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Re: Smolt Camp - TR Final (Page 9)#602127

By The Po Thead - Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:00 am

- Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:00 am #602127

[report]The Final Installment

And Mitch, of the two birds out there, one is too nice/awesome to throw into the pits, and the other is too ugly/butch and annoying for me to subject you all to such sights.

Once the middle of May came around, we transitioned from minnow traps to the beach seines as the smolt were moving out of the River

Spent some serious time at the vice, drinking PRB's and listening to tunes to pass the time

I got all fancy and made Coq Au Vin for dinner one night

And we even got the satellite internet setup so that I could keep an eye on you fuckers

A nice view from the 420 porch

Spent a while after work drinking beers and watching the rare thunderstorms move through

Had some nice boat rides up into Canada to hang with our DFO counterparts. The ride was pretty nice, and their camp is a million times nicer than ours (ping pong table included)...

The fiancée flew up for a few days, and I got to show her around the river, and get a nice conjugal visit out of it

Memorial day weekend had some good fishing in some awesome places. Caught a shitload of cutthroat on skated mice patterns

Killed lots of time throwing the frisbee around

Take care fellas, I'll keep y'all posted when I get back in July

Pot Head out[/report]

"Fuck life is brutal, and the learning curve hard and unforgiving." - SLSS

Re: Smolt Camp - TR Final (Page 9)#602128

By austrotard - Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:27 am

- Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:27 am #602128

too good for this shithole.

we'll always have buffalo, sweet josh.

-mtice

Re: Smolt Camp - TR Final (Page 9)#602130

By Randall Dee - Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:13 am

- Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:13 am #602130

Damn good Evan.

Those cutts are beauties. Are they sea run?

Re: Smolt Camp - TR Final (Page 9)#602131

By The Po Thead - Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:30 am

- Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:30 am #602131

Most of those cutts that we caught in late May and June Randy were probably resident fish of creeks and tribs that flowed into the mainstem of the Taku. Around April and early May when the river was low, it seemed we were catching a lot of cutthroat that were pretty chromed out and were waiting to head out to the estuary/salt with the out migrating fry and smolts.

Just gotta come on up here and see for yourself I guess

"Fuck life is brutal, and the learning curve hard and unforgiving." - SLSS

Re: Smolt Camp - TR Final (Page 9)#602132

By yard4sale - Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:48 am

- Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:48 am #602132

Stunning.

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So what are the smolt return rates up there?

You can't go back and you can't stand still
If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will

When your choices are between a pedophile religious zealot or a dem suddenly the pedophile religious zealot doesn't sound too bad. - PLOW

Re: Smolt Camp - TR Final (Page 9)#602135

By SLSS - Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:29 am

- Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:29 am #602135

DAmn. That's the good stuff.

It's lime the battles between sperm whales and giant squid half a mile below the surface of the ocean. Only it happens in the palm I your hand.- thndr

when I fall, I am still cold and wet, but much more stylishly dressed. as my hat disappears in the riffle- flybug.pa

"Sugar? No thank you Turkish, I'm sweet enough."

Re: Smolt Camp - TR Final (Page 9)#602136

By flybug.pa. - Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:58 am

- Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:58 am #602136

Got the life Evan. f. spectacular.

If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
- Frank Zappa