Reef Donkeys and Meat Fishing
June 9th, 2008
Last night I was so cavalier, dare I say even a bit cocky. I falsely thought I was prepared to leave town tomorrow for seven days. Today is a much different story. I am crazed trying to get some last minute packing done, so I barely have a moment to spare, much less the brainpower to string two sentences together. Thank heavens faithful friends and readers were out fishing this weekend and sent me their pictures. Two saltwater adventures — both of which look like a hell of a good time. Enjoy.
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Friends in North Carolina who go by the online handles of Natural Fly and Fat Tire were tearing it up off the coast of North Carolina last weekend. They ventured to a wreck just about 10 miles from the beach and met up with a whole mess of Amber Jacks. Although given these hysterical pictures I think it best to refer to these brawny fish by their ’street’ name, Reef Donkeys. What do you think? I think I am dying to go fishing with these hotshot ne’er-do-wells.
Rumour has it their compadre Nacho Momma & crew were up in Virginia chasing cobia.
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Meanwhile just off the coast of Alabama, one of my most serious flyfishing mentors — who is way too serious an angler to have an online handle — was meatfishing for his supper.
Although early reports from the skillet reveal that frying fish on the grill doesn’t get the grease quite hot enough. I don’t know, still looks pretty tasty…
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These trips look just like the sort of good time that I should have been a part of — I mean, what the hell, boys? I have a blonde wig. I can work a skillet.
Okay, so only one of those statements is true. But we’ll talk more about that later. I just remembered one more thing I have to pack.
June 9th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
FFC…I hope you have a fan-freakin-tastic trip to MT. Catch lots of fish, drink lots of cold beers and take lots of photos. We are headed to float the Caney Fork this week!! WOO HOO
Have fun!
June 9th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Get thee to SALT - immediately!
June 10th, 2008 at 6:17 am
FFC, I couldn’t find an e-mail adress for ya, so I’ll hit ya up thru the blog here.
Nacho Mamma and team “All Part Of It” did pretty well on the cobes.
Best one landed was this 50 pounder.
Picture is located at
http://www.capth3.com/pics/060708/cobe1.jpg
And a craptacular vid of it at,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMIPO9qi9zE
Good luck on your trip. Wish you tight lines and cold drinks.
Later, Harry
June 10th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Doh,,,, the 50 pounder was landed by FlyOV on a 10wt.
July 6th, 2008 at 12:58 am
Nice fish man.
Amberjack is good
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July 31st, 2008 at 10:33 am
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L8, Harry
August 3rd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
You guys are so lucky out there.
All we have over here is mackeral and a few cod those that the Spanish havent already taken.Went fishing in Mexico a few years back and it was brilliant 2 days out of 14 wish it could have been more but wife and kids wouldnt play ball.
Great pictures keep it up
August 26th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
The super! You the good fisherman)
September 12th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Those are some serious fish you guys catch out there, that crazy.
September 29th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Just looking at those fish makes me jealous, can’t say ive caught more than a minnow in the past few years. Youve inspired me to dig the rods out of the garage and head to the beach. Hopefully theres somehting still alive off the pier, the water quality is getting worse and worse by the day here.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I still miss amberjack on my list of fish on a fly rod. I suppose you have to use some heavy gear, what # fly rod are you using for these creatures?
Lars
September 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Sorry, I missed the answer to my question in a comment. 50 pound amberjack on a /10 weight rod, that is impressive
Lars
October 1st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Looks like fun , but give me a healthy snook fight ,
October 6th, 2008 at 8:36 am
It looks as if everyone is having fantastic fun. I wish i had more time to be out there myself. but, just don’t seem to be able to find the time anymore. looking at these pictures makes me very envious. it looks like a lot of fun.
John
October 6th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Nice wig! although I’d be creeped out if I ran into that guy on the open water!
October 11th, 2008 at 3:05 am
i like the theme of your blog on fishing. nice one. keep it up
October 19th, 2008 at 8:57 am
It’s all about having fun. And it looks like these guys know how to have it. Some people tend to take themselves too seriously. Not, saying that there are not serious times. Just saying you have to know when to have a good time and let your hair down. it looks like they had a fun fishing trip.
November 10th, 2008 at 2:08 am
Those are some awesome shots! I particularly loved the picture where the guy’s wearing the wig. Where did he get it? Haha…
Cheers,
Ericia