Very cool pics!

Does anybody have an idea what the gent to the right of the biggest sturgeon (top pic) is holding? Is that bait, a lure or is it his catch of the day?

I love the way they dressed for a picture. Must of been a great time to be alive.
No downriggers , fish-finders, a jillion lures, scaighty-eight types of line, as many scents, reels, rods, fishing reports, release figures, fish counts, submersible video cams, 4 or 5 types of black boxes, chips in the lures(scilicon) which type hook(opening, shaft, wire size, color) and I'm a bait thug. We keep it simple. What color herring (down to the brand of dye) the time in the dye.....etc. etc. etc. etc.

Now it gets really involved, if you catch one......on and on and on........and on.

Give me the good old days, long lines, fish traps, explosives!

Ahhhhh the simple things.

Did I mention how relaxing and calming fishing has become?

herm

Can thouse oversized sturgeon, well there weren't oversized then, even swim?? Look at the tail, it's so small!

Jay

The bottom pic made it into National Geographic a few years ago. My grandparents had a copy of it. Story was that gramps craweled in the mouth and out the gill. he was born in '03 and he was supposedly 3 or 4 at the time. Never did hear who caught it, but it was supposed to have been 1900 lbs and dated to 1900 years old. Don't know for sure about that, although the caption in the magazine said something along the line that it was possible that it was swimming around during the time of christ.
'Course Gramps was known to have pulled a leg or too. Although I do still have the pic he had and it is a cool story.

herm

You said "I love the way they dressed for a picture. Must of been a great time to be alive."

Remember that show Fantasy Island, I would want to go back to the 30's and fish!!!!!

Maybe even a little earlier as long as I could bring my Curado

Lead thrower,
You bet! Me too!

There are still places sorta like that but I don't speak the language, and if I could I don't think my ole S-10 would make it. So I'm with you, Come on Fantasy Island.

herm

shoot! the shaker on the ground of the bottom picture would be on my wall!!!!!

Shaker
That is one twisted sense of shaker

Look at the beard on the guy in the lower left

how do you post pics on here?do you need a photo that is published on the net with a url? or can any jpg work? i am having trouble with getting anything to paste into the box. thanks

Chappy

Any Jpg will work, start off by going to the visitors upload center and get the pic loaded onto bobs server. From there you can link it inot a message.

If you want to send me the pic I can upload it for ya.

1930's

No relation just found on the web

heh,

She doesn't look old to me

Found this photo in the Parker Family Archives. Great Grandpappy "Cracker" Parker with a Skykomish River spring king salmon. Date on the photo says it's 19-Ott-Three.

hook me up with some of that youth serum that great grandpappy has cuz its funny how I just saw that picture somewhere else............Hmmmmm is that the Cow in the background? Nooooo couldnt be

Hey Parker,

That's a pretty snappy looking Vision beaver pelt hat yer gran pappys sportin' there. One thing is fer sure tho, they just don't make them polar fleece jackets like they use to. None of this synthetic stuff, no sir, we're talking real polar sheep here. Man, those were the good ol' days when two was a crowd at the barrier dam.

Vision since 19 ott 03

Or - "Vision Hooks, creating internet controversy since 19 aught 3!"