Gone fishing...

[stephen55]

http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.1326949.1.flat,550x550,075,f.gone-fishing.jpg

 

[3113]

http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.1326949.1.flat,550x550,075,f.gone-fishing.jpg

Yey! What a great pic.

 

[TE999]

What is that bird? Some sort of Eagle?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Yup, an African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer).

 

[stephen55]

I'm back.

Okay, I got back several days ago, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I actually went fishing.

A west coast friend invited me to go out for sockeye to the Alberni Inlet of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

Sockeye Salmon are the ones that get rather interesting as they are about to spawn.
http://biology.mcgill.ca/faculty/hendry/pic_files/image008.jpg


However, prior to that, as they return from the ocean and head for their natal spawning streams, they look like this...
http://www.jimmiejackfishing.com/pageImages/92-160image.jpg

...and this...
http://www.driftingonthefly.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kenai-river-sockeye-salmon-fishing-002.jpg


Ready for the barbie, they look like this...
http://www.northwest-seafood.com/images/wild_sockeye_salmon_fillet.jpg


After the barbie, they look like this...
http://www.fitrealm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Salmon-Sampler1.jpg


There are those who prefer to eliminate several of the steps...
http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/104718205/Wild_Alaskan_Sockeye_Salmon_Oil.jpg

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I'm back.

Okay, I got back several days ago, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I actually went fishing.

A west coast friend invited me to go out for sockeye to the Alberni Inlet of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

Sockeye Salmon are the ones that get rather interesting as they are about to spawn.
http://biology.mcgill.ca/faculty/hendry/pic_files/image008.jpg


However, prior to that, as they return from the ocean and head for their natal spawning streams, they look like this...
http://www.jimmiejackfishing.com/pageImages/92-160image.jpg

...and this...
http://www.driftingonthefly.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kenai-river-sockeye-salmon-fishing-002.jpg


Ready for the barbie, they look like this...
http://www.northwest-seafood.com/images/wild_sockeye_salmon_fillet.jpg


After the barbie, they look like this...
http://www.fitrealm.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Salmon-Sampler1.jpg


There are those who prefer to eliminate several of the steps...
http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/104718205/Wild_Alaskan_Sockeye_Salmon_Oil.jpg

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