Any fishermen/Women? Hunters?

Who so ever does, share some stories!!! What is your favorite place to fish, your dream trip, dream hunt, your favorite fish?

I love redfish, flats fishing for slot reds (or kayaking) is amazing...watching tailing reds..man. My favorite location is Sportsmans reef Galvoston Texas. My dream fishing trip is to go to Florda and catch HUGE tarpon.

As for hunting, I haven't ever gone yet. We shoot alot( Competition skeet) I want to hunt dove up in North Texas. My dream trip would be to go to South Dakota and hunt Phesant

It's your turn now!

I love fishing. I'm not super good at it, and I don't know a lot about it, but just going out and catching bluegills, bass, perch, or whatever is a lot of fun. I caught a pike once, he was cool. Oh, and largemouth bass are tasty. :)

I have never been hunting, but someday I want to get a falconry license.

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I love fishing. I'm not super good at it, and I don't know a lot about it, but just going out and catching bluegills, bass, perch, or whatever is a lot of fun. I caught a pike once, he was cool. Oh, and largemouth bass are tasty. :)

I have never been hunting, but someday I want to get a falconry license.

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If you ever get into falconry let me know as i have always wanted to watch one hunt.Now onto fishing,we have several places we go and catch bass,catfish,bluegill here.This year was my first time hunting since i was diagnosed with cancer and such.I did get a chance at a doe with my shotgun but missed her by inches.That was the first deer i have ever seen that turned around so fast that her print was placed in the same one when i shot at her.In other words she left a print with one over the other going the opposite directions lol.

I won't be getting into falconry until after I move to Texas.

my fav is just plain old bass fishing but i love a good trout stream.
as far as hunting haven't done it in years i really enjoy hopping on a four wheeler and driveing out with my gear ten twenty miles fine a place to camp even with the snow and everything it's nice to camp.
but my dream hunt would have to be bision

.....I live in "The Sportsman's Paradise"..... :D

...of course I hunt and fish.... Within a 20 minute ride from my house, I have just about any type of environment you could ever need to enjoy the outdoors....fishing in the marshes or the Gulf....countless ponds and canals to fish.....thick woods, marshes, and swamps to hunt...lots of reptile environment for my field herping adventures...

....the only thing we don't have is mountains.....LMAO....but who needs mountains ;)

I freshwater fish for largemouth bass. I use to fish in the " Redman tourneys"
and Virginia Bass federation tourneys.

I love to fish down at Lake Anna,Va. and on the good old Potomac river which just happens to be one of the top 10 bass fishing rivers in the country.

One of my dream trips would be to fish for Black Marlin off the coast of Costa Rica.
Also would love to fish for the giant largemouth in a lot of lakes down in Mexico where 10-15 lb'ers are common.

A few years ago I did get to finally fish in one of my dream places;
The lake in front of Disney World in Fla. I had read about how you could catch 100 2-4 lb'ers in a few hours.
So when I took my son to Disney World I arranged several trips in the Lake and the canals that run thru Disney. It was awesome. We used huge shiners and I caught about 30 3-5 lb'ers in about 2 hrs. Then one morning in the canal by our hotel I caught a 9 1/2 pound bass. It was a dream come true :)

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.....I live in "The Sportsman's Paradise"..... :D

...of course I hunt and fish.... Within a 20 minute ride from my house, I have just about any type of environment you could ever need to enjoy the outdoors....fishing in the marshes or the Gulf....countless ponds and canals to fish.....thick woods, marshes, and swamps to hunt...lots of reptile environment for my field herping adventures...

....the only thing we don't have is mountains.....LMAO....but who needs mountains ;)

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Yeah!! Nothing gets mutch better than the Gulf Coast states!!:carrot: But see here in Texas...we have mountains!;)

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Yeah!! Nothing gets mutch better than the Gulf Coast states!!:carrot: But see here in Texas...we have mountains!;)

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...lmao....when your mountains are surrounded by desert....that does not count ;)

I go back to my parents (Nebraska) every year for Whitetail season. My son Alex went with me this year. We also hunt Dove and Pheasant there on occasion, and we have been "planting" Quail. Those have been kind of tough to keep going because of all the coyote and bobcats.

Spent most of my life hunting and fishing in Colorado.

Neil

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...lmao....when your mountains are surrounded by desert....that does not count ;)

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Yes, but they're good places to herp! I love our dwarf mountains..:carrot:

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Originally Posted by Shelby

I won't be getting into falconry until after I move to Texas.

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April, so your moving to Texas also? :bye:

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April, so your moving to Texas also? :bye:

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All the more reason to come and live down here!

Come here to friendswood!! I will be your little helper..lol.

Me and who else?

Ever since I could remember I've wanted to live somewhere else other than here.. lol. Yep.. I'm going to toasty Texas. Sick of below 0 temperatures for one. :)

Much more hunting land to speak of down there too.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Me and who else?

Ever since I could remember I've wanted to live somewhere else other than here.. lol. Yep.. I'm going to toasty Texas. Sick of below 0 temperatures for one. :)

Much more hunting land to speak of down there too.

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What part of Texas?

Looks like Im headed to Texas in the spring! :eek:

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Me and who else?

Ever since I could remember I've wanted to live somewhere else other than here.. lol. Yep.. I'm going to toasty Texas. Sick of below 0 temperatures for one. :)

Much more hunting land to speak of down there too.

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Ok here's the biggest fish I ever caught.

We left a bay in San Diego and went towards Mexico. I caught 6 of those and 5 yellow fin tuna. This is a barracuda, mean nasty teeth on these guys!
https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ish_902772.jpg

Cudda are so cool!! I would also like to topwater for cudda one day!

I always liked barracuda.

I'm moving somewhere in the San Antonio or Austin vicinity. Not sure exactly yet. I'm not moving for a year or two yet anyways.

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I always liked barracuda.

I'm moving somewhere in the San Antonio or Austin vicinity. Not sure exactly yet. I'm not moving for a year or two yet anyways.

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Cool!! You will love it up there.

I commercial fished for over 20 years. I like fishing rod and reel. I used to tie flies, although I can't fly fish. Around here catfish, bream, and bass are the main thing for me. I also fish the intercoastal waterway(since my aunt lives ON it) and have ONCE fished out of a kayak out in the Intercoastal waterway. I'll never kayak again, although I don't mind fishing.
Hunting, I do when I have the time to go. Deer and turkey, although I'm toying with the idea of going after pig. I'd LOVE to go after elk sometime or other, and carabou sometime or other. I don't quail hunt since it's just too hard to clean all that mess for that small amount of meat.
Wolfy

Geez Wolfy, is there anything you haven't done? Pretty cool. :)

I agree on the quail.. I cooked 4 once, and my mum and I were still quite hungry afterwards.. boning the darn things took so long we could have eaten a turkey after all the work. LOL

I'm a Chesapeake Bay girl all the way. I used to go Rock fishing with my dad on the Patuxent River, and I love to go crabbing as well. You can't beat Blue Crabs! I've also gone fishing from Panama City, and caught a lot of yellow and red snappers and an little eel. I love just being out on the water. :love:

Let's see... I commercial fished for over 20 years(blue crab and eel BTW) and then I worked at a lumberyard, became the yard boss, then started grooming dogs and cats. Now I own the grooming shop, and I've bred bettas, seahorses, and yorkshire terriers. Now I'm hoping to break into ball pythons, got a 4 egg clutch hatched last year.
Nothing beats soft-shelled blue crabs dried up too.. ever had those Christie?
Wolfy

This was my first fly fishing trip. i went to new york. it was SO fun, plan on going back every year.https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...efishin001.jpg

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I'm a Chesapeake Bay girl all the way. I used to go Rock fishing with my dad on the Patuxent River, and I love to go crabbing as well. You can't beat Blue Crabs! I've also gone fishing from Panama City, and caught a lot of yellow and red snappers and an little eel. I love just being out on the water. :love:

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Hey me too. I grew up fishing on the bay. My dad still has a boat on the bay. He keeps it down near Herring bay on Rockhold creek.
What part of the Patuxent River ?

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Geez Wolfy, is there anything you haven't done? Pretty cool. :)

I agree on the quail.. I cooked 4 once, and my mum and I were still quite hungry afterwards.. boning the darn things took so long we could have eaten a turkey after all the work. LOL

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Have you ever cleaned a dove? Total waste of time in my opinion,they look better alive lol.

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Have you ever cleaned a dove? Total waste of time in my opinion,they look better alive lol.

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They make good jambalya though ;) ....throw in some rabbit and squirrel and you have yourself a Labor Day work weekend dinner at the hunting camp :D

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Let's see... I commercial fished for over 20 years(blue crab and eel BTW) and then I worked at a lumberyard, became the yard boss, then started grooming dogs and cats. Now I own the grooming shop, and I've bred bettas, seahorses, and yorkshire terriers. Now I'm hoping to break into ball pythons, got a 4 egg clutch hatched last year.
Nothing beats soft-shelled blue crabs dried up too.. ever had those Christie?
Wolfy

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Eel is sooo tasty. I just had some eel sushi today. yum.

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Let's see... I commercial fished for over 20 years(blue crab and eel BTW) and then I worked at a lumberyard, became the yard boss, then started grooming dogs and cats. Now I own the grooming shop, and I've bred bettas, seahorses, and yorkshire terriers. Now I'm hoping to break into ball pythons, got a 4 egg clutch hatched last year.
Nothing beats soft-shelled blue crabs dried up too.. ever had those Christie?
Wolfy

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No. :disbelief My grandmother used to eat soft shelled crab sandwichs, and the legs stickout out of the bread freaked me out. :bolt:

I don't personally hunt, but mark does. We live on a farm with lots of hunting land. Unfortunately, insidious poachers have pretty-much ruined it, at least they did this year.. they manage to somehow stake out the house and go when we are not home.

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Have you ever cleaned a dove? Total waste of time in my opinion,they look better alive lol.

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There is a trick!! step on the legs and pull on the wings!! LOL!!! you get dove breasts right there.

Ok soft shell crab sandwiches are great, but I have to ask what does squirrel taste like? ( and please don't say chicken ) :)

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No. :disbelief My grandmother used to eat soft shelled crab sandwichs, and the legs stickout out of the bread freaked me out. :bolt:

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LOL! I remember those! I actually tried to get over my grossed out opinion of soft shells when I worked at an upscale restaurant....Couldn't do it! Ick!

Still, I love a nice steamed crab and some nicely grilled rock fillets!

Jotay- our Dad still has his boat docked out in Mayo...I believe he's in the South river, it's a 20 minute jaunt to get the the Bay Bridge. Lots of fun! Our dad used to take the three of us out a lot as kids. We'd tie up with other boats and sleep out for the weekend...it was awesome!

Hey Christie - do you remember that poor sweet little duckling we tried to adopt!

As a boy, I used to fish off of Ft. Lauderdale, FL (about 10 miles out) we would drift in the Gulfstream. I caught a 40 lb. Wahoo once. As I got older and moved out of FL I started Fresh Water fishing. The largest Smallmouth Bass I caught is 3.5 lb. I too, really enjoy panfish fishing. The light tackle freshwater gear is so easy to just throw in the trunk and just go.


As for hunting, I once went bear hunting with a bow. Didn't see a one!!! But the company was really good so it wasn't a waisted trip. I went dear hunting once with a Winchester '94, saw a lot of bucks, but I had a doe tag. I did get a shot off at one doe, but I was so nervous that I missed (by at least 3 inches). After that shot we didn't see anything, I guess it scared everything away for miles.

I really wasn't into hunting. I did enjoy competition shooting with both bow and rifle while I was in the US Army.:salute:

Most all my fishing is done underwater with a gun. Guess it's a combo hunting/fishing thing. I also catch spiny lobster when in season. I love seafood. Now it's getting close to mudbug season, but I have to buy them here in So. Florida. We make our own Andouille and Tasso, so when I do a "boil", there is usually jambalya and gumbo to go along. Softshell crab PoBoys and oyster Poboys are two of my favorite sandwiches.

Just to show that some fish are pretty smart, here's a little story of my hunt for one wiley black grouper.

I was the skipper of a 38’ dive boat in Ft. Lauderdale for several years. On this particular trip, myself and divemaster were scouting out some new sites. We had just come inshore from a dive on the “Rebel” , which is a vessel purposely sunk as an artificial reef in about 110’ of water. After crossing some pretty flat, sand bottom at about 60’, the depth finder indicated the bottom was coming up fast. After reaching about 35’, it fell off quickly to 45’, indicating a nice ledge. We decided to anchor on top of the ledge and check it out. When we hit the bottom, it was like “Ca Ching”, lobster everywhere! We caught our limit within 20 square feet and 10 minutes. So we decided to explore the area to see if it was worthy of paying customers. We soon realized that it was a very small area maybe 2000 square feet and really not a good spot to bring 20 divers at a time. As we started back to the boat, I glanced off into the sand and spotted a black grouper watching us. He was using a seafan as cover and had lightened his color to match the sand. I alerted my buddy and off we went. Sensing he had been spotted, he turned tail and started swimming slowly across the sand. I knew he was going to kick it into high gear soon and decided to get off a shot from 40’ away. Because of the species I hunt, I use a technique called “free shafting” where there is no line attaching the spear shaft to the gun. Therefore, I can take longer shots. Just as I pulled the trigger, he bolts. My buddy gives chase as I recover my shaft and reload. After about 200 yards we see him heading for what we thought was another ledge. We clearly see him go up and straight down into an opening. The “ledge” turned out to be a section of old dredge pipe about 8’ in diameter and 400’ from end to end. Needless to say he was home free. We headed back to the boat and I marked the spot in my log using points on shore to “line up” the location. We pulled anchor and moved in over the “pipe” to mark it’s position, then headed in.

Over the next month or two, we visited that spot six or 7 times. We anchored on the ledge and swam in to the pipe, hitting it at different points each time. Everytime he was either hovering over the split in the pipe where he first disappeared on us or out in the sand. Neither of us could get close before he vanished in the pipe. The next time we visited the spot, I was playing divemaster while training a new boat captain. We had an instuctor with students on board, so I decided that the pipe would be an excellent “controlled” spot for his students. We anchored so that the stern was directly over the pipe. I figured that with all these people in the water, that black was long gone inside the pipe. It was hot and I was bored so I hit the water figuring the commotion of the students would attract some hogfish (think of birds following the mower along side a highway). Nothing in sight. I said to myself “what the heck” and headed toward the split in the pipe, just for grins. I had become very familiar with that pipe by now and decided to try a different approach. I basically hugged the side of the pipe, swimming on my left side. When I was with in 50’ of the split, I held my breath (yeah I know, never hold your breath) and as soon as I was at the split, came up and over the pipe ready to shoot. There he was, looking down the pipe in the direction of the students. He caught a glimps of me and started down just as I pulled the trigger. Too late, perfect kill shot. That was one of my most memorable hunts, taking 9 dives to out smart that grouper and learning a lot from the experience. BTW he was about 18 lbs. I’m a firm believer in leaving the “monsters” be, as they are the top breeders of their species and will never take a fish much larger than 20 lbs. Black grouper can exceed 100 lbs. Since I am not a trophy hunter, I only take what I can eat and I’m selective in what I take.

Craig

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LOL! I remember those! I actually tried to get over my grossed out opinion of soft shells when I worked at an upscale restaurant....Couldn't do it! Ick!

Still, I love a nice steamed crab and some nicely grilled rock fillets!

Jotay- our Dad still has his boat docked out in Mayo...I believe he's in the South river, it's a 20 minute jaunt to get the the Bay Bridge. Lots of fun! Our dad used to take the three of us out a lot as kids. We'd tie up with other boats and sleep out for the weekend...it was awesome!

Hey Christie - do you remember that poor sweet little duckling we tried to adopt!

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I was just talking to dad about that! :giggle: We were horrible little kids. :rolleyes:

I still have the urge to go crabbing again. Gotta pull that string super slow. No pots for me!! :crazy:

My Phillipino aunt introduced me to softshell crabs. I was kind of skeptical first.. but I really like them now.

The crunchy legs are the best part, AND it meant I never had to share with the other kids in my class, as I always told them it was fried tarantula.
I love good seafood, and Olive Garden has a alfredo dish that has shrimp and crawfish in it. I always order it "No sea fleas, double the mudbugs, extra sauce". Then I got to explain it. No shrimp, double the crawfish and extra sauce. They usually understand that last part okay. Haha.
I want to go deep sea fishing ot catch one of any of the large(50 lb) fish, then I can go "Nope, I'm done. That fills my freezer". Just to watch the jaws drop. I can go inside the cabin to nap the rest of the trip. I don't much sport fish, as I fish for food to eat. I enjoy it, but I want fish to eat, not to turn loose again.
I wish I had more time to hunt, but lately it's work, work, worry about money, work some more.
Maybe soon
Wolfy

I had some softshell crab tempura sushi rolls the other day that were kickin'.......great stuff.

I've never hunted but shot alot of guns...Fishing is more my thing!

I live in Florida but have lived in maine for 6 years so I've had pretty much the best of both worlds. I've fished streams, rivers and lakes catching Brook trout, Rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, and northern largemouth, northern pike in maine..

In florida it's a little different... Saltwater wise...
It's all about the snook & reds with me and I usually just use shrimp...although theres alot of fun stuff to catch out here... ;)

Freshwater I am a sucker for those Lunker Florida Largemouth's... My largest was around 12 or 13 pounds... and for those I usually use plastic worms or spinner baits but those rapala husky jerks work really good too!

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my fav is just plain old bass fishing but i love a good trout stream.

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Ok Justin, Im gonna need a herper buddy/friend when I get to Texas. how about a summer trip to Brazos Bend state park and Anawak? :)

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Originally Posted by stangs13

All the more reason to come and live down here!

Come here to friendswood!! I will be your little helper..lol.

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I love to do both but unfortunately don't get to do enough of either. I just bought a new .270 as a present to myself in August and have only shot it 7 or 8 times so far...none of which were at a deer.

Daniel, where do you hunt and fish?

my fave story includes a cousin of mine as well.

my cousin and his friend were up to pittsburgh for a visit, and my cousin and I LOVE fishing, especially night fishing.

so we're fishing away, and my cousin starts complaining how cold it was outside, goes to the car, and gets a jacket.

I was bored so I decided I was gonna take a dip in the lake (I had on a bodysuit...no skinny dipping for me)

so I walk down the ramp into the water and you could just see my cousin ice over. course this whole story wouldnt be near as funny is it hadnt been about 78 degrees that night

Never been hunting, but I love to fish...mostly largemouth and smallmouth bass. Virginia is o.k. but can't compare to Florida for largemouth...Here's a pic of my biggest bass. Caught many years ago when I was a young'n...12lbs...:D

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...otos/bass3.jpg

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Originally Posted by ECLARK

Ok Justin, Im gonna need a herper buddy/friend when I get to Texas. how about a summer trip to Brazos Bend state park and Anawak? :)

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Sounds great! its not to far from where I live, only a few hours! Ill get with you via PM and we can talk it out!

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Never been hunting, but I love to fish...mostly largemouth and smallmouth bass. Virginia is o.k. but can't compare to Florida for largemouth...Here's a pic of my biggest bass. Caught many years ago when I was a young'n...12lbs...:D

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...otos/bass3.jpg

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NICE FISH ! :)

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Originally Posted by daniel1983

They make good jambalya though ;) ....throw in some rabbit and squirrel and you have yourself a Labor Day work weekend dinner at the hunting camp :D

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Ok! Well the only thing i would leave out would be the squirrel.I ate squirrel so much at one time(lost job) as it was the only thing left in my freezer that i get sick just looking at one :weirdface :weirdface :crazy: :crazy: .

I've never had squirrel.. is it gamey tasting normally? I can't stand gamey tasting meat..