Comments on: Fishing Techniques From Fishing Fools http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools Glimpses From Bert & Jane Gildart's Travel Odyssey Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:30:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: trevor http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools#comment-22481 trevor Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:23:35 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools#comment-22481 HI, I was looking at your photo and reading your blog, I am wondering if the Duane James you are fishing with is my old college roommate? Do you know if he went to University of Evansville? HI, I was looking at your photo and reading your blog, I am wondering if the Duane James you are fishing with is my old college roommate? Do you know if he went to University of Evansville?

]]> By: Bert Gildart http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools#comment-294 Bert Gildart Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:10:44 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools#comment-294 Tim, I see that one of your questions has gone unanswered, specifically the asking if the Gwich'in keep all the pike they catch. The answer is yes, but not so much for themselves as for their dogs. Most Natives in Alaska prefer the meat from the abundant salmon, and if I have a choice, I do too. Still, I thorougly enjoy the meat from freshly caught pike, particularly when cooked right. We did, incidentally, eath the meat from that huge pike seen in the picture accompanying this story. Tim, I see that one of your questions has gone unanswered, specifically the asking if the Gwich’in keep all the pike they catch. The answer is yes, but not so much for themselves as for their dogs. Most Natives in Alaska prefer the meat from the abundant salmon, and if I have a choice, I do too. Still, I thorougly enjoy the meat from freshly caught pike, particularly when cooked right. We did, incidentally, eath the meat from that huge pike seen in the picture accompanying this story.

]]> By: Bert http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools#comment-277 Bert Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:51:01 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools#comment-277 Tim, except for rare occasions I'm always glad for the presence of editors. In the actual published story, they did pick up my misspelling of the word Shimano. I'm glad you picked it up here. Thanks, too, for exposing yourself as a "fishing fool." But be ready in the future to share your knowledge in any followup fishing fool stories I might do. After reading and then re-reading your message I can see that you are more than just a contender... Bert Tim, except for rare occasions I’m always glad for the presence of editors. In the actual published story, they did pick up my misspelling of the word Shimano. I’m glad you picked it up here.
Thanks, too, for exposing yourself as a “fishing fool.” But be ready in the future to share your knowledge in any followup fishing fool stories I might do. After reading and then re-reading your message I can see that you are more than just a contender…
Bert

]]> By: Tim http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools#comment-276 Tim Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:44:17 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/01/13/fishing-techniques-from-fishing-fools#comment-276 Hi Bert, You are a fishing fool! "Shamino Reel" Did you mean <a href="http://fish.shimano.com/publish/content/fish/sac/us/en.html" rel="nofollow">Shimano</a>? I am a fishing fool too. I like to do it simple and sneaky. My all time favorite rod is an Ugly Stick I got from Kmart. It is surprisingly sensitive. My favorite bait is grasshoppers, and my favorite place to fish is any creek east of the divide. I started out fishing, as many kids did, with a bamboo cane pole and a bobber, fishing off some pier in MN or WI. Catching tons of bluegills and perch and whining, "Can we keep it?" every time I lifted out a wriggling little 4 inch fish. When I got a little older, my Dad gave me a fiberglass fly rod and some poppers. In the spring, I would thrash the lilypads furiously for a few casts and then let the popper sit, then SPLASH! A good sized bluegill would drag it under and I'd have a fight, the way all fish fight harder on fly tackle. Now I like to stalk the wily trout with my Ugly Stick and a grasshopper. I usually stand/crouch in the water far enough upstream from a likely hole so as not to spook the fish and then I patiently let out line, using the water's drag on the hopper to pull out line. I angle the rod tip back and forth to guide my little water skier down the channel. By following the threads of current as they wind through the rocks I can always assure the hopper will enter the hole right in the main food funnel. I usually don't even use the reel, I just haul back on the line with my left while lifting the pole with my right, swinging the wriggling brookie onto the bank. I usually keep all the brook trout I catch, because they are non-natives, and are even classified as an invasive species, like knapweed, and because trout don't have to be a particular size to be worth cleaning. But I wonder about your Gwichin friends. Did they keep all that they caught? That pike that Duane has in the photo looks pretty small, not a size I would want to bother with cleaning. Also, I have caught a few pike at different times on a tiny No. 0 mepps with no leader that I was using to fish for perch in the sloughs of the Flathead. Amazingly they did not rip though the line as they were hooked in the front of their bony maws. I enjoyed your article. I look forward to hearing the story of Bill's comeuppance! Hi Bert,

You are a fishing fool!

“Shamino Reel”

Did you mean Shimano?

I am a fishing fool too. I like to do it simple and sneaky. My all time favorite rod is an Ugly Stick I got from Kmart. It is surprisingly sensitive. My favorite bait is grasshoppers, and my favorite place to fish is any creek east of the divide.

I started out fishing, as many kids did, with a bamboo cane pole and a bobber, fishing off some pier in MN or WI. Catching tons of bluegills and perch and whining, “Can we keep it?” every time I lifted out a wriggling little 4 inch fish.

When I got a little older, my Dad gave me a fiberglass fly rod and some poppers. In the spring, I would thrash the lilypads furiously for a few casts and then let the popper sit, then SPLASH! A good sized bluegill would drag it under and I’d have a fight, the way all fish fight harder on fly tackle.

Now I like to stalk the wily trout with my Ugly Stick and a grasshopper. I usually stand/crouch in the water far enough upstream from a likely hole so as not to spook the fish and then I patiently let out line, using the water’s drag on the hopper to pull out line. I angle the rod tip back and forth to guide my little water skier down the channel. By following the threads of current as they wind through the rocks I can always assure the hopper will enter the hole right in the main food funnel. I usually don’t even use the reel, I just haul back on the line with my left while lifting the pole with my right, swinging the wriggling brookie onto the bank.

I usually keep all the brook trout I catch, because they are non-natives, and are even classified as an invasive species, like knapweed, and because trout don’t have to be a particular size to be worth cleaning. But I wonder about your Gwichin friends. Did they keep all that they caught? That pike that Duane has in the photo looks pretty small, not a size I would want to bother with cleaning.

Also, I have caught a few pike at different times on a tiny No. 0 mepps with no leader that I was using to fish for perch in the sloughs of the Flathead. Amazingly they did not rip though the line as they were hooked in the front of their bony maws.

I enjoyed your article. I look forward to hearing the story of Bill’s comeuppance!

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