Took a Sick {of work} day yesterday

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Broke out the boat, took the family up fishing to a local lake that is a family favorite. Fishing was outstanding, caught 3-4 dozen fish total in a few hours. We were targeting Kokanee Salmon, a special landlocked species of salmon that thrive in bid deep freshwater lakes.

We caught alot of those, most in the 3-4lb range with a few big ones closer to 5lbs. The rest were rainbow trout of various sizes. It was a good day out on the water and the salmon were fantastic grilled up on the barbeque.

Kokanee are notoriously hard to catch but we've gotten pretty good at finding and catching them. Its a bit different than normal types of fishing but well worth it.

I need to be "sick of work" more often I think.

-DallanC

TRBLSHTR

IMO-the worst day fishing or hunting -is better than the best day @ work!

shrpshtrjoe

Got to play hooky once in a while Very Happy

.. Sounds like a great day on the water

gelandangan

Good on you Dallan.
You need to recharge now and then.

Pumpkinslinger

Dallan, sounds like a great day! I call those "mental health days". I refused to work on Fathers' Day, mostly because they'd told us we'd be off then changed their minds.

Vince

Great stuff Dallan. As Punkin said, a mental health day every now and again is necessary...especially when the fish are on the bite. Time what's not spent fishing or hunting is time wasted

Three to four dozen is a good catch mate, maybe just a couple too many to BBQ for lunch, so I assume the freezer is well stocked now. Do you guys have a bag limit on those spencies or or they very plentiful?

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Vince wrote:

Three to four dozen is a good catch mate, maybe just a couple too many to BBQ for lunch, so I assume the freezer is well stocked now. Do you guys have a bag limit on those spencies or or they very plentiful?

4 a day per person. They upped the "possession" limit to 2x the daily limit. So we kept 12. That's alot of fish for our family... will last us a week or two until I get sick again. Very Happy

-DallanC

Elvis

good stuff.

slimjim

DallanC, some pictures would be great!

Bushmaster

Time spent with the family is time very well spent. The fish are just a bonus.

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Ok, a picture:

Fresh garden picked lettuce, fresh home made rolls, fresh barbequed Salmon. MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Good eats!

-DallanC

Bushmaster

Well that sure makes my summer sausage & cheeze sandwich not look so good. Thanks for ruining my lunch Mr. Dallan.

shrpshtrjoe

That looks goooood Dallan What time is supper ?? Very Happy

Vince

Well...so much for my curried tuna sandwich. That looks like a magnificent lunch mate...great eats

Azar · Member Joined: Jan 04, 2010 Posts: 275 Location: Utah

I LOVE fishing for Kokanee Salmon. I have many a fond memory of fishing for Kokanee with my late maternal Grandfather, the best fisherman I ever knew.

Those little beasts can sure put up a fight! You'd swear you had a 5-6 pounder hooked when reeling one in. You'd see the flashing silver in the water as you got it closer and closer to the boat. Then you'd pull the thing out and it would be 1-2 lbs tops! Those guys have LOTS of fight in 'em.

They eat well too! Smile

Dallan, what kind of marinade or seasonings did you use on it? It looks delicious!