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Cutlass
Guest
New Guy here,
I just read through some of these threads, especially the 5 pages of rants about food vs catch & release fishing, and I'd like to put in a plug for fishing pinks.
We just came back from Telegraph Cove where the springs were spotty, but the pinks were everywhere. We had to switch to big plugs & spoons to try to avoid them. Fortunately I was with my 9-year old and he had a blast fishing the pinks - just we were hitting limits to soon. These were really what I considered 'lunker' pinks - all we between 7-9 pounds, respectable for pinks.
What I wish we had done in retrospect was to fish them with false flashers more. When using light gear, they are scrappy fighters.
The Fly-fisherman who will be flocking to the Cluxewe,Oyster and the Nile in a couple of weeks revere these fish as great sport. Yet, most who catch them while trolling consider them a step above dogfish.
Maybe it's time for a attitude change. Lighten up (the gear, that is), and enjoy fishing the fish we have that are abundant, and whose returns are predictable thanks to enhancement from hatcheries.
I just read through some of these threads, especially the 5 pages of rants about food vs catch & release fishing, and I'd like to put in a plug for fishing pinks.
We just came back from Telegraph Cove where the springs were spotty, but the pinks were everywhere. We had to switch to big plugs & spoons to try to avoid them. Fortunately I was with my 9-year old and he had a blast fishing the pinks - just we were hitting limits to soon. These were really what I considered 'lunker' pinks - all we between 7-9 pounds, respectable for pinks.
What I wish we had done in retrospect was to fish them with false flashers more. When using light gear, they are scrappy fighters.
The Fly-fisherman who will be flocking to the Cluxewe,Oyster and the Nile in a couple of weeks revere these fish as great sport. Yet, most who catch them while trolling consider them a step above dogfish.
Maybe it's time for a attitude change. Lighten up (the gear, that is), and enjoy fishing the fish we have that are abundant, and whose returns are predictable thanks to enhancement from hatcheries.