This new fry likes the water

Fishing Monkey · 02-27-2004, 04:45 AM

As a new member here is one of my favorite fishing memories. Growing up in Iowa I discovered that you could actually catch trout in Iowa. We were use to catching bullheads, catfish, and other fish that could survive in slow moving muddy rivers and streams. When I was 17 I traveled to N.E. Iowa to catch a few trout. The first trout I caught was a 10 inch albino rainbow. I later found that the hatchery in Iowa released a number of albinos each year.
What is your story about an unusual fish that you caught?

dampainter · 02-27-2004, 05:15 AM

welcome to the board

the most interesting thing ever happened to me with fish? I was about 7 yrs old wading a creek in lakewood washington, this creek was only about 2 feet at it`s deepest... when I noticed a movement in the water a few yards away, went over thinking it was a spawning salmon and it turned out to be a 8-9? foot sturgeon the thing was huge, first time I ever saw one, scared the crap out of me, I didn`t catch it I ran!

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tag-a-long · 02-27-2004, 06:06 AM

While plunking around for carp in Cataract Lake in midwestern Indiana, my pole bent over in the holder. When I grabbed it, and set the hook, I thought I may have snagged up. After a few seconds I realized that I had a hog on the other end. It wasn't uncommon to hook 20 pound carp at all. After a 30 minute tussle using 12 pound test line, I landed a 36 pound flathead. It is my biggest freshwater fish to date. The weird thing is that it bit on a doughball of wheaties, ground corn and cheese. Welcome aboard!

jr sherwood · 02-27-2004, 06:10 AM

Welcome to Ifish!

jr

Beerbelly · 02-27-2004, 07:07 AM

Welcome!!!!!!!

AnchorManagement · 02-27-2004, 07:29 AM

Hey fishing monkey, welcome aboard, I guess my most unusual fish that I've caught was about ten years ago out on a boat fishing for sturgeon in the columbia river, I thought I'd had a few bites so I brought in my line to check the bait, when I got it to the boat I had hooked a dead shad (it had been dead awhile, the eyes were gone)the weird thing was I had it hooked right in the mouth like it had bit my line, we laughed our ass off, it was pretty funny.

bait-n-wait · 02-27-2004, 07:35 AM

While camping at Monon Lake (small lake ajascent to Ollolie) I took a trip out fishing and sight seeing, trolling an eagle claw spinner with worm. I was just pulling in to put on a fresh worm when a fish jumped about 10 yards out.. did a perfect cast into his rings, took a few cranks and BAM!! he nailed it.. brought it to the boat and was the biggest most beautiful trout I had ever caught, dark green with small black spots (Dolly Varden?) and probably about 3# Held it up to show a passing canoe and FLIP back in the water he went.. when I told the gal at the Ollolie store she said "there are no fish in Monon" At Least I had a witness

Sore Back · 02-27-2004, 07:36 AM

Catching those monster white fish in the middle fork of the Boise river near Atlanta had to be a trip I will never forget.

Welcome to our family

h20dog · 02-27-2004, 07:43 AM

MMMMM....Wheaties, ground corn and cheese you're makin me hungry :grin: Welcome aboard

Twitchs_Tackle · 02-27-2004, 08:45 AM

Mine would have to be a large buck spring chinook I caught a couple years back. It didn't have the nice, normal pointed snout of a king, instead its forehead had been split, probably whem it was a smolt, and its nose grew hooked over each side of its mouth, kinda like a salmon hare-lip. If you stick your thumb between your index and middle finger, then look at it from the front, it looks liek the face on that salmon... I threw it back.

Welcome!

Boat Monkey · 02-27-2004, 10:05 AM

Hey Fishing Monkey--welcome aboard! We may have the makings for Team Monkey - LOL.

Stz ll · 02-27-2004, 10:22 AM

Welcome aboard!!

SHOUGALNITE · 02-27-2004, 12:01 PM

Welcome

Boat Monkey · 02-27-2004, 01:46 PM

BTW... Wierdest fishing experience was at B10, Astoria. We just circled around and while the other two lines straightened out, mine stayed off to port like I had a side planer on--which I did sort of. Reeled my gear and a 24" halibut in while trolling for salmon at about 12'-- depth 30'!?

SPAZZ · 02-27-2004, 01:59 PM

Welcome

SteelieSlammer · 02-27-2004, 02:08 PM

Bottom fishing of point defiance in tacoma washington and pulled up a large tru cod that had a boil on its head about the size of a tennis ball.

k9jeff · 02-27-2004, 03:11 PM

Welcome to the site.

I was cat fishing with my grandfather many years ago and caught a turtle. My grandfather had a heck of a time getting the hook out of his mouth. He would retact his head and clamp down on the hook.... I learned many new words that day.

Fishing Monkey · 02-27-2004, 06:27 PM

Ifishers,
I appreciate the welcome. Great stories. If I were dampainter after seeing that fish, I would had to change my shorts!!!!
Boat Monkey, I like your idea of Team Monkey.

night stocker · 02-27-2004, 11:52 PM

The most unusual?Mine has to be last spring,early March I think.I was trolling the shelf at the Sellwood Bridge with a cut plug herring.Hey,I'm getting a bite,cool.Set hook.Hmmm,whats going on here...it's not fighting too good.I bring it to the boat and it is the gnarliest steelhead that I have ever seen in my life.That thing was ready to fall apart.Yuck.I didn't even want to touch it.Cut the leader and it swam off fine.What's that thing doing biting a herring?Anyway,welcome to the board.