Any one FISH!?

Yep, I fish. I fish for salmon from August into December. I’ll post pics once I get a few. 

I’m pretty bigs on salmon fishing. So much that, I tie my own jigs, pour my own lead, cure my own bait. 
The shelves in the background are containers full of materials for tying jigs. I have 12 different molds.I once thought about starting my own jig company. After taking a week off work, sitting at a table and using a vise for 8 hours for five days, I hated it. I realized after dissecting several jigs from different companies, they were garbage and, tying mine correctly took way more time. I did the math and, I definitely wasn’t going to make a living tying. $27 an hour is what it equaled. 

I also realized I didn’t want to become an influencer like so many companies do to get their products out there. 
About 7 years ago, I had one of these influencers post a spot I fished. He posted it online while pushing a bait product. He only caught 2 fish over nine hours from what I heard as I wasn’t there. The river became crowded. Very crowded. A few years later, I crossed paths with him on a favorite river of mine. I caught 4 fish before he caught his first. End of the day I caught 9 and my friend caught 5. I just kept throwing fish back to be able to keep fishing as I didn’t want to limit. The guy only got one. I also realized what frauds they were. Editing videos over several days to make it seem like they were just hammering the fish over the course of a day. 

Anyways, there’s a little backstory on my addiction. 

Here’s some pics. 

https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/non-moto/salmon-gear-rundown

Here’s a thread I started awhile back. Some of the pics above are from this thread. 

Here’s a pic from about 6 years ago. My personal best. 

It's a goal every year to fish more. 

I've got a spot for huge perch I need to hit soon....

We are right on Lake Erie, great for smallmouth and walleye.  We go to our camp in the mountains for trout.

That’s a beauty…. How much did it weigh?

I tried fishing once? I didn't really have all that much fun tho…I think I was doing it wrong!? 
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The pic in previous post was ACTUALLY from my buddy in this pic, after he cast into a tree along the shore, then snatched it back before it got hung-up! I looked around when I felt what I had THOUGHT was him setting the hook, only to get smashed in the face w/his lure! 🤪 

Thankfully, his son (who is a fishin’ crazy former ARMY Medic!) was w/us & he knows EXACTLY how to quickly & painlessly remove an embedded fish hook! 
I go out with him & his boys occasionally to their family property in far western Oklahoma, where they & their extended family still have 14 square miles of ranch/farm property w/numerous large ponds they keep stocked w/Bass! 
Every time we go…we CATCH and it’s always a fun time! Now I tease my buddy that he is a Oklahoma state record holder, after landing the state record for biggest dork! 
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Fishing in Alaska with Wifey in 6/25. She doesn’t fish much, but always catches the bigger fish!🤣