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[cool][#0000ff]TubeBabe and I were supposed to meet up with Flycasting at the north marina in Willard this morning. Had a PM when I checked in early this morning, advising that Tyler's young son had a dislocated shoulder and that he could not join us. Bummer. Hope your son feels better.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]TubeBabe and I launched about 6:30. Lots of clouds and a few sprinkles at the ramp. But, that was it for the day. Air temp mid 50's. Water temp 65.8 at launch...but dropped a degree when the cool north wind came up a few minutes after launching. Never got real windy, and most of the morning it was flat calm. Water temp stayed under 66 until about 10 oclock, when the sun finally broke through the clouds for good and started the warming process.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In spite of the brisk "breezes" last night, the lake was pretty clean and green. We had expectations of having a good day. And, we did, if you count only catfish. We both caught plenty of kitties, but nothing else. Unless you count a carp. I did finish up by rasslin' a big ol' buglemouth for awhile.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The carp were laying literally right on the bank in some places today...with their backs out of water. Periodically a group would explode into a frenzy of thrashing and splashing. More carplets on the way for Willard.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fished a minnow below a bobber for a long time, while throwing cranks and plastics for wipers or walleyes. Never got a whack on anything but minnows...on the bottom...unless you count one misguided cookie cutter kitty that snarfed a little tube jig being fished for crappies.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]We did get some larger than average cats again today. We both got some over 20 inches, including a 22 inch young daddy cat that put up a pretty fair scrap.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On our last trip, we wondered if our "Colonel Walleye" was still around. He did the "brush by" troll on us just about every time we went out last year. Sits in the bow of his red Tracker, trolling for walleye at paint-drying speed, and pretends you are not even there as he goes past only a rod length away. Today he "blessed" TubeBabe with a once around and then headed for me. He tried hard to ignore me as I brought up the camera and took his picture.[/#0000ff]

[#0000ff]Water temp was past 68 when we ramped at about 12:30. One boat that came in just after we finished filleting the few kitties we kept, had a pretty hefty stringer of wipers. Quite a few of them looked small though. Didn't talk to them to get any useful info. So sue me. Isn't that the name of that new Jewish Japanese Restaurant? (Sosumi)[/#0000ff]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]as usual a great report and awesome pictures to go along with it.. but I think the Col and I would have some issues if he continued to pass that close to me.. like maybe me using a paintball gun to redecorate the color of his boat.. :-).. but.. [/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]as usual this newbie has a few questions.. you used two terms that I dont quite understand.. [/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]what is a cookie cutter kitty (other than being a catfish).. [/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]thank you again for the great report and pictures.. [/#800000][/font]
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[cool][#0000ff]The colonel is retired air force. He is a crotchety old dude, with no friends or family. His whole life is fishing from his little boat and he fishes only for walleyes. He catches fish of several species, on his nightcrawler harness rigs, but everything besides his beloved walleyes are considered trash fish...even the feisty wipers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]He is not nearly as obnoxious as the "power squadron" folks, with their wakeboard boats, ski boats and even high powered fishing boats...not to mention the PWC idiots. I think he is mostly curious. He sees us all tricked out in our fancy tubes, catching fish, and has to "discreetly" wander by to get a closer look. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is hard to get mad at the old dude. He really does not do anything to endanger us or to affect our fishing. He is in total stealth mode with his quiet electric trolling motor. I kinda feel sorry for him. I can only hope that is not how I spend my remaining days. The fishing part would be okay, but not friendless, alone and without respect.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"Cookie cutter" is my term for the uniform size small channel cats common to Willard Bay. There are tons of them in the 13" - 15" size class. They all look about the same...like they had been cut out of a roll of dough by the same "cookie cutter".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]"Buglemouth" is an "affectionate" term for carp. Sometimes we add "Bass", "Brown" or whatever to "Buglemouth". We also call them "Toothless golden walleye"...or "Golden bonefish". Of course there are plenty of other colorful but unprintable names for them when they take over a formerly good fishery and ruin the waters for the more desirable species.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]All in good fun.[/#0000ff]
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Your Killin me here. I am in DC in the basment of the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing reading this wishin I was fighting the wind in my tube. I get home tomorrow from my hell month and will get to catch up on some much needed Fishing. Now if they would give me a few sheets of the 1000.00 bills are cut and ready to spend that wold be great. But I do not think they will. Oh well. Keep on hooken-um.

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[cool][#0000ff]I know it's not much consolation, but the fishing overall has not been that great...yet. The best is yet to come, so come on home and help us enjoy it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Wouldn't mind a few sheets of those large bills my own self.[/#0000ff]
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I will sure see what I can do on the Sheets, but it is not lloking good as they will not even let me walk across the hall to the soda machine with out an escort. Geeesh you would think i am in fort knox or something. For alot of folks I have no been gone to long but for me it has been hell month. I think I figured I was home like 16 days total in may, and I think I only got out fishing once. But know it is time to cashin those comp days a get a few nice days with out the crowds of the weekends. I am hoping to take my daughter up to Mantua on Friday. Maybe if she allows it I will stop by Willard on the way back for some cat action.
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#000080]thank you for the explanations.. I knew there was a reason for the "unique" fish terms.. but since I was not sure I had to ask.. [/#000080][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#000080].. my comment on the Col was based on how close he was to you when you took that picture.. not knowing him I would be irritated.. but since you explained all about him his actions make more sense.. so I guess Ill have to put the paintball gun away.. and I had several colors in mind to use.. [sly][/#000080][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#000080]1000.00 would be hard to spend and would raise too many alarms... now sheets of 100.00 , 50.00, and 20.00 would work for me.. [][/#000080][/font]
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[cool][#0000ff]I ain't sayin' I'm in love with the guy, and that I would never fire a paintball or two myself. I have a couple of similar pictures in my file from last year where he's just as close. And, he always wears a frown. He needs to lighten up somehow.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Since he is retired military, maybe some red, white and blue paintballs.[/#0000ff]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#000080]well ya did say he was a retired zoomie.. so maybe a few sky blue ones as well to make him feel at home.. [:p][/#000080][/font]
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Present him with a slection of Tube Dude Custom jigs, garranteed to catch him a mess of wallinski's, that might put a on his puss !!!

[cool][#0000ff]Hey, who asked you? You sure are generous with somebody else's goodies. Not sure I care whether he s or not.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Hey, a riddle for ya. How do you wake up every morning with a on your face (besides the obvious)?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Answer: Go to sleep with a coat hanger in your mouth.[/#0000ff]
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