoke
d fin and i got bret and his pooch belle out for sum rainbows chasin last week

bret dug using the flies he tied


the ones the siri lakan kids tied worked to

kessler stayed home cause he had schindlers chessies company
but there were other gods sniffin

Delia and d

df and i had a chance to fish w/ chris the vision impaired vet and his guide god noel last year
and it was cool watchin him git em

d and d and i hung out n exercised a few after the vets left

[highangle]

Monkeys push pots around n never sleep....I drive a 100 grand skiff for a highliner n sleep 6 hours a night... I longline too BTW,..... And you ¿???

I'm a driver. I'm a winner...

[whitekingsalmon]

Nice set....to bad you had nothing to do with it....

[skifishbum]

[Aenigma]

A few highlights from the past couple months in YNP:

[schwerty]

Damn nice fish!

[kokomas]

it was great to fish out there SFB and sorry we didn't link up. i sure recognized your dog right away. man the winds were brutal that sunday. we scared up a bunch nymphing and a couple on streamers. i lost what was probably a chunky brown near the end of our float sunday, would have loved to see that fish. didn't get into anything bigger than 18" but they are certainly angry there. hope to be back

[beer30]

Aenigma, wow, well done dude!

[DeathVan]

[BFD]

welcome back. the year of the small fish

[highangle]

Putting on the foil, I see...

[jmars]

In the salt....it's been fantastic. Saturday off LI was wild....bass to 42" and blues to 16lbs...a report of a 22lber came in as well...nonstop and nearly instant hook ups live lining. Plugs were working as well and almost every cast had a fish stalking it if it didn't take.

I'll argue at one point there was a stacked 1/2 mile of bunker schooling and being crushed by everything hungry...including the 2 finback whales we hung with...iPhone pics of whale so pic quality is eh but they rolled around for nearly 3 hrs.

[yellofin]

^ north of south shore

[jmars]

That's the south shore but today the north shore mid island is lighting up for the guys that are out...smaller bass but gorilla blues...fun stuff on the fly.

[Underoos]