for the fish!!!

immediately thought caddis .. but .. not... hmmm

caddis? you got them buggers over there? i thought everything over there was poisonis? or would take a bite out of you.

yeah.. caddis .. cicadas .. mayflies .. lot of trout streams around the world seem to have versions of the same critters eh ...

not ALL the things will bite you over here.... not all!! .. sometimes they are full already! .. or sleeping... 

do you have these critters? yes they are ugly!

http://www.hellbenders.org/The_Hellbender_Homepage/Home.html

yegods!!! .... no... not them... thats a mother love only critter right there!! 

Certainly some interesting critters right there - still think I would prefer fishing in the US compared to Oz - last time I went fishing in Cairns I am not sure if I caught a shark or a croc, but it just kept on swimming.. some great fishing to be had in Oz really, never tried freshwater though.

Went fishing a few times when I was in Canada - some good fishing there - imagine some parts of the States would be similar on lakes / rivers?

The bug in the picture - Giant Stonefly?

eh Kiwi , depends on how your 'runaway' moved.... if it was a fairly quick but steady pull .. most likely shark ... possibly a croc... though from what i know they will usually surface so they can see you ?

im gonna guess a little further... if it was just a really strong slow underwater pull.... most likely a big stingray?!? .. had one of them on the line up in NT years ago... 20lb line on a strongish boatrod and shimano overhead reel (smaller one not the game reels) ... we had to follow him down the river for a while to gain any line... was like trying to pull up a jammed anchor! lol.... got him to surface ... about 4' tip to tip... 'decided to set him free' .. 

they aint quick .. just strong!

Palmetto Bug

Could have been a Stingray now that I think about the last one I caught - just a really strong pull up river. was in a tidal part of the estuary / river that runs out at Cairns.

What I remember most about Cairns (aside from sitting in a pool drinking beer while bats flew around, was a hatch of cane toads and a heap of kids running around trying to squash as many as they could..

yeah they get right down on the mud and hoover along eh ..

you see the beaches up at cairns?... sand like coffee-sugar size!! ... great if you want to clean your foot calluses up but too cheap to buy a pumice stone or such..

lol.. cane toads... you see some hectic and creative ways to deal with them up there... best not mention it though.. might have the PETA fans down on me!!

How about a Muskie mouth? One of these (Muskellunge) tried to eat my little brother when we where swimming at Raystown Lake, PA. They hunt with their heads out of the water. Looks like a gator coming at you.


And this dudes baby Muskellunge just because he has cool hair.

  ... cute?!?!? lookin fishies!! .. they cook up ok?

Ooooh yes, they are one of the tastiest fresh water fish IMO. Same with Northern Pike. They are similar to Muakie's. Both have very sharp teeth.

I am so glad we don't get pike here.. maybe we should start a fishing thread - recommended spots / lures / flies etc.

OldMech started one a while back - could hijack it..
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64053.0

Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 08:58:56 PM
I am so glad we don't get pike here.. maybe we should start a fishing thread - recommended spots / lures / flies etc.

OldMech started one a while back - could hijack it..
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=64053.0

arrrrr!!!

edit ... boardin plank down!! 

we should stop jackin this thread for fish now... or the pic will get too lost ..

but as promised from last week ... short video on that tape measure thingy  ... first ever youtube upload actually ... really gotta get myself a vlog rig 

Quote from: Kiwingenuity on May 30, 2013, 07:28:41 PM
Certainly some interesting critters right there - still think I would prefer fishing in the US compared to Oz - last time I went fishing in Cairns I am not sure if I caught a shark or a croc, but it just kept on swimming.. some great fishing to be had in Oz really, never tried freshwater though.

Went fishing a few times when I was in Canada - some good fishing there - imagine some parts of the States would be similar on lakes / rivers?

The bug in the picture - Giant Stonefly?

and yes it is! only  see these guys hatched for a short period. they are also nicknamed trout candy.
your up kiwi.

Is is some kind of cricket?

it is an aquatic insect which spends most of its life as a nymph living under rocks in cool flowing streams and rivers.
it starts out like this...



then when it is ready to hatch it will crawl out of the stream onto a rock, tree, or whatever and hatch into the adult form which has wings and flies around. this one is a large brown stone and is about 2 inches in length. big clumsy buggers when they fly past your head. and look like this.



and crazy people like me tie abunch of fur feathers and what ever else we can find on a hook to make an imitation of them. all to catch a fish like this...



sorry for the longwindedness, but no it is not like a cricket. but trout love them too!

Stonefly? but see you have nearly 500 species in North America alone..