Mill Hollow 07-13-2012

We spent sometime fishing during our family camp out at Mill Hollow. We caught Rainbow, Brook, Albino, and Tiger trout.

Linda with a Bow 

Brian with a Brookie 

Tiger Trout 

Albino

Rainbow 

Jenny and Alex hook into one, and the fight is on. 

 

Notice how the fish dropped into the boat just as I took the picture. 

 

The Neeley clan ready to Fish

Brett hauls one in. 

Emma had the hot rod this trip, catching the most fish. 

Aaron with one on. 

 

Getting ready to fish just before dark. 

Alex with one on. Why stop fishing just because it's dark, the fish didn't care. 

 

Sam and I hit the creek near by one afternoon.  

Bush whacking it up the creek.

 

 

On this day we added Cutthroat Trout to the mix.

This camp out netted (pun intended) us five species of trout, all we needed was a Brown Trout and we would have caught all the Trout Utah has to offer. 

 

Bolivar Peninsula 10-14-2011

In the afternoon on the 14th we took the ferry from Galveston over to the Bolivar Peninsula to do some surf fishing.

Brad and Diane 

Diane with a fish on. 

Diane's fish, a Croaker. 

Alan caught these fish in his casting net. The bigger fish a Croaker was probably chasing the smaller Mullet when the net came over them.

Linda with a fish on.

Linda's fish a Whiting.

Nolana had one on that got off.

The next few picture show how to throw a casting net. Luckily I did it right this time, with a nice open circle landing on the water. It didn't always work out that well.

Some bait fish (Menhaden) caught with the casting net.

Gulf of Mexico Surf Fishing 10-10-2011

Sunday night it rained hard, but when we got up Monday morning the weather looked good, so we desided to head to the beach. On the way there we stopped to pick up some bait (shrimp and squid). The lady that sold it to us asked if the water had cleared up enough to fish. We said we were from out of town and didn't know. All she said then was "oh so you don't know better". We found the water to be off color, but we fished anyway, caught some, and had lots of fun.

Brad was good enough to bring all the fishing gear we needed for the trip.

Alan brought along a throw net, to try to catch some live bait.

This was his first time doing this, but he did catch some Mullet for bait.

Brad caught a nice croaker.

Alan catches a Croaker.

Linda has a fish on, but it gets off.

Nolana with a fish on that gets off.

This is what I learned about surf fishing. First you select a nice tasty bait like squid. Put it on your hook.

Wade out in the surf, get the weight and bait behind you.

And let it fly.

Walk back in, letting line out as you do.

Put the rod in the rod holder, and wait for a bite.

Reel it in.

Take a couple pictures.

And let it go.

Brad caught the fish of the day a Black Drum.