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#1 Apr-07-26 5:15PM

hookup
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Registered: Jan-31-12
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Spring fish

Leon and I floated yesterday.  Since there was allot of structure in the area, I decided to try my hand at a few different techniques I've learned recently.

Day started out amazing with bald eagles soaring over head, an osprey taking out a cormorant leaving nothing but a blast of feathers, an otter investigating us on the river, with birds of all species letting everyone know that spring has arrived.  Did allot of investigating and found some surprises.  Very easy to do in a kayak.

https://i.imgur.com/hjWouj5.jpg

Water was up a bit but still manageable.  Bit pushy in a kayak, but nothing like work.  In fact the wind left us pretty much alone this time even though the forecasters called for it.  We had one stretch we needed to stay on the paddle, otherwise, the current took us down river nicely.

Came across some new scenery on the river.  First, the floods took a couple boats.  Got a pix of one

https://i.imgur.com/1QAfa5h.jpg

Probably didn't make it over this rapid?

https://i.imgur.com/88cmkuh.jpg

Now some fish pix.   

Fluke bite picked up a few in the morning

https://i.imgur.com/YfY94rI.jpg

Starting to learn how to target walleye and had some sucess

https://i.imgur.com/8DsHkOv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/N2NkHtc.jpg

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#2 Apr-07-26 7:03PM

drxfish
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Re: Spring fish

Very nice!  Sounds like a fun trip.


Always wishin' I was fishin'

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#3 Apr-07-26 10:12PM

Ernie
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Re: Spring fish

Excellent!

Glad to see you getting that boy out on the rivah!!


Time to go fishin' again!

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#4 Apr-08-26 11:13AM

Bryan
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Re: Spring fish

Nice eyes! What did they bite?


tight lines

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#5 Apr-08-26 11:56AM

backtofuturetoyota
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Re: Spring fish

Good on ya George!  Success with the walleye.  Future tacos for sure!

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#6 Apr-08-26 12:34PM

hookup
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Re: Spring fish

Bryan wrote:

What did they bite?

Both grub & a swimbait

Future tacos for sure!

I don't eat any fish out of the local rivers.  Too much pollution and I remember the fish kills and intersex problems.

I used to until one fish tasted like tin foil then stopped after that

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#7 Apr-08-26 12:38PM

Ernie
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Re: Spring fish

backtofuturetoyota wrote:

Future tacos for sure!

We've had this discussion while on the river and catching a few of these. But so far, we have let them all go. Mostly because we don't have a fish cooler on the raft (or yaks). The discussion has been around water quality, PFAS and such.


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#8 Apr-08-26 12:41PM

Ernie
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Re: Spring fish

hookup wrote:

I used to until one fish tasted like tin foil then stopped after that

I caught three nice smallies out of Algonkian about 40 years ago and brought them home to eat. They were awful...no other words to describe them.

However, I have eaten a smallie out of the cold St. Lawrence River and it was tasty. They also eat gobbies.


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#9 Apr-08-26 12:56PM

hookup
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Re: Spring fish

Ernie wrote:

hookup wrote:

I used to until one fish tasted like tin foil then stopped after that

I caught three nice smallies out of Algonkian about 40 years ago and brought them home to eat. They were awful...no other words to describe them.

However, I have eaten a smallie out of the cold St. Lawrence River and it was tasty. They also eat gobbies.

Only smallmouth I've eaten was in Maine.  15", gut hooked, bleeding and we were canoe camping so fried it up.  It was really good - better than the yellow perch and pickerel we also caught for dinner

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