Went after some cats this morning with my Dad and Uncle on Lake Winnebago. My uncle lives there and said to use hotdogs for bait. I thought he was crazy as I've never fished with hotdogs. He wasn't crazy...

2 - 7 lb, 1 - 5 lb, 2 - 3 lb.

Going out sport fishing next Saturday, Sea Bass and Sand Bass are biting at night , Blue Fin Tuna so-so, Yellow tail a million miles away, water too cold, go figure.

Rising ocean temperatures have allowed the giant Humboldt squid to move north to the Bay Area. These dang things are eating up all the fish. The salmon fishing is the worst ever so boats are going after squid instead. I guess its a good thing for calamari lovers...

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/hbsquid/hbsquidwilliams.jpg

That's a lot of calamari...

That's pretty cool. Is that you?

This is freaking epic:

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I am excited, I am going fly fishing for the first time and I am going to the Deschutes here in Oregon. Can't think of a better place to go for the first time.

You going for steelhead?

Naw, just some trout, get my line wet and relearn everything. I took a week long class 2 years ago then life got busy so I never got to go out. My waders still have the tags on them from two years ago. However I see a lot more trips in my future since I met a fishing buddy.

Always wanted to fish off a coast/salt water fish.

Everything seems so much bigger and less work for a meal...

Very cool. You're in a great area for it. A lot of my good friends live in Portland. FYI: there's a pretty cool event this weekend in Portland that you might be interested in. If I remember correctly, you're into urban homesteading/locavorism and such:

http://www.grandcentralbakery.com/ab...al-bakery-fair

Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City, will be speaking as well.

I would love to live somewhere with good access to the salt. I love freshwater fishing, but the speed of some saltwater fish is just insane when you hook one.

Never have, and won't claim to know the "feel" of sea fishing, but pulling in one big fish (4lbs+) like in many of the pics seems like a more enjoyable experience than reeling in 15-20 medium sized crappie...

Yeah. The difference, to me, is that the fishing itself can be very very boring in saltwater (unless you fish it enough to understand the ins and outs of it). There's no structure to look at other than water. It all pretty much looks the same (mangrove type swamps and jetties being an exception). Also, you can't just drive over to some creek, wade in, and start fishing like you can in freshwater. You often need a boat (and an expensive one at that) to access the fishing. If you're going offshore, then your fuel costs aren't going to be cheap either.

The recent saltwater kayak fishing craze is a result of that and is making saltwater more accessible to the "common" man, though. Anyway, I see your point on the size of the fish, but I'd probably take a 20 day crappie day to a 1 grouper day any day of the week. 20 crappie means there was a lot of action. 1 grouper means there was a lot of waiting.

Yep we are going! One of our friends actually is a manager at a grand central. Also the flock and fiber show and then fishing on sunday, going to be a busy weekend! Thanks for the heads up.