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I now live in Florida but grew up in eastern Washington and lived in Seattle from the late ‘90’s to mid 20’ teens. Here in Florida I am over 65 years old and can fish for free, in marine, estuarine and freshwater. We have no State income tax, gas is about $3.00/gal, property taxes aren’t near...

Steve, you are an incredible resource on this forum. Thanks!

The one I caught had green flesh that fried up white and was absolutely delicious!

I can’t find a photo of him fighting a big SRC on a beach. He was a good guy.

I was reflecting on recent excellent narratives folks published and the partners who shared it with them. My thoughts when back to military duty in Mississippi and a guy named Frank. We got together over fishing and stumbled through largemouth bass and bluegills. We turned to gravel pit carp...

This I right up there with “Here, hold my beer and watch me pick up this rattlesnake.”. Stupid is as stupid does.

Ah, bluegills! Fly fished for them with a Cajun named Russel Daigle in south Louisiana in the mid 70’s. Throwing popping bugs to “bedding” fish behind big cypress trees was a hoot. The tricky part was not disturbing the low hanging wasp nests! My Cajun buddy was a hoot, if we got into really...

Flashback to Rinrock Lake in the early to mid 60’s. Fishing May to early July was out of an anchored boat or off one of the pay-to-fish rafts at Chris’s Cove or Hart Creek (50 cents/day). Techniques was monofilaments maybe 6lb test, a needle float to set the depth, a red whitefish fly and live...

In comments like this, I ask the individual “Have you eaten any animal meat of any kind in the last week? If so, did you kill the animal or help someone kill it? Do you know who and where they kill it? Or did you get your meat from a store?I If you participated in the killing process you are...

Very sorry to hear this. I write this as I sit, waiting to be called by my hematologist at Mayo hospital. I have five genetic linked issues, nothing lethal providing I do my treatment and follow up. At age 77 I know the likelihood of bad news one of these days. It’s a cloud I live under that...

Your photos and posts are always interesting to me!

I was looking through the incredible photos of hunting experiences. What an array! I loved it, especially the photos of kids, their firearms, and game taken. It took me back to my youth in Yakima when I could walk through my middle class residential neighborhood with my 20 gauge shotgun, hunting...

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Duck hunting is one of the most, if not the most dangerous outdoor sports. I came within seconds of drowning at no fault of mine duck hunting a location I had hunting for years.If not for previous scuba safety training I would have. In addition to frequently deep water, the close to freezing...

An introduction to bonefish and permit is a hell of a lot of fun. I hit Belize some years back and what a blast! The fish are rockets, numbers unbelievable, and incidental catches of bigger ladyfish (poor man’s tarpon) and big jack Crevalles a good possi. There are also barracuda but these other...

Here’s another one: Two of my buddies and I are hunting a thawing small pond on a creek near Centralia. The ducks are going to be flying and they’re going to pour in. It’s very low overcast, about 35 degrees, calm. A buddy shot a duck and I have my Lab out, casting to retrieve the bird. I...

Thirty some years ago, I had just moved back to Wash st. I had a memory of someone saying the upper reach of the North Fork of the Tieton River above Clear Lake was great fishing for native cutthroats. Well, I saddled up my truck, put my fly stuff in the cab and headed out. I drove over White...

Congrats! I love people who ask what I do now. I tell them “every day is Saturday and every evening is Friday night. I manage it!”

Most excellent! That’s one country I wish I had visited. I would love to have spent six months exploring/sightseeing.

I’m getting leg cramps just looking at that terrain! I loved chukar hunting many years ago and I hope bird numbers are still high. Well done and good luck!