clarki

ok here's a couple more sturgeon pics. i couldnt resist.... the first couple are 44 inchers (FL) and then a not so great pic of my biggest to date.... a 54 incher (FL) that I hooked and landed while fishnig alone!! Thats a 9 ft. rod its laying next to. the last one is the tail of the 54 incher. I no longer show any respect to anyone who tells tales of chasing big browns downstream on the bow, LMAO, try a 40 lb sturg solo!!! enjoy!! M

donnamatrix: those are lake sturgeon from the south sask. the fraser has the white sturgeon. M

wow!! 100 days called in to go fishing??!! truly legendary!! my vote was easy.... i'm not working right now. M

man i thought there was no way someone would post a pic of a fish that was bigger than my sturgeon!! brian that mega 'bow is so ridonkulous!!! i dont know how many times i have looked at that pic (pig) on your old site. incredible, oh hey them others arent bad either. man you really can stop the hawgs!! LOL M

nothing wrong/weird about either of these fish IMO. the first one looks like a prime example of a westslope, including the parr like marks and the pinky looking markings. the second just doesnt have many spots, not uncommon in cutts. M

my first show was Duran Duran at the dome. I think I have seen a lot more shows than the average guy having friends that played in bands during my teens and even to this day. I cant pick 1 show or band for sure that is a fave but I have a shortish list of things i remember most........ lollapalooza (year 2), met Flea from the red hot chili peppers not once but twice.... was blown away by soundgarden, i band I dont like, but their live show was incredible. janes addiction in cheney, washington. bad religion, nofx, green day at a community hall in victoria park, calgary. they were literally asking the audience for a place to crash that night. speaking of crashing, dave grohl spent a week on my buddy's couch while he was in a band called scream. oh and of course Gwar!! rod stewart was awesome too!!! oh and mellencamp/cougar/mellencougar, stompin tom, snoop dogg, nirvana..... M

OMG thats the best!! funny to me coz i saw Gowan at calaway park!! M

the other music thread got me thinking...... whats the best concert you've ever been to???

rat-a-tat-tat rat-a-tat-tat coz i never hasitate to put a whitefish on his back has to be body count on opening day of rifle season M

rickr, thanks for those nice words. I know what you mean. although, i have never considered it a conflict within myself whether or not what I am doing is right. I just cant help myself, the water, the fresh air, the scenery, the company, heck I even enjoy a nice 2 hour drive for some fishing. i am totally addicted to the take, whether it be a rise to my drys or the indie going under or that unmistakable take of a walleye on my jig. fishing is my ultimate escape from everything. sure I have felt guilt over a fish that I had to release due to the regs, that I felt certain was not going to survive, but what i tell myself is that if this fish dies it will make room for another fish to grow bigger and also that dead fish is going to directly feed another fish or group of fishes. for me this was an easy conclusion to come to. it was never a conflict. as long as I know I have done everything in my power to give that fish a chance for survival (outside of putting a hook through its mouth) upon release then its on to the next one. I would like to know how many people on this forum are hunters of big game or birds. great topic Rabbi, im sure a lot of people dont know why they fish and havent thought about it. later M

thats a nice looking hares ear, way to go!! LOL M

as much as I love to fish, i do believe that it is inhumane to do what we do to these fish. M

for me, corb lund has a monopoly on fly tying tunes, cant seem to listen to anything else while tying. while driving to a fishing spot, there's no time for music. too much bullshi!!ing and talk of fishing and fish and past fishing trips and future fishing trips and where we should fish and how etc. etc. usually this converstion takes place over a nice, tasty, delicious, welcome to flavour country left handed smoke. if by myself then its just the radio. corb's tunes "the truth comes out" and "little foothills heaven" are great songs about a great province. later M

Canadian, i see what youre saying. Glenbow, if I had a cold beer for every time I got to a spot only to find somebody already there..... M

in canadian's case I would say that if they were new to flyfishing then you should politely inform and educate them on the unwritten rules and etiquette of flyfishing. it doesnt have to be confrontaional. use some tact and the right approach and it could be that they would have said something like "oh hey sorry about that we didnt realize, we'll move on" why do so many people on this board let people walk all over them on the river and then come on here to complain about this boorish behaviour?? M

did you talk to these guys and let them know that this wasnt cool or just let them do it?? M

i believe a buoyant heaving line is also a requirement for pontoons. it has to be of a certain length as does your anchor rope. I think its 50 feet. M

missinthebow... a little bristly dont you think???? you havent proven anything about being judgmental about flyfishermen. I didnt say anything about flyfishermen, seems youre being quite judgmental though. I guess i got under your skin in that other thread. its just fishing so relax. M

if youre pumping a fish then you are pumping their stomach. trout dont have "throats". if the tube of your pump goes into the sphincter in the back of their mouth then you are entering the stomach of the fish. fish swallow food directly into their stomachs. M

thanks Taco. I was told by a biologist that it was an escape situation but that map shows that wouldnt be possible. M

those arctic char escaped from the hatchery, not dumped. a remediation crew was out there electrofishng to get the char out of the elbow but surely not every one was captured and therefore could be anywhere in the elbow. M

hmmmm... bulls, browns, cutts,'bows, cuttbows, what river could this be?? so many in alberta with all those species LOL M

random camping or not, the cutts in the liv have looked that way for along time now. its been catch and release for so long and was before barbless regs came into effect. those fish are that way because they have been caught so many times over. i dont think its fair to lump the looks of the fish in with the random camping issue. M

just want to clarify that the condition of the fish has nothing to do with the random camping problem in that area. the beat up looking cutts in the livingstone are due to 10+ years of c&r. something needs to be done to help this natural area. havent fished/camped there in 3 years and may not ever again.later M

the battles are incredible!! theres nothing like seeing one of these fish come completely out of the water like a rainbow. long, hard runs they do it all!! anywhere from 20-40 minutes with some of these dinosaurs.I absolutley love these fish. just incredible M