I'm b-a-c-k.....

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:27 pm

Vacation was nice, but ya just can't get any rest...
-finished one book-The Family Moskat
-started The Great Gatsby
-ate way too much great food
and caught more than a few of these-

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:12 pm

Welcome back!!

What is that?

Charlene · Post by **Charlene** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:31 pm

Looks like you had fun!

If anybody wants to see my vacation pictures from the Oregon coast, they are on Webshots at http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/5605 ... t=outdoors And yes, I realize the sea lions are blurry - that's because I followed the rules and didn't use a flash inside Sea Lion Caves.

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:49 am

Cranberry wrote:What is that?

It's a fish.

Sorry Cran, I just couldn't resist it. That's the reply my niece once gave when asked that question while a very similar photo was being taken.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:22 am

I'm glad you had fun...but I'm glad you're back too

You look quite pleased with yourself in your catch. I love it!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:56 am

jbarter wrote:
Cranberry wrote:What is that?
It's a fish.

Sorry Cran, I just couldn't resist it. That's the reply my niece once gave when asked that question while a very similar photo was being taken.

Oh, dear. I mean what kind of fish (I thought it was obvious that it's a fish)? I have never seen a tail like that.

Anstapa · Post by **Anstapa** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 1:49 pm

A dead fish.

Anstapa

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:03 pm

Cranberry wrote:Welcome back!!

What is that?

That is a Spanish mackerel. I found out that they are not normally "running" in the fall there, but for some reason there they were this year. I caught several that were quiet a bit larger than the one in the picture. They have very sharp teeth and often cut the line before they were brought in. My husband, who is a fisherman, said he had more fun catching them than any other fish he'd ever caught. They do put up a fight, the rod would sometimes bend almost double and they were hard for me to get in. Add to that, some days sharks would grab them before we could get them out of the water so the result would be only a fish head or half a fish. They were not "keepers" unless they measured at least 12" from the tip of the head to the "V" of the tail.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:27 pm

Now I'm ticked at myself. I said, "It's a mackeral" but I wasn't sure so I didn't post.

anyway, glad you're back because your my lifeline into the hills.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:35 pm

But is it holy?

djm

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:32 pm

djm wrote:But is it holy?

djm

From some of the words spoken by folks while trying to reel them in...I'd say AMEN, definitely holy!

(out on the end of the pier they were fishing for King Makerel- brought in a 22 lb and a 34lb one day. They were huge.)

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:33 pm

Flyingcursor wrote:my lifeline into the hills.

I want to be your lifeline into something.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:04 pm

djm wrote:But is it holy?

I'm really glad you said that, because if you hadn't, I would have had to.

Tom