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Catch of the day [Fishing]

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    mclaincausey
    見習いボス
    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

    Check out this handmade lure. She’s a biggun!

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    Think it, be it.

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      Brian
      Joined: 24 Nov 2022

      It’s tiny so you may have to zoom in but the lad caught his first fish all on his own from baiting the rod to casting and reeling the shark in

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        Great White?

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          Brian
          @Giles
          Joined: 24 Nov 2022

          @Giles to him it may well have been he was so chuffed and my heart did pump a bit quicker as he landed it

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            Oaktavia
            見習いボス
            Joined: 12 Jun 2019

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            Went fishing in mountain streams and ponds in Thurmont, Maryland. I didn't catch any but Amanda my wife and Uncle Bill each caught a rainbow. My job was to clean and prep them for dinner. Good deal.

            Saw three golden (marker) trout up there this morning too. Two visible next to one another in a stream and a guy next to us at a pond reeled one in to show us.

            IG: electricindigowizard

            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

            WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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              Mizmazzle
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              @Oaktavia
              Joined: 29 Jun 2021

              @Oaktavia Golden trout you say??? Those are my spirit animal...those and moose. Moose are really special.

              In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                Oaktavia
                見習いボス
                @Mizmazzle
                Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                @Mizmazzle yeah Golden trout are used as markers to show where the rainbows are. They look like this:

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                IG: electricindigowizard

                "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

                last edited by 6 Apr 2024, 18:20 M 1 Reply Last reply 6 Apr 2024, 18:22 Reply Quote 0
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                  Mizmazzle
                  見習いボス
                  @Oaktavia
                  Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                  @Oaktavia Oh! I see..not the actual fish? I was wondering because by my knowledge they don't exist out east...

                  Here’s one I caught up in Wyoming last summer.

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                  In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

                  last edited by Mizmazzle 4 Jun 2024, 18:23 6 Apr 2024, 18:22 O 1 Reply Last reply 6 Apr 2024, 18:26 Reply Quote 3
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                    goosehd
                    Mod Squad
                    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                    WV introduced them in 1963: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2273#:~:text=The West Virginia Centennial Golden,then bred for the characteristic.

                    I saw a few growing up in nearby streams.

                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

                    last edited by goosehd 4 Jun 2024, 18:27 6 Apr 2024, 18:26 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
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                      Oaktavia
                      見習いボス
                      @Mizmazzle
                      Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                      @Mizmazzle oh no they are real fish in the water. They are bred out in the Midwest my Unc said and stocked into streams from the hatcheries in MD. They are added to help folks identify where the regular rainbow trout are in the streams. So if you see a golden one from above, there will likely be rainbow trout nearby that pool or wherever. Here are some quick Google Images:

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                      IG: electricindigowizard

                      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                      WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

                      last edited by Oaktavia 4 Jun 2024, 18:27 6 Apr 2024, 18:26 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
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                        Mizmazzle
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                        Interesting! I know they originated in the Sierras of Northern, California. Then Finis Mitchell brought a brood to the Wind River Range of Wyoming and stocked the many high alpine fisheries that exist today....

                        https://www.flyfisherman.com/editorial/finis-mitchell-unsung-hero-wyomings-wind-river-range/454934

                        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                          Oaktavia
                          見習いボス
                          @Mizmazzle
                          Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                          @Mizmazzle fascinating stuff really. So glad we went out there today.

                          IG: electricindigowizard

                          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                          WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                            Mizmazzle
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                            My homie Matt and I just got back from our annual trip to Wyoming to fish for Golden trout. We backpacked in and hiked 30 miles from start to finish. We were in the backcountry for five nights and didn’t see another human soul for days!! Absolutely magical. It was the type of experience that carries me through the challenging parts of work life during the school year. Check it out!!

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                            Last year I caught the biggest fish. This year that honor went to Matt.

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                            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                            • DeeDee85D
                              DeeDee85
                              啓蒙家
                              @Mizmazzle
                              Joined: 5 Jun 2023

                              @Mizmazzle fantastic!!

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                              • endoE
                                endo
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                                @Mizmazzle
                                Joined: 29 May 2020

                                @Mizmazzle said in Catch of the day [Fishing]:

                                We were in the backcountry for five nights and didn’t see another human soul for days!!

                                That‘s so awesome @Mizmazzle Did you have to take precautions against bears? Did you eat the trouts?

                                si tacuisses

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                                • ARNCA
                                  ARNC
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 13 Dec 2020

                                  @Mizmazzle that looks stunning! Also good to be reminded of the proper name for the golden trout. Somehow your quest for this fish came up in conversation a while back and the best I could do was fish that live at the top of mountains / sky trout 😃

                                  “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    Beautiful fish....

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      aksu
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      @Mizmazzle
                                      Joined: 28 Jul 2021

                                      @Mizmazzle Amazing scenery and beautiful trouts!

                                      I was fishing perch and northern pike earlier this week. Good times. Maybe trying grayling tomorrow.
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                                      • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
                                        Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                                        The Unwoven
                                        @Mizmazzle
                                        Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                                        @Mizmazzle beautiful!

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                                          Mizmazzle
                                          見習いボス
                                          @endo
                                          Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                          @endo Yes the Wind River Mountain Range is both Grizzly and black bear habitat. We carried both bear spray and a pistol as a precaution. We are meticulous with keeping a clean camp and hanging our food bag far from where our tents are placed.

                                          Primarily we are catch and release fisherman. Every now and then we like to take a non-trophy fish to eat if there is a large population in a body of water.

                                          Neither of us had ever eaten a Golden Trout before so this time we did eat one. It was fantastic!

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                                          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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