Pretty dadgummed cool Dave! Nice catch!

Did you eat any of them???

Thanks for sharing the moments with us.

Tight lines,

Salty Dan
Orange Texas

Dan,
These fish are all natives and must be released.  Hatchery raised fish will have the adipose fin clipped off which means we can keep them.  This river has no clipped fish, which really keeps the crowds to a minimum.  They are a great fish to eat and we do keep fish from other rivers.  Even if the hatchery misses clipping a fish, you can't keep them if the adipose is in tact.
JustDave

PS.  The native fish are generally bigger with quite a bit more spunk.

Have been fishing a community lake in my home town in Kansas. Ice just left last week. Been fishing off a dock, and since Sunday have caught 59 bass using tube jigs.
Fish have ranged from 10" to 17". Thought I* could maybe find some crappie, but just bass so far. Sure has been fun, but cold. This morning it was 21 degrees and I caught 9.
Gave up because my hands were cold even with gloves on.

I'm in southern Ohio, fished a few lakes here for some catfish, we had a few bites but nothing caught.

was out on march 5 th caught 3 rainbows = 4lbs

I'm here near ATL, GA and fish at west point on a normal base. I went fishing yesterday and caught afew stripers average 4-5 lb

Nice catches Dave!
Good luck everyone. I plan to go out this weekend if the rain would stop.

WELL SALTY DAN AND MYSELF WILL BE FISHING THIS SUNDAY AT A LAKE HERE IN SNA ANTONIO. ITS A 5 HR. DRIVE FOR HIM

Hello all;

Well, Jesse and I finally met and did some fishing this morning. The score was the same for me, fish 1, me 0, but Jesse caught a couple of nice cats. First was a nice 14 incher, and he says he caught a nice 15 1/2 incher 'after' I left! LOL.

It was really nice fishing this morning. Fresh water, too. Just a bit different for me. Jesse was a great host, and we talked and fished until it was time for me to leave to come back to Orange, a 5 hour drive from San Antonio! Jesse stayed until late...at least he says! LOL

Thanks Jesse for the great time and new to me fishing site!

Hope to be able to do it again sometime soon,

Salty Dan
Orange Texas

same here my friend and i left at 5:30 pm oh there was a person with one of those bass buddie boats thats for 2 people well it was 2 adults and there two kids with no life jackets but the game warden got them. and made them go back to shore and ticket.for 2 kids with no jackets and overloaded by 2 and no life jackets on boat at all. there gos his pay check

Stupidity is no excuse. I see the Sheriff on the river here at least once a year.
they are checking for all safety equipment,jackets,throw cousion, fire exting, noise maker, flares. And all kids must be in a life jacket.
If you don't have the stuff you go to the ramp and get a ticket. Makes for a short day of fishing.

Hi All,
My fishing buddy and I went out yesterday to a place called "Beaver Bay" on the Missouri River.The river is open but the boat ramps are still iced. There is some open water to the side of the ramp area. spent approx 45 minuets casting Raps with one strike but no real hook ups. Water is approx 43 Deg. Guess we'll have to wait a little longer for ice out.
Tom

I just started fishing for bass again this year. Caught 4 so far in a total of about an hour and a half. Nothing over 2 1/2 pounds.
JR BACO: how far from Cincy? I live in northern Ky. About a 5 minute drive to downtown.

The weekend of 4-1/2-11 my partner and I caught 2 largemouth, 1 smallmouth, 2 yellow bass, 7 channel cats from 4 to 8 pounds, and at least 75 bluegills at Canyon Lake. Caught the gills on ultra light spinning (Danny) and a 5/6 weight fly rod (me). Great trip!

went out on the tenth.beautiful day.buddy got one rock bass.his old lady got one bullhead.I got to help land a ten pound channel cat some other guy caught.lol. Also met a fellow NAF club member and had a nice fish talk.

Steelhead are still coming into the rivers.  Picked up a nice pair this morning.  I would post pics, but photobucket is down for site maintenance.  Both were caught with jigs I tie and on a rod I built.  Just need to build the reel and spin the line for a complete setup.
JusDave

Bass seem to really be heating up around here. Surprisingly top water baits have been the best producers so far.