Author Topic: nice little fish (Read 1184 times)

rabbidrabbit · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2004, 08:15:15 AM »

mmm Halibut...

still have about 15 pounds left in my freezer from my last trip... how much did it weigh?

Habu · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2004, 08:31:08 AM »

Nice little piggy.

SunTracker · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2004, 08:32:01 AM »

I went on a deep-sea fishing trip while in Panama city. Our boat probably caught 200+ fish. And not a single fish survived. Once reeled to the surface (from 80 feet or more) the fishs' instestines would pop out of its body. Fish that had to legally be thrown back were eaten by dolphins as soon as they hit the water. Saltwater fishing is definately more brutal than freshwater fishing.

XtrmeJ · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2004, 08:32:57 AM »

Sweet catches on both pics! Insande fish/pig. You havnt encounterd something scary till ya come face to face with a boar.

storch · « **Reply #5 on:** July 29, 2004, 08:38:05 AM »

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Originally posted by SunTracker
I went on a deep-sea fishing trip while in Panama city. Our boat probably caught 200+ fish. And not a single fish survived. Once reeled to the surface (from 80 feet or more) the fishs' instestines would pop out of its body. Fish that had to legally be thrown back were eaten by dolphins as soon as they hit the water. Saltwater fishing is definately more brutal than freshwater fishing.

You are reeling them up too fast. you have to allow them to equalize pressure if you intend to release. Take your time, it's more challenging.

SunTracker · « **Reply #6 on:** July 29, 2004, 08:39:18 AM »

We couldnt take our time, there were too many people on the boat, the fish would tangle everyones lines.

XtrmeJ · « **Reply #7 on:** July 29, 2004, 08:42:09 AM »

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Originally posted by storch
You are reeling them up too fast. you have to allow them to equalize pressure if you intend to release. Take your time, it's more challenging.

Exactly. Those fish you are catching are at fairly deep depths. Wreeling them up to quick puts incredible stress on the fish's body with the extreme and rapid change in pressure. The fish's body is adapted to the high pressure not the low, so when ya wreel em up to fast, their insides burst since they don't have to sustain the great pressure any more. Thus you get fish guts. Fishing 101.

Ripper29 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 29, 2004, 08:42:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Habu
Nice little piggy.

What kind of tackle and bait did you use....

Nilsen · « **Reply #9 on:** July 29, 2004, 09:11:19 AM »

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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
mmm Halibut...

still have about 15 pounds left in my freezer from my last trip... how much did it weigh?

160kg

storch · « **Reply #10 on:** July 29, 2004, 09:11:43 AM »

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Originally posted by SunTracker
We couldnt take our time, there were too many people on the boat, the fish would tangle everyones lines.

Bummer. Our rules are two per boat (21's to 26's) We all have more fun that way and there is a guaranteed tow back if the undesireable occurs. BUT, all my friends have boats so it's easy to say.

Habu · « **Reply #11 on:** July 29, 2004, 09:16:34 AM »

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Originally posted by Ripper29
What kind of tackle and bait did you use....

Actually the picture is not me it is from the news wire. That pig is probably the largest ferel pig ever. You can read the story here.

Big Pig

Nilsen · « **Reply #12 on:** July 29, 2004, 09:16:49 AM »

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Originally posted by Habu
Nice little piggy.

Ohh... theres one more the wont be comming to the con this year

storch · « **Reply #13 on:** July 29, 2004, 09:28:33 AM »

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Originally posted by Habu
Actually the picture is not me it is from the news wire. That pig is probably the largest ferel pig ever. You can read the story here.

Big Pig

I was going to say that no way that was a feral hog.

A couple of obvious points. The man is photo is back two or three feet thereby making the animal appear larger. Also the man is in a pit.

That is still one big pig.

Reschke · « **Reply #14 on:** July 29, 2004, 11:57:01 AM »

Storch that man is just behind the hog with his arm on the leg and his foot is only in the hole up to his ankle.

BUT anyway it is entirely possible that the hog was that big. There have been several "Hogzilla" types killed about an hour west and south from where I live. They have been found to be descendants of Eurasian boars that were brought over to the States by farmers in the early twentieth century.

If there was a way to trace wild hog family lineage back you would likely find that many of these "wild hogs" are mixed breeds between farm raised and escaped hogs. With some that have family that go back to the time of Hernando De Soto when he made his trek through the Southeastern United States in 1539.

These sorts of animals tend to live in areas near lots of water like a swampy region and cause massive amounts of damage to the area they move through.