Smith was fishing well today...maybe a foot of water higher then normal. ........wadeable but you got to use the head in the riffs. Two stoneflies all day and caught eight nice fish.
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hey peewee i just shit myself.... you owe me a new pair of slacks, and new chair, but if you show me where you caught those fish i wont make you repay me -0-. Me and a few guys were out today...wait till you see the day darrin had...nice work man 'c; 'c; 'c;
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solid work !
now it we can get you to quite squeezin them trouts, i'm sure that how you get them to give up their secrets....
your right Woolly but 30 years of climbing taught them hands to hold my sorry ass so I forget sometime whats in them. ;D ;D ;D
Nice.. I always thought the smith was a dink stream but I guess this proves me wrong. Them stones seem to be strong medicine for big browns everywhere!
All browns were harmed in the making of this report. For that you should be shot >:D
Beautiful fish, Pewee!
Quote from: Phil on March 10, 2012, 19:54:28 PM
Those are bigger fish than I've seen from the usual Smith River reports. Nice.
Too bad you killed them all after releasing due to the major squeeze you put on 'em. :o
au contraire, we have photographic evidence that the peewee squeeze, doesn't kill fish... he photographed that big bastard that I caught the other day almost two years ago when it taped out at a measly 19 1/4 "
Hey Wooly look how he went from long and skinny to long and fat during the spawn.
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TM, I have already apologized to 22midge via PM.
I'm ready to let it go.
Phil, I do think there is a better way to handle the fish... we agree on that...
don't forget that they throw them off of the bridges to stock and they survive that...
peace out...
Hey fellows I "SHOULD NOT BE SQUEEZING THE FISH" I know better.....Thanks for the reminder
OK. I'll admit it. When I catch a large fish, manage not to break it off, and get it to my hand, fumble around for the net and camera, try not to lose the fish, the net is in the way, etc...
I might mishandle the fish, and maybe after releasing it, it may die.
I try to do my best, but realize that it is a blood sport, after all..... ;D
Nice work Peewee!
Nice work! Time to tie up some black stones..... -+;
'c; Awesome fish!
Nice lookin' browns for sure. Some of those definitely have some large pooches on them.
I have talked to several biologists about the handling of caught fish and they assured me that holding fish while taking their picture does not hurt them. Basically they told me just not to drop them on a rock while releasing them. What kills them is where they are hooked. Hooking them in the gills or deep in the throat is a death sentence. Peewee is not catching 6 inch brook trout that you can pose any way you want to.
Quote from: 5xTippett on March 11, 2012, 11:15:23 AM
I have talked to several biologists about the handling of caught fish and they assured me that holding fish while taking their picture does not hurt them. Basically they told me just not to drop them on a rock while releasing them. What kills them is where they are hooked. Hooking them in the gills or deep in the throat is a death sentence. Peewee is not catching 6 inch brook trout that you can pose any way you want to.
from one fish squeezer to another...
jis laugh'in...
carry on gents...
"from one fish squeezer to another..." Keith, you gourd head! I can't argue with that! ^-^ I just got a little ill with Peewee's report getting criticized for the way he held them. You know how hard it is to catch fish on that river. What he did is almost unheard of. I don't know anybody else anywhere that could do it unless you live there and can fish it everyday.
Quote from: 5xTippett on March 11, 2012, 14:36:45 PM
"from one fish squeezer to another..." Keith, you gourd head! I can't argue with that! ^-^ I just got a little ill with Peewee's report getting criticized for the way he held them. You know how hard it is to catch fish on that river. What he did is almost unheard of. I don't know anybody else anywhere that could do it unless you live there and can fish it everyday.
no denying that, I gave him props for the solid work. jis fun'in about the pics....
Those are some nice browns right there..Well done.. 0:0
Quote from: 5xTippett on March 11, 2012, 14:36:45 PM
"from one fish squeezer to another..." Keith, you gourd head! I can't argue with that! ^-^ I just got a little ill with Peewee's report getting criticized for the way he held them. You know how hard it is to catch fish on that river. What he did is almost unheard of. I don't know anybody else anywhere that could do it unless you live there and can fish it everyday.
I was going to head up there but felt that it was going to be way too sunny and bright to do any good.
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Quote from: 5xTippett on March 11, 2012, 14:36:45 PM
"from one fish squeezer to another..." Keith, you gourd head! I can't argue with that! ^-^ I just got a little ill with Peewee's report getting criticized for the way he held them. You know how hard it is to catch fish on that river. What he did is almost unheard of. I don't know anybody else anywhere that could do it unless you live there and can fish it everyday.
I was going to head up there but felt that it was going to be way too sunny and bright to do any good.
ya, pretty much nailed it...fished hard all day and only 2 dinks, what a crock of shiat..
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Quote from: phlyfisher on March 12, 2012, 08:55:13 AM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on March 11, 2012, 21:45:56 PM
Quote from: 5xTippett on March 11, 2012, 14:36:45 PM
"from one fish squeezer to another..." Keith, you gourd head! I can't argue with that! ^-^ I just got a little ill with Peewee's report getting criticized for the way he held them. You know how hard it is to catch fish on that river. What he did is almost unheard of. I don't know anybody else anywhere that could do it unless you live there and can fish it everyday.
I was going to head up there but felt that it was going to be way too sunny and bright to do any good.
ya, pretty much nailed it...fished hard all day and only 2 dinks, what a crock of shiat..
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didn't stop peewee,
jis say'in....
just be glad you din't get skunked. and any wild brown on the smith is a good fish imho...
That's why you do it like the bears do and eat the evidence.