Check out this short clip of an awesome day of flyfishing on
the Green! It is more or less the debut of Western Fishing Unlimited
Productions!
Western Fishing Unlimited
Western Sportfishing with Todd Redmon and Associates
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Brown Trout Release
I bought a new camera and started testing it this weekend! Stay tuned for new (and longer) videos!
Fishers of Men: Fresh Fish
Photo courtesy of Jeff Wettstein and Rick York |
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats.They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish.
Also, the frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish would stop moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks, but they added a small shark to each tank. Sure, the shark would eat a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state satisfying the Japanese market. The fish are challenged and this made the difference.
Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond that most of the time is tired & dull? We need a Shark in our life to keep us awake and moving. Basically, in our lives, sharks are new challenges to keep us active and tasting better... If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you hone your skills and develop your character. You think of your challenges and get energized. and you get excited to try new solutions.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Jigging for Browns at Fontenelle!
A few weeks ago I was fishing with a friend and I got
completely humbled! I can usually pull my weight and then some when it comes to
catching the numbers and quality fish but on that day I got beat on pretty much
every level. I watched him closely and quickly picked up on his strategy. He introduced to me a new way of fishing with
jigs that I had honestly not considered.
Typically when fishing with jigs I would simply cast them AFAP (as far
as possible), leave my bail open and allow them to sink straight down to the
bottom. I would usually employ a fast and aggressive retrieve, jigging hard and
allowing a brief pause while reeling in the slack. Jeremy taught me a new technique: begin a
slow retrieve immediately after the jig hits the water, use quick but very
short switches of the rod only a few times per cast, be prepared for very soft
hits and set the hook hard If I hadn’t personally
seen him tear into two great rainbows on the first and second casts, I wouldn’t
have adjusted my fishing strategy.
A few weeks later I was back to the same reservoir where
Jeremy and I fished but in a slightly different area. I was accompanied by Shaun
and Jason (aka Boogs) Harris, who are always great company and fun to fish with!
I went with a 3/8 oz. black jig and followed the technique I just
described. The water was very murky and most of the fish were in the upper column of water. We started catching great
fish like these right away and within a short time we had hooked into six
browns. Had Jason not decided to take a
nosedive off the ice sheet and into the icy water we may have been able to
catch a few more! All things considered, it was another awesome day on the water!
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
Fishers of Men: Keep the Lower Lights Burning
Ancient Light House |
Finally, the desperate captain decided they had no choice but to proceed into the harbor without the guidance of the lower lights. “With a strong hand and brave heart”—but in almost total darkness—“the old pilot turned the wheel.” Tragically, he missed the channel, crashed the boat upon the rocks, and lost the lives of his sailors.
Moody then explained the lesson to be learned from his story: the Master will take care of the great lighthouse, but He depends on us to keep the lower lights burning. Philip Paul Bliss was directing the singing at the meeting that night and was so inspired by Moody’s story that he wrote what would become one of his most popular hymns, “Brightly Beams Our Father’s Mercy.” He also composed the music, a hymn tune known as “Lower Lights,” which was first published in 1871.
The storms of life put many around us in peril. They may long to approach the light of “our Father’s mercy” but are unsure how to navigate the obstacles in their way. We all know how they feel, because each of us has been lost at sea from time to time.
Most often, God uses us to rescue them. If we can keep the light of faith burning in our hearts, if we align our light with the Light above, we can guide an exhausted mariner safely home. We can be the lower lights that “send a gleam across the wave. Some poor fainting, struggling seaman [we] may rescue, [we] may save.”
-Lloyd D. Newell
Courtesy of Music and the Spoken Word
Check out this performance of the song Brightly Beams Our Fathers Mercy.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Casting Jigs in a Lake or River
Several years ago, a friend of mine told me that he wanted
to show me how to catch fish in a way that he was sure I had never tried
before. When I asked him to tell me exactly what he was talking about, his
reply was that I would have to go with him to find out what he meant.
I was eager for him to pick me up the following weekend, and
the minute I hopped into his truck, I asked him what we were going to be
fishing with that was so top secret, he couldn't have told me about it earlier.
“Jigs,” he said. “We are going to be fishing with 4 inch
long tube jigs.”
I laughed!
At this point in my life, I had done quite a bit of fishing
and tried many different lures, flies and baits. I was quite certain that big
jigs like that were reserved for lake trout fishing, and there was no way that
a trout in a river was going to bite something that big and unwieldy. Besides
that, jigs are for ice fishing. A fisherman drops the jig down the hole and
jerks the pole up and down every once in a while hoping that fish will come by and bite.
This, I soon found out, was not the case. Fishing jigs in a
river or in a lake is much like fishing a lure or spoon with long casts and
slow retrieves. There is lots of casting, lots of work, and lots of action.
We launched the drift boat and walked over to fish the hole
directly below the dam before we set off down the river. My buddy took the
first cast with a big ugly white jig and instantly hooked into a fish. Several
minutes later, I helped him land a chunky 24 inch rainbow. I didn't need any
more convincing. I tied on a jig and caught several nice fish that day. I spent
that rest of that spring learning how to fish with jigs.
Since that time, I have caught trout on jigs in all kinds of
lakes, ponds, and rivers. If there are fish in the water, a good bet is that a
jig will catch them.
Since that first trip, I have also used all sorts of jigs:
rubber tubes, bucktails, maribou, and all sorts of combinations of the three.
Fishing jigs can still be sketchy. There are days when the fish just won't bite
anything. However, more often than not, if the fish are going to bite, a jig
will hook up more fish than any other bait.
-Jeremy Kaiser
Monday, March 17, 2014
Nice Browns in Porcupine Reservoir!
I went to college at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. I admit that I was just a little nerdy and studied too much as I worked to achieve a dual major in Biology and Public Health. However, I still had my priorities to keep the insane stress of school in check... I fished whenever I could! We fished all over the Cache Valley from the Logan River to the Blacksmith Fork to Newton Res. One of my favorites was Porcupine Reservoir. On this particular day we hit it just as the ice was thick enough to walk on. Slightly scary, yes, but worth the risk! Don't tell my wife but we had to jump over a few feet of open water along the edges to get to where we wanted to fish. I know... I know... I am a safety professional and I take some chances on the ice now and again. However, I make sure I take the proper precautions while I'm out there.
This day was just perfect: clear skies, fresh snow, strong clear ice, and good company. I was fishing with Cody Anderson who is usually pretty busy pouring concrete with Cadillac Concrete in Cache Valley but now and again I convince him to bust out his fishing gear. We fished near the dam in about 20 feet of water with small green and black jigs right off the bottom. We caught these two fish great fish. The thinner of the two was actually 21 inches long and the heavier fish was 24 inches. Strong, feisty fish that put up a good fight!
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