Chech out west (pics of the latest fishing adventure)

[Chechem]

The big news at Yellowstone Park is WILDFIRES.  They surround the park, and several developed within it this week.  



Much of the park is smoky.  But help came today.  I was fishing on Hebgen Lake, and the tanker planes chose it for water pickups.  They came in right over me.  VERY LOUD!!



Caught 2 very big trout (one brown trout; one rainbow).

[Chechem]

Better day fishing today.  The big tanker planes that thundered overhead yesterday were repacled by 2 smallish planes that were much more quiet.

Caught one brown trout, 6 rainbows, and 2 mountain whitefish.  Good day.  One of the bows was 22", very large for me!  I hooked another biggie, but it got into the grassbeds and tangled me, then got off.  All I caught on that one was salad.



BTW, I'm fishing in a float tube, sorta like this.  I'm not as attractive as the lady in this pic, but I'm looking good enough for me!  I'm sitting in the water to fish, and using fins to paddle around.  It gets old, especially when the coffee runs it course! 

[bama57]

Is it all catch and release, or do you eat some of them? Great Pics!

[2Stater]

Is it all catch and release, or do you eat some of them? Great Pics!

You are talking about the fish, right? 

Great pics! Nice catch, Chech. The fish look good too.

[bama57]

 

[Chechem]

It's legal to keep fish from Hebgen Lake, but I'm not keeping (or eating) any.

Maybe I shouldn't address the other issue! 

One interesting note.  Back in May when NALT, 2, and I fished along the Gulf coast, there was a heron (Fred) who kept trying to get a free fish.  Well, Hebgen has a white pelican that flies over whenever you hook a fish and aggressively tries to eat it (while still hooked).  I managed to chase it away each time, but others told me it ate their fish and flies.
 

Apparently not rare!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep_e08lLzq0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep_e08lLzq0</a>

[N.AL-Tider]

It's legal to keep fish from Hebgen Lake, but I'm not keeping (or eating) any.

Maybe I shouldn't address the other issue! 

One interesting note.  Back in May when NALT, 2, and I fished along the Gulf coast, there was a heron (Fred) who kept trying to get a free fish.  Well, Hebgen has a white pelican that flies over whenever you hook a fish and aggressively tries to eat it (while still hooked).  I managed to chase it away each time, but others told me it ate their fish and flies.
 

Fred's cousin?

[2Stater]

Fred's a rank amateur, that's for sure. 

[XBAMA]

it happens down here a lot , this one had me on the floor of the boat trying to take a trout  for lunch 

[ricky023]

 , man those are beautiful pics. I hear people say a lot of times how they don't know about God shoot just look at these pics and see the handiwork of beauty. Thanks so much Chechem for sharing. Be safe out there all of you. RTR!

[Merk]

Man, that is Gorgeous country, isn't it?

We were out there a few years ago and plan to go back.

[Chechem]

Man, that is Gorgeous country, isn't it?

We were out there a few years ago and plan to go back.

It is beautiful indeed.  But the wildfires seem to be getting worse.  I watched the firefighting efforts yesterday from the lake.  Gone are the tanker planes, and yesterday a single helicopter with a bucket did the water hauling.


web pic

[2Stater]

Chech, I sure hope they can get that fire contained, but it doesn't look good if they've gone from 2 tanker planes to 1 helicopter with a bucket.

 

[bama57]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials closed a 183-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River on Friday to fishing, rafting and other activities to prevent the spread of a parasite that is believed to have killed tens of thousands of fish.

Click here for link

[2Stater]

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials closed a 183-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River on Friday to fishing, rafting and other activities to prevent the spread of a parasite that is believed to have killed tens of thousands of fish.

Click here for link

  Time to change plans, Chech. Maybe drive to Belize? 

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