Your Best Fishing Stories

[tattuna]

I spend over 100 days outta the year on the water. Too many stories. I think all my favorite are from Baja though. You never know what you're gonna catch. I love getting off road to a pristine, desolate beach, and paddling out in my kayak to see what I'll find. Here's some pics of past adventures.....
















Can't wait to get the yak down to Baja on the new FJ!!!

[Fly Jester]

To me there is not much better than a great day flyfishing in Utah's backcountry(Uinta National Forest). I love hitting the small isolated streams that take you away from everyone and everything. You have to hike and break brush to get to these spots, the only trails leading to these waters are game trails. After busting through the Sagebrush and Willows to reach the water you are rewarded with the pristine, cold, gin clear waters of the High Uintas. The streams are shallow, sans the areas with beaver ponds, and you can usually cross them in 2-3 steps. The fish have never seen the fly you toss in front of their face, yet they don't care, they are hungry and they need to eat. You don't have to cast more than 2-3 times to get a curious fish to take a hit at your fly, and the fish are not the biggest or put up a line-peeling fight, but their beauty rivals anything else in nature. Then when you have one of these gems in your hands, you admire the work that Mother Nature has done. You then release it, watching it blend back in with the rocks and the waters flowing around it. You then dry your fly off a little, and after a couple casts it happens again, and again, and again. At the end of the day, as you hike back to your FJ, you engrave every little bit of the day into you mind so you can savor it until the next time you can wet a line. Then you make a pact with yourself to share this experience with one other person and no more, and they have to promise not to reveal where this sanctuary to get away is located or they will be punished by the fishing gods with getting "skunked" everytime they go there.

[homedad]

Reasons Why Boats Are Better Than Women

Boats only need their fluids changed every year.
Boats curves never sag.
Boats last longer.
Boats don't get pregnant.
You can ride a Boat any time of the month.
Boats don't have parents.
Boats don't whine unless something is really wrong.
You can share your Boat with your friends.
If your Boat makes too much noise, you can buy a muffler.
You only need to get a new belt for your Boat when the old one is really worn.
If your Boat smokes, you can do something about it.
Boats don't care about how many other Boats you have ridden.
When riding, you and your Boat both arrive at the same time.
Boats don't care about how many other Boats you have.
Boats don't mind if you look at other Boats, or if you buy Boating magazines.
If your Boat is misaligned, you don't have to discuss politics to correct it.
You can have a beer while riding your Boat.
You don't have to be jealous of the guy that works on your Boat.
You don't have to deal with priests or blood-tests to register your Boat.
You don't have to convince your Boat that you're a Boater and that you think that all Boats are equals.
If you say bad things to your Boat, you don't have to apologise before you can ride it again.
You can ride a Boat as long as you want and it won't get sore.
Your parents don't remain in touch with your old Boat after you dump it.
Boats always feel like going for a ride.
Boats don't insult you if you are a bad boater.
Boats don't care if you are late.
You don't have to take a shower before riding your Boat.
It's always ok to use tie downs on your Boats.
If your Boat doesn't look good, you can paint it or get better parts.
You can't get diseases from a Boat you don't know very well.

And my personal favorite...... Boats don't mind if you ride them hard all day while drinking beer wirh your buddies, and then fall asleep on top of them.........boats understand their place in life

[ballkillerxxx]

well being in Hawaii I have many but heres a good one fishing about 25 miles off shore around a bout one day catching tunas around 80 pounds average and a big marlin comes up right behind the boat and starts following us so I quick did a live bait rig on a 20 pound shibi and checked him in the water and he smashed it 2 hours and 852 pounds later he was mine! what a mean fish I love fishing here .

[mikey]

Not so much a story but the best fishing of my life.

Fishing for Sturgeon on the Fraser River in British Columbia. Nothing comapres to hooking and fighting these monsters! You need a solid nights sleep and your Wheaties to fish for them!

More information here: Sturgeon Fishing in British Columbia