Good day on Oak Creeks

Definitely my biggest fish. I would live to try ocean fishing.
Jim

Great catch! We used to go fishing all the time but its been a good year and a half or so since I have last fished. I used to like ice fishing too, haven't done that in a few years now. Maybe sometime this summer we'll have to take the boat out.

  

Good catch Jim. Should make for a well earned dinner.

Ron

NICE Jim!!! I miss trout fishin'...

JPvelo wrote:

Damn, JP, you're not nearly as ugly as I thought you were! 

One of the joys of living in South Louisiana. Lake Maurepas is "brackish". Off the pier of the camp, we've caught many kinds of catfish, gar, choupique, various perch, and saltwater fish such as speckled trout, reds, sheepshead, stingray, and even a small bull shark. Not to mention the best blue crabs in the USA.

Nice catch. Beautiful fish.

Very nice trout Jim! Like Rusty, my other hobby too. I'm much better at fishing, though.  I'm very blessed to live in the Northwest, from the alpine lakes, low land lakes, the mighty Columbia,  rivers everywhere, the Puget Sound, and the ocean. We can fish for something year round here.

Jim- Did you catch the trout on a fly? I love to fish for trout, tolling, flies, and casting, you name it.

Cajun66- I caught some sheepshead on Lake Erie in Ohio one time while fishing for walleye.

RknRusty wrote:

JPvelo wrote:

Damn, JP, you're not nearly as ugly as I thought you were! 

That's the same thing my mom said when she saw this!

Duke, a little embarrassed to say I was out drowning worms today.

Jim

Duke,

I am no sure if freshwater drum are the same as sheepshead. Externally they appear similar, but in the south they have human like teeth. Very freaky!

I was very disgusted the first time I ever caught one. I was told it was normal though.

Ron

Cribbs74 wrote:Duke,

I am no sure if freshwater drum are the same as sheepshead. Externally they appear similar, but in the south they have human like teeth. Very freaky!

I was very disgusted the first time I ever caught one. I was told it was normal though.

Ron

Yeah, freaky. I think they eat barnacles with those teeth. You have to use a small strong hook too. About 80% of the time they spit it out when you finally get them into about an inch of water. In salt water Black Drum look sort of like Sheepshead but without the human teeth. We used to use hermit crabs to fish the holes at the end of wooden groynes(mini jetties, 100' long on the beach). But you can pick small barnacles off of those or off of the rip-rap and sew them together with thread for good bait that stays on the hook. My picture in my Gone Fishin' thread is of a Black Drum. Lots of people refer to Red Drum, but I call those Spottail Bass.

Jim- nothing wrong with a little bait chucking!

Ron- I looked on Wikipedia and the fish I caught are called freshwater drum also, I didn't know that. The guide I was with just called them sheepshead. I saw pictures of all kinds on Wikipedia, saltwater and fresh, but not with teeth. We were catching walleye, they are tasty.

Hold onto your lunch!   



Makes Jim's trout look like a prince   

No wonder they're so hard to hook.

Cribbs74 wrote:Hold onto your lunch!   



Makes Jim's trout look like a prince   

damn I have never seen no sh*t like that freaking weird , tongue even looks human!!!!    

I still don't think they're as ugly as this guy. Easier to eat too.

Alligator Gar?

Yeah man hideous. You are a better man than me if you eat those. If I hooked that thing I would cut the line.

I have had a craving for fresh trout ever since you posted that picture Jim. Thanks...

Cribbs74 wrote:Alligator Gar?

Yeah man hideous. You are a better man than me if you eat those. If I hooked that thing I would cut the line.

I have had a craving for fresh trout ever since you posted that picture Jim. Thanks...

Maybe this will help. Winer winer smoked trout dinner!

No, that didn't help... Not even a little. Looks great! I hope you enjoyed it.

I don't eat gar unless someone else prepares it. Fun to catch, but too many bones.

Man, I'm definitely bringing a fly rod when I travel that way.