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SkeeterJim
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 Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:28 am Post subject: Rainbow Rez |
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SkeeterRon and I went to Rainbow Monday morning to try our luck. This was my first time there where Ron has been there before. Got on the water around 7:30ish and had the whole place to ourselves. Water was around 68 and stain color with bluebird skies. Would have liked some overcast skies but can't have everything. The lure of choice for the day was a weighted watermelon tube which I used and Ron used a wacky rigged worm same color I believe. Hit all the downed trees and rock piles along the shore and there were plenty of them. Started our own little tourney and had constant action from 8:00 to about 12:45 while missing abunch of little ones. I was winning in quantity and quality when Ron caught his last one with like 15 minutes left, a nice 2-2.5 lber which was good compared to what was being caught that day. After catching his lunker my cunning oponent decides to gun the trolling motor throttle to high while making our way back toward the launch just to make sure I didn't catch anything else. Sneaky bastard!! Final tally......I had 6 cookie cutter size and Ron had his lunker plus 5 bass so I bought him lunch. Good thing I was nice enough to not enforce the 12" minimum because the rest of his fish were lure size.  Nice fishing with a buddy, I'll give you that one. 
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slimecoat
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like fun, even if most fish were small.
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Basstard
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| Sounds like a good day to me. |
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:21 am Post subject: |
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Jim,
"Started our own little tourney "
We always do, it's not like that's somethig new...
It was a good day on the water. My arms still hurt from bring in that SMB Lunker.. 
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slimecoat
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Ron, can you imagine how we felt after our Winni trip this June, pulling in let's say 150 of our 170 smallies that same size!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:38 am Post subject: |
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You Suck... 
I want to go....
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| SkeeterRon wrote: | Jim,
"Started our own little tourney "
We always do, it's not like that's somethig new...
It was a good day on the water. My arms still hurt from bring in that SMB Lunker.. |
True, and I win 99% of the time. This was the 1% percent where you got lucky and won. Your arms were hurting from you pounding on the boat because up until that last catch you were losing just about the whole time out!
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Johnny Skeeter
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Ahhh "the trolling motor trick"......works eve  ry time!!
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coho yokel
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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i know this not about this lake but how is the bass fishing at highland lake been this year? comin up next week to visit family thanx coho yokel
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Ryan G.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice trip guys! |
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: |
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| Johnny Skeeter wrote: | | Ahhh "the trolling motor trick"......works eve ry time!! |
Johnny knows what I'm talking about. Thanks guys, it definitely felt good to get out after having to work almost every weekend for awhile. The smallmouth action was great, not very big fish but for their size they sure put up a good fight. I figured I'd be a good buddy and let Ron win one every now and then. Thanks for the trip buddy!
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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let me win?
You taught me my skills. I just plain out fished you ! Face it.
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| SkeeterRon wrote: | let me win?
You taught me my skills. I just plain out fished you ! Face it. |
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slimecoat
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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You guys are too much.........
Ron, did you guys get any fish off that location I gave you?
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| slimecoat wrote: | You guys are too much.........
Ron, did you guys get any fish off that location I gave you? |
WHAT!!??? What is this.........secret tips from another angler. Ron, no wonder you won you sneaky bastard!
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