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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Nov 29, 2016 - 05:05am PT
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Escopeta the first image...looks like beautiful water and fine place to be wetting a line!
The second...beauty too! Love the spotted patterns.
and the 3rd...did you get that 'poon all the way to the boat? I'd love to hook into one of those babies one of these days.
Bummer about those pics Limper...post some here as Blue suggested!
Delhi Dog,
I was looking for a pic and realized I never answered your questions about my pics a few pages back. My bad.
The first pic is the North Fork of the Blackfoot River. MT. Great place.
The second pic I THINK is a cutthroat out of the Yakima river near Ellensburg, WA. Not 100% sure though...might be an Idaho trout.
The third pic, the tarpon, was a crazy story. I was in Miami for work, during the season and decided to do it. I have a friend that guides there and I booked him for two days. That fish, honest to god was my absolute first cast ever at a tarpon. I had fished for bonefish down there, but this was the very first. It was a complete hero cast (for me) and he ripped and jumped and spooled and I lost him.
But that's ok, I landed a 125 pounder later that day....I was sore for a week. :)
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Now, we are talking.......^^^^^^
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Yeah Mikey!
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Dec 11, 2016 - 09:42am PT
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This little brown was all lit up with red spots and halos, decorated for Christmas. Peace.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 11, 2016 - 10:21am PT
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Quick stop on the lower kings on the way home was fun. Nice to see some fish in the fly fishing section after it's been dead the last couple years.
One played like a stocker, the other seemed home grown.
Lost the biggest on a snag
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perswig
climber
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Dec 11, 2016 - 02:01pm PT
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^^
Sure. Heh, heh.
PRETTY brown, Stimbo.
Dale
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 11, 2016 - 04:25pm PT
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Serious! Didn't get a good look but it was at least three feet long
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 14, 2016 - 03:36pm PT
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There, landed the bigger one this time. But my brother lost an even bigger one when I missed with the net. Mine was 18" on the nose and his was longer and much healthier looking. Again, at least like 3 feet and 30 lbs.
I normally avoid stocked waters but the lower Kings is definitely growing on me.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Dec 14, 2016 - 04:44pm PT
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I normally avoid stocked waters but the lower Kings is definitely growing on me.
Would this be the Kings by Balch Park?
How hard is it to get to this place you speak of?
Open all year for catch n release?
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 14, 2016 - 05:21pm PT
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Kings River below Pine Flat Lake. From the dam down to Alta Weir is a 5 fish limit and from Alta Weir to highway 180 is catch and release artificial bait barbless hooks.
Both are open year round.
But it's the central valley so it's just terrible and ugly and gross everywhere :)
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Dec 14, 2016 - 05:23pm PT
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Again, at least like 3 feet and 30 lbs.
Those fish that get away are always epic. Love this thread.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 14, 2016 - 05:29pm PT
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I don't remember if it was already brought up in this thread but does anyone know what causes the color differences in rainbow trout? Assuming they're not hybrids, why are some so pink and some so grey?
I've heard that browns are more grey when they eat primarily fish and get that nice orange belly when they eat more bugs and stuff.
Is it diet and habitat for rainbows, or maybe a gender or spawning season thing?
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Dec 16, 2016 - 08:50pm PT
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I don't remember if it was already brought up in this thread but does anyone know what causes the color differences in rainbow trout? Assuming they're not hybrids, why are some so pink and some so grey?
I've heard that browns are more grey when they eat primarily fish and get that nice orange belly when they eat more bugs and stuff.
Is it diet and habitat for rainbows, or maybe a gender or spawning season thing?
I have wondered the same thing.... I believe there are a variety of factors involved in trout coloration, and you've hit on many of them; diet, habitat, spawning colors, genetic differences, gender, water PH and bacterial content. "Wild" rainbow trout just look better with defined speckles and a distinct red band and gills. Trout are neat little creatures and very addicting to fish for.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Dec 17, 2016 - 08:45am PT
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Limping.... thanks for the beta. Were you getting those on dry flies??
I am starting to get pretty hooked on this stuff right now and its good to know some more places to go to in the winter.
And the Central Valley dosen't scare me off one bit.... heck I have fended off hostile drunks in parking lots in Northfork.... was involved in a huge road rage deal by Sanger- my side won... and I have been to the Fresno County Fair grounds to referee some Kart races... some tough racers those farmers are.
So yea I will go there to kiss me some Trout and those look pretty kissable.
How is the fishing in the Kern??? My mentor tells me it just plain blows, cause of the trash fish... something about the Trout getting some barbed fin fish stuck in their mouth and killing them..... True False???
Stimbo..... do you give discounts to TACO members??? I have been seariously thinking about the advise given up thread that a day out with you... is worth 3 years of hit n miss bumbling. And now that I know a bit about this sport the more I know that I know almost nothing.
This thread is gold....
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 17, 2016 - 09:06am PT
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In my kitchen in Chilean Patagonia with my German fishing guru Stephan and his catch.
Heading back down on 12/31.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Dec 17, 2016 - 09:30am PT
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Stimbo..... do you give discounts to TACO members??? I have been seariously thinking about the advise given up thread that a day out with you... is worth 3 years of hit n miss bumbling. And now that I know a bit about this sport the more I know that I know almost nothing.
I would love to help you out, Taco or not. It is REALLY nice out there now, especially with all of the fresh snow on the peaks. Send me a PM or something if you are serious. Cheers! Jim
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Dec 17, 2016 - 10:45am PT
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Donini, please leave this thread.
You cant just show up and post the best Brown Trout photo in over 1300 posts. You can own all the Alpine climbing threads you want, but please, let us have this one!
All kidding aside......beautiful Brown. Post up some river shots when you're down there!
-Scott
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Dec 17, 2016 - 08:29pm PT
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Nice toad of a fish Jim!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 17, 2016 - 08:58pm PT
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Donini! What a hog of a trout!
How did it taste?
My long-ago experience with big trout like that brownie, that ate other trout for a living, was they had so much fat in their flesh, that I burped fat-burps all night after the feast.
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