100th Post for the Monkeybubbas

We've hit 10o posts of Monkeybubba fishing foolishness. Instead of boring you with my last two skunked fishing trips I thought we should post some highlight photos from our mis-adventures (even from the days before the blog, there is no chronological order, all the great days and nights blend together). I hope all the bubbas add their photos to this post. Here's to fishin' with your bros!

Tight Lines.

High water trout on spinners

I was back in GWNF for a few hours on Superbowl Sunday. The recent rain and snow melt had raised the water level over a foot since my last trip, the water was still a milky green, but no longer looked like a mud milkshake.
There was still snow and iced up trees, but that was melting at a pace that caused it to "rain" in the woods although the sky was clear. I tried hand tied and commercial jigs because the water was still cold, but the visibility was only about 24". I looked for a sunny spot around a bend and switched to spinners.
The second hole I fished allowed two jumping rainbows within a few casts of each other. Here is a 12 incher which I took home for dinner. The second fish was a 13 incher I released without removing it from the water. Just above the head riffle I had one come in charging hard, almost right to my feet. I didn't see him until the last minute because of the low visibility, there was no where for me to put my spinner - it dropped to the bottom 14" inches from the tip that was just above the water's surface. I could have tapped the trout on the head, but he eyeballed it for a second, then turned and vaporized into a hole. There was no bringing him back up. I walked a bit further up stream and cast another dozen times, then headed for the road to walk back to the car. I was only there a few hours, but I realized how much I had missed it. I'm also glad to have the camera back.

Record Breaking VA Striper

73 lb Record Striper. Dang.

Mullet Toss

Throw a 1 lb mullet from Alabama across the state line to Florida?
Alabama/Florida Interstate Mullet Toss.
Enough said.

GWNF and Early Backpacking Trout Trip Announcement

It was thirty six degrees with a bitter wind when I got home and hour ago, now its thirty one. I bet this sweet looking trout hole is pretty damn frozen up in GWNF.
I'm planning on going back to WV somewhere around March 15-21 (hopefully). Anyone want to go? The bears won't be out of their dens for at least another 2-3 weeks if thats your concern.
It will be cold, the weather could crush the trip as it is a week and half earlier this year, so its a bit more iffy but the license info should be about the same (Wait until the last minute to buy the license in case the weather puts the trip out of the question). Look at last years planning to get more info - this trip will be more laid back in terms of planning - I don't know if I will put lure kits together, but I can just get a bunch of the lures that work and you can buy the individuals off me until Mike and Sean lose them all. There should be even less people out fishing and camping, or we can hike up and camp on one of the tributaries.
Be a man this spring, whose in?