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I joined the party at the Lincoln Beach flotilla yesterday. Had a great time. Met with some new people and a couple old folks. I enjoy putting faces with names, I guessed way wrong on a few of you. Good company, lots of quick wit and 1 liners at lunch. Picked up several fishing tips while chatting. Tried a few new foods including the main dish of fried catfish and hush puppies. Thanks to the Chef. Also got a good sampling of Dubobs canned koke cracker dip, something worth trying if I catch any this year. I enjoyed TubeDude's filleting demo. All but convinced me I need an electric knife if I plan on keeping and cleaning fish. Award ceremony was short and sweet, bummed none of the other winners could attend. Big thanks for the prizes and those that ran the contest. I was intrigued at the raffle of what prizes were chosen over others, some good ones got passed over early on. Didn't enjoy the cleanup, but I'm sure it helped out. I'm also selfish and need some Dedicated hours. Also did a little fishing. Launched around 630 and stayed fairly close to the marina. Accomplished 2 goals this trip, catch my first white bass, and catch my first "real" catfish. Caught a couple whites on small tube jigs with crawler north of the marina entrance. Caught my only cat dragging a carp chunk sraight out from the entrance. Wandered over south in the shallows for a bit, but only found carp. Thanks to anyone involved in making outing happen. I really enjoyed it.
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Was nice to put a face with a name. Glad you enjoyed your first visit to the big pond.
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You as well. Thanks again for the grub. Hit the spot for me
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Nice to meet you as well, and glad you did okay on the fish end of things... My first trip didn't go so well, but at least I didn't get a skunk, that would have been really bad to give the southern boys a full load of ammo... Sorry we didn't have a lot of fan fare on the awards, but we did want to high light your accomplishments last winter, it was amazing how well you did in all the categories, well done on taking the ice challenge... I think our awards ceremony is kind of mixed up for events... All our ice guys don't really get into the flotilla like the cat guys do, and the fall get together seems to draw more ice guys, I guess it has to do with the excitement of the coming seasons... Anyway congratulations and I hope that reel will be a good one... Later Jeff
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Thanks Jeff. I was hoping for more, but I consider it a win for my first trip. Glad you got a little tuggin too. Hoped to sit and chat with you for a bit and trade tips, but you're a popular guy. Maybe next time.
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Sorry I didn't get more time to visit, we'll have to go fish sometime so we get more time... Seemed like the event went too fast... I know I'm heading into farming season, so I may have to catch up on the ice next fall... It's going to be a busy this year, so I'm afraid fishing will really cut down for me for awhile... But it was fun Saturday... Later Jeff
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