12-16-2006, 09:02 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Didja ever consider that it is just YOU, Geoff? Maybe nobody wants to talk to YOU.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I always have my walkie talkies on and open...especially when TubeBabe is fishing with me. We communicate back and forth to help find a pattern.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, when she gets outta hand...or starts catchin' more fish than me...my radio suddenly develops problems and I "can't hear her" no more. Know what I mean?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, we set our radios on channel 5 or channel 8 because most places we fish there is a lot of cross talk...either from kids or folks goin' by on the highway. We have a code that if all of a sudden there is a bunch of other conversation we go up or down a couple of channels and then check in to see if the other one made it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It's tough to establish a standard channel for all BFTers on all waters. The best thing is when a group is going, to agree on the channel to set for BFT communications. That can be a standard of channel 7 and see where it goes from there.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As you point out though, a lot of guys take their walkie talkies and then leave them off in their bucket or wherever. Either that or they wait until they are fishing to check the batteries. Walkie talkies don't work without batteries. Duh![/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I keep both my camera and my walkie talkie around my neck on a stretch cord. I keep them down inside a layer of clothing to keep the batteries warm but to keep them handy in case of quick need. Man, it's embarassing though, to try to take a picture of a big fish with my walkie talkie...or to answer a BFTer on my camera.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I always have my walkie talkies on and open...especially when TubeBabe is fishing with me. We communicate back and forth to help find a pattern.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, when she gets outta hand...or starts catchin' more fish than me...my radio suddenly develops problems and I "can't hear her" no more. Know what I mean?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Actually, we set our radios on channel 5 or channel 8 because most places we fish there is a lot of cross talk...either from kids or folks goin' by on the highway. We have a code that if all of a sudden there is a bunch of other conversation we go up or down a couple of channels and then check in to see if the other one made it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It's tough to establish a standard channel for all BFTers on all waters. The best thing is when a group is going, to agree on the channel to set for BFT communications. That can be a standard of channel 7 and see where it goes from there.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As you point out though, a lot of guys take their walkie talkies and then leave them off in their bucket or wherever. Either that or they wait until they are fishing to check the batteries. Walkie talkies don't work without batteries. Duh![/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I keep both my camera and my walkie talkie around my neck on a stretch cord. I keep them down inside a layer of clothing to keep the batteries warm but to keep them handy in case of quick need. Man, it's embarassing though, to try to take a picture of a big fish with my walkie talkie...or to answer a BFTer on my camera.[/#0000ff]
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