Still kinda cool below the surface but it was fun.
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Yeah I know that camera date is wrong. :doh2: Batteries fell out the damn camera due to a crack in the door, and I wanted to get the fish back in the water.
Nice fish there Jim.Did your daughter catch the biggest one
Yeah, 16 years ago....ME!
come on Jim you can do better then that :laf: i wanna see some hogs next time. :eyebrow:
Dude the water temps up here aren't even 50 degrees yet. Heck the Pikes are still sowing their oats the waters so cold.
I was shocked we got these. Actually we got a couple last night too, right before dark but didnt have a camera.
It wont be long.
I just bought one of those USReels with the super wide spools yesterday and I was dying to try it out.
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im just messin with Jim :yoyo: i fished two days ago and caught about a 5 pound bass, and went to a pond this evening and lost a nice bass probable around 6 pnds. when you gonna have a fishing tourney? :eyebrow: :eyebrow: o and how did you like the reel? i just ordered a penn conquer spin reel
Nice fish'n Jim and that WaterWolf looks tasty. :biggrin:
I think the boys are discussing the fishing tourney now.
The reel? Honestly yesterday it sucked and I wished I would have never spent the money on it. But I think I just needed to get used to it.
I usually change reels every two or three years cause I literally wear them out. Grooves wore into the line rollers, the inside of the bail wire wore flat....
This thing really caught my eye because of the extra wide spool, and the promise of eliminating line twist which is virtually impossible on a spinning reel. These reels have really been the buzz lately, so I thought it a give er a whirl.
I think what made me not real sure of it at first was, they brag about how you can grab a hold of the spool and it will not rock side to side even the slightest because of their bearing system. Well every spinning reel spool will to a certain extent but seriously, who would notice and what does it hurt? It's mounted on a single threaded stem how can it NOT rock slightly?
But this one seriously does not. :confused: And I think because the thing is built so solidly it actually caused the reel to retrieve hard. Hard to me anyway, I was going on my third year using my Mitchell Spider Tarantula SP2200 :laf:
I thought to myself, "man this sucks, how hard is it going to be to crank when I actually hook something?"
But today being the second day out with it, either she freed up or it's not even noticeable anymore.
The core of the spool is so wide they actually have a handle thats shaped like a "C" to get out around the spool while cranking.
This really does make for a lot less line twist cause your wrapping it in much less tighter circles.
Plus they include a couple spool arbors to make the core of the spool wider which brings your line closer to the outside of the spools edge. Which makes the line feed of the spool unbelievably smooth during a cast. I mean I could hit Barry's roof from Wisconsin's southern border if the winds were right.
So all in all, despite a bad first impression, I'm happy. It costs me a hundred bucks, but I got a feelings it's gonna outlast any previous reel I've owned.
Arent ya glad ya asked? :doh2:
hey i am glad i asked because i was gonna buy one but i ordered the penn reel and i hope to get it by saturday because im heading to the mountains :alscalls: :alscalls: for a week :alscalls: :alscalls: so you gotta get them on the ball because im ready :yoyo: :yoyo:
Any time spent fishing with a youngin is a worth while event! ........ :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo:
I was starting to fear I'd never see you out enjoying anything and man am I glad to be proved wrong :biggrin:. What's with you being fully dressed and everything though :confused:.
:laf: Yeah, the raw, half buff shots come later in the season.
Jim, that's a nice chuncky bass to start your season. Nice pike for her too. :yoyo: I'm hoping to get some fishing in tomorrow or wednesday for my season opener.
I got stuck working late tonight, and then beat feat to get back down to the river and get in on some more of it.
Missing my supper time, fished for 2 hours and couldnt even bump a stiff weed to get a cheap thrill. :nono:
We need that fishing contest started.......... another month and it will be back to the little ones ........
Yeah, thats what were waiting for. Cause since I'm a lot further north then you guys, my waters warm up last. :innocentwhistle:
I'll have to get on Rich and see what's going on. I think he's manning this one.
:laf: :laf:
I hope the rains hold off this year.........Last year we couldn't fish the rivers much.
Things are really coming together up here, the water is still pretty cool, around 50 degrees, and we yanked these out of a shallow bay this afternoon where the sun had obviously been warming her up a mite.
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Real nice Walleye, and boy was he proud. In fact he's eating it while I type this.
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Great to see you having a good time with the family. Hope you catch a real line stretcher next time out. :congrats:
Man am I jealous. Those are some nice looking fish. I especially like that walleye. :yoyo: :yoyo: Congrats to you and your son. :congrats:
Pat
Good looking lad with that really decent fish there Jim :yoyo:.. Man are you tearing them up this year :confused:.
Right on! :yoyo: Nice catch(s) :congrats:
Ya do any guiding? :innocentwhistle: I don't live that far away. :iroll: :biggrin:
C'mon over Scott....they havent even started to spawn yet. We could make a weekend of it. I'll even put ya up. :wink:
Heck yeah I'd be interested in that. Might just hafta try and make that work.
Let me know about when you think the best time would be. :eyebrow:
Once the water hits 65 degrees we'll be dabbing salve on our thumbs from unhooking bass all day :biggrin: It's right around 50 degrees now so some more warm days and all "L"s gonna break loose.
I'm not sure if you got in on the cold front that came through tonight, but it's been hovering 80 in the middle of the day here for the last two or three days, which helps. But now were suppose have to normal temps which is in the sixty's for the next few days because of the front.
I got my girls every other weekend, this weekend is no, and next weekend I'll have them, etc.
When they are here, I'm all theirs. So your more then welcome any off weekend. It'd be fun. Oh and bring some salve for your thumb.
:doh2: That didnt sound right.
Good grab Scott :yoyo: :yoyo: It should be a good time for sure :biggrin:.
I'll even help with the directions to his house for you, just as he gave them to me. :eyebrow: Drive into town about ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a mile or less, then where the street veers right, turn left[at the neon sign] and proceed up a hill until you think you've gone far enough, then turn left again, drive up street until you see a house with a tree in the yard :confused:. Then look for a semi nude dude dancing in the street :alscalls: :alscalls:.
LOL!
And he drove right to the house :wink:
:confused: LOL
That should work. :laf:
great looking fish. nice and healthy. :yoyo:
getting better Jim but i know you can do better :biggrin: those are good looking fish and i bet the boy loved the walleye :yoyo: :yoyo: