1. no, we tossed him back after the photo op.

    i've never eaten gar, but have heard that it is really good.
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  2. Back in the early 80's there was a store on top of the hill on Highland Road north of campus (past the bars) that always had a chalkboard easel out front on the sidewalk advertising what fish they had. I remember it saying Gar Balls and Goo (Gasper Goo) on more than one occasion.
  3. I know some guys who fish the spillway in Melville and catch ice chests full of goo. They say the goo are a blast to catch- put up a heckuva fight.
  4. Here's a sturgeon that was caught about 5 miles from my office (Lake Oswego, OR) a couple years ago. Estimated at 11 feet and a bit over a 1,000 pounds. Nice size for a freshwater fish. Good eating too. However, if it's over 8 feet or under 4 feet you have to let them go.

    One of these guys use to work in the same office with my wife. That's how I go the pic!
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  5. Dam straight it is. :thumb:
  6. Still, like they say......... A bad day fishing is still better than a good day doing anything else.

    I'm retiring the end of the year and the first project is building a couple new flyrods for my wife and me.

    As far as sturgeon fishing up here goes, some of the old timers say they've found some up to 20 feet long. I think 18' was documented back in the 1800s.

    The classic old fisherman stories goes something like this: Guy hooks into a BIG one and has to use a team of horses to pull it in, only to have the sturgeon pull the horses in the river and drown the horses. Great story over a few brews, never documented to the best of my knowledge. LOL
  7. :hihi:

    Good one.
  8. If you're interested, here's a link with lots of pics of what freshwater fishing looks like in the Northwest. Personally, I fish for trout and steelhead, nothing like a steelie on a dry fly!!!! Gives you an opportunity to find out if you are a real fisherman or not. I'd say most of the time I'm not...... LOL

    largest columbia river white sturgeon pictures - Google Search
  9. UUgghh.

    How the eff are we supposed to post pictures?
  10. Yeah good luck with that. So far the only way I've been able to do it is to use a web host like imageshack.us

    all part of the bigger and better... oh who the hell am I kidding.