Sunday, October 18, 2009

Cheaper than Peanut Oil, we'll see about the taste


I've been looking for a cheaper alternative to Peanut Oil for my turkey fryer, and found this at Sam's Club for $17 and change, about half the price for a similar amount of Peanut Oil, my usual frying oil. It's Soy Oil, and claims a burn point of 450 degrees, just like Peanut Oil. I'm switching out oil today and as soon as I get the chance to fry up something I'll let yo know how it works out.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Fantastic Fotography

Hey y'all,

AquaMojo is prepping a new set of shots for a major fish food company and has shared some of the preliminary work. It's a series of Lake Malawi cichlid photos and as his stuff usually is, they're gorgeous!

Check 'em out!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Dunkard Creek fish kill

There are reports of a massive killing of aquatic animals in Dunkard Creek, Greene County. Fish, salamanders, mussels...all being found. This is a really bad situation.

From the Pittsburgh Channel
From Hunting PA

update 10.4: Could the problem have been the introduction of a non-native algae?

Sunday, September 6, 2009

What ate that Carp?


Otter? Raccoon? Maniac mutant squirrels? Whatever it was, that was a nice-sized carp. That's my minnow bucket above it for scale. It's intact head is to the left, and to the right you can see it's anal fin and how it's tail curves upward just behind that. The view of the skull is from beneath 'cause it's a little twisted.

Monday, August 31, 2009

little girl catches Carp by hand!

I did this once at a rock dam on Pine creek. I saw the Carp's tail sticking out of a hole so I grabbed it. 'Course, if that Carp was proportionate in size to me that this one is to the little girl, it would've weighed about 165 pounds!


Sunday, August 30, 2009

I caught a Wiper!

It was a beautiful couple of hours yesterday, the fish were very cooperative and I met a cool fishin' buddy who just moved here from Florida.

PLUS, I fish the Ohio River for Hybrid Striped Bass normally, and get some monsters out of there. I know people have had a love hate relationship with them in Lake Arthur for years. Me, I'd never caught one there for some reason.

Saturday changed all that. Finally, I caught my first, rod-bending, reel-screaming, baitfish bustin' Hybrid Striped Bass in Lake Arthur!!


Awesome eh? :D

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The Serious Fisherman

Ken Abrames has done great things for salt water Striper fishing, things that obviously can be extrapolated to apply in various situations. In fact, one of his flies has become one of my go-to flies when I'm chasing our inland Hybrid Striped Bass.

I just read the current article on his site and here's a portion:

Serious fishermen seldom try to draw attention to themselves, as a rule they are clandestine and avoid large groups of spectators. They often come out only at night and cannot be identified by the bumper stickers on their vehicles or by the display of rods and reels attached to the front or top or back of their off road 4X4 super duper fishing trucks because they don't often own one. They mostly walk by themselves or with one or sometimes two other serious fishermen that they have known for twenty years or more. They are not actually stand-offish but they are truly going fishing when they appear on a beach and so they are not likely to join in a group of spectators who are there primarily for the companionship of staying out all night with brother 4X4 beach riders.

They seldom listen to the radio or watch television when they fish and are more prone to fish than to socialize. They never sit in lawn chairs and their equipment is often old-fashioned which now-a-days means two years old or more. When observing Human Being behavior on a beach it is easy to overlook their movements but for the careful observer the patterns of their behavior and the results they achieve while fishing can identify them as aberrations to the norm. Overlooking the obviousness of their fishing results and speculating about the next blitz will comfort those who prefer the companionship of the herd to the adventure of discovery.


Read the rest here. It's good! In addition to a description of the wily Serious Fisherman, Ken offers some tips to get you one step closer to being that guy.