Catch of the day [Fishing]

[Giles]

Nothing massive, but nice lunch caught by me and my fishing chum, Szymon (yeah he’s Polish)….

[goosehd]

@Giles I was just wondering if you caught anything...nice haul!

[motojobobo]

@Mizmazzle that trout is so beautiful I don’t know whether I’d release it or make dinner out of it. Great catch!!

[Mizmazzle]

@motojobobo Thanks! 99.99% of the time i'm catch and release. On some longer multi-day trips I may gut one for the fire...They always taste so good when they are right from the water to the fire!

[Sage954]

Small mouth and lake trout yesterday. Really good dinner

[Mizmazzle]

@Sage954 what a lovely deck and dock....is this your home, Sage?

[Sage954]

@Mizmazzle I wish this was home for the family. We live in MD and spend a few weeks up at Skaneateles lake in upstate NY every summer.

[Oaktavia]

@Sage954 I'm from Frederick, MD, HBU?

[Sage954]

@Oaktavia bethesda now. Born and raised in Baltimore. We spend a lot of time in Thurmont. 10-15 minutes from Frederick.

[Mizmazzle]

Hell of a Labor Day weekend. They weren’t jumping in the net but managed to land a few cutthroats.

[Giles]

T-5 days (to coin a @jordanscollected ism) before I hit Morocco for a weeks Blue Fin Tuna fishing. Jeez, am I looking forwards to it, I have a little trepidation wondering how the new hip will hold out, but I will give it as much max as I am able....

[jordanscollected]

@Giles that's an amazing trip to have on the horizon. Here's to no faceplants, taking up ill, or having to drive many hours for a Covid test interrupting your fishing.

[Giles]

Hahahahahahaha

[Giles]

Oh, and I will be putting the IHJ-136-BLK sample through some serious testing.....

[jordanscollected]

That Jacket could keep a buoy dry

[Giles]

It's going to keep this boy dry fo sho

[Denman John]

Snuck away yesterday morning to go salmon fishing with a buddy of mine. Not bad for a few hours on the water - 4 Spring and 2 Coho.

[Giles]

That will do

[goosehd]

@Denman-John Lake Ontario salmon is god awful with soft mushy textured meat…I assume the fresh caught fish there are a tad better

Is there anything that you do in preparation to eat them? Smoke, salt, other…

[Denman John]

@goosehd The salmon we catch in the ocean here are usually really good. When we fly fish for salmon in the river, they are usually pretty long in the tooth and tired from swimming up river and throw most of those back . Yesterday we had our first fish within 5 minutes after putting our lines in the water. This time we just cleaned the fish and vacuum sealed them > freezer. My buddy has a home made smoker made out of an old fridge and it makes some of the best smoked salmon around.

I grew up in Toronto & Montreal and we never ate anything caught in Lake Ontario back in the day. I’m glad to hear times are changing.