below is my favourite fishing spot, i took this picture some 22 years ago. its home to zander which are similar to walleye also theres perch, pike, tench, eel, rudd and roach and perhaps the odd carp the fishing is very good but can be fickle, it aint no easy commercial water. i love it here, in fact when i snuff it i want my ashes scattered here. apart from the odd dog walker, fellow angler or rambler nobody goes here
incidently i recall seeing people digging trenches close by and sieving earth etc and i later learned two major battles occurred right here on the river (would have been wider, heavily wooded and marshes then) in the 11th century between the armys of hereward the wake and william the conqueror, i assume now they were archeologists. from then on learning about the history of this place night fishing was especially creepy. i'm going for the day on friday

is this a character from some obscure 80's slasher movie

Don't turn this thread into a PETA thing guys, geez....

GEEZ! I just re-read my post and it sounds wrong! It was written very late at night while I was on vacation and hadn't slept much. The brain was a little foggy after spending 2 days on the road with two kids and a dog in the car.

Any game animal that I kill, I eat. The only time I shoot at a coyote is if it has mange or is acting funny (like it might have rabies). Both diseases are fairly common down here and it's not fair to the animal to live it's life that way (Sorry guys I'm not catching one of those to take it to the vet).

I think from now on, the only way I'm going to make a post is in the middle of the afternoon when I'm completely awake.

Casey

Thanks for clearing that up.

I spend a lot of time outdoors. I fish often, in both salt and freshwater. Anything will do. Redfish, Speckled trout, Catfish, Bass and Sac a lait (crappie). I haven't hunted in 25 years though. Back then just married to my high school sweetheart, money was tight and any game in the freezer went a long way in stretching our limited funds. As the need to hunt lessened so did it's appeal, I have no idea why. I'm not in any way against it though. I still practice my archery, I have both compound and recurve bows. Compound mostly for home defence and recurve for the spirit (It's all about form don't you know). Gotta love the outdoors, Heat and humidity be darned.

Good Luck!
Mike.

I have pictures of me holding stringers of fish and reeling them in from when I was around 4ish. I was raised fishing, camping, and hunting but hunting never actually interested me much. Fishing is great though, trout, salmon, sunfish, catfish, etc. and I love ocean fishing most of all perhaps. Last time was in vancouver island B.C. Caught 4 or 5 Pink Salmon one day, a few sea stars, a squid that let go when it surfaced, and I pulled a Ling Cod to the surface and it broke though line before my grandpa got the net down to it (we were on a big dock). In fact it broke a couple lines (or something equally large broke a couple more lines-icluding one of copper wiring-we didnt have steel leader unfortunetely). Darn thing ate a large triangular weight as well. Lots of fun on that truip. Even caught and ate a couple dogsharks-which made me sick.
Last summer I went river rafting on a weekend trip, including camping (and fishing but didnt catch nothin).
In a week or so I'm going on a 3 days backpacking trip. Can't wait.

Have hunted and fished since I was a boy here in Minnesota. Returned last week from 10 days in South Africa. 20th Wedding anniversary trip-sightseeing and a little hunting.
If you are looking for a good guide/PH let me know and I will private message you with his website. The trip was unbelievable.