On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:06:12 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
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BMFIA

LOL, that'll require a translation on this newsgroup. ;-)

I'll leave that in your capable hands.

I can understand you using that 1 wt. I sold ya on those wussy
Illinoise fish ...

It's a nice enough little bluegill rod around here but
where it really shines is on those tiny mountain streams
in North Carolina. If you ever get your Canuckistani butt
back down to the mountains of North Carolina you'll rue
the day you sold it to me.


Would love to do the Smokies again but I can't offer you anymore truck
rides though -- I drive a little oil burner now. I'm sure that will
disappoint . . .

but real fish need a man's rod.

Piffle. I was using a 10' *7wt* T&T XL on the Muskegon.

and a guide that was netting your fish 50 feet downstream BSEG

I was going to take a 6 wt. instead but because of the threat of
muskies, I didn't. After hooking that beastie, I'm glad I didn't.

Do muskies actually hit deer hair poppers ?

Do they? No kidding.

One picked John's bluegill popper clean off in about a foot of water
next to the bank. Just that familiar jaw thrust out of the water, a
swirl, and then the popper floating free downstream about 30 seconds
later.

Peter

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On 1 Sep 2005 17:56:45 GMT, Scott Seidman
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Peter Charles wrote in
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24 1/4" taken off of a Grindstone Angling drift boat, just north of
Walkerton, Ontario on the Saugeen River, using a deerhair popper.
Came out from under a sunken tree in about 8' of water to nail it.
Took a lot to keep him from going back down under that tree.



That's a trophy smallmouth-- estimated by length at more than 7 pounds on
the NYS charts,
(http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/d.../foe4cwgf.html). Its bigger
than last years angler achievement award recipients. You mounting it??


We thought it was over 6 -- now we know for sure. Mounted? Never
thought of it till you mentioned it but it's an idea. Doubt if I'll
ever get one much bigger -- they don't make 'em much bigger.

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Peter Charles wrote:

... Doubt if I'll
ever get one much bigger -- they don't make 'em much bigger.

Oh, they make 'em bigger. If you weren't so allergic
to canoes I could take you to a place in Quetico
where every third smallie you catch is a "trophy"
by Scott's definition.

Forget the taxidermy though, it's a good three day
paddle to the nearest taxidermist and if I had any
ice in the canoe it'd be cooling Budweiser not fish. ;-)

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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 23:07:36 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Peter Charles wrote:

... Doubt if I'll
ever get one much bigger -- they don't make 'em much bigger.

Oh, they make 'em bigger. If you weren't so allergic
to canoes I could take you to a place in Quetico
where every third smallie you catch is a "trophy"
by Scott's definition.

Forget the taxidermy though, it's a good three day
paddle to the nearest taxidermist and if I had any
ice in the canoe it'd be cooling Budweiser not fish. ;-)

Hey, I'm not allergic to canoes, only the ones you're drivin'.

About the ice, I vote for the fish. I'm thinking a plastic mount done
from the pictures.

Peter

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Peter Charles wrote in
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About the ice, I vote for the fish. I'm thinking a plastic mount done
from the pictures.

Peter


I'd always opt for the plastic mount over a real mount. "Mounted" was
figurative.

Maybe I'll glom onto Ken's invite, and try to catch one of my own. Hell,
I'd even drink Bud if I were on that water, so long as there was some
Leapfrog to wash the taste out ;)

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Peter Charles wrote in
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About the ice, I vote for the fish. I'm thinking a plastic mount done
from the pictures.


While we're chatting, ya wanna do Sandy Creek this year? Maybe we can get
together with our Buffalo friend, and spend a weekend doing Sandy and the
Cat, hotelling out of the Buffalo area. I've never fished the Cat.

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That's an idea though I'll have no vacations days left at that point so
it'll have to be a weekend. How's the Sandy -- big enough to swing a
two-hander?

BTW, you must be really desperate to catch a decent smallie if you're
willing to drink Forty's Bud.

Peter

Scott Seidman wrote:
Peter Charles wrote:
... I'm thinking a plastic mount done
from the pictures.


I'd always opt for the plastic mount over a real mount.

I don't get plastic mounts. My feeling is, if you want to
hang a fish on your wall go ahead and hang a fish on your
wall. The recent popularity of plastic fish replacing real
taxidermy is another symptom of the Catch & Release ethos
run completely amok. By the time a fish gets big enough to
be a trophy it has contributed more than it's fair share to
the gene pool and when I catch my trophy, (I haven't yet),
I'll take it to the taxidermist and have it done up right.

Maybe I'll glom onto Ken's invite, and try to catch one of my own. Hell,
I'd even drink Bud if I were on that water, so long as there was some
Leapfrog to wash the taste out ;)

I've got the canoes if you've got the time. Just kidding
about the Bud, no way do I lug beer, not even the King of
Beers ;-), over a mile long portage, but there will always
be plenty of Laphroaig. ;-)

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