Any fisherman on here?

**joelster** · 12-13-2015, 08:17 PM

Yep, it counts! Plus you are ridding the waters of disgusting carp!

**shownomercy** · 12-13-2015, 08:26 PM

Killed 21 of the things last night, only one catfish though.

**z28rob18** · 12-13-2015, 09:52 PM

Chesapeak bay. Small for the bay but my biggest so far

**joelster** · 12-14-2015, 08:31 PM

My girl and I got into a magazine! Woot! Page 77.

***popo8*** · 12-14-2015, 08:42 PM

Congrats to both of ya!!!

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***Fastbird*** · 12-14-2015, 09:26 PM

THat's awesome Joel!

**joelster** · 12-14-2015, 09:29 PM

Thanks guys! We both have caught much bigger fish since then, so I sent a new round of photos back out to the mags!

**joelster** · 01-03-2016, 05:05 PM

Stayed at a hotel for a few nights in Syracuse NY. We hit the Salmon River in Pulaski, NY on Saturday, but the water was raging good. We only fished for an hour and left. On Sunday we hit a smaller tributary called Maxwell Creek. I lost my first 2 fish, but then hooked this nice male Steelhead. Was 27" and probably 8lbs.

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If you look closely at his right pectoral fin, you'll notice that it is clipped. The DEC does that to the stocked fish before they put them in the creeks. It helps them to identify where they go, and how long they live. This fish was probably released into a creek 3 years ago when he was 10", and somehow survived the onslaught of retards, er I mean anglers, that fish for them. He made it through the hundreds of anglers that slaughter the stockers, and swam his way out to Lake Ontario, where he put on some serious size.

**gmpowered** · 01-04-2016, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by joelster

Stayed at a hotel for a few nights in Syracuse NY. We hit the Salmon River in Pulaski, NY on Saturday, but the water was raging good. We only fished for an hour and left. On Sunday we hit a smaller tributary called Maxwell Creek. I lost my first 2 fish, but then hooked this nice male Steelhead. Was 27" and probably 8lbs.

100MEDIA$IMAG1004[1].jpg

If you look closely at his right pectoral fin, you'll notice that it is clipped. The DEC does that to the stocked fish before they put them in the creeks. It helps them to identify where they go, and how long they live. This fish was probably released into a creek 3 years ago when he was 10", and somehow survived the onslaught of retards, er I mean anglers, that fish for them. He made it through the hundreds of anglers that slaughter the stockers, and swam his way out to Lake Ontario, where he put on some serious size.

Looks like you are enjoying the warm weather. Looks like a bunch of fun.
My S.O. loves fishing too so I know how special it can be sharing the success and memories.

So you mean reeling the fish across the bank then stepping on it to hold it while digging out the hook is frowned upon?

**joelster** · 01-04-2016, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by gmpowered

Looks like you are enjoying the warm weather. Looks like a bunch of fun.
My S.O. loves fishing too so I know how special it can be sharing the success and memories.

So you mean reeling the fish across the bank then stepping on it to hold it while digging out the hook is frowned upon?

It's not very warm out. Mid 30's that day.

The slaughter thing I'm talking about is that guys will target the sections that were just stocked with fish from the hatchery. When fish are raised in a hatchery they eat little pellets their entire life. Usually for a full year until they are 10" or so. When they are released into a creek they are savages. They attack anything in sight. They've never seen a minnow, spinner, worm, etc. They eat on pure instinct. The 1% that actually survive WILL grow to large proportions like the picture above. If guys would practice catch+release then maybe we would have some great years again. But sadly most of the guys I see put them right on the stringer.