Catch of the day

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  1. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    I know there are a few fishermen on here. Let’s make this the place to show what you’ve caught. I’ll start with pictures of what my wife son and I caught today. We were fishing on the Chesapeke right were it meets the ocean, in Ocean City Maryland. Yesterday, the water was too rough to go out, and we had a lot of storms move though. We only went out for 2hours this afternoon. We caught a few flounder, that were to small, but caught these two keepers. They have to be 16 1/2” long to keep. Both of our keepers were over 20”. We had a great time.

    So let’s see your “catch of the day”[​IMG][​IMG]
     
  2. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    Oh yeah, tomorrow check out the “what’s for dinner” thread. I’m Going to eat good tomorrow evening, lol.


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  3. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    I'm not a fisherman, but my son Phil caught this one on the Amazon River in 2003. It's a peacock bass.

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  4. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    Awesome. That’s a fish of a lifetime
     
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  6. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    NICE! That’s the best 1st. fish I ever saw! From the picture it looks like a hammerhead shark?
    I’m guessing my 1st fish was a bluegill. I don’t really remember, I’ve been fishing since I could walk, lol.
     
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    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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  8. stingraysrock

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    I thought hammerhead too, but the fishing guide said it is a bonnet head. Too small to keep, had to let it go.
     
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  9. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    after looking at your picture again, you are correct it is a bonnet head. Nice catch! About being to small to keep, I only keep what I catch while fishing on the Chesapeke Bay. I fish a lot of freshwater and hardly ever keep anything I catch.
     
  10. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    I basically had no service the last few days I was on vacation, so I couldn’t post. We went out again on the boat to flounder fish on Friday evening. We had a great time and caught plenty of fish, unfortunately none of them were big enough to keep, so I didn’t take pictures.


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  11. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Spent most of the day in the boat. We were fishing for crappies, but I couldn’t buy one if they had been for sale.

    Caught and tossed back a ton of largemouth and bluegills. Kept a handful of the better bluegills for supper.

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  12. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    Went fishing for white purch today on the Chesapeke bay. My father in law, wife, son, and myself. We had a great time, and caught a few. Everyone had a great time. The great thing is my father in law, and I taught my 13 year old son to fillet fish. He caught on quickly, and did a great job. I don’t know who was more proud me or his grandfather. [​IMG]


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  13. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Awesome! Nothing better than when you bring kids into it.
     
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  14. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    It’s hard to beat eating bluegills. I love them. Basically the white purch we caught today, are saltwater bluegills. And the fight that a small bluegill gives is great. If they got 10 pounds you’d never land them.
     
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  15. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    Absolutely! I’ve included/exsposed my son to the outdoors/sportsman at a very young age. I never pushed him into enjoying it, but he definitely does. I have also taken a few of his friends fishing, always nice to see the look on their faces, when they catch their 1st fish.
     
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  16. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    They are brave little bastards. I’ve caught little five inchers on 7” cranks trolling at 2.5 -3 MPH.

    Love Bluegills.
     
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  17. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Little guys just want to be with Dad. You put in the time, they’ll capitalize.
     
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  18. Brickman301

    Brickman301 Well-Known Member

    Went fishing for White Purch again yesterday. There were 5 of us on the boat. My FIL, wife, son, FIL’s 1st cousin, and myself. Beautiful day on the Chesapeke. The weather was perfect, and the water was nice and calm. We had one of the best fishing days we’ve had in a long time. There’s no limit on how many you catch with rod and reel. We didn’t count them, but I’d guess we kept about 50+ fish. These are smaller fish, about 6-8” long, so it takes a quite a few to feed everyone, once the entire family gets together. We are having a fish fry tonight! My mouth is already watering. The 1st picture is of the fish in the cooler. The 2nd is of all the tiny filets, from those fish. They are not the easiest/fastest fish to filet, because of there smaller size, but believe me they are worth all that work, once you taste them.
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