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Talltails wrote:Nice reds. You were a day late and a dollar short

Just like a little, smaller, shorter, third place brother.

I can't help thinking about two I didn't enter, 51.

SHOWBOAT wrote:Well played gents; great summary Chalk. Much deserved congrats!
Hope you found Lyn and Melanie some nice Christmas gifts in exchange for enabling the journey.

Very impressive. The wives gotta be the best catch.

Nice to see you finally got out again. Seabass are tasty.

Wow.
Everybody should have one, or two, at least.
Our big government bailouts ought to supply us all to boost consumer confidence.

Pretend everywhere has lots of rocks, take your time the first few times and get the lay of the bottom, and exploring on your own and learning to read the water is far more rewarding than fast food fishing. We could tell you fifty places that work for us, but that does not mean it will work for you...

Nice trip and sorry about the camera. The weather was awesome.

My Pastor is a fisherman so I told him I’d find him a good spot if he let me borrow the baby Jesus. That’s not something I’d do lightly but this is about fish. The prankster game these days is to kidnap the baby Jesus from nativity scenes and take pictures of him in various places. It’s a variation ...

Trout are members of the drum family and male trout, like black drum, make a croaking sound in order to call females to spawn. Female trout do not have that capability and grow much larger than the males. I thought you were a science guy Lit??? Thanks. Yeah, I like to know stuff but I forget most o...

Very Nice.
I would really like to know how to determine gender of trout.

What about Yukon?

Great trip fellas, in near impossible conditions.

jsuber wrote:Note to slf "When the moon is closest to Earth than any other day of the year, and the sun sets at the same time the moon rises" the tides will be low.

Yeah, crazy those things that come around go around.

Met a buddy after work, in spite of the forecast winds, post front, and big moon. Kayaks aren’t too bad with winds if they’re set up right. You can certainly fish bad weather in a kayak that you wouldn’t in a boat. The trout were finicky but we managed 10-12, with about half of those over 20 inches....

Sir reel wrote:Can't say for sure but it may stand for Alligator Harbor ...

Got home and took some Alleve. Lots of fish. A few decent Redfish and trout trout trout.
Biggest trout went 24". No shorts. I caught my biggest trout ever on the fly (23") and adding a 12"
Flounder and a 18" Red I actually caught a fly-slam.