tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53373797673203368382024-02-07T16:27:48.934-08:00ColoradoCastersFishing is more than a pastime it is an obsession.Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.comBlogger522125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-61419519651317671792013-09-09T18:28:00.002-07:002013-09-09T18:28:56.044-07:00Rare six-clawed lobster is caught off Massachusetts
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discover mutated crustacean in trap and donate it to Maine State Aquarium in
Boothbay Harbor where it will go on public display<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Richard Figueiredo F/V Rachel Leah via </span><a href="http://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/aquarium/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maine State Aquarium</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A very rare lobster is set to go on
public display this week at the Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor where
it will live among other odd-looking lobsters, mostly those with strange
coloring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But this one will stand out for
something quite extraordinary: it has six claws.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Capt. Peter Brown and fisherman
Richard Figueiredo were lobster fishing aboard The Rachel Leah, one of the five
boats featured in “Lobster Wars” on Discovery Channel, when they caught the
four-pound, 10-year-old crustacean in one of their traps off Hyannis,
Massachusetts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the left side, they noticed five
Edward Scissorhands-like claws where only one claw should be. A normal claw was
on the other side.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recognizing the lobster as something
special, Brown named the lobster Lola and donated it to the </span><a href="http://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/aquarium/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maine State Aquarium</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“This claw deformity is a genetic
mutation,” aquarium manager Aimee Hayden-Roderiques </span><a href="http://www.wmtw.com/news/maine/sixclawed-lobster-finds-new-home-in-maine/-/8792012/21828592/-/rk1mq1/-/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">told WMTW-TV in Maine</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.
“Sometimes they have this throughout their life, sometimes this happens during
a regeneration from a damaged or lost claw.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The aquarium has two other lobsters
with similar deformities on display, but neither is like Lola.
Hayden-Roderiques said she has never seen one with six claws before.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was also a first for David Libby,
a marine scientist for the Department of Marine Resources who works at the
aquarium and has 40 years of experience working with marine life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Sometimes the genes will just get a
little mixed and it will grow a funny claw,” he </span><a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/06/news/state/lola-the-six-clawed-lobster-finds-new-home-at-maine-state-aquarium/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">told the Bangor Daily News</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.
“But I’ve never seen anything like this.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lucky for Lola, the deformity saved
her life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Link to full article from David Strege and
additional video footage below:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/rare-six-clawed-lobster-is-caught-off-massachusetts/"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/rare-six-clawed-lobster-is-caught-off-massachusetts/</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Matt's Rant: I decided that because GrindTV’s nature section has
provided some pretty fascinating filler for my blog, it only seems fair that I
provide a link to my side column. It looks like I will have to break all of
this blog-bling into two different columns at
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mutations like this are rare but always worth noting. If you see this type of thing in greater numbers it is a much more concerning matter. One five-fingered lobster is not as alarming as hundreds if not thousands of hermaphrodite smallmouth. </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><a href="http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/where-fish-bass/2010/04/study-says-80-percent-male-potomac-smallmouth-are-basically-hermaphrod"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/where-fish-bass/2010/04/study-says-80-percent-male-potomac-smallmouth-are-basically-hermaphrod</span></a></o:p></span></div>
Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-16462485345895573932013-09-03T09:53:00.003-07:002013-09-03T09:53:16.977-07:00Max Factor update
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once upon a time Max had asked me for some fishing advice
and invited me to fish a friend’s private pond. Before his annual trip to Lake
McConaughy I had set him up with some additional gear in the way of a 6’6” St.
Croix two-piece rod, some fantastic plastics, a few hooks, a couple cranks and
spinnerbaits along with a small soft tackle bag to put it all in. A week later Max
sends me this photo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Included in the message was merely the details below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">36” 12lbs </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course I picked up the phone and called him immediately. Max
gave me a rough sketch of fishing highlights over the week and the details of
the pike shown in the photo. Apparently the 4” clear bodied crankbait from the
gear bag I had given them landed most of the fish including a few walleye. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“We noticed fish were most active during the morning and the
evening so that is when we would take the boat out. Caught walleye most of the
time. Then we went out during the middle of the day and one of the teens landed
this.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Max and his family had a fantastic time and growing more and
more interested in fishing. They practiced catch and release for the most part
but decided to take a few fish home. Max did some homework and found great
instructions on how to cook up the northern pike. “It was very tasty and we
ended up eating the entire fish in one day. Nothing wasted.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My name is Matt and I’m a fishaholic.</span></div>
Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-28705706664232591692013-09-02T08:50:00.003-07:002013-09-02T08:50:16.840-07:00It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a ... it’s a fish
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by Nelson Harvey, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Airborne fish aren’t native to the Colorado Rockies, but in recent weeks about 125,150 lucky swimmers have learned what it feels like to fly — at least for a few seconds.<br />
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The fish have been plummeting out of planes all over southern Colorado as part of the annual aerial stocking effort conducted by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), the agency charged with maintaining the state’s fish populations. <br />
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Aerial stocking, with helicopters and Cessna 185 airplanes, is used to drop fish into the state’s high mountain lakes that are virtually inaccessible by foot or horseback. The program targets more than 600 lakes across the state, many of them at elevations of between 10,500 and 12,000 feet.</span><br />
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Aside from insuring that backpackers and other backcountry travelers will have fish to catch, stocking remote high mountain lakes can help establish isolated populations of fish for scientists to draw on in case the need to breed them should arise.<br />
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Plane drops are a mere subset of the state’s annual stocking effort, which will put more than 53 million fish into Colorado waterways this year alone. According to CPW figures, fishing is second only to skiing as an economic contributor to Colorado’s recreation economy, contributing around $1.2 billion annually. Maintaining that moneymaker takes a lot of work. <br />
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Last week, the Garfield County Airport was at the epicenter of aerial stocking efforts in the state, as three pilots used the Rifle runway as a base to stock 265 high alpine lakes in western Colorado. This week the pilots will head to Salida, Gunnison and Durango to stock lakes high in the San Juan mountain range, according to Mark Jimerson, assistant manager at the Rifle Fish Hatchery. <br />
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In Colorado, aerial stocking typically takes place in the late summer or early fall, when high-altitude lakes are mostly thawed out from the previous winter. <br />
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"I don’t like bouncing them off the ice," said Al Keith, a Colorado Springs-based pilot and one of four who handle the bulk of aerial fish stocking across the state. <br />
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The pilots alternate each year between stocking southern and northern Colorado, which is much wetter. Last year, according to Jimerson, the pilots stocked 422 northern Colorado lakes.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Link to full article from Aspen Daily News:</span><br />
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-19091967046160746122013-09-01T08:25:00.001-07:002013-09-01T08:25:49.155-07:00Fishing the creek-three rock lock
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To be a successful angler on moving streams, creeks or
rivers it really helps to be able to read the water. Most can spot the gorgeous
slack-water pools and big pretty flat sections. These easy to spot areas get
hit by every angler that passes through. My success comes from locating the
pieces of water that get overlooked or fished less frequently. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One such spot is a section of boulders that create an ideal
place for fish to hold up. Rocks break up the force of the current and create a
feeding trough of sorts behind them. Having three rocks in close proximity
triples the odds that I will pull something out. I will cast in front, to the side
and then run my lure through the sweet spot of water holding behind the
boulders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fishing on the creek this year has been decent but I have
had to deal with a lot of summer traffic and bad weather in the afternoon. The
rainstorms have been mild to “run for your life”. Traffic brings frustration
from all angles including tubers, kayakers to dogs swimming right through the
casting lane. After no bites, a pair of shades and several flip flop shoes…I
decide to move on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now I have to take a moment and admit that I spend time doing
things simply for my blog. For a few years now I have tried to catch a fish
near the bronze sculptures to show a fish on fish photo. Finally I was able to
stick the landing on a decent browny near the sculpture and pull off the shot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Water levels on the creek have been good to great
considering recent drought years that brought things to a mere trickle. Runoff
was not where we would have liked but the more than average rains made up for
the lack of snow melt in a big way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around
April I was becoming deeply concerned that some of these smaller slips of water
would be pushed to absolute desperation mode this year. Being able to catch a
few sturdy brownies on the nearby creek is a blissful way to spend a few hours
where a larger trip was not possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A lot of money and effort has been spent over the last few
years to cleanup and restore Clear Creek. Quality of creeks is often a lesser
concern when mining and development occurred in the west. We are slowly undoing
the damage of the past and given the opportunity nature will respond in kind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Restoration projects are just the start and very expensive.
Not every creek is going to get this type of attention. Anglers for the most
part are doing a great job but there are still way too many signs that we are
not. Spent fishing line, lure packages and big red discarded bobbers on the
shoreline discredit us all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Every recreationalist has a responsibility to respect the
creek and minimize their impact. At the very least folks need to pack their
trash out and approach all wilderness areas with a “leave no trace” attitude. The
number of trash picker uppers is growing on the creek and I would love to see
this trend continue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My name is Matt and this is just another creek trip, nothing
to see here, folks. Move along. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-6367413893562750192013-08-14T18:53:00.000-07:002013-08-14T18:55:35.145-07:00Into the Scrag<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“You take a left turn off the main road and drive about
seven miles. Turn at the second entrance, look for the green sign. Take the off
road trail to the parking lot perched atop a hundred foot drop. You should
see the water from there. Watch your step. Barbed wire grows from the
ground…not kidding.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is how the place was described me to by Mr. K.O. about
six years ago. First trip in and my legs learned quickly that even though it
looked heavenly from the top of the cliff, things would only get downright
gnarly once I reached the bottom. This trip was no exception. Summer rain gave
the foliage increased vigor and a bit of an attitude. The brush was heavier
than ever except the barbed wire ones…they were just a little more rusty and more
difficult to see. I took a photo of what looked like a new patch emerging from
where the cattle had recently grazed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Foliage and mosquitos were biting from all directions but
the fish not so much. I was able to coax small fish from spots here and there
but no signs from the OMG section. Conditions were clear in the morning with
showers predicted later in the day. Action might have been better in the
evening but rough terrain and the dirt trail makes the dry morning run a bit
easier to deal with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The top of this fish is spectacular in the sunlight but not
even close to what I hope for. Most fishing places are hit and miss depending
on the day but this location is a trip to skunksville more often than not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even after catching fish I still felt like
this trip was a skunker . All; I can do is soak up the scenery and mild
conditions while making another cast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before reaching the end of the stretch a herd of cows had picked
their spot to stop, graze and lounge around a bit. I worked the area just to
the west and waited for them to move on. Instead of moving they stood their
ground and gave me a few rough looks. Not being equipped for longhorn I chose
to retreat and look for water I had missed on the way back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of the day I chalked the day up as another trip
into the scrag and just getting out with only a few scratches is a notch on the
“good day” side of things. The results may not have met expectations but these days
I am just happy to be out there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My name is Matt and I’m a fishaholic<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-76162179121242763682013-08-14T18:26:00.000-07:002013-08-14T18:26:04.731-07:00‘Turducken’ of the sea–scientists off Delaware catch shark within a shark-GrindTV<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a bizarre capture, bait is attacked by 3-foot shark, which is then 'completely swallowed' by a large sand tiger shark</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I probably don't have permission to repost this photo but its worth a few dents in the street-cred department. Please visit Grind TV and special thanks to University of Delaware for not sending me a lot of hate mail.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Researchers at the University of Delaware set out recently in the hope of recapturing tagged sand tiger sharks. They enticed a large female but it was the bizarre manner by which they captured the predator that left them shaking their heads in disbelief.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After casting a small fish called a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_menhaden" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">menhaden</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, a small shark called a dogfish was quick to snatch the bait, only to be swallowed by the much larger sand tiger shark. “The dogfish was about 3 feet long and completely swallowed by the sand tiger shark,” states a post on the university’s </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/OrbLab" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ORB Lab Facebook page</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The researchers had captured a shark within a shark, which prompted pro bass angler Aaron Martens to comment: “There’s gotta be some kind of ‘</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">turducken</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘ label for this kind of situation.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ORB Lab is short for </span><a href="http://orb.ceoe.udel.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ocean Exploration, Remote Sensing, Biogeography Lab</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scientists are trying to recapture tagged sharks, or tags that have popped off of sharks, to compile data for study.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Sandtiger/Sandtiger.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sand tiger sharks</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> are vicious-looking because of the many dagger-like teeth protruding from their jaws.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writes the ORB Lab in a separate Facebook post: “Their protruding spike-like teeth are perfect for spearing their favorite foods: bony fishes, small sharks, rays, squids, crabs, and lobsters.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sand tigers, which can measure to about 10 feet, lose an average of one tooth per day and boast 56 rows of teeth in each jaw “at any time waiting to replace lost or broken teeth.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sand tiger in the photo looks to have lost a couple of front teeth during its attack on the dogfish and/or its capture (and release) by scientists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Quite a day of fishing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visit the full article on GrindTV at the link below:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/turducken-of-the-sea-scientists-off-delaware-catch-shark-within-a-shark/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/turducken-of-the-sea-scientists-off-delaware-catch-shark-within-a-shark/</span></a><br />
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-4808386524638296512013-08-03T13:02:00.002-07:002013-08-03T13:02:44.553-07:00Don lands another biggun’<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While fishing the wood structure for crappie, Don throws a
big bait into the cove hoping for a bigger bite. Fishing for the MAD Show has been
off and on all year long so I knew he was due for a big fish. First cast out
and his rod bends over with a heavy fish. The bite was so hard we both swear we
could hear it under the water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the moments both of us live for and both of us
hold our breath it seems until the other one lands the fish. There is no
hesitation when it comes to helping with the photo op and at times I have to persuade
this guy to let me use these pictures on my blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lure used was a jig combo that I put together several
years ago. Once you get the right materials it snaps together lickety-split. Later
I asked him what he was throwing and he said, “Your lure.” I missed the first
part and only caught what sounded like “lures”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“No #$%^!” I responded as if Don was holding out on me. “I
didn’t think you were throwing live bait…seriously…what are you throwing?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“YOUR LURE!” he responded holding up the jig-combo. We
laughed for about 30 minutes straight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is still good fishing you, Don. The one guy that can get up
early to the meet spot and doesn’t sell out the fishing locations that I meticulously
dig up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My name is Matt and still a proud member of The MAD Fishing
Show.</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-78515179013088270512013-08-01T17:55:00.001-07:002013-08-01T17:55:30.026-07:00Longmont man-firm fined over sewage in reservoir
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federal judge has fined a Longmont man and his self-storage company for
illegally discharging sewage from the company into Union Reservoir in Longmont.<br />
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Federal prosecutors say John Albert Paquette and East Point LLC each were fined
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Court documents say that on June 20, 2012, Paquette and East Point knowingly
discharged 1,000 gallons of raw sewage from a hose into the Oligarchy Ditch,
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hot topic for a lot of folks but for anglers it can mean the difference between
a good fishing spot and human generated fish kill. A lot more could be done in
regards to educating the public about potential dangers that are not obvious to
the naked eye. Publicizing the bad examples and penalties that are handed down
to polluters may also help stress the importance of water quality overall. At
the very least it may help explain why those crappie from Union Reservoir smell
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-82258077337811951872013-07-28T11:01:00.001-07:002013-07-28T11:01:38.444-07:00Bass and Gill photo thread<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Falling so far behind on the material that I need to kick out a few photo threads before fall fishing gets underway. Honestly I have about 20 trips that will drop from the radar completely if something doesn't give. So For this bass and bluegill post that is well past due I have decided a more streamline release is the only way its going to happen. Enjoy. <br />
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All of these fish were caught and released on the same day using black bunny streamers weighted down with a 1/8oz split shot for bass and a small beaded nymph for the bass. For some reason I get more bites going deep with the bait. I also have tremendous success employing a fleeing type of behavior when the fish moves towards the bait. This gives the fish less time for inspection and demands more commitment to the lure. Hopefully this information and a photo thread is enough to make the stop by worthwhile. <br />
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My name is Matt and I'm a fishaholic. Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-11833732811685720852013-07-12T13:52:00.001-07:002013-07-12T13:53:56.629-07:00From forest fires to flashfloods never a dull moment<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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Morning conditions were mild with a slight breeze. Air temps
were a comfortable 55 degrees at 7AM near Idaho Springs. Shaded areas were
colder. Casting to the sunny and shade things started out very slow with the
yellow and white spinbug. No hits, bumps, flash or follows. Switch up to color
number two and it gets some attention. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Most of the fish along this 50-mile slip of water average
8-10 inches but the numbers can be good when vehicles are not throwing
themselves into the water which happens a lot for some reason. Larger fish can
be found in the 10-14 inch range by working deeper pools with patience or areas
that don’t get fished a lot (some sections get hit almost every day spring to
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When I approach a section of river the first thing I do is
cast to the spot that looks most tasty. Maybe this is a pool of flat water
behind a rock or an eddy at the opposite shoreline. The biggest fish in the
area is probably going to fight for that spot and picking fish off nearby may
spook the lunker. In a tiny creek like this the good spots mean survival and
where the first cast always goes. Cast, cast, miss…that is how it often goes
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After I have worked the sweet spot a few search casts go out
in a fan cast situation. I hit upstream and roll it down. Throw it downstream
and slow spin it back to me. 2 o’clock, 11 o’clock…sometimes I hit 6 o’clock by
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Water is clearing up but still running pretty high. Most of
the drainages are working hard to keep the snowmelt moving where it needs to
go. If an angler waits for conditions to be perfect…that angler will hardly
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My name is Matt and I’m a fishaholic<o:p></o:p></div>
Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-58292089072874504662013-07-05T06:34:00.005-07:002013-07-05T06:36:42.160-07:00Don't treat your fishery like a toilet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems like a natural thing to simply step out of the boat
and take a wizz on the shoreline. No big deal, right? Bears do it rabbits do
it. A guy has to go, a guy has to go. What is the harm? 99% of the time I
wouldn’t make a hassle out of this but holy cow. Dude? The ranger shack is
about 600 yards from where you are pissing. It looks like you are using the
fishery as a toilet and that is poor form…especially here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This island (in one of Denver’s most frequented reservoirs) is
off limits and bird watchers go a little ape$hit when they see someone
urinating on what they consider a protected nesting area. If enough people did
this and enough people complained the lake would be shut down. Trespassing
signs would be put back up just like it was back in 1982. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fishing here is a privilege that the city views more as a
liability than anything else. When boating opened in 1988 folks were cautioned
that all of this was done at the discretion of the city. A few bad instances
could ultimately cost everyone this privilege. Some murmured that it would only
be a matter of time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the moments that make me question my efforts on
elaborate dreams such as optimum fishing management in Colorado. Roving slot
limits, putting big fish back, people following the rules seems so impossible
if others are just going to piss all over it…literally. Maybe I need to scale
things back a little and cover a few basics. Maybe I could suggest that we all
(including me) start making more of an effort to do the following:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Minimize our effect on the environment when
outdoors. Maybe that is something as small as keeping the noise level moderate
to something a little bigger like burning the entire forest down somehow.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Be kind and courteous to not only others but the
wilderness around us. A good example here is that one group of campers that
expects everyone else to endure their obnoxious behavior while they cut half
the trees down in the camping area with a chainsaw. And that was their first
day camping on the Poudre. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Give wild animals the room to be wild and
understand that we are in their home. This pretty much means that no one will
tell that bear to stop eating you in the middle of the night if it really
wants. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Be more cautious while experiencing the
outdoors. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Last guy broke a leg on this
run and died. But we’ll get you out of here in one piece buddy. I have a good
feeling about this one.”</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Don’t be an Ahole, why you gotta be an Ahole?
Everyone is looking at you right now going, “Why is that guy being an Ahole?”</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My name is Matt and I would have picked a better place to pee. </span></div>
Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-10101542863152325312013-07-03T19:57:00.001-07:002013-07-03T19:57:19.498-07:00Supa’ Panz 2013
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a few ponds and small lakes in Colorado that I
covet for their bluegill and sunfish opportunities. Quality panfish brooders
like this are as amazing to me as any fish that I catch. The colors and fin
placement gives these fish a more tropical appearance compared to other
freshwater forage fin slappers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently
I stumbled across a couple of sunfish that are fairly respectable by Colorado
standards. As soon as I saw them the bass game was put on hold.</span><br />
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They were hanging just outside of a largemouth bass’ nest and picking off small
fry whenever possible. They hit a 1/8oz chartreuse mister twister jig. Nothing
fancy just something I could fish deep and fast with action on the end.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being very aggressive this time of year they would have hit
anything in the micro size. Panfish will eat a wide variety of insects, minnows
and aquatic organisms so most of the time these fish are not very selective. Quality
panfish like this come from good aquatic conditions and balanced pressure. Like
any sport fish population it greatly helps the sport to put the big ones back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My name is Matt and...hold on...I think I see some panfish.</span> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-30358073849103741342013-06-24T21:19:00.002-07:002013-06-24T21:20:27.925-07:00Mud Bass on the Shorebang<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It looks like The City took over another one of my fishing
spots. This place took me five years to get permission from the homeowners to
launch my tooner on it. In exchange I would do a Mattsabasser trash haul once a
year while expressing only respect when out there. Only a small portion of the
lake was public access and that access was from shoreline only. I had heard
that The City wanted more control but there was no follow up on my part. Roll the
dice and pull the truck up on the place one weekend to discover that a lot
indeed had changed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Above: First fish pulled out of weed cover. This is a fish
with a side of salad picture.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“You can’t take that boat on here.” A young poindexter
immediately barks out as I approach with boat in tow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After some discussion I choose not to launch and made a call
to the homeowner leaving a voicemail. Eventually I did find out that boat
access has been removed even from the landowners. This is heartbreaking as it
took me so long to get that access on a privileged section of the water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“It looks like this place is a shorebang situation from here
on out.” I scoff in sadness and remembrance of years that have passed. “That
figures.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Above: Respectable fin slapper. In previous years this
would be a good skunk-beater or something that kept the action going between
much larger fish. This year it was my best fish of the day.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ditch company isn’t paying for water shares from this
drainage and or routing water from other sources. Instead of water fluctuations
up and down, the pond loses a foot of depth every year. This and other factors
hurt the system in so many ways. The City could put water in there and make the
situation almost as good as it was but they won’t. Most of the shoreline is a
muddish-like quicksand that smells from decades of wet decomposition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Above: Last fish picked out of the mudhole and I had to go
in and get him costing me a pair of shoes.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The same thing happened to another one of my favorite
fishing places when The City took over. The fishing oasis that I had worked so
hard to get access was turned over to the public in a similar fashion. Bad
things happened and in a few short years the whole place was drained. The place
was turned to mud. The only saving grace is the fact I am always looking for
new water and I still managed to C&R a few fish out of this one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The lure of the day was a 5 inch Yamamoto twin tail grub in
watermelon flake. Every lake is different but this particular body of water has
a lot of weeds and algae that limit some of my other gear options. It also
sports a lot of frogs that the bass love to hammer. I throw this twin tail grub
weightless on the heavy stuff and might slap on a 1/8oz or 1/4oz weight in less
cover. A 2/0 extra wide gap hook or even worm style gets me a few more hooksets
than the plastic frogs with the two prong hook setup. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My name is Matt and I’m a fishaholic.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-5111073950434702722013-06-23T13:36:00.001-07:002013-06-23T13:37:42.808-07:00Fire Season already starting in Colorado<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It doesn’t take much heat and dryness to create a dangerous
situation in Colorado. Every year it seems to get worse. This year fire season
didn’t wait long and we have several large fires to deal with. The Black Forest
Fire took folks by surprise and was a bit of a flashback to the recent Waldo
Fire. In both instances homes and lives were lost. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we roll into the dry and hot season I want to urge
caution and respect for the dangers that are present this time of year. I also
want to express sincere prayers and wishes to all that are being affected by
the Back Forest Fire and future fires that will undoubtedly occur.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Useful link for those need help or want to help folks
impacted by the Black Forest Fire:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="http://gazette.com/how-to-find-and-give-help/article/1502352"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://gazette.com/how-to-find-and-give-help/article/1502352</span></a><o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="http://gazette.com/map-destroyed-homes-in-black-forest/article/1502313"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://gazette.com/map-destroyed-homes-in-black-forest/article/1502313</span></a><br />
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-39603293995360888872013-06-20T20:53:00.001-07:002013-06-20T20:53:12.395-07:00Always be ready for that one bite…and weather
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the 65-70 degree range mixed with high winds. Wind has been blowing for several
days at speeds that range from 5 to 60mph. These are the times when you pick
the hot spot and gamble on the weather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On this trip I had four rods; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>two 7 foot, med-fast action with finesse or
fast moving baits and two 6’6” heavy action rods for some jigging action. Jigs
were digging up moss so I leaned heavily on the finesse baits. Fan casting in
all directions I finally get a heavy thump on the line. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fish battles ferociously and leaps out of the water
twice trying to spit the hook with a frantic headshake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each time I hold my breath fighting to keep
the line from going slack and losing the fish. I had to adjust the drag back
and forth a few times before finally getting the fish to the hand. Took the
picture and let it go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I throw a lot fancier stuff for fish here but a 5” senko,
black\blue flake is what got ‘em on what pretty much ended up on a one bite-one
fish run for me. Fished for another hour without so much as a nibble. By then
all hell did indeed break loose and winds started gusting heavily in the
40-50mph range. A land hurricane took over the entire situation and most of the
boats headed for shore. Docking the boat was a challenge and a few folks had to
be towed in by stronger craft. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right about now I wish that I would have taken a picture of the boat ramp with waves and whitewater. That would have really rounded this post out perfectly. Dang Nabbit.</span> </o:p></span></div>
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-83888017591881049412013-06-19T08:36:00.001-07:002013-06-19T08:36:54.316-07:00Cabela's® Announces Opening Date of Thornton and Lone Tree, Colo., Stores<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Cabela's Incorporated, the World's Foremost Outfitter® of hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, will celebrate the official grand opening of its two Denver-area locations – Thornton and Lone Tree – Thursday, Aug. 15.<br /><br />Ribbon-cutting ceremonies hosted by Cabela's executives and special guests will begin at 10:45 a.m. at each location and doors will open for business at 11 a.m. Opening day will begin a weekend-long celebration featuring outdoor celebrities, events for the entire family, giveaways and more.<br /><br />The Lone Tree store will be located in Douglas County south of Denver in the new RidgeGate Commons development along Interstate 25 at RidgeGate Parkway, about a mile south of Park Meadows Mall. The 110,000-square-foot store will employ approximately 200 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees.<br /><br />The Thornton store will be located north of Denver in a new retail development along Interstate 25 at 144th Avenue. The new development will be located on the southeast quadrant of the interchange and is being developed by Thornton Development, LLC. The 90,000-square-foot store will employ approximately 175 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees.<br /><br />The stores' interiors are built in Cabela's next-generation format designed to surround customers in the outdoor experience. The exteriors reflect Cabela's popular store model with log construction, stonework, wood siding, a large glass storefront and metal roofing.<br /><br />In addition to thousands of quality outdoor products, the stores feature a gabled entry facade, fireplace, Gun Library, Bargain Cave, Fudge Shop and mountain replica featuring North American game animals re-created in their natural habitat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-11682361548786605562013-06-11T06:04:00.002-07:002013-06-11T06:04:19.329-07:00Photos from the field-June 2013
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make it into specific fish posts. So much of my fishing goes unseen or heard.
Even though these pictures may not be ready for prime time fishing posts, I
have found a way to fit them in an excerpt called “Photos from the field.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-43294553265660696782013-06-09T16:28:00.004-07:002013-06-09T16:28:39.993-07:00Pennsylvania doctor, fishing guide rescue baby moose from southwestern Montana river
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Pennsylvania doctor on a guided fishing trip in southwestern Montana went home
with an amazing tale of hauling in a 25-pound lunker — a baby moose she helped
rescue from a rushing river. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Karen Sciascia of Red Hill, Pa.,
and a guide were fishing the Big Hole River on Saturday when they spotted a cow
moose with a calf trying to cross the waterway. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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female struggling back and forth, and we didn't see a baby until we got
close," Sciascia told the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/18RzCfb) for a story
published Thursday. "Mom kept pushing — the current was pretty swift. The
mother bolted and took off across the river. She was trying to get across the
main portion of the channel, and even she struggled." <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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gravel bar into the water to follow its mother, it was swept downstream. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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was swift," Sciascia said. "We lost sight of the baby. It was
hurtling downstream and was being pushed by the river. It was too small to ever
fight the current." <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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with Four Rivers Fishing Co. in Twin Bridges followed downriver, finally
spotting the tiny moose's nose just above the water. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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I just grabbed the little bugger. I scooped it up from the river under its
front legs," Sciascia said. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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wanting to get my scent all over it, but it was basically limp," she said.
"It was breathing, and with my hand on its chest, I could feel its heart
beating real fast." <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-90357479361247204072013-06-07T06:42:00.003-07:002013-06-07T06:50:11.232-07:00Two big fatties<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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much effort, pain and research I go through in hopes of catching really big
fish? Every year I focus a lot of attention in hopes of landing some epic
prespawn fatties. It seems to get tougher ever year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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big and a total shorebang situation. Once again the trick wasn’t targeting the
nesting the males but rather search casting the water just a few yards beyond
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This quarter of the lake congregated the nesting activity as it had everything
a bass could want. Shallow nesting shelf and then a sharp incline that led
instantly into deeper water. A little bit of wood structure and emerging plant
growth mixed in as well. No tape, no weight. Just ham it up a lil and get the
fish back to minimize the stress. These fish could be sisters they look so
similar. Both fish hit a 4” salamander, green pumpkinseed rigged with an 1/8oz
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fish like this out of the system ultimately you are hurting the sport in many
ways. Each time I show a big fish picture I worry about how many people will be
encouraged to take up the sport of angling only to take home everything they
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An 11-foot-long mako shark, weighing in at 1,323.5 pounds, is no tall tale. The shark, caught off the southern California coast, was reeled in by Jason Johnston of Mesquite, Texas, and its size might be a world record.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The angler made the giant catch—using chopped fish as bait—while on a charter fishing trip off Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday. It didn’t come easy, reports </span><a data-rapid_p="1" href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/06/04/possible-world-record-breaking-mako-shark-caught-off-la-coast/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CBS Los Angeles</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“He took out a quarter-mile of line ... and five times he came out of the water over 20 feet,” Johnston told the station. “It was amazing.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Few things break my bass fishing concentration like a school of bluegill, sunfish and even crappie. These fish species are referred to as “panfish” as the filets fit nicely in a skillet pan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colorado may not compare to southern states that these species originate from but they are still impressive enough to fixate my attention. I can’t help myself especially when late spring\early summer arrives. The water becomes dotted with schools of these little fin slappers just asking for trouble. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Panfish take a beating from the natural predators if they exist within the same habitat. This natural cycle actually helps both sides as it keeps numbers adjusted for the sunfish while providing food for the predator base. Large brooder sized sunfish are crucial to population and should be released as they provide the most opportunity to keep the scales balanced. Larger gills and sunnies also make my photo ops way more impressive. These sixes and sevens do not justify a lot of shameless bragging like the fish that get ten inches and over. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These “pans” are from a trip where I spent the first part of the day in the tooner and then banged from the shoreline after loading up the gear. The plan was to boat and fish the whole lake before the crazy holiday crowds set in. On the way out I see an entire section that had been missed and loaded with fish. Finished loading the tooner and went back for another round. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Knowing you have a problem is the first step to reaching a cure. The remedy that I have found thus far is to sit on a school of panfish and HAMMER ‘em until the twitch in my casting elbow goes away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-21928371398148775722013-06-02T08:53:00.002-07:002013-06-02T08:54:32.487-07:00First casualties of 2013 drought: Henry Lake's fish<br />
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the latest sign of Colorado's drought, Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Wednesday
authorized a public fish salvage for Henry Lake, located northeast of Ordway in
Crowley County.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Lusk, a water resource engineer with Colorado Springs Utilities and president
of the Lake Henry Reservoir Co., a group that provides storage and distributes
irrigation water for shareholders, pointed to the drought conditions as well
for Henry Lake's draining. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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said that at the last meeting in the second week of May that Henry Lake
shareholders agreed to drain the water down to Meredith Reservoir, directly
south of Henry Lake, "rather than sit on it and watch it evaporate
away."<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Henry is really pretty shallow and flat," Lusk said. "When the lake
level gets low, the water evaporates really fast."<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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fish salvage begins June 1 and lasts until the lake, which has been partially
drained, has completely dried or until conditions become unfit for public
access.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-75851879122881734432013-05-29T20:27:00.000-07:002013-05-29T20:30:29.802-07:00Finally FISHmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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fly by. Most years I am lucky to get one day where I nail the timing just
right. These are the days where the fish are fat, happy and ready to play.
After battling bad weather, tough projects and a lot of dismal outings I hit it
just right.</span> </span></div>
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gestating females. They are larger, fatter and GORGEOUS with not so much as a
scratch on them. If I can get just a few of these fish it might actually lift
my fishing blog out of the crapper.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of people are unaware of the whole process and don’t realize the male bass is a
bit of a homebody. The female is much larger and more difficult to catch. As
the male makes and guards the nest from wandering threats the female is
cruising nearby. The male becomes very aggressive as where the female feeds in
varying intervals which is often debated on the water. Sometimes she hits a
lure and sometimes she doesn’t. The male pretty much hits anything that comes
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male fertilizing the eggs in what looks like a slow dance as good as fish can
dance I guess. After that the female moves off and the male bass remains to
guard the nest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some cases the female
is observed hanging around the nest and both fish will guard their brood.</span> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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beginning their nest mode with the females lurking nearby. I might lose my
self-control and pick one or two males to educate them a little at the start of
the season but it may cost me a larger fish down the road.</span> </span><br />
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able to sight-fish. Being able to see your lure in the vicinity of the fish
allows me to really get inside of the fish’s head. Maybe she wants a flirty
shake on the crankbait to send out a subtle rattle out instead of a constant
retrieve saying “Hey baby, can I get your number?” Subtle rattle isn’t her
thing? Maybe go into suspend mode with a quick twitch. Oh…there she goes
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and managed as catch and release. This is the primary reason that these fish
are still here. If we don’t throw fish back there will only be fish stories
left. The responsible angler follows the rules and only takes fish out in the common slot with healthy
fish populations where taking fish is allowed. The result is better fishing for all today and tomorrow.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spawning points are not always in shallow water. The largest
fish tend to spawn early and will be set up in deeper water points. I tend to
fish early in hopes that I get into these “mega-buckets”. Weather always throws
me a curve ball. At the end of my FISHmas vacation I might have actually nailed
it.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Coloradocastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09119352004897572752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337379767320336838.post-64515620542065837642013-05-29T20:01:00.000-07:002013-05-29T20:03:27.968-07:00Colorado Fishing Survey-Looks like everyone still wants trout management. Get your voice out there!<br />
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife is making sure to keep pace. A 2012 Angler Survey
report commissioned by the agency unveiled an informative collection of data
that will allow the agency to serve the needs of a changing sport-fishing culture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The survey respondents let Colorado Parks and Wildlife know that they preferred
fishing for trout and that the overall satisfaction level of anglers was high.
Results also revealed the potential impact of a changing sport-fishing
demographic on the Colorado’s hatchery system. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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years,” said Stacy Lischka, a human dimensions specialist and compiler of the
survey. “This is critical information that will help us provide the angling opportunities
people would like to have in Colorado.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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were either “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with their fishing experience in
Colorado. Thirty-three percent of residents said they were “very” satisfied,
along with 48 percent of non-residents, and 33 percent of resident anglers
responded that they were “somewhat” satisfied with their experience, compared
to 32 percent of non-residents. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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an e-mail to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife stating your own personal desires
for fishing in Colorado. If you want better trout fishing there may be no
better time than right now to get your own opinion in. Otherwise these random
survey recipients may end up running the show in regards to changes in the
future. A handy link to the “AskDOW” feature below. I will even post my
submission as a very poor example.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best way to reach these folks is with a sincere smile
and a handshake. Tell them where you fish and what your thoughts are. Being courteous
and sensible is better received than my endless ranting that is admittedly
biased to large trophy fish that no one gets to eat. I might also be crazy
enough to suggest trophy sport fishing in both cold and warm water species. The
only way to make this happen in Colorado is by educating the public on what
good fishing actually is. Stocked trout aint it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good luck and good fishing.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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