10-02-2005, 03:07 AM
[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]What an awesome day![/black][/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]Met Bodine11 and his son Todd at the marina at 7 a.m. Not having ever met one another in person before, you could feel the un-easiness at first. But I have to tell ya Jeff and Todd are top notch people and we all hit it off in no time at all. Thank you again guys for a great day, will have to do it again. Bye the way, very nice boat and awesome truck.
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]Now for the report…. We launched the boat and headed directly for the East shore. The three of us got to know one another with some conversation during the very comfortable ride over. Jeff briefed us of his plan and we started rigging up. We trolled the East side in many locations using downriggers and rappalas. Water temp was 58 degrees and we marked fish at various depths. I believe we had 8 or 9 before 10 a.m. Jeff had just finished releasing a Mack and suggested that we head over to Guss Rich point and drift while having lunch. Man that boat of his is a nice ride. After a quick sandwich and a few laughs we dropped lines and started trolling again. Yup you guessed it Mack time again!! We boated 6 or 7 more for a day total of 15.[/black][/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]All fish were released for another day and the totals break down as follows:[/black][/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]Jeff (Bodine11) 6 Mack’s, largest going 8lbs[/black][/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]Pat (Fish1on) 1 Cutt, 4 Mack’s, largest going 6lbs[/black][/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]Todd (??) 2 cutt’s, 2 Mack’s, largest going 8lbs, lost a monster though![/black][/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]On a side note: Todd caught the most amazing Cutt, it started out around 1lb and as the day went on it became a 7lber?????? How the h#&& does that happen? LOL[/black][/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]Now on the other side: You cannot catch fish unless there is a lure on the end of your line. Ya, I did that! I forgot to snap my swivel shut and I was trolling absolutely nothing for some time! But I did learn to use downriggers (thanks guys) I think that I like this method of fishing![/black][/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 4][black]All in all my best day fishing on the big blue pond. Jeff and Todd are very funny people and we had a great day. Jeff has done his time on this lake and it shows. You guy’s really do know what you are doing! [/black][/size][/font]
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