Fishing

[Manixguy@1994]

Member MAHD776 sent me this Minnesota 26 inch Walleye picture with a Siren . Dan

[MacLaren]

Member MAHD776 sent me this Minnesota 26 inch Walleye picture with a Siren . Dan

That's a dandy, Dan!

[Mushroom]

Couple schoolies from the canal this morning -

https://i.imgur.com/Gh8zlpC.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mUbU0tH.jpg

With the current moving, these little schoolies are surprisingly strong!

Caught four stripers, all about the same size, and a blue fish that got off the hook right when I got it to the rocks.

Might go back again tomorrow morning. If the full moon currents push enough bait through, it should make for a hot bite. Maybe even something bigger than a schoolie.

I've never caught a striper before. Its on my bucketlist! This is around boston area?? I just checked flights from where I am all the way to boston. Seems like it could be a trip of a lifetime.

This was at the Cape Cod Canal, which is a little over an hour’s drive from Boston. Some world class fish are caught here every year, so it has become a popular spot for hopeful anglers like myself. There is potential for it to be a fishing trip of a lifetime!

The canal is such a hot spot because it allows fish to cut through Massachusetts instead of going around. They can skip many miles of migration around the outside of the state and get to northern waters sooner. This means there is also some very good striper fishing in Boston Harbor and even north to parts of Maine for most of the sumemer. If you made a trip to Boston but were unable to make it to the Cape Cod Canal, there is still ample opportunity to catch some nice striped bass in the area.

[Mushroom]

Thanks for sharing, Dan! That’s a nice walleye. Ive still never caught a walleye. They’re not so abundant in Massachusetts but I could target them reliably in parts of northern New England. I hear they’re good eating!

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Thanks for sharing, Dan! That’s a nice walleye. Ive still never caught a walleye. They’re not so abundant in Massachusetts but I could target them reliably in parts of northern New England. I hear they’re good eating!

Agreed, very nice walleye and a Siren too!!! I haven’t caught many but they are delicious and that’s a good one

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Biggest striper of the year so far for me! Of course I didn’t have a tape or scale so I couldn’t weigh it or measure it but it really felt like a slot size fish. (28”-31”)



Caught it in the Cape Cod Canal this morning on my new Canal setup.



11ft Shimano Tiralejo rod and Shimano Ultegra Ci4+ 14000 reel! First season using it but I have been loving this combo so far. It’s light weight enough that I can comfortably cast for hours without really needing a break and it’s plenty strong enough to haul in big fish against the current in the canal.

Shimano actually markets this rod and reel pairing as a “Long Cast Concept” which apparently to helps provide longer casts. I think I’m a believer because I’ve been out casting pretty much everyone else fishing near me when using it, it’s impressive.

Nice fish and killer Shimano set up that I know you had strapped to the MUSHROOM EDITION BIKE

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Nice fish gentleman! Me and my boy limited on Sockeye last weekend. Some of the best eating salmon you can get imho. I’ll get some pics up in a bit!

So not jealous, not at all I would love to see some pics cause that’s the one on my bucket list

[Manixguy@1994]

Thanks for sharing, Dan! That’s a nice walleye. Ive still never caught a walleye. They’re not so abundant in Massachusetts but I could target them reliably in parts of northern New England. I hear they’re good eating!

Hope you can try it sometime , I like it a lot . In Minnesota they have size regulations and how many yo can take home to insure a healthy population . Buddies eat like Kings at cabin and take what they can legally take home .

[JestersHK]

Nice!
I've been fishin myself here recently.
Took my daughter, my sister & brother in law last weekend- my sister & I were able to catch a rainbow a piece. Hers is the bigger one
Mine was about 16" & hers was probably 20-22"

Nice fish, Paul!!! That Rainbow your sister caught is probably about the same size as those Stripers i was catching!

Thanks Nick
Another good evening in the Blue Ridge
This rainbow was right at 18" - still not nearly as big as the one my sister caught.
I'd like to hook one or 10 of those stripers your catchin Nick

Nice rainbows buddy, the little ones eat better though and I can cook the bones out that's what I tell myself anyways.

[JestersHK]

Thanks for sharing, Dan! That’s a nice walleye. Ive still never caught a walleye. They’re not so abundant in Massachusetts but I could target them reliably in parts of northern New England. I hear they’re good eating!

Hope you can try it sometime , I like it a lot . In Minnesota they have size regulations and how many yo can take home to insure a healthy population . Buddies eat like Kings at cabin and take what they can legally take home .

Walleyes my favorite freshwatwr fish to eat! That's a good size one there. Do you guys eat the cheeks out of them? It almost taste like a scallop, and you cook them about the same too. My buddy is a guide for walleye and had a gallon zip lock bag full of them by end of season. One of the best meals of my life when we cooked them up.

[MacLaren]

Nice!
I've been fishin myself here recently.
Took my daughter, my sister & brother in law last weekend- my sister & I were able to catch a rainbow a piece. Hers is the bigger one
Mine was about 16" & hers was probably 20-22"

Nice fish, Paul!!! That Rainbow your sister caught is probably about the same size as those Stripers i was catching!

Thanks Nick
Another good evening in the Blue Ridge
This rainbow was right at 18" - still not nearly as big as the one my sister caught.
I'd like to hook one or 10 of those stripers your catchin Nick

Nice rainbows buddy, the little ones eat better though and I can cook the bones out that's what I tell myself anyways.

Hehe, yes sir! That's what I told my daughterbas well!
Those bones though.......lol

[Manixguy@1994]

Thanks for sharing, Dan! That’s a nice walleye. Ive still never caught a walleye. They’re not so abundant in Massachusetts but I could target them reliably in parts of northern New England. I hear they’re good eating!

Hope you can try it sometime , I like it a lot . In Minnesota they have size regulations and how many yo can take home to insure a healthy population . Buddies eat like Kings at cabin and take what they can legally take home .

Walleyes my favorite freshwatwr fish to eat! That's a good size one there. Do you guys eat the cheeks out of them? It almost taste like a scallop, and you cook them about the same too. My buddy is a guide for walleye and had a gallon zip lock bag full of them by end of season. One of the best meals of my life when we cooked them up.

No I have not but definitely would try it . Off topic I give Squirrel heads to a buddy who has a coworker from Louisiana who likes their brains in scrambled eggs !

[Mushroom]

Nice fish and killer Shimano set up that I know you had strapped to the MUSHROOM EDITION BIKE

Thanks Salty!

You know it!



Of course now that I spent the time and money to set up this bike, I’ve caught all my fish within walking distance of the parking lot but aside from that, the bike setup has worked like a dream so far.

[SaltyCaribbeanDfly]

Nice fish and killer Shimano set up that I know you had strapped to the MUSHROOM EDITION BIKE

Thanks Salty!

You know it!



Of course now that I spent the time and money to set up this bike, I’ve caught all my fish within walking distance of the parking lot but aside from that, the bike setup has worked like a dream so far.

Well at least you look good riding that short distance and eventually you’ll really need it for a long haul

[HolySteel]

Nice fish and killer Shimano set up that I know you had strapped to the MUSHROOM EDITION BIKE

Thanks Salty!

You know it!



Of course now that I spent the time and money to set up this bike, I’ve caught all my fish within walking distance of the parking lot but aside from that, the bike setup has worked like a dream so far.

Fantastic! We visited a beautiful state park yesterday and fished off a pier, supposedly for rainbow trout. A local told us that he hadn't caught a rainbow there in several weeks. We caught 12 fish between us, all baby throwbacks, but four different species of bream-like fish. So it was interesting. My friend caught what looked like a Warmouth, which really surprised me.

The funny thing was that a young tourist from Utah fished next to us and caught only one fish - an 8" largemouth bass.

So next week we're going after pink salmon.

[Mushroom]

Good luck salmon fishing!

There are a handful of lakes in northern New England that have salmon stocking programs but they’re seasonal and heavily regulated. There is a tiny population of native Atlantic Salmon that is tracked returning to rivers in Maine but they’re listed as federally endangered and are illegal to target.

[murphjd25]

Sorry for only getting one picture, but here is the boys first sockeye. We caught our limit of four each. We had a lot of fun.

[Mushroom]

Nice catch! Gonna be some good eating!

Looks like a nice boat too. My nieces love fishing and something like that would be perfect to bring them out fishing on the lake instead of from shore.

[JestersHK]

That's a great smile and nice job on making those memories. Sockeye is delicious too.

[Mushroom]

Was lucky to beat the skunk last night with this schoolie. Better than nothing!



Wish I got a better picture with the bridge in the background but there’s always next time.