Jim/Wa
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Near West Palm Beach Florida last week. Great fishing. Damn sharks everywhere.
Catch All Fishing Thread
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Near West Palm Beach Florida last week. Great fishing. Damn sharks everywhere.
Hem
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Hem
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Congrats to your son.
But you must be new to the shitshow on the Madison this time of year.
Southern Elk
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Nope. I was just confirming what others said previously in the thread.
Hem
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Yeah, it's crazy down there.
Almost like the combat fishing at the Gates.
This time of year I resort to carp fishing.
When the Reds run, your odds are very high. If you know the game.
antlerradar
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Odds are even higher that I will never be fishing in a place like that.
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westbranch
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Fishing was a bit slow in the heat this weekend. I just sat in the shade.
Bambistew
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And yet... There you were ,1000s of miles from home elbow to elbow. hahaha.
We avoid that place when the sun is up and Friday-Sunday. Lotsa fairweather fishermen, most go home without much to show for it, too. On other "popular" rivers later in the summer I'll be the only one fishing in the mornings, quite often. I'm done and headed back to the truck by the time most people just show up. I love fishing silvers in the fall. If you show up at 6am you might as well have stayed home. Kind of like elk hunting and missing the first 30 min of daylight.
Fish 1 to 5am after the Father's day rush at the Russian and there will be a dozen people in that picture, if that. You are not going to find solitude fishing AK off the road unless you outsmart your competition. The Russian is a crazy place, and not for everyone. Same with owning a cat.
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BackofBeyond
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North Fork?
I'm kind of convinced that there's been some secret promotion over the last few years where a person receives a free fishing raft with the purchase of a MT fishing license.
westbranch
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Yep. Have to remind myself once a year why we don't up there on weekends from mid-June to mid-August.
Nick87
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Looks like every weekend around here but hunting instead of fishing.
Salmonchaser
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I always encourage people who ask to go out to Bristol Bay instead of fishing off the road system. By the time you rent a car in ANC, drive down the Kenai, find a place to stay, perhaps a day or two chartered, all the other costs figured in your getting close to fishing in Bristol Bay, and you won’t see many people. Pretty common the only folks close enough to pay attention to are those from you group. Boats will go by but they will leave you alone most of the time.
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It's a fun experience, people of ALL kinds, bears showing up to catch or steal fish. A $hit ton of action. That picture is right off the Highway.
I'll second this! I worked several years from lake Clark, Iliamna, south through mid Aleutians. Visiting all villages in between. Carried fly and spin rods all summer. Some truly great folks live out there!
Slm864
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone catch a sailfish from a kayak. That had to be a good fight
