Define fish.
Vagina.
I feel sorry for OP and his 23" haul in that case.
underrated comment.
I've been married 19 years, I'm past being choosy.
Tuna.
with the kids, only a few times, but fun.
however, 11 days out from taking the daughters to alaska to go adventuring with my long-time buddies and their daughters. hopefully i'll have some fish tales of a more current and notable variety then.
maybe even some of these:
with many of extra's policy opinions. He's also a valuable member of this board and a person I'd genuinely like to fish or bird hunt with . Who would devote his post??
that can't be content with his/her own life and thinks xtra is humble bragging about Alaska. Only thing I can think of. Xtra is not a humble bragger (braggart?), btw.
Has made some unconventional choices in his life that have allowed road trips to the AK...not horribly expensive if driving and staying with friends or camping. There's a lot of humblebrag around hete , I think Extra's posts are strait.
did not mean to humblebrag. my buddies live in AK. we just need to get there and the rest is splitting the cost of food and fuel, buying our bear tags and fishing licenses, thats about it. i'm guessing we'll spend considerably less than what other folks spend to go to FL in winter, or up north this time of year.
is true we grow/raise/harvest lots of our own food (beef and lettuce tonight) and drive salvage vehicles without debt, make bio-diesel when fuel is expensive, etc. those are some of the choices but they do help out in the aggregate with expenses. a lot.
and jmd, you are 'on' for fishing or bird hunting. just let me know when you are headed north.
That sounds like the dream vacation I want to take my boys on when they're a little older (adventuring in AK).
Alas, life is too crazy now to do something like that but I'm heading up with the fam to the UP for a few days later this month, and I'm just going to enjoy the short time up There and escape as best I can.
There are times I envy you.
he lives in the UP. If that's the case I envy him daily.
your family will love you for it. there are jobs in the northern lower and the UP. maybe something different, maybe not as lucrative, but there are trade-offs to be made and at least for our family, it has been worth it x 1000. cold call places, look around, make friends, think of other careers that can pay the bills. housing is cheaper. insurance probably is too.
you only get one shot, so don't just go along b/c it kind of happens.
Excellent advice.
I was thinking the same thing before I read your comment. XM is one of the kindest, smartest folks on the board. Who the hell would randomly downvoted a post like that?
.....a lurker buckeye envious that the most famous dry fly, the Adams, was invented in Michigan. XM, being a dry fly fisherman, represents the Michigan Difference.
I must sincerely apologize to you and the board. I was thinking the same thing when everyone was asking why you were downvoted for your post, then I realized that it was my fat fingers who mistakenly hit the down arrow instead of the up arrow and didn't notice it until just now. Please accept my humble apologies and hopefully the board can forgive my transgression.
You can go back and change your own vote
Yes, you can't vote twice but you can change your vote.
but a very dear friend sent a pic of a lovely 20" brown. I've caught fish in the same spot, I enjoyed it vicariously.
Been killing the bluegills here in northern mivhign
I fish for bluegills through the ice but not much open water. We catch some whoppers on walleye spinners, especially if we use pink and white.
bluegills. Those and sunfish will eat a dry hook. Out for dinner Saturday night at a restaurant on a lake, I watched a kid catch bluegills every time he put his line in the water off the dock, like 22 consecutive times before I had to stop counting.
It's one thing to catch little panfish 22 times ina row, but when you're catching or 9 inchers, that's a blast
The big ones are fun. I fish clear water for bluegills that can reach 10" regularly. When you see the big ones come up cross-eyed looking at your bait and then swim backwards and leave, that's when it's fun.
My childhood hero was Roland Martin. No joke. I wish I had more time to fish these days.
I had my best night bass fishing ever on Friday night. I caught good size large-mouth on consecutive casts. I must not have fished for almost 15 years but over the last 2-3 I've been out more and more. It is almost the perfect activity when you have a child. I got back into by taking my daughter out to catch a few blue gill and now I have a stuffed tackle box. I caught a big Northern pike last year and my goal this year was to get a nice smallmouth and catch some decent walleye.
St. Joseph river a few weeks ago. Haven't been out since. Hopefully the water flips soon...
and a few kings the other day off grand haven. Put some high 20s walleyes in the boat in early june. Not sure when my next excursion will be or for what.
Caught a bunch off Marathon in the Keys. Biggest was almost 19 pounds. Great fish for eating! Restaurants there do a great hook and cook.
no fishing, but camped on the escanaba river up here in the upper peninsula this weekend, where robert traver used to fish
John D. Voelker, UMich Law '28
.....sorry. A bit of color... A neighbor of mine was a fishing buddy of Voelker's and his son owns at least 1 of his grass sticks
Anyone here live and/or fish in the Pinckney-Portage chain area? One wondering where the best fishing spot is around here.
What the draw to fishing is? I've been a couple times and just can't understand why anyone likes it. It's not that I hate it or anything. I simply don't care for it. I am genuinely asking: what is it about fishing that people like?
Being one with nature, relaxing, having a few libations, catching big fish that put up a fight, and eating fresh fish are the main reasons I love it. Secondary reasons include, bonding with others and driving a boat.
i would suggest hemingway. he explains the allure of fishing better than i ever could. see: big two-hearted river.
In true Yooper fashion, never reveal your spot...especially if it's Seney and the Fox River.
year in August. My kids pretty much learned to fly fish on that stream. The nearby Driggs is also very good.
I'm fishing the Fox in about a week for the first time, I've seen mixed reviews on how wadeable it is. Do you have any insight?
If the water is a little high.. Also, the stream blows out quickly when it rains. I'd recommend you park at the Fox R. Campground and walk the bank upstream from there then fish back to your car. I usually prefer fishing upstream, but you'll definitely want to fish the fox downstream. Bead head hare's ears, small bead head wooly buggers are all you need subsurface. Adams and things with rubber legs are good for the surface. Maybe some hopper patterns. The pasties at the Jolly Inn in Germfask are good. Good luck and have fun.
The Campground was on my list of spots to try, thanks! I was figuring on attractor patterns mostly unless I luck into a hatch. I'm really looking forward to it, my wife has never caught a brookie. I'm hoping the campground we are staying at will have some more info about safe wading spots. My wife's river legs aren't up to a challenging wade yet
cheap, quick tie and devastatingly lethal...... wanna learn something new? .....read an old book! Not knocking any of the fancy patterns at all, just saying that fundamental football wins games......the bead head hairs ear is the g-o-o* blocking of fly fishing.
*gap-on-out
If it's high I'd drive from the campground a couple miles upstream to the Little Fox (an aptly named trib) or make a run to the Driggs.
Good to know, thanks for the intel! We're hoping for some 3 weight fun for a few days!
You're gonna face some Mosquitos this time of year. If they become intolerable you might head east to the E branch of the Taquamanon or way way west to the Paint or Ontonagon. Have fun!!
Noted... all of my other intel was telling me the same thing so I have purchased a variety of repellents and some gimmicky looking things as well, hopefully something works!