Slow Day

[FinsnFur]

48 degrees outside this morning. WOOOOO! No wonder nothing was hittin.

I managed a few but nothing spectacular.


The is was the biggest catch of the day. Pulled him off some lily pads in about 3 feet of water with a Senko. He looks really light colored and sickly doesnt he? Kinda like my old ass LOL Holy crap am I really THAT gray?


Oh and I even caught some lunch Mannnnnnnn was he good!


This guy was eyeballing from afar. Not sure if he knew I was eyeballing him back. What an ugly bird

[Okanagan]

Looks like a great day to me!  How did we get this old?   You are looking prime, not looking old yet!   I never thought that I'd live this long. 

Is that one you kept for lunch a sauger or a walleye?  Can't see the lower tip of its tail to tell.  We caught a lot of sauger in Saskatchewan that looked like that, tended a little more brown than the average walleye.  Superb eating either way.

Two grandsons should arrive here any minute from Philadelphia.  We have a week of adventure planned for six and three year olds.  I told them there was a rumor of buried treasure in this neighborhood, and that we should keep an eye out for a treasure map.  Map is made, leading from a local playground back to our garden, where a wooden treasure box of gold foil wrapped chocolate coins is already buried.  OK, I'll admit that I'm the one having fun.  Then a day on a shallow creek to roast hot dogs, a day at a beach.  And if salmon season opens, we will see if the six year old can land a salmon like several of his cousins have at that age.  Cody got a big chum salmon out of a creek with me when he was five.  Would have taken the rod away from him or pulled him in I think without a little help.  Started him right!

[FinsnFur]

Thats a Sauger. But I have caught Walleye that didnt have the white tip on their tails due to it being ground. I assume from fanning the bottom while bedding for laying their eggs. So I dont rely soley on the white tip any more. I look for the spotted dorsal. Actually they'll have spots on their bodies also, much larger spots obviously then the dorsal will.
Walleyes have what appear to be a series of saddles across the top of their backs, instead of any spots, and no spots on the dorsal.

The treasure hunt sounds like it's going to be a fun for them. Well and for Grampa too.  Sounds like the type of things I did when the kids were littler too.
Good luck on the Salmon run

[Dave]

I was wondering the same thing - Sauger or Walleye.  I'm sure it was good.
That's a great pic of the heron.  I'm jealous of that camera!

Okan, sounds like you're in for a blast.  Chocolate coins! That would be a treasure in my book, too!

[Hawks Feather]

Looks like you had a good time and even picked up a nice fish at the fish store to eat.       As for your new camera - you are having way too much fun with it.  You are going to need to scale that WAY back.   

Jerry

[HaMeR]

Looks like you had a good day fishing Jim!! 


Well that is IF your truck started.   





BTW-- That's just camera flash. Next time turn the flash off before you give the tourist the camera. 

[coyote101]

Well that is IF your truck started.   

That's just wrong HaMeR. 

Pat

[HaMeR]

    I'm sorry.

[Hawks Feather]

   I'm sorry.

I am just NOT buying this reply. 

Jerry

[FinsnFur]

I'm not either...and since there was no tourist I set the camera on the hood of the truck for that pic.
I mean if it's not going to start I might as well use it as a tripod.

[Hawks Feather]

Unless you lost a wheel,     I think it is a quad pod.     

Jerry

[HaMeR]

Unless you lost a wheel,     I think it is a quad pod.     

Jerry

Wouldn't the picture be tilted??