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Wife and I headed to Pelican Friday morning fighting slippery roads and fog. Breakfast at Cowens with friends in Duchesne and then on to Roosevelt where we visited with friends that allow us to hunt their ground for turkey, with a promise that they would have fresh fish fillets upon our return from Pelican that evening. We arrived at the Lake to sunshine and 36 degree weather. We landed 50 to 60 gills and 1/2 dozen bass with the wife's measuring 17 1/2 with no Bass Rods around it went into the bucket, we kept enough fish for our friends in Roosevelt and returned Sat. Morning after a night of freezing rain with very slippery roads getting to the lake, missed one stop sign that we slid thru but I promise to stop twice there next trip. The Sun poked thru about 10 or so to another beautiful day in the mid 30's we iced probably another 60 to 70 gills along with a few bass. Kept our 40 and headed back to the Motel. Gills averaged 8 1/2 inches with very few if any of the parasites in the meat like TD had stated earlier.
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[cool][#0000bf]Good report. Glad you were able to get on and off the ice okay.
Congrats to Brenda. I won't tell Bassrods if you don't.
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Very Nice Pete!
Thats a fine mess of gills there and a nice bucketmouth that Mrs. Crestliner has. Good on ya brotha.!
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great report. I've always wanted to fish pelican lake but have never been there and been reluctant to drive that far without knowing how to fish the lake or even what it looks like.
what are these parasites in the meat you are talking about? What do they look like and are they safe to eat or do you have to discard the fish if they have it?
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If you read several earlier posts by Tube Dude and Fish Nut a week or so ago they explain what they are and have several pictures showing them. Out of the 60 or so fish I filleted maybe a dozen or so had one or two in them and easy to see on the fillet and can be picked out with the tip of the knife blade. They have been in the fish for at least 8 to 10 years maybe longer and we have been eating the fillets and haven't experienced any medical problems other than my hair falling out, big boils on the side of my face and a large hump on my back. LOL[:p]
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[cool]Nice report! I can't wait to get over there in a few weeks!
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That comes from eating bass....[:/]
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Nope I don't think so, I grew up eating bass and will continue to do so until the old boy up stairs comes a calling.[:p]
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Just let the bigger one go so we all can have fun at the lakes, after all they don't plant them like they do trout in this state...
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Just trying to yank your chain a little, we release all of our big walleye, bass, macks, but I do like to eat pretty much any type of game fish. Just wondering where are we at as far as setting up a fishing trip for the DAV's this summer I have'nt forgotten, with Willard possibly going to full pool it might be worth considering especially if the Wipers are doing well there.[fishin]
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Not much luck with getting a hold of any of them from anyone, the contact I thought I had at the VA Hospital will not call me back and all I can do is leave my call back...
So until they want to call me back or something new happens its on hold...
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Let me see if I can find anything that will help us here on the Base.
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That is an awesome mess of bluegills. I have always wanted to fish it as well but a little to far and no knowledge of the lake. I may have to make that adventure sometime soon. Thanks for the post. BTW eat all the bass you want. They are great tasting fish.
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Sounds good, I'm still trying to get some one from the VA Hospital to return my calls...
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