fishing photos

[Rich H.]

 , caught this in valdez

[Rich H.]

this guy was fishing beside me

[RDA]

 

[solway]

great photos its giving me the fever. im defenetly fishing this weekend. some nice reference too keep em coming

[Aaron Stehling]

Not much time for us to fish this year.

Here are a few pics from a carp fishing trip

[GBRUCH]

I have caught dozens of smallmouth in the 5 pound class but only one over 6 pounds.  Here is my personal best smallmouth from Lake Erie. 
Wish I had more pics to share.  Looks like I need to work less and fish more.

[extreme angler]

Nice GBRUCH ! love those smallies.

here was a good day on the Allegheny River couple yrs ago. sorry for the quality it was a scan of a copy of a pic.
we caught a boat load .only 1 was 15" the rest were 18" or larger with the biggest 25" i believe (been a while) we kept 12 walleyes that weighed 36 lbs. .the livewell was so packed we gave up trying to cull up and just released them till we ran out of time.

[rp]

Hi all

Just to show we do get some decent sized bass here in South Africa







And why do crocodiles stay out of the water in Africa

[extreme angler]

WoW rp, those are some great pics !!.... can everything in Africa eat you ?? GEEZ !

[DocEsox]

The pictures have been great…..I never get tired of looking or taking fish pictures.  Here’s some of mine from this year….which actually began in March in Mexico.  A few largemouth bass from El Salto Lake:







Added a few new species in the salt:

Black snapper:



Panama grunt:



Tiny weenie yellow snapper:



Spotted cabrilla:



Pacific jack crevalle:



Early May gave rise to great rainbow fishing:














Late May I was surprised with this nearly 40 lbs Chinook salmon while fishing for trout with my 5wt rod and 10 lbs test….couldn’t believe I actually landed her:



Managed all 5 species of Pacific salmon this year….

Kenai River pink:



Montana Creek coho and chum salmon:





Last but not least, Kenai River sockeye:



Had this beautiful grayling hit a 5 inch sculpin…..must have been really hungry:



More trout followed through June and July:









Stumbled into another nice king while wading through the trout:



Caught a picture of the famous Alaskan “walking” trout:



And his cousin the “walking” dolly:



While visiting the parental units in Montana in July…happened into some Missouri River brown trout:







August into September always becomes a dollyfest up here:















My fishing ended in mid-September when my father (who is 76) came up with some friends for 5 days of fishing…even though the water was very high and the weather primarily sucked eggs we caught some nice fish:















After letting the boys off at the airport I made one last stop on Quartz Creek for a few more dollies before calling it for the year up here:



With this last beautiful fish I packed it up and went home:



BUT….I did spend the last week in October in southern Quebec fishing for musky…..the weather turned horrid and the water colored up and we only managed a few small skies.  But I did go smallmouth bass fishing for a few days and had an unbelievable time catching 30-40 of the beasts each day….most from 3-6 lbs…what a hoot:















Was hard convincing the guides I just came “down” to Quebec for the suntan….after all it did get up to nearly 40 on this day:



I have a problem with fish pictures……that is why my inlaws call me the Fish Whisperer.

Brian

[rp]

That's why it is called wild Africa. Those things will most propably have a bite at u if u want to swim with them.

[Chad See]

Doc, you ROCK..... I would be lying if I said I wasnt a little bit envious of all those trout and salmon.... heck, I am envious of them all.    VERY cool pics, thanks a ton for sharing.  LOVE the dolly's. 

[Ed]

Anchor River in Alaska August 2008


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[solway]

hey doc . i think we all want to go fishing with you. anyone else been fishing lately ?

[akairman]

i'll start with most recent. 

pike through the ice.  they are an invasive species here, so there is no limit, and it is illegal to release a landed pike. 


my first, and biggest to date arctic char


kenai river dolly


live action release shot of a kenai rainbow


kenai river silvers.  we were staying at the russian river campground almost by ourselves, and catching 50-100 trout and dollies a day, and catching our limit of silvers in less than an hour


my buddy kip with an anchor river steelie


anchor steel


big anchor river silver on a 10'8 6wt switch rod.


i tried explaining to my wife that steelhead fishing for most people is not as easy as it was for her.  i was showing her how to mend her line and dead drift for steelhead, and on cast number 3 she got her first steelhead.  she said that it was fun, but wasn't much of a challenge, so now she doesn't understand why i want to fish them so badly.






heres a bunch of rainbows and dollies mostly off the russian river or kenai





 my landing net is around 27 inches long.  i would have loved to get an actual tape on her.




steelhead again








i love this picture


wicked colors on this sea run dolly


yummy beer