I get a big kick out of seeing pics folks share here, be they of family, food, outdoors stuff or most anything, really. Maybe it's just me but it seems like its been a little more sour than usual here. Love to check out some of what folks here have been doing, or seeing.













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SWEET! That's what I'm talking about, Poobs. Love those brownies.

Love, Poobs

Good Lord....I just gained another 20 lbs.

Is that a Simply ??? garlic concoction that's Mrs KG is drinking? Might be apple??

thought i saw some lumpia in one of those pics.

Not quite summer but its Dan!

Fresh garden produce..nutten better.













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VERY cool pics!

Hell yeah, boys. That's what's UP! Awesome, and thanks to all of you for taking the time and sharing of yourselves.

OK, well you fail the southerner test my friend.

Unsweetened iced tea with lemon and lots of ice. Garlic? lol.

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lmao when a southerner dont recognize iced tea.

Thanks to all for sharing their pics.

Well it don't look like iced tea and did not think of ice. And here I was all excited about the possibility of something new. Dang! You have to admit you and yours have put up some fairly interesting items. And Roger...well!! But I came up with some good drink ideas though. I even thought of pears...

OH WAIT!!! It ain't SWEET tea!! That's what threw me!! No 2 cups of standing sugar in the bottom of the jug!!

OK folks I'll play, here's a few summertime photos from the swamp!!

My kids on a road trip to a rim country swimming hole

Swimming

Tonto basin store on the way to Roosevelt Lake

Fungus beetle

OK. It's flat, skunked garlic ale. With sea urchin.

I want some!!!!! Can I add southern sugar!? Lots!!

I too enjoy the threads with pictures.

Here's a few random photos, some a few years old, some recent.

My youngest daughter with a raccoon we had in AR.



My youngest son on his first gopher hunt.



Getting a ride on a sprayer.



Some salmon I smoked. I used cherry wood, tasted great.



Some young moose that passed through our back yard.




My dad with a young cardinal that my daughter raised.



A caterpillar or worm from our garden in AR. Never had seen one before.

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Neat. Cutthroat, maybe? Pretty lil' gummer, whatever his lineage. One of my all time favorite fishing outings is chasing wee wild brookies in fall, taken in crystal clear mountain streams. The colors are unreal.

My son racking the slide on my M9

If southern sugar is code for white lightin', then absolutely sir.

i have that end handled.

All of these are from the last week camping in the Big Horns.



Moose and calf.




Bob

Bob

Bob

This afternoon...

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Wife and I on top of Petit Jean Mountain in Arkansas with river flooding in background.


My boy before a turkey hunt.


She just looks precious


Juicing phase of wild black raspberry jelly. Put up 36 1/2 pints of raspberry and 56 of blackberry jelly today.


Getting ahead of herself

I have loads of great times and shots in the three weeks I have been here in Idaho. Problem is I am without internet service so running on 4G via a recently purchased iPhone. I have yet to figure out how to run from photos to Photobucket to iPhone. It has been unseasonably hot and we are enjoying the new ATV's. Off for brunch in the Cabinet's tomorrow AM.

Download the iPhone app. It ought to recognize your images and when run should default to a backup task and upload all. Voila.

For my iPhone I downloaded the photobucket app. In the app you choose upload. Select the pics you want to upload. After uploading it lets you choose the img code. It is under a little 'I' button for each picture within the photobucket app.

Yeah simple... I somehow managed $10+ billion dollar projects and now can't manage myself through a doorway. My admin girls spoiled me just as I did them. It'll come in time I am sure. I am having a second "garage" built up here and learned that the builder could not start until about when we planned to head back south. Damn. Dear wife reminds me that I don't HAVE to leave. I think I will hang out for another month.

First centerfire for my boy. RAR compact in .223. He burned through 100 rnds pretty quick today. I think he likes it.



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Who says it never gets hot in AK?

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Here's a few more summer time pics.....






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My son and his best friend shot some clay pigeons yesterday up at my buddy's place.

Here's a few from Northern Wy.

I think this was the first or second evening of summer.

There must be a fire somewhere....

This a great thread. Even though I'm working, looking at these pictures has made my day.

Because I'm a new guy, I never figured out how to post pictures. When I was on the hog hunt with some of you fine gentlemen, you tried to explain to me how to post pictures. After seeing all of these pics, I decided to go into photobucket and set up an account. My question is, how do I copy my pictures over to photobucket. It said to drag them over, but my PC wants to simply move them to photobucket. I want to leave them in the PC and just copy them over to photobucket. You have to bear with me because I'm very computer illiterate.

Just for you KG:

Beautiful photo.... very nice!!!!!

Damn you!

I miss clear rivers and streams....How anyone fishes down here in mud, is beyond me.

Thanks elk...close up of another...




and another...




And a male who turned almost black...

What is that thing on your finger?

You should get that lanced....

OK, I figured out how to get them over to photobucket. Now how do I post the pics on here from there?

Brian, I will try here;

Select a photo in your PB account and run your cursor over it.
On the lower left corner of the pic three lines appear, put your cursor on those and above them will appear a list...move the cursor up to "Share Links" and click on it.
A box or window will open up with another list on the right hand side.
Move your cursor to the "IMG" box, push 'control' button on your keyboard, hold it down and click on "IMG"
The box changes to yellow to confirm you got the pic.
When you come back to your reply post, press 'control ' button again,hold it and click next to the blinking line in the reply box....
Check your transmission by previewing your reply.

Enjoying the wildlife on the place this summer.

Thanks Poobah, let's try this.

I'm going here in 3 weeks.

Got it, you have to right click on the reply box and paste.

Thanks Tom.

3 from our PacNW trip last week






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Obligatory fish picture.

A few more - why not

Middle Dam ME.







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Forgot about the 'paste ' part....Sorry!

I'm all over it now, man

You take pics of odd things.

Very introspective and artsy!

'Merica!!

The leftover donut in the parking garage told a story..

Just had to share it.

It is called "being drunk "...

Here's a few pics from vacation this year:













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If these are your grandkids, I think they're in good hands.

You need to post more pictures, mang. Good, good stuff. Thanks again to all who shared. Happy Independence Day to all.

Awesome. Thanks, Poobs.

Boss pics, as usual, Ravenr!

Now that is a nice trout!!!!

There goes the neighborhood...

Nice doormats! Cool, LT. You guys have flatties in the gulf? What species? They look like our fluke; left eyed.

yah, hell with the speck, those are nice flounder!

They certainly appear to be!

However.....

1) Pat isn't that big to begin with and...

2) Isn't capable of long arming fish for pics...cause his arms just aint long.

bump for a good thread

CoElk that shot with the RB Mergs is wonderful!

Bad Ass Photo!

We were there under the roof...

Thanks. He was lit up pretty good. Ready to fight, coiled like a spring.

A couple of nice beach walk about's in New Brunswick with a shot of a Lupin in the evening sky

Monsoon building this afternoon while on the lake catching fish. We bailed as it formed over the top of us.

I killed my first buck over 40 years ago up on those mesas, camped in the old 1800s homestead cabin or what was left of it, my buddy still tells how ridiculous I looked carrying that buck out on my shoulders as we wanted to hang it up whole so everyone could see... It weighed more than my 140 gutted.

Why I quit eating cats . . .

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Columbian style Pollo con arroz, with a fried plaintain..

Are we the only people still having fun on this forum?

you throw up on a plate and then call it a meal?

that explains a lot...quite a lot...

NICE PICS Hugh W... been too long since I've been up in the Maritimes... wonderful place with wonderful folks...

gotta admit, soft spot for PEI....use to spend a lot of time up that way... couple times every summer and once or twice in the fall taking in the foliage changing colors...

The Lantern. Lake Farest, Ill..

An original race Cobra (notice the small windscreen, no wipers, etc.), worth eleventy-billion $$$$$$$$$

Some summertime work we do on the rolldam and spillway.

Thanks for this Leyton; I always really enjoy your pics & stories as well as those from our other friends here.

I did some of this earlier this week:



The fresh cut hay made for great shooting practice for Wyoming out to 400! Life is good... Then vacation... I'm extremely blessed that way... Not as distant as your own New England like we did last year, but Hocking County in SE Ohio where we rented a cabin for the week. This morning we hiked Old Man's Cave State Park as a family this morning:












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And dinner at Millstone BBQ before a train ride out to fireworks tonight:

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Thanks again for the great thread my friend! I hope you all have a fantastic celebration of Independence Day!

Yesterday.










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This morning.







Knee high by the 4th of July....

Sam, nice pic of the beautiful American flag on the 4th. Our corn is waist high on average. Not sure I have seen it this good on the 4th.

Ihookem, this really is the greatest country on Earth.

Troof!

Dude, two (illegal)neighborhood displays going on as we speak!

Looks like my old 60's char-broiler.

What's the story on that old cellar? Is it poured concrete or hewn out of the native rock?

July 4th, 2015, Port Aransas TX




DMc

City deer

Inherited my Grandpa's saw


Tuna trip 40 miles offshore

Tuna Bombs!!!

Ya know Sam, that reminds me when my wife went to Taichung, Taiwan to visit our daughter that lives there. She is an English teacher. My wife gets there and total culture shock. Might as well been on Mars. It stinks of pollution, latrines and sences , spices and noise.. When we pull into the garage she says " I love America" Never knew how good she had it. My daughter is home for 4 weeks now . Got home Thursday. I think she is liking it here more than she thought. Her allergies are gone and we have Taco Bells!!! Our pastor says he's been everywhere. Insists there is no place on earth like the U.S.A..

Having been to some truly great [bleep] in this world courtesy of the U.S Army going home really makes one appreciate good ol America!

I heard there was a party, I brought the beer.

'Merica!

Did some hiking in the mountains this weekend, gorgeous, all the way around:

Some eats from yesterday.
Venny, striper,clams and bugs...

You got that right, my man.

Continuing to enjoy the pics. Good stuff, y'all!

A funny thing happened yesterday. Took a wrong turn trying to get to a store in NH yesterday and while driving through a small, quiet residential area, drove past a bike with a for sale sign on it. I recognized the machine, a mid-80s Interceptor, and backed up. An hour later it was in my garage. That the paint scheme is red, white and blue and I bought it on the 4th, as well as the fact that the bike wears my family name, well, God bless America.

Cool beans KG!

You sure seem to have a handle on enjoying life.

Very few do.

Congrats!

Thanks, Poobs. Life is too short to go through it pissed off, working non-stop or just without stopping often to take the time to enjoy oneself, I always say.

Plus, no one on their deathbed was ever heard to utter, 'damn it, I wish I'd worked more...'

Damn straight, Brother!

Just had time to catch up with some more of the pics. You're knocking it outa' the pahk with the venny and clams, brother. My mom was asking about you yesterday, actually. She referred to you as 'thon nice lad frae Connecticut with the wee beard'.

Last weekend in Vegas for Grandmas 88th.

Great looking grub and family, Sean!

Wanted to share a picture of my Granddaughters. These are my oldest daughters girls.



My oldest sons daughter.

Hope summers gone by is suitable fare. This was taken on my spread in Bridgewater, NY some years ago. Shame a fellow can't make a living raising dandelions and woodchucks, we had bunches of both.

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Some fruits from the garden.
Leighton, that Interceptor is a cool find. 700? A coworker used to have one in the same paint scheme, unique sound with Kerkers too.

This year I'm going to try some fried green tomatoes for sure. First ones should be ready in a week or two at most. Yours like tasty. Any tricks to the game, or is it pretty straightforward?

I'm no expert at them, but just have to do them each year. Those I s/p'rd, dusted in Ma Se Ca ( the corn flour you make tortillas and sopes with ), fried in butter and oil. Had leftover dredge, so made a sopes and topped with mozzarella and an avocado slice. Was pretty tasty.

Some tasty treats being put up without addresses and times for fine dining. Must be an oversight.

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Some very nice stuff you've put up, Hugh. Thank you!

+1

End of July 4th weekend at the beach this afternoon

Thinkin' I need to learn more about that there game.. what is it? socker?


Boardwalk

Taco Spot

Finished out the weekend with a trip to Girdweed (Girdwood) to check out the Hippy fest (Forest Fair). 'Twas everything I expected.













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Nice ride, KG. And Congrats on a 4th of July find. Seems very appropriate.

Here's a pic of one exactly like I had back in the early 80's. Only difference, mine had a Kerker 4 into 1, instead of the Vance & Hines.

One of the coolist threads in awhile,
Thanks guys enjoyed this.

The Wife and I decided to do a little fishing on the 4th. We were pleasantly surprised to find these guys in our fishing hole.

A fish fry and some homemade ice cream? That's some good clean livin' right there! Good job!

Granddaughter measured the ice cream ingredients, crushed the crackers for the fish and ate 3 pieces hot out of the pan helping Ugly 'Ol Pappy cook. She was planning on eating all the fish before anyone else got some.

Kent

LOL!! Your wee mither nailed it again, Leighton!

Ed, great pics of great eats... can't wait to eat some more of your venny kebabs one of these fine summer days!

Well, here's part of how we spent the Independence Day weekend... here in Bahstahn Hahbah on a local cruiser for dinner & dancing with The Redhead and her youngest son, who at 15 is still growing (6'6" and 315) and a budding future left tackle for the Horned Frogs, his mama fervently hopes.

Damn, Doc!

That is a helluva big 15 year old... I hope that you are not responsible for that guy's groceries!

I hope you had a great 4th of July (and a good Canada day too!).

John

Doc, you will have to explain to me one day how you get all the good looking ones!

Just cause you are "The Most Interesting Man in the World"......

I rest my case...

Thanks for the compliments, Poobs. I think she's pretty cute, glad to know someone agrees.

Just took this about five minutes ago. (in the edge of the timber about 20yrds from my vegetable garden)
It's so hot here the Deer won't even move when you walk up on em for a photo op.
Surely that qualify's as a summertime photo.

Stupid fugks thought they were on a puddle jumper headed to Lake of the Woods. Little did they know... We was headed to Disney:

A couple of summer time pics from today:

Great photos guys.. Looks like summer is going well for everyone..

Dam it I wish you guys would quit wasting a $30 snake skin like that.

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Each one of those 4,048 Gold Stars represents 100 KIA in World War II.

my son ,whos 5-10,and I were laughing at home he looks about 4 ft tall in these pics ,looking for carp to spear.

That was carved by the CCC in 1934 at Old Man's Cave, Oh as a passageway.

My son and me this am; the birding has been fantastic as well as sight seeing. We've had great times together:



And here are my 4 kids standing on more of the CCCs handiwork:



This area is just teeming with natural wonders. A real sleeper area; locals have that wonderfully laid back southern pace I love.

recent 17M2

20/Duece.........

high centered on a stump...not me...Razr's are tooo low

near here....Po Dunk......

earlier this spring........

Generous spring rains = native desert flowers aplenty.......

Some Wyoming desert posies:



Wyoming Indian Paintbrush:

Thank you all for sharing. Bloody well done all around. Except for you, 'Flave. Christ man, you blew a perfect opportunity to share a real education with your chilluns via a weekend in a place with character, like Lagos. There's a trip for the kids that would've truly been unforgettable. Handsome young folks though. Mailman?

Our new neighbor down at the cabins..

Kids aren't interested in real educations you Asian fugk! They're interested in Disneyworld and waiting for dad to pass out on the beach.

SONOFABITCH!



Travis

and which happened first?

lmfao

Oops

And since everyone is posting food...

NICE!

Carolina water...Sharks don't control us

Found this little guy climbing on a milkweed plant.

Daddy's girl loves to fish.


Another evening of fishing behind us.
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Nice morning it was....

Nice!

Wish I had gone out on the water this morning.

We ended up with a half dozen or so of these small bass. Looks like the Spring run has fizzled out with bigger fish migrating up the line to the L-Man's stomping grounds. Time to switch to Fluke and Sea Bass fishing.

Granddaughter when she was here visiting.

I think you've got it right, buddy. Big slug of schools of 30+ pounders in now, but bigger news has taken away from them: the tuna are in. 21 giants taken in one day on the bank mid-week. Let the games begin.

Seabass are so fun to catch. Drop jigs on their heads, bang 'em up. If you miss a hookest, no big deal. Those greedy little buggers will often hit again and again until you the steel bites them. You able to get in on a few, or still no playing yet for you?

What a QT!

Those two look like trouble together. Love it.

(I'm in)

Bottom right is a human:

5 and a half pounda Summer Flounder, aka, Fluke and a couple Sea Bass caught this 'morn.
Fluke fillets getting the grill treatment later...

That's a very nice fluke, brother. Nice going!

Drifting jigs with squid strips? The old salts in these parts often use belly strips of the first keeper to bait the jigs with for the rest of the day. Sounds crazy, but it works. Really.

Thanks again for the great thread here KG; been fun riding along w/ so many here for summer adventures!

We're just back from SE Ohio where we did a bunch of hiking/sight-seeing w/ the kids:







Then it was out to the hayfield w/ my pronghorn hunting pard:

And a friend of ours with his brand new Sako 85 who is just learning to shoot beyond 100 yds in preparation for a caribou hunt this Sept:



Tomorrow it's back to the office .

I agree! That #2 shot of yours is just fantastic, efw. Looks like caverns and/or caves in limestone of something similar, maybe? How beautiful! Any details of the place?

Summertime? That means it's Detroit Jacuzzi time!

Yeah we vacationed in Hocking County, Ohio this year. No where near as "exotic" (to us anyway) as your area was last summer, but an amazingly scenic area with more sights to see than we could hope to in 5 days!

There are waterfalls, caverns, canyons, and just all around gorgeous scenery! We stayed in a lovely cottage right in the heart of the area. It was wonderfully refreshing!

Thanks again for the thread this is kewl!

Nap time on a summer afternoon:


Cooling off at Smith Falls:

This is a great thread.

Early last Saturday morning shortly after a thunderstorm rolled over.







Learner's permit. The heeler is a fairly good instructor.

Very nice, Sam. That first shot is killer!

Thanks man, timing is everything!

New background pic.

a little late to the party

my buddy enjoying the 4th at the farm



a little swim

check the water trail off the shaggy beast

inspecting a new spot

drying off

rubbing it in

drying off



rubbing it in

Few fishing trips this year.
The indomitable SeaKing and 93 model 15 horse Rude drag in another dead Bayliner!
Boat full of hammer handles, mostly tack hammer handles.
My bride with a stocked rainbow. One I dragged in the same day. Sweet wagon in the harbor parking lot at Seward a couple weeks ago.
Salmon caught in Resurrection bay, fishing was too hot for me to take pics on the water.
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Try those last 4 again

What do you do with the little hammer handles?

Here, most would fillet them, them grind the fillets to make fish cakes (and take care of the Y-bones).

I'm always looking for a better way!

John

Sometimes I smoke them, or pickle them. But mostly I just find a hole to bury them in. It's illegal to C&R pike in most areas south of the AK range but you dont have to eat them.

Thanks for the info!

John

In my backyard....

Climbed Mt. Ellinor in the Olympics


Half-assed attempt at Kayak salmon fishing - got skunked. Mostly just a nice morning ride.

Stonecutter,
Where is that? Looks like desolate schitholes I search out. Gotta be US of A, with rods and doggie.

Nice shot. Hopefully he'll become a Monarch butterfly someday.

Mine will arrive in a month or so when I wrap up three months here on the mountain. I am running marginally here on an iPhone. Quite simply, it has been more than great for the past six weeks.

I'd say this is easily the best thread I've seen on here in awhile.

Freshwater Shark........

SS Wild Frog.....

Duuuuuuude. Go get yourself some of that Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin! I cannot find it often around here, but when I do, I buy every bit that I find!

Lots of this !!

Turning this,



into this !

My wife and I played tour guide in Italy for my brother and sister-in-law's first trip. We packed a lot into 1 week. We stayed in Florence and visited San Marino, Bologna, Lucca, Pisa and Venice. Some high lights...

Florence my favorite city.


They know steak.


and beer.


and how to keep old bikes in service. Like this 1975 Benelli Tornado.


I love seeing everybody's pictures. I'll post more later.

I went out to the Thoughtful Spot the other day and drank my morning coffee. This is what I saw:



There's a bigger version here:

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Here is a pic of my wife at Road America in Elkhart Lake Wis. Here is one for ya Northern Dave. For sale , only 18k

Awesome thread, good to see the great outdoors!








Slight breeze this afternoon.

Putting new tires on the rig getting ready for Quemado this weekend and hunting season coming up.

righy tighty lefty loosy, Pappy... I told you that last time... here let me show you.



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Yesterday was our anniversary and we had planned for a weekend getaway without the kiddos, but our bank account didn't agree, so we stayed home and visited one of the local attractions that we hadn't before - a polo game. Yep, up here, out in the middle of nowhere there's a beautiful polo field with a couple local teams and a few other teams that travel here to play.

We grabbed a few cold drinks, some sunscreen and some chairs and had ourselves a good time.

Continued


We stomped a few divots at the midpoint of the match.





Then, it was back to the action.

Okay, now I am hankering to go fishin and eat my way into a coma with the catchins

She is beautiful....

Some pictures from my recent trip to Wyoming. What a fantastic place!

The man is a charmer, he's intelligent, handsome, kind, caring, Canadian, and has that certain something in his voice, hard to resist a man with the whole package going for him

A few more as promised:

Checked in on David. He's still there.


Checked out this 1953 Bianchi 125. I love old motorbikes.


Pisa from the leaning tower.


These trustworthy guys in Pisa sold me their 4X4. It should be delivered any day now.


Lovin this thread. Let's see more of yours...

Cool.


I could have had an uber pic around noon today but it was raining when we left the pickup(horseback) and my camera is a puzz in the rain.



Moving cows up a big coulee with neat rock outcroppings at the top when 3 raghorn bull elk skirt the herd and stop sky-lining themselves about 400 yards away. Right above the angus, junipers and grass where lit up green from the sprinkle.

I posted these is the fishing fourm.
Yesterday

the boat is a 1952 Cadillac.

Hour ago...

Az high range...

Yesterday evening.

Nice photos there Sam.. All the shot are very fine..

Thanks man, dodged another bullet!

Awesome.




Clark

The only recent pic I have that I give a schit about...

Uber sage hen....

Took the kids to some All-Star activities in while in Ohio.

Annual trip to the bush fishing in northern Saskatchewan.





To catch these and more like them.

Evening visitor at the BBQ..



Doing recon on the sunflower crop.



Neighborhood heavy.

Practicing with steers before the fair.





And pigs.






Wore the kids out after showing.

Helping cut down trees killed by a fire a few years ago in the bush.






Driving home through the fires that had held us up for a couple days and closed the only road out.





Turning pairs back out after cutting a couple late bulls and vaccinating calves.

Just returned from a road trip back home to Utah. Great week spent with family and friends. Spent the majority of the time at my in-laws cabin on the Skyline.

Went out in the salt for a day of fishing with a buddy of mine and his cousin last weekend. Wife was a champion catcher of trash fish between bouts of chumming.
Took me getting my lunch out to get the silvers to start biting. Mouthful of chicken works every time!
Found a big school of black rockfish and loaded up on them tasty guys.
The girls mooched up some salmon too. My baby boy is in there under that pink shirt.

Trolling a little between locations.
[img]http://i1369.photobucket.com/a...-8590-76C51AADD86C_zpse9ealwky.jpg[/img]And TADA! Freezer is full

The days haul. We're about set for salmon now.

TK, that looks like fun(and good eating)!


Couple from yesterday.

Here's a few from today....








Ben

Great pictures guys! I enjoyed them.







Unfortunately we have no halibut or salmon in the river, but these varmints are awful fun to catch.. Not as fun to eat though.




Ben

Ben, you wanna trade jobs?.....grin



Sweet pics and that is damn big catfish to be pulling out of the 'creek'!

Lake Wishon, IIRC Courtwright. Great place to escape the Valley in summer!

Last weekend...