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Nickp
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 Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject: cold rabbit |
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Fishing bluebird skies, on a freezing cold morning, after a coldfront, with 20-30mph wind blows.
Couldnt open my rod lockers, or any compartment for that matter. Thanks to fishing in yesterdays pouring rain, the temp must of hit 25 or so last night because my boat was frozen. Didnt get to any of my stuff until 9 30 or so.
Ant was nice enough to let me toss his jerkbait rod around as well as his jig rod. I botched the line on the jerkbait rod almost immediately with an impressive line tangle. Picked up the jig and started tossing it on a western shoreline with a 45 degree bank. Wasnt long before I got hit on the fall, set the hook, and new I was in for some fun. Thought it was bigger then it was, but a fine looking 5lb 1oz largie came into the boat.
Ant followed it up almost immediately with a 1.5 on a grub and we struggled to catch a few 6in rats and a few slimedarts shallow on crankbaits.
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BoSox46GSR
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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That's a NICE chunk!!!! Where'd you catch that monster? What colors were you using?
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Just4fun
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent,..WTG!!
I went back to the Moo for a few,...nothing but rats there!! Wind was just brutal and the direction was perfect so that there was nowhere shelterred on the whole lake for some reason!! 
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WishinIWasFishin
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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Nice work and good report....I'm ready for some warmer weather too
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BoSox46GSR
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Speaking of warmer weather... this week looks pretty good, but it is New England so I'm not going to get my hopes up... 
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Nickp
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Its not the lake bro, nor the color. Just happened to fish the right area (if you can say that with 2 fish to show for it) and put it in front of um. |
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Stratos17
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| WTG Nick!! |
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Ryan G.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice fish kid! |
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JohnS
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Nickp wrote: | | Its not the lake bro, nor the color. Just happened to fish the right area (if you can say that with 2 fish to show for it) and put it in front of um. |
Well said.
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bigbeave1
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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nice fish ... looks like you finally bought some good raingear
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djmon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| way to go! |
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Just4fun
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:38 am Post subject: |
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| Nickp wrote: | | Its not the lake bro, nor the color. Just happened to fish the right area (if you can say that with 2 fish to show for it) and put it in front of um. |
Ditto that,...this time of year there are going to be some big fish up cuising the shallows in just about any lake out there and food is scarce, so these fish are looking for just about anything to feed on! So if you happen to toss your bait next to it you will generally get bit. But with the water still cold it tends to be more of a size thing and not a numbers thing and it's a little more luck than skill (IMO).
The good news is,.. that as the water gets warmer and warmer, you will get more and more fish moving up and the numbers will improve (leading into the spawn)! 
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SkeeterRon
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:24 am Post subject: |
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WTG... Nice fish..
The cast is off and I'm making plans...
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job Nick! Good looking fatty there.
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Pointingdog
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| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| So Nick, not going to answer the question of where this nice fish was caught? Would be interesting to see, as probably most of are always curious... |
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