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sortie du 3 Juillet 09

Une bonne journée de pêche….

Le Barbu était au rendez-vous,  un après l’autre, jig et une récupération lente voila le mystère du Barbu.

Jig 3/8oz. tête blanche et quel verte agrémenté d’un vers…VOILA…

July,3rd 09 outing

Went fishing today in the Chaudière river….Catfish…Catfish till my arms ache….

The only thing I hated….PIGS

This was a good outing…it was rainning and bitting….Wish you guys were here….

They are in the smoker now…

Newest addition to the family.

hedgehog, and her name is BOUILLE

She’s so lovely…we are going to have her on wednesday or thursday….I can’t wait

Etchemin river…

I have talked about this river in my prior post….This river is on the south side of the St-Laurent river, I live at a walking distance from this place…

Enjoy….

Just click on Etchemin River bellow.

Etchemin River

Your comments are always welcome.

We had cabin fever so we decided to go….

Fishing….

We had rain on and on for over a week now and it finally broke this afternoon so I called a friend up here that knows the area well.  His answer to my quiry was not very encouraging in a nutshell he almost told me to stay home and put in a good movie….NO WAY…we had to get out of the house…Nancy works in an office with no windows and I mow grass so we both were fed up and needed to get the fishing rod a try…just to see if it was still working the way they were last week…lol….

Well mine did…as you can see ….This Catfish was full of eggs…

A few minutes later this walleye came along…

On a sad note when we first got there we noticed a foul smell….well we soon found out what it was, yes…a fawn, righ there by the river….sad…

Nancy sat there very quiet after leaving a few pounds of jigs on the bottom of the river…

She’s my fishing partner and my best Buddy…I love her….

Sometime the odds are against you but if you don’t try you don’t succeed…..we tried and we made it….

Just do it…get out there…

Hope you enjoyed this little account of our fishing trip…was fun…10 minutes from home…in a murky river..

ummmmmm

I wanted to show you guys what we are going to serve this weekend as an entré to Nancys friend from Belgium.

We put it on a craker here but this weekend it will be on a special biscotte…it is smoked Catfish with at the bottom a homemade mayo, Pesto and fiddle head to top it all.

Here’s my new business card in french

The anatomy of a good meal

Ok guys,

Let me show you what we here call a good meal…I mean in the Martin family.

First, I need some volunteer…not hard to find around here.

Look at how hard she’s concentrating.

Remember, this is all about a good meal.

So we need a few trout.

Well, look at here…

It takes more than one…

Got more…

We have to clean them now…

C’ant cook them in just about any type of pan…has to be cast iron…the best.

Now for taste, nothing beats the red onions…oh, I was going to forget…has to be cooked outside on a gaz burner…

Now, when they are cooked you take them out and put more butter in the skillet (garlic butter) not too much you don’t want to bury the onion taste…

Now the trout.

What do you think now….

Nothing better…than this…

and naturally all good meals come to an end…

We really enjoyed this meal…hope you did to….Think about it….think about the pleasure you had when fishing…and just been out there…

Hope you enjoyed this post…and prepare a memorable meal when you have a chance…and the chances are it will be a memorable one…share time with each other…wife, kids, friends…who knows when it will be the last….

Love you all….till next time…be all you can and live your life to the fullest…

Fishing report from Florida and Kentucky

Alright fellers, Im back on the water! The old boat did fine.Maybe I can get a couple more years out of it.I took Emily with me and she outfished me! Check your e-mail Guy. Not alot of fish but good ones,We caught 8 Redfish just below the size limit,and of course big daddy came along,Emily had a time pullin in that big sheepshead! It was bad hot but fun!! Im goin again in the morning with sonny,going after some shellcrackers!

I bet you she had a lots of fun with the Sheaphead.  They are also very good eating.

Now, this is super a Rdefish, I am jealous. Having 8 on the line even if you have to release them is still fun.

A picture is worth a thousand words…what is there to say…a feast for the eyes.

Thanks Ricky and Emily for sharring your outting with us.

Now this is from Milton, Florida.

Lets see what’s going on in Flatwoods Kentucky with Brandon.

NEWS FLASH……..WE SLAYED THEM WE CAUGHT 7 BUT I KILLD 1 CAUSE IT HORNED ME I AM UPLOADING THEM RIGHT NOW WE GOT AWSOME FILLETS OUT OF THEM AND WOULD HAVE GOT MORE BUT WHEN I FILLED 1 THE MEAT WAS YELLOW,  WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE BUT WE DIDNT HAVE A NET AND WE GOT THEM TO THE DOCK AND SNAP BROKE THE LINE WE WERE SO MAD BUT WE MADE UP FOR IT I AM GOING AGAIN TONIGHT I CANT WAIT I HOPE WE DO AS GOOD OR BETTER.

Guys nice catfish. Brandon is second from the right.

Now for those of you not familiar with Turtles, let me say this,  a Turtle stew is a delicacie if well prepared.

We have caugh lots of them while I was living in Kentucky…even had 2 in an aquarium at the office.

This turtle if not handled properly will cause serious damage to your fingers…no wonder they are called SNAPPING turtles.

Thank you so much to Ricky and Emily for sharring your report and pictures with us from the warmth of Milton, Florida.  I also want to thak Brandon for his report from Flatwoods, Ky.

I invite all who wants to share your fishing or outdoor adventure with us to do so and I will post them right here.

I know it is slow on the carvig at this time but I want to thank the guys from

www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/ for there visit on here, and if you ever want to pick up wood carving as a hobby there is no better place to be.

Another word of thanks to the fellows on the forum of

www.pecheenville.com/Forum/index.php

A great bunch of fishing enthousiast, and I would highly encourage any of you who would like or ever think of coming to Québec to fish to get a hold of one of the guides on this forum…they are Pros. at what they do and are very eager to help in any way they can.

Again good fishing…the main thing get out there..and enjoy what Mother nature has to offer…

Till next time so long…and thanks for being here with us.

(Ricky, does that remind you of the pitch we use to give on our radio show, what awesome souvenirs…Santa-Rosa Florida fishing….)

Fishing…Fishing…Fishing…North and South…

This post will be all about fishing….

First let me introduce, Ricky…from Milton, Florida…

Now Brandon from Flatwoods, KY

Erik…My son…

Do not ne foolled by the abscense of fish…he is just fishing into another pond for now….Pretty one….

This is me Guy.

There’s a person I can’t leave out and it is Miss Nancy…

I went out fishing today and here’s a little token of it.

Now, this is pretty country…I ended up getting 5 trout.

A few years ago my nickname was Redfish Hunter and low and behold look at what my Buddy Ricky was blessed with on his last outting…Luckt dawg…

I think I would kill for a Redfish sandwich right now and it has to be blackenned…lol..

Lets go back up north for a few more pictures…

Here’s some Trout…Notce the water…it is cold and pure, you can pan your hand and drink from it.

Look at those fish, now Ricky  wish I was there….

Well guys this has to be the longest post I have written on here….I will leave it for a few days and then add to it….

Remember to always smile…You never know who needs it…

So here’s Miss Nancy smile for all of you out there….