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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: Wea300mag on May 18, 2009, 06:23:00 PM

Title: Two Days in The San Juans
Post by: Wea300mag on May 18, 2009, 06:23:00 PM: I spent Friday evening though Sunday afternoon fishing the San Juans with Graybrow and a friend of his. We did fairly well ending up with 410 shrimp, a 50+lb halibut, 3 legal lings, and various other bottom fish. Here are a few pictures.
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Post by: hogsniper on May 18, 2009, 06:30:53 PM: Awesome pics!!! Congrats on all the good eatin!!
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Post by: Thenewguy on May 18, 2009, 06:43:26 PM: wow, nice job
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Post by: Dmanmastertracker on May 19, 2009, 10:21:17 AM: Very cool.
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Post by: TeacherMan on May 20, 2009, 07:00:35 PM: you stay on your boat? That looks like a fun trip. See many deer from your boat?
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Post by: actionshooter on May 20, 2009, 07:10:19 PM: Quote from: TeacherMan on May 20, 2009, 07:00:35 PM
you stay on your boat? That looks like a fun trip. See many deer from your boat?
Right on, looked like a good time!
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Post by: Straight Shooter on May 20, 2009, 08:15:17 PM: Looks like you had an awesome trip... great pics!
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Post by: rougheye on May 20, 2009, 08:24:16 PM: Looks like a great trip . One more week and i will be living in my extra tuffs :chuckle:
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Post by: Wea300mag on May 20, 2009, 08:42:25 PM: Quote from: TeacherMan on May 20, 2009, 07:00:35 PM
you stay on your boat? That looks like a fun trip. See many deer from your boat?

Yes, we stayed on the boat, friday night anchored in Barstow Bay and Saturday night tied to a dock on Stewart Island.

We saw lots of deer and other critters. For those who have boated by Speiden Is, you know that place has a few exotic animals. Here are a few more pics.
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Post by: Wea300mag on May 20, 2009, 08:44:19 PM: Quote from: rougheye on May 20, 2009, 08:24:16 PM
Looks like a great trip . One more week and i will be living in my extra tuffs :chuckle:

Have fun up there Jason, take some pics for us.
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Post by: Ray on May 20, 2009, 08:45:58 PM: That sure looks like a lot of fun.
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Post by: PolarBear on May 20, 2009, 08:47:22 PM: Sweeeeet! Looks like a ton of fun!
We are taking the boat up there for a week at the end of the summer when the kings are running.
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Post by: C-Money on May 21, 2009, 02:32:05 PM: Looks like loads of fun! You folks have a feast! :drool:
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Post by: @RCHER on May 24, 2009, 07:43:55 PM: Sounds like a great way to spend the weekend. Nice catch and great pics!

I hunt a property on SJI, across from Spieden and have spent many an hour with the spotting scope Oogling over the big rams over there. Far as I know, Jim Jannard from Oakley still owns it. I'd sure like to bowhunt over there.
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Post by: littlebuf on May 24, 2009, 09:39:21 PM: so that's a private island with the exotics i take it, does anybody know what he put them there for? hunting or is he just one of those eccentric rich guys that like to have weird stuff
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Post by: huntnphool on May 25, 2009, 10:38:33 PM: Love the Beaver pic
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Post by: Wea300mag on May 26, 2009, 09:31:33 AM: Quote from: littlebuf on May 24, 2009, 09:39:21 PM
so that's a private island with the exotics i take it, does anybody know what he put them there for? hunting or is he just one of those eccentric rich guys that like to have weird stuff

The story I heard is that it was going to be used for private hunts but then the owner ran into some trouble. I'm not 100% sure of the details of the trouble so I'll leave it at that. The island is not that big so it wouldn't be fun to hunt in my mind anyway.
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Post by: Bearhunter on May 27, 2009, 03:30:10 PM: I believe it was back in the 50's that they brought a variety of different animals in, and were going to conduct safari style hunts. The island terrain is similiar to terrain found in Africa I quess. I know of a couple guys that have gotten to kill sheep out there, not on spiden though.
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Post by: Bearhunter on May 27, 2009, 03:37:06 PM: Spieden Island was named by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842, to honor William Spieden, the purser of the expedition's Peacock.[2]

In the 1970's the island was used for big game hunting; game animals were imported and a hotel, airport, and small hangar built to accommodate visitors. This no longer occurs due to the risk of shots carrying across to highly populated San Juan Island.

The Island Institute, an environmental education camp run by Jane Howard, was located on the island. It is no longer in operation.[3]

The resident animal population still includes exotic animals such as Mouflon sheep from Corsica and Sika deer from Asia.[4]