CircleHook67 Loc: Florida

Fishing was not so good from shore. Caught 1 rockfish 15 inches, 1 whiting 12 inches and 1 small spot. I did catch a large man a ray. This wad fishing each day for at least 3 hrs. 4 days. NO CRABS.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Did you mean manta ray? My friend, this is a large manta ray. Is that what you caught? Impressive.
But we're gonna hafta have at least one photo or nobody's ever gonna believe you.

CircleHook67 Loc: Florida

Ok small one. About 10 lbs on an ultra light Ugly stick.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

A 10 pound ray on an ultralight. There's some fun. I used to catch rays down San Diego way and with the light gear I used, once hooked they would just swim away and I could either cut my line or lose it. I think they were rays, I never saw em. Photos man. We love photos!

CircleHook67 Loc: Florida

This was in Mathews Va.

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Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Oh yeah! You ever eat one? I never have but I hear they use a cookie cutter on the meat and call it scallops in some restaurants.

CircleHook67 Loc: Florida

Let it go.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Good for you. I try on most of my catches. Haven't had many to worry about the past year and half or so. The fishing's been fantastic. The catching? Less said the better. You notice that funky smell when you read one of my posts? I don't smoke. Weed or tobacco.

My fishing buddy.

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Careful with your buddy, there,
Spirit ! Don't get 'hosed' - it ain't
nothin' nice if you do ! Just don't let him get too close - unless he's been 'deodorized' !

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Wait a minute ! Hold the phone !
My memory isn't always great,
but I could'a sworn you had put
that 'little stinker' to rest after
goin' out with Saw1 and catching
that mess of stripers ! So how
come 'Pépé' is still hangin' around ?
Did you not give him a proper
send-off ? - (Just askin' !)

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Well, yes. With Saw's help I officially ended the skunk over a month ago. But as previously stated on here a while back, in my heart I won't feel like it's truly ended until I catch a trout and I can restore my confidence in my knowledge of trout fishing. It feels kinda phony for me to be handing out advice to folks when I haven't been able to hook into one of my favorite fish for over a year. And not for lack of tryin either. I used to be pretty good at catching em, and now suddenly - nothing! It's like I don't know what I'm doin.

Big A Loc: Mesa, Arizona

Don't feel too bad - I've got a good idea what it's like ! ALL of my PBs
were caught back home in N.H. !
Been here since Oct., 2012 - other
than a handful of trout (10" to 13") that I've caught up on the 'Rim'
lakes, I haven't caught more than
three bass, one 2-lb. sucker, and
a few 'sunnies' in the past eight
years ! Then again, I don't get out
near as much as I did back then,
either ! Current gas prices don't
help either, as they limit my trout-fishing trips something fierce !

Good luck getting rid of that residual, tell-tale scent - maybe a trip to Crowley (or some other decent trout lake) will help you bury that little
rascal for good ! Then again, the Sacramento River is much closer,
and according to some photos I've
seen, it holds some pretty big
rainbows, salmon and steelhead !
That little beauty in the picture was just caught four days ago, on May 15th, so they're biting somewhere
along that river ! (Just a suggestion !)

Good luck and tight lines (soon !),
buddy !