fishing?

[ucatchtrout]

Anyone here like to fish?

I usually have a pole in the trunk of my car and some tackle, just in case I decide to kill some time down by the river.

I like fish and I like catching fish, but sometimes I don't really give a damn.....I just enjoy hanging out, outside, next to a lake or river.

I've had a pretty good year, caught a dozen or so trout, a couple of steelhead....although I had to throw them both back because they were natives....two spring chinook, and four summer shinook. Been trying to get a coho, but no luck so far.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

Nope. I'd love to and if I lived in Oregon I probably would. Used to fish as a kid there.

But its all about the Rainbow Trout Farm on the way to Mount Hood.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

Ever go fishing high?

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Ever go fishing high?

That goes hand-in-hand with fishing.

 

[Minstrel]

That goes hand-in-hand with fishing.

You pretty much have to be high on alcohol, pot or acid to make sitting in a boat silently for hours fun.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Exactly.

 

[BlayZa]

man, where i live you kinda have too..

City of Sails

 

[ucatchtrout]

You pretty much have to be high on alcohol, pot or acid to make sitting in a boat silently for hours fun.

you aren't married are you?

 

[Minstrel]

you aren't married are you?

Nope. But I am engaged.

 

[ucatchtrout]

sorry, doesn't count.

 

[Minstrel]

sorry, doesn't count.

I know, yo. That's why I said "Nope."

Out of curiosity, how does being married relate to my comment?

 

[ucatchtrout]

get married.

wait ten years.

you will know the answer.

 

[Jack RamsaysPants]

I love fishing, and like ucatch typically have my gear in the truck. Fishing is 95% clearing your mind of the clutter of life and 5% actually fishing. Personally I'm all about river fishing for Trout there's a strange science to it. Learning how to read currents and surrounding terrain, color and clarity of the water, ambient or direct light water them etc..etc...

Then there's the guys who like to sit in a boat and watch a pole.

And yes being married can play into it.

 

[Petey]

Nope. But I am engaged.

That is awesome, I didn't know. Congrats Minstrel.

-Petey

 

[Minstrel]

That is awesome, I didn't know. Congrats Minstrel.

Thanks Petey.

 

[ucatchtrout]

Fishing is 95% clearing your mind of the clutter of life and 5% actually fishing.

exactly.

its not about the destination.... its the journey.


btw.... i typically fish off the bank. but when we use my buddies boat we always troll, cover more water that way, and catch more fish than the guys just sitting there.

 

[maxiep]

man, where i live you kinda have too..

City of Sails

You live in Auckland? Great town, although I spent more time in Wellington.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Whoa, what the fuck? I clicked edit, instead of quote on Minstrel's post, and it like... I dunno.

Anyway, congrats Minstrel.

 

[Minstrel]

Anyway, congrats Minstrel.

Thanks!

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I love fishing, and like ucatch typically have my gear in the truck. Fishing is 95% clearing your mind of the clutter of life and 5% actually fishing. Personally I'm all about river fishing for Trout there's a strange science to it. Learning how to read currents and surrounding terrain, color and clarity of the water, ambient or direct light water them etc..etc...

Then there's the guys who like to sit in a boat and watch a pole.

And yes being married can play into it.

I'm with you. I am/was an early morning fishman who works the streams. Always had my gear in the car. My favorite is to hike to a mountain lake and fish the streams and lakes where no one else is around.

It's more about being out there, take life a little slower and enjoy god's country.

Lately I don't go fishing around Ptd so much. I always seem to catch small ones in the Clackamas river . . and ever since I've been fishing in Lake Tahoe area where I get trophy size trout here and there (and event the smaller ones are bigger than what I get here) I stop fishing locally. (I get my fishing fix by fishing seven staight days in Tahoe).

I really want to learn how to steelhead fish, but I haven't found the time. It sounds like a blast.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

speaking of steelhead, how do you prepare it? i've tried some steelhead recipies, one pan fried, one baked...one with creamed leeks....the flavor is really overpowering. it was from costco though.

 

[ucatchtrout]

speaking of steelhead, how do you prepare it? i've tried some steelhead recipies, one pan fried, one baked...one with creamed leeks....the flavor is really overpowering. it was from costco though.

Anything you would do with salmon would work with steelhead.

Normally I grill mine.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

Anything you would do with salmon would work with steelhead.

Normally I grill mine.

the problem is, that is what i did with salmon. steelhead is more of a trout, no? The flavors are much stronger than salmon, which is already a strongly flavored fish.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

oh yeah, what I did is bought some Tom Douglas "salmon rub". It tastes great on salmon but on the steelhead wasn't that great.

 

[ucatchtrout]

the problem is, that is what i did with salmon. steelhead is more of a trout, no? The flavors are much stronger than salmon, which is already a strongly flavored fish.

try grilling it with lemon butter and lemon pepper. thats about all it needs. steelhead is an oceangoing trout, but really more similar to salmon in behavior and in overall flavor. look at the meat, orangey pink like a salmon, only a little smaller.

 

[AgentDrazenPetrovic]

the flavor is too heavy. i guess lemon would be a good option to cut through that.

I thought it didn't really taste much like salmon.

 

[ucatchtrout]

what these fish eat makes a big difference in how they taste.

so it will vary. steelhead fillets are thinner too. put one skin side down on a charcoal grill and it doesn't take long to cook. because its so thin it takes on a nice smokey flavor..... put a little lemon pepper and butter and lemon juice on it and you will like it.

 

[Jack RamsaysPants]

Fill the cavity with fresh Tarragon and sliced peaches, salt and pepper wrap in foil and on the grill on medium till it flakes.

 

[ucatchtrout]

damn that sounds good. i'm going to estacada tomorrow and plan on trying my luck in the clackamas. if i get one i'm gonna try that.