Hunting And Fishing Thread!?!

[chilerelleno]

Fresh Mahi, few things as tasty!

 

[ajbert]

Caught some of them years back off of Cabo San Lucas. Damn fine fish to eat. Congrats to you and the wife!

 

[in. pred]

Go ahead. Mess with my bacon!

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Caught a pair of otters on a trail-cam visiting our lake. Got one of them ... one more to go. This one was a bit smaller, 20 pounds.

All otters and beavers must die! So destructive.

Trapping Tally - Feb 1 through Today
11 raccoons
4 possums
0 skunks (yay!)
1 beaver
3 otters

Raccoons, possums and skunks are nest predators for ground nesting birds (turkey, quail). Studies show they eat about 60%-70% of all ground nest eggs.

I have 3 more weekends for trapping nest predators. I need 11 more critters to tie the my record and 12 more to beat it.

uuuummmm uumm smoked otter sausages!

 

[ajbert]

I've been out 5 times this year on the boat thus far. Yes, ice off up this high is kinda of later than most places. Anyways, the first time out in Apr I had my buddy with me. Skunked. I accused him of being a jinx. Next two times I was by myself. Filled my limit both times. Convinced my wife to go out with me the forth time with our dog. Skunked. The last time I went out by myself and caught my limit. Accused my wife and dog as being jinxes.

Then I thought about it. Maybe my wife OR the dog is the jinx. Trying to convince my wife to go out again without the dog. She won't do it. Guess the next time I go out I'll bring the dog. He'll be happy to go. I just hope he is not the jinx.

Oh, fishing for trout, and any pike I catch the dog gets them for breakfast. Sorry, no pics, but the trout have been 12-17 inches. Perfect eating size and pink to red meat.

 

[clifish]

This is what I caught yesterday off Orient point, NY yesterday. The one I am holding was at least 30Lbs and had to be returned to the water. Current NYS regs are keepers from 28" - 31" all below or over need to be returned. normanaj what are the regs up by you this year?

 

[chopsaw]

Nice catch !

 

[normanaj]

normanaj what are the regs up by you this year?

Same. To be honest I don't keep stripers as I really don't find to be all that great.

The bluefish have been all but non-existent so nothing on the smoker as of yet. Hoping the Fall run action is better.

There was a big poaching bust in Westport a few weeks back. Scup and Black Sea Bass.

 

[clifish]

Same. To be honest I don't keep stripers as I really don't find to be all that great.

The bluefish have been all but non-existent so nothing on the smoker as of yet. Hoping the Fall run action is better.

There was a big poaching bust in Westport a few weeks back. Scup and Black Sea Bass.

The boat was very diligent about proper sizing of everything we caught. We boated one decent size blue for the day.

 

[Winterrider]

Very nice score . . .

 

[JLinza]

Awesome

 

[yankee2bbq]

Nice haul! And remember…….rules are meant to be broken.

 

[912smoker]

Very nice Cliff and sounds like a fun day and a full freezer!

Keith

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Nice fish, Cliff!!

Current NYS regs are keepers from 28" - 31" all below or over need to be returned.

That's a tight slot. What's the creel?

 

[JLinza]

Nice haul! And remember…….rules are meant to be broken.

I still don't know how CDW knew I had 2 fish, over my limit in my back pocket... I mean... my shirt was covering them fine lol

 

[clifish]

Nice fish, Cliff!!

That's a tight slot. What's the creel?

creel?

 

[chopsaw]

creel?

I'm thinking he means limit per day .

 

[Gonna Smoke]

creel?

How many can you keep per day?

 

[clifish]

How many can you keep per day?

only 1

 

[Gonna Smoke]

only 1

Here in SC, our striper regs are all over the place...

Water Body	Fish	Size Limit	Possession Limit per person per day
Statewide except the Savannah River	White Bass	Any length	10
Statewide except the water bodies list below:	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Any length	10
Ashepoo River; Ashley River; Back River in Jasper County and the Back River in Berkeley County; Black River; Black Mingo Creek; Bull Creek and Little Bull Creek; Combahee River; Cooper River system (see map, Temperate Bass Identification); Coosawhatchie River; Cuckholds Creek; Edisto River; Horseshoe Creek; Intracoastal Waterway (Horry County); Lumber River; Lynches River; Great Pee Dee and Little Pee Dee Rivers; Pocotaligo in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton Counties; Salkehatchie and Little Salkehatchie Rivers; Sampit River; Tulifinny River; Thoroughfare Creek; and Waccamaw River	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Oct. 1 - June 15: 26 inches min	3
June 16 - Sept. 30 closed
Santee River system (see map below); includes Saluda River (Lower Reach)	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Oct. 1 - June 15 striped bass between 23 and 25 inches may be harvested except that one fish may be greater than 26 inches	3
June 16 - Sept. 30 closed except for Lower Reach Saluda River where catch and release is allowed but when fishing with live or dead fish or bait fish parts hook gap (point to shank) must not exceed 3/8 of an inch except all sizes of inline, non-offset, non-stainless steel circle hooks are allowed.
Lake Murray	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Oct. 1 - May 31: 21 inches min	5
June 1 - Sept. 30: any length	Unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess more than 5
Saluda River (Middle Reach) All waters of Saluda River from backwaters of Lake Murray at SC Hwy 395 upstream to Lake Greenwood Dam	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Oct. 1 - May 31: 21 inches	5
June 1 - Sept. 30: any length	Unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess more than 5
Lake Russell	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 1 fish larger than 34 inches	2
Lake Hartwell Tailwater	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 1 fish over 34 inches	2
Savannah River (Lower) All waters of Savannah River from its confluence with the Atlantic Ocean upstream to the Lake J. Strom Thurmond Dam	Striped, Hybrid or White Bass or a combination	27 inches min	2
Lake Hartwell & Lake Thurmond	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 3 fish over 26 inches	10

People really need to know what the regs are for the body of water they are fishing...

 

[clifish]

Here in SC, our striper regs are all over the place...

Water Body	Fish	Size Limit	Possession Limit per person per day
Statewide except the Savannah River	White Bass	Any length	10
Statewide except the water bodies list below:	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Any length	10
Ashepoo River; Ashley River; Back River in Jasper County and the Back River in Berkeley County; Black River; Black Mingo Creek; Bull Creek and Little Bull Creek; Combahee River; Cooper River system (see map, Temperate Bass Identification); Coosawhatchie River; Cuckholds Creek; Edisto River; Horseshoe Creek; Intracoastal Waterway (Horry County); Lumber River; Lynches River; Great Pee Dee and Little Pee Dee Rivers; Pocotaligo in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton Counties; Salkehatchie and Little Salkehatchie Rivers; Sampit River; Tulifinny River; Thoroughfare Creek; and Waccamaw River	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Oct. 1 - June 15: 26 inches min	3
June 16 - Sept. 30 closed
Santee River system (see map below); includes Saluda River (Lower Reach)	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Oct. 1 - June 15 striped bass between 23 and 25 inches may be harvested except that one fish may be greater than 26 inches	3
June 16 - Sept. 30 closed except for Lower Reach Saluda River where catch and release is allowed but when fishing with live or dead fish or bait fish parts hook gap (point to shank) must not exceed 3/8 of an inch except all sizes of inline, non-offset, non-stainless steel circle hooks are allowed.
Lake Murray	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Oct. 1 - May 31: 21 inches min	5
June 1 - Sept. 30: any length	Unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess more than 5
Saluda River (Middle Reach) All waters of Saluda River from backwaters of Lake Murray at SC Hwy 395 upstream to Lake Greenwood Dam	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Oct. 1 - May 31: 21 inches	5
June 1 - Sept. 30: any length	Unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess more than 5
Lake Russell	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 1 fish larger than 34 inches	2
Lake Hartwell Tailwater	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 1 fish over 34 inches	2
Savannah River (Lower) All waters of Savannah River from its confluence with the Atlantic Ocean upstream to the Lake J. Strom Thurmond Dam	Striped, Hybrid or White Bass or a combination	27 inches min	2
Lake Hartwell & Lake Thurmond	Striped or Hybrid Bass or a combination	Only 3 fish over 26 inches	10

People really need to know what the regs are for the body of water they are fishing...

We don't have the hybrids up hear that i know of, all of them are pure saltwater.