Post your fishing pictures here...

[Gumhead]

Ok here's another photo thread, we really need a photo forum to separate all the photo threads :rolleyes:

Ok so lets see them fishin pictures!
I mostly bass fish from the shore and my boat. Here's a little guy I caught yesterday at an undisclosed location. It was a nice fat female weighing in at 6 pounds! (well 5.9 lbs on my digital scale)...

[Gumhead]

Here's another pic. Oh and I did release her back in the water for someone else to catch :)

[JMAC]

Ok, I'll "bite". Here is an old shot of me and a schoolie Merrimack River Striper. I look like I just got up, but the sun is actually going down. lol

[JustDavidP]

Here's my boy with his first fluke...

[JustDavidP]

:D I found this too.... Here is Cam's first fish ever!

[Gumhead]

:D I found this too.... Here is Cam's first fish ever!
Oh wow! Great pic Dave!!!

[NateHanson]

Dave, Those boys look JUST like you! (funny how that works, eh?)

Nate

[ggomez]

I ran home, and threw it on the kitchen counter, my girl freaked out because it was still alive and bleading. Damn those Fish tacos & coronas were good.

[Moe_K]

Uh oh, Gilbert, is that fish 27 inches?!?

[Scarfish]

fishing vs. keeping aquariums...

boy do we contradict ourselves!!! LOL!!!!

(don't matter to me. I've fished before. I would fish again. I just think it's funny. Us humans are freakin weird)

[JustDavidP]

Doooooh! That MIGHT not be a keeper, but close. 25, 26 incher...those lil' ones are the sweetest!

I caught a BUNCH of those schoolies in Falmouth last week. I was using a 5 1/2 foot rod with ultralight reel and 6 lb test line. Now THAT is fun. Every striper felt like a Mako on that rod.

David

[Groove]

Guess what this is.

[Groove]

Here is another one to guess on.

[Scuba_Dave]

1st Ocean sunfish, mola mola? ...or whale fin

[JustDavidP]

Sunfish. I've seen plenty of those fins in Nantucket Sound. They cruise the Muskeget Channel all the time. I'll never forget my first sighting. I swore it was a "man eater". ;)

[Scuba_Dave]

Uh oh, Gilbert, is that fish 27 inches?!?

Yes, Gilbert is actually 7' 6" tall. so the fish just looks small....

[Groove]

You guys are good. I though you would be guessing a shark like I thought it was. How about the other picture?

[Groove]

One more for you to guess. This one was caught in the Florida Keys as a hint.

[Brian]

Second pic looks like what you see wehn the stripers are finning. The Keys one is some sort of cowfish maybe?

[JustDavidP]

The second shot (under the sunfish) could be bonefish tailing??

The last shot is of a yellow spotted cowfish?

[NateHanson]

Here's the great white's toothless cousin a couple weekends ago on the northwest corner of Stellwagen bank. This basking shark was about 25 feet. (the head and tail are both outside the frame of the shot). Frankly I think I'd be more afraid of a sunfish than these teddy bears.

A bit further south on the Bank we came across either a small fin whale or a large minke, around 40 feet, which played around within 50 feet of our boat for about 5 minutes.

[NateHanson]

Uh oh, Gilbert, is that fish 27 inches?!?

If the DVD cases on top of Gilberts TV are 7 1/2 inches tall, like mine, then his tender little friend is just over 28 inches. There go the Striper Police!

Nate

[JustDavidP]

Dave, Those boys look JUST like you! (funny how that works, eh?)

Nate

Yeah... I guess I have to admit that he's mine ;) Both pictures are of my oldest boy. My lil' one isn't really into the fishing thing yet. He can't sit still long enough.

Gumhead... I love that shot too. I have a picture of that image spliced into a picture of my first fish (1969) at home. That darned fish could have been a shark or the lil white sucker that it was...but it was HUGE to him.

Dave

[Groove]

Gilbert just makes the striper look small! ;)

That's why I always have my shortest friend pose with fish. :D He make a big fish look huge.

The fish above you see finning are actually blue fish. I saw a very calm day off Nantucket.

[Brian]

This has got to be one of the Biggest White fish I've ever seen...

[Brian]

And of course we've all seen this monster...

[Groove]

Nice one Brian!

[Gumhead]

And of course we've all seen this monster...

LOL looks just like your avatar.

[Groove]

Gumhead and all,
I've been out of fresh water for a while. I always liked my spinners for catching just about anything and large surface plugs for catching the big bass. Any tips we can though out here for someone who needs to restock his freshwater tackle box? I'd like to hear thoughts on must have equipment from line to lures.

[ggomez]

thanks guys, the striper was barely legal, I can't wait to catch one this year.
I live 5 min from Castle Island, anyone is welcomed to come fishing this weekend
(off the shore,I don't have a boat) The deal is, if you or I catch one, I will cook the fish tacos and we all enjoy. Send me a PM if anyone wants to swing by & go fishing.

[JustDavidP]

Groove... get some Sara Spooks, or Heddon's Torpedo's for topwater. 1/4 ounce jigs (red and blues) for bottom. The crayfish are molting and the bass are hammering jigs right now. Other than that, most of the "classics" are getting some attention. Many fishermen are using the same baits/lures and the fish pick up on that. I've been using the old lures (red devils, jitterbugs, etc.) and have been hammering them.

[JustDavidP]

Not soo much a fishing picture, but a nice foggy picture of my boat. Can't fish without it :)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d937b3127cceb203b74bcae90000001510

[Brian]

Sweet ride David, what've you got on there for moters?

[Mike A]

That *is* a fishing machine. Is it a Regulator ?

[JustDavidP]

It is a Regulator..26'. It has less than 100 hours on the motors. Twin Yamaha 200's HPDI.

I've got enough storage on that thing to put the kids away if they get out of line ;)

It's all "pimped" with Furuno, and Northstar electronics!

Dave

[JustDavidP]

:) Here's one that Mom sent me.

Check out the circa 1960-something clothing!

My first fish

[Gumhead]

OK here's my boat (well my dad and mine... oh and my sons). Not as nice as my buddy Dave's but it dose the job for largemouth bass fishin' :D

[Gumhead]

another angle...

[Gumhead]

Here's a bass my son got last year...

[JustDavidP]

Glad to see that y'boy is wearing his colors :D

When are you taking me out bass fishing?

< D >

[RobboT]

Here's one a friend of mine caught on a trip that I stupidly passed up :(

http://home.comcast.net/~robbo_t/DaveOnesm.jpg

Sorry 'bout the size of the pic.

[RobboT]

FWIW this was on the way back from a trip that saw several nice size tuna. I am still kicking myself in the ass for missing this trip.

[stang8s]

:) Here's one that Mom sent me.

Check out the circa 1960-something clothing!

My first fish

Too funny David! I think we all have one of those pics. Here is one of mine!!http://tools4cheap.net/fish.jpg

[Gumhead]

Glad to see that y'boy is wearing his colors :D
Ah yes the good old orange team... :)

When are you taking me out bass fishing?
Tell me when... Sunday's are best...

[Syris]

Here is my very first keeper striper - 37"(this pic was taken back in '96')

http://www.wildbillreef.net/images/misc/My%20first%20keeper(37inches18.5lbs8251996).jpg


Now I do mostly freshwater fishing because I live in NH now. But I hope to get a 18'-20' open bow rider boat this fall or next spring to get back to the ocean fishing:cool:
BTW I keep my hair buzzed now, no more affro:p

[One Eye]

Here's a pic of Deb with Moby Mackeral :rolleyes: We went on a quicky 2 hr mack trip up in Boothbay Harbor on the 4th of July. We're going back in Sept for a tuna trip. :D

[~Flighty~]

Here is an eligible bachelorette who can fish, if you don't mind the secret service comming along on your dates.

[JustDavidP]

The only keeper on that boat is the striped bass :D

[Moe_K]

I went fishin' yesterday. Not even a bite.
I'm gonna have to get some live bait.

[Gumhead]

I went fishin' yesterday. Not even a bite.
I'm gonna have to get some live bait.

What ya fishin for? What ya usin for bait?

[Gumhead]

Kivha!

[Gumhead]

Here's another 6 pounder, This one is from last year...

[~Flighty~]

If anyone likes freashwater fishing, we have a big beautiful secluded brook behind our house that is supposed to be stocked with trout. Anyone is welcome to take our canoe our for a spin. I'm curious to see what you could catch.

[Moe_K]

What ya fishin for? What ya usin for bait?
fishing for bass.
i dragged crank baits, rubber worms, slugs, and a spoon across the little pond. the big ol' sunfish got the hell out of the way of my lures. :lol: they thought the uss new jersey was coming through.

[JustDavidP]

He He He... The calm before the storm.

We caught a dozen large fluke, two bluefish, and a handfull of bass on Saturday. They were deep, on Middlegrounds (45' hole) and hitting jigs (given to me from Capt. Tansey...thanks Jim!) tipped with fluke skins.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d637b3127cceb43b3d836cd80000003510

Shane's first was 2 inches too small, but he gut hooked it and it bled pretty so I kept it.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d637b3127cceb43b3d9cedf70000001510

I didn't measure mine, but it passed my hash mark on my fishing rod and it was a keeper none the less.

Grilled bass, fried fluke, and stuffed quahogs for dinner last night!

[Jim Tansey]

Nice fish Dave! Good tune-up for the fall run.

Jim

[JustDavidP]

Jim,

I've got the GPS coords if you are interested. Nice lil' hole off of Middlegrounds closest to the chops. It's a 5 minute run from the Childs.

Most of the bass are down. The water is REAL warm and the blues are on the top of the column. Every bass I pulled had a gut full of squid and green crabs. Yet another indicator of fish sitting on bottom.

We even hit bass and blues on the "will ketchum" fluke rigs we were using. One cow took both fluke teasers with squid from one rig.

Thanks again for the jigs brother!

Dave

[Moe_K]

I got a new rod & reel for my birthday.
I went out today twice to try them out. The first trip was to Marlboro, I caught a couple of bass, but forgot the camera.
The second trip was just on the Assabet behind the Hudson fire dept.
Here's the scene:

[Moe_K]

I caught lots of these sunfish:

[Moe_K]

Lots of them. Just about every other cast...

[Moe_K]

Then I caught this sucker... Is it a small northern pike or a pickeral?

[Moe_K]

Another look:

[stang8s]

moe-
ever try the water near the picadilly pub? I see people fishing there all the time, not sure what they are catching.

[3mrhythm]

A pollock i caught sat

[Syris]

Nice fish.


I went striper fishing near Portsmouth today.

Here's the pic of the striper.....

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Yeah I was hoping to see one too.:p Didn't catch a dam thing:(

[JustDavidP]

Moe,

That's a chain pickerel. Nice one too!

Dave

[JustDavidP]

Yeah I was hoping to see one too.:p Didn't catch a dam thing:(

Dude....you weren't alone. The rip tides have all the fish a lil' spooked. I spent 4 hours on the water on Saturday and had one black sea bass to show for it. Not a striper to be found. The fluke were a little flukey too. Some folks caught blues on top in the rips, but that's about it.

I was using 8 oz of weight and STILL couldn't keep the baits at the bottom. That current was downright ornery!

David

[JMAC]

I did pretty well with the stripers last weekend up on the New Hampshire coast in Rye. Biggest was 27" but alot of fun on light spin tackle and the flyrod nonetheless.

Also on a recent trip offshore for tuna, no fish but lots of other life like this (too) friendly young seal and a pod of white sided dolphins or porpoises (sp?). Made the trip interesting.

Some good saltwater fishing should be starting now as the water cools down and the Stripers and Bluefish start their migration.

Joe <"}}}}><

[NateHanson]

That's great! Nice pics!

Those are definitely white-sided dolphins. How many did you see. They sometimes travel in pods into the hundreds. I once sailed through a few hundred of them just off Nahant. Amazing!

[Mike A]

JMAC, where offshore were you fishing for tuna ?

I was out with a friend a couple of weeks ago. We hooked up and landed an
80lb Bluefin out on Stellwagen. We covered a lot of area, went all the way down
to Cape Cod Bay from Beverly and then back up to the NW corner of Stellwagen
when the fish hit a chunk below the boat.

I've got some pics, but they need to be resized.

[SteveDola]

Heres my catch this summer off the shores of Martha's Vineyard...he was fiesty!! PS that was a Pickeral- I hate those boney little bastards!

[Moe_K]

moe-
ever try the water near the picadilly pub? I see people fishing there all the time, not sure what they are catching.

Karl and I tried there last weekend. We got skunked - not a bite.
Guy across the street was using night crawlers and pulled in a couple of nice bass. Spinner baits just weren't working.
Karl was thinking of taking some of the weeds we caught to a Boston Aquarium Society meeting for sale. ;) Might recoup the cost of the lures we lost. :(

[JMAC]

JMAC, where offshore were you fishing for tuna ?


Mike, my cousin keeps his boat on the Merrimack river in Newburyport. We ran out straight from the river mouth offshore. He mostly fishes the area from Cape Ann to Halfway Hump and beyond to Jefferies ledge for tuna. Yes, tuna fishing does consist alot of running around and looks like you put in your miles! lol. 80 lbs. is a nice sized fish, congrats. Glad you were able to avoid the dogfish to use chunkbait.

Nate, we saw a large pod of dolphins that day. Maybe 50 or so.

Joe

[Moe_K]

Went fishing in my back yard again today while the grill was cooking.
First cast caught a little bass. Second cast caught this really small pickeral. :p
They must be pretty thick in the Assabet right around here.

[JustDavidP]

Time to set up a coldwater,fresh water, fish only ;)

[Moe_K]

Sunday evening was great for fishing at my favorite spot. I spent about an hour using a white spinnerbait.
I caught a bunch of sunfish and about a 1 lb smallmouth.
Finally I latched on to a big smallmouth. The fish prolly weighed 2-3 lbs.
The wife (still can't get used to that) had the camera to document her latest mural, so I couldn't get a pic of the good sized smallmouth. :(
I went back today - I didn't have much luck. Caught 1 small rock bass.
I'm gonna try again Wednesday. I should have the camera - so you know I won't catch a dang thing.

[Moe_K]

I caught a few of these guys today. ANyone know what they are?
I thought they were sunfish, but check out the mouth. Some kind of small bass?

[Moe_K]

The mouth - like a grouper, eh?

[Moe_K]

Also caught another large pickeral. This one weighted 1.5 pounds and was 19" long. Like the teeth?

[Moe_K]

Here's a side pic.
I bought a net today. Too many fish got away as I tried to pull them up the ~3' wall.

[JustDavidP]

Moe...

Those are called crappie. There are white crappie and black crappie. Yours look like white (Pomoxis annularis) They are a nice pan fish. Good eating too, if you get enough of them and they are large enough to filet AND you like some mercury in your diet ;)
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[Moe_K]

Mmmmm, mercury.

[Moe_K]

I found a good website with lots of info on fish found in the Assabet.
I catch a lot of these in my backyeard:
http://www.assabetriver.org/streamwatch/fishphotos/FallfishKHlg.jpg
They're called "fallfish."
Sunday I caught a big one up the road a piece.
Here's the website - they have info on pollutants:
http://www.assabetriver.org/streamwatch/assabetriver.html

[JustDavidP]

Great page Moe... Good information.

I for one love fish. It's good to know what can/should be kept and what should not.

Thanks!

[Brian]

That looks a lot like what Quebecers call Chub...

[Moe_K]

I went out again today.
Maybe the last time?
Fishing is best now around noon.

I caught a few crappie, a big pickeral, and a smallmouth bass.
Pics of the bass...

[Moe_K]

Measured

[Moe_K]

Weighed somewhere between 1.5 and 2 lbs.

[karl wagner]

hi everyone!!! Caught this beauty yesterday morning...

[JustDavidP]

Mmmm smoked trout!

[stevenp]

Played some hooky today...

Steve

[stevenp]

Check out the pic of the lobsters we scored from a fisherman while at sea.

Steve

[RichConley]

Buzzbaits.. lots and lots of em. (well, I need lots...cuz I tend to fish with 4 lb test and an ultralight from the canoe in the charles...plenty of 5-6lb fish in there...and I tend to lose a couple of lures during a good day of fishing.

Gumhead and all,
I've been out of fresh water for a while. I always liked my spinners for catching just about anything and large surface plugs for catching the big bass. Any tips we can though out here for someone who needs to restock his freshwater tackle box? I'd like to hear thoughts on must have equipment from line to lures.

[JustDavidP]

I fished Vinyard Sound this weekend. The water temps are outrageous with near bottom temperatures in the high 60's and low 70's. I caught just two small fluke. I'm sure that the higher temps are a result of the storms and the annual shift of the Gulf Stream. I caught two juvenile Jack Crevalle's and a yellow puffer fish with black stripes (4 inches). The tropicals are up and in New England. Probably a GREAT opportunity for dives to see some of the "visitors".

Dave

[Jim Tansey]

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