Outdoors thread

[Black5hirt]

Looked like a freaking alligator. My buddy missed him with the net the first go and I about lost it on him. I could likely go catch bigger musky, but I told my dad I don’t think he’ll ever beat that pike. It was amazing!

My dad lost a mid 50s Muskie because of a net mishap. They thought it was over 55”. My dad acted fine but was secretly fuming I guess. I know his friend felt awful.

 

[Woodrow F Call]

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north of rock springs, wyoming

where ya headed cowboy?

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

i want to take it again mid june when its nice and green then i should.

Absolutely that’s amazing

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

My dad lost a mid 50s Muskie because of a net mishap. They thought it was over 55”. My dad acted fine but was secretly fuming I guess. I know his friend felt awful.

We had a few pike on years ago in Manitoba that we never saw that had to be giants

 

[Adolph Coors]

where ya headed cowboy?

had a little business meeting in northwest wyoming, actually signed a NDA so thats all i can say

 

[LoudHogRider]

had a little business meeting in northwest wyoming, actually signed a NDA so thats all i can say

#PharmacySpousesMatter

 

[Woodrow F Call]

#PharmacySpousesMatter

I think it stands for No Deck Agreement

 

[Huskerbuck85]

Do any of you Westwrn Nebraska guys have advice on where a guy can have a legitimate crack at a big Nebraska bull, private or public? I’m an avid hunter but being from eastern Nebraska I don’t have any connections past Elsie. The one and only thing holding me back from applying for a tag or points is being scared that I’ll draw and not have the connection made. Pretty dumb though to have not been at least applying for points by now.

 

[BushAK]

We had a few pike on years ago in Manitoba that we never saw that had to be giants

I've got a buddy, who lives on the Yukon River in Alaska, who pulls in a couple 50+ inch pike each year through the ice or just fishing backwater sloughs. Pike is shit where I live as most are around 20 inches and super skinny. A 30-inch pike is considered a monster. We've done well throwing mouse patterns around beavers on some backwater streams.

 

[Jim14510]

I've got a buddy, who lives on the Yukon River in Alaska, who pulls in a couple 50+ inch pike each year through the ice or just fishing backwater sloughs. Pike is shit where I live as most are around 20 inches and super skinny. A 30-inch pike is considered a monster. We've done well throwing mouse patterns around beavers on some backwater streams.
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That's a slob. You ever throw bunnies?

 

[BushAK]

That's a slob. You ever throw bunnies?

Dumb question maybe but what do you mean by bunnies? Lures or flies that look like rabbits/

 

[Jim14510]

Dumb question maybe but what do you mean by bunnies? Lures or flies that look like rabbits/

Like a streamer made from a bunny strip.

 

[BushAK]

Like a streamer made from a bunny strip.

Oh yeah, I think most of my streamer box is bunny streamers. I actually usually fish the bunny streamers that I've poorly tied. Seems like a good use of ones that I'd never fish for trout.

 

[BushAK]

Like a streamer made from a bunny strip.

Here are some streamers that I’ve tied this spring. We can only have one hook in Alaska waters so I typically use a trailer hook. If I was tying flies specifically for pike then I would ditch the trailer hook and use a front hook. I probably have 50 streamers that I've tied up this spring.

 

[Jim14510]

Here are some streamers that I’ve tied this spring. We can only have one hook in Alaska writers so I typically use a trailer hook. If I was tying flies specifically for pike then I would ditch the trailer hook and use a front hook.

Look pretty damn good to me.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

We need to get dogs together for a walk, he was lookin for illegals that morning

 

[BushAK]

Look pretty damn good to me.

I do not want to know how much I've spent on fly tying materials over the past year. It was my main coping skill since I didn't have kids in the classroom. I bet I have over a thousand dollars worth of streamers and nymphs that I've tied over the past year. I've sent a bunch back to my brother for bass fishing.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

I do not want to know how much I've spent on fly tying materials over the past year. It was my main coping skill since I didn't have kids in the classroom. I bet I have over a thousand dollars worth of streamers and nymphs that I've tied over the past year. I've sent a bunch back to my brother for bass fishing.

That’s a good coping skill brother, beats whacking off 6x/day

 

[SoCal_Corn]

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We need to get dogs together for a walk, he was lookin for illegals that morning

Landscape looks familiar!

Seen any Javelinas? We ran across 10 of them the other evenings and cut across some desert to avoid.

 

[BushAK]

That’s a good coping skill brother, beats whacking off 6x/day

I'm 30 minutes from flowing waters now so now I am set.