2008: Where'd you fish and what did you catch?

I thought I’d start a thread that would be interesting during this time of year. It would be an opportunity to look back at all of the places we’ve fished and types of fish we caught and also to see where many of you fish and what you catch. No need to get specific, just list the body of water and the species.
I’ll start off.

Body of water:

Yakima River, WA
Big Hole River, MT
Beaverhead River, MT
Poindexter Slough, MT
Rocky Ford Creek, WA
Snoqualmie R. WA
NF Couer D Alene R., ID
St. Joe R, ID
Leech Lake, WA
Cady Lake, WA
Various beaches Puget Sound, WA

Species:
Brook, Brown, Rainbow, Cutthroat trout
Sea Run Cutthroat trout, Resident Coho

April was Bahamas month for me, Eleuthera to be more specific. Bonefish, cuda’s and jacks. Alas no tarpon or permit…
July: Norway, brown trout and grayling in the river Glomma, Atlantic salmon in the river Gaula.
September: Reservoir fishing in the UK, stocked rainbows.
These days I fish locally for pike and roach.

A good year after all…
Hans

TN - Smoky Mountains - Trout
TN - Clinch River - Trout
FL - Pensacola - skunked
ID - Snake River - Trout
SC - Saluda River - skunked
NV - Sunset Park, Las Vegas - Trout

I managed fish in 3 states this year. Working on getting a few more next year.

Ausable River (NY), trout
Saranac River (NY), trout
Saranac Lake, northerns and smallies
Beaverkill River, trout
Willowemoc Creek, trout
Schoharie Creek, 22" brown (biggest trout ever)
Connetqout River, LOTS of trout
Long Island Sound, Striped Bass, Bluefish, Summer Flounder, Weakfish (sea trout)
Montauk Point, LI, Striped Bass, Bluefish

Wyoming -

Smith Fork - skunked
LaBarge River - cutthroat
Greys River - cutthroat

Idaho -

Big Elk Creek - cutthroat
Palisades Creek - cutthroat
Rainey Creek - cutthroat
South Fork of the Snake - cutthroat, rainbow, cuttbow, brown, mountain whitefish
Henry’s Fork of the Snake - rainbow, cuttbow, brown
Warm River - skunked
Teton River - rainbow, cutthroat, mountain whitefish
Birch Creek - rainbow, brook
Pass Creek - rainbow
Little Lost River - bull, rainbow, cuttbow
Big Lost River - rainbow
North Fork Big Lost - cutthroat, brook, rainbow
East Fork Big Lost - cutthroat, rainbow
West Fork Big Lost - skunked
Kane Lake - cutthroat
Merriam Lake - brook
Aldous Lake - cutthroat

California -

Truckee River - rainbow
Little Truckee - rainbow

Reely looking forward to '09 !!

California:
Eastern Sierra’s from Cottonwood creek to Walker River. Various species of trout.
Tule River: skunked
Big Bear Lake: trout
Santa Ana river @ Barton Flats: trout
Mojave Narrows: catfish and trout
Silverlakes: bluegill, catfish, bass and trout
Jess Ranch: trout

Montana:
Missouri River: Big trout
Blackfoot River: Brown trout
Nilan Res.: skunked
Dearborn River: skunked

Yellowstone:
Madison River: skunked

Lost Cove Creek NC
Basin Creek NC
Stone Mtn State Park NC
Mitchell River NC
Headwaters, too numerous to list NC

Smith River VA

Blackfoot River MT
Belt Creek MT
Missouri River MT
Headwater creeks MT

Browns, Bows, Cutthroats, and my favorite…Brookies

Bob

2008 fishin’ for ModocDan & his bunch…
Oregon
Middle Rogue river…Steelhead
Upper Rogue… Steelhead
Lost Creek Lake… Rainbows
Fish Lake … Rainbows
Agate Lake… Crappie & Bass
Expo Ponds … Fishin’,…not catchin’
Whetstone Pond … Bass & catfish
Chetco River … Cutthroat… fishin’, not catchin.
Kelly Slough…Steelhead

    California

Lake Britton …Crappie & Bass…Crawdads
Observatory Ponds… many lively Crappie
Pit River …Rainbows
Hat Creek…Rainbows
Baum Lake…Fishin’, not catchin’
Cassel Forebay…Rainbows
Upper Sacramento River…Rainbows
Burney Creek…German Browns & rainbows
Mosquito Lake…Mudcats & bass

Medical Lake, WA.
Marshall Lake, WA.
Brown’s Lake, WA.
Amber Lake, WA.
St. Joe River, ID.
Eloika Lake, WA.

Brown Trout
Cutthroat
Cutthroat
Skunked
Cutthroat
Skunked

Lake Taneycomo…

instread of where I fished…

Hows about: What I caught.

quick story about Taneycomo…
Before the big dams were built… taneycomo was part of the white river… therefore it holds all types of fish… but with the big floods this year… fishing was FREAKING AWESOME…

what I caught…

rainbows
browns
google eye
kentuckies
large mouth bass
small mouth bass
*** my very first mean mouth*** (it was lick a cross between a LMB and a SMB)…
a few blue gills
crappie
walleye… most of them went to the table… yummy!!

now here are a few not commonly caught on the fly…

cat fish…
gar…
and this big a$$ spoonbill

very thing below was caught on a PMS (either fly or jig)
here is a kentucky

a smallie… caught jig fishing… but I was using a hand tied jig… that I tie myself

a big rainbow

Didnt mean to take over the thread… but these were some ofthe high-lights of night fishing for me…

Leonard

and these…

a brown

here is a sweet pair for the table…

Dang Leonard, those are some awesome fish. I’d love to have been on the bank watching you wrassle that spoonbill. Beautiful smallie and 'Bow.

I’ve had a very busy year and the only fishing I have done has been on the South Holston River in East Tennessee. The fishing was good each trip, and the only species I caught were Browns and Rainbows.

Salmon Falls Res. Rainbow
Roseworth Res. Rainbow
Mackay Res. Rainbow-Cutthroat-Kokanee
Chesterfield Rainbow
Henry’s Lake Cutthroat, Hybrid, brookie
C J Strike Res. rainbow, small mouth bass, blue gill, crappie
Devil’s Creek Res. Rainbow
Springfield Res, Rainbow

Had a good year.

Went to Ohio in April, where Ohiotuber and I went after steelhead, monster bluegills and bass.

In September my wife and I spent a week in NE Iowa catching rainbow, brown, and brook trout.

The rest of the time was spent on a multitude of ponds, lakes, streams, creeks, puddles and tailwaters here in NE Kansas catching bluegills, crappie, white bass, wipers, large and smallmouth bass, catfish, bullfrogs, and, my new species for 2008: gizzard shad.

Not much fishing away from home this year and no trout at all.

Pacific Ocean - calico bass, sand bass, mackerel, bonito, halibut, rockfish, mako shark

San Diego and Misson Bay - spotted bay bass, sand bass, calico bass, short fin corvina, bonefish, yellowfin croaker, bonito, mackerel, halibut, smelt

Colorado River, Lake Martinez - striped bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie

local lakes - largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, channel catfish

Sacramento, San Joaquin River delta - striped bass, largemouth bass

Helen, GA (May):
Dukes Creek, Smith’s Creek, Upper 'Hooch, Wildcat creek (Trout)

Sipsey River, AL Below Smith Lake dam (Trout)

Smoky Mountains, TN (Grand Slam 'Bow, Brown, Brookie)

Pensacola, FL (Sunburn, windburn, jellyfish sting, Skunked)

Happy Holidays to All!!!

Not that many notable places this year, not even that much with alot going on.
All in Maryland:
Rocky Gap
Lower gunpowder falls
Loch raven lower dam
Secret farm pond

Notable catches were my first 20 inch trout
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff111/Panfisha/20inchme.jpg
A nice smallmouth I caught on my own tied crayfish fly
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff111/Panfisha/reward.jpg

Plunker, methinks I will avoid Pensacola!

Bob

You think 2008 was bad…Last year my trip there began with TWO Broken rods…:cry: henceforth and forever known as the: “Honey can we take the BMW’s top down? Incident”:rolleyes:

Actually I can’t say enough great things about the place…laid back, uncrowded, inexpensive…It just seems to have been my luck this year, or the lack of it. Been going there for TwentyFive Years and have enjoyed every trip…even the broken rods weren’t so bad… I got to replace them UPGRADES even LOL;)

Really makes me realize my good fortune when I list them all.

I caught trout, grayling, and whitefish.
Montana (in no particular order):
Beaverhead River
Big Hole River
Lower Madison River
Upper Madison River
Darlington Ditch
Gallatin River
East Gallatin River
Yellowstone River
Boulder River
Hebgen Lake
Rat Lake
Sureshot Lakes
Harrison Lake
Bitterroot River
Sixteenmile Creek
Taylor Fork
Clark Fork
Jefferson River
Fairy Lake
Hyalite Reservoir
A couple of secrets I’m not allowed to speak of publicly

Idaho:
Henry’s Fork
Warm River

YNP:
Firehole River
Madison River
Slough Creek
Soda Butte Creek
Lamar River