tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54231622012-01-14T03:46:23.513-08:00An Angler's JournalLuyen Chou's Piscatorial Pictorial Portfolioluyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1123104845283291582005-08-03T14:34:00.000-07:002005-08-03T14:34:05.313-07:00Morning Run to Challenger Bank Trolling Baits Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. Bermuda, August 1, 2005James and Steve rigged ballyhoo for trolling on the way out to the bank. Two baits off the outriggers, and two off the downriggers on the stern. It was a beautiful and very still morning. We saw a few tuna swirl as we headed out, but nothing ate our baits as we arrived at the deeper water and switched to marlin luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1119034417940017072005-08-03T11:52:00.000-07:002005-08-03T14:42:28.046-07:00Hi, this blog has moved to...http://reel-time.com/blogs/chouPlease come visit, new pix and posts up now!!luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1115234536607757942005-04-27T14:22:00.000-07:002005-05-04T12:35:44.830-07:00We Made It DSC_0002 Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. We downed a few Kaliks before everyone made it to Nassau from points north, but allsix finally made it, with rods and luggage intact.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1111019964002682002005-03-16T16:38:00.000-08:002005-03-19T04:05:42.276-08:00Turks & Caicos is a funny set of islands. they still net bones on the flats around the more populated regions. You have to get out-island to catch fish with any consistency. Barr is (IMHO) the best guide on T&C. Some others swear by Arthur Dean, but for my money, Barr is the man. Tell him I sent you out with him. Ask him to take you to the Man o' War Bush at the eastern extreme of the islands. Heluyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1110851415377073412005-03-14T17:47:00.000-08:002005-03-14T17:50:15.376-08:00Arrived in Sanibel yesteday afternoon for our annual vacation with Rachel's folks. Fished Ding Darling today for the first time this year. Lots of snook milling around the culverts, but didn't seem to be interested in eating. Had one fish follow the fly at the second culvert. Lots of snook popping bait under the roads, but no takers on flies or shrimp.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1109546149936328562005-02-27T15:09:00.000-08:002005-02-27T15:17:17.333-08:00PLEASE POST COMMENTS!!!Hi there and welcome to my blog. Please post comments! I need to know what you think of my posts.Many thanks.--Luyenluyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104282742085906802004-11-21T17:12:00.000-08:002004-12-28T17:13:47.123-08:00Another Fall Striper
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. The fall run hasn't yet begun. Lots of fish in the New York Bight, but not the lunkers one might expect at this point in the season. Maybe it's the warm fall weather this year; maybe it's the relentless wind scattering bait. The gannetts are out, and the big gulls, but the bunker are nowhere to be seen. Still, there are bass and blues luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104282197635344602004-11-21T17:03:00.000-08:002004-12-28T17:06:42.273-08:00Admiring a Fall Striper
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. I never did manage to find the big bass this fall. Then again, between the kids, work, and windy weekends, I didn't get much time on water. So this year, I took a few extra moments admiring each fish I caught. luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104201520861851712004-09-13T18:38:00.000-07:002004-12-27T18:39:56.796-08:00Summertime Blues
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. Nothing refined about summertime angling in the Bight. The bass are few and far between, and the species of choice -- by default -- is the bad-ass bluefish. This toothy malcontent was holding in an eddy along some shoreline structure. Ralph and I had hoped to pull an unsuspecting bass from the rocks, and for a few heart-pounding moments, Iluyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104198933222766932004-07-29T17:55:00.000-07:002004-12-27T17:56:12.150-08:00Gull Island Linesides
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. July at the Gulls.... As relaxing as saltwater fly-fishing gets. Simple and fun. None of the monsters that characterize the season's extremes; but none of the foul weather or scary swells, either. Josh and I hadn't fished together for some time, and we were happy just to get out on the water together. We left Three Mile Harbor at 8AM, and were luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1105228754441831082003-07-04T15:59:00.000-07:002005-01-08T16:00:49.586-08:00Big Berry's Bridge Brookie (burned)(small)
Big Berry's Bridge Brookie (burned)(small)
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. July Fourth Weekend, 2003 -- Fished the Monocacy for a few stolen hours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. After a long spring, summer had kicked in with a vengeance -- the temperature was in the 90's all three days, and the humidity was verging on unbearable. With both kiddies waking up at dawn's early light, I decided to luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1053799705881923922003-05-24T11:08:00.000-07:002004-12-22T19:12:17.400-08:00Welcome to my angling weblog. This site is the newest form of what started as a Word-based, personal fishing journal in 1998. As my journal grew and became increasingly unwieldy it moved to a hand-coded HTML website. Needless to say, this too became impractical. I hope that implementing the journal as a 'blog will allow more people to share my entries, and that it will encourage others to luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104717208862052762003-05-04T17:53:00.000-07:002005-01-02T17:54:25.350-08:00Working Tails at Dusk
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. May 4, 2003
Sumin creeps up on a pod of Eleuthera bones.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104712679120313132003-05-04T16:37:00.000-07:002005-01-02T16:39:54.596-08:00Off the Water at Deep Creek, Eleuthera
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. May 4, 2003
We returned to Deep Crack on Saturday evening, this time parking further north and wading in near the mouth of the creek that filled the flat. The tide was dead low, and we staked out hoping to see fish come up onto the shallows out of the creek. I made the big mistake of wading further inshore thinking I might find luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104714428858555732003-05-03T17:07:00.000-07:002005-01-02T17:08:00.556-08:00Tails at Dusk
Tails at Dusk
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. May 3, 2003
Dusk at Deep Creek, Eleuthera.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104714295868721352003-05-03T17:04:00.000-07:002005-01-02T17:05:22.883-08:00Eleuthera Bonedog3
Eleuthera Bonedog3
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. May 3, 2003
Alex caught and snapped this Eleuthera native.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104713644152491442003-05-03T16:54:00.000-07:002005-01-02T16:55:00.640-08:00The Gang
The Gang
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. May 3, 2003
An exhausted moment of solace for four weary anglers on a secluded Eleuthera bonefish flat.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104713046794482012003-05-03T16:44:00.000-07:002005-01-02T16:45:52.873-08:00Alex Sparkman's first Eleuthera Bonefish
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. May 3, 2003
Thorne reluctantly left the flat to pick Alex up at the airport. Sumin hooked and lost a fish. Almost as soon as Thorne left, the bite was off and the tide turned around. Sumin and I waded for the next two hours spotting few fish.
After a few frustrating hours, we worked our way back from the ocean and spied Thorne and Alex wading luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104711877650969672003-05-03T04:24:00.000-07:002005-01-02T16:25:02.900-08:00First Eleuthera Bone2
First Eleuthera Bone2
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. May 3, 2003
Thorne had to pick up Alex by 9AM at Rock Sound airport, so we boogied down to our newly-discovered Deep Creek flat in the early morning. After driving out to the point and walking along the creek inshore towards the flat, we decided to drive back along the dirt road, park, and check out the flat on the ocean side of the road. luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104710277457034122003-05-02T15:57:00.000-07:002005-01-02T16:00:30.270-08:00Skunk Sound
Skunk Sound
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. Friday, May 2
Early AM, back to Savannah Sound.
We see almost no fish, despite beautiful conditions. After heading back to the shack, Sumin decides to rest until the evening tide. Thorne and I decide to do some prospecting.
We hit Winding Bay, then drive south towards Bannerman and explore an ocean side point where a creek fills a flat bisected byluyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104719991081943062003-05-02T06:39:00.000-07:002005-01-02T18:40:50.226-08:00Deep Creek, Eleuthera
Deep Creek, Eleuthera
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. Our "secret" flat at the southern tip of Eleuthera.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104709346926724282003-05-01T15:42:00.000-07:002005-01-02T15:43:23.640-08:00Weather over Airport Flat(small)
Weather over Airport Flat(small)
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104708225037757272003-05-01T15:23:00.000-07:002005-01-02T15:41:33.940-08:00Arriving at Eleuthera
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. Thursday, May 1
Because of a foul-up involving Sumin's flight to Nassau, Thorne and I ended up making the puddle jump to Eleuthera without him on a chartered Cessna flown by the aptly-named chater company, "Million-Air". The weather wasn't encouraging -- a steady rain and gray skies ushered us into do-it-yourself bonefish paradise. Thorne luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1103769784092919202003-03-22T18:43:00.000-08:002004-12-22T18:47:39.516-08:00LL Brownie
LL Brownie in the net (WC)_1(small)
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. Is it the tug of the flyline or the beauty of the fish that makes angling such an addictive sport? Consider this photo an argument for the latter. As unusual a stream as the Little Lehigh is, it certainly holds some beautiful trout. This big brownie was no exception.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104710245797464992003-01-02T15:57:00.000-08:002005-01-02T15:58:50.766-08:00Skunk Sound
Skunk Sound
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104803809752330982002-11-26T17:56:00.000-08:002005-01-03T18:01:32.693-08:00Kameron's Beast 2(small)
Kameron's Beast 2(small)
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. Took Kameron Rabenou out with Ralph on a beautiful November day. Air temps barely mustered 40, but low winds and bright sunshine made it feel like a much warmer day. We left the marina with an outgoing tide at our backs, and found birds working bait from the marina all the way to Coney Island. Unfortunately, the bait was extremely luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104199566142836822002-04-18T18:06:00.000-07:002004-12-27T18:07:23.803-08:00JBay Handheld 2_1(small)
JBay Handheld 2_1(small)
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. A beautiful Jamaica Bay striper. Ralph and I hit the jackpot on a crystal clear, spring morning. We found fish feeding surreptitiously between the Marine Parkway and railroad bridges; bunker and bigger fish near the airport; and fish on the flats up against the runway.luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104721363894523082001-10-06T19:02:00.000-07:002005-01-02T19:04:03.903-08:00Montauk Albie October '01
Montauk Albie October '01
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. October 6-7, 2001
Unfortunately, it was as dead as it was calm on the south side of Montauk Point, so after puttering around a bit, we decided to take our licks in the wind with everyone else. I hooked two more albies in the rips; one pulled the knot from the fly, the other made an impressive series of runs, taking me deep into the luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1104720881925141262001-10-06T15:54:00.000-07:002005-01-02T19:04:55.516-08:00Luyen with October '01 Albie
Luyen with October '01 Albie (crop)(small)
Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. October 6-7, 2001
Went to Montauk with Josh to try to find some respite from post-9/11 blues, and to get in on some of the hot albie action. The tunoid fishing had been smoking two weekends prior, with albies, bass and blues all frothing the water at the same time at various points. Unfortunately, the weather had been luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1103599423556789602001-08-01T19:23:00.000-07:002004-12-22T18:55:39.643-08:00NJ Mako
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Originally uploaded by djbeatbot. Exhilirating, yet frightening. How else to characterize a mano a mako encounter in the Hudson Canyon on a 16' center console Hydrasport? This six-footer nosed up to the chum pot within 15 minutes of starting our drift, nailed Ralph's mega fly, and went ballistic, jumping, spinning, and running off fly line at a blistering rate. But the luyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5423162.post-1114199882748434232000-04-16T12:58:00.000-07:002005-04-22T13:00:10.873-07:00Sparky & Ralph with a Spring BassSparky & Ralph with a Spring BassOriginally uploaded by djbeatbot. Air temps 50s-60s, wind S5, water temps 49-52. Rain and fog.After an unsuccessful but informative prospecting trip three weekends prior, I went out with Thorne on Ralphâs Hydrasport for some morning fishing in Jamaica Bay. Ralph reported catching fish the previous weekend, and I was eager to show Thorne what the Bay had to offerluyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373115489607050282noreply@blogger.com0