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Post by riverrat on Mar 5, 2010 21:23:36 GMT -5
I know everyone is itching to get a pole in their hand, either waiting for season to open or weather to break, anyone have any good fish stories???
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Post by mrs on Mar 6, 2010 9:13:42 GMT -5
Are you fishing for absolutely unbelievable stories or Ho-Hum truthful ones? I monitor several fishing websites and on one in particular the postings that start out "What's your biggest....?" are amusing to read. I always find it odd that photos of perch that are 15" are common, but EVERY time the claimed length reaches 16" (up to 19") there is NO photo. Right Cecil??? I have a few Ho-Hum stories that are related. I had my grandkids out on Lake Superior for lakers. One of the larger ones we caught obviously had something big in it's distended belly. At the cleaning station I opened it up and there were 7 rocks of various sizes in it. On one trip way out 32 miles we caught lakers that had stomachs packed full of raw wheat! Over the years we have found a frog, a snake, and bird feathers in the stomachs of lake trout. This is all true but I didn't have a camera for proof. ;D
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Post by cecil on Mar 21, 2010 10:41:13 GMT -5
Are you fishing for absolutely unbelievable stories or Ho-Hum truthful ones? I monitor several fishing websites and on one in particular the postings that start out "What's your biggest....?" are amusing to read. I always find it odd that photos of perch that are 15" are common, but EVERY time the claimed length reaches 16" (up to 19") there is NO photo. Right Cecil??? I have a few Ho-Hum stories that are related. I had my grandkids out on Lake Superior for lakers. One of the larger ones we caught obviously had something big in it's distended belly. At the cleaning station I opened it up and there were 7 rocks of various sizes in it. On one trip way out 32 miles we caught lakers that had stomachs packed full of raw wheat! Over the years we have found a frog, a snake, and bird feathers in the stomachs of lake trout. This is all true but I didn't have a camera for proof. ;D So you're saying that lake trout are the vacuum garbage cleaners of Lake Superior? ;D
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Post by mrs on Mar 21, 2010 18:23:03 GMT -5
The politically correct description would be "opportunistic omnivores." The true "vacuum cleaners" are those skinny Maine salmon. ;D
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Post by cecil on Mar 22, 2010 20:32:34 GMT -5
The politically correct description would be "opportunistic omnivores." The true "vacuum cleaners" are those skinny Maine salmon. ;D God I love making fun of those skinny Maine salmon on the fishing board to the Mainers. Gets 'em as riled up as politics! I used to fish for brook trout on the bottom from shore in a Massachusetts lake. I remember catching and deep hooking a very small bass and pitching it out of the water. The next day caught a brook trout out of 30 feet of water on the bottom with the same bass in its stomach. ;D
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Post by jscanlan1 on Mar 22, 2010 21:24:20 GMT -5
My best story was it was the first day of bass season, I was fishing at Glendale Lake. I had a big ole purple roostertail on. I casted it out, let the lure sink. I took this time to light up a smoke. When I went to reel in, I thought I had a snag. Then the snag started moving. After 45 min. I reeled in a 32 in. 12 pound Channel cat. Never would of dream a catfish would of bite on a Roostertail.
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