Welcome. I have family in the Keota, South English and Harper area. Many,many years ago, I fished cats while swimming in the Skunk river.

Who am I to judge. To each their own as long as they do not pry on others.

Wow! That sounds good.

Interesting. My wife is just the opposite. She likes to look at houses along the lake. She could pretty much care less about the fishing. In most cases she would rather stay home and quilt rather than go out at all. I can't complain. Her attitude about my fishing is go further and stay longer. That allows her to quilt with my fishing partners wife without us guys getting under foot. It is a win win

Fun day. I am impressed at how calm it is. Some days just work right.

Actually, the chair thing is not a bad idea on a warm weather fishing day.

It sure is a lot more enjoyable on a warm sunny afternoon. It becomes a social experience, vs. winter night when the rain is coming down. That is when we get most of our clamming tides w/o red tide.

The pleasure was mine. Yes, everything was near perfect. On the down side, one clam sprained my finger during the fight. After that, things got really ugly, but I prevailed and the day was one. I had to hurry as reinforcements we're moving in and hanging on to that clams tail. Fortunately, I was mentally prepared for the battle.
On the real side, I haven't a clue how I sprained my finger, but it will make cleaning the critters a bit tough later this morning. It was worth the trade. My day started with getting my new kicker mounted and wired on my Klamath boat, followed by clamming, followed by sitting out on the lawn drinking beer with my wife and son in law socializing for several hours while watching an outstanding display of northern lights. Definitely a day to remember. Thanks for the nice comments.

The tide was right, the timing was right, the red tide had not showed up yet and the weather was perfect. Not a bad haul for 75 year old man. That being said, I will pay for it tomorrow. Limits were 7 gaper/horseneck and 40 butter clams. I dug a second limit of butter clams I could not keep showing others how to do it. It was a great day and met some very nice people. I think the outdoors brings out the best in me.
Just a side note: Dogs, even the little yelping ones are afraid of me with that hat on. Go figure.

I am with you. Those smaller pieces make for outstanding panko dip, crisp fish.

Interesting. Thanks for the reply

maybe I am missing something, but isn't that surfer supposed to be standing on the board rather than walking beside it?

I cruise through the pictures almost daily to see if I have missed anything. I have to keep stopping at the cooked fish photo. That fish looks so good.

Looks like fun. I have never eaten a marlin. How was it? I have eaten sword and a pacific sail fish that dies on the line. Both were over cooked so very dry. I am curious about how good billfish are if cooked properly. For me, a tuna goes from the best fish ever to near uneatable by overcooking. I wonder if that is true with billfish.
At any rate, great catch.

Looks like fun. Careful out there, those rocks look slick.