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Looks like good environmental recycling of nutrients to me.

Glad you are having fun. I hear hellergermites on the p-rig are the bomb. Little tricky to cast...just open up your loop a bit. I agree, way too many drift boats on the river. Happy Slab hunting

Cool Mr. Mushroom. So many things yet to be discovered and figured out.

My buddy is going to sell his Scadden Skykomish 10.5' stand-up. It's only been used a few times. Let me know if you are interested and I will get you connected.

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Terry, I'll be right there on June 21. Please have the fish waiting with their mouths ready. All you guys probably throat pump too....bunch of cheaters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please tell me the benefits of having the fish finder (honest question). Do you catch more fish with it? Would you ever go back to fishing without one?

I'm changing your Dad's advice: Leave small fish to find bigger ones

Well, if I had a feeling, it would be very hurt. The fish are OK (big boned, not fat)...but they ain't no Zombie! I don't use 12lb maxima.....I was using 10lb Berkley transition fluoro (it's easier for snagging when they can't see it) I got to see a whole bunch of my backing on Sunday. And then a pelican tried to get my fish. I had to pull anchor and chase down the fish to get close enough to scare the bugger off my fish. I will be packing a slingshot next time (and maybe I need heavier Maxima like you suggest). Mutants?? Just regular diploid fish that are scud vacuums....they don't seem very regular when you hook one though. Guy holding the rod isn't normal though. Buddies say the stink will never wash off of me...they even tried the power washer and varsol....no luck. My co-pilot thought we could make a new meal by hiding a Bow river fish inside one of these fish. Can't wait for the fall when the big spawners are cleaned up. Another 4-6"s of fish could get a little interesting. And finally, my bum looks much nicer now that I got out of neoprene and into some breathable waders. Thanks for the friendly comments...

Went on another road trip to find spotless fish for Troutlover. First we tried here Found this thing And her sister Then we tried here And the spotless fish were even fatter. Good trip. Things I learned on this trip: I need a bigger anchor for my tube. Pelicans can't swallow 7lb rainbows. 6lb rainbows can really jump high and scare the crap out of you when falling through the sky toward your head.

Thanks for the shots. It's such a bonus all the extra stuff we see while out chasing fish.

Bob, he uses a REALLY heavy sink tip for high speed leech trolling for those spiny finned buggers

Great way to break in the new boat

I believe they are made by the guy who started Redington. Never used one but would expect they are like the cheaper Sage rods, not the high end stuff.

Jeff, the fish were rockets. Great fun catching fish where you are completely out of control. Chrome bullets flashing under the water and flying out for long distant jumps. Lake fishing sucks...

Jared, there is a lake south of Milo in the prairie. We were trying to find saugeye and burbot but all we could get were these fat fish with no spots. This one has 7 spots I think, 24" The spawners are bigger. Might have to try again in the fall when they clean up.

Went exploring Saturday to find some real fish. Found a new water body with some healthy diploids. Nice to see fish growing so big before they reach sexually maturity. The fish was mortally wounded prior to picture so no worries about survival (dinner for four). Chrome 22" very close to 7lb

I think there is some in my garage. Send me a message with an offer. Cheers, Rob

Were you upstream or downstream of M Hat?

Awesome Steve! Congrats on your 4 foot fish. The river valley down there is such an interesting place to spend a day.

Just a typo. You can have triploid 3N (male and female) or all female triploid AF3N. The males still jack (see secondary sex characteristics) even though triploid. They will only get huge if there is lots of food around. Therefore the stocking density has to be appropriate.

Excellent, you keep Mr. S at your lake so our fish on this side of the river can get a rest. Cheers, Rob

Bobber fishing works pretty well. Chironomids, scuds and caddis pupae have worked for me. In the really shallow stuff you can just strip pheasant tails in front of them. Pretty good fight if the fish want to head back to deep water

No, only stillwaters where the water column gets stratified by temperature.

I got a fish yesterday with 2 puncture wounds on it's head from the local fish hawk. He must have only got one foot on the lucky bugger. Very cool birds indeed.