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Fishing in Nicaragua - cat_man - 10-11-2005 I just thought I'd post a couple of pictures from when I was in Nicaragua. I lived there for 2 years as a missionary, and once or twice actually got to get out fishing: [url "http://img421.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tipitapafishing0zn.jpg"] Fishing the Tipitapa River[/url][url "http://img421.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tipitapafishing0zn.jpg"] [/url] [url "http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=corintooceanfishing3yy.jpg"] Fishing a jetty in the Pacific Ocean in Corinto, Nicaragua.[/url][url "http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=corintooceanfishing3yy.jpg"] [/url] Catch includes a Puffer Fish. [signature] Re: [cat_man] Fishing in Nicaragua - wiperhunter2 - 10-12-2005 Very interesting, did you catch anything? If you did what kind of fish were they? WH2 [signature] Re: [wiperhunter2] Fishing in Nicaragua - cat_man - 10-12-2005 Out of the tipitapa river I caught some tiny 8 inch long very skinny catfish that looked like Channel cats, but I'm not sure if it was some other species or not. I also caught "Guapote" on another trip to that river, which look similar to yellow perch or bass. They also were quite small - only 6 inches or so, and the closest thing to it would be a rock bass - which maybe is what it was but in Spanish they called it guapote (pronounced GWAH-PO-TAY). In Corinto in the ocean I caught several fish off the jetty. One puffer fish that puffed up big and round with spines once I took it from the water (the local kids called it a toad fish), and several other small fish that I have no idea what they were. From a sandy beach area I also caught some tiny silver fish that sort of looked like baby white bass, but a little different. The locals called them "diablitos" or "little devils". I also caught a 3 foot long alligator from a lagoon in the central part of the country off of a live frog. Good thing that the line broke before I got him all the way in cause who knows what I'd do with him or what he would do with me! :-D I'd love to go back down there now with more knowledge, time, gear, and a digital camera. While I was there most the time I had to fish with hand line - a small spool of 6 lb. test mono and a few baithooks. It was lots of fun though. [signature]