2012 year end fishing review
12-15-2012, 02:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-15-2012 03:50 PM by MuskieBait.)
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2012 year end fishing review
Various sites has started their year end posts...so let's start one here.
Year 2012 is THE BEST year in terms of advancing my fishing Life List. To date, I had added 71 new species this year, increasing my species number from 206 to 277. There are three species I’ve decided to withheld – White Crappie (only caught a hybrid), Redear Sunfish (juvenile to difficult to confirm 100%) and Sea Lamprey (hitchhiker). As memorable as the species hunt has been, it was really the people I’ve met this year that opened a new chapter (and new opportunities) for me. Early January, I took my Italian friend Andrea for his second icefishing adventure. We fished a new lake and I caught my biggest Northern Pike caught through the ice. Andrea caught a bunch of ice pike too. Then I met a new friend, Evan, who shared a few spring trips with me. We fished a spot that I had known for year but in the spring for the first time…and we caught some nice steelhead… …plus I caught my first Silver Redhorse. Silvers are quite common, but strangely I have not caught them until this year. Once I caught my first one, I’ve been catching them everywhere! I met a new friend in London, ON. Dennis simply loves to fish and doesn’t care what he catches. He loves catching redhorse sucker species and showed me a favourite spot of his. I found a mess of Golden Redhorse, Silver Redhorse and Shortnose Redhorse. I also saw some carpsucker…and I’ll definitely spend some time fishing there this spring to figure out these carpsuckers! Roughfish Eli and I had been chatting for a while online and he invited me to fish Ottawa. Eli was quite the guide and he put me onto my first Greater Redhorse, a fish I’ve chase unsuccessfully for the last few years. We also found a mess of Shorthead Redhorse on one of Eli’s favourite spot. Then I met Richard and his son Tristan. They bought a lot of lures that I was selling, we chatted, and soon we were planning to fish together. Something just clicked. I enjoy helping people explore new areas, new techniques and new species. This day, we were lucky the carp wanted to cooperate, and I put Tristan on his first Common Carp. I met Pat this year on Roughfish and we’ve chatted about snakehead fishing. I’ve tried to target Cobra Snakehead in Florida in 2010, but failed way short of even getting a hit. Pat has a knack for catching Northern Snakehead, and he invited me to visit Virginia to catch them. When my plans fell into place extremely nicely, Pat’s guidance ensured success on my first photographed Northern Snakehead! This is one of the most memorable moments this year for me. Back in May, I met Michael for the first time while waiting for the ferry to the Islands. Little did I know this would change my angling adventure for the rest of the year. Michael was keen on learning and catching new species…and he seemed trustworthy enough. I wanted to help him catch a bowfin, and I was very pleased that the three bowfin we found that day were extremely willing to play. I trusted Michael enough to invite him to my special muskie waters, hoping to get Michael and Kazu, my friend from BC, on their first muskies. Unfortunately, both came extremely close to their first muskies but not close enough. I caught my second muskie of my life, but Michael and Kazu caught some nice largemouths. It was just great to fish with Kazu, my Fishing Sensei, again. Then came late July…a long awaited and prepared ahead. This is my most productive species hunting trip to date. I caught 43 new species and recaptured another 9 species. It was pretty sick! Every species was special…but some more than others. I chatted with my friend Eric just a few days before I left on the trip. He has an extremely scarily good spot for Bat Ray…and he guided me to some monsterous Bat Rays! I work hard to catch target fish, but sometimes surprises come along. These two have got to be my most unexpected, but most memorable surprises on the trip – Rainbow Seaperch and Onespot Fringehead Catalina Island has got to the spot that was most fun for me to fish this year. The water was so clear, and the fish was so cooperative, it was just a pick and choose kind of fishing! This has got to be my most satisfied catch on my California trip. It worked hard for it and the reward was just amazing! Again, it was the people that made the trip. I fished with Elijah from SCSF. I’ve been chatting with Eli for several year and we’ve gained mutual trust and respect for each other. I somewhat consider him as my brother from another mother. Finally, I had the opportunity to meet with him in person. It was probably my favourite day of fishing of 2012. On top of that, I was there that day when Elijah caught his first California Kingcroaker, Michael caught his first Barred Surfperch, and ALL THREE OF US checked off the elusive Eastern Pacific Bonefish! And then there’s Thomas…what can I say…those Hawaiians know how to share that aloha, even off the Islands. Thomas not only hooked us up with two boat trips, but offered us a place to stay and feed us really well with gourmet foods…including really damn fresh Yellowtail!!! Again, I can’t thank him enough…and I can’t thank his boat owner friends enough for taking us out. Fall came…and Eli invited us to fish one of his productive spots for Lake Sturgeon. I can’t thank Eli enough to put Michael and I on our first Lake Sturgeon…a fish that had been dreamt about by both of us for a very long time. I promise to put Eli on his first Golden Redhorse, Northern Hogsucker and Grass Pickerel next spring. Really, I’m still speechless… There really wasn’t much time for me to fish this fall, but my last species caught opened a new chapter in my angling journey. I had full adopted micro fishing and I’m really looking forward to the new micro species adventure to be taken in the near future! There are so many memorable fishing moments this year to share them all…but the people I met really made my year. All the friends I've made this year are people that I will no doubt become good friends for years to come. And my favourite quote this year was… “Massive headshakes!” (while fishing for shiners with float rods and reels) New species caught this year...in chronological order... 1) Striped Shiner 2) Silver Redhorse 3) Emerald Shiner 4) Hornyhead Chub 5) Northern Longear Sunfish 6) Greater Redhorse 7) Logperch 8) Grass Pickerel 9) Spottail Shiner 10) Golden Shiner 11) Spot Croaker 12) Summer Flounder 13) Atlantic Croaker 14) Atlantic Silverside 15) Striped Killifish 16) Mummichog 17) Redbreast Sunfish 18) Swallowtail Shiner 19) Satinfin Shiner 20) Tassellated Darter 21) Northern Snakehead 22) Blue Catfish 23) Yellow Bullhead 24) Banded Killifish 25) Eastern Mosquitofish 26) Calico Rockfish 27) Vermillion Rockfish 28) Copper Rockfish 29) Gopher Rockfish 30) Rosy Rockfish 31) Kelp Rockfish 32) Rainbow Seaperch 33) Black Rockfish 34) Olive Rockfish 35) Woolly Sculpin 36) Monkeyface Prickleback 37) Eagle Bat Ray 38) China Rockfish 39) Canary Rockfish 40) Lingcod 41) Speckled Sanddab 42) Onespot Fringehead 43) White Surfperch 44) Blacksmith 45) Pacific Jack Mackerel 46) California Sheephead 47) Treefish 48) Opaleye 49) Senorita 50) Halfmoon 51) Garibaldi 52) Topsmelt Silverside 53) Rock Wrasse 54) Shovelnose Guitarfish 55) Leopard Shark 56) California Kingcroaker 57) Yellowfin Croaker 58) Walleye Surfperch 59) Halfbanded Rockfish 60) California Lizardfish 61) Greenspotted Rockfish 62) Greenblotched Rockfish 63) Freckled Rockfsih 64) Yellowtail Rockfish 65) Thornback Guitarfish 66) Haller's Round Ray 67) Eastern Pacific Bonefish 68) Spotfin Shiner 69) Lake Sturgeon 70) Western Blacknose Dace 71) Rainbow Darter Other fish I've caught this year... 1) Rainbow Trout 2) Brown Trout 3) Brook Trout 4) Chinook Salmon 5) Atlantic Salmon (smolt) 6) Largemouth Bass 7) Smallmouth Bass 8) Pumpkinseed 9) Bluegill 10) Green Sunfish 11) Rockbass 12) Black Crappie 13) Northern Pike 14) Muskellunge 15) Yellow Perch 16) Walleye 17) Freshwater Drum 18) Channel Catfish 19) Brown Bullhead 20) Black Bullhead 21) Creek Chub 22) Common Shiner 23) Silver Shiner 24) Common Carp 25) Goldfish 26) Mooneye 27) Shorthead Redhorse 28) Golden Redhorse 29) Bowfin 30) Round Goby 31) Shiner Perch 32) Barred Surfperch 33) Spotted Sand Bass 34) Barred Sand Bass 35) Kelp Bass 36) Pacific Staghorn Sculpin 37) White Croaker 38) Pacific Sanddab 39) California Scorpionfish 40) Red Drum 41) Striped Bass 42) Bluefish That makes 113 species caught in 2012...that's insane even by my standards! Malama o ke kai Caution - Objects in picture are smaller than they appear. I am genetically predisposed to make fish look bigger. Life List: 577 species and counting (2016: 91 new species) http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/...-list.html |
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12-15-2012, 04:30 PM
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RE: 2012 year end fishing review
Just awesome. And now I know what you and Michael were talking about when you were saying "massive headshakes" while we were fishing for the Blacknose Dace's .
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12-16-2012, 08:38 AM
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RE: 2012 year end fishing review
2012
I’m pleased with my fishing experiences this year. Can’t recall catching any new species, but did catch a bunch of those we’ve seen before in many sizes, locations, and using various methods. Not working this summer combined with the amazing weather gave us endless opportunity to get on the water – which we did - all across Ontario. Good weather, great company, tasty picnics, and wonderful scenery……….. What else does one need… All in all………. I think we only kept fish twice, all others were released. Looking forward to next year! Cheers, OldTimer <>< I once gave up fishing. It was the most terrifying weekend of my life. ><> See you on the river. |
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12-16-2012, 01:53 PM
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RE: 2012 year end fishing review
Incredible pictures, what a year, you caught more fish than I have ever heard of. Pictures for me next year.
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