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Title: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: Hood on Apr 06, 2006, 07:34 AM
AHhhh...the first 100% caught salmon of the year, and a day earlier than last year. I had one last week but it got off as I was pullin it up on shore.... It had 3-4 lampreys on it and I was kinda pisssed cuz I wanted to help the little guy...anyway heres a NICE sammy I caught a little after sunrise today on the third cast...she took a silver husky jerk. Note the cool red spot near the tail. Quick photo then back to the river  :)

Good start to the spring...very thick and healthy too  ;D
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we also did some stockie fishin last week, three of us were fishin and prolly caught and each released 30-40 of these colorful little buggers  :)
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Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: bigredfishing on Apr 06, 2006, 07:54 AM
Nice salmon Harry!  They should start coming in a little better the later we get into April, especially if the river AND lake are both high. 
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: Robb on Apr 06, 2006, 11:21 AM
Nice fish!! It won't be long and some of those ADK lakes will be open ;).

Robb
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 06, 2006, 01:33 PM
good job Hood!  pretty fish!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Apr 06, 2006, 02:34 PM
Nice colors on that salmon!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: Fishingking on Apr 06, 2006, 09:05 PM
Sweet salmon Dude how many times did it jump :)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: Hood on Apr 07, 2006, 07:17 AM
Sweet salmon Dude how many times did it jump :)

tried once but it turned into a headshake...I think they are still a little lethargic but it fought a lot more than the one i dropped last week...its gettin warmer ;D

......shouldda been out there this morn but I had a long awaited night at the bar after a hell week in school, might be a loooong day.... :wacko:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: adkRoy on Apr 07, 2006, 07:23 AM
Great pictures! I think salmon are the best fighting fish open or frozen water.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Apr 07, 2006, 09:05 AM
Ya, grab some extra napkins too...after that grease hits your stomach you might be crappin in the creek.   :pinch:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: ChenBassHead on Apr 07, 2006, 09:15 AM
Nice fish Harry!  Oh yeah, your PM box is FULL...  ::)

-Zach
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: Hood on Apr 07, 2006, 10:34 AM
cleaned...thanks for the heads up, i guess we only get 10 instead of 20 like the icy site....im feelin better, drank LOTS of water and juice but still have not peed...got a crazy ass deep fried chicken sandy that requires a knife and fork...i really need to chenge the oil in the fryer....kinda tastes like perch  ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 07, 2006, 10:37 AM
cleaned...thanks for the heads up, i guess we only get 10 instead of 20 like the icy site....im feelin better, drank LOTS of water and juice but still have not peed...got a crazy ass deep fried chicken sandy that requires a knife and fork...i really need to chenge the oil in the fryer....kinda tastes like perch  ;D

got any WHITE CASTLES up by you??  now that is hangover food!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: Hood on Apr 07, 2006, 10:53 AM
NO and lord I wish we did....Back home I live minutes from the bronx and there are plenty of WCs....I can only consume that a few times a year....somethin about eatin 10 burgers in one shot really makes the salmon swim in my belly  ;)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: ChenBassHead on Apr 07, 2006, 11:09 AM
You have mail...  8)  Up here at college, we don't have a McDonalds within walking distance...but a bunch of greasy hash browns from the cafeteria are GREAT for hangovers...I just wish that they were open before 9 on Saturdays and Sundays that way I could eat some and get on the water (or ice) a lot earlier.  A real help that's for sure.

-Zach
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 07, 2006, 11:20 AM
NO and lord I wish we did....Back home I live minutes from the bronx and there are plenty of WCs....I can only consume that a few times a year....somethin about eatin 10 burgers in one shot really makes the salmon swim in my belly  ;)
lol.  yeah, I wish we had them in CNY.  I think there are frozen ones, but that ain't the same.  They really soak up the alcohol, then when they come back up...no more alcohol in ya!  And yes, ya gotta eat'em by the sackful.  Eating one is like having one shot of beer.  8)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Apr 07, 2006, 12:34 PM
I tried some WC burgers a few years ago... :sick: :P...i don't know, they didn't do anything for me.  Then again, i was driving through kentucky at the time.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/6 Salmon
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 07, 2006, 01:06 PM
I tried some WC burgers a few years ago... :sick: :P...i don't know, they didn't do anything for me.  Then again, i was driving through kentucky at the time.
ya gotta eat'em at 2 or 3 in the morning.  then you'll understand.  ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: Hood on Apr 08, 2006, 09:59 PM
Finally Get to a lake with open water, its 20, windy, and snowing, the lake is mostly frozen with a couple open spots and channels through the ice....as soon as we got out of the truck we began to freeze our balls off....thank god i never clean my truck out and had piles of warm gear for all of us...gloves, hats, extra coats and hoodies.....on the lake and its even windier....really freezing now and theres nothin biting....troll a bit then decide to try some deeper water....hit 35' or so and dropped anchor (well sorta)

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Bust out the VEX and its quasi-icefishin with a white pimple and a fathead in a 20 yard channel of open water....not there 5 mins and I got a looker...BAM first laker of the day


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No sooner did I let it go and mikes got a bite on a free swimming minnow...

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Very colorful laker

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Missed another fish there and then nothing for a while...we decide to get deeper and get as far into the ice channel as possible.....a little breaking through here and there and we come to rest over 75FOW in a spot about 30x30'

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Get the jig down and theres fish almost immediately...beerman gets a bite and lands this nice one....ice was building on the rod tips all day....

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I got a few more and so did mike and beerman...the VEX worked like a charm and made a huge difference...just strung the wire way out  over the side and set it between us all and could see all 3 baits at once on bottom lock and could tell exactly who was gonna get a bite....


heres a few more action and scenery shots...if we had found those fish in the deep right off the bat I think we would have slayed em, we ended up with about 10 for the morning.....salmon fishin tomorrow  ;D

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Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: camo_fish on Apr 08, 2006, 10:41 PM
awesome pictures, looks like it was cold out.  :o Glad you could get the boat out too, even if you had to run the little breaks in the ice, looks fun, but again, BBBBRRRRR.  ;D WTG  :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: Fishingking on Apr 09, 2006, 12:30 AM
Your guys rule :) Great pics and fish :)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: akdg on Apr 09, 2006, 07:42 AM
Nice ;D  Did you get into any big ones at all?  I think I will have to drag the boat out today and try the same thing.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: Hood on Apr 09, 2006, 07:53 AM
AK...no bigguns, maybe 20" was our best...we didnt really land on em good until later in the morn over the deep water,  if we went straight there I am sure we would have caught a lot more and maybe some bigger fish....we had to leave em biting around 1 to get back for a DU banquet
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: devil-man on Apr 09, 2006, 09:54 AM
:bowdown: :blink: :bowdown:
You guys are amazing! GREAT stuff!
I nominate you for the most deranged anglers of the month.  :o
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: Gump on Apr 09, 2006, 05:15 PM
Great pics and nice fish!!

Is it me or did everyone else do a double take at beerman's picture.  I thought it was Chris Farley holding a trout  ;D LOL
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: bottomfeeder on Apr 09, 2006, 05:30 PM
Very nice,always wanted to fish in a boat anchored to the ice.Looks like you guy's had allot of fun.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 10, 2006, 07:57 AM
AWESOME PICS!!  That looks like a blast!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: Deposit on Apr 10, 2006, 09:17 AM
Nice view, great fish, looked a little chilly though ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: Robb on Apr 10, 2006, 10:40 AM
Sweet pics!! Great scenery!

Robb
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Apr 10, 2006, 02:29 PM
Nice pics!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: beerman on Apr 11, 2006, 09:54 AM
Dont worry i get the chris farley thing all the time.  "Tommy likey, Tommy want winggy!"
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: pikie on Apr 13, 2006, 09:28 AM
Great job guys!  It takes a die hard to get them the way you did!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/8 LAKERS
Post by: Pikeguy on Apr 13, 2006, 12:25 PM
Triple take on the Farley for me too. Beerman=Tommy boy. lol ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/16 golf, snakes and SALMON!!
Post by: Hood on Apr 16, 2006, 04:25 PM
Good week all around, school was a bear again but may 13th its over for good ;D We got in 9 holes one day and  caught a couple small salmon in the river including my first on the fly. Fished both days this weekend, yesterday sucked and today was great. Monday the Garder snakes were out in force so I snapped a shot of 3 of them at once...kinda neat.

Get that minnow!
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Here is beerman just before the impact of his "power-fade"
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MUSH! gotta get the boat to the lake....
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As if the long drag/push wasnt tiring enough there was still some pack ice....about 50 feet of it...... guess we were the first to fish it this year...mike walked right onto it no problem...slid the boat out, we piled in and jumped up and down...smassshhh!....through it went and off we were

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LOOOOOOng day of squat and more of the same, we fished every which way and depth...vex, trolling, worms, flies, crayfish, jigs, plugs, ice jigs with maggots, it sucked! We fished a good 8 hours finally nailed a 15" splake on a husky and we were done. 



Today we wanted to go vex up and possibly troll some lakers like last weekend...no go, the wind was howling, there were whitecaps, and we got a small boat. Scanned "the book" and picked a spot with a variety of fish and cover from the prevaling winds, back on the road for a while and we finally get there. We fished hard and yielded two LL Salmon which I was lucky to get both of and we missed a few more, they were hitting short today...


The first one was a fattie which tipped the digi scale at 7 lbs even!
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Strong little bugger....beerman just keeps clicking the cam ::)
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Next was this nice hookjaw who had a bum eye....
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Beerman really likes takin goofy shots of me with squirming fish....
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All fish released  ;D


Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: crowkiller on Apr 16, 2006, 05:14 PM
did the snakes eat the minnow,
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: billybono on Apr 16, 2006, 06:48 PM
nice landlocks!!!!!! the snake pic is a little much for me though  :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick:


   billybono
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: jjf on Apr 16, 2006, 07:03 PM
nice fish 8),The snakes are kinda creepy :o
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: Bartman44 on Apr 16, 2006, 07:40 PM
Real nice salmon guys. I drove through the heart of the Adirondacks last weekend and was amazed at how many lakes were still frozen solid.
Spring comes late in mountain country.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: Pikeguy on Apr 17, 2006, 09:21 AM
Those snakes are cool. Looks like beerman was gonna just crush it off the tee!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: Robb on Apr 17, 2006, 09:36 AM
Nice fish!! Looks like you guys put some hard labor in!!

Robb
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: camo_fish on Apr 17, 2006, 09:53 AM
very cool pictures, and some awesome LL's.  :o yep, looks to be the 1st on the lake.  :thumbup_smilie: and a great reward in doing so, WTG  :clapping:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: bigredfishing on Apr 17, 2006, 12:01 PM
Nice Salmon Harry! How'd he fight??
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: Hood on Apr 17, 2006, 12:29 PM
CK- I dont know if they ate the minnow, they were pecking at it a while and i gave up watching


Nice Salmon Harry! How'd he fight??

He fought OK, no jumps or huge runs but a few little screamers and he buried down more than anything. We actually thought it was a nice laker until it came boatside.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: blaque on Apr 17, 2006, 01:24 PM
First thing i thought of was SNL's Chippendales skit with Farley and Swayze only with camo on LMFAO!!!!!! Then "Tommy likey, tommy want wingyyy" from beerman........you guys have me pissin myself at my desk !!!!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: pikie on Apr 17, 2006, 02:34 PM
Beautiful salmon, I've never seen one that big before.  Way to go!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: Fishingking on Apr 19, 2006, 09:34 AM
Great Salmon Harry. a 7lber is pretty darn big in my book :)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: Deposit on Apr 19, 2006, 12:21 PM
Those are some beuts...even when they are squirmy LOL
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: Hood on Apr 19, 2006, 02:22 PM
Had the bug to salmon fish again this morn, mike had the day off and I could miss my only class at 10 am without issue, beerman had a mandatory lab at 2....get there early, fish hard then jet! At the lake by 5 and dragged the boat in the dark....

Nightime Sun  ;)
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Worked our way down the shore picking up some green carp at first light....lots of premature jubilation when they first hit, then the rod goes limp  ::) Mike had a nice strike but didnt get a hookset...onward... Sun is just peeking and beerman has a salmon rise over his line, he quick reels in and casts in front of it....BAM! Fish nails it screams off some line, doubles back and clears the water, HOLY SHNIKIES its a slob!! A few more runs and a half-assed jump and the fish is boatside for a net. 27" 9lbs and FAT!!! :o

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The fish was hooked bad and obviously not gonna make it, we always release our salmon but had no choice today but to keep it and not let it suffer and go to waste.  :-\  Beerman has a killer dill cream sauce recipe for salmon so it will be thoroughly enjoyed and consumed.

Here is the Farley shot for the day  :rotflol:
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We kept on keepin on to no avail, we had a few follows but they just would not hit, except of course for some more greenies. It was gettin to be that time to head for the truck and get back in time, we laid out a trolling spread and got our speed down. In the middle of BS-ing my rod doubled over and I was rewarded with this sweet jumping hookjaw around 4 lbs....Quick photo and back into the lake, all in all an AWESOME morning!

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The HOG back home
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Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 19, 2006, 03:18 PM
awesome guys!!  those salmon are cool!
You should build a boat carrier.  2 bicycle wheels, and build a little cradle to put the boat in.  then it is easy to balance and walk in.  I used to walk mine in 2 miles to a pond in NJ that had some awesome fish in it.  My ex caught a 9 lb lmb on top there.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: Hood on Apr 19, 2006, 03:22 PM
thats a good idea oc...we will have to get rollin on that ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: Out4Trout on Apr 19, 2006, 03:31 PM
Wow, you guys are really getting into the Salmon, nice fish. That pic of you pushing the boat thru the woods is a classic.  ;D  :clapping:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: ChenBassHead on Apr 19, 2006, 03:57 PM
Tommy Boy!  ;D  d**n, that's an awesome sammie!!  I'm dying to try that place...If you guys get an open seat some morning, let me know...I'd love to get over there and try my luck at gettin a salmon like that.  ;) :D  Way to go Dom!

-Zach
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: bigredfishing on Apr 19, 2006, 04:03 PM
WOW DUDE!!! WHAT A SAMMY!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- week of 4/16 golf, snakes, and SALMON!
Post by: beerman on Apr 19, 2006, 04:20 PM
Those snakes are cool. Looks like beerman was gonna just crush it off the tee!

The most important word there is "looks" as harry pointed out i have a hell of a power fade.  Hard left and swings way back to the right.  That was one of the best drives i had all day though!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: akdg on Apr 19, 2006, 06:23 PM
Man, are you guys fishing in that pond behind the hatchery? ;) JK   Nice fish you guys, that one of Beerman's is a pig! Keep the pics coming :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: jjf on Apr 19, 2006, 07:55 PM
nice fish :flex: :bowdown:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: Fishingking on Apr 19, 2006, 09:17 PM
HOLY SMOKES THAT SALMON IS HUGE and yes I was yelling :)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: devil-man on Apr 19, 2006, 09:39 PM
NY is the best. Period.
I really like your guys' adventures, stories, and pics.
Nice salmon!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: Pikeguy on Apr 20, 2006, 08:41 AM
Sweet fish guys! I don't know nothin bout no Salmon, but I know that one's BIG ;D This thread is gonna be a mile or 3 long if you guys keep it up ;)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 20, 2006, 03:06 PM
thats a good idea oc...we will have to get rollin on that ;D
I'll try to dig up a pic, then it would be easy to dupe.  It definitely was way easier to get the boat to remote places...
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Apr 20, 2006, 03:13 PM
Hey, i thought chris farley OD'd?  Nice fish there guys...i bet they were a blast!!  Tommy does love winggyyy and fishyyyy!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/21 Golf/ PB HOG LL Salmon!!!
Post by: Hood on Apr 21, 2006, 08:51 PM
Wasnt sure if I felt like Salmon fishin today due to the long ass drive and gettin out of class at 11. On the way home from class I noticed Champlain was in rare "calm" form. Not a chance in frozen, pig flying hell I was gonna run errands and get a haircut after that..... ::)

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Called Mike and he was a go for some Salmon action. Finally at the lake by 1:30 and we set in on our usual routine. We didnt catch a thing for a while and I was giving mike crap for bringing the dreaded "white lighter" which many believe is an omen for bad luck....No sooner did I give him crap and this nice hookjaw slammed my line....

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Quick photo then back into the lake....We worked a little more down our usual path and then I got another bite. It screamed line, dove straight under the boat and came up berzerk on the surface, I almost crapped when I first saw it....A few more hard runs, a short lived tailwrap which had me very nervous, slowly unraveled it, ran a little more and offered a net shot.....

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I didnt get a weight (any guestimates?) It was pushin 30", floppin around good, and I didnt wanna waste much time out of the water....Released to grow even bigger ;D


After that we moved around a bit, talked to a nice older guy in a canoe, moved some more and looped back, upon returning we noticed the guy into a fish calling for help as he didnt have his net. We buzzed over and scooped his fish which was a nice salmon in the 5-6 lb range. Here is a shot of him on the fish.
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Following that Mike had a nice fish and it flop-jumped out of the net as I was scooping and threw the hook for a "boatside release"  :-\ We started back for the vehicle and mike picked up this nice little rainbow on the way back....
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That was this afternoon in a nutshell....heres a few photos from our day on the links yesterday  ;D

Beerman takin his second shot on a par 4
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Aaron gettin one off the tee on a sweet par 5 to the lake
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Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures- 4/19 Beerman's BIG Salmon!
Post by: bigredfishing on Apr 21, 2006, 08:54 PM
OH MY GOD!!!  Look at that SAMMY! WOWOWOWOW :clapping: :w00t: :flex: :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 PB LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Chucker on Apr 21, 2006, 09:00 PM
To quote the not-so-famous Inspector Gadget - WOWZERS!   :o
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 Personal Best LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: akdg on Apr 22, 2006, 05:56 AM
You guys are killing them :bowdown: :thumbup_smilie: Nice fish Hood! :w00t:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 Personal Best LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: jjf on Apr 22, 2006, 10:53 AM
wow, what a fish :flex: is that a rainbow or salmon ???
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 Personal Best LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: ADK-Mike on Apr 22, 2006, 01:56 PM
Hey...how bout that beauty of a rainbow that I caught....what a monster! (JK) It was the first fish I caught on my new large arbor real. I was hoping for the first to be something that would scream the drag, but as it was small, I just gunned the motor and it seemed bigger!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 Personal Best LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: ADK-Mike on Apr 22, 2006, 01:58 PM
 ::)Oh, and BTW, New York obviously STOMPS! ::)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 Personal Best LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Hood on Apr 22, 2006, 02:08 PM
HEEEEY...mike registed for the site ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Weeeeeee!
Post by: ADK-Mike on Apr 22, 2006, 02:12 PM
Weeee!...and away I go!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 Personal Best LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Hood on Apr 22, 2006, 02:17 PM
Here is today's result, a decent laker.... they were pushin smelt right up to the grass at a creek mouth, had the lady with me and she was coold, I would still be out there otherwise. Mike also had a few more of those rainbows.

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AND here is Beerman's Crumb Topped Salmon Bake.....we ate it last night with a cheeseburger and mashed potatoes  ;D

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Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 Personal Best LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: esox slayer on Apr 22, 2006, 02:32 PM
::)Oh, and BTW, New York obviously STOMPS! ::)

Mike: Welcome!!  Make sure you get ready for the "unofficial" tourney coming up starting June.  Ask Hood about it to get you up to speed,,right now it's a NY versus Maine, Pennsyltucky and Michigan deal.  Michigan is gonna be the only real competition, followed by Maine..and oh yeah, the 1 or 2 entrants from Pa as well........Have Hood show you the thread we've got started...Esox
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: ADK-Mike on Apr 22, 2006, 03:21 PM
Thanx for the Heads Up Slayer...Hood already mentioned the Inter-State Tourney....maybe if ALL the other States ganged up, maybe, they could beat Team Barking Spider, if I bring the White Lighter.
and as for Michigan....bring 'em on!
Hey , I can get an Avatar now :-\
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: ADK-Mike on Apr 22, 2006, 03:25 PM
Hey Hood...with all that salmon Beerman made and you gave me one tiny lil peice!!! Me need BIG piece!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Hood on Apr 22, 2006, 04:02 PM
Ill save it for ya!! Lunch tomorrow...MMMmm!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Kyle on Apr 22, 2006, 04:37 PM
nice fish Hood! ;D
would like to fish for those landlocks sometime...how do they fight?  id assume sort of like a trout?
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Robb on Apr 24, 2006, 12:57 PM
Nice fish Harry!! You guys got some sweet country up there!!

Robb
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Pikeguy on Apr 24, 2006, 01:02 PM
I swear Beermans gonna have to go pro soon ;D He's gotta hit the ball a ton :o ;)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: carpcatcher on Apr 24, 2006, 01:18 PM
Those are some nice pic's of the fish Hood but the golfing one's are the best.
            Jim
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 24, 2006, 02:48 PM
Great lookin' fish Hood!! 
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: camo_fish on Apr 24, 2006, 05:21 PM
Awesome fish there Hood.  :thumbup_smilie: :clapping: some serious ADK LL's WTFG  ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Bartman44 on Apr 24, 2006, 05:43 PM
Those salmon are insane.   :bowdown:  Great pictures!

Bart
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Apr 24, 2006, 06:06 PM
You guys are "doing the dew."   :D  Nice pics!!  That salmon looks real good (and i hate salmon).  What happened to the cream dill sauce?
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/21 BIG LL Salmon!! p5
Post by: Hood on Apr 24, 2006, 09:52 PM
What happened to the cream dill sauce?

We had all the ingredients on hand for the crumbs and didnt feel like goin ot the store... ;D It was goood, and I also dont like salmon much ;)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Sundays Salmon
Post by: Hood on Apr 25, 2006, 08:17 AM
Went salmon fishin, again, in the pouring rain.  Mike and I switched to flyrods for more excitement and got some sweet lookin deceivers to match the smelt that the fish had been chasing....On our trek across the expanse to the incoming creek we set out some rods just in case...we were rigging other things when beerman's rod got slammed, the fish fought prety good, took some line, and jumped way out of the water a couple feet from the boat, it was really cool. It ended up in the net and weighed 6.5 lbs ;D

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We got to our spot where we met Matt (pikie) and his uncle. They had already caught a couple fish and were pluggin away. I missed my first bite then hooked into a nice dark colored male.

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He fought great on the fly and soared once.

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Matt and beerman got another laker out in the boat then the bite seemed to die right after that, the smelt went away, the fish stopped rolling, and it began to pour. I went for a cruise up the creek to witness what would be my first smelt run...HOLY CRAP!  The creek was a black cloud of moving fish that would part as we walked through, it was insane!

We got a camping trip lined up this weekend for big brookies and such in the backcountry, cant wait ;D






Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: camo_fish on Apr 25, 2006, 08:23 AM
there ya go  ;D very nice on the fly rod sammies.  :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: ChenBassHead on Apr 25, 2006, 08:24 AM
Way to go Harry...lookin forward to this weekend man!!!  ;D  Can't freakin wait!!

-Zach
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: CarogaKid on Apr 25, 2006, 09:23 AM
Awesome Pics, You guy's are slamming them.. :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: ol crawdad on Apr 25, 2006, 10:02 AM
Way to go Hood and Beerman!  That looks like a blast!  Keep it up...makes good reading while I am stuck at work.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on Apr 25, 2006, 10:38 AM
Tommy like Sammy!!  Nice ones again...congrats!!   :clapping:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: Pikeguy on Apr 25, 2006, 11:33 AM
Sweet pics as usual guys! Looking forward to the poictures next week from the trip ;)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: Deposit on Apr 25, 2006, 11:47 AM
Nice pics hood..look like you and the guys have been busy.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: jjf on Apr 25, 2006, 07:24 PM
When aren't you guys fishing.  :P  You  guys have all the freaking luck ::)
great job 8)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: billybono on Apr 25, 2006, 07:48 PM
nice fish men!!!! but if i see another pic of beerman without a beer im going to be ofended :) jk



    billybono
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: Hood on Apr 25, 2006, 08:27 PM
if i see another pic of beerman without a beer im going to be ofended :) jk

just for you billy  ;)

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Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: billybono on Apr 25, 2006, 08:33 PM
if i see another pic of beerman without a beer im going to be ofended :) jk

just for you billy  ;)

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hahahahah much props for the yungling :):):):)   thats my golf beer !!!!!!!!

  billybono
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: billybono on Apr 25, 2006, 08:41 PM
its almost uncanny

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you boys north got a home for the fall run..........keep in touch

billybono
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: Fishingking on Apr 25, 2006, 08:50 PM
Your still the man. Once again awesome fish :)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: beerman on Apr 25, 2006, 08:53 PM
nice fish men!!!! but if i see another pic of beerman without a beer im going to be ofended :) jk



    billybono
Sorry billy but been a little broke, ya know college will do that to you. But makin up for it this next weekend!! Im sure well have some pics for ya!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: jjf on Apr 26, 2006, 07:30 AM
The comparison between Beerman is classic :rotflol: :rotflol:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: adkRoy on Apr 26, 2006, 07:45 AM
Great Salmon pictures Hood!!!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: Pikeguy on Apr 26, 2006, 08:04 AM
Beerman...for a minute there I could have sworn your hat said "Herlihy"  ;) :P
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Beerman Fish!
Post by: ADK-Mike on Apr 26, 2006, 04:48 PM
Great shot of the Beerman...but thats the first time Ive seen him with only one beer!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip
Post by: Hood on Apr 30, 2006, 04:04 PM
The trip was a huge success and many thanks to Matt (pikie) for inviting us on what has been an annual event for him. We paddled out, portaged a while, and set up camp thursday evening and had 2 full days of fishing back in God's country, having just returned home about an hour ago. The lake we set up on had an abundance of nice brookies in the 12-15" range and they quickly became delicious campfire cuisine thursday night and friday morning. Friday afternoon Beerman, Mike, and myself had the urge to seek out new water and maybe find some bigger fish.

Mike in his Yak
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We worked a bit and located some fish at the base of a nice dropoff. We went upwind and drifted back over the drop... 30 seconds into it and Beerman had a bite...fish on! First splake of the trip  ;D
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The wind was kickin so we went for a rock on shore to tie as an anchor. Beerman tossed his bait out and we got to work....anchor complete and he has a fish come up and slam his bait right at the shore as he is reeling in. The fish fought like hell into the dead trees, up and down the shore, and I finally leaned way out with the net on a tree over the bushes and scooped it up.
20+"  3 1/4 lbs on the digi ;D
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I was dickin around tryin to do the same and he tosses out a big swimbait for kicks and another one jumped on!
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We fished from shore some more to no avail and got back out and anchored. First drop I had a good bite and got a 3 1/4 pounder myself.
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That was it for the bite and we headed back to camp. We were being followed  ;)
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Next morn we were back in the same general area. Beerman and I were first on scene and immediately missed 2 fish which sucked. We then met the character of the trip, Adirondack Jack. He was a hoot and bestowed much knowledge and storytelling upon us. Here he is right before netting "walter" as he mentioned quite a few times.
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Mike and Matt finally joined the hurrah as beerman and I were catchin and releasing some smaller fish. Mike got his first from the boat. Here is Matt goin for the scoop.
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They finally joined us on shore and began to catch as well...Mike with a nice splake
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We ended up bringing back 6 fish that morn and released at least as many, here is beerman "portaging" back to camp for lunch.
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We got back out sat. afternoon with Zach joining us and the fish were just not biting. We fished hard to no avail and that was it for the weekend fishing.  As I mentioned it was a huge success with countless brookies at the camp pond, cold beer, good food, big colorful splake, and most importantly good times around the fire and on the water with new and old friends. Keep an eye for Zach and Matt posting, they will have some great photos as well ;D

Beerman at the bow on the paddle home last night
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NY RULES :flex:



Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/25 Salmon on the fly! p6
Post by: devil-man on Apr 30, 2006, 04:07 PM
NICE!  8)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: jrelaxin on Apr 30, 2006, 04:14 PM
hats off...those are some beautiful fish.....congrads to all
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: Fishingking on Apr 30, 2006, 05:11 PM
Those are some Awesome fish guys. Sounds liek you had a ton of fun :)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: akdg on Apr 30, 2006, 05:11 PM
Sweet pics you guys. :thumbup_smilie:  What a weekend for fishing :clapping:  It dosen't get much better does it?  8)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: jjf on Apr 30, 2006, 08:17 PM
you guys are kicking a##. well done :clapping: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: Pikeguy on May 01, 2006, 07:35 AM
Another great set of pics from the trip. WTFG ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: adkRoy on May 01, 2006, 07:45 AM
Awesome pictures of some very big fish!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: pikie on May 01, 2006, 08:02 AM
It was a great trip Harry.  Way to go finding the honey hole on the other pond for big splake, that was great.   Couldn't have asked for better fishing, weather, or company!  I didn't actually bring my digital camera because I'd be sure to drop it in the water, like I did with my walkie talkie.  I also knew you and Zach would do a good job with the digital pics.  Once I get my pics developed I'll see if there are any that need to be scanned in.  Already looking forward to next year.   
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: ol crawdad on May 01, 2006, 10:33 AM
awesome pics Hood!  looks like a fun adventure...
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on May 01, 2006, 11:04 AM
Sounds like a cool trip!!  Nice pics!! 
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: bigredfishing on May 01, 2006, 11:06 AM
I guess the trip worked out great, uh?  No bugs, lots of big char biting!!  NICE JOB!!! :clapping:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: camo_fish on May 01, 2006, 11:32 AM
those are some awesome colored splake.  :o Great job  :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: Deposit on May 01, 2006, 01:55 PM
Looked like a great trip!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: dawg on May 01, 2006, 03:28 PM
Sounds and looks like a great time congrats :clapping:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: Bartman44 on May 01, 2006, 07:25 PM
Sweet back-county photos.  Looks like pre-black fly too. Great time to get in there. 
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> 4/30 Backcountry Trip p8
Post by: ADK-Mike on May 01, 2006, 07:30 PM
Thanks to everyone on the trip for making it a great Birthday ::) ...the awesome fishing helped too. Thanks again to Matt and his family and Neil and Kailee for putting up with us...you guys made the trip special. I look forward to fishin with you again.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Bass 5/8 (p9)
Post by: Hood on May 08, 2006, 11:54 AM
Its that time, the bass have invaded the river and provide good action while tryin to catch salmon. There are still a few sammies around but they are tougher to catch and are beginning to rely on the hatches in the afternoon and at dusk. Beerman and I slayed the smallies this week down there and he even pulled this largemouth from the fastwater, never thought that would happen.

(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi3.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy77%2Fhood997%2F100_0496.jpg&hash=e3d785a3a9da0a6f2c0ee6f8cac49eb2)

Saturday we went pike fishing and did not have any luck with them, but we did catch piles of bass, both large and smallmouth. They were caught mainly on live minnows and a few on zara spooks, it was cool having them
come to the surface already.

B-Man with a very hungry bass
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We were working the shore right before the sky opened up and I had this nice bucketmouth nail an original Zara on the first couple twitches.
taped a hair over 21"...got lots of room to fatten up ;D
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That was it for our weekend. We got finals week now and will not be serious fishin til sunday or so.... I was down at the river this morn for an hour trying for a salmon but only got some more smallies....back to the books ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Bass 5/8 (p9)
Post by: ol crawdad on May 08, 2006, 12:09 PM
NICE FISH DUDES! 
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Bass 5/8 (p9)
Post by: Pikeguy on May 08, 2006, 12:12 PM
Hood, that bass is a doozy! Took a topwater this early huh?
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Bass 5/8 (p9)
Post by: flockshot on May 08, 2006, 12:59 PM
nice fish hood...gotta love surprises like fast water largemouth.lol
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Bass 5/8 (p9)
Post by: camo_fish on May 08, 2006, 08:46 PM
nice looking largemouth hog  :thumbup_smilie: WTG
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Bass 5/8 (p9)
Post by: hookemandcookem on May 10, 2006, 01:57 AM
MAN !!! WHAT A BUCKETHEAD...
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Bass 5/8 (p9)
Post by: adkRoy on May 10, 2006, 06:39 AM
Keep on catching like that hood! Nice Fish.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON!! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: Hood on May 17, 2006, 09:08 AM
Did some brookie fishin this weekend and had a very interesting experience. First fish of the day is hooked and all of a sudden it gets real big and is screaming line, I pull it in finally and notice there is a loon holding onto it going nuts, Mike was in the other boat and couldnt believe his eyes either, I was goin bonkers as well, it was so cool.  It lets go at boatside and that was just the beginning.

HA, I win!
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We get the Wobblers back down and the loon is following about 60 ft behind the boat.  My girlfriend gets a bite and hooks a fish, I see the loon take a peek down then dive.....here we go again.....the rod doubles and it starts dumping the reel, i take it and crank down the drag and pull the fish free and started reeling fast, we get the fish and the loon is chillin right at the boat.

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The fish is slashed and dead so I tossed it to the loon for its efforts. At this point I got the cam out and am snapping pics and video of whats goin down. Here is the sequence of the video I took of some Adirondack style cat n' mouse....its uploading and I will have it ready tonight.
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Some still shots of the varmint
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(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi3.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy77%2Fhood997%2F100_0556.jpg&hash=31c14e3a82256d78db6b31b18de37c43)


Video to be posted tonight, it was the craziest thing ive ever had happen to me while trout fishin :blink:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: Robb on May 17, 2006, 09:15 AM
Man your like Dr. Doolittle, those animals love you!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: ol crawdad on May 17, 2006, 09:26 AM
Hood, those are some awesome pics and a great experience!  ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on May 17, 2006, 09:28 AM
That's pretty crazy!!   :o  I've had them pretty p*ssed off, charge the boat...hissing and carrying on.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: flockshot on May 17, 2006, 09:37 AM
thats great!!!!!! cant wait to see the vid. helluva story
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: Pikeguy on May 17, 2006, 10:44 AM
Really cool Hood. Loons are really a neat bird. IMO
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: bigredfishing on May 17, 2006, 10:59 AM
WOW DUDE!!  That is freakin cool!! 
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: MXFisher on May 17, 2006, 11:34 AM
WOW thats crazy. It's cool you got to see a loon that close in nature. He must have been real hungary...or lazy.




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Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: Fishingking on May 17, 2006, 01:12 PM
WOW thats crazy. It's cool you got to see a loon that close in nature. He must have been real hungary...or lazy.




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My first thougt.  That is one crazy loonie :)



Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: pikemaster789 on May 17, 2006, 02:20 PM
thats way to cool
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: Deposit on May 17, 2006, 02:54 PM
Man thats nuts!!! can't wait for the video
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: Hood on May 17, 2006, 06:55 PM
The Video, It is through photobuckets "new" video uploading...Click the box below and enjoy ;D

(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi3.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy77%2Fhood997%2Fth_100_0564.jpg&hash=d0b8c8e85a0e9187cd8fc3fef3db3cc3) (http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/hood997/?action=view&current=100_0564.flv)



It is uploaded here as well if you are having trouble with the above link.
http://media.putfile.com/Loon-Video (http://media.putfile.com/Loon-Video)
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: camo_fish on May 17, 2006, 06:59 PM
that is cool as H#LL, thats for sharing the great Loon adventares.  :w00t: :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: Hood on May 17, 2006, 07:01 PM
that is cool as H#LL, thats for sharing the great Loon adventares.  :w00t: :thumbup_smilie:


did the video work?
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: camo_fish on May 17, 2006, 07:12 PM

did the video work?

video was a collection of photos?
My work computer doesn't allow streaming and videos only work time to time.
But the link is good and that was just cool as can be.
Thanks again, don't think I'll see that again.  ;) that is until I catch a fish from a loon.  ;)  ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: beaverfsu on May 17, 2006, 07:28 PM
Video with sound no less.  Worked for me.  Thanks for all of the stories and pics! 
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9)
Post by: Fishingking on May 17, 2006, 07:42 PM
Yep the vid works good :) ANd its pretty darn funny too
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: dwaytkus on May 17, 2006, 07:44 PM
Dude that is nuts.  Most likely a once and a lifetime experience there!! 
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: fishinboy on May 17, 2006, 07:56 PM
that's crazy, man!  Great pics and video.  ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: crappieslayer22 on May 17, 2006, 08:21 PM
i think the loon whants that trout
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: CarogaKid on May 17, 2006, 09:17 PM
 :o That's some Crazy Chit :o
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: spoonfed on May 17, 2006, 10:07 PM
i think it forgot to take its meds. ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: bigredfishing on May 17, 2006, 10:15 PM
Absolutely fantastic dude!!!   :clapping: :thumbup_smilie: :bowdown:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: Pikeguy on May 18, 2006, 07:44 AM
That video is awesome Hood!  ;D
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: ol crawdad on May 18, 2006, 07:51 AM
Cool vid Hood.   Must have been a blast to see live!  Is there a LOON category in the MFF tourney?!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: Hood on May 18, 2006, 08:08 AM
Cool vid Hood.   Must have been a blast to see live!  Is there a LOON category in the MFF tourney?!

Yeah, that was just a clip of the madness that went down. We couldnt believe what was happening, it was unreal, I really wanted it to come over and just pick the trout but it HAD to dive every time, some sort of instinct, it wouldnt pick the fish from the surface but only from below...they got some CRAZZZY eyes up close.  Evil lookin in a way :o
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: ol crawdad on May 18, 2006, 08:17 AM
Took this pic last year.  Cute little fella.

(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.equissentials.net%2FLou%2Fpout_3.jpg&hash=655ce54554d03bed6d5f156e65f9414b)

Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: fishboy on May 18, 2006, 08:52 AM
Very cool pics , very looney loon!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: Robb on May 18, 2006, 09:54 AM
Nice video man!!
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: crowkiller on May 18, 2006, 10:12 AM
thats cool
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: BAZOOKAJOE on May 18, 2006, 01:08 PM
Mean ole bird!!   :blink:
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: jjf on May 18, 2006, 09:38 PM
That loon is no joke :flex: :flex: :flex: Very cool video.
Title: Re: Hood's Fishin Adventures --> Crazy LOON! 5/17 (p9) Video on p10
Post by: devil-man on May 19, 2006, 09:17 AM
 :bowdown: