Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Flaming Gorge Meat Hunt
7.9.2017
Well that was enjoyable.
Imagine having to bundle up to run 7 miles to fish for kokanee salmon in the high country desert in Wyoming.
Well that is what we did.
As daytime highs reached 110 degrees, we were dressed like it was in the fifties as the day started.
Oh, it was in the fifties. How refreshing, while I sit here in the Lowcountry and it is currently in the low eighties with matching humidity at 8:10 AM.
Larry put us on them as we limited out in three hours.
That is 3 salmon each.
He kept saying "I'm not happy Billy" as each hour ticked on and the pace of bite was too slow for him.
But, we were fine with the pace as we didn't want to get off the water too soon!
It was a trip of a lifetime! What beautiful fish!
Some more photos are posted in previous posts from my instagram account below.
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| Running in the morning |
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| Full moon over Wyoming's High Desert |
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| And the trolling begins with our famous guide Larry |
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| The Sun rising |
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| You can see how many fish there were. The three steady lines are the down rigger cannonballs |
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| A view of the flasher rig |
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| And the view of the splashing kokanee |
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| End Result, Smoked Salmon |
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| Or Grilled Salmon |
Monday, July 10, 2017
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Hot, Humid Blues
7.0.17
Water temp in the low 80's
Been trying to get the weather and tides work for us.
It has been tough as the tides are raging with the new moon.
We had a dud trip a few days ago, trying to change it up we went for a tarpon bite yesterday.
I got one on a finger mullet, but I was in the front of the boat trying to catch a sheep head off the bridge pilings in Whale Branch.
I hear my rod screaming in the rod holder and look back and the tip is touching the water.
Pick it up and the line snaps.
Nancy's line snapped too. Evidently the tarp got over her line on it's crazy rush to the bait and her line snapped my line.
What a fiasco.
No more bites.
A HOT time cleaning the boat. This is when I dislike saltwater fishing, the end of the day boat clean in 100 degree weather.
NO FUN
Water temp in the low 80's
Been trying to get the weather and tides work for us.
It has been tough as the tides are raging with the new moon.
We had a dud trip a few days ago, trying to change it up we went for a tarpon bite yesterday.
I got one on a finger mullet, but I was in the front of the boat trying to catch a sheep head off the bridge pilings in Whale Branch.
I hear my rod screaming in the rod holder and look back and the tip is touching the water.
Pick it up and the line snaps.
Nancy's line snapped too. Evidently the tarp got over her line on it's crazy rush to the bait and her line snapped my line.
What a fiasco.
No more bites.
A HOT time cleaning the boat. This is when I dislike saltwater fishing, the end of the day boat clean in 100 degree weather.
NO FUN
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