This may have been where I heard the name in fact, I think someone told me about this episode 
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That hagfish episode in Maine really turned my stomach.
The natives along the Yukon - Kuskokwim river area also harvest sea lampreys that go up the river to spawn.
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Donât throw stone (silly fishermen) but do you guys like gold panning as well? I see you mention AK a few times. Another hobby that kept me at the river without fishing.
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I donât personally, because Iâve seen what gold fever will do to a man. 
Itâs definately a thing here.
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Yup! Those slimy ones? The otehr one were those eels with teeth? those are just mean lookinâ
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Iâm obsessed with the shows! Have been since the first one out there in Alaska I think it was 25-30 years ago, before gold rush even .
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Thatâs badass! I wouldnât even know where to start , other than AlaskaâŚ. But I love that stuff. Nice!
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Work work work work work. Iâll be done with this big ass job by the end of this week, with nothing on the horizon and I love it. Iâm gonna work on finishing up this old trap house.
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That was from Kern river in Ca. Iâve got a few good âcleanupsâ if you would, from all around Southern Ca. Itâs definitely a skill you learn over time and not at all like the shows. Sometimes you go home skunked and sometimes itâll pay for gas. Sadly the sluice has been collecting dust since I left cali.
Was the show youâre talking about also called Gold Rush? It was on Outdoors channel right before or after⌠Bill Dance?
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I worked with an electrician that had a sweet rig.
He would vacuum up the sand and run it through a sluice.
He told me he made about 200k a year from his hobby.
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Thereâs geoducks here, but Iâve never seen one that size. Chowder for a small army with just one.
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Dude, Kern River!
Thatâs where Iâm from originally. 
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Hell yeah! We used to fish the kern all the time, as well as bishop. even Lake Elizibeth for crappie. Small world
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Yeppers born and raised around Bakersfield.
I caught many bass and crappie in Lake Isabella, first rainbow in the Kern River.
We also fished Lake Success,
Nacimiento and smaller reservoirs.
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Thereâs a sign heading up along the Kern towards Lake Isabella. The raft that a lot. Sign lists drowning fatalities. It changes EVERY year. Never goes down? Hmmm. Lifejackets might help. Kinda like seatbelts.
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Yep, it used to be in the hundreds going back to the 60âs.
My dad said it was from all the idiots from L.A.
No offence to the good folks in LA 
Merle Haggard even made a song about it.
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yeah! Isabella, not Elizabeth. Sadly no, the sign does not go down 
Speaking of good eating though. Crappie is tasty! I like it more than trout tbh
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My wife looked into getting me a trip to Alaska for my big 50th but it was crazy expensive I think like 15 grand minimum each. I would sure love to do a road trip there, I would have to hit every Creek and stream I drove by It would take me months to get down the road.
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If it helps my anxiety is through the roof today so youâre not alone. 
Car repairs estimated near 6K just for the exhaust⌠the other things found would tack on enough that it was gonna be close to a 9-10k bill in parts and labour⌠
So, luck has it that there was a used 2017 Nissan Micra S with just over 62,000 (km) under itâs hood that fit all our needs for a little more investment than what the patchwork would have cost us.
All in all I now signed âmy life awayâ and will be making payments again for a while so we are moving againâŚ
But since this is my first âAutomatic Transmissionâ car, it now means that Mrs. P is gonna learn how to drive so I donât have to be the only driver anymore!
Donations welcome. 
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I canât believe I have never heard of that before. Looks pretty crazy, not sure I would eat it
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