Nitrofreak

Silver, it's like a race car wheel, just looks Bad A## !!!

Keep in mind, his electronics did not work for almost the first hour or so !!! Edit: What Quan just laid out for us should raise a few good questions, really nice post Quan !!

Thanx HSD !!! It was a lot of fun I enjoyed it sssoooooo much, I look forward to the day when you and I can get an outing as well !!!

So why do you think Quan is so successful out there? lets break this paticular day down and see if we can figure out a few things that will help you on your home waters as well. Are you up for figuring out why the fish were there? well be ready to do your homework if you are, I did mine before I fished with Quanjig and found out few thing while I was there. This is not going to be a give away of free info but a constructive puzzle for you to put together and apply it to your fishing in your areas for a winter pattern. This is a winter pattern for sure, one easy clue to start with, if you are interested in learning a little something here Quan is willing to help us out with some things as well, make sure you read his Original Post first !!! there is already a clue or two there for you !! So get a topo map out and google what you need to for visual mapping and lets see if we can learn a little something together here. First question is for Quan, What do you feel is the most important key for the success we had that day? Electronics?

I watched the interview with her, what a remarkable women at age 97, still pinpoint and very sharp !!

Just how many people do you think will be able to relocate on a death star, if this is true, then what happens to the planet Earth once the "correct" people are chosen to occupy the available space on this so called death star?

You did your job, and quite well I might add, as stated above it was I that did not come prepaired, next time though we will put it on them for sure, you did an awesome job !!!! Shimmy, Quan, thanx for the compliment !!!!

HA HA !!! can you imagine all of us rolling up in a big bus lol !!! I can see it now, the doors open as the bus rolls to a stop, the smoke is billowing from the opening, the first one out through the doors says....NAAAAAARRRRRRRLLLYY !!!!! Then the rest of us roll out in a drunken stuper....hiccup !!!! lesss go...let's go ..... hiccup.... fissin !!!

I know Traveler is coming, he has already offered 2 times, Zoff and I talked about doing something like that as well, but the only thing is, my family loves to fish and camp, I would have to have my boat and my camper there, it's 680 miles from my house to the state park, thats roughly 300 in fuel just for the truck, just to get there, then the jeep and then the boat fuel cost's as well, I could talk to them and see if they would be willing to fish with other boaters but I seriously doubt it to be a possibility, but you never know.

That was not a big no no !!!! I had a blast covering the water that day, had we not done that then I would have not met a few of your friends, and I would not have a chance to fish against you in a tourny or two LOL !!!! non of which I would ever use against you by the way. I was so glad to have had the opportunity to see the Res for what she was, you don't know how excited I felt about that place even after I left, I needed that time to just practice, dude, you saw how rusty I was, it was the time we used to talk with one another, there were so many reasons to the good that it far, far, far outweighed the reasons not to do that.

What about our boats ?

I have a plan to do just that, there are many interesting areas up there that I would like to give a chance, I have already started plans for next season and can't wait fish with you again my friend, who knows, the way this winter is going, it may stay mild again, there may just be a weekend in there somewhere !!! PS: I thought you would like the dasies !!! LOL !!!

My 2013 goal is to make the Roadtrip in May. I have made some great friendships this year and I can not wait for next year, it should be a blast !!!!!

I learned something this past weekend fishing with Quanjig at the Res, that is to be prepaired for anything, I thought I had enough to get a couple of nice fish but infact I was way behind the curve, the dropshot should have worked to both of our strengths but the Res was so loaded with shad where we were, we did not really stand a chance for the bigger bite, I left my pointers at home thinking my Rapala DD would get them pretty good, but to no avail, and what else did I leave at home? my spoon, if I would have had that bait with all the shad they were chasing we could have loaded the boat in a hurry, at least I feel like we would have, the water color was perfect along with the little bit of choppy surface, the creek channel we fished had a beautiful bend where we were with a shallow leading up to a good cover area the shad may have been using, the bass were pushing the shad into groups, some were boiling the surface, the DD 100 Quan had, proved to me that there is no better info than right from the source. Be prepaired for anything, it seems that even the locals that fish there a lot were surprised by the amount of bait fish the bass had pushed into this one general area, eventhough there were some really nice fish caught by these guys who know their waters, there was so much left on the table for me as to "what if". Looking back now actually helps me prepair for the future and next time outings with friends, so be prepaired for anything when you go, you might just have the best day ever !!!

It's not just a consideration RW, I can't speak for the rest of the group, there have been a couple of conversations of who is going and what we can do to make this happen, I am working two jobs to try and save enough money to get there and have some fun with you guy's, it has to be a an absolute blast I am sure, for me, meeting you would be a real treat and one I would value for a long time to come. I had seen some of the vids from past Road trips and can't help but wanting to be a part of that, the friendships and the fun you guys had looks awesome, if not this year I hope next year but we will see, so if I don't make it I hope you all have an absolute best trip ever and I look forward to seeing the end results, I may be a last minute entry if the opportunity should present itself, however I will continue to work hard to see you all in May.

Ok it's 5 to 4 with the Potomac out front, 2 votes for the Res and 2 votes for the Chick. It's getting close so if you want to have a great time in your favorite area you need to make your votes count so get em in now before the last day of December !!!! This year has been an awesome year !!! Even though I did not get to fish that much, the meet and greet has opened a few doors to help make some new friends and fish with some really great people, I can't tell you how much fun it is getting to know all of you. Traveler, it has been a blessing to be able to spend some time with you, I wish we would have had more time on the water at Anna and caught a few more fish back in that cove, but what a memory seeing you use a spinner as a top water bait. Zoff, I have to say I can not remember having a better time meeting family, you opened your home to me and I felt humbled to be there, the fishing was a fantastic part of the day but your family made the whole trip worth every mile driven and thats one trip I will never forget. Quan, I can tell you this, you have made the last trip out this year a really great trip, I have not met anyone who knows his home waters as intimately as you do, and then to turn right around and let someone in on all of that knowlage was really special, after watching you put that knowlage to work and showing the confidence you had, you came up with some really great fish in there and to see that plan put to work was awesome !!! I can not wait for the next trip with any of you, there are already future plans in the works for next year with a couple of my new friends and I hope this next meet and greet will open the same doors for you all as it did for me, it's really a great time and I for one hope all of you can bring your families and enjoy it with us !!!!

I have a tent, if you want you can use that and stay with us on our site, or if you have a tent you will be more than welcome to pitch it on our site.

To the rest, Thanx for the compliments and comments, it's been a great time this year meeting all of you and fishing with you as well, I look forward to meeting more of you and hopefully fishing with you and I hope I can return the favor some day.

Quan, Thanx for a really great day !!! My favorite part was getting to know you guy's there at the res, really great people and I was glad to meet all of them, I look forward to the next time, maybe they might know me by then and not as "the new guy" LOL !!!! You are a wealth of knowlage about that special little place and hopefully I am a little more prepaired for the next trip, I think however I may use the seat instead of trying to stand up since I almost took a swim a few times, lol !!! I don't know that I broke or damaged anything, at least I did not see anything, I tried to avoid it at all costs, especially from that last little spill, but if I did please let me know and I will make it right. Thanx a ton for the use of the bait, I feel if I would have put my rod in the water I may have got down deeper and we would have been more successful as a team, I could have taken advantage of some of that knowlage and put it to work for both of us. Had the water had just a touch more clearity I think the chug may have been a little more productive, but I learned so much about that place it was unreal. You sir are one class act and I can not wait for the next time to come visit and hopefully another chance to fish with you as well. I had a really great time fishing with you and getting to know you as a friend, and thanx for letting me hold one of your fish LOL !!!

Either way, both are high quality jigs for high quality fish imo, looks like you just prooved it right there !!!! Nice job and nice fish !!!!!

Quan, I am super excited and can not wait for morning to get here, your feedback has ment a lot to a good amount of anglers and I for one have enjoyed reading and taking advantage of a lot of the things you have had to say on this forum. Tomorrow should be an interesting day and a day I am sure I will not forget, this will be a new experience and a new body of water and a great opportunity to expand and learn. I can not thank you enough for the chance to get on the waters you fish and have some fun !!!! See you in the morning sir !!!

Thanx also to FR for the site !!!! All this talk is making me excited to go home and cook something !!!!

I fry it first in a cast iron skillet then layer it in the duch oven with the rest of the ingredients.

When I cook my mountain man breakfast in a dutch oven, I add in a layer of Scrapple and cook it just as you posted.

If you get the supermaket brand I would suggest trying to find, and I am not sure if this is spelled correctly but, "gunno's" brand, it's got excellent flavor. The brick will be gray in color, when you slice it make sure the knife is very sharp, other wise it will crumble apart, also as you fry it, wait until it gets a nice crispy texture on one side before you flip it over, just enough to crisp it is really all you need, add a little salt and pepper and its good to go.