07-10-2005, 05:59 PM
[#505000][unsure] I first want to apologize to everyone who made it yesterday. I promised a bearded woman, and/or a dog faced boy. Strangley this was my first weekend trip to Lincoln Beach where I was unable to see either. I'm guessing the circus crowd rolls in a little later. [/#505000]
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[#505000]On the other hand it was a great day of fishing. Besides the four channels caught on my beloved 4/0 circle hooks, and the single mudder which was caught on a Tubicus Dudimous Brand special jig I had NUMEROUS good hits I was unable to bring into the toon. [/#505000]
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[#505000]Being that my momma drown all the fools in our family at birth, I knew when I saw Tubebabe powering out of the harbor toward the reeds it would be wise to follow at a descrete distance then set up camp in the nearby vacinity. [/#505000]
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[#505000]For the first 30 minutes or so the only fish catching I heard going on was Tube Babe telling us about every 5-6 minutes that she had a fish on. I nearly rowed over to where she was to see if she was either.....[/#505000]
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[#505000]1. Reeling in the first fish to the tube, then opeing the bail letting it run for 5 minutes then reeling it back in over and over. OR[/#505000]
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[#505000]2. Brought a box of frozen VanDee Camps Fish Sticks from the freezer at home and kept reeling it in and casting it our to make us all look bad and telling us she was catching fish. [/#505000]
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[#505000]After 20-30 minutes I found I was doing a lot of the same type of catching so I shut up and changed my mind about rowing over to see what shananagans Tube Babe may be up to. [/#505000]
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[#505000]One strange phenomenon I noticed while I was out in the middle of Utah Lake is that apparently Deep Woods Off doesn't repel spiders. While minding my own business I was feeling a bug on my neck so I squooshed and grabbed it to find it was actually a spider. I noticed and was brutalized by several more during the trip. Who knew spiders could fly??[/#505000]
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[#505000]I need to add a few more bells and whistles to my toon. I have noticed the most pressing item I need to add is a rifle rack for my FA91 and some ammo pouches for additional magazines. No offense to those of you out there who use personal water craft I'm sure you're all the exception, but I'm starting to think about 30 IQ points are shed the minute someone climbs on. With a lake as large as Utah Lake why is it so pressing to fart around on your PWC around fishermen and their prime fishn' holes? [/#505000]
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[#505000]All in all I one fun trip. I think everyone did. Don't wory yourself too much Frank, in a few more weeks, months or years you'll likely be showing us a thing or two about fishing. You already did better (and kicked further) than I did on my first tubing trip when all I caught was a set of leg cramps, sore muscles, and Tubedude syndrome (symptoms include an overwhelming desire to fish a lot from a floation device). [/#505000]
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[#505000]Also thanks Pat for the info on skinning a cat. There is more than one way to skin a cat, and the electric fillet knife seems to be the best!! I've used it to slab the fish, open mail, change the oil in my car, weed the garden, and change diapers but I've never tried to skin a fish with it and I wish I had tried a lot sooner. It made the job quick easy and painless (except when I nearly lopped off my right pinky finger with it). [/#505000]
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[#505000]Well I am taking a vacation from work starting from July 23 to August 7th and I plan on doing a lot of what to some strongly resembles fishing. If anyone reading has a desire to float, give me a hollar I'm in!! [cool][/#505000]
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[#505000]On the other hand it was a great day of fishing. Besides the four channels caught on my beloved 4/0 circle hooks, and the single mudder which was caught on a Tubicus Dudimous Brand special jig I had NUMEROUS good hits I was unable to bring into the toon. [/#505000]
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[#505000]Being that my momma drown all the fools in our family at birth, I knew when I saw Tubebabe powering out of the harbor toward the reeds it would be wise to follow at a descrete distance then set up camp in the nearby vacinity. [/#505000]
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[#505000]For the first 30 minutes or so the only fish catching I heard going on was Tube Babe telling us about every 5-6 minutes that she had a fish on. I nearly rowed over to where she was to see if she was either.....[/#505000]
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[#505000]1. Reeling in the first fish to the tube, then opeing the bail letting it run for 5 minutes then reeling it back in over and over. OR[/#505000]
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[#505000]2. Brought a box of frozen VanDee Camps Fish Sticks from the freezer at home and kept reeling it in and casting it our to make us all look bad and telling us she was catching fish. [/#505000]
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[#505000]After 20-30 minutes I found I was doing a lot of the same type of catching so I shut up and changed my mind about rowing over to see what shananagans Tube Babe may be up to. [/#505000]
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[#505000]One strange phenomenon I noticed while I was out in the middle of Utah Lake is that apparently Deep Woods Off doesn't repel spiders. While minding my own business I was feeling a bug on my neck so I squooshed and grabbed it to find it was actually a spider. I noticed and was brutalized by several more during the trip. Who knew spiders could fly??[/#505000]
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[#505000]I need to add a few more bells and whistles to my toon. I have noticed the most pressing item I need to add is a rifle rack for my FA91 and some ammo pouches for additional magazines. No offense to those of you out there who use personal water craft I'm sure you're all the exception, but I'm starting to think about 30 IQ points are shed the minute someone climbs on. With a lake as large as Utah Lake why is it so pressing to fart around on your PWC around fishermen and their prime fishn' holes? [/#505000]
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[#505000]All in all I one fun trip. I think everyone did. Don't wory yourself too much Frank, in a few more weeks, months or years you'll likely be showing us a thing or two about fishing. You already did better (and kicked further) than I did on my first tubing trip when all I caught was a set of leg cramps, sore muscles, and Tubedude syndrome (symptoms include an overwhelming desire to fish a lot from a floation device). [/#505000]
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[#505000]Also thanks Pat for the info on skinning a cat. There is more than one way to skin a cat, and the electric fillet knife seems to be the best!! I've used it to slab the fish, open mail, change the oil in my car, weed the garden, and change diapers but I've never tried to skin a fish with it and I wish I had tried a lot sooner. It made the job quick easy and painless (except when I nearly lopped off my right pinky finger with it). [/#505000]
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[#505000]Well I am taking a vacation from work starting from July 23 to August 7th and I plan on doing a lot of what to some strongly resembles fishing. If anyone reading has a desire to float, give me a hollar I'm in!! [cool][/#505000]
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