Fish Chris

Might be a good idea. I remember as a kid, their used to be this one old guy that would play with us kids, at the club my parents belonged too. He always had a rag shoved into his mouth, to keep from drooling all over himself. He had had his lower jaw almost completely removed due to mouth cancer from chewing.... On the one hand, that will probably never happen to you. On the other hand, I'm sure that's what he thought. Peace, Fish

I've seen it go both ways. Many X's I've come up on a group of big bass, stick (or miss) just one of them, and the rest instantly scatter. One other memorable time though, on Clear Lk. CA, my buddy and I found 7 nice bass, from 5-8 lbs, all circled around one big rock, which jutted up to within a couple feet of the surface. I guaranteed my buddy, the first crawdad placed on top of that rock, would get eaten...... but after that, the rest would probably scatter.... So we flipped a coin for the first cast I got it... and quickly stuck a 7 lb Bass Amazingly, the others barely budged ! They didn't even try to chase their buddy around after I hooked him (pretty common, right ?) So my buddy makes the next cast, Bam ! He sticks another nice 6-7 lb'er ! My next cast, I stick another ! Long story short, we sat there and stuck every darn one of them, in back to back casts ! We laughed about how the last one must have been thinking, finally the rest of these greedy %$$%# have left, so I can eat in peace LOL Who knows what goes on in the pea sized brain of a bass ? Peace, Fish

Much thanks guys Hey, so I thought the Red Wing shot would make a cool desk top..... Now I can't find my icons through all the birds ! LOL Peace, Fish

That's a lot of Red Wings ! I love Pintails, and this light.... Peace, Fish

In reality, its all about ones total calorie and protein intake. If you eat enough to support both resistence training + cardio, you will be fine. Peace, Fish

Thanks guys Big Bill, I haven't been on the water near so much as I use to be. But on the other hand, because of my new way of life, I might be able to be on the water more in the future Been a while since I caught my last DD bass though... 2 1/2 years ? I've really just been more opportunistic, making a lot fewer trips, but trying to do it at optimum times and places, with the actual species being pretty low on my list of importance. To me, great weather, and less people, make it a great trip right from the start.... Peace, Fish

I just had to post, as I saw that this forum section had had exactly 20,000 replies, for 2,222 subjects..... Fish

The slice ? As in 1 slice ? So that was the appetizer, what's for supper ? Well hey, if you can eat 1 slice of pizza, and be okay with that, then pizza is probably fine for you. For myself, if I can't eat a truckload of something, I'd rather just not tease myself with any of it to begin with. I always ate at least half a large, and since I built it {stacked it} myself, that was usually equal to 1 whole large, that somebody might walk in and buy... But Tuckaho knows what I'm talking about.... really hope I never have to eat another slice of that garbage again LOL Peace, Fish

I haven't had a bite of Pizza in 4 years. Heck, for that matter, I haven't ate bread or cheese for about 3 years either. Don't even miss it the tiniest bit. I was SOOO freaking sick of Pizza, Buffalo wings, and pasta, that it was the easiest thing to quit eating, when I started eating healthy. BTW, you always know when a person does not "work around pizza every day", because they pick the most boring, played out, excuse for a pizza.... like, pepperoni... with tomato sauce LOL Ooooh ! Ahhh ! Bet they stayed up the whole night before to come up with that, huh ? LOL Here, try this > Canadian bacon Bacon bits, onions, pineapple, fresh garlic with light BBQ sauce Oh, and another thing.... Everybody always thinks that ranch sauce is only used with a ckicken pizza, and that used with anything else, it would be weird. When in reality, if you like ranch sauce, you will probably be surprised how good it is with pepperoni, Canadian bacon and pineapple, maybe even on a combo, or especially a vegetarian. OR, no sauce at all. You can use a light coating of olive oil instead. BTW, I believe pizza (and cheese, and bread) are all totally fine > If you eat a ridiculous small portion... like 1 or 2 slices. Instead of 1/2 to 3/4's of a fat, stacked up large, in a single sitting..... Like I used to always do Peace, Fish

Much thanks to all of you guys Of course you all know photography is just SO much like fishing..... It's all about being in the right place, at the right time Peace, Fish PS, A friend of mine once witnessed one of these giant Sea Lions slamming and thrashing on a 100+ lb Sturgeon ! Yea', its a very good thing these dudes are not aggressive towards people. Oh actually, quick story; My buddy who works at a fish market in Bodega bay, told me about a huge Sea Lion that had come charging towards a dock covered with people, jumping up on top of it ! Of course a 600 lb creature slamming down on the dock, had everyone scrambling, and nearly sunk it. A few people fell, but didn't fall in the water. So anyway, it kept pacing back and forth nervously, but would not go back in the water. When the people that ran the place tried to run it off, it came at them with its mouth open, and let out a ferocious growling scream ! Needless to say, the people didn't try that again. Finally, after a couple hours, it finally took off. Of course there are not too many things that would make a 600 lb Sea Lion afraid to go in the water, but this one sure was ! Lots of sharks in the bay, but mostly smaller Leopards and Sands. They have neer seen a Great White "inside" of the Bay, but something sure had the Sea Lion freaked out !

Salmon ! Well, not my catch.... So I had been Sturgeon fishing for about 3 hrs without any action, and then decided to head back to a spot halfway to the ramp. As I was running, I see a large, dead (I thought) Salmon, so I circle back to see it up close. As I come up on it, I see its actually still alive, but barely, swimming on its back. I actually hooked my scale on its jaw and it weighed 26.3 lbs, and was surprisingly clean. Don't know if it managed to spawn, first... I toss it back and go about another 1/4 mile to my spot. As I get anchored and situated, a giant {like 600 lbs} Sea Lion comes swimming by. They swim mostly under water, just popping there heads up for a breath maybe every 30-60 seconds or so. As it swims by, the thought crossed my mind, "I wonder if that Sea Lion is going to find that Salmon ??? I mean, this is a BIG river (150 yd across ?) In any case, I was sitting there kind of daydreaming, and I thought..... If he was going to find it, it would be somewhere about now..... and it couldn't have been 20 seconds later, I heard the first splash... from a 1/4 mile away ! Granted, it was flat calm, and sound travels so great over water, but I'm just saying, after that first splash, all hell broke loose ! I just HAD to pull the anchor and run up there real quick to see if I could get some good shots... Purposely went way wide and all the way around him, so that the light would be square behind me I probably took 60-80 shots in 3 or 4 minutes, but I think these would be my top 3 I'm just loving the water droplet detail in all of of them Oh.... so then, on the way back to the ramp > while running {alright I slow down to an idol, but in gear} I got a couple of birdies In-flight, that I was really happy with, mostly because they both got a lot of underside lighting, from the sun reflecting up off of the water Hope you enjoy them Peace, Fish

JT, just so you know, I'm not talking about a big gulp full of raw egg whites..... or even just "plain" poached egg whites. My egg whites are total flavor bombs ! I usually leave in 1-3 yolks, then season with season salt, black pepper, and some kind of McCormacks stuff like maybe molasses and bacon, or Smokehouse maple..... scrambled, then I pour sugar free syrup all over them. Bam ! Alergic to eggs ? Hopefully you can still eat stuff with a little egg in it.... Peace, Fish PS, JT > To some degree I do agree that the highly marketed programs (P90X, Insanity, etc) are a fad. However, I don't do them to be popular (some people do). I do them because they work. The programs are really difficult but like I said, they work. < Totally agreed. Its totally up to the individual, with whether they can stick to it tightly enough, but yes, if they can, these programs can be very effective. Granted, so can "any" program which brings up your heart and lung rate, and taxes your muscles.... pretty much daily. IMPO, most people get WAAAY too caught up in which is better... this program, or that one, this exercise or that one, this exercise, or that one, etc, etc..... When in reality, what's far more important is that your still exercising and eating healthy, next month, next year, and EVERY freaking year, for the rest of your life, that you want to be healthy. Peace

Jt, you said > my body fat percentage. I came in at almost 20% which is crazy. < Ha ! After my initial 80 lb weight loss, at which point, I weighed 189 lbs, my BF % was still 23% ! I've went through several bulks and cuts since then. Right now I'm bulking again. Weighing 220 at about 12%. After my last cut, I was weighing 208 at very close to 10% Never been that lean in my life ! Can't wait to cut off all the body slime next Spring I've gotten to a point where I can put my cut and bulk weights on a 12 month calendar, and then just flat out make it happen. Took close to 50 years, but I finally have 100% control over my weight... regarding the fat anyway If I could make muscle grow at will, the way I can make fat disappear, I'd be about 300lbs@8% Supplements..... eh... I'm kind of middle of the road on them. I agree that whey protein can help make it easier to get your 1-2gms per lb of body weight, per day. But ya' know, I eat 10 jumbo egg whites every morning for breakfast.... some kind of protein tuna, chicken, whatever with lunch, and a 16-24oz serving of meat, (chicken, fish, pork, sometimes steak) every single day of the year. I use to eat more protein shakes, bars, etc, but I find it pretty easy to get my 200-220gm's of protein daily, without it. The only other "legal" supplement out of all of the hundreds or thousands of them, which their is hard core proof that it works, is creatine.... and wouldn't you freaking know it ? I'm the one guy out of how every many hundred, that cannot tolerate creatine Okay granted, if a person had money, and were getting up in there years, they could go see Dr. Jeffery Life Oh no ! He's not on steroids.... it's hormonal replacement therapy LOL Alright bro.... Peace, Fish

Personally speaking, trolling is likely the best way to "cheat myself" out of catching a big bass LOL Not saying it can't be effective, just saying > I SUCK at it As many X's as I've tried trolling a swim bait, I've never caught 1 DD bass doing it. Peace, Fish

That is pretty deep for a LMB. I caught Spotted Bass from 110 feet. Felt bad though, because they decompressed, and their air bladders blew out of their mouths (100% fatal). Granted, the Spots in this lake are overpopulated, and most are dinks. So I might have been helping the average size (to some tiny degree). But because many were not legal to keep, and I didn't want to waste them, I went back to shallower water.... and didn't do as well. This was in Jan. I believe, with like 48 degree surface temps. Peace, Fish

Yea', those Goblin Sharks are crazy. I never saw this vid before though. Thanks The mouth looked, and worked, so much like a Sturgeon mouth.... except with teeth LOL Trip, huh ? Peace, Fish

Tom, you are exactly right. This is just another reason that sportfishing will be gone in 20 or 30 more years (except maybe on private lands) even IF we (humans) haven't wiped ourselves out yet. Fish

NWB, that's interesting. Although I often mention that I don't use breading, and I don't "deep fry" anything, I do actually "shallow fry" just about everything, including chicken, pork, and occasionally, red meat. < This is to say, I cook most everything in a non-stick skillet, and go through a TON of olive oil spray I'm not gullible though, when those spray oils say zero cals... Yea' right ! Then you look at the serving size > 1/3 of 1 second ? WT ??? For me its more like 20 seconds (in multiple sprayings throughout the cooking process) and on the rare occasion that I actually count the cals, I do add in 200-300 cals, for my "zero cal" cooking spray Peace, Fish

Me either, but Tilapia are screaming good ! So are sunfish, if they are big enough to filet. Crappie can be good if they are really fresh, and cooked so they are not mushy. Fish PS, I meant to say earlier too, I used to be able to eat stuff like bass, catfish, and crappie, and as long as it was dripping in grease, and smothered in tarter sauce, the flavor of the actual fish didn't matter much. Now that I eat much more fish, and surround it with less garbage, the taste of the fish itself matters a lot more.

Early on, into my new healthy lifestyle, I learned that the enemy was not "saturated fats". Their are some saturated fats, such as those in your butter, or that in red meat, which "in moderation" are actually quite good for you. It should not be a question of saturated vs. non-saturated, but rather, man made (such as hydrogenated vegetable oils and trans fats vs. natural fats, both sat. and non) This is really long, but lots of good info: http://www.livestrong.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=31785 If you scroll way down, their is a bunch of info to compare different fats. Also, bass, tilpia, and most other fresh water fish are very low in fat, and therefor, contain practically ZERO Omega 3's. Look it up. Anyway, with all the canola oil soaked into that breading, I don't doubt it tasted great But IMPO the healthiest thing about that meal, was how small it was. Problem is, I'd starve to death on 2000-2500 a day I'm pretty lean to.... about 10%-11% bf at 210 lbs Oh, one more thing I learned early on > The BMI index is old, and outdated. A guy can be like super low body fat (say, 8%) but if he has some decent muscle mass, (or, as in my case, decent muscle mass + a very deep chest, and wide shoulders) it will say I'm over weight ! Yea 210@10%.... and I'm trying to become even more overweight.... 225@9% LOL Heck, I'd love to be "obese" (by the old BMI index) at like 260@8% ....but it won't ever happen, as I'm too old, and don't have steller genetics. In any case, you sound to be in not too bad of shape as it is. This info is more for people who are either 1) in lousy shape, and want to change it, or 2) who want to go crazy with it, and maybe start doing some amature BB'ing Oh BTW, what's moderation ??? Peace, Fish

This ^ looks like something I would have "used to eat" in my old life / messed up body. Now when I look at this, I see a bunch of grease, and processed carbs (bread) and major stomach problems. At least you use "real butter"..... not bad, if you can keep your portion size down to "tiny" I LOVE eating, which is why I love my new way of eating so much > as I can eat so much Back in the old days, I ate 6000-8000 cals per day, but it was so processed, condensed, and full of lard, that it actually made up less volume, than my 4000 cals per day, do now ! I'm not sure where your health situation is at, and you could very well "not be fat"...... The thing is though, their are probably just as many people who are "skinny / fat", as their are people who are just plain obese. In my daily life, I see about 40% of the population which is overweight, or obese, 40% who are skinny / fat, and 20% (or less) who are actually healthy and fit. To be 100% honest though, if I hadn't suffered as bad as I did for 20+ years, from Fibromyalgia and severe IBS, I'd probably be eating all the same garbage I used to + not exercising, and would have probably already had a heart attack or stroke. So maybe all of my pain and suffering was a blessing ? Just some food for thought Peace, Fish

I'm picky about the fish I eat, and don't care for bass. I ate a whole school of Tilapia's last night though This was my awesome, 2500 cal dinner Had to bump it up a little, as my weight has been trying to dip below 210..... and I'm shooting for 225 The baked beans are kind of a trial thing. Normally, the only carb dense thing I eat is my oatmeal... no bread, pasta, rice, or potatos. Peace, Fish

How deep was the fish caught? 8-10ft Did the lure contain rattles or have hinges? No Was the lure a natural color (brown, green) or was it an unnatural color (chartreuse, orange)? Natural Bluegill Pattern If possible, what moon phase was your PB caught during? First quarter Peace, Fish PS, ......but I agree with WRB. My answers would mean much, comparing them to bass in Florida.

Night crawlers in the Spring.... or take up Golf Fish