From Pishtech, the brains behind Real World Fly Fishing, comes Ice Fishing Derby. Now anyone can enjoy the excitement and exhiliration of a day on the virtual ice. Fortunately the virtual bait shop sells virtual shanties and propane heaters to protect you from the virtual winter weather. LINK
Once you locate a promising spot, you'll want to barricade any possible escape routes, using rocks, sandbags or your noodling buddies.
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Gary "Master Caster" Hain has amazing casting skill. Via Neatorama
A little ice fishing to celebrate the season. LINK
It's virtual fishing at it's finest. LINK
John Waldman mixes fact, lore, and humorous anecdotes to describe the great lengths fishermen are willing to go to catch fish. LINK
"Just a thought: It's summertime—maybe a bit of real fishing would be a better substitute for playing a fishing game on the Wii." Via: Gizmodo LINK
Now remember, not many of us started with a fly rod in our hands LINK
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Monkey fishing, in Forman's usage of the term, was not a slang
expression for some untraditional method of fishing for fish. Forman
meant exactly what he said. He went fishing for monkeys. LINK
You might not want to go swimming out there, but anglers are having a ball catching them off party boats run by Rick Powers at Bodega Bay Sportsfishing. Rick said these monstrous calamari are preying on anything that swims in front of them, and the action for party boat anglers is hot and heavy. Via Sonoma News LINK
Once the head appears, the gatherer works quickly seizing it around the head with their hand. Within seconds, the feke is killed by biting between the eyes or turning its head inside out. LINK
I remember seeing a beautiful short film at the Banff Film Fesival about a Zong man from China's Guilin region and his fishing comorants.
Ukai, or cormorant fishing, is a traditional method of river fishing that has been practiced in Japan for some 1300 years. This method involves fishermen using cormorant birds on leashes to catch sweetfish (such as the Ayu).
Comorant fishing is not as popular a pastime in some other areas. LINK
Who ya gonna call? LINK
A weaponized version of the Popeil Pocket Fisherman.
Some giggle. Some dig it-some don't. But they all think it's the wildest fishing rig on the block. It just may be the most innovative product within the entire fishing industry. And who knows, it may be the most collectable tackle product in history some day.
A new approach to rodent performance evaluation.
No squirrels were harmed during this research.