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Good bye Utah - poncho - 01-25-2004
Sitting here at the computer watching it snow thinking only 2 more days of this stuff and i'm out-ta here. Moving to Alpharetta Georgia on Tuesday it's 65 there today. Alpharetta is outside of Atlanta and is only about 20 miles from Lake Lanier a 38000 acre lake. The plan is to find a house between the lake and Alpharetta. Acording to the internet they have very large Striper's in the lake and good spotted and smallmouth bass fishing. Crappie fishing is also supposed to be good. But the best part is no ice so the boat can have year round use. I enjoyed the fishing here the year i was here but this weather is just not for me. I'm glad i came to Utah the mountains are very nice to see when you look out your window. The Georgia BFT board is not very active so i'll probably drop in on the Utah board every once in a while. Good fishing to you all and hope your inversion ends soon. Bye for now.
LIVE TO FISH
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Re: [poncho] Good bye Utah - Kent - 01-25-2004
George, we are going to miss your fishing reports, but I have a hunch that the walleye in Deer Creek won't miss you! Keep in touch and we would enjoy reading your reports and seeing your pictures from Georgia.
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Re: [poncho] Good bye Utah - maddawg - 01-25-2004
Sounds like your going to be having some fun. Do you know if they Have peacock bass there?
Trent
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Re: [poncho] Good bye Utah - icefool - 01-26-2004
Sorry to hear your leaving. Let us know how thngs are going and post some pictures. Just start talking to other fisherman and tell them about the Georgia board and maybe it will get active. Lots of Luck
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Re: [maddawg] Good bye Utah - Xman - 01-26-2004
there is no peacock bass there. none in the lower 48 states unless it is a private managed pond. they do have them in hawaii though.
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Re: [Xman] Good bye Utah - maddawg - 01-26-2004
I almost certian there are peacock bass in Fl. Unless I miss my guess
Trent
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Re: [maddawg] Good bye Utah - aquaman - 01-26-2004
flordia for sure
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Re: [aquaman] Good bye Utah - maddawg - 01-26-2004
Thanks aquaman I was hoping I wasn't crazy
Trent
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Re: [maddawg] Good bye Utah - aquaman - 01-26-2004
no more then normal i'm sure LOL i seen several shows on them being caught there never any big ones though
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Re: [poncho] Good bye Utah - Teroy - 01-26-2004
Laters Poncho. Have a ggod trip!
Will you be back in Utah sometime or is this move for good?
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Re: [Teroy] Good bye Utah - poncho - 01-26-2004
It looks like the move will be permanent. My wife will be the new Southeast regional manager for Kindred Health Care, managing 57 Hospitals, Assited Living facilaties, and pharmacies in 9 states. It looks like a great career move for her, and a permanent move for us.
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Re: [maddawg] Good bye Utah - Xman - 01-26-2004
yeah you right they are in florida. i forgot about that. but i think they were introduced, im pretty sure of that. that would be a good trip to take.
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Re: [Xman] Good bye Utah - maddawg - 01-26-2004
I'm jelious that you'll be so close that one of the places I want to go fish sometime
Trent
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Re: [maddawg] Good bye Utah - aquaman - 01-26-2004
you and me both i have a brother living down there i think i'll just have to drop in unannouched some day
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Re: [Xman] Good bye Utah - TubeDude - 01-26-2004
[cool][blue][size 1]Hey, Mr. X, there are at least two species of peacock bass in southern Florida. Not only are they found in several managed lakes, but are not uncommon in the canals that crisscross the area. They are really sensitive to cold, however, and a cold snap that drops the water temps below about 75 degrees will kill off a lot of them.[/size][/blue]
[#0000ff][size 1]I have spent quite a bit of time around the Fort Lauderdale area...mostly on business. Down there you can never be sure what you might catch out of some of those canals and waterways. People dump their aquarium fish and exotic species into the water and folks are always coming up with something new that has to be identified by the fisheries departments.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Several of those wild colored South American catfish have been taken by Florida anglers and have ended up on internet "WHATIZZIT" threads.[/size][/#0000ff]
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Re: [poncho] Good bye Utah - Theekillerbee - 01-26-2004
Sorry to see you leave poncho, we'll sure miss your posts, and your tips. I was hoping you'd be able to put on a little Walleye class for us this spring, I guess you'll just have to post a few pics for us to drool at! Good luck with the move, and don't be a stranger! Thanks.
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Re: [TubeDude] Good bye Utah - Kayote - 01-26-2004
Hey Tube,
In southern Florida canals they actually have set a limit on red and black oscars. They were also aquarium releases. They get over five pounds and are quite the sportfish. I hear they taste good also. Go figure.
Good Fishing, Kayote
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Re: [TubeDude] Good bye Utah - Xman - 01-27-2004
so the same strain as the brazilian peacocks i assume. thanks for the info. never know about some other areas and its real interesting to hear how different things are. imagine the jordan river with the same circumstances and the uproar it would create haha.
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Re: [Xman] Good bye Utah - TubeDude - 01-27-2004
[cool][blue][size 1]Hey, poncho, sorry about your farewell thread taking a turn south...to Florida. My personal best wishes in your new home. Give us a shout once in awhile.[/size][/blue]
[#0000ff][size 1]Hey Xman, I have personally seen two kinds of the peacocks in Florida...as well as some of those feisty oscars mentioned by Kayote. They can be beautiful, and they really slam a lure. Most people have seen the barred side peacock bass on sports shows, but there is also a spotted (butterfly) peacock that is more rare and smaller than the others.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Here is a link to a website from some peacock bass guides in Florida with some additional info:[/size][/#0000ff]
[url "http://www.flpeacockbass.com/?source=overture&OVRAW=Peacock%20Bass%20In%20Florida&OVKEY=bass%20florida%20in%20peacock&OVMTC=standard"]http://www.flpeacockbass.com/?source=overture&OVRAW=Peacock%20Bass%20In%20Florida&OVKEY=bass%20florida%20in%20peacock&OVMTC=standard[/url]
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Re: [poncho] Good bye Utah - TIBBZZ - 01-27-2004
Sorry to see you go poncho,gonna miss all the great photos you post. "I RECAN YALL GOIN BE FISHIN WIT DEM GOOD O'L BOYS NOW"[cool]. Good luck down there and hope you post us a photo once and a while.
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