Who's ready for some fishing?

[Neal]

Anyone else getting the bug to go do some fishing? My next trip I need to find some fishing spots.

 

[Fueco]

Absolutely. I’m planning to get my new license this weekend (the season in Colorado is April 1 through March 31.

 

[purring along]

Besides the warm weather, heading to the Keys to fish is my passion.

 

[sheridany]

@Neal The kayak makes for a decent fishing boat…just saying.

 

[Neal]

Well, that's what I got it for. Even outfitted for fishing with rod holders and all. Someday a new owner will thank me. Stupid me.

 

[Fueco]

The best view at our favorite camping spot.

I caught a fish from this ‘yak while out with my then three-year old. He wasn’t paddling, and the wind blew us to shore while I was fighting the fish. That 15” brown trout made a good portion of lunch that day. I rarely keep trout, but bigger stocked fish are fair game.

 

[Bigblockyeti]

I have a rubber Intex raft the kids enjoy and it's not too hard to paddle. It has rod holders and I want to fish from it, I'm just worried about hooks and inflatable boats, seems like a problem waiting to happen, especially with kids thrown in the mix.

 

[Fueco]

I have a rubber Intex raft the kids enjoy and it's not too hard to paddle. It has rod holders and I want to fish from it, I'm just worried about hooks and inflatable boats, seems like a problem waiting to happen, especially with kids thrown in the mix.

Does the raft have protective material over the tubes? Mine has a pretty stout cordura nylon shell. I think it would be hard to accidentally puncture it. Of course, I’m also fly fishing with fairly small flies with no real weight to them.

 

[Bigblockyeti]

It doesn't have any covering over it. It ranges from feeling extremely tough in cooler temperatures, like a well inflated pro river raft to being fairly soft when it's hot and the sun is beating down on it. The latter being when I would more likely be using it and when an errant fish hook could more likely dig in vs. bouncing off gives me the greatest concen.

 

[Fueco]

I introduced the five-year old to tenkara fishing (Japanese style fly fishing) today. No fish were caught (I did see a few), but we also went to the library and the adjacent playground.