#fishing life

[rodo63]

[ramosoutdoorslife]

I want a bestie who will go fishing and camping with me.

[timmurleyart]

Sailboat in the sea. ⛵️💦⚓️

[usnatarchives]

EAT THE CARP poster, 1911. Records of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 5710027. Featured in the National Archives exhibit “What’s Cooking Uncle Sam.”

Two students hold a bighead carp. Illinois Waterway; Mississippi River; Great Lakes. undated. Records of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166698952.

EAT THE CARP! Good for gefilte fish... and more! By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs

The US Fish and Wildlife Service's creative and innovative outreach dates back more than a century, as shown in this 1911 "EAT THE CARP!" poster imploring Americans to embrace, fish, and eat the heavily proliferating carp. The poster is a brilliant appeal to turn of the century foodies! (NARA holds millions of records from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Record Group 22, dating back to 1868!)

"Catch the carp; buy the carp, cook the carp properly and eat it. Eat the roe; can the roe. Make carp jelly. Can the fish. Smoke it too."

Need more encouragement? Carp: something for everyone!

For keto fans: "This meat is wholesome and nutritious. It contains as much protein as sirloin steak."

Got GI issues? "It is easily digestible."

For followers - join the pack! "Somebody ate the 43,000,000 pounds of carp. Therefore the carp must be good to eat."

EAT ME! Original caption: "This fish is in trouble. A Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge (MO) employee holds an Asian carp, (Invasive species), for the camera." Records of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166692514.

More CARP records!

"It's summertime and the living is easy. Fish are jumping..." (George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess )

These Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge (MO) employees electrofish for the Asian carp, undated, Records of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166692518. "Tree Catches Fish" "This Asian carp, (Invasive species), jumps up to the trees to escape the long arm of the biologists."

Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge (MO), undated. Records of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166692522.

Boy and Carp, Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency, undated. NARA ID 12459787.

Don't forget the gefilte fish!

Dancing gefilte fish gif online here.

More online!

“A Carpapalooza: An American Anthem”, Pieces of History

Learn about the dangers of illegal muskrat trapping!

Fur Warden Sketches Map of Fortymile River Basin in Alaska, The Text Message.

National Park Service Virtual Tour, National Archives Catalog newsletter.

[wandering-spaghetti]

Cheap Adventures & Elusive Prey

Picture it, 2016, a couple of poor young people move in together just starting out our independent, grown up (or so we thought) lives and a fish we didn't know existed.

We were both working blue collar jobs and not making a lot, but also putting a teenager (my cousin) through school, including JROTC and FFA . Money was tight and we didn't have a lot extra to go out and do your typical fun things like movies or eating out. What we ended up doing in most of our free time was riding dirt roads on our way home from work. Ths evolved into stopping at every creek along the way to see if we could catch fish. You wouldn't catch us without fishing poles in the vehicle that summer!

And there we discovered one of our favorite things to do. Even now, eight years later and a lot better off you can still catch us creek fishing multiple times a year, especially in the summer. Fishing was fairly cheap for us to do and it was always so much fun because you never knew what you would catch. And finding new fishing spots was a challenge when we had the extra gas to ride around.

Several weeks into our fishing adventures I was talking to a coworker about some of our fishing experiences and he asked me if we had caught any Redfin Pike. I had never heard of such a fish so I was intrigued and asked him what it was and why they were special. According to him, Redfin Pike is a special kind of creek fish that is really hard to catch. They are elusive and don't bite just anything that drops into the water, they are also big fighters when you hook them despite being a small fish. They only get about 12 inches long. According to my coworker and other old timers I have spoken to apparently they are quite good to eat, talked about as a "chicken of the creek". He talked about them like they were almost a mythical fish. A unicorn, so to speak.

Part of what makes them hard to find is that they only thrive in running water, so many of the streams and creeks they used to flourish in have dried up or have been redirected to the point that they don't flow enough to be a suitable habitat for Redfin Pike.

My coworker also told me that they were bloodthirsty fish and that to catch them you would want to use a lure or other bait with red on it to resemble an open wound.

That was all it took, we were on a mission. A mission to find a unicorn. I mean, a Redfin Pike.

Armed with our favorite fishing gear and some new things we splurged on for this special fish, we headed out to some of our favorite spots. It took us a few weeks but eventually we did find a good fishing hole that was, if not teeming, then definitly well stocked with Redfn Pike.

What surprised us though is that we did not catch the first ones off anything red as we had been hearing that Pike loved. We caught the first ones on a blue crappie grub while we were trying to catch Warmouths at a creek that ran through a friend's property. We were so surprised that it took us a minute to realize that we had finally caught a Redfin Pike!

They were everything we had been told and so much fun to catch. We went to that same fishing spot several days later and were able to catch a few more on a lure that is a favorite of my husband's, he has caught everything from Largemouth Bass to tiny Breem, and yes, Redfin Pike.

Picture below of my husband, so proud of catching a fish we had spent weeks trying to find, and our biggest catch to date.

To this day we haven't eaten one of these so I can't speak for the taste but they are every bit as fun to catch as they are reputed to be. If you ever have the opportunity to fish in a creek in Georgia, be sure to keep an eye out for our elusive friend the Redfin Pike.

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[ramosoutdoorsfishing]

I think I'm going to edit some of my old fishing videos and post them on here. What do you think?

[cheerfulfisherman]

As the chill of winter gives way to the warmth of spring, anglers eagerly await the arrival of rainbow trout in the lakes and streams.

[silverlarks]

Fishing boats. Eyemouth, Scotland. Photo 📸 by The Silver Skylark

[mochisquish]

Thank you, Snoop Logg...

[the-briny-bulletin]

[heartnosekid]

rainbow tripod fish larva (bathypterois grallator) | source

[ramosoutdoorslife]

I'm really thinking about going fishing tomorrow.

[timmurleyart]

Packed in Sardines. 🐟🐟(Mixed media on paper)🟥🟨

[usnatarchives]

"Fisherman proudly shows off his catch." Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, LA, Records of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166709492.

"Learning to fish," Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, NC, undated. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166710712

Calling all Anglers: FISHING SEASON! By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs. Special shoutout to the team @Fletcher's Cove! Is there a connection between Archives and fishing? YES! We hold millions of records from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS, Record Group 22), dating back to 1868! Selected highlights below. Stay tuned: learn about the agency's brilliant promotion of.... CARP! See the historic 1911 EAT THE CARP! poster imploring Americans to embrace, fish, eat, can, jelly and enjoy this then-new (to the US) fish!

Kids' fishing day; Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, 6/8/2002, Saginaw, MI. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 166691838..

Cool off from the heatwave with ice fishing!

Ice Fishing, Stoddard, WI, undated, NARA ID 166692836.

Flashback: Halibut Fishing 1888!

"N. P. Railway, Tacoma [Wash. Terr.] Shipping first cargo of halibut caught in Puget Sounds by crew of schooner Oscar and Hattie. 9/20/1888." By N. B. Miller. Records of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NARA ID 513088.

USFWS: Why can't fish just get along?

FILM: Cooperative Fish Culture, 1927. Shows work at fish hatcheries operated by the Bureau of Fisheries

More online!

“A Carpapalooza: An American Anthem”, Pieces of History

Learn about the dangers of illegal muskrat trapping!

Fur Warden Sketches Map of Fortymile River Basin in Alaska, The Text Message.

National Park Service Virtual Tour, National Archives Catalog newsletter.

[caesarsaladinn]

look at this SPECIMEN

[ramosoutdoorsfishing]

Here is a video I made years ago of me carp fishing at Dead Warrior Lake near Roll, OK. I used a bread crumb, corn, and jello based pack bait. I remember how hard this carp fought! The camera died before I could get a good shot of the carp.