May 9, 2018
May 9, 2018
Better day than yesterday
It was a long paddle to the birds, finally got to them to catch 9 slot trout
It was a long paddle to the birds, finally got to them to catch 9 slot trout
- kickingback
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Re: May 9, 2018
Pictures are worth a thousand words. Awesome!!!
Re: May 9, 2018
Nice. Love the birds. American Oystercatchers are a favorite of mine. The Tricolor Heron isn’t too shabby either. Nice trout, too.
Re: May 9, 2018
Great pics, DelSol,
what camera set up are you using?
what camera set up are you using?
Re: May 9, 2018
Very cool trout pic and also that red billed Bird is awesome.
You gotta show us your camera setup! How do you keep it handy to grab a shot so fast?
You gotta show us your camera setup! How do you keep it handy to grab a shot so fast?
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Re: May 9, 2018
Great Pics, got me itching to get out again!
Re: May 9, 2018
Like karstopo pointed out, that orange-billed bird is an Oystercatcher.
They use that stout, thin beak to pry open oysters and other mollusks.
Neat bird for sure!
They use that stout, thin beak to pry open oysters and other mollusks.
Neat bird for sure!
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Re: May 9, 2018
Another great set of pics DelSol, thanks for sharing. You're getting me fired up to bring my camera out with me with these reports you keep posting.
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Re: May 9, 2018
NativeSon wrote:what camera set up are you using?
Canon Powershot I keep in a dry bag on deck for the zoomed in shots.Chubs wrote:How do you keep it handy to grab a shot so fast?
Olympus Tough for the wide angle pics.
Any fish action pics are just a screen shot from a gopro.
Re: May 9, 2018
Ahh ok. makes sense.
I have my Olympus in it's zipper bag, but I don't have anywhere good to store while underway so I clip it to my seat and zip it up so it doesn't come lose while I'm not paying attention.
But unfortunately that zipper costs me every shot I want to take
Maybe I ought to try wearing it around my neck, but I hate to carry a camera that way - while on land anyway.
I have my Olympus in it's zipper bag, but I don't have anywhere good to store while underway so I clip it to my seat and zip it up so it doesn't come lose while I'm not paying attention.
But unfortunately that zipper costs me every shot I want to take
Maybe I ought to try wearing it around my neck, but I hate to carry a camera that way - while on land anyway.
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Re: May 9, 2018
Del Sol, everybody is obsessing over your great camera shots, but I'm impressed whenever ANYBODY gets under working seagulls in a kayak to catch a near-quick limit of speckled trout!
Shoffer and I have been lucky enough to do it about twice a year, except this past year yielded very little bird action probably due to the Hurricane Harvey floods. The normal shrimp migration got wiped out. But we remember every dang kayak bird frenzy like you experienced & photographed.
Well-done, sir. Behold our last bird group...
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Shoffer and I have been lucky enough to do it about twice a year, except this past year yielded very little bird action probably due to the Hurricane Harvey floods. The normal shrimp migration got wiped out. But we remember every dang kayak bird frenzy like you experienced & photographed.
Well-done, sir. Behold our last bird group...
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Re: May 9, 2018
Damn, Skippy, Captain. Usu. our bird days are in East Bay in November or early December. It is thrilling to get hit on every cast for thirty minutes at a time, and then chase the birds all morning for quick hookups.