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Archive for November, 2007
November 28, 2007 at 11:29 pm · Filed under Argentina Fishing
ok, this is part 2. the other day, we were exploring about an hour down the Rio Corrientes (from Pira Lodge) to look for fresh dorado coming up from the Rio Paraná. on the way down, we got flagged down by a resident gaucho (cowboy) who needed help crossing the river. the locals graze their cattle on the edge of the flooded river, as the grass here is plentiful. however, seems that this gaucho got left behind with his horses on the wrong side of the river. apparently his friends were nowhere to be found. typically, these guys cross the river in dug-out canoes.
there was no way for this guy to cross with his 3 horses and saddle and other items, as the river here is flowing fast and about 25-30 feet deep. so he made the horses swim across the river and then we gave him a lift across in our Hell’s Bay flats skiff. my friend Hale was sharp enough to have made a short video with his point and shoot camera to document this event. it’s not every day you get to see something like this. Photo by Joey Lin, Video by Hale Snyder. enjoy.
November 24, 2007 at 9:41 pm · Filed under Argentina Fishing
ok, this is Part 1 of a lame mini series called ‘i went to the Iberá Marsh for a few days this week’. all kidding aside, it was nice to see the marsh again. for those who don’t know, i used to guide at Pirá Lodge, fishing for dorado in the Iberá Marsh in northeast Argentina. the marsh is the 2nd largest body of uncontaminated water in the Americas (2nd only to the Pantanal in Brazil). it’s 3.5 million acres, twice as large as the Everglades is/was.
the region had suffered through drought for almost 3 years and had looked ugly and stagnant, completely depressing. i didn’t even go visit last year because i didn’t want to see it in that bad condition. kind of like visiting an ex-girlfriend strung out on drugs. ok, not exactly since that’s never happened to me, but you get the point.
the water was looking as nice as i’ve seen it in years, flowing fast and crystal clear. water hyacinth everywhere, just healthy. fishing was crazy, hooking fish left and right. there were small dorado everywhere, but 98% of them were in the 1-2 pound range, as the bigger fish haven’t shown up yet. typically, we should be seeing 10-20 pound fish this time of year, as they normally would come up into the marsh to spawn right now. nobody knows what will happen. ok, part 2 ‘gaucho crossing the river’ will come in a few days! cheers-joey (photos by Joey Lin and Hale Snyder)
November 18, 2007 at 7:56 pm · Filed under Photo of the Week, Texas Fishing
this is a photo by my friend Erich Schlegel, shot years ago at Decker Lake near Austin. Erich is a badass senior staff photographer at the Dallas Morning News. can’t remember why he was here that day, but i remember him telling me that he saw this bass attacking dragon flies in the late afternoon, so he set up and shot this impressive shot. i asked him for this picture again because i lost it on an old computer that crashed. his only remark was ‘Need to go back and
reshoot that pond. I know I can get a better pic.’….photo © Erich Schlegel. cheers.
November 12, 2007 at 3:35 am · Filed under Bahamas Fishing, Photo of the Week
ok, guys. i know this is a stretch, but hey. it’s early november and i’m stuck in Buenos Aires (not complaining too much) preparing for the upcoming Argentina fishing season. i have lots of clients coming down, so i’m sitting in front of a computer, invoicing, making itineraries, etc…i can’t be on the river every day, but don’t worry, soon i’ll be doing nothing but fishing.
in the mean time, i was looking for some weird photo or something to post. i could go back and post a lot of things that relate to Argentina fishing, but ran across this photo. interesting back story. this is from 2003 or so, can’t remember. but anyway, i was with a group of guys from Waco, fishing at Bair’s Lodge in South Andros. one of the veteran guides at the time was Nat. he guided all day, ran his restaurant at night, and then went night fishing for his restaurant at wee hours of the morning. then got up and guided again the next day. hard core. supposedly to support all his kids. the story goes that he even fathered 2 different sets of twins BORN ON THE SAME DAY with TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN!!!
anyway, this is a photo of some young ladies outside his restaurant. they were there for home-coming, which i don’t know exactly what that is. but i guess it means they left the island and on a certain day of the year, they ‘come home’. no, they don’t work at HOOTERS. photo © Joey Lin. cheers.
