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Originally Posted by NBX
Hey guys, NBX (aka James) here, I came out with Dean (aka Jack&7). Thanks SO much for the great times. I ate like a king, picked up some great knowledge and had a blast all at the same time. My highlights had to be the cod cutting demo from Ken, Steve's moose bbq and Gibson's cod nuggest. I got some good pics and I'll be posting them soon!.
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Exactly...well worth it to hang out with you fine folks. I have never eaten so well and SO MUCH while camping before in my life! Still....my "food highlights" had to be those tasty ling nuggets, chili with brown sugar in it, and those Spectacular Super Most-Awesome Banana Boats!
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Originally Posted by michelle
It was SUCH good times!
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That
does sum it up nicely...
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Originally Posted by jts1
Least your not the Its so creamy guy with coon eyes....
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Jeff...that is seriously going to take years to even out that coon mask you got goin' on there! I think it's safe to say it will last until half way through hard water season.
And as promised, I will give a report of the fishing at Clear Lake from Sunday when NBX and I headed over there from PCR.
I think we launched somewhere around 11:30 AM and cruised to the south of the docks...trolling the whole time. I have never seen so many fish on the fishfinder at any one time! Amazing...yet not one would bite. I threw everything I had at them: crankbaits, spinners, spoons, even tried jigging. Nothing...
But when we were driving in, we noticed three boats at the north end of the lake. So after becoming thoroughly confused and frustrated, we headed to that end. The water was a bit calmer and as we pulled up to a spot, I copuld see all the boats were anchored...maybe 8 to 12 ft of water at the most. I started talking to the guys next to us to get some insight as to what is working on this lake (since this was our first visit...and I was so baffled why we could not get a bite). I realized it was full-on mid day heat and feeding was slow...but this was ridiculous. So they guys told us that they were catching...nothing crazy, but they were doing all right. They were using spoons and Mepps spinners.
I asked if they had yanked out anything decent. He says, "Oh yeah.....I got a monster." And they proceeded to bring their boat over to show us. Well, he wasn't kidding.
In the bottom of the boat was a massive pike as thick as my thigh...probably about 42 inches long. He had no idea what it weighed so I gave him my scale: 28 pounds! What a beauty...haven't seen a pike that big in a long time. Wish I would've taken a picture.
Just as he lifted, I caught my first (since I didn't stop fishing while we talked). I ended up pulling in 6 that afternoon (we fished until 3 pm) and Newsboy finally got one. I swear he was cursed!
But all of the ones we caught were about 45-50 cm...no keepers. Just a bit too short. We had fun anyway. I would love to be there in the evening, though...I bet it would be a different story than fishing during 'dead time' like we did. That lake is FULL of pike!
So that's my story...overall we had a great time and some decent fishing and some new spots to return to.
Plus...some new friends. Can't wait for the next one! Maybe an ice get together? Thanks to everyone I met for the food, fishing, and fun! Stay safe...