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[cool][#0000ff]Been itchin' to hit Pineview, to see if the fishies are in their late fall or winter mode yet. Also wanted to test my tube cart for getting all my gear down to the water...and back. It worked fine.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Got launched about 8 AM, at the bottom of the hill near the caretaker's facilities...near the dam. Damn. That hill doesn't get any better as I get older.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Air temp 35 and water temp 54 at launch. Shoulda knowed not to work the deepest spots yet. But, I wasted two hours bottom bouncing in 50 feet of water. Saw lots of fish, but they all had lockjaw. Not a tweak in the first two hours. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Finally got smarter and moved over to an area that has produced well at other times. For the next three hours I got over a hundred fish...of six different species. Got about 15 to 20 bluegill...up to 7". Got several smallies up to about 12". Lots of fingerling largemouths. Must be a nursery area. A bunch of bitty perch. Shorter and skinner than the last two years. Finally found some crappies and caught five...when I could get my jig down to them...or back up to them...without a bitty bass or perchette smacking it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The surprise of the day was a bullhead catfish from about 30 feet of water on a glow werm jig with a piece of perch meat for bait. Hit hard, fought well and surprised the heck out of me. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Almost had 7 species. As I reeled in something small, I had a sudden heavy weight on my light rod and 4# line. I slow pumped it up where I could look down and see "color". It was something about a yard long with vertical bars. When it saw me it did a couple of barrel rolls and an immelman and my line went slack...cut clean. Hmmm. Wonder what it might have been.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There were tons of fish staging in deep water, including what appeared to be clouds of fry...fish food. As the water continues to cool it should be good up there in open water, and hopefully even better through the ice.[/#0000ff]
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[angelic] Looking through some old archieves, I found this picture.
WOW! You have been tubing a long time![]

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(Just kidding and have way too much time on my hands today)
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[quote flygoddess][angelic] Looking through some old archieves, I found this picture.
WOW! You have been tubing a long time![]
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I thought that guy looked familiar. Tubing in the stone age. Now there's a thought.

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Nice to see so many different species. A gratifying day, even from this distance. Keep on fishing.

z~
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[cool][#0000ff]Oh oh. We're in trouble. Joni figured out how to photoshop our pics, guys. We are doomed.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Cute, Joni, but ain'tcha glad it is a front view of my "former self". You wouldn't wanna see me bending over the tube with that shorty animal skin tutu.[/#0000ff]
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