Fish pics ( everybody )

[Blak bart]

Shark Tank

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That's how Ohio gets to see them.

Tell us about "walleyes for wounded heros" I was wondering about it, and it must be a good cause or somthing noble that involves fishing ??

 

[WannaDig3687]

I would love to! I’m not official so I’m going to tell you my experience and then give you a website. My husband has been volunteering for several years. I have volunteered for the past two. They have two events that I know of. A large event in the spring and a smaller event in the fall. Both events the heroes fish for two days and have various cookouts and or eat out and then go home on Sunday. I believe it is restricted to veterans who have received a Purple Heart and civilian service equivalent. There are applications on the website. Area charter captains, professional walleye anglers, and others volunteer time, money, boats and equipment, etc., to serve those that have served us. My husband is a professional walleye angler and in the spring he gets paired up with Bill. Bill served in Iraq. The vehicle he was riding in either hit a mine or was hit( Lord help me. I don’t remember the details.). After many surgeries he still has like 150 pieces of shrapnel in him. His buddy was killed. This year we recruited some friends to help with the cook outs. Us wives were helping hands and served the food. On Saturday they have a big to do dinner held at a different campground. Friends roasted pig and we pulled pork. I was in charge of setting up the food line. There is also a silent auction set up to help raise funds for the WWH. They paraded the heroes from one campground to the other with fire trucks escorting them. Then that skydiving team parachuted in with American flag and Purple Heart flag with the DJ playing the national anthem. After everyone was served and it was the food crews turn to eat, Bill and a couple other heroes got behind the pork table and served us. Very heart warming! There were 120 heroes plus everyone else put us at 500+/-.

This fall I went up and this was the mission part of what I was referring to on other threads as my “mini vacation/mission.” There were 21 heroes and 20 “captains “ plus others. My husband had a father/ son team. The father served in Vietnam and the son Iraq. I baked cookies and brownies for 2 days and put together 3 boxes with 50 snack baggies each for their fishing trips and the ride home. I was honored to do it and didn’t want anything in return, but they gave me this awesome black hoodie. I can’t wait till next year!

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Walleyes For Wounded Heroes

 

[WannaDig3687]

We were just given this photo of the 2017 spring event with all the heroes.

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[Blak bart]

Wow !!! Its just like I thought it would be, both noble and a good cause !! Thats great work wrightdigger !! Im glad we all got to here about "walleyes for wounded heroes" thats an awsome thing you guys are doing !! Fishing can be so much more than just "fishing" !! We have the " red bone " down here, its a big tournament for cystic fibrosis !! Great fun for everyone and a big event.

 

[Blak bart]

live action !! Oceanic white tip. Way offshore in the blue water !!

 

[Blak bart]

the colors fade fast, this is the same fish as my signature pic. Still had some stripes in this shot.

 

[Blak bart]

mutton snapper mug shot.

 

[WannaDig3687]

View attachment 1516272 live action !! Oceanic white tip. Way offshore in the blue water !!

What is the biggest shark you have seen while fishing?

View attachment 1516370 the colors fade fast, this is the same fish as my signature pic. Still had some stripes in this shot.

Is your house decorated with fish mounts? This would and a nice one and so would a few others you have posted.

View attachment 1516407mutton snapper mug shot.

Did you get his permission to post his mug shot?

Is this an eater?

Do you have a pic of a Goliath Grouper? I know your not allowed to harvest them, but they do get caught. And how do you guys calculate the size?

 

[Blak bart]

Ill have to download some more goliath grouper pics, heres a small one. there is a catch 22 in the law that says you should not bring them on your boat. Sometimes they must be boated to properly vent them of air so they can descend back to the bottom. There is a special tool with a hollow needle that allows the trapped air to be removed from there swim bladders. Guessing weight is difficult and is just that, a guess. Im guessing that this one is right at or just over 100 pounds. I wish I could afford some more mounts but they get quite expensive on the bigger fish. We do have a few including 2 sail fish, one at our house and one at my inlaws house. Ill post some pics when I find them or take some more. We've caught some giant sharks over the years ,the biggest was over 3000 pounds and was a six gill shark from the deep. Heres another hammerhead.

 

[Blak bart]

research sand bar shark fishing. Tissue samples, measurements, weights, reproductive organ samples, I collected a 33 gallon trash can full of shark jaws that day. You can just see them at the bottom of the pic.

 

[Obsessive]

psh. caught this one bare handed.





poor little guy was stuck in a puddle, so I set him free.

 

[Blak bart]

Hey...thats a cool looking little hatchling. Wonder if its a walleye hatchling ? Nice move with the super human reflexes .

 

[Blak bart]

heres big daddy goliath grouper. They used to call them jewfish. I have no idea why ? But it became politically in correct and the name was changed to "goliath grouper" . Funny....I still go out jewfish creek, and I still live on jewfish ave.

 

[Blak bart]

just a beautiful shot, button snappers !

 

[Obsessive]

Hey...thats a cool looking little hatchling. Wonder if its a walleye hatchling ? Nice move with the super human reflexes .

No walleye out here, Rainbow Trout. They do have some nice color patterns when they're young.

 

[Terry Soloman]

My Brother!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Whew! I thought I had bored your thread to death.

Good to see all the pics!

 

[Blak bart]

No walleye out here, Rainbow Trout. They do have some nice color patterns when they're young. View attachment 1517181

Boy....they really are beautiful. Ive caught a couple when I was a kid, I remember that it was a very white fish with a very mild taste.

 

[Blak bart]

My Brother!

Hey terry, your brother knows somthing that many fisherman forget. Its not the size of the fish that counts, its the size of the smile that counts, and your brother has a big one !!

 

[Blak bart]

mixed bag, black grouper, yellow tail snapper, mutton snapper, mahi mahi, and mangrove snapper. All are some of the best eating fish we have here. Had some black grouper for dinner, and wow its always a delight when you can catch one !!