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[cool][b][#0000ff]Using your weight computation tables, did you work it backward to figure what the girth would be on a 15 inch, 50 pound rainbow. THAT would be a FOOTBALL.
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Kent, it was good to meet you today. I just wish that the weather and the bite would have been better.
It was so cold today that my radio wouldn't work.
I picked up several more very small perch and a 16" Rainbow before the wind came back in full force, and blew me back to my truck.
I hope to be at Strawberry this comming Saturday for my first trip there sense it iced over.
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I think that it would be closer to a BASKETBALL.
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Kent if I would have known you guys were there, I would have looked for you.
I fished over on the north side of the gnoll, hoping that would help cut the wind down. All I know is that it was damn cold. It was windy when we got there, then calmed for a bit, and then the wind came up again hard and strong. Coldest day on the ice I've ever had.
I finally left at about 1:30, would've left earlier but I was with a friend who drove and he wanted to stay longer.
Only 2 'Bows to show for it! My friend's kid caught a decent largie though.
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I would have enjoyed meeting you. I have fished in much worse and I never got cold, but it was impossible to tell those light bites with that wind raging.
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Yes, even with a strike indicator that Geoff gave me last winter, it was still hard to detect those light bites.
Love those chartruese glow-wermz- they seem to be the best jig I have ever used at Mantua.
Might try Porcupine next weekend.
Still enjoying that Porta-bote?
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It was good to meet you today Kent. After you left the wind died down before coming back with force. After I talked to you I caught another LM Bass and a huge perch. We ended up with 2 perch, 2 LM Bass, and one rainbow. We also hooked into some bluegill but never landed them. We never would have made it without the QuickFish 3 today. That wind was pure evil.
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Kent- I wondered if there were any BFT members there today besides our group with the Scouts. I tried channel 12 but all I could hear were a bunch of young kids playing on the radio. We were fishing on the north end of the people by the boat launch area. Aaron and Mark showed up to help me with the Scout group. We had more leaders than boys show up. Our fishing was like yours. I had several hits that I missed. Lots of lookers on the Vexilars but not many takers. I enjoyed learning more about the Vexilars. My fish finder battery pooped out and wouldn't work even though I charged it yesterday. It must be time to get a new battery. When the wind kicked up at noon we said adios to everyone and headed home. Acey
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[size 1]"Still enjoying that Porta-bote?" No, this time of year it is just in the way in my shed. [/size]
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I thought the latest and greatest channel was 7-0, so I called out on that a few times. I saw your crowd over there, but didn't see many boys, so I assumed (bad assumption) that it wasn't you with your troop. I almost wandered over and said hi on the way out, but instead said howdy to a few of the folks (including Cowboy 43) who were fishing south of you.
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