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Favorite outdoor moment/experience
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:23 am
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:23 am
What is your favorite outdoor experience? That high that you get from doing something that you love. The moment you try and replicate the most?
I couldn't help but think about this after last weekend. We got on the speckled trout hard, cast after cast. After flipping 3 straight fish in the boat that were 18" plus, i couldn't help but think "this is why i fish!"
What is your favorite moment that you chase? Slingin' an arrow at a deer? Releasing steel after turning circling ducks with a duck call? setting the hook on a monster bass? watching a red turn on a lure from a tower?
I couldn't help but think about this after last weekend. We got on the speckled trout hard, cast after cast. After flipping 3 straight fish in the boat that were 18" plus, i couldn't help but think "this is why i fish!"
What is your favorite moment that you chase? Slingin' an arrow at a deer? Releasing steel after turning circling ducks with a duck call? setting the hook on a monster bass? watching a red turn on a lure from a tower?
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 8:24 am
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Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:29 am to Bigryno7
Good question.
I love sticking a bass on plastics. And the excitement of watching any species hit a top water is undeniable.
But I just can’t get enough of watching the sun crawl up the peaks during elk season and thanking the good lord I got to see it.
I love sticking a bass on plastics. And the excitement of watching any species hit a top water is undeniable.
But I just can’t get enough of watching the sun crawl up the peaks during elk season and thanking the good lord I got to see it.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:33 am to Bigryno7
Teaching my son about everything I can about the outdoors
We just got kayaks and he’s wanting to fish all the time. He just loaded his up and is walking down to the neighborhood lake to fish for a little while.
Took him fly fishing this spring at Dogwood Canyon outside of Branson. We killed it.
I know they were not wild fish but really none in the south are. We caught probably 50 fish with the biggest being ~ 5lbs.
Showing him the ropes of hunting as well. He’s gotten a couple of doe and maybe we will get after a buck this year.
We just got kayaks and he’s wanting to fish all the time. He just loaded his up and is walking down to the neighborhood lake to fish for a little while.
Took him fly fishing this spring at Dogwood Canyon outside of Branson. We killed it.
I know they were not wild fish but really none in the south are. We caught probably 50 fish with the biggest being ~ 5lbs.
Showing him the ropes of hunting as well. He’s gotten a couple of doe and maybe we will get after a buck this year.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:45 am to Bigryno7
Watching my dog haul arse and jump into a pond, followed by biting every stick and twig in the water
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:52 am to Bigryno7
Watching the sun come up and seeing a snake and not killing it.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:53 am to Bigryno7
Watching a bass blow up on my frog through lily pads while the sun is just starting to come up.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 8:56 am to Bigryno7
Favorite outdoor memory or outdoor activity?
Memories...
Shooting a gun with my dad as a kid. Fishing with my parents as a kid. My son killing his first deer at age 8. Does great games at Tiger Stadium count?
Reoccurring experience...
Saturday nights at the deer camp by the fire. Watching the sun set at my BIL’s fishing camp. Saturday nights at Tiger Stadium.
Memories...
Shooting a gun with my dad as a kid. Fishing with my parents as a kid. My son killing his first deer at age 8. Does great games at Tiger Stadium count?
Reoccurring experience...
Saturday nights at the deer camp by the fire. Watching the sun set at my BIL’s fishing camp. Saturday nights at Tiger Stadium.
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 8:58 am
Posted on 7/27/19 at 9:04 am to Bigryno7
Caught a five fish 27 lb (bass) stringer off of one stump in about 15 minutes while fishing a tournament, day one lead with 100 boats.
I'm not sure what they were doing schooling I guess, it was in June at 10 am with the sun beaming down.
I fizzled out day two but still won $900.00
I'm not sure what they were doing schooling I guess, it was in June at 10 am with the sun beaming down.
I fizzled out day two but still won $900.00
Posted on 7/27/19 at 9:08 am to Bigryno7
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We got on the speckled trout hard
As you can see by my user name, that does it for me. I love seeing that yellow mouth shaking a top water. My heart stops for a second every time.
Best single memory is my son (4 at the time) catching a big bull red last year.
Group of mallards doing it perfect and dropping in.
Hearing my broad head make contact on a big ole judgy doe that's been blowing and being a PITA for a while. That one is just satisfysing.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 11:22 am to Bigryno7
killing a 5x5 elk on a self-guided hunt in colorado.
caught nine bass weighing 46 lbs in a bar pit at st joe, la. one day. (jig n pig)
my son’s first doe. my son’s first buck.
caught nine bass weighing 46 lbs in a bar pit at st joe, la. one day. (jig n pig)
my son’s first doe. my son’s first buck.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 11:42 am to Bigryno7
Land disappearing in the back, sun rising in the front, calm waters, full of fuel, cold beer in hand
Posted on 7/27/19 at 11:54 am to Bigryno7
Headed back to the camp after a day in Timbalier Bay, we notice a couple of fish tailing a point in the marsh. Looked like a decent redfish. It was just before dusk, but we were very close to the camp, so we decided to try.
My dad and I are on the bow as we troll up to the point. We were both kind of standing there waiting for the other to cast when he said "You go." I cast and landed about 6 inches on the other side of it and the water exploded. At first I thougt it got spooked, because there wasnt immediate tension, but I was wrong.
The fish had grabbed the bait and headed to the middle of the canal for seep water. At this point, we're a little confused, because this is a big fish and it was tailing in about a foot or 2 of water. I fought the fish up and down the canal for about an hour. By the time we got it to the surface, it was pitch black out.
Turns out, it was about a 35-40# drum. To this day, its one of my favorite fishing pictures. All you can see in the picture is me, the fish, and the gunwale behind me.
My dad and I are on the bow as we troll up to the point. We were both kind of standing there waiting for the other to cast when he said "You go." I cast and landed about 6 inches on the other side of it and the water exploded. At first I thougt it got spooked, because there wasnt immediate tension, but I was wrong.
The fish had grabbed the bait and headed to the middle of the canal for seep water. At this point, we're a little confused, because this is a big fish and it was tailing in about a foot or 2 of water. I fought the fish up and down the canal for about an hour. By the time we got it to the surface, it was pitch black out.
Turns out, it was about a 35-40# drum. To this day, its one of my favorite fishing pictures. All you can see in the picture is me, the fish, and the gunwale behind me.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 12:32 pm to Bigryno7
My favorite experience is sitting in a duck blind on opening morning of big duck season, waiting on shooting hour, and hearing a few ducks calling back, and buzzing around.
I have a few favorite memories, but one that stands out to me right now is fishing with my fiance' (now wife) last year on the bend, and she hooks a 4 or 5 pound catfish in 35 feet of water, on her bream pole. I watched her fight with it for a few minutes before finally landing it in the boat. It didn't matter that it was just a catfish; it was the biggest fish she had ever caught. She was so excited and proud. I have a nice picture of the moment with her holding it up with a great big ole smile on her face.
I have a few favorite memories, but one that stands out to me right now is fishing with my fiance' (now wife) last year on the bend, and she hooks a 4 or 5 pound catfish in 35 feet of water, on her bream pole. I watched her fight with it for a few minutes before finally landing it in the boat. It didn't matter that it was just a catfish; it was the biggest fish she had ever caught. She was so excited and proud. I have a nice picture of the moment with her holding it up with a great big ole smile on her face.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 12:50 pm to Bigryno7
sitting on a stand with my son when he got his first deer
Posted on 7/27/19 at 1:03 pm to Bigryno7
My 5 y/o son landing his first fish solo from our kayak. Little warmouth, it was awesome.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 2:38 pm to Bigryno7
My favorite experience was when I was in my kayak fishing in a secluded shallow lake at the end of a canal off Escambia Bay Florida). I was fishing for redfish with dead shrimp, so I was kind of daydreaming while waiting on a bite. I was startled by the sound of dolphin blowing air. All of a sudden the pod started circling an area in the lake making a hell of a racket. Then one by one they would take turns going into the center of the circle to eat fish. There is a name for this behavior and I can't recall it. Watching that was the coolest thing ever.
ETA: It is called mud ring fishing or mud plume fishing. Watch it on You Tube.
ETA: It is called mud ring fishing or mud plume fishing. Watch it on You Tube.
This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:24 pm to Bigryno7
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This post was edited on 7/27/19 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:31 pm to Bigryno7
A deer in a slough on a cool crisp morning
Cupped wings right at daylight
Honeybuns and hot coffee and hot chocolate with my kids
Mid morning camp bacon cooking
Cupped wings right at daylight
Honeybuns and hot coffee and hot chocolate with my kids
Mid morning camp bacon cooking
Posted on 7/27/19 at 3:50 pm to Bigryno7
Coon hunting in 1977 with my Grandfather (I was 16) in Arkansas. He was 78 at the time and was failing in health but we went. The dogs had treed a coon and we killed it without incident and then they took off again. Gramps was getting tired as we had walked about 3/4 of a mile and they treed again in a big old wild pecan with lots of grape and ivy vines in it.
We looked for about 20 minutes with no sign of a coon in that tree. He broke out his bobcat squaller and I went to pulling on vines when about that time the coon jumped. He landed about 4 feet from Gramps (who was on his knees) and stood up and started growling. Now this wasn't no ordinary coon but about a 25 pound boar who was pissed and ready to whip everything in sight. When Gramps found the coon with his headlight real close he couldn't get up so he went to rolling away saying "Get this GD SOB off of he he's fixing to kill me".
About that time we had one dog (mine) that was half cur and half bulldog who jumped on the coon and the fight was on. Gramps was still trying to get up and this fight was within 2 feet of him now. One of my cousins helped him up and we got to see a battle royale until the coon lost.
I'd like to have one more hunt with him now.
We looked for about 20 minutes with no sign of a coon in that tree. He broke out his bobcat squaller and I went to pulling on vines when about that time the coon jumped. He landed about 4 feet from Gramps (who was on his knees) and stood up and started growling. Now this wasn't no ordinary coon but about a 25 pound boar who was pissed and ready to whip everything in sight. When Gramps found the coon with his headlight real close he couldn't get up so he went to rolling away saying "Get this GD SOB off of he he's fixing to kill me".
About that time we had one dog (mine) that was half cur and half bulldog who jumped on the coon and the fight was on. Gramps was still trying to get up and this fight was within 2 feet of him now. One of my cousins helped him up and we got to see a battle royale until the coon lost.
I'd like to have one more hunt with him now.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 4:11 pm to Bigryno7
Shooting a mature buck with a bow. First decent deer I killed with my bow was on Public land and after I shot, I felt like I was going to fall out of my climber I had to sit down. That was 5 years ago and I sold my rifle right after. I missed the nicest buck I ever seen on a stand on public land last year in the snow, dropped after I shot at 40. Still felt like i was going to fall out the stand. As I sat on the stand I asked myself why I even do this I was on the stand in snow since daybreak and it was 3:30 pm to miss. After the initial knee jerk reaction, I realized that it was an experience that will make me that much better, can’t wait for this next season.
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