Not much freeboard left there.crushin' nates...
would've loved to see that!I wish I had a pic of the Willamette spring chinook I caught on a rattle trap while pre-fishing for a tournament in March.
Clarkman and Evan are holding fishes that don't swim around my neck of the woods. What are they? Targetable? Cool fish!
Yeah, but were you bass fishin'? Although these days, might not be a bad idea that far up in the summer anyway...Now I regret not taking a picture of that 20" yellow bellied sucker that I caught off the boat ramp at Beavertail last weekend.
Northern Pikeminnow. They're actually native. Definitely targetable but they fight like shit. They do hit hard though. They can get pretty big as well....I've caught a couple of legit 24" on 9" flies targeting tiger muskies.Clarkman and Evan are holding fishes that don't swim around my neck of the woods. What are they? Targetable? Cool fish!
Those yellow perch would have gone in the creel.......tasty guys.
Yeah they hit super hard and that first few seconds can be pretty exciting. Then you pull them in.Northern Pikeminnow. They're actually native. Definitely targetable but they fight like shit. They do hit hard though. They can get pretty big as well....I've caught a couple of legit 24" on 9" flies targeting tiger muskies.
I had one of of @clarkman with a beauty of a sucker, but can't find it any moreNow I regret not taking a picture of that 20" yellow bellied sucker that I caught off the boat ramp at Beavertail last weekend.
Now that is a great swift-current plunking weight.Hatchery porter-cable. Fought like shit.
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this one?I had one of of @clarkman with a beauty of a sucker, but can't find it any more
this one?
sadly, that was by-catch fishing for troutskis...