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Posted: 3/4/2019 5:27:43 AM EDT

My dad retired and we have gone on fishing trips the past couple years so that he could get out of the house and away from my mom.

last year we went on a float plane to a fish camp in northern Ontario that was 100 miles from a road. The year before that we went to the Faroe Islands and bird hunted and fished in the North Atlantic.

He wants me to start planning the trip and I’m thinking Belize for bonefish or the Amazon for peacock bass. Maybe alaska? You traveling fishermen enlighten me.

Posted: 3/4/2019 5:37:32 AM EDT

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Rockland Maine breakwater.........

Posted: 3/4/2019 5:39:47 AM EDT

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What time of year?
Does he want another Hunting/Fishing combo?

Posted: 3/4/2019 5:45:10 AM EDT

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Probably July- August. Just fishing or fishing and bird hunting. We aren’t looking to drag an elk a mile through the woods

Posted: 3/4/2019 5:46:55 AM EDT

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Grand isle, LA

Posted: 3/4/2019 5:50:06 AM EDT

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I'd stay right where I'm at. Alaska.

Posted: 3/4/2019 5:52:16 AM EDT

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Redfish? I’ve got a buddy that loves going down there to the camp in Venice for redfish

Posted: 3/4/2019 5:58:51 AM EDT

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Redfish? I’ve got a buddy that loves going down there to the camp in Venice for redfish

You name it

Redfish to specks to Tuna to swordfish to snapper

Venice is to the east of us, all real similar

Posted: 3/4/2019 5:59:28 AM EDT

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Shhhhh!

There ain't any reds there.

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:05:04 AM EDT

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Most of the main ones (worth traveling for) have already been mentioned:

Canada, fly in to remote access lake
Amazon Peacocks
Louisiana tuna (and/or) redfish
Alaskan salmon (and/or) halibut
Oregon sturgeon on Columbia river
Montana or Central Oregon fly fishing
Florida for tarpon fishing
Florida for bass fishing at Stick Marsh or equivalent

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:16:06 AM EDT

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As far up the Amazon as I can get.

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:16:49 AM EDT

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Most of the main ones (worth traveling for) have already been mentioned:

Canada, fly in to remote access lake
Amazon Peacocks
Louisiana tuna (and/or) redfish
Alaskan salmon (and/or) halibut
Oregon sturgeon on Columbia river
Montana or Central Oregon fly fishing
Florida for tarpon fishing
Florida for bass fishing at Stick Marsh or equivalent

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I’m going to try to convince him one of those floating houseboat charters for peacocks would be best while he’s still able bodied. Apparently they drop you off in THE SHIT in nowhere Brazil

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:28:38 AM EDT

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I would stay around here, there is some great fishing close by.

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:30:35 AM EDT

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Walleye is my favorite fish to eat, so probably Detroit.

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:34:26 AM EDT

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Charter a boat and go out for some game fish. Added bonus is the boat ride if you're into that sort of thing. My dad just decided to get into fishing last year, but more as something to do with his boat. Otoh, I'm probably not the one to get fishing advice from since I never catch anything.

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:35:33 AM EDT

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Azores

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:43:49 AM EDT

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Kenai River Alaska...king salmon fishing....The record stands at 97 pounds....

ARE YOU KIDDING?!? Trophy King Salmon Caught in Alaska!! (full video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftNZp8wZTNA

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:45:38 AM EDT

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Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

Bahamas (specific islands for target species)

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:46:09 AM EDT

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Bahamas because fishing is fucking boring so might as well be somewhere where the scenery is gorgeous and can do other things.

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:46:10 AM EDT

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Yeah I’m also thinking about the keys. Half of what he wants to do is travel

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:46:54 AM EDT

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That’s why I thought of Belize

Posted: 3/4/2019 6:49:37 AM EDT

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https://instagram.com/p/BnfMmF1By9J/

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Posted: 3/4/2019 6:54:42 AM EDT

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Right now...
For me, I'd be in the WV mountains flyfishing.
Yeah not super cool. But i had a blast last summer.
This year, we're gonna hire a outfitter to porter us in( no motor traffic foot,horse,bike only) and stay for 5+ days this time..
Went from 89f to 72f weather,cold water and just me and my younger brother.
Had a great time, even though it was day trips to different streams..
My 1st trout..on a rod i built.

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Posted: 3/4/2019 6:58:03 AM EDT

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My bucket list trips are Canada, Alaska, the Amazon, and Venice La. been blue water and bay fishing out of Venice and it was amazing. Trying to line up Canada or Alaska next.

Posted: 3/4/2019 7:27:03 AM EDT

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Iceland. I guess it kind of qualifies as Western hemisphere as it's West of the prime meridian.

Posted: 3/4/2019 7:49:16 AM EDT

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Shhhhh!

There ain't any reds there.

Its fish less LoL

Posted: 3/4/2019 7:59:13 AM EDT

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Pacific blue marlin, including some giants weighing over 800 pounds, are caught year-round off Kona, where warm and very deep waters stretch to the east, south and west, beginning just a few hundred yards from shore. The peak time for blues is June through September.

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:02:06 AM EDT

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Hawaii for Marlin, Yellowfin Tuna and Mahi.

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:02:12 AM EDT

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Trout fishing in Patagonia

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:03:13 AM EDT

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Hard to beat the Keys. Fish the flats in the morning, and pelagics the same afternoon.

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:03:31 AM EDT

[#30]

Red Lobster

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:06:41 AM EDT

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Kenai and Lake Comedero are on my bucket list

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:07:18 AM EDT

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Right now...
For me, I'd be in the WV mountains flyfishing.
Yeah not super cool. But i had a blast last summer.
This year, we're gonna hire a outfitter to porter us in( no motor traffic foot,horse,bike only) and stay for 5+ days this time..
Went from 89f to 72f weather,cold water and just me and my younger brother.
Had a great time, even though it was day trips to different streams..
My 1st trout..on a rod i built.
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That is awesome protus

Have done lots of the saltwater fishing around here, been to Hawaii for blue marlin..........................my choice would be to hit Patagonia with fly rods for something different, been on my bucket list for many many years

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:11:43 AM EDT

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My dad retired and we have gone on fishing trips the past couple years so that he could get out of the house and away from my mom.

last year we went on a float plane to a fish camp in northern Ontario that was 100 miles from a road. The year before that we went to the Faroe Islands and bird hunted and fished in the North Atlantic.

He wants me to start planning the trip and I’m thinking Belize for bonefish or the Amazon for peacock bass. Maybe alaska? You traveling fishermen enlighten me.

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Costa Rica. Keys.

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:12:46 AM EDT

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Ocean or fresh water?

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:14:26 AM EDT

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Trout in Argentina.

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:18:37 AM EDT

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For walleye, Drummond Island Potagannossing Bay right before the Mayfly hatch. Easy to limit out and don't need much boat. Timing is the trick though.

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:19:36 AM EDT

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Texas, for Large Mouths.

Posted: 3/4/2019 8:27:02 AM EDT

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I'd fish SE Alaska but I'm partial.

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Posted: 3/4/2019 10:05:08 AM EDT

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Hell yes. That looks like it might be the ticket. Blasting a halibut with a suppressed glock would satisfy the need for hunting and fishing

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:08:08 AM EDT

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There's TONS of places on my bucket list.

Belize
Florida Keys
Grand Isle
Costa Rica
Alaska, (although I'm not a big fan of fly fishing for Salmon or Trout)
Colorado

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:11:23 AM EDT

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I live in Texas and yes there are some toads here in Lake Fork and Falcon.
For large mouth I'd go to Florida though.

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:12:28 AM EDT

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Hard choice but right now I would go with the Boundary Waters for fishing and Grouse hunting.

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:15:13 AM EDT

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On the Madison River at Ennis Montana

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:15:53 AM EDT

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sea world?

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:18:26 AM EDT

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Of the places I've been fishing, there are a few that definitely warrant a return trip. SE Alaska is one of them, the Ono peninsula in Costa Rica, and the Tropic Star in Panama. The Florida Keys are awesome, lot of variety there as well as the Bimini islands.

My bucket list trips include a fly in to a remote Canada lake for pike and walleye, blue tuna in the north Atlantic, and a float on the Amazon.

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:21:21 AM EDT

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AK is best.

Simply amazing.

Fly in. River Float. Ocean. Lake.

It has it all.

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:22:08 AM EDT

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Montana

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:23:31 AM EDT

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Amazon!

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:29:57 AM EDT

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Ft. Peck. Chase big walleyes, pheasants, & grouse.
Could do the same on Sakagawea or Oahe as well.
Lots of cast & blast options for pheasants, ducks, walleyes, perch, big pike, etc. in the dakotas & minnesota. Northeastern SD, Devils Lake area ND, Lake of the Woods MN. I've shot ducks in the morning and caught a limit of walleyes in the afternoon in 3 states and it never gets boring.

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:30:33 AM EDT

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South Florida.

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