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Old Salt Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4871 Location: Crossville, TN Joined: Jun 17^th, 2004	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #410 - Jan 27^th, 2017 at 6:25pm
	I think losing rods and reels, among other tackle, is a badge of experience, among fishing paddlers. On my first trip to Iron, I had borrowed two decent rods and reels from my dad, because I couldn't afford them at the time. We went to Curtain Falls to fish. I stashed them in a 'safe' place. When we had returned to our west side camp, I realized I had forgotten them. My brother and I made a mad paddle back across the lake to retrieve them. Sadly, they were gone. I spent the remainder of the trip praying that dad wouldn't kill me. As you might have guessed, I lived through it, although I gave him rods and reels for his next several birthdays.


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Jimbo Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4603 Location: Florida Joined: Oct 6^th, 2002	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #411 - Jan 27^th, 2017 at 7:13pm
	So far I've been fortunate to find more stuff than I've lost. There's an old thread on QJ someplace re: "lost & found" that is pretty entertaining. I listened to a speaker at Copia one year - I think it was Kevin Callan - who said he was fond of taking underwater goggles with him on trips. He joked that he really didn't need to bring fishing tackle along... he could generally "find' whatever he needed just offshore around the most popular campsites and portages. I'm not sure I could get all that excited about diving for fishing lures. Getting a rusty old lure - likely as not, lodged tightly in some log or between rocks - hooked in my hand underwater is not my idea of fun! I still fish with a rod & reel I fished out of Pickerel Lake 8-10 years ago. Jimbo


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8120 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #412 - Jan 27^th, 2017 at 8:03pm
	Quote: Getting a rusty old lure - likely as not, lodged tightly in some log or between rocks - hooked in my hand underwater is not my idea of fun! Which is why I never wade/swim around a campsite without my WATER SHOES on. Bad enough to get a treble in your hand, in your foot it could end up being a real safety issue.


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Westwood Inukshuk Offline Posts: 669 Location: Was Minnesota Now Iowa Joined: Mar 4^th, 2005	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #413 - Jan 27^th, 2017 at 9:10pm
	I have tried a number of fish stringers. IMHO the simple needle and ring fish stringer used by Jimbo is the best stringer. Other types of stringers will not hold large fish when you are paddling back to camp. What I have started to do in the last few years if I intend to eat the fish is fillet the fish almost right away. I carry a fillet knife and board with me (a canoe paddle works but not as well) and find a convenient shore with an appropriate rock and fillet the fish. After the fish is filleted I put it in a plastic bag. If it is warm I will put the plastic bag in a wet cloth to help keep the fish cool. If I need two fish for dinner, I will repeat the process for the second fish. In my opinion dragging a fish behind your canoe is a big pain and often results in a mess if you catch another fish. If you clean the fish away from your campsite you don't have to worry about keeping your campsite clean. With apologies to PETA, I think it is more human to kill your fish sooner rather than later.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5462 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #414 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 8:45am
	As I understand it, a stringer like the one pictured should go through both lips. Since fish need to alternately open and close both their mouth and their gills when breathing normally, going through both lips allows them to do that more easily. That's my theory anyway. Plus, paddling with an open mouthed fish on the stringer is way more of a drag. That's a fact.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8120 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #415 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 3:58pm
	I think you have it right db I don't like to drag fish either, Even the few you're allowed on a Conservation license add more drag than you think, especially if your solo.


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kypaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 308 Location: Kentucky Joined: Oct 6^th, 2007	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #416 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 6:57pm
	db wrote on Jan 28^th, 2017 at 8:45am: As I understand it, a stringer like the one pictured should go through both lips. Since fish need to alternately open and close both their mouth and their gills when breathing normally, going through both lips allows them to do that more easily. That's my theory anyway. Plus, paddling with an open mouthed fish on the stringer is way more of a drag. That's a fact. Wait, with the "hook and snap" style stringers, the wire should be hooked through BOTH lips? I never knew that. - kypaddler I don't drag fish if I'm paddling. Put in the canoe, paddle for a while, then back in the water. If I'm lightly paddling to control drift while working a bank, then yeah, I'll leave the fish in the water.


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kypaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 308 Location: Kentucky Joined: Oct 6^th, 2007	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #417 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 7:01pm
	Frankly, I was crest-fallen that Jan. 9's dragonfly POD didn't generate this kind of discussion. I stalked that sucker for a long time and snapped a bunch of photos to get one in focus. (Had my cruddy little camera set on "micro" and had to snap from about 3 inches away to get the focus to work.) kypaddler


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Spartan2 Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1607 Location: Horton, Michigan Joined: Feb 1^st, 2005	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #418 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 8:49pm
	That exquisite RED dragonfly? You know, I am surprised that I didn't comment upon that one, as I am known for my love of dragonflies in general, and of great dragonfly photos in particular! I remember enjoying it immensely. I am so much a dragonfly afficianado that my annual wall calendar (given as a gift to very special family members and friends) this year was all dragonfly and damselfly photos. Anyway. . .it was a lovely photo. And I did enjoy it very much. The fish photos, they are OK, but I'll take a great bug any day!


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kypaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 308 Location: Kentucky Joined: Oct 6^th, 2007	Re: Picture of the day - POD (cont. 23) Reply #419 - Jan 28^th, 2017 at 9:01pm
	Thanks, Spartan 2. I figured you would appreciate it, even if all the troglodytes didn't. (hahahahahahahahahahaha) Seriously, tho, I had to work HARD for that image. - kypaddler does the same enthrallment for bugs extend to THIS creature? (confession: not from Quetico, but from Hocking Hills in Ohio)


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