riverfisher

Any boaters looking to link up for both champlain tournies and sacandoga gimme a hollar!!! Empire Lake Champlain South Bay Ramp Whitehall, NY 6/20 Empire Lake Champlain New York State Ramp in Ticonderoga (Champlain) Ticonderoga, NY 8/22 Empire Great Sacandaga Lake Northampton Beach PUblic 9/26 - 9/27

Saw this on another forum brought tears to my eyes ;D!! Funny story!! Livewell's CAN work in a pinch ... The birth of the mudshark : "While fishing in a cove that had lots of houses close by and a few boats within sight, the ol' mud-shark started barkin'. Bad breath too. No big deal I thought till it crept out and drew a picture in the bottom of my skivees. In panic I hopped up onto the back deck, covered myself with a life-jacket, popped open the livewell lid and dropped ol' muddy right into the port box. Pretty slick I thought till I realized I had no squatwipe. Well, my skivs were ruined anyhow so I used what was left of them. I put a few bullet weights in the skivs, tossed them over the side and gave them a good salute as they sank slowely toward the bottom. While I was digging through a storage box for a minnow net to release ol' muddy I heard a boat pull up. NO KIDDING, it was THE MAN! He asked how I was doin' and I told him I was just "hangin'". He went through the usual routine, life jacket, fishing license, etc.. Then he asked if he could look in my live-well. I stuttered in disbelief that I hadn't caught any fish and said "you don't have to look in there do ya"? He got real suspicious and a little snotty. I took offense to his attitude and said alright, then pointed to the port live- well lid. He opened the lid, stared in for a moment, slammed the lid down, looked up at me and said, "what the HELL is that"? I said "sir, that is a mud-shark. I'll put it on the rule if you want but I'm pretty sure it'll measure". The scowl on his face was PRICELESS! He hopped out of my rig, mumbled that he would write a ticket for that if he could and tore off. Laughing myself to tears I took the minnow net and released ol' muddy over a brush-pile. I "hung out" in the cove for a while longer and went home. That live-well is pretty comfy. I may just have to install a magazine rack in my boat."

Check this out this a pretty good read for non-boaters. http://www.nybassfed.com/Data/Articles/Complete_Non-Boater.pdf

I use the Rapala JSR-5 and JSR-7's in the craw pattern and love'em. I use them all year round, well when there is no ice ofcourse. Geeeze im starting to going crazy!! Is the ice out yet!?! ;D http://www.rapala.com/products/luresdetail.cfm?modelName=jointed_shad_rap&freshorsalt=Fresh

I use my wifes nailpolish remover. It has worked on most of the baits iv stripped to re-paint.

If your bored check this out! site/docktalk.asp?id=6038 As you can see im bored at work!! ;D

If I was sitting at home and had to choose one of them id say 300 or I would dust off Dumb and Dumber and watch that for the millionth time.

Working here till 2!! BORED!!

JustinTimberlake and Andy Samberg from SNL come up with some craaaaazy stuff. Check this out!! First it was Dick in a box wich was funny as heck now this haha. ;D

Check out thr Rapala Jointed Shad Raps!! I use the JSR-4's (shallow) and JSR-7's (deep) I have used every color and have had alot of luck with them.

How about next weekend!!?!! ill hop on a plane after work friday!! ;D Ponds are starting to ice up here in Upstate Ny. BRRRRR

Iv had these stored away for a while they were my Grandfathers. I just happenned to look through them the other day and took some pics these are just a few. A couple I know what they are some I dont. I thought it would be pretty cool to start an antique lure post. Man its gonna be a long winter. Thanks for lookin!! http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn253/dloucks100703/Lures%201/

Seems as though the rubber seals have come off around my rod lockers on my 2002 Tr-186. Does anyone know what kind of glue I should use to reattach them? I was thinking epoxy maybe.

Man that is depressing I wish I could talk my wife into moving somewhere warmer. Im really starting to hate cold weather!!

That minda does look pretty cool!!

Its kinda wierd when you open up your live well's and find baby ducks floating and the occasional mudpuppy !!

Those floating ribbit frogs were one of my secret weapon this year for both LMB and SMB!! Everytime my local Wallymarts stocked up I bought them all.

He has trained bass in his back yard lake!! ;D

I feel your pain!! Putting away my boat always puts me into a deep depression. Luckily its in my garage I can uncover her and say hello every once and a while! ;D

Toss me in the pool sounds like fun, but I wouldn't be good for it till April or so!!

100.00 Bones to spend 3 day's on Lake Champlain with an Elite Pro Im absolutely in!!

Top water, shallow cranks, flukes throw everything you got at'em and believe it or not my Uncle wacky rigs gummy worms and they are deadly. On the creek I fish (Schoharie Creek Upstate NY) in the deep pools it also has walleye, Ill slowroll small spinner baits for them but have hit them in the current on everything else iv thrown. Creek Smallies are alot of fun!!

Where do I het me some of them!! That frog looks sweet!!

Mine will be on my doorstep when I get home!!! FLIPPEN SWEET!

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