Fishing while Serving...

[Oregon Native]

Just had a thought and maybe it's already been asked but how many of you got to fish while serving in our armed forces.  I was stationed in Adak, Alaska and fished the ocean and very small streams for dolly's.  Was cool you could see these fish in the bays too and you would cast to the cruising fish.  The creeks were more like ditches and you could jump over them in most places.  The fish hid underneath the undercut banks....had to be very stealthy.  

Also while going to school for radioman in San Diego I fished a lot of piers for just about everything that swam in the bays and ocean...was pretty cool.  Ray's were my favorite...especially at night.

Tight Lines.....Thanks for Serving

[Deleted account]

Count me in. Caught all sorts of things from the decks of 2 Spruance class destroyers, as well as the many places they took us. I make it a point to take Veterans fishing, or giving them good advise whenever I can. Many of us are huge fans of the outdoors.

[Oregon Native]

5 minutes ago, reason said:

Count me in. Caught all sorts of things from the decks of 2 Spruance class destroyers, as well as the many places they took us. I make it a point to take Veterans fishing, or giving them good advise whenever I can. Many of us are huge fans of the outdoors.

Used to have a eagle claw pack rod with a mitchel 300.  This rod has been all over the states.  Remember hooking a couple halibut off of a DE around Canada.  First one could not lift off the bottom so had to break the line....second one took forever to get in.  Was only about 15 pounds but I had ever inch of line off the reel to get to the bottom!!!  So took a long time bringing up.  Fished a couple Vet tourneys back in Oregon....was awesome.

[IgotWood]

Yeah man! I fished in Japan a bit for the couple years I was out there. Mostly for squid and flounder. Lots of fun. Fished in Dubai a couple times during port visits. And now I am fishing all over Virginia while serving here.

[lo n slo]

i was a Marine Corps tanker stationed at Camp Lejeune. every fall they’d send us up to Fort Pickett, Va for a month to play around on miles and miles of tank trails in the woods and foot hills. awesome duty. we found some nice ponds and did some weekend fishing and camping under the stars.