I am very happy being able to catch what I am fishing for now although I would love to flyfish in a stream somewhere. Back when I was driving trucks cross country I would see those fishermen standing in the the streams flyfishing. It seems that would be most relaxing to stand in a stream and flyfish for a trout. I have a flyrod now and I am practicing my casting. When I get comfortable with my casting I am going to plan a trip to Idaho to get some flyfishing done.
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Popeye
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Captain Ahab said:
Sorry if there is an obvious answer to this but I have no experience with catching sharks. How do you fish for sharks and not target the Great Whites? Is it more of a method or an area thing?
willfishforfood
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Mako shark
Tarpon on a fly
Chinook over 60lbs
Halibut
brooktrout over 5lbs seen it on a TV show New Brunswick I think
Peacock bass
Tarpon on a fly
Chinook over 60lbs
Halibut
brooktrout over 5lbs seen it on a TV show New Brunswick I think
Peacock bass
veilside180sx
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1.Marlin
2. Tarpon
3. Bonefish (fly)
4. Permit (fly)
5. Peacock Bass
Living in Oregon, I already have access to most of the other lists.=)
Sturgeon, Salmon, Steelhead, Bull Trout, LMB, SMB, Mackinaw, Halibut, etc. I'm after warmwater fish, since that's what I don't have access to on this side of the coast.
2. Tarpon
3. Bonefish (fly)
4. Permit (fly)
5. Peacock Bass
Living in Oregon, I already have access to most of the other lists.=)
Sturgeon, Salmon, Steelhead, Bull Trout, LMB, SMB, Mackinaw, Halibut, etc. I'm after warmwater fish, since that's what I don't have access to on this side of the coast.
Captain Ahab
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Popeye said:
You cut the line
Popeye
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See, and I thought there was some sort of fancy schmancy method of fishing for sharks that wouldn't attract the Great Whites.
Gamefisher
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At this point, I don't have much desire to travel to catch fish, I'm fine with staying local. But yesterday morning, "Worlds Greatest Fishing Show" got my attention: Zona was fishing for Alligator Gar. Mean, prehistoric, dinosaur-looking bastards. That looked like fun.
Captain Ahab
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It is not that much of concern in the areas I fish - great white sharks are very rare. In the event that you do hook one you are not suppossed to land it - thereby eliminating the "catch" part. Even bringing it on the boat for the purpose of removing the hook is considered "possession" of the fish and is prohibited.
Here is a news article from last summer where a DE Charter Boat apparently did catch and keep a great white
https://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=18563402107
As you can imagine, this raised a big stink on the local web forums - mostly becuase:
1. The captain did not even have a shark permit (everyone who shark fishes from a boat must have a fed. Migratory Species permit) and; 2. A great white and a Mako are very different looking sharks - one has a pointed nose and the other a blunt nose.
I myslef stick to Great White Whales to avoid any controversy
Here is a news article from last summer where a DE Charter Boat apparently did catch and keep a great white
https://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=18563402107
As you can imagine, this raised a big stink on the local web forums - mostly becuase:
1. The captain did not even have a shark permit (everyone who shark fishes from a boat must have a fed. Migratory Species permit) and; 2. A great white and a Mako are very different looking sharks - one has a pointed nose and the other a blunt nose.
I myslef stick to Great White Whales to avoid any controversy
Specknreds
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We've been having a real ethical dilemma with the Makos for the last six months. They have showed up with force and hit anything that moves. We troll Mann's Stretch 30's $16 and Islanders at over $30 rigged. What do you do when one hits and you get him to the boat. I do not want to kill them but I do not want to loose my lures. We are losing up to 7 or 8 a trip. When we chunk for tuna, It's pretty common right now to go through 30 - 50 hooks. Tuna do not like steel leaders. Even this is getting too expensive. We use 80lb or 120lb Florocarbon and they do not give that stuff away.Popeye said:
Capt. my Peligic permit is another $90!
Captain Ahab
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Speckreds - Is that a commercial permit for a charter business or non commercial? I think my Migratory species permit was $25.00 I know it was not $90.00. Do you have to get a coastal pelagic permit as well?
I do not know of any trick to de-hooking a crazed mako safely. Let me know if you figure it out - they are a tough fish to handle while still alive
I do not know of any trick to de-hooking a crazed mako safely. Let me know if you figure it out - they are a tough fish to handle while still alive
BloodStone
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1) Great White Shark
2) Marlin
3) a 15 lb or more Northern Pike
4) a 8 lb plus Largemouth Bass
5) a 6 lbs plus Smallmouth Bass
2) Marlin
3) a 15 lb or more Northern Pike
4) a 8 lb plus Largemouth Bass
5) a 6 lbs plus Smallmouth Bass
brewfish
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Tarpon
Cobia
Snook -A big one
Halibut
Salmon (via fly fishing in AK)
FYI you can catch all the peacock bass you can stand in South Florida. As for the tarpon they come into the rivers here locally either once or twice a year. Tarpon fishing out of a jon boat...that just makes me smile. :lol:
Cobia
Snook -A big one
Halibut
Salmon (via fly fishing in AK)
FYI you can catch all the peacock bass you can stand in South Florida. As for the tarpon they come into the rivers here locally either once or twice a year. Tarpon fishing out of a jon boat...that just makes me smile. :lol:
slim357
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1 Muskie
2 walleye
3 striper 50+ inches (been 3inches and two inches short)
4 smallmouth over a pound
5 large mouth over 10pounds
If im just going with destinations rather than fish. In no particular order
Lake Erie
Lake Falcon
Lake Guntersville
California Delta
Toledo Bend
2 walleye
3 striper 50+ inches (been 3inches and two inches short)
4 smallmouth over a pound
5 large mouth over 10pounds
If im just going with destinations rather than fish. In no particular order
Lake Erie
Lake Falcon
Lake Guntersville
California Delta
Toledo Bend
Specknreds
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Captain Ahab said:
I have the $25 Migratory species permit and a Gulf of Mexico Peligic permit. Yes, it's sort of commercial. It's a permit for the boat not the fisherman. It's the same permit for recreational and commercial. I spent $90 total. The permits are in the boat so I can't check them right now. I bought 3 permits and I can't remimber what the other is for.
Ask a buddy of mine Chris what happens when you don't listen and you put a gaff in a green Mako in the 300lb range.
Captain Ahab
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Ahhhh, we do not need the Gulf Permit here - yeah all the NOAA permits cover the boat - but if you are a commercial sport fisher (charter or head boat) you need a more expensive permit
redbug
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my choices are like most of the others just a dream for most
I have hooked but never landed a tarpoon
halibut
Marlin
peacock bass
and a largemouth in the teens
I have hooked but never landed a tarpoon
halibut
Marlin
peacock bass
and a largemouth in the teens
Bubba
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Was watching a fishing show today, and wanted to add a 6th to my "to-catch" list.....Goliath Grouper. Those things are HUGE!! and anything that could about pull me overboard, I wanna catch! :mrgreen: :lol:
