International Fellowship of Fishing Rotarians

New Zealand

feeds@yuku.com (montana jack) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:38:58 GMT

Howdy:

I am just getting started on this message board!

I have a trip planned for NZ in March. My plan is to visit a few Clubs while I am in the neighborhood.

My wife and I will travel in the N Island. Coming into Aukland, fishing in the Taupo and Hawkes Bay area and flying out of Wellington. It should be a fun trip.

Does anyone have any suggestions concerning trout fishing opportunites.

Thanks,

fishing at North Pole

feeds@yuku.com (jrhabeck) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:35:19 GMT

Being an NFL owner (of the Green Bay Packers), I know that guard Darren Colledge is from North Pole, where Santa's House is located. I also know from past experience that landlocked salmon and rainbow trout can be caught the lazy man's way and taste good.
This trip I was disappointed because the weather was 15 degrees colder than my trips in prior years, plus there was a west wind making it difficult to spot trout who don't surface feed as often. I didn't even...

Alaska experience - Kenai River

feeds@yuku.com (jrhabeck) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:42:10 GMT

Trout first, salmon later if you prefer on my Cooper Landing experience a couple hours south of Anchorage in the Upper Kenai.
August 20 dawned bright and sunny, sort of. I was somewhat distressed that Alaska Rivers Company didn't take off until 9 a.m., but this morning I found out why. White clouds hung below the adjacent mountainsides until 10:30 or so and I was very thankful I took my insulated raincoat as it was 37 degrees. Inside, I wore my thin fishing shirt and was...

Alaska update

feeds@yuku.com (jrhabeck) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:34:47 GMT

On August 20-1 I will be fishing at Coopers Landing, hopefully landing my first red sockeye salmon. Saw some on inland streams in 2003 hundreds of miles from the saltwater. Silvers are great, because the coho is extremely fast.
I had to give up the halibut idea because an ice fishing fall moved my spine forward. One of our locals told me about fighting one 20 years ago near Homer. After an hour, his arms were dead when the halibut won by chewing through his 150 pound...

Fishing at the Convention

feeds@yuku.com (carolinaskiff) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:44:44 GMT

Had a great time at the International Convention in Birmingham. Took a day trip to Stratford-on-Avon and tried my hand at English bank fishing. I guess
I'm spoiled by what we catch here, most of what we were catching that day I would normally be putting in a bucket to be used as bait. But the experience
of fishing with a 18' long graphite pole and ultralite line and tackle was a treat. We also got to travel up to the Scottish Highlands, no chance to fish but
I'm...

Post your events on a calender

feeds@yuku.com (BoneFishD) — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:54:31 GMT

At the bottom of the forum there is a calender. Post a event on it for all to see. This will help with more interaction between Rotarians and guest alike. This will help you get more people to your events. Use it for more than just birthday reminders.

Alaska adventure

feeds@yuku.com (jrhabeck) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:32:42 GMT

I am planning a trip to Alaska the second half of August. I am interested in people's experiences on halibut fishing. We saw many boats leave Homer my one day there when I didn't have time to get out. Also, I am looking at salmon run in the Kenai River. Even if you don't live there but have trip experience, I am interested.

Peshtigo River, WI

feeds@yuku.com (jrhabeck) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:14:04 GMT

Sunday, my partner caught several smallmouth bass including a nice 15 incher.
My first was a northern pike that came flying totally out of the water, the Smithwick Dead Horse propeller lure in his mouth. From that point on, I caught smallmouth bass. Four rods, four lures, five smallies. The best:
We were in a channel that never produced for 8 years but has improved the last couple seasons. I cast the yellow with black stripe cigar shaped Dead Horse, missing...

guide - consultant

feeds@yuku.com (jrhabeck) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:53:13 GMT

If anyone is coming to Northeast Wisconsin or possibly the Michigan U.P., I'd be happy to exchange knowledge and experiences. I might be able to fish with you.
On September 11-13 my partner and I will be salmon fishing at Sault Ste. Marie. If anyone knows a contact person there, it would be helpful. If you want to see what this means, Google Lake Superior State University salmon and you should be able to pull up the site involving the Atlantic Salmon and...

On Sparkling Pond - Adjustment

feeds@yuku.com (jrhabeck) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:15:01 GMT

A Green Bay judge gave me a quota of two days on his private pond in western Shawano County. In June, I braked for a fuzzy antlered buck on the way to the approximate 10 acre pond. In the water, I caught a big bluegill and eight largemouth, all of them jumpers. The black and silver Rapala Skitter Pop worked best. Two were caught when they hit the lure before it was ever moved.
In August, I was back. No buck this time. As I came over the rise and descended to the pond,...

Bass

feeds@yuku.com (whitcomm) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:41:40 GMT

Bass

Bass is as much a generic term for fish as it is a species. There are more types of bass than one can readily count - both freshwater and saltwater.

To most modern fishermen bass means the largemouth species that has spawned tournament fever across the United States sending grown men, and a few ladies in recent years, zooming across quiet lakes in glittering high-speed boats in pursuit of a two-to-three-pound fish, tournament...

Largest tournament in the World

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryrotary) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:00:32 GMT

I know there is someone out there that knows about tournaments. I would like to hold a tournament from Maine to NC for striped bass as a fund raiser for polio and indiviual clubs up and down the coast. Rotary should be the perfect avenue to make something like that happen. I'd like to start an exploritory committee to look into it. Do we have any takers. During Labor weekend of 2009, hold the largest tournament in the world.

Judge J.R.

feeds@yuku.com (jrhabeck) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:22:21 GMT

I love fishing around Watersmeet, MI in Nimrod Nation zone. We also fish the Peshtigo River near where it runs into the bay of Green Bay and the local waters, mostly for bass and northerns.

Salmon and Swiss Chard Quiche

feeds@yuku.com (BoneFishD) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:11:55 GMT

Salmon and Swiss Chard Quiche

"This is a crustless quiche that looks and tastes great. Red Swiss chard makes the quiche very attractive. It would also be good with half the salmon and twice the chard for a different flavor emphasis. The quiche can also be baked in your favorite crust if you...

Fishing First

feeds@yuku.com (FishRotaryGreg) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:58:16 GMT

A husband and wife went for counseling after 15 years of marriage.

When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 15 years they had been married.

She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage.

Finally, after allowing...

Fishing in Florida

feeds@yuku.com (Rtnblondee) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:33:08 GMT

Hi there,
I am looking into what Fishing is like in Florida. I will be coming to Florida in Sept 2009 for a cruise out of Miami, & wondered what is available for me & my family.

Thanks,
Kelly
(Rotarian Blondee from Washington state)

Links that I have gone

feeds@yuku.com (BoneFishD) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:38:34 GMT

These are places my wife and I have been to. I will update my links as we go. Have fun! (Put your pointer on the place you would like to see)
Magens Bay Beach St. Thomas Virgin Islands
map of the u.s. virgin islands and u.s. virgin...

Salmon Fishing In Alaska

feeds@yuku.com (silverfish88) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:21:57 GMT
Headed to Alaska in late July, early August for king and silver salmon.