Halloween Fish - Fall Reports & New Data on Circle Hooks EP 345

 

 

The challenges of Fall fishing

 

Tonight's show run down

 

Fishing Reports  15m

 

Hatcher Bros Erin (@femboyfishing) and Michael (@srien_string_and_stream) are catching smallies and trout and the occasional walleye in the Ozarks

 

Steve NcAngler says trout season is over in The White Mountains but one can still dredge up some nice browns in the catch and release section of the Androscoggin.  He's catching bass these days on Sneaky Pete's (topwater bullet head popper with a flared skirt and trailing sili strands) and for subsurface he likes Dragon Tails (a tail material called sili worm behind a built up head, originally cut down "Squirmy" toys)

 

The Driftless-some streams closed for the Fall spawn but plenty of creeks are open to catch and release and the tourists have gone home.  Fishing is solitary and they're smashing the terrestrials, some drys and streamers.

https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/seasons-of-the-driftless-area

 

Joe Henry Fishing at Lake of the Woods is on fire!!! 6m

FITN 10min

John Gierach

passed from a heart attack October 3rd 2024

 

Apache Trout Success:

 

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-haaland-announces-removal-apache-trout-arizonas-state-fish-endangered

 

Maine Bans Painted Heads:

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/life/animals/wildlife/new-law-expands-maines-lead-fishing-tackle-ban-protect-loons/97-61c87bb3-687c-4610-839a-2ce5eb8fb7fa

Laura Williams Maine Audubon Society 30 min

 

Show pt. 2 Halloween 

 

 Scary Fish: 15-20 min

 

Zombie Salmon-Yes they are catchable, some fight some do not, the scariest thing i have ever felt sorry for short of Frankenstien.  I find the grip and grin photos with them disquieting.

 

Peter Herman Adventures-

https://youtu.be/C5AjppfOntc?si=5NzzCCLnY6v4j5vm

 

 

Candiru-sent in by our own Jeff Danaldson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru_(fish)

 

This is the one that legend says swims up one's urine stream right into the urethra.  It has never been confirmed.  In 1997 one was removed from a man's urethra but the circumstances were "suspect" which is a story just made for Fish Nerds.

 

Stonefish-this one scared the heck out of me when I was a little kid.  The most venomous fish of all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanceia

 

https://www.surfertoday.com/environment/how-to-treat-a-stonefish-sting

 

 

other entries:

The Kraken

Angler Fish

Goblin Shark

 

My FAVORITE from Steve NcAngler is "the fish you hooked but never saw."  It could have been anything!

Listener spooky stories and other fisher freak outs:  15-20min

 

62% of respondents have had a weird or spooky incident on the water.

25% said it started scary but turned out to be something ordinary

CH and the turtle

 

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