Terry Shaughessy??
 

Sitting here reading a book at the camp in Cocodrie and came across a line by Terry Shaugheesy in the Book Specks by Todd Mason. Terry is quoted by saying he has caught over 5,000 trout OVER 8lbs in his lifetime:eek:

Any Old Timers can comment on this......... My Dad has told me some story's about some good trout trips he saw with Terry were most were over 5lbers

typical fishing story!

Typical Terry!

Well we fished together or in the same area for many year's. I guarantee that he's probably caught that many easily.To further his testimony and if you were fortunate to be in the boat with him he would do whatever it took to make sure you caught the quailty fish as well.I could go on about in many aspect's of our many year's of freindship i share when he was here. I 've really missed him and his fishing show.He is one of the true legends of our estuary.

I would believe 500, but 5000? I'm not sure where all Terry has fished his whole life, but in the Calcasieu Estuary, my experience tells me that the ratio of 8lb fish to the general fish population is relatively small. So to catch 5000 8lb fish in a lifetime, you would have had to of caught at least twice that many that weighed 7 lbs, which would be 10,000. And the ratios would go up exponentially from there. Like 25,000 6 lb fish. 40,000 5 lbs. 100,000 4 lb fish. 200,000 3 lb fish. Maybe 800,000 2 lbs and under? That adds up to 1,180,000 fish. So if he fished an average of 300 days a year, for 60 solid years, that would add up to 18,000 days of fishing. Now I think I'm being generous because fishing isn't the only thing Terry's done over the last 60+ years. But if he fished those 18,000 days, he would have to personally catch an average of 65 fish a trip. Any honest fisherman is going to tell you that's really hard to do. I'm not calling Terry a liar, but the math and experience tells me that's a tall order. Anybody agree?

Where did Shaughnessy play college ball?

You're lookin' at the book and can't even spell his name right? :eek:

Hahahahahahahahhahahahahaahhahahahah no way that is true.

i think he played a little pro ball????

I caught over 5000 1.6lbers

i agree, six's and seven's wayyy more common than eights

Yeah, SUL, he played with the Chiefs. Just wondering if he played college ball over that way.

W, did you read anything in that book about Bombers? :smokin:

SUL, all I found was that he attended Occidental College on a football scholarship. It's in Lost Angels.

TERRY
 

you shoulda been here yesterday !!!

That's him.

Yea they had a section on how gay it is too throw a bait that only goes 7yards..........And that its not a big trout bait and to stay away from any bomber products:D

Yeah, I saw that. Wasn't it right under the pic of Salty with a trout hooked up on a Bomber? :smokin: :p

Lmao

Lmao x 1000
:*****:

Why not?
 

Terry got this whole "guiding" thing started. The lodge was opened in 1975 and Terry was fishing the lake long before that. I would say that this could be accurate. There used to be a lot more bigger trout way back when. He put Big Lake on the map!

BD

haha
 

Although ,when he was a teenager, the lake was probably a lot more populated with big fish but that is probably a very rounded estimate. That is something Terry would say though. I enjoyed his presence as a kid growing up fishing with him and my grandfather, who were very good friends. And yea he played pro-ball and would have single handledly taken out the Vietnamis if not for the other marines there.. haha

I learned alot about fishing from though our camps are next to HR&G and guys would meet him at 8:00 eat breakfast, then go fish. None of this 4:00am crap- He never checked the weather either, would always say never know till you get out there....

Amen
 

First guide out there,and was the first to start fishing grubs more particularly sparkle beetle grubs. They used to use hard plastic lures and speck rigs..