I'm DONE! I think...... (Kinda OT)

On the way home today all the water I saw, with the exception of the
WI River was froze. I guess I won't bring the boat up tomorrow after
all :}

Lake DuBay sure does look good, ever fished it?

They closed both river launches in Merrill.

You know of a good warm water spring? LOL

I sure am getting tired of driving back and forth. Give me a call
next week, maybe we can get together for a fish fry. I've been
wanting to try out the AlGen.

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:34:05 -0600, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
sent into the ether:

Well, it had to happen, today was my last guide job of the season, barring an unforeseen warm spell
and some crazy clients. Two guys from Wyoming wanted to go muskie fishing, and the weather
forecast called for 25 degrees with winds from the north at 15-25 mph. I couldn't let them down, so
I picked them up at we went to my favorite "Action" muskie lake. It was COLD when I picked them up,
but I thought we'd give it the old college try.

We arrived at the lake, and I went to launch the boat in the channel, but it had ice on it. I
walked out on the dock and as far as I could reach, I could easily break through the ice, with only
about a 1/4 inch of skim ice. Into the water the Cobra went, breaking ice as it backed in. I fired
it up and we went to run down the channel to the main lake, We went maybe 30 of the 250 yards
needed to get to open water when the boat started climbing the ice and breaking though, like a Coast
Guard Icebreaker. We got another 10 yards or so when I had 19 feet of the 21 feet, 6 inches of the
boat on top of the ice! So much for that lake! On to Plan B.

This lake was still soft, so we were able to launch without incident. We pushed off from shore and
I rigged up two 12-14 inch suckers on Quick Strike Rigs. I quickly taught the guys to cast baitcast
reels and had them working lures like pros. The only problem was there was a routine to follow.
Take 10 casts, un-thaw the guides. Another 10 casts, un-that again. After a while, I'd have to
change reels because they were so iced up. It's a good thing I have the amount of tackle I do on
board. 10 minutes later, the first sucker was eaten by a muskie.! While it wasn't a big muskie by
any stretch of the imagination, under these conditions, with 37 degree water, I was tickled. It
measured 30 inches and weighed 12 pounds. The client was thrilled!

About an hour after that, one of the guys set the hooks! He had been throwing a 9 inch crankbait
and had an 18 inch smallmouth hit! It came off when he tried to swing it on board, but it was close
enough that we called it a catch. (So this is on topic, there was one crazy bass in this story)

Around 3:00, another sucker got hit. The client set the hooks and the battle was on. I knew it
still wasn't a big fish, but as before, any fish on a day like today was a good one. I get the net
in the water and he fought the fish to the boat. As I scooped the fish, it let go of the sucker!
The darned muskie wasn't even hooked, but he fought like a demon, stubbornly refusing to let go of
the sucker, fighting until he was netted!

The guys wanted me to fire up the outboard and "Take them for a SPIN" around the lake because they'd
never been in a boat like mine. After I asked them several times if they were sure, they said "Yup,
open this rascal up." So I let all 250 ponies out to play, keeping the speedometer just under 70
mph. We didn't even make it to the other end of the lake before they were asking me to slow down!
They said that they were cold! Hmmm Imagine that!

So, they both caught their first muskies, went faster in a boat than they'd ever gone before and had
a great time, swapping stories all day long. I wasn't that cold, having dressed properly (i.e. more
layers than a hen house), but when we were coming home, we heard the weather guesser on the radio
talk about the high of 17 degrees today!

I wonder what the wind chill was, going 70 mph, heading into a 20 mph wind was? All in all, not a
bad day, but one that I'm glad is over!

danl
Good fishing, great catching
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
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If you go to the Al Gen, contact Pat G, he can tell you where to get some
good mild horshradish for dem dare fish!!.. and a word of advice,,if you do
get some don't be carrying a gun when you taste it. It could possibly be one
of the top 5 worst things you have ever put in your mouth..... and that my
friends is my bass season ending laugh of the day.
Signed
Too dam cold for me to
fish
"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now"
wrote in message ...
On the way home today all the water I saw, with the exception of the
WI River was froze. I guess I won't bring the boat up tomorrow after
all :}

Lake DuBay sure does look good, ever fished it?

They closed both river launches in Merrill.

You know of a good warm water spring? LOL

I sure am getting tired of driving back and forth. Give me a call
next week, maybe we can get together for a fish fry. I've been
wanting to try out the AlGen.

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:34:05 -0600, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
sent into the ether:

Well, it had to happen, today was my last guide job of the season,
barring an unforeseen warm spell
and some crazy clients. Two guys from Wyoming wanted to go muskie
fishing, and the weather
forecast called for 25 degrees with winds from the north at 15-25 mph. I
couldn't let them down, so
I picked them up at we went to my favorite "Action" muskie lake. It was
COLD when I picked them up,
but I thought we'd give it the old college try.

We arrived at the lake, and I went to launch the boat in the channel, but
it had ice on it. I
walked out on the dock and as far as I could reach, I could easily break
through the ice, with only
about a 1/4 inch of skim ice. Into the water the Cobra went, breaking
ice as it backed in. I fired
it up and we went to run down the channel to the main lake, We went
maybe 30 of the 250 yards
needed to get to open water when the boat started climbing the ice and
breaking though, like a Coast
Guard Icebreaker. We got another 10 yards or so when I had 19 feet of
the 21 feet, 6 inches of the
boat on top of the ice! So much for that lake! On to Plan B.

This lake was still soft, so we were able to launch without incident. We
pushed off from shore and
I rigged up two 12-14 inch suckers on Quick Strike Rigs. I quickly
taught the guys to cast baitcast
reels and had them working lures like pros. The only problem was there
was a routine to follow.
Take 10 casts, un-thaw the guides. Another 10 casts, un-that again.
After a while, I'd have to
change reels because they were so iced up. It's a good thing I have the
amount of tackle I do on
board. 10 minutes later, the first sucker was eaten by a muskie.! While
it wasn't a big muskie by
any stretch of the imagination, under these conditions, with 37 degree
water, I was tickled. It
measured 30 inches and weighed 12 pounds. The client was thrilled!

About an hour after that, one of the guys set the hooks! He had been
throwing a 9 inch crankbait
and had an 18 inch smallmouth hit! It came off when he tried to swing it
on board, but it was close
enough that we called it a catch. (So this is on topic, there was one
crazy bass in this story)

Around 3:00, another sucker got hit. The client set the hooks and the
battle was on. I knew it
still wasn't a big fish, but as before, any fish on a day like today was
a good one. I get the net
in the water and he fought the fish to the boat. As I scooped the fish,
it let go of the sucker!
The darned muskie wasn't even hooked, but he fought like a demon,
stubbornly refusing to let go of
the sucker, fighting until he was netted!

The guys wanted me to fire up the outboard and "Take them for a SPIN"
around the lake because they'd
never been in a boat like mine. After I asked them several times if they
were sure, they said "Yup,
open this rascal up." So I let all 250 ponies out to play, keeping the
speedometer just under 70
mph. We didn't even make it to the other end of the lake before they
were asking me to slow down!
They said that they were cold! Hmmm Imagine that!

So, they both caught their first muskies, went faster in a boat than
they'd ever gone before and had
a great time, swapping stories all day long. I wasn't that cold, having
dressed properly (i.e. more
layers than a hen house), but when we were coming home, we heard the
weather guesser on the radio
talk about the high of 17 degrees today!

I wonder what the wind chill was, going 70 mph, heading into a 20 mph
wind was? All in all, not a
bad day, but one that I'm glad is over!

danl
Good fishing, great catching
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
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On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 09:16:24 GMT, "alwaysfishking" alwaysfishking@
nospam.epix.net sent into the ether:

If you go to the Al Gen, contact Pat G, he can tell you where to get some
good mild horshradish for dem dare fish!!.. and a word of advice,,if you do
get some don't be carrying a gun when you taste it. It could possibly be one
of the top 5 worst things you have ever put in your mouth..... and that my
friends is my bass season ending laugh of the day.
Signed
Too dam cold for me to
fish

Yea, I know what you mean. All that searching I did for a job down
south and I end up getting one near Steve and the Arctic Circle!
Oh well, at least I am working. Although, I would have liked to be up
there last summer so I could have participated with all you fellas in
the NWC. Barring some catastrophe I should be able to make it next
year.

I am looking forward to the Al Gen fish fry. I thought I might not
get the chance to try it this year.

I don't think I will bring my rods up until I have settled in a
little. I guess I'll have lots of time to take my reels apart and
clean them.

Stay warm


"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now"
wrote in message ...
On the way home today all the water I saw, with the exception of the
WI River was froze. I guess I won't bring the boat up tomorrow after
all :}

Lake DuBay sure does look good, ever fished it?

They closed both river launches in Merrill.

You know of a good warm water spring? LOL

I sure am getting tired of driving back and forth. Give me a call
next week, maybe we can get together for a fish fry. I've been
wanting to try out the AlGen.

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:34:05 -0600, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
sent into the ether:

Well, it had to happen, today was my last guide job of the season,
barring an unforeseen warm spell
and some crazy clients. Two guys from Wyoming wanted to go muskie
fishing, and the weather
forecast called for 25 degrees with winds from the north at 15-25 mph. I
couldn't let them down, so
I picked them up at we went to my favorite "Action" muskie lake. It was
COLD when I picked them up,
but I thought we'd give it the old college try.

We arrived at the lake, and I went to launch the boat in the channel, but
it had ice on it. I
walked out on the dock and as far as I could reach, I could easily break
through the ice, with only
about a 1/4 inch of skim ice. Into the water the Cobra went, breaking
ice as it backed in. I fired
it up and we went to run down the channel to the main lake, We went
maybe 30 of the 250 yards
needed to get to open water when the boat started climbing the ice and
breaking though, like a Coast
Guard Icebreaker. We got another 10 yards or so when I had 19 feet of
the 21 feet, 6 inches of the
boat on top of the ice! So much for that lake! On to Plan B.

This lake was still soft, so we were able to launch without incident. We
pushed off from shore and
I rigged up two 12-14 inch suckers on Quick Strike Rigs. I quickly
taught the guys to cast baitcast
reels and had them working lures like pros. The only problem was there
was a routine to follow.
Take 10 casts, un-thaw the guides. Another 10 casts, un-that again.
After a while, I'd have to
change reels because they were so iced up. It's a good thing I have the
amount of tackle I do on
board. 10 minutes later, the first sucker was eaten by a muskie.! While
it wasn't a big muskie by
any stretch of the imagination, under these conditions, with 37 degree
water, I was tickled. It
measured 30 inches and weighed 12 pounds. The client was thrilled!

About an hour after that, one of the guys set the hooks! He had been
throwing a 9 inch crankbait
and had an 18 inch smallmouth hit! It came off when he tried to swing it
on board, but it was close
enough that we called it a catch. (So this is on topic, there was one
crazy bass in this story)

Around 3:00, another sucker got hit. The client set the hooks and the
battle was on. I knew it
still wasn't a big fish, but as before, any fish on a day like today was
a good one. I get the net
in the water and he fought the fish to the boat. As I scooped the fish,
it let go of the sucker!
The darned muskie wasn't even hooked, but he fought like a demon,
stubbornly refusing to let go of
the sucker, fighting until he was netted!

The guys wanted me to fire up the outboard and "Take them for a SPIN"
around the lake because they'd
never been in a boat like mine. After I asked them several times if they
were sure, they said "Yup,
open this rascal up." So I let all 250 ponies out to play, keeping the
speedometer just under 70
mph. We didn't even make it to the other end of the lake before they
were asking me to slow down!
They said that they were cold! Hmmm Imagine that!

So, they both caught their first muskies, went faster in a boat than
they'd ever gone before and had
a great time, swapping stories all day long. I wasn't that cold, having
dressed properly (i.e. more
layers than a hen house), but when we were coming home, we heard the
weather guesser on the radio
talk about the high of 17 degrees today!

I wonder what the wind chill was, going 70 mph, heading into a 20 mph
wind was? All in all, not a
bad day, but one that I'm glad is over!

danl
Good fishing, great catching
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
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danl
Good fishing, great catching
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
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"Josh" wrote in message SNIP


"you crazy %$%@#$% ; It's too cold to be fishing." I never saw such a
message on a calculator. My suggestion is make this the last trip for sure.
And. . . .

That's the difference between where you are Steve and where I am. You have
to wait till winter to walk on your waterways ! g.

I found a wind chill calculator on the web. According to the calculator I found, we were fishing in
what felt like -14.7 degree temperatures, but when we were running, the temp only dropped to -28.3!
That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Now, all I need to find is a heated garage large enough to fit my boat for a couple of days and thaw
it out. None of the livewell drains will work and I can't get any of the compartments open......
--
Steve
OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
My brother spent 3 summers at Antarctica. He said they had -50 temps and
high winds storms. Did not go outside during these days. Just cranked up
the reactor a little.
Bill

About 8 or 10 years ago, we had an absolutely brutal winter. In December it snowed every day, total
snowfall for the season that year was 254 inches. In January, it never got above 0, with nights
falling to an average of -30. One night we had air temps (no wind chill) of -48. So I do
understand not wanting to go outside then. I used to run outside in my shirtsleeves to start the
truck, then run back in, have a cup of coffee and wait for the truck to "warm" up.

Towards the end of the month, I went out to start the truck and thought, "Hmmm, it really warmed up
overnight." So, in shirtsleeves, I swept snow off the truck, off the deck and filled 3 bird
feeders. It didn't feel bad outside at all. Once inside, I looked at the thermometer, it still
read -10!!! When -10 feels "not bad", you know it's been a long, COLD winter. I hope for Dan's
sake, we don't have another winter like that!
--
Steve
OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now" wrote in message
...
On the way home today all the water I saw, with the exception of the
WI River was froze. I guess I won't bring the boat up tomorrow after
all :}

***Don't you want to catch some walleyes? There's still the Wisconsin River. Well actually,
there's some parts that you might be able to get some smallies as well.

Lake DuBay sure does look good, ever fished it?

***Nope, I keep meaning to, but there's too many bodies of water up here. I can't get to all of
them, no matter how hard I try. I do know that there's some great walleye fishing in DuBay, as well
as some muskies. I haven't heard anything about the bass fishing.

They closed both river launches in Merrill.

***Wimps!!! But there's still shore fishing if you are so inclined.

You know of a good warm water spring? LOL

***Up HERE??? That is funny...

I sure am getting tired of driving back and forth. Give me a call
next week, maybe we can get together for a fish fry. I've been
wanting to try out the AlGen.

***That would be nice, although it will spoil you. There's few places that can beat the Al-Gen at
the Friday night fish fry game.
--
Steve
OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com


On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:34:05 -0600, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
sent into the ether:

Well, it had to happen, today was my last guide job of the season, barring an unforeseen warm
spell
and some crazy clients. Two guys from Wyoming wanted to go muskie fishing, and the weather
forecast called for 25 degrees with winds from the north at 15-25 mph. I couldn't let them down,
so
I picked them up at we went to my favorite "Action" muskie lake. It was COLD when I picked them
up,
but I thought we'd give it the old college try.

We arrived at the lake, and I went to launch the boat in the channel, but it had ice on it. I
walked out on the dock and as far as I could reach, I could easily break through the ice, with
only
about a 1/4 inch of skim ice. Into the water the Cobra went, breaking ice as it backed in. I
fired
it up and we went to run down the channel to the main lake, We went maybe 30 of the 250 yards
needed to get to open water when the boat started climbing the ice and breaking though, like a
Coast
Guard Icebreaker. We got another 10 yards or so when I had 19 feet of the 21 feet, 6 inches of
the
boat on top of the ice! So much for that lake! On to Plan B.

This lake was still soft, so we were able to launch without incident. We pushed off from shore
and
I rigged up two 12-14 inch suckers on Quick Strike Rigs. I quickly taught the guys to cast
baitcast
reels and had them working lures like pros. The only problem was there was a routine to follow.
Take 10 casts, un-thaw the guides. Another 10 casts, un-that again. After a while, I'd have to
change reels because they were so iced up. It's a good thing I have the amount of tackle I do on
board. 10 minutes later, the first sucker was eaten by a muskie.! While it wasn't a big muskie
by
any stretch of the imagination, under these conditions, with 37 degree water, I was tickled. It
measured 30 inches and weighed 12 pounds. The client was thrilled!

About an hour after that, one of the guys set the hooks! He had been throwing a 9 inch crankbait
and had an 18 inch smallmouth hit! It came off when he tried to swing it on board, but it was
close
enough that we called it a catch. (So this is on topic, there was one crazy bass in this story)

Around 3:00, another sucker got hit. The client set the hooks and the battle was on. I knew it
still wasn't a big fish, but as before, any fish on a day like today was a good one. I get the
net
in the water and he fought the fish to the boat. As I scooped the fish, it let go of the sucker!
The darned muskie wasn't even hooked, but he fought like a demon, stubbornly refusing to let go
of
the sucker, fighting until he was netted!

The guys wanted me to fire up the outboard and "Take them for a SPIN" around the lake because
they'd
never been in a boat like mine. After I asked them several times if they were sure, they said
"Yup,
open this rascal up." So I let all 250 ponies out to play, keeping the speedometer just under 70
mph. We didn't even make it to the other end of the lake before they were asking me to slow
down!
They said that they were cold! Hmmm Imagine that!

So, they both caught their first muskies, went faster in a boat than they'd ever gone before and
had
a great time, swapping stories all day long. I wasn't that cold, having dressed properly (i.e.
more
layers than a hen house), but when we were coming home, we heard the weather guesser on the radio
talk about the high of 17 degrees today!

I wonder what the wind chill was, going 70 mph, heading into a 20 mph wind was? All in all, not
a
bad day, but one that I'm glad is over!

danl
Good fishing, great catching
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
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See what you got your self into Moe! You will return with a new understanding of what we meen when we say "lake effect snow".
G Bill P.
================================================== =================
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ...


About 8 or 10 years ago, we had an absolutely brutal winter. In December it snowed every day, total
snowfall for the season that year was 254 inches. In January, it never got above 0, with nights
falling to an average of -30. One night we had air temps (no wind chill) of -48. So I do
understand not wanting to go outside then. I used to run outside in my shirtsleeves to start the
truck, then run back in, have a cup of coffee and wait for the truck to "warm" up.

Towards the end of the month, I went out to start the truck and thought, "Hmmm, it really warmed up
overnight." So, in shirtsleeves, I swept snow off the truck, off the deck and filled 3 bird
feeders. It didn't feel bad outside at all. Once inside, I looked at the thermometer, it still
read -10!!! When -10 feels "not bad", you know it's been a long, COLD winter. I hope for Dan's
sake, we don't have another winter like that!
--
Steve
OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

70 mph at 17 deg F...-272 deg F...You're dead.
Damn dead...but at least the fish were hitting! :-)
I used the formula that one angler presented to arrive
at those numbers. Could be his numbers or mine but
darn good fishing yarn anyway.
Mike

"Mike Keown" wrote in message ...
70 mph at 17 deg F...-272 deg F...You're dead.
Damn dead...but at least the fish were hitting! :-)
I used the formula that one angler presented to arrive
at those numbers. Could be his numbers or mine but
darn good fishing yarn anyway.
Mike

I'm not certain at the "felt" temperature that day. All I know is that Brass Monkeys were in
SERIOUS danger!
--
Steve
OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 17:10:40 -0500, "Doc \(The Tin Boat King\)"
sent into the ether:

See what you got your self into Moe! You will return with a new understanding of what we meen when we say "lake effect snow".
G Bill P.

Following up on that, a guy I worked with was from the UP. He brought
in some pictures of the siding he had installed on his moms home over
his vacation. I saw a second floor door without a porch and mentioned
I hope you fixed that door so it won't open until you get the porch
fixed. He started laughing and stated, that door is for getting in
and out of the house when the snow covers the first floor door!!!

Steve, I will talk to you about fishing on the phone.
================================================= ==================
"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message ...


About 8 or 10 years ago, we had an absolutely brutal winter. In December it snowed every day, total
snowfall for the season that year was 254 inches. In January, it never got above 0, with nights
falling to an average of -30. One night we had air temps (no wind chill) of -48. So I do
understand not wanting to go outside then. I used to run outside in my shirtsleeves to start the
truck, then run back in, have a cup of coffee and wait for the truck to "warm" up.

Towards the end of the month, I went out to start the truck and thought, "Hmmm, it really warmed up
overnight." So, in shirtsleeves, I swept snow off the truck, off the deck and filled 3 bird
feeders. It didn't feel bad outside at all. Once inside, I looked at the thermometer, it still
read -10!!! When -10 feels "not bad", you know it's been a long, COLD winter. I hope for Dan's
sake, we don't have another winter like that!

danl
Good fishing, great catching
www.outdoorfrontiers.com
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