Ty sent me these pictures and report to post for him:
Well, we started out at Gosam with no luck not even one bite and we fished both sides till 1130am. Then we went for a bite to eat at the restaurant in the pic. After eating we went to KumKwang Lake.
I caught the first one at about 1230pm and then yes Mr. Kim Kyoung Tae landed this monster Bass in the 2 pics at exactly 4 lbs. This was his second time catching Bass, the first time at Asan Bay he caught two nice ones and he out-did us anglers that were there with him. No sh*t, beginners luck to me. After about two hours we went to Iwol Lake with no luck there so we left to Beak Kok Lake with still no luck. There were still a couple of lakes to hit but no time left in the day. It started getting late so we left for the house. We were both beat and after Mr. Kim had no sleep the night before, he couldn’t take the ride no longer and was fast asleep as I drove back to Osan Air Base. I think he was dreaming about his next fishing trip and wondering what size Bass he will land the next time. I’m totally finagled with these two fishing trips with Mr. Kim. We had a BLAST.
As many of you know I went to the AF Base at Kunsan to meet a buddy for the first time. We met at UltimateBass.com and he is from Alaska and in Korea for the first time. He hadn’t caught a bass in over 8 years so we knew we going to have a great weekend.
I got there on Friday night and it was just BBQ and beer until around midnight. We were up at 5:00am on Saturday and hit the lake and we fished until around 7:30pm and we must of caught around 30+ bass between us…..but they were all dinks. The first photo below was the biggest bass I caught all day.
All the fish we caught on 5″ watermelon/red flake senkos and tiki toads in the grass.
Have you ever caught a bass where you could almost NOT get your thumb in it’s mouth ?? ?? I did, here’s my 5″ bass caught on a 5″ wacky rigged senko 
This idea started in another post, but I thought I’d start another post dedicated to the idea. Let’s all have a get togther for fishing and beer drinking before Tex Mex leaves Korea at the beginning of August. All suggestions welcome.
1. Place
2. Date(s)
3. Costs
4. anything else we can think of.
At my current schedule, I will be in Korea (and available for a Landing Lunkers tournament, if everyone is interested) between the following dates…..
5th May ~ 24th May (week days only)
27th June ~ 19th July (any time)
Not fishing related I know, but here are a few pics of some turkey in my brother-in-law’s back yard. He and my sister live near a State wildlife area and they frequently get turkey and deer wandering through their yard. He said there were over fifty out there the day he took these pics. Enjoy!
For those of you who are interested, they’re having a huge fishing show entitled Fishing Korea 2008 from March 14th to the 16th at the Yangjae aT Center, which is located just south of Seoul. If you’re traveling north on expressway 1, Yangjae is the IC just north of the Pangyo IC. A good friend of ours, Mr. Yum from BassPia, is on the board and will be up there all three days as well. You can click on the links above for information on the show, the aT Center or BassPia, and by clicking on the map below you’ll be directed to a much larger one that should provide you with enough details to get you there.
I miss catching Bass in Korea, but I need to make money…….
Right now I’m working in Nigeria on a oil and gas platform 70 miles from the nearest land and in 1 mile deep sea. Around one week ago I had the chance of doing a little hand-line fishing with some of the Philipene workers.
We were using freshly caught live bait on a single hook and a large bolt as a weight. I’m not sure how deep I was fishing, but I guess it was around 100 yards, maybe more.
Here’s the fish I caught that night. It was the only fish I have caught as the platform has banned fishing from now on due to underwater works ongoing.
Here’s another fish caught by some other guys.
I was fortunate enough to be able to get out on KY Lake with my two brother-in-laws while back home for the holidays. Even though the fishing was rough going, having the December weather cooperate just enough for us to be able to get out on the water, and being able to spend some quality time with my two bro’s was great. Here are a few pics:
That’s my brother-in-law Gary doing his thing on the left, and my other brother-in-law Eric doing his thing on the right:
Here’s a pic of a bald eagle perched high above in a treetop on the lookout for a meal, and a shot of the channel between KY and Barkley Lakes:
And just in case you’re wondering why there are no pics of Rob doing his thing, it’s because I was too busy catching monsters like this one (actual catch, or snag rather):
For those that are interested in deep-sea fishing, one of our readers (Tex Mex) sent the following narrative and pictures (which you can click to see the full size):
Went after the Amberjack on 26 Oct 07, in Dadepo, Pusan, Korea and caught about 25. As normal, the weather was beautiful all week up until the day we departed Seoul and reached Taegu, at which time the rain came upon us, go figure. It cleared up that night but at 0300 the rain and cold weather came down hard again and delayed our departure on the boat until 0600 instead of 0400. The fishing started up fast and we had about 15 Amberjack on the boat by 0730 between four of us. Then the bad weather turned up again and we were only able to catch about another 10 in the next two hours before the captain of the boat stated the weather was to dangerous for us to continue fishing.
Needless to say, the trip was cut short but we still had a great time. I went on this trip two years ago and we were able to catch over 100 Amberjack between five of us in an eight-hour trip. It takes about 45 minutes for the boat to reach the prime spot so you actually fish for about 6 hours. These fish are some strong pulling fish that can snap rods in two. For those that don’t know, the Amberjack usually run between Sep-Nov and suddenly disappear in December. I think we would have caught more had one of our fisherman not got sick as soon as we departed. The nasty waves hit him quick, causing him to spend most of the trip discarding his lunch from the night before.
Once in awhile you stumble across something that seems too good to be true. Saturday was one of those times. We left Pyeongtaek at 0400 and headed south to Jeonju Lake.
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A group of us left Pyeongtaek Saturday morning and headed west towards Taean, for some fishing. The wind was quite strong and I knew were in for a “ride” out to the islands. I was right. The waves were coming over the gunwhales and we all got soaked right off the bat. Early on it was obvious I couldn’t take pictures and fish at the same time. I got knocked down a couple of times and was lucky I didn’t break my camera or anything else. Later the wind died down, the sun came up, and it was a beautiful day. Though I didn’t catch much of anything, most of the other guys caught quite a few rock bass. The camraderie and the scenery made the trip all worth it, even if we were the soggy-bottom boys all day.
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