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flippy · Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1150

Ok, Its January 1, 2011, I dont have ice fishin gear,But I had to go fishin, I went to Bantam, And it was incredible how many holes in the ice there were, I walked out and talked to some guys not about ice fishin but BIGFOOT, they all looked at me funny,(the hell with them) I saw them all with these cute little fishin rods and these weird lookin things they put on the ice with flags,(what the hell are those) so I walk back to my truck and grab my flippin stick and my froggin rod, I rig my flippin stick with a 3/4oz tungsten weight, a 5/0 gamakatsu hook and a brush hog, oh and I wasnt messin around I was using 65lb braid, I walked to every hole and flipped, I caught nothing, I must have flipped 60 holes, must have been a slow day, 1 guy caught a pike and another guy caught a couple perch, WHOOPIE, I was lookin for a quality bass, so then I break out KERMIE, my favorite Bronze eye frog, now I took the stealth approach, I kept about 30 ft away and popped that frog over every hole I could find, I think I had a hit, but I lost him( I really think my KERMIE got stuck on the ice) it was a good fish, I couldnt turn him, Then I started really thinkin...... Hey if that guys catching perch I will tie on my MATTLURES 6inch perch swimbait, so I run to my truck and tie it on the perch, oh I didnt tell you, as I walked by some guys they were snickering, I think at my hat, so I walk back out on the ice and start dropping that perch, I kept pulling it out of the ice and moving to other holes dropping that perch, NOTHING, so after a couple hours I head back to my truck, as I pass some guys they are looking at me like, and they say, boy your killing them, I look at them and laugh, they thought I was pulling perch out flippin.They aked what I was using as bait, I said perch, they said , what bait, I said perch, they didnt get it, And for some people on this sight, this is a joke, a made up story, so dont pm me Laughing

PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I thought about doing that, too! I know that the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem so, okay, I like ice fishing. Confused

Okay, okay, I NEED TO GO ice fishing. There, I said it.

flippy, when the ice firms back up later in the week, I'll grab my nine foot fly rod and go ice fishing with you, if you want.
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flippy · Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1150

Hey Peco, thats funny I was thinkin about you, I was going to drop a senko on a drop shot Laughing

Fishing on the ice freaks me out, I went threw the ice when I was younger, and let me tell you it is scary when you go completely through and look up and cant see the opening, I have learned that the first thing you do when you are going through is to spread your arms, and prey that you have buddies around.