Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...)

My dad's cabin cruiser made it into a local book last year. It wasn't so much about the boat as the guy who built it who was a one off builder with a design engineer background. He was probably the most educated pleasure boat builder in Mobile in the day. However, at the time he built my fathers boat he was still working out of a shed in a back yard. He later had a relatively sophisticated boat yard. This was in the 50's...although the author says 40's in her text. Probably about 1953 or 54. The biggest thing I remember about it was that a guy wanted to swap my father a lot on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay for it at one point. My father almost did it. Biggest mistake he probably ever made. Now lots on the Eastern Shore go for serious money. That boat has probably been land fill for decades.

SSmith1226

@ButchA

To help keep us on track, can anyone identify these two species of fish:

SSmith1226

@SSmith1226
And here is another one to keep us on track. Does any one have an idea as to what this is? If you can get all three correct, the two above as well as this one, and label them correctly, you are not only an expert fisherman, but you should be classified as a “professional” on this site.

Tobylou8

1- LONG skinny fish
2- Short skinny fish
3- Fishing lure

SSmith1226

@Tobylou8 said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

1- LONG skinny fish
2- Short skinny fish
3- Fishing lure

Close, but not the answers I was looking for. Due to the overwhelming response to this quiz I’ll give the group 24 more hrs, and then post the correct answers if the mystery is not solved by then.

Tobylou8

1-Needle fish
2-Trumpet fish (natural of course)
3-But for the lip, reminds me of the Shimano Orca

SSmith1226

@Tobylou8
1/3 correct

ButchA

Needle nose gar or like Tobylou mentioned, a "trumpet fish".

The lure looks like a common Rapala crankbait, that everyone has in their tackle boxes.

SSmith1226

@ButchA
1/3 correct

Tobylou8

@SSmith1226 said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

@Tobylou8
1/3 correct

Which one is correct? You can msg me not to spill the beans.

Dr GO

@Tobylou8 said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

You can msg me not to spill the beans.

I just want to know why you need msg in your beans. I just add mustard, ketchup and molasses. If you haven't tried it this way, you don't know beans.

SSmith1226

@SSmith1226 said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

@ButchA

To help keep us on track, can anyone identify these two species of fish:

I know everyone is waiting with “bated breath” for the answers of the above fishing / trumpet quiz so here are the answers to part 1:

Cornetfish
Trumpetfish

Here is a photo of a Cornetfish Replica Mount that is in my office.

SSmith1226

@SSmith1226 said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

@SSmith1226
And here is another one to keep us on track. Does any one have an idea as to what this is? If you can get all three correct, the two above as well as this one, and label them correctly, you are not only an expert fisherman, but you should be classified as a “professional” on this site.

Here is the answer for the third photo:

ButchA

Wow... That was great trivia! I never heard (nor seen) a Cornetfish or Trumpetfish or anything like that. Plus, I have many many Rapala lures and didn't know Shimano made one called Flugel Flat 70S. That's really cool!

Kehaulani

@ButchA said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

I never heard (nor seen) a . . Trumpetfish or anything like that.

Gee, a reference to trumpet. Who would've known?

SSmith1226

@Kehaulani said in [Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is

Gee, a reference to trumpet. Who would've known.

Very rare but not unheard of.

Kehaulani

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Just bought a DVD on "pro" Walleye fishing. Found it for $1 at the local thrift shop.

If any of you wants it, I'll ship it to you for $5.

Tobylou8

I see what you did there!!! Pretty clever!

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Tobylou8

I do want partial credit for "knowing" that that was a Shimano lure!!