10-24-2007, 12:28 AM
[cool][#0000ff]I tube as long as there is open water...and even when there isn't [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=242396;#242396"]LINK TO ICE BREAKER[/url][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I also don't let a little snow scare me off. [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=292989;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"]LINK TO TUBE SLEDDIN'[/url][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you can dress right, and proceed sensibly, some of the best fishing is right before and right after ice out. You just need some good layers of warm undies and good neoprene waders. Also need boots and waders that fit right and do not constrict your feet in the cold water. I guarantee that I was warmer in my tube today than most guys would have been in a boat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I catch lots of carpinskis on jigs. Those today were gathered in less than two feet of water, where a little creek emptied into the marina. I am sure they were waiting for food tidbits. When I cast the small jig near them they rushed it, grabbed it, put the line over their shoulder and then screamed into deeper water like a bonefish on the flats. Love to hear the drag sing and I ain't too particular what kind of fish does it. I even handled them gently and released them without the customary gillectomy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Bald eagles are illegal to take, in any fashion...and I do not have a tubing tag for the elk. I DO try to stay within the law.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I also don't let a little snow scare me off. [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=292989;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"]LINK TO TUBE SLEDDIN'[/url][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you can dress right, and proceed sensibly, some of the best fishing is right before and right after ice out. You just need some good layers of warm undies and good neoprene waders. Also need boots and waders that fit right and do not constrict your feet in the cold water. I guarantee that I was warmer in my tube today than most guys would have been in a boat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I catch lots of carpinskis on jigs. Those today were gathered in less than two feet of water, where a little creek emptied into the marina. I am sure they were waiting for food tidbits. When I cast the small jig near them they rushed it, grabbed it, put the line over their shoulder and then screamed into deeper water like a bonefish on the flats. Love to hear the drag sing and I ain't too particular what kind of fish does it. I even handled them gently and released them without the customary gillectomy.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Bald eagles are illegal to take, in any fashion...and I do not have a tubing tag for the elk. I DO try to stay within the law.[/#0000ff]
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