Johnsfolly

When this rainbow was caught I felt that triploids should not be considered in the same categories as the diploid fish in terms of species records. many of you know that I love to fish trout wherever they are. I fish lots of different environments for mainly stocked trout and others for streambred and wild trout. I would love to catch one of those broodstock bruisers. I just have a hard time considering it as a state record.

Love catching spawning colored up male shiners. Here is a common shiner from VA that I caught last weekend.

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/buckhannon-teen-sets-west-virginia-record-with-golden-rainbow-trout-catch/article_53481c31-9578-441f-ad72-052f79a4b493.html This was a great catch on the gear that he was using. The issue that I have with this is that the fish was likely a released broodstock fish. If they wanted, the fisheries folks could release an even larger one for next year's Golden trout events. To me that diminishes the "record". Like I said at first this was a great catch.

I thought of @Quillback when I saw this!

My Wife actually sent me this meme😉

Next I want to see them train dogs to run bulldozers😆

Lived in FL for six years. We would regularly smirk at folks swimming in Dec/Jan. We didn't go in the ocean until it got to 80 deg which was about June. If you think about it kids will always swim even in cold water. Our kids would often some out after their lips were blue and they couldn't stop shivering🙄.

Lots of variety in those warmouth. Pretty cool to see them all.

Nice fat one Pete!

I got skunked on a pike trip in NJ on the 7th due to very snow melt and flooded waters. I have already missed two spawning runs for Silvery minnows and yellow perch. So it must be spring😉. It is starting to feel like spring here in MD. Just in case they move up the rivers early this year, I will have to try for shad pretty soon. @BilletHead and @Mrs. BilletHead will likely be finding morels pretty soon once they get off the river catching whites. The vernal equinox reminds me when my wife and daughter visited the chamber tomb in Newgrange just south of Dublin. They do an equinox simulation to show how the light would enter the tomb on this day. That was pretty cool. Has anyone ever tried to stand eggs on end during the equinox? We set up probably half a dozen one year back in Columbia. After reading this article maybe one can't do that anymore. Earth’s rotation is changing at a speed not seen in 3.6 million years I hope that all you OAF guys and girls have a great day regardless. Go catch some fish! (post photos if you do😉)

Nice Smallie Jeff and agree that the first one is possibly a mean mouth! I'm hoping to catch a CA halibut or spotted sand bass on a ned rig next week😉. I'll post photos (for @snagged in outlet 3) if I do😁

Nice bass Pete!

Congrats! Looks like they are full of eggs, shad or both!😉