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[BassNJake]

1 hour ago, 12poundbass said:

Funny story about that guy. When the video first came out years ago a local radio morning show that’s syndicated across the country (Free Beer and Hotwings) sent their producer from Grand Rapids,Mi to California in a $800 POS minivan to pick this guy up. He agreed and they rode around for a few days. It was pretty funny, the guy has burnt himself out on the cabbage that’s for sure.

Well thanks to @slonezp , everytime you post something I'm gonna read it in that guys voice.

 

What does this meeeeen?

[12poundbass]

4 hours ago, J Francho said:

The devil's lettuce.  LOL.

 

The view from my deck.

That’s what it is. I was close. I’m a little behind on my Mary Jane lingo. ?

[Bluebasser86]

All the high water we've had and standing water in our yard all spring, we've got tiny toads, frogs, and tree frogs EVERYWHERE right now. The boys love it.

[Tim Kelly]

Last week I had my first bass fishing trip since last October. I went to Spain with two friends and we spent the week chasing little green fish and supplementing them with a bit of zander (walleye) fishing as a little light relief. The bass fishing was tough. We had one day when we caught a 17lb limit, with about 4 other keepers, but otherwise it was 2-3 fish days or blanks. Not sure what was going on as previous trips have been much more successful. I think the fish were clearly post spawn, as the better fish were very thin and baggy and beaten up, we had a couple of fry guarders too. This is late for this lake to still be post spawn. I've been in May before and they've been further along.

 

The offshore bite was very difficult to find and the fish catches felt random most days and nothing we could pattern or repeat. The 17lb day was great though. We found them shallow, there was a little line of weed round some otherwise barren main lake creeks and senkos chucked along the edges or brush hogs pitched into the light mats got bit regularly. Unfortunately they were dropping the lake the whole time we were there and even by later in the day, the weed had lost enough water under it to appear to be devoid of bass.

 

The day after the weed fish I started getting bites on a jerkbait, which had been roundly ignored for the rest of the week before. No idea what that was all about, but I was grateful for the 3-10 that grabbed it and the other dinks that showed their appreciation. 

 

Stats for the week were best bass 4-11 and 4-00, best zander were around 8-00. The zander were a fairly predictable bite, so after we'd had our brains bashed in by the bass we retreated to a bit of zandering to remind ourselves what a bite felt like, and it was good. ?

 

We had a spectacularly fun week. The sun was hot, the beer was cold, the company were hilarious, oh and Iberia Airlines suck. They managed to lose 2 out of 3 rod tubes on the way out and never got them to us all week. We collected them from the airport on the way back and they managed to forget to put 2 out of 3 rod tubes on the return flight too. Astonishing. We split the remaining rods and borrowed some for the week and got by, but it was irritating after all the planning and scheming you put into preparing for your rare bass fishing trips. I'd do it all again tomorrow. 

 

 

 

 

[slonezp]

19 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

All the high water we've had and standing water in our yard all spring, we've got tiny toads, frogs, and tree frogs EVERYWHERE right now. The boys love it.

You sound as excited about your find as the contestants on Naked and Afraid

[flyfisher]

Just a pork butt i made for the wife's potluck at work....

 

 

[slonezp]

Big fish from Saturday

 

 

[12poundbass]

33 minutes ago, flyfisher said:

Just a pork butt i made for the wife's potluck at work....

 

 

Do you use ‘bear claws’ when you pull/shred the pork? I have a pair and they work pretty good.

[Way north bass guy]

8 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

Do you use ‘bear claws’ when you pull/shred the pork? I have a pair and they work pretty good.

A kitchen-aid mixer on low works real well also. Just drop it in and turn it on. Takes about 30 seconds! 

[flyfisher]

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Do you use ‘bear claws’ when you pull/shred the pork? I have a pair and they work pretty good.

I have but i find hand pulling does a better job and allows me to pick out the fatty pieces that may not have rendered.

2 hours ago, Way north bass guy said:

A kitchen-aid mixer on low works real well also. Just drop it in and turn it on. Takes about 30 seconds! 

I haven't used it on pork but that is what i do when i make shredded chicken, well not the kitchen aid just a hand mixer but the kitchen aid is a better idea.  Which attachment do you use?

[Bluebasser86]

6 hours ago, slonezp said:

You sound as excited about your find as the contestants on Naked and Afraid

It was fun walking the boys around the yard finding them. I was fully clothed though. Pretty sure if I was walking around the yard naked it would be my neighbors who were afraid. 

[Way north bass guy]

8 hours ago, flyfisher said:

 Which attachment do you use?

Just the standard mixing paddle works well for me. 

[Harold Scoggins]

On ‎6‎/‎24‎/‎2019 at 11:32 AM, J Francho said:

The devil's lettuce.  LOL.

 

The view from my deck.

Fire that grill up and ice down that beer!

[J Francho]

3 minutes ago, Harold Scoggins said:

Fire that grill up and ice down that beer!

If you look carefully, the chimney starter is smoking.  There may have been a Genny Light in my hand, off camera

[senile1]

This is a pic from our trip to Banff National Park in Canada last August.  This was the view of Peyto Lake and surrounding mountains about two-thirds of the way up the Peyto Lake/Bow Pass trail.

[J Francho]

New phone came yesterday.  Love it.

 

[Harold Scoggins]

In 1974, Ramesses II was issued an Egyptian passport so his mummy could travel to Paris, France for restoration work.

[senile1]

2 minutes ago, Harold Scoggins said:

In 1974, Ramesses II was issued an Egyptian passport so his mummy could travel to Paris, France for restoration work.

 

Because you posted this I had to go research it.  Very funny and interesting.

[12poundbass]

48 minutes ago, Harold Scoggins said:

In 1974, Ramesses II was issued an Egyptian passport so his mummy could travel to Paris, France for restoration work.

I especially like they put the date of birth on there, 1303 BC. ?

[12poundbass]

58 minutes ago, senile1 said:

 

Because you posted this I had to go research it.  Very funny and interesting.

I did too. This guy had over 200 wives (one is plenty for me) and over 160 children (busy guy)!

[12poundbass]

The wife sent me this.

[Way north bass guy]

5 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

The wife sent me this.

I wonder where he would mount the new 360 mega transducer on that rig. Probably just hang it off the tail I guess. 

[12poundbass]

1 hour ago, Way north bass guy said:

I wonder where he would mount the new 360 mega transducer on that rig. Probably just hang it off the tail I guess. 

I was thinking just under the horn

[Tim Kelly]

Dogs had a day out after my Spanish trip. First outing of the new season for them. I think they were engaged.

[12poundbass]

It’s hard to believe that 9 years ago today at 11:50 our son was born 9 weeks early via emergency c-section at 4lbs 8oz and spent 52 days in the NICU. From monitors, IV’s, and tubes to a happy go lucky kid who can give us a run for our money. The sayings are very cliche but true, they do grow up fast, We are going to miss this, and we’re trying not to blink. Happy birthday to 6poundbass!