We took our fishing gear into Yellowstone National Park and caught no fish. Instead we took several hours to wander around the thermal features of Biscuit Basin. A thermal explosion and eruption occurred a couple of days ago and rearranged the topography of the three most visited pools along the boardwalk.youtube.com The debris field, scoured outwash area, and boiling muck now clouding Opal Pool give testimony to the forces at work just below the feet of wading fisher folk: or for that matter, any folk in Yellowstone.youtube.com Eyewitness reports place the vertical displacement of water at about 70 feet. It was a large single column of water the erupted with a violent explosion and showered debris into the three previously separate pools along the boardwalk. Boiling water, scalding mud, and boulders the size of watermelons were ejected from the newly expanded vent. The amount of water expelled was sufficient to remove vegetation and some subsurface sand all the way to the Firehole River, about 300 feet away. Only a few faithful geyser gazers were present for the eruption. Hoards of visitors are now not streaming to the area to view the scene. After all, this is the last week of the "Summer Season." There are very few folks around to enjoy our protracted salubrious weather. We're going to make up for not fishin' by going fishing. Golly gee, there's only seven days left.
Strange creatures carp anglers. Just before 10 am the method feeder roared off again and I found myself attached to another Tench. I managed to keep the hook in this one and it was slightly larger than the first two being a female. I decided it was like Kylie, small but perfectly formed. I’d managed to forget to bring a spare bag of groundbait so was forced to switch this rod over to a PVA bag rig. Over the next hour I had a couple of twitches on this but no proper takes. By eleven o clock the rain had increased to the extent it was becoming uncomfortable and according to the radio the weather was dry in Manchester and they were playing cricket. It was high time to pack up and enjoy the cricket from the comfort of my own home. So that’s four Tench landed from two visits which is an unprecedented success by my standards. All very nice and enjoyable but so far the fish are all small and I’m wondering if the bigger Tench, which I know are present, inhabit different areas of the pit. Or maybe they aren’t going to be fooled by my very crude approach. Interesting fishing, just a shame I won’t have time to try and find out for another week or two.
The fishing (catching) remains very good with one drop/stop fishing and the weather has been great as shown by Ed relaxing before the trip. During the fluke season some were going to sit because of boredom, now its because they need to take a break or caught enough. Drop and reel up fishing with limits on a half day, no need to go longer.. The mates are constantly working opening clams, cutting them up and then cleaning the fish all day long and even when we hit the dock. We even had a dolphin show on the way in on Tues morning and a whale showed up behind the boat on the afternoon trip. Here are some pics and thanks for looking in. We are still sailing on the 2 trip half day schedule at 8 AM and again @ 1:30 PM so pick the nicer days and come on down.
When my mother passed, I became more of a recluse and for some reason started to go out in the winter looking for something. I thought it was my first steelhead, but later I found out it was a lot more. Several years later when one of my fishing buddies passed, I started to question life and why I was out there. At that time we had a close nit group of buddies. We jokingly called ourselves The Early Morning Freestone Pimps. This group name came from our good friend who was no longer with us. It took a long time for me and my buddies to get out fishing again, especially getting out together. Mike Gamby, who you will recognize as one of the posters on this blog, is a a unique individual. Mike, a family man, works educating our youth promoting sports activities though Vancouver Parks and Recreation.
Mike's one of those up beat guys that is as honest and straight forward as it gets. Over the years like mine his life has been blessed with children and time for fishing decreased. He however helped me realize how special it was to come home to happy faces and giggling children after a long day at work or on the river. Coach Mike as my daughter calls him from her days at the local recreational center still plays hockey and very soon might be drafted into the NHL, or at least into some Pee Wee league somewhere. The only real flaw, though you may call it a blessing, is that Mike is not addicted to steelheading. Jaybird, Jay the Pirate, Boogie, Flip or Jay Johnson's life changed several times before finding a home with the Motiv Crew, Fly Fishing Film Tour and naked Airflo Fly Line advertisements.
This dude asked me if I was Asian the first time I met him and after telling him I was half Filipino, I was adopted into his family. Over the years life has changed for both of us and he now gets to live the dream we always talked about. So when Mikey and I got to his house the other day to spend the day on the river you would think this professional fly fishermen would be ready. Instead it was like it was so many years past. He couldn't find his shit. Seriously the dude couldn't find his gear.
Like always there is gear all over the place and enough guns and ammo for the Zombie Apocalypse, but his wader bag was no wear in sight. Of course we found a pair of moldy boots fresh with a layer of moss on them in the backyard, but they did not quite have the traction of the pair he used while traveling across the globe. So after some nicotine, a nap on the couch, playing fetch with Ruthless his dog, curing cancer and inventing a three handed fly rod, Jay finally found his wader bag. It only took two hours, but who needed time when Jay has a time machine.
After hitting the road and stopping by a greasy pot for breakfast, we slipped time back to 1669 and hiked down one of our old secret waters in search of a few early winter steelhead. It didn't take long to find them, but it sure took a long time to get one to take. After hiking up and down the stream we finally found a pod of fish that we could cast to and after we all took a crack at them I finally hooked up. While fighting the fish I turned to the boys just in time to hear Jay tell Mikey, "That sure looks like fun!" Classic comments like this throughout the years is what fishing with Jay is all about. A few minutes later I was able to feed the Johnson household once again. Fishing wasn't the best part of the day, but catching a fish always helps. Take time to give thanks to your family and friends before you loose your chance and always remember and learn from those you lost. This is a time of the year for friends and family after all.
Fundraising for fishing group endeavors should begin by assessing the need the fishing group has for money. In many areas where overfishing has created a deficiency of fish as well as an imbalance in the ecosystem, fishing clubs have emerged as leaders in ecological preservation. These groups raise funds to lobby for better regulations, rehabilitate streams and lake and re-stock fish populations. The First Fork Fishing Club in Potter County, Pennsylvania has done just this. There are other fishing clubs that cater to special groups such as the deaf, inner city kids or public schools. These organizations have a higher mission of teaching through fishing and often require subsidy funding to help members travel to fishing spots, have the proper gear and resources for a safe and prosperous fishing trip.
Reaching out to fellow fisherman is a great way to spread the word about your club, the local need and any news that is happening with local fishing holes. Fishing clubs can raise a lot of money by hosting a fishing tournament. Depending on where you live and the type of fishing available, these events can attract hundreds of participants - each paying a registration fee for entrance. With a few corporate sponsors to help fund prizes and support the promotion of the event, a fishing club can raise money, bring the community together and draw awareness to its cause. Fundraising for fishing group projects can also involve fishing methods. There are so many types of fishing styles and techniques, that a fishing club in a specialized region can help educate others about the best fishing practices in the area.
Clubs might hold classes about the best bait and tackle to use for specific fish and then take small groups out to the hottest fishing spots to demonstrate how the techniques work. This is ideal is areas where tourism is high with outdoor activities topping the to-do list of visitors. Give the fishermen of your club a chance to share the tales of the "big one that got away" by hosting a dinner banquet. This can be on a dinner cruise or land-locked, depending on availability and convenience. These are thrown in one of two ways: by renting the location and catering it or by asking a location to "give back" a percentage of the night’s revenues for those attending with the group. A fishing group may choose to hold an annual holiday banquet and request each attendee pay to attend. Event coordinators would need to find the cost per person that covers the location, food and entertainment costs as well as the extra that goes to helping the club’s mission.
From the 1938 Sports Afield Fishing Annual comes this ad for two "Famous Spoons" made by a company with the unlikely name of Superior Door Catch Company of Superior, Wisconsin. Most folks are familiar with the K-B Spoon as it was a long-time standard for trolling for Lake Trout. The Robert Page Lincoln Spoon is named after a fishing author who would have needed no introduction at the time of this ad. Robert Page Lincoln started writing magazine articles as early as 1909 when he was in his late teens. There is not an outdoor magazine in the twenties, thirties and forties that at one time or another did not feature many of his articles on every aspect of freshwater fishing.
He was in fact the Fishing Editor of several of the major magazines at various times. Robert Page Lincoln always seemed to have a bias toward Bass, Pike and Musky fishing when most writers in the days before World War II concentrated on trout. In 1912 at the age of 21 he wrote a four part article on different aspects of Bass fishing in the May through August issues National Sportsman. His two most famous books are Black Bass Fishing (1952) and The Pike family (1953). Both were published at the very end of his life and contain a lifetime of experience. Black Bass Fishing is of interest to tackle historians as Mr Lincoln fished with many pioneers in the tackle industry and relates several stories concerning Fred Arbogast, Charles Stapf, Hank Werner and others.
His book is a good account of developments in lines, rod materials,and other aspects of tackle evolution in the first half of the twentieth century. It also contain an appendix entitled,"Who's Who in Bass Fishing" which should be of great interest to anyone interested in Bass fishing history and tackle development. In his books and articles, one was seldom left wanting more information as the amount of detail provided is astounding. An example would be the April 1952 article "The Porcine Attractors" in Fur-Fish-Game. It covers the use, history and manufacture of pork rind baits. It spans nine pages and leaves no stone unturned. With the sad state of today's "outdoor magazines" it is safe to say that any page of this article contains more print and facts than one is likely to see in most complete, present day articles . 5 on the used book market. I never pick it up that I don't learn something new.
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My friend Fishing Guy, I thank you from the bottom of my Heart for thinking of me for this beautiful award. BUT from you this is not so, So I except your beautiful award and most Honoured that you thought of me. A ND I must say that your blog is so bril to read and to look at with your most excelent posts. Altho I am on a partly blog break and not visiting my friends, I have not forgotten you all. I an however participating in Skywatch. I look forward to your intro tonight. I will start blogging sometime in October fully.
A conditional maximum likelihood model is used to estimate the size-selectivity of trawls, gillnets, and hooks when the data are obtained by simultaneous fishing with meshes or hooks of different size and/or shape. Size-selectivity is expressed here by the selection curve, r(l), the probability that a fish of length l, if contacting the gear, will be retained (caught). In many selectivity studies r(l) is fitted either by eye, by heuristic means, or by improper application of generalized linear models. Then it is not possible to make legitimate statistical inference about r(l), or about assessments of the state of the fishery if those assessments use r(l). It is shown here that by conditioning on the total catch, selectivity data can be modeled as binary data, or polytomous data on interval scales. Application of the model to trawl and hook data demonstrates that selection curves can be fitted using generalized linear models, which may require nonstandard link functions or link functions with parameters.
What's up, fellow Blog Readers? As you can see from the right tab of this Blog page, the place itself has been quite dead for a while, eh? So, you may ask -- "Leo, what exactly have you been doing for the past few months?!" And I will gladly answer you on that! Daily updates on the SnapChat account (ExtPhillyFishin). That is where I post quick and funny updates of my daily life; sometimes fishing relates, sometimes not. Weekly updates on my Instagram account (Extreme Philly Fishing). That is the place where you will see my up-to-date catches, including a few miscellaneous photos here and there.
Though, 95% of the photos there are related to fishing. Consistent 2-days upload on my YouTube Channel (Extreme Philly Fishing). This is probably my most time-consuming task nowadays! And sincerely -- it makes sense, since I am now a part-time YouTuber. 12-15 hours per video (fishing included)! Three videos a week equals a total of 36-45 hours! I have no time to work on any side projects, Blog, Smugmug Database, and Facebook Page included! I also spend an average of 3-5 hours weekly on fanbase feedback, so you can add that to the list. Ultimately, the point here is to show that albeit the Blog has been dead, I have been twice or triple as busy as usual!
I certainly don't want to give you folks the impression that I have abandoned this Blog; however, on the other hand, you can clearly see how I don't have the availability nowadays to keep this stuff running with juicy posts. Let's just hope that my fishing related income will go up in the future, so that I can have more free time and revive this place up! 1. The Extreme Philly Fishing August Give-Away is still going strong! The give-away system has been changed due to the reasons cited in this video. Nowadays, I do monthly give-aways. Make sure to participate in it, if you are up to it! The winners will have the option to choose between Cabela's, BassProShops, Dick's Sporting Goods, etc. To enter the give-away, make sure to donate the minimum value on my Patreon Account.
That will confirm your identity and extinguish any liability problems that we may have in the future. The results of it will be announced on the 31st of this month! My father was here from June to July, as you folks may or may not have been aware of. During that time, I tried to work as little as possible on my social media, so that I could focus my time and attention on him! After all, due to a number of life circumstances, I only get to see my old man 30 days a year! We fished and we fished, and we fished some more!
We even went down to good old Fort Lauderdale in Florida for a Multi-Species trip. All videos are on YouTube already (if interested, the playlist is here). My old man with a nice Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) from an unnamed Canal in Opa-Locka, FL. My first ever Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus). A new Species for my Pokedex. My first ever Jaguar Guapote (Cichlasoma managuense). Another new Species for my Pokedex. My first ever Salvin's Cichlid (Cichlasoma salvini). And yet another new Species for my Pokedex. The good old Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus). A very gorgeous juvenile Lane Snapper (Lutjanus synagris). A super duper ultra cute Spotted Trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis).
A Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)! So neat to have held one of those.youtube.com My second ever Bar Jack (Caranx ruber).youtube.com The blue stripe on its body is one of its prominent features! A freaking Spotted Moray Eel (Gymnothorax moringa) that bit the hell out of me! Thankfully, I healed well from that injury. No infection or other contamination from the bite. My first ever Bulleseye Snakehead (Channa marulius). Feisty fella for sure! And, of course, my old man with a Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides). This one we know too well! As mentioned above, videos on YouTube cover the whole adventure we had down there, not to mention that the Smugmug account will contain the photos of all the new Species that I caught down there.
3. The Maryland Trip/Collaboration. I have recently done a collaboration with 1Rod1ReelFishing in Maryland. If you folks follow this Blog since 2011, you actually know that my good friend Mike S. Hsiao (a.k.a.youtube.com Blog! Here is a good example of that. That is correct, folks -- Mike was quite the legit writer back in the days. Haha. So nostalgic, eh? In this video, 1Rod1ReelFishing and I go fishing for different Species of fish at the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C.. There will be two more videos on this trip coming up in the next couple days, including a very very neat hot pepper sauce 1VS1 Bass fishing challenge. The tank project. This one is still ongoing, fellas! I know that you all have been eager to see me setup my new fish tank, do some micro-fishing, and place some residents in my 55 gal. However, due to all the trips that I made and the fact that I got beaten up badly recently, this project has been greatly delayed!youtube.com I will eventually bring you all some videos on it, though! Be patient, young grasshoppers. YouTube Collaborations. I want to collaborate with a few other YouTubers before the end of the year! Use the opportunity to put myself more out there on social media, as well as make new contacts and fish new places. I may do a collaboration in the near future with the following YouTubers: Joshua Jorgensen (a.k.a.
The Wild Steelhead Coalition, Patagonia, and award-winning filmmaker Shane Anderson have teamed up to produce a new film series called Steelhead Country. Washington is Steelhead Country, the epicenter of the wild steelhead world. For generations, Washingtonians have been raised with a fishing rod in their hands and a love of steelhead in the hearts.youtube.com This passion has proven infectious and inspired anglers from all corners of the globe to make the pilgrimage to the state’s famed waters in search of wild grey ghosts, some reaching sizes found in few other places on earth. But while the allure of Washington’s majestic wild steelhead continues to grow, regrettably the state’s steelhead stocks have suffered the opposite fate, as their numbers have plummeted to a fraction of their once great abundance. Steelhead Country dives deep into how Washington’s mismanagement of its iconic State Fish has caused the precipitous decline of its wild steelhead populations. Moreover, Steelhead Country encourages the state to move toward a more sustainable, conservation-oriented management model for wild steelhead - a model that preserves angling opportunity while also helping restore and sustain wild runs for future generations. It’s not too late to bring them back.