Shutdown!

[GMoney]

WOOOHOOO!!!!

[David Fairchild]

Are you impacted at your new company?

On Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 6:54:51 AM UTC-5 G wrote:

WOOOHOOO!!!!

[GMoney]

Yep....new company but same old government contract.

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[David Fairchild]

Well, I hope you get to go fishing this week.

[Brian Kegerreis]

So you get paid to do nothing good for you. 

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[GMoney]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM Brian Kegerreis <bkege...@gmail.com> wrote:

So you get paid to do nothing good for you. 

Nope, i don't, but I don't see the point in bothering to explain how it works to you.

[Brian Kegerreis]

So do you get paid while the govt is shut down?

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[GMoney]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM Brian Kegerreis <bkege...@gmail.com> wrote:

So do you get paid while the govt is shut down?

Nope.

[Brian Kegerreis]

Do you get back pay at least. 

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[GMoney]

Nope. 

Feds will

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[Brian Kegerreis]

Bummer, well have fun fishing. 

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[GMoney]

Going tonight!

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[Brian Kegerreis]

Pics or it didn't happen!

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[GMoney]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM Brian Kegerreis <bkege...@gmail.com> wrote:

Pics or it didn't happen!

I'm not much of a picture person...didn't even take my phone out on the boat with me.

Caught a lot of fish but nothing big....15" was biggest. Had something big on but lost him, never saw him. 

Beautiful evenings though.....and then they called us back to work, *sigh*.

[B Keg]

Sounds like you had fun. 

Be nice, even when you don't want to!

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[kan...@aol.com]

Where did you fish, G? What was the catch?

When I'm in the Sierras, a 15 inch trout would essentially be a LIE. Mostly 9-12 inches if I'm lucky. 

There's a place where the golden trout are rumored to be  up to 20 inches. I hooked one several years ago and it broke my line. 

Maybe the rumors are real. 

Plan on going back. My wet dream it to catch a 20" trout with a fly in its mouth. Second best in one without the fly. 

[GMoney]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM 'kan...@aol.com' via Kansas City Diversity Coalition <kansas-city-div...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Where did you fish, G? What was the catch?

Small lake about an hour south of here. Fishing for bass. Mostly small. One 15" and another larger one that got away that i never saw....it's always the one that gets away that brings you back.

 

Plan on going back. My wet dream it to catch a 20" trout with a fly in its mouth. Second best in one without the fly. 

One of my favorite fishing memories was fishing for rainbows in Yellowstone lake......caught a couple of nice ones. But trout aren't my thing....boring fishing unless yer using flies in a stream. Around here it's usually just looking at the end of a pole until you hook 'em, and then they aren't the best fighters.   

[kan...@aol.com]

Fly fishing in the Sierras is a bit different. I fished in Branson. Not bad. Caught a nice 16" rainbow. But they're few and far between. Most of the day was spent dangling something in nine feet of water waiting for the bobber to....bob. 

In the Sierras, I use surface flies almost exclusively. I like to see the strike. And the fish aren't real bright. If they strike and don't get hooked, I just put the fly right back and give them another chance. And you can do the same in the lakes. And the views are great. Even if I don't catch anything it's a good day. 

I fished with a guide in Crowley Lake in the Eastern Sierras. Lower elevation, dammed lake. But again fishing in deep water. But I hooked a trout that probably went 25--30 inches. Broke my line. Did it again. But these suckers jumped about 4  feet out of the water. They WERE fighters for sure. Tempted to go back and try again, even it it wasn't the most fun style of fishing. If II could land one of those BIG suckers, it would be worth it. 

[GMoney]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM 'kan...@aol.com' via Kansas City Diversity Coalition <kansas-city-div...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Fly fishing in the Sierras is a bit different. I fished in Branson. Not bad. Caught a nice 16" rainbow. But they're few and far between. Most of the day was spent dangling something in nine feet of water waiting for the bobber to....bob. 

In the Sierras, I use surface flies almost exclusively. I like to see the strike. And the fish aren't real bright. If they strike and don't get hooked, I just put the fly right back and give them another chance. And you can do the same in the lakes. And the views are great. Even if I don't catch anything it's a good day. 

I fished with a guide in Crowley Lake in the Eastern Sierras. Lower elevation, dammed lake. But again fishing in deep water. But I hooked a trout that probably went 25--30 inches. Broke my line. Did it again. But these suckers jumped about 4  feet out of the water. They WERE fighters for sure. Tempted to go back and try again, even it it wasn't the most fun style of fishing. If II could land one of those BIG suckers, it would be worth it. 

Only fished with flies a few times on streams in Colorado back when I was a young un and my dad took me........loved it. Beautiful country, tons of fun, and like you said....the strike. Caught a bunch of little rainbows, cooked 'em up.

Good memories.

[kan...@aol.com]

I went to Salida, Co during Covid. Couldn't fly to California (well I could have flown; but I couldn't have come home). Fished the Arkansas River, guide and everything. Hooked a few, very few, trout. But they were so freaking smart. If one struck, the guide said don't bother trying again, they'll never hit twice. 

I don't like hunting fish that are smarter than I am. I'll stick to the Sierra high country, although I'd like to try bass fishing some day. 

Also fished in the Canadian NW Territory many years ago. Trolling for lake trout. Now those were fish. Ran anywhere from about 4-5 pounds up to 25. Bigger ones out there. I caught a 20 pounder, put him back. The smaller ones became lunch. Also had one smoked and brought it home. 

The river that drained the lake had grayling. Caught them on jigs; but I didn't fly fish back then. That would have been fun. Another person on the trip caught about 1/min on fliies. Grayling ran about 1-2 pounds mostly. Beautiful fish. 

[GMoney]

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM 'kan...@aol.com' via Kansas City Diversity Coalition <kansas-city-div...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I went to Salida, Co during Covid. Couldn't fly to California (well I could have flown; but I couldn't have come home). Fished the Arkansas River, guide and everything. Hooked a few, very few, trout. But they were so freaking smart. If one struck, the guide said don't bother trying again, they'll never hit twice. 

I don't like hunting fish that are smarter than I am. I'll stick to the Sierra high country, although I'd like to try bass fishing some day. 

Also fished in the Canadian NW Territory many years ago. Trolling for lake trout. Now those were fish. Ran anywhere from about 4-5 pounds up to 25. Bigger ones out there. I caught a 20 pounder, put him back. The smaller ones became lunch. Also had one smoked and brought it home. 

The river that drained the lake had grayling. Caught them on jigs; but I didn't fly fish back then. That would have been fun. Another person on the trip caught about 1/min on fliies. Grayling ran about 1-2 pounds mostly. Beautiful fish. 

My best fishing experiences have been in northern Ontario at a fly-in place that my dad (and brothers, cousins, uncles and grandparents) visited once a year for several decades. You can't drive to this lake, it's fly-in only, and you are the ONLY resort on the lake. I use the word "resort" lightly....it's bare bones...and awesome. Walleye and pike are the prizes. One year i caught the biggest Walleye of the trip, and on the lake for the year, 29 1/2 inches.  Biggest northern was 33 1/2....but i netted a 42".  Such a beautiful place...we've seen eagles, foxes, coyotes, bears, moose AND....a caribou!

Here's a pic I took one morning:

 

[kan...@aol.com]

Similar to the NW Territories. Except up there it's more barren. The fish are mostly trout, northern pike, and grayling in the river.

I "accidently" caught a northern pike, 28". Took him home and ate him. They strike the lure right at your feet. Next year I hooked something, likely pike, that ran off yards of line, parked, ran off more. I couldn't budge him/her. Had to be BIG. The lake has produced 44" Northerns. He then shook the lure. 

Our lake was also fly-in only, one camp. The pilot flew us from Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake about 250 miles east, with a map in his lap. Very high tech. 

[GMoney]

On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM 'kan...@aol.com' via Kansas City Diversity Coalition <kansas-city-div...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Similar to the NW Territories. Except up there it's more barren. The fish are mostly trout, northern pike, and grayling in the river.

I "accidently" caught a northern pike, 28". Took him home and ate him. They strike the lure right at your feet. Next year I hooked something, likely pike, that ran off yards of line, parked, ran off more. I couldn't budge him/her. Had to be BIG. The lake has produced 44" Northerns. He then shook the lure. 

Our lake was also fly-in only, one camp. The pilot flew us from Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake about 250 miles east, with a map in his lap. Very high tech. 

That sounds awesome. I have all kinds of Northern pike stories.....they are an UBER aggressive fish. They've taken walleyes off our stringers....we've caught them without ever hooking them....we've netted them as they've come up to grab our stringer....i've had one on the line, under the boat, about 2 feet down....unable to land him. We simply could not move him....had to be a monster. We've got northerns on walleyes, we've got northerns on NORTHERNS. 

Alas, it's just bass fishing this weekend...at the Ozarks. Big fish can be had this time of year though..... 

[kan...@aol.com]

Aren't there striped bass or "wipers" in the Ozarks? They get big and fight like heck. I don't know where to find them or catch them.