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Archive for May, 2007
May 21, 2007 at 1:56 am · Filed under Bahamas Fishing, Photo of the Week
not sure if these are really called Puffer Fish or not, but a few years ago, i took a couple groups to Bair’s Lodge in South Andros, Bahamas. really great bonefishing there, and a fantastic lodge. there are even good bonefish to be caught in the water right in front of the lodge. anyhow, i was walking one early morning after breakfast and before we launched to go fishing, and shot this photo of these ‘puffer fish’ cruising the edge in shallow water right in front of the lodge. i think it’s a cute photo.
May 14, 2007 at 6:38 am · Filed under Photo of the Week, Texas Fishing
ok, this is the first ‘photo of the week’. i’m doing this to force myself to post something at least once a week, especially right now, i’m in between fishing seasons. plus it gives me an excuse to highlight some photos i happen to like from the past.
this is a carp. i like to carp fish with a fly rod. this happens to be on the edge of lake travis near austin. turns out that when the lake is up in the spring, carp cruise the flats to spawn on the flooded edges, in the grass. they tail just like redfish, and you can sight fish to them. i suppose the most prominent feature of carp are their disgusting lips. i took this photo to show that, i guess. kind of funny, don’t you think?
May 6, 2007 at 9:08 pm · Filed under Argentina Fishing
ok, here’s a really cool post i’ve been wanting to do for some time. as some of you may know, i used to guide at Pirá Lodge in the Iberá Marsh in north eastern Argentina (click HERE to book a trip with me). the dorado is a magnificent gamefish, and has the qualities of many of the important species that people go for (Atlantic Salmon, Tarpon, Brown Trout, Steelhead, Snook, etc…). in many ways, this fish is like a Striper, but that jumps, if you fish for it in swift moving water, which is normally where you encounter them.
the Iberá Marsh is a maze of flowing canals which all flow together to form the Rio Corriente, a tributary to the Paraná River, the 2nd largest river system in South America (next to the Amazon). near the lodge, there is a lagoon called Laguna Sucia. the average depth of this lagoon, which i guess is maybe 50 acres (??), is about 3-4 feet deep. in low water when there are big dorado in the lagoon, this makes for interesting sight fishing to waking fish, which is not a common technique.
this particular video was shot with Cole Eslyn, of Austin, Texas (although he just moved), who came and caught 4 fish over 15 pounds in the week. this is a 16 pound Dorado caught on a fly, sight fishing in about 2 feet of water at last hour. this is me guiding, and Matt Miller of Miami (fishing guide) doing the camera work (thanks Matt!). the fish gets hung in all the weeds, so it only jumps twice. the take is amazing, but the fight is rather limited because of the weeds. but it shows well the ferocity of these fish. Dorado are lateral line feeders, so they can sense any vibration. watch how far this fish goes to eat a 4 inch fly at almost dark!!
May 3, 2007 at 3:23 pm · Filed under Texas Fishing
ok, i know it’s a sin to try and have a blog, and expect people to check in all the time, and me not updating this thing. the thing is i’m in buenos aires, not a lot of fishing here downtown. busy with a lot of bookings these days. also, i’m in between fishing seasons really. i do have a group of clients that are down in patagonia right now doing a ‘cast and blast’, they are fishing for migratory browns that are up the Rio Aluminé to spawn…afterwards they are going to be quail hunting at Estancia Alicura.
anyhow, traditionally in the past, i would probably be back in texas right now to be guiding on the Texas Hill Country rivers, but as it is that i’ve decided to try and live here in beautiful Argentina more permanently, i’m not there and won’t be there til end of June. so i’m just going to cheat and do a lazy post here and upload some photos from previous trips to texas, these are from late spring, early summer. i’m including 1 photo at least of each bass species you can catch in texas. smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, guadalupe bass and smallmouth X guadalupe hybrid (not in that order). one of them i’m not sure about, but it’s anyone’s guess. there aren’t many pure smallmouth in the texas hill country where you have native guadalupe bass populations.
