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[MissMapleLeaf]

Hello everyone. Found this forum while looking for some fishing resources and thought I'd join.

I grew up in Minnesota - fishing MN and Canadian waters. I now live in Illinois, and miss the number of lakes in MN.

Looking forward to reading (and participating in) discussions.
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[Dryrod]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000]Hi MissMapleLeaf and welcome to the BFT. So what is your favorite fish to target, and what kind of tackle do you use?[/#008000][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000]BTW Happy New Year.[/#008000][/font]
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[macfly55]

hiya missmapleleaf and weldcome to the site... here is a link to the[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?category=23"] Illinois forum[/url] that you may find interesting...

MacFly
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[MissMapleLeaf]

[quote Dryrod][font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000][.img][url "../../../images/gforum/happy.gif%5B/img%5DHi"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...um/happy.gif[/img]Hi[/url] MissMapleLeaf and welcome to the BFT. So what is your favorite fish to target, and what kind of tackle do you use?[/#008000][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000]BTW Happy New Year.[/#008000][/font][/quote]

Thank you. I usually like to fish for walleye and northerns, but tend to catch my fair share of perch and crappies as well.

As for tackle, I grew up using live bait, so I tend to use mainly minnows and worms (various kinds). I've been looking into making my own lures, though, so maybe I'll give that a shot in the next year.

[quote macfly55]hiya missmapleleaf and weldcome to the site... here is a link to the[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?category=23"] Illinois forum[/url] that you may find interesting...

MacFly[/quote]

Thanks for the link! I'll definitely check it out.
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[wiperhunter2]

Welcome to the site MML, here is a link to our lure and jig making section: [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?forum=128"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...gforum.cgi?forum=128[/url]
We also have a [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?forum=37"]MN board[/url], in case you want to check out the fishing in your old stomping ground[].
WH2
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[MissMapleLeaf]

[quote wiperhunter2]Welcome to the site MML, here is a link to our lure and jig making section: [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?forum=128"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...gforum.cgi?forum=128[/url]
We also have a [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?forum=37"]MN board[/url], in case you want to check out the fishing in your old stomping ground[].
WH2[/quote]

Thanks so much for the links! The lure & jig making section looks fantastic.
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