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My fave spot in SEQ, ignored the weather forecasters and used my own inate ability to find fog...Well have gotten it right 50% of time so far... :-)
Maria(lovephotos) and i chanced our arms and got stunning conditions.
The fog was the best i have seen here, well at least since last year.
The little boat with the fishos was the icing on the cake.
Must be viewed large to get a real sense of the mood that morning :-)
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Caught this image with my wife's camera when going to the reef to fish with one of our neighbors. It appeared to be a storm cloud developing, but was not the case. I was a beautiful day until the wind came up and created some large waves that ran us back home.
We did succeed in catching some fish.
This is a puffer like I said the pelicans were playing with in the last photo. Their body is normally from the lower mouth area to the tail, but they inflate to this large size for protection, and I don't think any other fish eats them for this reason. Another reason is that they are extremely toxic to other fish and humans.. This is a male with the large knotty spines over the entire stomach.
These OLD bearded guys are fishing friends from a Canadian fishing trip in 2009 . I caught them goofing when they should have been fishing, and i guess with the plugs on.......they decided to fish for northern pike instead of walleye at this time of the day.
It was a nice trip.
Another beautiful sunset photo taken in the Florida Keys. My wife and I always try to visit this spot a couple evenings while we are there for the sunset view and the people that gather to enjoy the sunsets.
Picture captured on my Iphone when returning from the seven mile bridge fishing. Our neighbors invited my wife and I to anchor under the bridge and fish,
The sun was nearly in the West and I wanted to capture the reflections on the boat churned ocean water. I was fortunate to get one this good with the boat bouncing over the waves.
Beautiful day, but it was a terrible fishing day. This is below the Truman Dam in Missouri..they were not running any water that day for electrical power so the water was low and the fish were gone.Calm day for photos with reflections, but we left in about a hour and went to the main body of the lake to fish.
This is a fish my wife caught a while back this year. It is what we call a sucker shart, but the correct name is Ramora Shark. They attach themselves to another shark and feed on it's scraps. You can actually wet them like a suction cut and stick them to the side of a boat.
Getting ready to go to Florida Keys again next week so this is what's on my mind. This is another catch from a fishing trip in a boat with friends. My wife and I go in their boat a couple times each winter, since you can catch more different varieties than from the bridge piers.
Friend waiting for me to park the truck and trailer. Another fishing trip on one of our local lakes.The lake behind is is full of gulls and white pelicans that are also fishing most of their day.
Another batch of salt water fish caught from the Gulf Of Mexico by myself and friends. They contain mangrove snapper, yellow jacks, and a grouper in the middle. One of the many days that we left wives at home and fished.
Nothing exciting to download on Flickr, so I will do a little bragging on myself. I left my wife home and went boat fishing with a couple friends on their boat , and I caught this over 22 inch black grouper (might be a gag grouper) and had to throw it back. They have to be 24 inches . Probably the last chance for another one since the season closes today.a
When this man and wife came into view they were nearly on top of me before I saw them. The early fog was so thick early and then it started to life when the sun came up.
My wife and I fished with the neighbors yesterday on their boat and went to the reef. The reef a large rocky structure about five miles from the Florida Key Islands and holds a lot of fish. It is about 40 feet deep and a lot of dead coral that give them the ideal habitat that they like.
Caught several fish and we caught two new varieties to add to our 60 plus list of different types of fish caught while wintering here.
Note: The fish was returned to the water after some photographs.
Couple years ago my wife snapped this photo of a fisherman below the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys.
He had a large 20 plus pound jack crevalle fish on and we watch him until it was landed into the boat. The fisherman chose not to keep this variety and released it back into the water after having the thrill of man verses fish.
I was unsure for the proper name of this fish, but it is a Big Eyed Red Torro, or a Squirrel Fish...I think. If someone knows the proper name......they can correct me.
My wife caught it when we were boat fishing with a friend back in 2010 on our winter stay in Florida.
Yes this will be the last fish story for a little while, but we went trolling in the Atlantic yesterday with friends on their boat, and caught 6 nice dolphin or mahi mahi while on the trip. My wife is holding one of them. Four of us were on the boat and each person felt the pull of a strong fish. Considered one of the better fish for the table here also.
My pictures are our experiences and one hasn't been on the EXPLORE list for over a year. Love displaying our lives anyway.
We were chatting with another friend in his boat and on our way fishing. He took the photo of us in the boat and sent it to me. Naturally I had a camera in my hand and was returning the favor. It is difficult to get a photo or our group unless this happens.
On another fishing day with my wife, a new type of fisherman came to the scene. We stopped our fishing to watch them, and they were catching Lookdown fish to sell to aquariums somewhere. Onboard were three large containers fed with oxygen to keep fish in good health.
The men were fighting the fast current with the boat and casting directly into it with multiple hooked lines. They casted letting a sinker weighted line go the the bottom and then repeatedly jerking it back toward the boat. Very successful system, and I watched them catch several before they looked up at us watching and then left the area.
This is the only photo that I could show today from a six hour trolling fishing trip. A friend took us with high expectation that failed to work out today. I can brag about one large fish snapping one 30 pound test line when it was still in the trolling position, one large mackerel caught, and one something that was on for quite a while. Anyway, I had a large something on, it fought for quite a while and then in only 45 feet of water it went to the bottom. From there I have no idea what happened, but a 130 pound braided line got broken nearly pulling me out of the boat.
At least a story to tell people about the "fish that got away".
This is a scene snapped on my wife's little pocket camera.
While out fishing last year on our friends boat, we had to detour around this tugboat. It had a long cable and was pulling a long barge. Unusual to us, because I have always saw tugboats push.....not pull.
It was a hazy and cloudy day, but fit this black and white interpretation of what we viewed.
This is a friend in Florida that takes me fishing in his boat a few times each winter. From first appearances it looks like he is putting his finger in the razor sharp teeth of the mackerel, but look at the shadow on his shirt.
I am sure he has done this before when someone is taking a picture.
on EXPLORE #94 (20-04-09)
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Mahi Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus), Marathon, Florida Keys, USA
Mahi-mahi can live up to 5 years, although they seldom exceed four. Catches average 7 to 13 kilograms (15 to 29 lb). They seldom exceed 15 kilograms (33 lb), and mahi-mahi over 18 kilograms (40 lb) are exceptional.
Mahi-mahi have compressed bodies and a single long-based dorsal fin extending from the head almost to the tail. Their caudal fins and anal fins are sharply concave. They are distinguished by dazzling colors: golden on the sides, and bright blues and greens on the sides and back. Mature males have prominent foreheads protruding well above the body proper. Females have a rounded head. Females are also usually smaller than males.
Source: Wikipedia
02/08/2025, George Island, Alaska, U.S.A.
Builder's details sought. Can anyone assist please?
Described as a 'fish carrier' rather than a fishing vessel. Perhaps involved with the fish farming industry?
Built in 1994.
182 g.t. & 101 dwt., as:
'Champion'.
Photo with the kind permission of Ovanes Agaryan.
Ran some of these photos a few months ago, but I like them and posted another. I was there crappie fishing from the bank, and these guys came trolling up through the fog. Not sure how they got from the boat ramp to my location...as you can see....they couldn't see very far.
Looking through last years photos, I do recollect this fishing trip that was ruined by fear of the unknown. This one ran us out of the water only to clear up afterwards and turn into a sunny day.
Most fishermen beware of these when they see them build up miles away. Not sure what the visibility is over flat water, but I know I can still see land when over ten miles out.
Last years fishing trip to Minnesota on the Mississippi River brought me a few pictures. Being over the water, naturally I carried my wife's camera. This train was heading North and typically had varieties of cars, but on the other side of the river....it seemed like a constant flow of full trains with nothing but oil tankers. Constant parade of trains going one way or the other.
Please understand the blur.......the train was traveling and the boat and river was moving...
Another attempt to produce something that I know little about. I took this picture on a fishing lake in Canada in a rocking boat. I love sighting the eagles never could get any good pictures with the pocket camera I was carrying.
This is my only attempt to show one in a dark harsh way. Oh well, it can always be deleted. Good day.
23/02/2024, Laem Chabang village, Si Racha, Thailand.
A traditionally styled, wooden hulled fishing boat, moored near the Unithai shipyard, where the structure under construction appears to be an oil/gas undersea well 'jacket', used to support the topsides of an installation.
On the fishing boat, the long beams, which are swung inboard when not in use, are festooned with bright lamps (often green coloured at night) to attract squid, and other fish.
While editing this photo, I noticed that I had inadvertently caught a crewman relieving himself over the stern!
You are looking at a happy fisherman. He just got off of a fishing party boat and is holding a very large mutton snapper for the Florida Keys.
Some people who have no other way to fish and want to experience fishing in the ocean pay about $50.00 per half day and fish on a large boat , called a party boat. You get to keep your fish and typically a first mate or helper helps the individuals fish. I have did this years ago, but steer away from now.