Has anyone been fishing? Tell us about it. Was it fun? Did you catch anything? Did you eat what you caught? Did you bait your own hook? :)

Paco Dennis

Paco Dennis

SF VIP
Location
Mid-Missouri
Fishing has been part of my life since I was 8 years old. We took camping trips on summer vacation to rivers and lakes in the mountains in California. We fished for trout. We used salmon eggs, lures, and fly fished. I camped with my Dad on the Sacramento River near Mt. Shasta when I was 12. I fished almost every morning and evening often catching the limit of 10 trout longer than 12 inches.

California-Upper-Sacramento-River-bridge-scenic-Wild-Waters-Fly-Fishing.jpg
IMG_2586.JPG
images


We fished on the ocean rocks near Monterey for medium sized sea fish. We fished a salt water inlet river for sharks and sting rays.

maxresdefault.jpg
pic-09-sw-shark-pc.ashx
leopardShark1.jpg


When we moved to Missouri I really took to bass fishing. I would through my plastic worm out as far as possible and sometimes hook a 3 lb bass with all my line out. That was FUN!

attachment.php
Bass-Ol-Monster-worm.jpg
images
 

I fished as a child but loved so much more going crabbing with my grandparents when I was a child. We would do it out on a rock jetty or in the creek that ran up their property from the Nanticoke river. Just a string with a piece of chicken or bacon tied on the end. Learning just the right way to bring them up enough on the string until you could use your net to scoop them up. I liked eating crab so much more than fish. Gosh I miss that!
 
Blessed said:
I fished as a child but loved so much more going crabbing with my grandparents when I was a child. We would do it out on a rock jetty or in the creek that ran up their property from the Nanticoke river. Just a string with a piece of chicken or bacon tied on the end. Learning just the right way to bring them up enough on the string until you could use your net to scoop them up. I liked eating crab so much more than fish. Gosh I miss that!
Click to expand...
That sounds like so much fun! I use to play in the tide pools where there often were crabs running all over. :)

tidal-pool-crab-reflections-john-haldane.jpg
 

I used to love fishing when I was a kid. Now I feel so guilty for putting that hook in the fish I can't do it anymore. It's a real bummer. Can't even watch fishing shows. My husband used to love to turn on hunting and fishing shows in the morning when I was there in front of the TV, Seeing me squirm gave him a lot of satisfaction.
 
I have fished all my life. I went yesterday (caught nothing) and might go today. It once was about catching the most or the biggest, but now it's just an excuse to be outdoors. Think about it. If you are just sitting on the shore empty handed and staring out into space, people will think you're nuts, but if you have a pole in your hand, you're fishing.
 
I used to fish regularly when I was working. I would usually cover the accounts on weekends, then have two days off in the middle of the week. I had a nice Ranger bass boat, and usually went to Pomme de Terre lake to fish for Muskies. When we retired to this rural area, I sold my boat with the idea of getting another one....but I have so much to do here that I never did get another boat. One of my Son-in-Laws lives near Truman lake, so I go out with him a few times every year....fishing for Bass and Catfish, mostly.
 
Blessed said:
I fished as a child but loved so much more going crabbing with my grandparents when I was a child. We would do it out on a rock jetty or in the creek that ran up their property from the Nanticoke river. Just a string with a piece of chicken or bacon tied on the end. Learning just the right way to bring them up enough on the string until you could use your net to scoop them up.
Click to expand...
Blue crabs?

I grew up crabbing with my Grandmother, every time we went to her house in Louisiana she took us crabbing. Did it just they way you describe, usually in the Calcasieu River. Blue crabs are still my favorite crab.

One of my earliest memories was catching a small catfish. I was so excited that I ran home with it to show my parents and grandparents. Most excited I can remember being as a kid, I was probably about 4. Still love fishing, and still get excited every time I feel one bite.
 
Paco Dennis said:
Fishing has been part of my life since I was 8 years old. We took camping trips on summer vacation to rivers and lakes in the mountains in California. We fished for trout. We used salmon eggs, lures, and fly fished. I camped with my Dad on the Sacramento River near Mt. Shasta when I was 12. I fished almost every morning and evening often catching the limit of 10 trout longer than 12 inches.

California-Upper-Sacramento-River-bridge-scenic-Wild-Waters-Fly-Fishing.jpg
IMG_2586.JPG
images


We fished on the ocean rocks near Monterey for medium sized sea fish. We fished a salt water inlet river for sharks and sting rays.

maxresdefault.jpg
pic-09-sw-shark-pc.ashx
leopardShark1.jpg


When we moved to Missouri I really took to bass fishing. I would through my plastic worm out as far as possible and sometimes hook a 3 lb bass with all my line out. That was FUN!

attachment.php
Bass-Ol-Monster-worm.jpg
images
Click to expand...
Are those your pictures, @Paco Dennis? If so, they are wonderful!
 
Alligatorob said:
Blue crabs?

I grew up crabbing with my Grandmother, every time we went to her house in Louisiana she took us crabbing. Did it just they way you describe, usually in the Calcasieu River. Blue crabs are still my favorite crab.

One of my earliest memories was catching a small catfish. I was so excited that I ran home with it to show my parents and grandparents. Most excited I can remember being as a kid, I was probably about 4. Still love fishing, and still get excited every time I feel one bite.
Click to expand...
Yes there were blue crabs but I did not know that then. They were just the crabs we caught in the summertime. It was such a magical place, we would catch crab, it would also be the time of watermelon and sweet corn. I will say we never went hungry and all of it were things a kid would love. Some summers it would be jelly fish season. We could not swim in the river but there was always a lot of fun to be had.
 
My most memorable fishing trip was an all night shark venture. I was about 13, went in my buddies boat, about 14 ft long. We were fishing Hurricane Pass.

First we caught a big stingray, probably about 150 lbs. We pulled it up on the beach where we cut it up for chum and bait, but were unable to cut into the rib cage and center, so we just tied that to the anchor thinking it would be good chum.

Then we fell asleep and at some point in the night were awakened to the boat being jerked and lurching through the water. It was over before we got fully awake. The anchor line was frayed. Seems a really big shark ate that 50 or so pound piece of ray, the 10 lb anchor, and 3 feet of anchor chain...

Never forget that one, I still see the guy I went with from time to time, it never takes long for that story to come up.
 
Last edited:
I haven't been fishing for over a year. It's maybe over 2 years now. We did as much fishing and camping as possible when I was a kid, and I took my kids whenever I could get time off work.

The Sacramento River and Folsom Lake when I was a kid, and the Feather River and a few lakes up in the Susanville area is where I usually took my kids. And currently, I live not very far from the Sacramento River.

This is my most recent catch from Sac River...2020, I think. (shore fishing)

decent catch sac river.jpg

And this is at Feather River:
(my nephew's w/me)

fishin.jpg
 
I was raised on the west coast of Tasmania and have a multitude of fishing stories.
My best friend and I would go fishing on the Macquarie Harbour, the harbourside town being Strahan.
I am talking mid 70's, my friend had a 10' Huon Pine dingy with a one cylinder Seagull petrol outboard. One day, raining of course, we dropped our handlines in and both of us immediately had a successful bite. Pulling our catch in, which were fair sized Cod - 5 - 6kg we would then drop the lines in again, success again and again and again.....
We seemed to be sitting above a large school of Cod and well before an hour was up we had filled the dingy with 50+ Cod.
Back to shore to clean our haul. We gave plenty to elderly residents and kept 5 each.
 
I was "the chosen" fishing buddy .. also got to bait the hooks. Dad was an avid fisherman. In Alberta, if I recall correctly, we caught rainbow trout. Can't remember what we caught in Vancouver.

Bing Crosby used to fly into B.C. to fish. I remember Dad being so thrilled to see him one time, on a plane returning from the logging camps.
 

Back
Top