Hello

"So much for tow vehicles. Please rename as Fishing Tales."

I used my F550 to tow the boat the last time I went dipnetting. I used the F250 several times this year to tow the boat to the lake for fishing and sightseeing.

I didn't tow anything with the Jeep Wrangler, but have towed a 4-place sno-go trailer with the Toyota Sequoia.

ford truck guy wrote:
Chris -

I'm sorry for your loss... Glad your keeping your mind occupied.....

We took a couple rides this Summer.

bucky wrote:
So much for tow vehicles. Please rename as Fishing Tales.

Try to keep up....

Chris -

I'm sorry for your loss... Glad your keeping your mind occupied.....

bucky wrote:
So much for tow vehicles. Please rename as Fishing Tales.

Hey bucky, I could change, or add to my title, but fishing tales will just lead to more of same. :) At least a pic of pretty lady fisherperson!

My thread is just a BS thread, to motivate some forum activity. Post whatever subject you would like, pics make it more interesting. Feel free to post a pic of your TV, a SxS, MC, snowmobile, or GF, as long as Marty permits.


Not a TV, just taking a friend for a ride.

Jerry

So much for tow vehicles. Please rename as Fishing Tales.

It is often interesting to dipnet up here (Alaska) for salmon....not really sport fishing, more of a meat haul, but one always runs the chance of missing the run during the 1-3 day opener.

Anyway...when you bring in a limit of 30-60 fish (not many silvers, but reds and some kings), it is interesting to see just what tribulations the salmon can survive and still make it upstream: lots of faint striations? That one got out of a net; just flat missing a chunk? Bear or seal escape artist. Odd notch or missing small fin? Hatchery fish that got confused. Deep regular gouges; again, bear, seal, possibly Beluga escape artist. (infrequently on the dipnet areas): Salmon with a hook embedded in it's back or even in the underside? Got out of a snagging situation.

Again, salmon are tough: surviving those situations and retaining enough strength and drive to make it several days upriver from the saltwater.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
These fish are brought in quickly and many times the single barbless hook falls out. The fish are struggling and still very alive but for whatever reason some simply don't just swim off. I have heard this from many others.

I have no idea ,no experience like that with salmon why that would happen .They are a pretty hardy fish, they have to be to be able to make their spawning run .The few silver salmon I have caught in the ocean were kept ,but that was over 30 years ago. The salmon I have caught in Alaska have been on a river, and released with out problems .

I see trout that sometimes doesn't take much to get them on their side ,especially in the warm weather in the summer , but usually working them a little before letting them go, they will swim off pretty well. .

These fish are brought in quickly and many times the single barbless hook falls out. The fish are struggling and still very alive but for whatever reason some simply don't just swim off. I have heard this from many others.

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