How long I gotta hold this thing?

[PEACHMAN]

Memorial day fishing trip and moose watch, Moosehead Lake , Maine, USA...big success with a-typical weather..all great!

[lisa1969]

I love these pics! Especially #1. Great work as always!

Lisa

[calicokat]

nice looking shots, I like them both but #2 is my favorite

[PEACHMAN]

Thanks Lisa...It was great fun being there ...the second is taken with a little canon IXUS 40 pocket camera...just can't get the same type of quality with it, but I don't take my better cameras on th small boats with me...some chance of getting them wet...especially with the Myles "boat monkey" on board...he's a mover, not a sitter...although getting better...I think a little fill flash would have helped #1...But the subject was fadding fast and a snap was all I could get..

[lisa1969]

Did you catch the fish? lol, I'd be worried about taking my camera on a wiggly ship too!Any more pics?

[PEACHMAN]

nice looking shots, I like them both but #2 is my favoriteThanks Calicokat...he had just discovered that this trout had sizable teeth (for a fresh water fish) and it was still very much alive...lost his smile quite quickly!

[PEACHMAN]

Did you catch the fish? lol, I'd be worried about taking my camera on a wiggly ship too!Any more pics?Trolling flys (this was caught on a buck tail "red &white"...I thought he had a little brook trout on as it didn't make much of a fuss until it got near the boat...when it got there his pole nearly doubled over and the fish headed for the bottom..I wish I had my camera out for that shot...he was 100% fisherman at that moment...cranking away like he had a whale on!!

[PEACHMAN]

PS Lisa...some more shots of Moose I just posted on the Animal section here on potn and here is a shot of Myles riding out a long slow fishing trip on the previous say..

[lisa1969]

What a great capture and beautiful country you have there!

[Kristy]

Darling Photos! I love the first.... What a big fish.. do you eat them?

[PEACHMAN]

Darling Photos! I love the first.... What a big fish.. do you eat them?WE release most of them, but this on made it to diner!..Thanks !

[Dragonfli Spirit]

I love the first shot Peachman :) Although, number 2 fantastic too :D

Go Myles!! I've never had a trout that big!!

[PEACHMAN]

I love the first shot Peachman :) Although, number 2 fantastic too :D

Go Myles!! I've never had a trout that big!! Ya..he does alright fishing...I use to have to tell him to quit yanking the rod all over the place while fishing, but apparently the motion attracts fish and he was catching three or four to every one that I would get...now I just shut my pie hole and watch him catch ! This fish is a togue, member of the trout family...they live in lakes and larger rivers here (always in good clear water)..They grow fast and can get quite large...20-25 # in a real big one..although this one is rather respectable for light gear and flies from shallow water......The record Togue (aka lake trout) in maine Was 31 # 8 oz........Caught when I was a kid...front page news in the Bangor Daily....

[tupe]

What a great day! Myles has that guy locked in - don't think I could have held it.

#3 is my favorite.

[Dante King]

you using a semi sinking line or just a floating line? got to love fly fishing. every fish feels like a whale. great shots peachman!

[MDJAK]

Excellent shots. Beautiful child.

As far as fishing is concerned, the few times I went, my friend who took me always warned me not to catch anything. Kind of ruins the whole day when you've got to handle a slippery fish and take it off the hook.:lol:

mark

[Seefutlung]

Nice shots peachman ... a spot on contrast maybe some fill light will help #1 (my fav) .. then print a 16X20.

[Mrs Smarty Pants]

I *LOVE* the look on his face in #1 .. your caption is 'right on' -
My favorite is the one you posted later on - Beautiful little boy :)

[cmpowell125]

Great captures

[marie]

they are all wonderful captures Peachman

and the title goes just perfect with the first two
:lol:

[PEACHMAN]

What a great day! Myles has that guy locked in - don't think I could have held it.

#3 is my favorite.It's called "death grip"...he is the master of holding the flopping fish...Myles has unusuall strong hands...I guess from the climbing he does..It was a great day,,, a great weekend actually...best weather we have had there in 7 years for Memorial day...He is more excited by this annual event than Christmas..by far !!

[PEACHMAN]

you using a semi sinking line or just a floating line? got to love fly fishing. every fish feels like a whale. great shots peachman!Floating line, but with about 12 feet of mono as a leader..slow troll ...Thanks Dante... I was thinking of you when we were in Monson at a resturant called Spring Creek BBQ....very funky cool little resturant....Can't go to Moosehead without stopping!

[PEACHMAN]

[quote=MDJAK]Excellent shots. Beautiful child.

As far as fishing is concerned, the few times I went, my friend who took me always warned me not to catch anything. Kind of ruins the whole day when you've got to handle a slippery fish and take it off the hook.:lol:

Oh, Jump right in and get fish nasty....it only smells for a day or so...thinking about it is worse than doing it!;) Thanks MDjak..

[PEACHMAN]

Nice shots peachman ... a spot on contrast maybe some fill light will help #1 (my fav) .. then print a 16X20.You thin fill light just on his face? I'll try it or you are more than welcome to give it a shot...Thanks...

[PEACHMAN]

CMPowell, MSpants and Marie...thanks so much...and by the way MissSmartyPants, I have taken the "later " photo in the same pose in the same spot on the lake every Memorial day for the last 4 years...sort of a growth marker with him...all lined up on the wall...

[Art Rodriguez]

Great photo Peachman. Looked like a fun time all around. After looking at you third photo it made me wish we had a lake like that around here.

Art

[PEACHMAN]

Great photo Peachman. Looked like a fun time all around. After looking at you third photo it made me wish we had a lake like that around here.

ArtThanks Art...well, I've got three words for you...come visit Maine!

[Art Rodriguez]

Thanks Art...well, I've got three words for you...come visit Maine!

Visit? If I had the money I would love to move there.

Art

[Meaty0]

Wow..great shosts Peachman.

I just love freshwater fish...I'm so jealous. Reminds me of a shot I took of our friend's child. They asked me to take him along fishing when he was 4. He's handicapped (Downs Syndrome) and a terrific little kid. We sat on the dock and I showed him how to bait the hook. I turned my back for a second and next he's jumpin' up and down 'cos he'd hooked a big Bream. Trouble was, he'd lowered the line into the water through a slot in the boards of the dock!!! Picture was of him holding the line! :-)

Thanks for posting that...I'd forgotten all about that experience until I saw your shot. :-)

[PEACHMAN]

Wow..great shosts Peachman.

I just love freshwater fish...I'm so jealous. Reminds me of a shot I took of our friend's child. They asked me to take him along fishing when he was 4. He's handicapped (Downs Syndrome) and a terrific little kid. We sat on the dock and I showed him how to bait the hook. I turned my back for a second and next he's jumpin' up and down 'cos he'd hooked a big Bream. Trouble was, he'd lowered the line into the water through a slot in the boards of the dock!!! Picture was of him holding the line! :-)

Thanks for posting that...I'd forgotten all about that experience until I saw your shot. :-)I'm just laughing my A** off right now....that is so funny and so typicle of the stunts Myles will do given the chance...They (DS) kids may be a handfull, but always a joy...