Swampbuckster
Fish whisperer, scholar, and gentleman
The Master Baiter
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Post by Swampbuckster on Dec 15, 2014 7:12:28 GMT -5
Sounds painful. Never had to do the hot pin remedy.
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Post by SPLASH on Dec 29, 2014 15:15:31 GMT -5
What's up with the fish sticks, Scout?
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davess1
Fish whisperer, scholar, and gentleman
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Post by davess1 on Jan 1, 2015 9:39:13 GMT -5
well I suppose a visit to this site was long overdue. Had a good ice season 13-14 fishing from late Nov-beginning April and got to get out with Scout to his lake and gull lake for some smelt.
In May I attempted to plant my garden but the cold weather/winds destroyed all my little tomato seedlings I grew in the winter. Ended up buying some cheater plants from the nursery but they didn't produce like I wanted. The only thing I had much success with was green beans.
In June we had our 2nd child which has kept us busy throughout the year. 2 kids is definitely a game changer.
As far as fishing, I got out a whopping 6 time this summer in my boat and 2 times with friends at the big lake. Highlight was taking my daughter on her first trip chasing gills. Salmon/steelhead fishing for me this fall was waaay below average as I just didn't have the time to put into it. My one and only whitefish trip was a huge success. Hunting has been non-existed as I ended up nursing a bad ankle/tennis elbow so that I could be up to par for the this ice season.
Ice fishing for me started over a month ago but some travel was required. Did manage a few fish so far and scratched the itch at least. Cant wait until we have solid ice close to home!
That's my update for now. Happy new year!
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Post by ScoutB on Jan 1, 2015 23:29:07 GMT -5
What's up with the fish sticks, Scout? I can't seem to catch anything lately so frozen fish sticks is the best I can do.
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Post by SPLASH on Jan 2, 2015 14:43:05 GMT -5
That's pretty funny
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Post by ScoutB on Jan 2, 2015 20:31:58 GMT -5
Nothing funny about it. This is my second year in a row with no steelhead. If I ever had the touch I seem to have lost it. But overall I can't complain too much, I had a pretty good year for gills, bass, pike and salmon.
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davess1
Fish whisperer, scholar, and gentleman
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Post by davess1 on Jan 6, 2015 16:32:45 GMT -5
Don't feel bad Scout, its been awhile for me for the steelhead as well. Lost my one and only steelhead this season messing around with a loop in my main line. Fish took the bait 10 yards from me and ran taking up my slack and I got all of 10 seconds of her and broke my 8lb leader. Saw the back of the fish and was guessing somewhere in the 10-12lb range.
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Post by SPLASH on Jan 11, 2015 9:53:03 GMT -5
Hey, fellas. Sorry to interrupt the steelhead sob story, but it's ice fishing season. It's finally here. I finally got out.
Anyone else getting out and burning some propane? I posted about yesterday on the ice fishing board in the Saginaw River/Bay sub board. Anyone plan on fishing the river next weekend? I have Saturday-Tuesday off.
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davess1
Fish whisperer, scholar, and gentleman
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Post by davess1 on Jan 11, 2015 22:42:45 GMT -5
Like to if I can ever escape the house/work. Been hearing some ridiculous numbers so far this year.
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Post by ScoutB on Jan 13, 2015 22:32:20 GMT -5
I'm hoping to kick off my 2015 ice season on Saturday but I'll be staying closer to home. Great Scout Lake needs to have the crappie population thinned a bit. Now that gas is free you have no excuse for not joining me this year.
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