There's more to life than weed!

[Alasgun]

living in the last frontier we enjoy a lot of freedom and in keeping with my title i wanted to share some pictures from a shrimping trip i took a month ago. Mostly just mundane hohum Alaska scenery then one of our catch. Your looking at 9 gallons of spot shrimp tails.
If this thread flys ill post some fish pictures directly, were about to start fishing kings and silvers.

 

[2RedEyes]

Very nice, glad your enjoying it all...

 

[Keef]

Alasgun -- South Texas Coast !-- Got about 40 miles of wild beach with Bay on the back side of the islands !-- Kayak and a cast net !-- I should probably get a fishing license?-- Haven't been in awhile -- Don't know how people can live far from the water ?- Hurricane Harvey tore the place up some last year but they the price we pay to live on the Gulf Coast -- It can all be gone in the next storm !

 

[Rosebud]

That's pretty both. Alaska has water Keef, but not the sandy beaches like you do. I used to sit in front of the Cook Inlet and smoke pot. We loved alaska, 40 below zero the day we got married.

 

[Keef]

I'm allergic to the cold !-- Don't do ice and snow for sure !-- U should see me drive on ice ?-- On second thought being close enough to see me drive on ice is too close to be safe -- Brakes is useless!-- Only way to stop is to hit something !--
I been to Alaska !-- First time - I was in a summer suit and everything was white !-- It was not fun !

 

[Alasgun]

Keef- we lived in Alice for a couple years, you were the ethnic minority but the people were real nice. (1978-1980) id have to say your gulf shrimp tasted better than ours, these are quite sweet but missing that taste.

Rose- we have some smallish sandy beaches but due to the short, cool season; beach sittings not a thing up here. Once retirement fully kicks in we're thinking about going outside a month or so each winter to break it up a bit.

 

[Keef]

Alice not that far from me !-- I grew up in East Texas near Houston !-- Had been north of New Orleans for a decade or so when Hurricane Katrina came to call !-- It was not fun !-- Came back to Texas after that !-- Worked in the operating Room for 20 years then slipped on a wet floor -- Broke my fall with my face !-- Screwed up my neck -- left arm won't always do what I say !-- I admire the Frontier thing and I was raised with the needed skills but I can't do stuff like that anymore !-- Doctors almost kilt me with thier morphine -- Been off that stuff quite a few years now !--
Grow my own meds now !--

 

[Alasgun]

Caught this King today and 6 others along with one silver.
Hoping for another dozen or so over the next week!
By the first week of August i consider real summer to be over, anything we get after that is gravy, notice the rainy overcast day? Its suppose to be like that all week. I like to tell people everyday is nice in Alaska, you just have to wear rain gear to appreciate most of them.
We never loose sight of how fortunate we are!

 

[pcduck]

Every place I have lived has been near water. From North coast to South coast.

 

[Alasgun]

This morning we got our 4 fish limit of Kings in the first hour! These are what we call feeder kings, there here from somewhere else to fatten up for a couple years before returning to their home stream to spawn and rairly exceed 20 lbs.

 

[Alasgun]

Today i had to work harder at it but did get a limit of 4 which included a couple fatties!
Next year at this time ill be able to enjoy them other fatty’s.

 

[Hackerman]

Dang dude..... fish fry at Alasgun's house. LMAO

Beautiful catch.

 

[Alasgun]

I dont usually brag this much, but since im on a roll! Today it was 3 kings and a very nice widow rock fish. And if im wearing you out take heart, ill be done tomorrow.

 

[Jasmine]

FISH ON!!!!!!!!

 

[ArtVandolay]

Fishing in southwest Florida is much better.

 

[Alasgun]

Tell your deck hand, shes very beautiful; then apologize to her for putting that picture out there for the world to gawk at.

Today ended the the fishinf part of the Seward adventure for the year, i was fishing by myself this morning and got my limit of 2 fish And they were both white kings. Suppose to be like getting a hole in one!!!
We dont see a lot of difference in the taste, some people rave over them.

 

[The Poet]

Alasgun...


I have surf'ed the Marijuana Passion Forum for years.
Its the only forum I post on and I feel right at home here.
I too, am an 'Old Codger', or 'Fart', as you say,
having been reported 'dead' {"No breath, no pulse, dead".}
after laying in a ditch all night after my Motorcycle wreck.
I look pretty good for a 66 year old dead guy actually.

But I never checked out the Old Farts section!
I am an old coon hunter/trapper from the 50's.
I've 200 traps in my barn right now and am a mastermarksman ...
and snareman.
I too have a million good stories and in fact have written a book.
A book about just that, all my old hunting stories.

I am amazed by seeing shrimp as big as a lobster.
Theres fisherman and hunters here! I am aghast!
I was thinking today about getting the old Harpoon out,
she hasn't been cranked since my wreck, 5 months before 9-11.
Trailer tags, boat numbers, fish license, check everything. $$$
Food, beer and bait and go out to Lake Athens and run 40-50 jug lines all night, {3 hooks each}
Sleep in the boat and after running the line the next morning roll it up and come in.
I used to get 150 lbs live weight of Channels and Blues, 4-8 lbs {hatchery fish}
And have photos of me in the boat ramp area with my catch!
{I'll look for them.}

It is good to find like minded individuals where you never expect to find them.
If y'all were a snake y'all would have bit me!


jacktheknife world famous fifth century forge and scullery


jacksknifeshop.tripod.com


Thank you...


The Poet...


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[Alasgun]

Well, were farther and farther from “the intent of the forum” but long as its ok thats good. Man cannot live by weed alone.
I too ran snares / traps in the Dakotas and hunted coons and cats with english red tick hounds.
But that was 200 uears ago, now salt water boatings the thing, cept we only have a 4 month season so i wile away the rest of the year on the many projects ice dreampt up diring the past year. Having my own machins shop is an asset.

Do we have a private message option or do i just keep plugging along like i have? Dont wanna bore or irritate folks.

Ill look that site over, and yea its nice to know a little more about some of ya’ll.

 

[Hackerman]

Feel free to plug on. I enjoyed the pics.

I'm pretty sure the only topics banned here are politics.

 

[Alasgun]

Thats great Hackerman, ill keep my politics to my self only to mention that me and Ronald Ragan shared the same birthday and were both left handed!

A forums kindof a strange place to get to know people and unless we know each other in real life, we only get a piece of the picture.
Heck, once i get just a wee bit more comfortable ill tell you About the time i got my nut sack stuck in a rifle barrel!!! That’ll make you spew your coffee.