06-24-2010, 12:20 PM
[quote panfish1422]awesome report as always if i ever see you fishing i am going to lasso your tube and make you fish with me so i can learn a thing or two!!! just kidding!!!!!!![/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]Those who know me will verify that I will share when I can. But, the quickest way to get on my bad side is to mess with my fishing while I am on the water. One of those rod holders is really a small surface to surface missile. Get too close and you get a dose.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seriously, we have a pretty large tubing contingent in Utah and we often have mini floatillas where anybody who can show up is welcome. Spend some time on the tubing board or PM anybody you would like to fish with and work it out.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I really do get a lot of "attention" from boaters...especially when I am catching fish and they ain't. The guy in the picture "14 INCH COOKIE" just about drove me off the water. He first motored right up almost on top of me and started a barrage of questions. I politely answered and refrained from bashing him about ruining my stealth approach with his noisy motor. As he drifted off and I kicked away I caught a couple more walleye. He started back toward me with his trolling motor this time...just as a big rainbow took my flig and rocketed up out of the water almost into his boat. When it came off, he DID apologize and I "let him off the hook". But, for about two hours he had to keep coming back over to ask more questions every time I caught another fish. I am sure I would have done even better if I did not have him to contend with. He almost got the deadly missile. But, he was a sincere fishermen and seemed to be properly appreciative of whatever I could offer...short of letting him raid my tackle boxes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]What a lot of boaters do not really understand is that I fish from a tube on purpose...not just because I can't afford a boat. I have owned boats. I just plain prefer fishing from a tube...mostly for the silent but deadly approach. That is important when fishing for spooky fish in skinny water. And tubing with sonar and now an electric motor gives me most of the benefits of a bass boat. However, I can't get it up on plane or tow a water skier.[/#0000ff]
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[cool][#0000ff]Those who know me will verify that I will share when I can. But, the quickest way to get on my bad side is to mess with my fishing while I am on the water. One of those rod holders is really a small surface to surface missile. Get too close and you get a dose.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seriously, we have a pretty large tubing contingent in Utah and we often have mini floatillas where anybody who can show up is welcome. Spend some time on the tubing board or PM anybody you would like to fish with and work it out.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I really do get a lot of "attention" from boaters...especially when I am catching fish and they ain't. The guy in the picture "14 INCH COOKIE" just about drove me off the water. He first motored right up almost on top of me and started a barrage of questions. I politely answered and refrained from bashing him about ruining my stealth approach with his noisy motor. As he drifted off and I kicked away I caught a couple more walleye. He started back toward me with his trolling motor this time...just as a big rainbow took my flig and rocketed up out of the water almost into his boat. When it came off, he DID apologize and I "let him off the hook". But, for about two hours he had to keep coming back over to ask more questions every time I caught another fish. I am sure I would have done even better if I did not have him to contend with. He almost got the deadly missile. But, he was a sincere fishermen and seemed to be properly appreciative of whatever I could offer...short of letting him raid my tackle boxes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]What a lot of boaters do not really understand is that I fish from a tube on purpose...not just because I can't afford a boat. I have owned boats. I just plain prefer fishing from a tube...mostly for the silent but deadly approach. That is important when fishing for spooky fish in skinny water. And tubing with sonar and now an electric motor gives me most of the benefits of a bass boat. However, I can't get it up on plane or tow a water skier.[/#0000ff]
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