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Subject: #2109: Jointed Pikie
Submitted by Jack Brannon (63.117.4.176) from WEST VIRGINIA on 7/02/04 08:40:06 am:
Does anyone have the name and address of a company that still carries the Jointed Pikie casting plug ? They used to make it in both wood and plastic, with wood being the best. Thanks
Hi Jack,,It's been a while,,,Creek Chub makes that lure,,Ebay has a lot of them
Hi ablecross ! Long time, no see ! Thanks for letting me know about the Jointed Pikie Lure. I have one left that isn't chewed to pieces, and the last few times I have been in Wall Mart, they didn't even know what I was talking about.
Have you ever used this bait ? I guess I use it more than any other single lure I have in my possession. I have caught everything from Bass to Musky with it. It is equally good on either a fast or slow retrieve, with my favorite being a slow or medium retrieve. It acts as a crippled chub.In fact, that was what I was trying to duplicate when I wound up making the " River Giant " out of that Balsa Log that time.
By the way, I just got back from a trip to Wisconsin which was a waste. They were in a drought until I went up, then it rained 9 inches in a few hours around FonduLac . The Wolf River was so high that the DNR wouldn't allow boats on it, and they wouldn't allow any speed faster than no wake on the lakes, so didn't get to do any fishing other than Lake Michigan. But I had a nice visit with my daughter, who lives in the Waupaca area, and a son who lives in Milwaukee.
But I made up for it when I fished Lake Michigan.I caught so many huge walleyes that the level of the lake dropped so drastically the Ore Boats coming from Iron Mountain, Michigan were stranded on bottom. I don't know if they will unload the boats, or wait until the walleyes replenish themselves to again raise the water level. See Ya
Hi ablecross ! Long time, no see ! Thanks for letting me know about the Jointed Pikie Lure. I have one left that isn't chewed to pieces, and the last few times I have been in Wall Mart, they didn't even know what I was talking about.
Have you ever used this bait ? I guess I use it more than any other single lure I have in my possession. I have caught everything from Bass to Musky with it. It is equally good on either a fast or slow retrieve, with my favorite being a slow or medium retrieve. It acts as a crippled chub.In fact, that was what I was trying to duplicate when I wound up making the " River Giant " out of that Balsa Log that time.
By the way, I just got back from a trip to Wisconsin which was a waste. They were in a drought until I went up, then it rained 9 inches in a few hours around FonduLac . The Wolf River was so high that the DNR wouldn't allow boats on it, and they wouldn't allow any speed faster than no wake on the lakes, so didn't get to do any fishing other than Lake Michigan. But I had a nice visit with my daughter, who lives in the Waupaca area, and a son who lives in Milwaukee.
But I made up for it when I fished Lake Michigan.I caught so many huge walleyes that the level of the lake dropped so drastically the Ore Boats coming from Iron Mountain, Michigan were stranded on bottom. I don't know if they will unload the boats, or wait until the walleyes replenish themselves to again raise the water level. See Ya
Hi Jack,,,I have a Sister and alot of relatives that live in Milwaukee.Went there just once,,,did'nt get a chance to fish,,to bad about the ore boats,,If I get back there someday to do some fishing,,I'll be sure not to mention your name,,that way they may let me fish for awhile,,I have a few of those jointd pikies,,,I have'nt fished with them for a long time though,,I tend to use mostly rubber worms,,though lately I've been haveing alot of trouble getting enough truck tires to melt down to make them
I lived in the northern part of Wisconsin for several years, near a little town called Pound. We lived 20 road miles from Marinette,Wi / Menominee, Mi. I really loved it there, but my wife started getting sick so much from the extreme cold, so I decided to move back south where the weather was more moderate. I had some good times hunting and fishing while there. I bear hunted quite a bit,too.
I can remember dipping smelt during the runs, and the old timers eating the first smelt raw for good luck. The first time I saw this, I almost flipped. But after a few years of seeing it done, it didn't even cause raised eyebrows.
I well remember the great brook trout we could catch in streams that one could step across. And during the Mayfly hatch, the big German brown Trout were so thick on the rivers that some would actually splash a person while they were flyfishing. I had lots of fun catching them on a flyrod.
Yes, I miss Wisconsin, but there's no way I could ever move back and endanger my wife of 40 years.
Yeah,,,the weather in Wisconsin can be a little rough,,,but Vermont is a whole lot rougher,,,it never used to bother me much,,,but now that I'm getting on in years,,it's realy starting to get to me,,,if it wer'nt for the good fishing,,I'd sell out,,pack up,,,and move to a warmer climate,,,maybe I'll think about West Virginia,,,Is there enough room for two fishermen like us to live in the same state? Far be it from me to tread on another man fishing grounds...
The winter weather down here is so much milder than it was in Wisconsin. And the fishing isn't bad either, especially if one likes to catch really big fish. The only thing we don't have much of here is ice fishing. It just doesn't get cold enough for it.
The second year we after we moved back the boys came home from school one Friday evening excited because they had heard that they were going to open up the ponds in a state park near home for ice fishing. We got up early on Saturday morning and drove several miles to go ice fishing, the first since moving back. When we got there we found the Park Ranger had cut about 10 foot by 3 foot holes in every one of the ponds, and people were standing elbow to elbow fishing . I guess they thought that was the way it was supposed to be done. Needless to say, we did not fish that day.
There is plenty of room for another great fisherman.There aren't very many fisherman who can catch the big fish that we can, so there are lots of them around.And if you get tired of a fish diet, there are plenty of nice fat possums running around. Heck, if you don't mind a little extra driving, a feller can most always find a few road kills on any given night of the week.
I never get tired of a fish diet,as far as road kill goes,,,the only road I ever had when I was growing up was killed by a horse and wagon.If I ever do get down that way,maybe we could get together and fish some tournaments,as long as they don't find out who we are.
Now there is something you should try. The thing that makes this entree' so unique is the fact that it is tenderized before it is skinned, and while still warm. Around these curves, a deer is usually hit at least a half dozen times before it is finally scraped off the highway. Now there is no way you can make venison more tender than that.Why, about all a feller has to do is split the deer down the middle and shake him out of his hide.It sure makes for some scrumptious eatin.
As for the Bass Tournaments, I'm afraid I would have to stay clear of the lakes around here. They have barred me from all the lakes because when I go fishing I catch so many fish the water level drops so suddenly that all the boats are grounded and their motors burn up. But maybe I could wear a disguise and fish with a bare hook. That way I shouldn't catch so many fish that they would be able to recognize me. It might be worth a try, anyway.
I've had my share of road kill deer burgers,,only the road I live on,their only hit once,,usally by an 18 wheeler,that's about as tender as you can get.As far as a disguise goes,,I could have my Aunt Gizoon rip the beard off of my Uncle Naybob and bring that down to you,,of course you may have to de-louse it first,,heh heh,,Uncle Naybob aint to fond of gettin wet.
I'll bet those semi-burgers are really tender. I've never had one because the roads are so crooked here that semi's can't make it around the curves. One tried it once and the trailer bent in a perfect circle. The state conficated it and took it to Charleston so they could have their very own oval office.
I sure wish it was fleas instead of lice in your Uncle Naybob's beard because I have had some experience in de-fleaing myself. Whenever I spend too much time coon hunting with my hound dogs I seem to acquire a crop of fleas, so I just get some moonshine and sand, and go to work.What I do is pour the moonshine all over my head, wait a minute, and then dribble a little sand in my hair. The fleas get drunk and kill each other in a rock fight.Works everytime.
Hi Jack,been away,,I'm back now..I tried that remedee once,,come to find out,,the fleas love it,,they had a brawl,no one got killt,,but it burned all the hair off my head,,now I suffer from male pattern baldness..
I, too, am suffering from male baldness, but mine is caused from some high potency vitamins my wife ordered from a mail order house. They really worked too because they caused me to start growing again, and I grew right through the top of my hair.
Hi Jack,,Just thought I'd pass this on to you..It's a de-fleaing formala that's been in our family for many a generation,,My Aunt Gizzoon has refined it over the years..the outside world has never seen this formala,,,but since you have shared a few of your fishing secrets with me,,I thought it was only fare that I share this with you,,1-part=1 gal. Please don't write this down,,just memorize it...1 part kerosine,,1 part gun powder,,3 parts corn squeezins,,1 part turpintine,,1 part lye,,1 part cyanne pepper,,2 parts hops,,1 part barley,,and last but not least,,2 parts ipacat,,mix out of doors,,don't mix near sparks or flames,,,take 1 table spoon of formala,,mix with 1 part water,,,wash infected area,,garnteed to kill fleas,,lice,,nits,nats,,crabs and any other kritter that may be living on ya,,,the remainder of the formala may be served at weddings,,birthdays and the likes,,,good luck,,,ablecross
I simply could not believe my eyes when I read your de-fleaing formula. Exceptin for the dozen or so plugs of Brown's Mule chewin tabacky we puts in it, it is the same recipe we use for the punch we serve at all our square dances. That must be why we start off square dancin, then wind up oblong and oval dancin.Heck, sometimes we even do the Armadiller craw.But I don't think anyone here will want to waste good squaredance punch on cooties.They will probably keep right on soakin their heads in the drip gas tanks that are connected to all the oil wells hereabouts.
Hi Jack,,,I told my Aunt Gizoon what you said about your square dancin punch being the same as her de fleaing formala septin for a little tabaca,,she's a madder than bees nest sittin in a puddle of water,last I heard ,,she was a headin for West Verginy,with an ax in one hand an a jug of shine in the other,just a sputerin and a spittin and a mumblin Jack ,,Jack,I'll give him some square dancin punch's he won't soon forget,,,sorry Jack,,I did'nt think she would get so mad,,,,
I'll serenade Gizoon with my lovely Basoon which might calm her down until I can get out of town. I am at a loss,as I say this ablecross, but your Aunt Gizoon doth make me swoon.I hate to leave and perhaps later grieve, but it is better to make tracks than be killed by her axe.
I believe you just might pull it off Jack Brannon,,,Aunt Gizoon is a sucker for serenaden,,break out some square dancin punch and follow up with a picnic lunch,,,a quick tune on your bazoon and I think you'll have Aunt Gizoon
I'm all set, ablecross. I have some candles I made out of road kill possum fat and a washtub of Square dancin punch ready. Now all I have to do is travel the late night roads for a fresh road kill deer for the main course and Aunt Gizoon and I will have us a banquet. I know it's a little late to ask questions concerning Gizoon's anatomy features, but just how big is she ? Can I hug her all at once, or do I have to hug her in sections ?Not that it makes any great difference, but her size will determine how much punch I can drink. If I have to get up and hug her in sections, I won't be able to drink very much because after drinking a snootful of my punch, a feller can only go in one direction and that bent over at the waist with his hands dragging the ground. It purely paralyzes the upper torso.
My Aunt Gizoon's a portly woman,with hair the color of Paul Newmans,I don't know if you can hug her all at once tho,She's about the size of Marland Brando,She has Bette Davis eyes,Roseanes thighs,with a few jugs of square dancin punch,a nice road kill lunch,if you offer her a back rub,you may just get her into your washtub,from there on out,your on your own Jack Brannon
Now let's get this straight! Gizoon has Paul Newman's hair,the torso of Marlon Brando, Bette Davis' eyes and Roseanne's thighs. I don't know, ablecross. I'm afraid I wouldn't know if I was dating Gizoon or going to the movies. Do you have any other relations without all the alluring features ?
THAT SUCKED U NEED PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!
I AGREE WITH RTYSHJJTJTUJ U NEED WAY MORE FUCKIN PICTURES OF THE BASS SO U CAN PROVE IT!!!!!!!
Here is a good example of the error our states made when they abolished our state asylums. Now these poor inbred idiots that are born mindless and raised as imbeciles are allowed to have access to computers where they can show the world just how badly some of our genes have deteriorated. Don't you think there should be a law against them associating with human beings ?
Here is a good example of the error our states made when they abolished our state asylums. Now these poor inbred idiots that are born mindless and raised as imbeciles are allowed to have access to computers where they can show the world just how badly some of our genes have deteriorated. Don't you think there should be a law against them associating with human beings ?
Hi Jack,,,Have'nt been on or here for awhile..I have to agree with ya on this one Jack..If they ever bring back the Asylums,,I would go back to work as a keeper of the gate,,,just so I could have access to people like this.This idiot would never see the light of day as long as I was on watch.People like these Idiots give states like Louisiana and Kansas a bad rep..These two come from a line of inbreds that go back many,,many generations,,,how they ever learned to use a computer,,no one will ever know,,it's for damm sure that no one in their immediate family showed them how..they came from the shallow end of the gene pool is right,Jack,actualy,,this gene pool should be drained and filled in,,there's no way these people should be allowed to reproduce,,this line of idiots should be terminated,,You know,Jack, it's alright to be stupid,,,but these people should permits,,,your right,,,there should be a law,,,,
and I cannot, for the life of me, see where they get enjoyment out of just being nasty.They have to be adolescents that will never reach puberty.I guess their reproduction organs are non-existent, so they try and make people believe they are normal by acting like jerks.It must reall take all kinds to make a world,eh?
Your right Jack,,It dose take all kinds to make a world,,but that don't give them the right to intrude into our world and onto this site and spread their nasty s*** around here.Lets hope their reprduction organs "are" non-existent,,maybe they'll become exstinct,,all we can do is hope.On a lighter note,,,I have an Aunt Corie who's looking for a Bass fishing partner...
How does Aunt Corie compare to Gizoon? If she suits me I can sing her a song and accompany it with my Bassoon.I have already made up the song.It goes like this:
I've got Corie,Corie,Corie,Corie
down in my heart,down in my heart,down in my heart
I've got Corie,Corie,Corie,Corie
down in my heart,down in my heart todayyyy.
Do you think she will ike it?
Aunt Corie is the complete opposite of Aunt Gizoon,,,you could say She's a striking woman,,and if you get out of line with her,,she'll show you just how striking she can be,,,ya know Jack,,,you may be one of the best Bass fisherman that I know,,,,but pleeease ,,stick to Bass fishin,,,as a song writer,,,you leave something to be desired,,,of course,,I've never heard you sing,,or play the Bazoon,,so there may be something to it,,,
Gee, I don't know ablecross.I had a blind date with a girl once that everyone told me was smashing and I found out later that she was indeed that.She smashed my nose all over my face when I tried to steal a little kiss.So I believe I had better pass on your" Striking"Aunt Corie.
I had better warn you that I have written several hit songs here in my neck of the woods.My first big hit was called "Get off that cookstove Grandma, You're too old to be riding the range," followed by "I've been so lonely in the saddle since my horse ran away."Then I wrote the lovesong "She rolled her big blue eyeball at me before I picked them up and rolled them back." You can expect one or more of my hits to be played at any of our community get togethers such as sheep shearings and public hangings.
Well Jack,,I'll break the news to Aunt Corie,,I'm sure She'll be sadden,,but She'll get over it,,On the other hand,,those sound like some real good tunes,,if you have any of them on vynel, I'd like a copy,,I aint much on song writein,,but I have pened a few books in my time,,,like,,"20 yards to the outhouse,,By Willy Mayket" "The Yellow Stream,,By I.P.Daily" there's a few more,,but my memory fails me right now,,,
I writ a book onest called Baul Punyon.It was about this tiny woodman who lived in WV.He made his living by cutting firewood for people.He was only 6 inches tall,so didn't make very much money at his trade.And to add to Baul's misery,he had to worry about keeping his ailing mother,who was only about 4 inches tall.
He was at his wits end when he thought of putting sulphur on the end of small sticks to use to kindle fires with.He couldn't think of a name for his product until his mother made the statement that all the sticks matched.So he called them matches.
I had better not tell you more of the story because then you won't buy the book when I get it done.
I don't know Jack,,,seems to me ,,when I was a young snot,,no bigger than knee high to a goat,,I kinda remember readin about such a fella hear abouts in Vermont..not that much bigger than the fella you described,,he had a prety good size blue mouse that he used to haul the "logs" out of the woods with,,,he had the same idea about puttin sulfur on the end of his "logs",,,his mother also came up with the idea of callin em matches,,and the people hear abouts started buyin em up like crazy,,,so much so,,,that he could'nt keep up with supply and demand,,but as luck would have it,,,Gaul,,,that was his name,,,Gaul Dunyon,,,Gaul did his loggin right next to a sulfur mine,,,one day he had this bright idea,,he figered he'd put the sulfur on the logs right there in the woods,,then he would drag em out,,,saved alot of time in the beginin,,until that is,,one day one of the "logs" struck a stone,,,fired up,,,well needless to say,,,old Gaul and big Blue never made it out of the woods,,,the fire made it's way back to the sulfur mine,,,and when that mine went off,,,it took out the whole town and nearly all the mountain side where Gaul was doin his loggin,,,It's now known as Bald Mountain,,
But I do believe he had a cousin that he referred to sometimes as Gaul.Perhaps you had his cousin in Vermont.
Baul never had a blue mouse that I remember. But he did have a pink fairy diddle that he used as a skidder sometimes. But Baul was too smart to put the sulphur on his matches before he got them back to his match factory.He allowed the matches were bound to scrape on the rocks hereabouts, being as how the ground is so hilly and rough.
The only time Baul ever had a fire in his match factory was no fault of his own.He had one of the first sprinkler systems ever, and it was set to go off at the sight of fire, and not by the heat.
One night, on his night shift, a swarm of fireflies invaded his factory and set off the sprinkler system, which in turn shorted out the electricity lines he used to run his matchmaking machines with.Since electrical fires cannot be extinguished by water, his plant just kept burning until the sulphur got so hot that it, too, exploded, killing both Baul and his pink fairy diddle.
His poor old little 4 inch tall mother pined away and eventually died of a broken heart. At least they thought it was a broken heart, but how can anyone be sure when her heart was only the size of a small grain of rice.She might have died of old age because she used to brag about taking a boat ride with a man who called himself Amerigo.
That was the ending of my story, so now you know all about it.
Hi Jack,,,been away visiting friends and relatives,,most of whom are out of state,,,had a little trouble finding the site,,,anyway,,,just wanted to wish you and yours a very wounderful Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year,,the best to you and yours,,,,ablecross
Hi Jack,,,can't seem to find the page with all of our fishing adventures,,what happen?
Found it,,,my computer was haveing a brain cramp,,,
since season came in the 22 of Nov. Haven't done as well as usual since the mast crop was almost non-existent this year. The deer were all scattered, mainly in farmers' feedlots looking for food.But we did get a couple nice bucks and one of the biggest does I think I have seen here.She field dressed out at 177 pounds.A couple of my boys are coming in tomorrow for a hunt, so hopefully we will get another nice buck or two.
So far, I have about 40 pounds of ground venison,plus the steaks and roasts.I will make jerkey out of some of the ground.This serves rather nicely as a snack when I go for some of the giant Bass next summer.It gives me energy to land the big ones.You know? The 6 and 7 footers?
Sounds like a pretty good season,,,ours was'nt so good ,,,the kill was way down,,,now the fish and game wants to put a limit of one buck per season,,,bow,regular rifle,and black powder combined,,,and no less than three points
Our statewide harvest has also been down, but I believe it is due to people not willing to work a little extra for their deer.The places one found deer last year isn't necessarily where they are this year because of the lack of mast, and so many hunters have taken to hunting from 4-wheelers that they don't want to park them in lieu of getting a deer.The law that states that one cannot have a loaded firearm on a motor vehicle doesn't seem to bother them.Every year there are so many reports in the newspaper where the DNR officials have issued tickets for this, and the people still do it.I should think even retards would soon learn.
We jumped a total of 13 deer on drives today but we didn't get any decent shots. The deer are sure wild after 2 weeks of hunting pressure.And they won't come out of the brush to offer a shot.But we have enough to get by if we limit our cook-outs this summer.
I still have a week of doe season next week, and a week of primitive weapon season the following week, so should get at least another doe.
Santa came to me early this year with a new 50 cal. inline Frontier muzzleloader. It is the magnum version and can take up to a 150 grain powder charge,not that I will ever shoot that much in it.According to the ballistics,a 100 grain charge is all I will ever have to shoot,using the 240 grain Sabot loads. It still beats my old CVA 50 cal. that I had to shoot round balls in for accuracy.And by removing the block, it is so much easier to clean.
I bought a box of 295 grain PowerBelt Bullets and will try them also.They don't fit in a plastic insert as does the Sabots,therefore are not supposed to fowl the barrel as much.I'll let you know how it shoots.
Hi Jack,,,we also have a problem with idiots on four wheelers,,,they do the same up here,,ride around all day,,the only time they get off is to use the bathroom,,must be the beer,,because I find all types of beer cans in the woods where I hunt,,,one guy backed right up to my stand and pulled it down and draged it about a 100 yards,,I think if there were bigger fines for these idiots and a loss of hunting and fishing privalages for a few years,,maybe things would change,,good luck on your hunt
There is only about 500 total acres of public hunting in the county where I live. I own some acreage that I hunt on.Most of the time I don't say anything when someone comes on my property, but when they can't hunt without a 4 wheeler under them, then they are not welcome to hunt here.If they are too lazy to hunt right, then they had better stay off this property.
I have this property posted because when I first bought it I was still working in Ohio. I came down for deer season one year with my youngest son, who was about 15 at the time.I found "no trespassing" signs on all my boundaries, and when we climbed the hill to hunt, this joker tried to make us leave.Needless to say we did not leave, but he sure did.And when I told him I didn't want to catch him on the property again, he wanted to know why I was so upset.Can you believe an idiot like that? So ever since that day I have had it posted. But it is mainly for this asinine joker who had it posted.
Now that I have retired and moved onto the property, I can watch it a lot closer, which makes it so much better.
I hear ya Jack,,,we have a few of those type of idiots in Vermont too,,,I see them in the woods,,on the lakes,,at the boat ramps,,,I try not to pi*# them off,,,because now days,,they come back with a gun and shoot you,,,I don't know if you heard about the Asian guy who killed all those hunters in Wisconsin,,but that's what I'm talking about,,,,alot of people just can't seem to enjoy the world around them,,they can't seem to live and let live,,,they seem to get more pleasure out of being rude and nasty to people,,like a few of the idiots we've had visit this site,,,they have to put their two cents worth of vulgarity,,"hope that's right" onto our site so they can have something to laugh at in their meaningless lives,,,
Yes, ablecross,I agree we have enough idiots being born in this country without going to S.East Asia to get more.But after WW11 there weren't enough crime syndicates in the United States so we had to allow the cosa nostra to set up shop. Then we decided we had to have some different mobs to round out our crime families, so we allowed the Vietnam mafia,Thai mafia,Laos mafia and Cambodia mafia to also set up shop.Then somewhere along the line we also inherited the Chinese and Phillipine mafias too.God only knows how many other branches are operating in this country besides the ones named.Now I want to ask you. Is there any wonder we have so much crime here? And so many idiots?
I hear ya Jack,,,This is the greatest country on the planet,,,the only fault we have,,we open our borders to every crackpot out there from every little piss ant country there is,,,that's why we were attacked on 9-11,,we let these people in,,,train them,,educate them,,what do we get in return,,,death and destruction,,,more gangbangers than we can keep track of,,,bleeding heart liberals that wory about the criminals rights instead of the victims,,,the courts and justice system in this country is a joke,,,the luxury hotles we call prisons are so over crowded we turn criminals loose befor their time is up,,,they get better treatment than our elderly do,,,we house them,feed them,let them play on computers all day,or weights,,sit around play cards,drink coffee,,all at our expence,,,while our elderly get put in nurseing homes that neglet and abuse them at their expence,,well,, got to quit now befor I work myself into a tizzy
to have ever gotten such a toehold here in this country. Our protective systems, such as the FBI, CIA and DEA had to have been completely asleep to have allowed this to happen. I realize the DEA wasn't in effect then, but it certainly is now.And if they can follow a telephone conversation all over the world, then I say they could completely eliminate the Costra Nostra's of this country if they so wished. But it makes me wonder just how many of our so called "social elite" are involved and getting richer from it.
I hear ya Jack,,,certain people are getting rich from all the thugs in this country,,but I don't think there's much you and I can do about it,,,so,, enough "politiks"and a little more fishing,,,I tried to buy enough 1/4 inch plastic coated cable to spool up my tipups to do a little ice fishing,,,but no one keeps that amount on hand,,,it has to be 1/4 inch to handle the 4 foot hooks that I use when I ice fish,,,don't want to go to big,,you know,,being winter an all,,I can only cut so big a hole,,,guese I'm getting on in years,,I was wondering where you bought yours,,if you had any extra,,I'd be willing to buy it from ya,,,
I'm sorry, ablecross, but I can't find plastic coated cable in the 1/4 inch size here.Nobody carries it because it is too small.I just use the regular 3/4 winch cable. But the fish I usually catch are so big they never notice the cable anyway. To their huge eyes, it probably looks as small as thread.
It has gotten so hard for me to find enough dynamite to "drill" my holes with that I have just about given up ice fishing. Those terrorists sure messed up my fishing big time.Now it is hard for me to find dynamite at all.
I usually drill about a dozen holes about 10 yards apart on a lake, then run 2 or 3 sticks of dynamite down the holes. I then pile snow and slush up around the holes, leaving one side open. That way, when the dynamite goes off, it will throw all the ice up on the lake toward the side I left open. I learned to do this when I wore out my D9 cat dozer plowing the ice away from my ice fishing holes.But I still miss my dozer when I get a nice Bass on. I have to fight the fish by hand now, whereas I used to just hook the winch cable to it and winch it out.Where it used to only take me 30 minutes to winch a fish out with the dozer, it now takes me about a week by hand. That is why I don't ice fish as much anymore.It is too time consuming.
I don't ice fish that much either,,,that's why I wanted the small cable,,,I just want a few small fish for a family fry,,,that's why the small hooks too,,,besides,,,cutting a hole the size of a football field does'nt appeal to me either,,,that was ok when I was a kid,,I guess we'er both getting on in years,,,
Yes ablecross, I will have to admit I have slowed down these last 70 or so years.The first 70 weren't so bad because I was still in pretty good shape, but after my car accident, at age 72, things have been a little harder for me.
My family and friends tried to talk me out of entering in the West Virginia 25, an annual car race that takes place here every Groundhogs' Day.The race course is only 25 miles long, but it is a rather rough 25 miles. It usually takes about 3 days to run it, what with all the cliffs and hollers to maneuver over. There is one bad stretch called The Devils Teatable that we have to completely dis-assemble our cars and carry it through piece by piece.That is where I had my accident. Another driver let a transmission slip out of his hands and it came down the holler and hit me.So I guess I will have to do as you and start catching those little scrawny 20 pound Bass now.
Can't life be cruel?
Well, I may not be as old as you are Jack,,but I figure the way things are going,,I'll catch up with you in about ten years,,,I don't enter races or anything like that,,but I do watch them on TV,,that can be pretty exausting sometimes,,what with running to the fridge for beer and all,,,yeah..I've sort of settled into catchting those small fish too,,but now I carry a torch in my boat,,,just in case I hook into a big one,,,I can cut the cable,,,just have to be careful around the gas tank,,
I, too, had to start using the little puny 50 pound test line that Cabella sells. This was a mutual decision made by both my wife and I when I blew up my third boat while torching the cable to let another giant bass loose. It was either swallow my pride and start using lighter line, or there was to be no more boats in my driveway. But don't think for a minute I let my wife completely cower me. I can say "yes dear" in about as mean a voice as you have ever heard.
Hi Jack,,,been gone for a spell,,had some hard times,,still don't have both feet on the ground,,wanted to say HI,, ablecross
didn't hurt your casting arm. It wouldn't take too much of the wrong "hard times" to get a fellow down to where he couldn't fight the big bass we catch. Back in 1997 I fell and broke my left arm, my left foot and 3 vertabrae in my back. I still haven't been able to fight the big ones to a standstill anymore. If it wasn't for the loading boom I got off the barge on the Ohio, I would probably have to stop fishing altogether. But I manage to land the mediocre fish I catch with the boom.
I went fishing the other day and only caught 2 ooh fish. I think it is this darned humid weather that has the bass lying low. It has rained almost constantly all summer and that keep the humidity up really high.
Take care and don't catch too many of those big bass.
Well,,,I think my arm could stand to catch a few fish,,but the state has other ideas,,their building a new bridge across the lake where I live,,,the first couple of times I went fishing,I hooked into some prety good size fish,,one of them I fought for most of the morning,,till I saw a Coast Gaurd,,and State Police boat coming towards Me,,they told me I would have to cut it loose and stop fishing in that part of the lake,,Why? I asked,,,I was told that the waves and commotion I was causeing was rocking the barges that the cranes were on,,causeing men and equipment alike to fall into the lake ,,so now I'm fishing in waters that are new to me,,,have'nt caught a thing yet,,but I'm hopeing for better days,,
a steel ball, can't they? Why in the world can't the men working on the barges bolt the equipment down to the steel decks all barges have? And to think these men work on boats and barges and can't stand on a rocking deck. I wonder what they would do if one of the big bass we catch would get playful with their barge? It would be like jaws attacking a bath toy,wouldn't it?
I know how difficult it is to try and fish new waters for the giant bass we catch. When I have to change fishing waters for any reason, I use my scuba gear to go down and locate the fish. But I never wear it myself. It's much too dangerous. I usually take one of the greenhorn trout fishermen with me and tell them a 30 inch brook trout is supposed to be living in a lake I want to check out. Then if he goes down and doesn't come back up, and I retrieve a shredded mask or flipper, I know my kind of fish are down there. Then I fish accordingly.
I went fishing again today and caught 5 more oooh fish. If the bass don't start biting again soon, I am going to quit for awhile. I just don't like to catch those darned oooh fish. TTYL
Yeah,I here yeah,,but who's "cbrannon" anyway,,I had another run in with the Fish and Game,,a friend of mine ,drives a semi,hit and killed a Moose,he called me and told me about it,,I called F$G,we met at the site,I offered to buy it,they said ok,it weighed about 1500 lbs,one of the wardens asked me if my freezer would hold all of the meat,,I said freezer? I told him I was going to put some grapple hooks on it and troll with it,a Moose that big would sure enough catch a prety good size Bass,well, that sure hit a sore spot with him,,he took possesion of the Moose,wrote me a citation,kepted my money,ect,ect,now I'm off to court in a few weeks,,let you know how it goes,,,,ablecross
That is the name I slip in every once in awhile when I want to see if you are really paying attention to me or day dreaming about catching those big Bass.
I had to stop fishing because the rain we have been getting from Hurricane Katrina is about to drown all the fish. I caught 2 rather small 50 pounders today. Or should I say I clubbed them. I walked down the street and saw them sitting under a pine tree, trying to keep dry. That is how wet it is down here now.
I can't understand this National Weather Service. I had one of their smart-aleck weathermen cuss me out today. And all I was trying to do was help these poor, unfortunate people in Louisiana and Alabama get some relief from these darned hurricanes.
I told them all they had to do to combat hurricanes was to name them after men. Then after they passed through the Virgin Islands they would be too petered out to do much damage here. And I was cussed out for my effort. Can you believe some people?
Kitrina,,,that so and so is realy screwing with my fishing,,what with the price of gas and the high water and what not,,but,like my Aunt Annabelle would say,,better days are a comin,,we just don't know when,,you almost fooled me with that name Jack,,cause lately I been so poor,,I can hardly afford to pay attention,,but I reckon I got no reason to complain,,things could be worst,,my heart goes out to those poor folks in New Orleans,,Missippi,,and Alabama,,,"BUT" on the other hand,,I'd like to get my hands on some of those looters,,,they sure would make a good batch of chum,,,
I wouldn't poison my bass by using chum made from those low life looters in New Orleans. They should catch them and tie them to water skis. Then they could troll for "gators."
I don't let the high prices of gasoline ruin my fishing anymore. I have joined the AFLoA and have been fishing everyday without using a drop of "fossil fuel." And I still catch some pretty darned big bass in the 50 lb. range.
I just know you are wondering what the AFLoA stands for, so, being the truthful fishing friend you are, I will tell you.
AFLoA stands for Amish Fishing League of America. What we do is use a team of Clydesdale horses to pull our boats to the water, then harness up our seahorses to tow the boat while it's in the water. There is never a drop of fossil fuel used in this endeavor, and one only has to carry a little hay and oats for the Clydesdales and a little plankton for the seahorses. It makes for some relatively inexpensive fishing.
The only drawback I can see is trying to keep those flat black hats on ones head when the wind blows. I have had to replace several so far and that can get expensive.
I guess you've got a point Jack Brannon,,,I never thought about what that "scum" would do to the health of my Bass,, now,,about your use of horses to save on gas,,we don't have no Clydesdales or sea horses up around these parts,,but my Aunt Clarybelle has a pair of mules and pack of good size dogs over at her place,,,so I went about to hooken them mules up to my boat trailer,,and I put a pair of the biggest dogs into the boat for when I get to the lake,,I figgered I'd have them pull me around the lake,,well would'nt you know it,,half way down the holler,,something spooked them mules to no end,,one of them kicked my trolling motor into the next holler,and the other one kicked a hole in the front of my boat the size of a mellon,,all that comotion set them dogs off,,they ripped my seats out along with the steering wheel and controls,,when I tried to get them out of my boat,,one of them bit me one the side of the head,,causeing me to stumble into the mules,one of which kicked me into the next holler,,,so much for saveing a few dollars,,,
I can understand you having problems when you used mules to try and save gasoline. I gave up on ever trying to do a thing with mules. Now they are either the dumbest animal alive, since they cannot be relied on to do anything right, or they are the smartest to be able to get out of so much work.
I will relate to you a sad situation concerning a mule I once owned. It tears me up every time I think of it.
When I first got out of the army, jobs in WV were absolutely non-existent, so I took my last pay from the army and bought an old mule, a plow, disk and cultivator. I barely had enough money left over to rent 10 acres of land to plant a patch of popcorn to sell to theaters here in good old WV.
Well, one really hot day I was out cultivating my popcorn when it got so hot the popcorn started popping, the old mule thought it was snowing and froze to death.
Now since that time I have never been able to look at a mule.
it fuckin sucks that we cant fish there i liked it
watch your language,,this is a family site,,
think it is so macho to use filthy language? Do they not realize people who are important in life do not stoop to such an imbecile show of immaturity?
I have to agree with you Jack,,some people seem to think they can go to any site and use any type of language they want to,they don't stop and think that other people on this site may not like it,,if this person would have stoped and read down through just half of the short stories that you and I have swapted,,he would have seen,,you don't have to use filthy language,or be an imbecile to be heard,,you and I have been on this site swapping stories for quite awhile,,and I bet I could go back and read everyone of them and not find one "four" letter word or "filthy" word or derogatory remark,or whatever you want to call it,,in any of them,,don't get me wrong,,I not a prude in any sence of the word,,,but when your on a site that anyone can stop by and read,,be funny,,not filthy,,,like Jack says,,don't be an imbecile
Here's hoping we won't get anymore of those filthy posts. When I see one of those, I can't help but remember all the "Little Johnny" jokes that were so popular a few years back. You remember them don't you, ablecross? Where the teacher always tried to keep Johnny from making something dirty out of the school lessons?
I wonder if these posters aren't still in grade school and simply want to be like "Little Johnny" to get attention?
You make a good point Jack Brannon,,but on the other hand,,my Aunt Clarybelle aint to pleased with your comment about her mules,,she said her mules are smarter than that idiot that made the post that we did'nt like,,I have to agree with her on that note,,she also said her mules are smarter than both of us put together,,now I don't know about that,,she said it was our fault that we don't know how to handle them,,she says that in order to handle mules in the right way,,you have to take a tuba4 and hit them right in the midle of the forehead to get their attenion first,,then you can tell them what to do and they'll do it,,,but I have to agree with you,,I aint about to waste good lumber on a couple of dumb mules,,,but anyways,,My Aunt Clarybelle wants to send you a jug of her finest corn sqeesens,,she said all you gotta do is send her your address,,,it aint nothin I'd do Jack
to get my address. She probably wants to whomp the daylights out of me for not being more appreciative of mules, so I think I had better pass on the address exchange. Just tell her I moved 5 miles away when I heard that most accidents happen within a mile of where you live and didn't take my address with me. That way accidents can look somewhere else to happen.
Hi Jack,,,been away at relatives for Thanksgiving,,just got back today,,thought I would stop by site and wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving,,I wish you all well,,,ablecross
We had a nice dinner, but one of my sons who usually comes down from Ohio to hunt couldn't be here with us this year. Family problems kept him away. But I still had 2 of my sons to help us enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. My oldest son and only daughter are still in Wisconsin, where I lived for a few years.
Is the ice thick enough in Vermont to ice fish yet? That is something I miss dearly from living in Wisconsin. The ice doesn't get thick enough here to ice fish much. But I don't let that stop me. I just build a big raft, cut a hole in the middle, and shove it out in the lake. I then can either set a tip up in the hole or jig fish through it.
I tried a normal sized raft but I had to cut a normal sized hole in it. The very first fish I caught wouldn't fit through the hole in the raft, so now I have to build a huge raft so I can cut a 6 foot hole in the middle to pull the bass I catch through it.
I have to work so hard to fish anymore.
The ice aint quite thick enough yet,,but we have a ferry that runs from Vermont to New York daily,,,all I have to do is launch my trollin boat at the ferry dock,,I don't use my regular bass boat durrin the winter,,I just stay close enough to the ferry so's the lake don't freez up on me,,but usaly when I hook into a big one,,it puts up enough of a fight to break up the lake enough so I can get in a couple days of fishing without following the ferry,,those boys on the ferry tend to get a little nervous when I hook into a big one ,,,last year I tiped the ferry over on it's side,,they we'er going to sue me,,but I gave half of the fish to Vermont and the other half to New York,,they each had enough to feed the homeless for two years,,so they droped the suit,,
I wish West Virginia had some Ferry Boats. They would be so handy to haul the Bass I catch to the marina. But there are only a few marinas that have installed Jib cranes big enough to pull my Bass out of the water with, and these would not have any reason to have ferry boat service.So I guess I will just have to keep burning up 150 h.p. boat motors tugging them in myself, after I have cut them into sections. I thought about trying to get a navy surplus tug boat to do the job, but they only have small ones for sale.So I would still have to cut them in half to get them in.
BTW, ablecross, did you hear about the tugboat that committed suicide? It found out it's mother was a tramp and it's daddy was a ferry.
Hi Jack,,,been some time,,,I have'nt been able to log onto the site,,I don't know what was up,,but anyway,,I hope you and yours had a nice holiday season,,I had heard about the tug boat,,sad story,,we had the same thing happen up here abouts awhile back,,only his father was a junk and his mother was a tub,,
I hope you have the best year ever, ablecross. I talked to Old Santa Christmas Eve and told him what a good guy you had been all year, never stretching your fishing stories beyond the limit fishermen are allowed. When he asked me what you would really like for a present, I told him you could always use some giant bass lures to replace the ones the huge bass have chawed up. So he said he would have to wait until about February in order to make such a big present and get them delivered. He said he would probably have to put his reindeer on steroids to get the job done even then. But to never fear. Barring massive heart attacks from overwork, the reindeer will be delivering them sometime next month.I kind of hinted for some myself but he said he couldn't risk getting his reindeer shot anymore by coming to WV after Christmas. He said us WV people stop thinking Christmas presents and start thinking venison steaks the day after Christmas.
I have a book that's in the editing department now and will be released sometime later on this year. I used my real name as author since I don't care for using pen names, so you should be able to spot it on one of the book web's if you so desire. And this ain't one of my big tales, either.
Take care and enjoy your giant bass lures
Hi Jack,,first off,,thanks for the holiday wishes and putting in that order to Santa,,,the first half of a twin jointed popper came in today,,,I'm already in trouble with it and it's still Winter,,I had some of the boys that are working on the bridge just down from the house come over with a crane and unload it for me,,well,,would'nt you know it,,the neighbors started complaining right off the bat,,they tell me that it blocks their view of the Green Mountians,,so I have to move it,,I said no,,so now I'm headed to court,,oh the price we pay just to go fishing,,the feller that delivered it said,,the other half would be here in a couple of months,,and the hooks would be here in the Spring,,,I can't wait to try it out,,,many thanks Jack,,,,
I'm glad old Santa got on the ball with your giant lures. At least you might get the whole thing by the time the lakes open up this spring.But I'm a little sad that your neighbors would get mad at you because the lure half is blocking their view of the Green Mountains. But you might be able to pacify them a little if you let them know if they keep up their show of dissatisfaction, you will not hold any more statewide free fish fries. Just tell them you will get you Aunt Gazoon to come up and fry fish and act as bouncer to those that don't want to pay. Just let them know it will either be $25 a plate for the fish or $10,000 for a week in the intensive care unit of the hospital.That should make them realize that their view of the Green Mountains at this time of year isn't really that pretty.
Well,,,I got hold of most of my neighbors about the fishfry,,,no deal,,,then I tried to get hold of my Aunt Gizoon,,it seems she packed up a few things along with a 20 gal keg of sqeezins and headed "west" uummm,,so I got hold of my Aunt Melviny and asked her if I could move the first half of my lure over at her place,,she owns a 100 acres over in the next holler,,,she comein over with her two oxen,,BO and LUKE,, to haul it over there,,
I feel sorry for you having the type of neighbors you have. I simply cannot believe anyone would pass up a fish fry the magnitude of which you put on just to preserve the eyeballing of a winter barren mountain. But I'll bet they are sorry next summer when you don't fry the fish, eh? Although I'll bet they try and butter you up as soon as the weather gets warm and those giant bass start hitting. Now what I can't understand is why in the world you let your Aunt Gazoon get away from you and head west? And even take her "pleasin' squeezin's" with her? I can understand maybe allowing her to go, since she was so mean and all, but losing that 20 gal. keg of "throat varnish" had to have hurt deeply. I can hear your heart breaking all the way down here right now.
Hi Jack,,,More problems,,The truck driver that was delivering the 2nd half of my lure thought it was pulp headed for the pulp mill,,so that's where he delivered it,,by the time I got word of the error it was too late,,but they offered me 400 yards of 1 inch cable foe my reels,,so I took it,,better than nothing,,I called the hook co. and canceled one of the hooks,,,I figure I can make a small popper out of the first half,,I mentioned the fish fry to my complaining neighbors,,,been getting letters of apologies all week,,,maybe I'll send them a carp and tell them it's a bass,,that'll learn um,,P.S. got a post card from my Aunt Gizoon,,,She's somewhere in West Virginia,,,just thought I'd let you know,,,
Maybe you can take some kids Bluegill fishing with the small popper you make from half the lure. That way, you can start them on the road to some fantastic bass fishing in their later years. But don't do as I and teach them everything you know about catching giant bass or you might wind up with so much competition that the really big ones are about gone. Sometimes it takes me all summer to catch a small 200 pounder. On second thought, maybe you had better forget teaching those kids anything about fishing.
I would have written sooner but I have been pretty busy running from your Aunt Gizoon. Why didn't you tell me she was so slow? When she first took off after me, I ran at my slow fast pace and soon outdistanced her so badly that I had to wait 3 hours for her to catch up. Then I really had to fake it by walking at what I call my "wantin' to get caught" pace for a mile or two before I had to fall down and fake a sprained ankle to allow her to catch me. But I guess it was worth all the faking I had to do when she whipped out her jug of "old skull popper." After about three big gulps of that homemade rocket fuel, I just now woke up to the fact that time sure does fly when one is out like a light. Ergo, the lapse of time since my last email to you.
Your Aunt Gizoon left me in a cloud of dust when I kept calling her "Nellie," my old horse that passed away three years ago. The cloud of dust was caused by my body bouncing down the dusty
"lover's lane" when I confessed as to who "Nelly"
really was. I'll answer your email if the hospital will allow me to use their laptop again. Otherwise, it might be a few weeks before I am able to use my own PC.
Take care and please don't tell Gizoon where I am.I don't think my old body will take another thumping right now.
Hi Jack,,I don't think you'll have to worry about my Aunt Gizoon finding you anytime soon,,when she got back home,,she did'nt seem quite right in the head,,we thought she kept mumblin "smelly smelly"thanks for settin us straight,,it did'nt do much good though,,she just would'nt stop,,so my Aunt Mahlaweeze,,,she's the Alpha female of our clan,,had her put up there in the nervous hospital,,we went to visit her last Sunday come a week,,,she said there were so many mattress's in her room,,she did'nt know wheather to sleep on the floor or standin up against the wall,,now onto the matter my new plug,,well,,they delivered my hook yesterday,,trouble is,,they sent me a long shank worm hook instead of a treble hook,,so I decided to make the best of it and took it over to my Aunt Clarybells where my plug is,,I took a large screw eye and screwed the hook into the back of the popper,,it looked so good I could'nt wait to give it a try,,so I borowed one of Aunt Clarybells castin rods,,tied it on and gave it a fling,,,ooopppss,,never noticed the power lines over head,,,that hook grabed holt of them lines,,riped out four poles,,three miles of power lines,,and four transformers,,,wait,,there's more,,,everything came down right on top of Aunt Clarybells still,,,yep,,you guesed it,,when them power lines hit them squeezinz,,it touched off a blast,,the likes of which you aint never seen,,lucky for Aunt Clarybelle,,she was in the root cellar at the time of the blast,,now "Bo & Luke" on the other hand were'nt quite so lucky,,they have'nt been seen since,,one of the firemen said it was something called "vaphereyesation" I hope I spelt that right,,now for the good news,,all that plastic coating on the wire melted down and trickled into the brook next to where Aunt Clarybells cabin used to be,,it backed up about a half mile or so,,it kinda looks like a big black snake,,I figure by the time next Spring rolls around,,the hook and that plastic ott to be kooled down enough so's I can rig it up texas style,and do some trollin with it,,I got a good feelin bout this,,I guese the old addage "everything happens for a reason"proves true once again,,heh heh,,
ablecross, you might not believe what I am about to tell you, but it is the gospel truth. And I can show you the cigar butts as proof.
The reason I haven't been in touch is because I couldn't wait to try to catch some of these big river smallmouths we have here in WV and went fishing the day after you emailed me last. And true to form, I hooked onto a really big one. But due to the slippery river bank, It pulled me into the river and started downstream with me. My glove got tangled in the 1/4 inch cable I was using for fishing line and I couldn't let go of my fishing rod.
Now to make a very long, pain-filled story short, that fish didn't stop until we reached an island in what I took to be a very large lake beyond the mouth of one of the biggest rivers I have ever been on. And what was so weird was the water tasted so salty that I could not drink it, though I was terribly thirsty by this time.
Now what was the most puzzling thing about this whole episode was the fact that all the people on this island spoke a language that I could not understand and the leader of these people had a somewhat saggy face with a scraggly few hairs on his chin that was supposed to pass as a beard. All I know about this man was all his friends and co-workers called him "Fidel."
Anyway, after that bass drug me around the island a few times this Fidel fellow sent a big warship out to get me and the fish. But he was so happy to have fresh Bass to eat that he put me on a nice rubber raft and a paddle and sent me back home. And he even gave me a handfull of cigars and a bottle of rum to enjoy on my raft trip home. Wasn't that nice of him?
Hi Jack,,just got back from the nervous hospital,,Aunt Gizoon says Hi,,not exactly in those words,,funny you should mention being draged to an Island,,when I was a youngster many moons ago,,I suferd,,hope I spelt that right,,an event simuler to that,,but I never got a cigar for my troubles,,nearly ended up in a nervous hospital where my Aunt Gizoon is now,,,when I woke up on this Island,,all I heard was some foolish kid hollering "Skipper Skipper"then some old couple steped out from behind a small hut,,the old man said"lovey",,look a beach bum,,then two young "maidens" took me to their hut for some rest and nerisment,,did'nt get much of either,,shortly there after,, some fat man with a crazy looking dude in tow chased me off the Island,,I don't think they liked me much for some reason,,as I was runnin for my life to try and get back to the beach to swim away,,I spoted a small ship wreck,,on the side of it were some letters,,"SS Min" was all I could make out in my haste to get back into the water,,lucky for me,,the bass that drug me there was still floundering in the bay,,so I climbed aboard,,gave him a slap,,he headed for fresh water,,next thing I know,,I wake up on this guys Bass boat,,muttering"Ginger Ginger" to this day,,,when I hook a realy big fish,,,and he heads in that direction,,,I cut the line
I was drug to another island by a big bass the other day. I am going to stop fishing while the river banks are so slippery. There is no way I can hope to land these monster bass from a slippery river bank. And these islands these fish drag me to are going to be the death of me, I'm afraid.
This last island was full of english speaking people, but there were some shady goings on, to say the least. As the bass drug me into the shallows I heard the roar of an airplane and I saw a little shrimpy fellow yellind," de plane, boss! De plane! Now I can't figure why he had to yell so loud because everyone around could have surely heard the roar of the airplane.But I later thought he might have been ordering M&M's and wanted to make sure the boss brought him "de plain" ones.
Anyway, there was so many strange things going on there that I could hardly wait for another big bass to come by to give me a ride out of there.There were even dinosaurs that chased these city people all over that island. And I even got to see a re-run of Paul Revere's midnight ride. But it didn't happen like the history books said it did. No siree, it did not.
I watched old Paul ride to this one house and cry out,"MRS.BROWN, IS YOUR HUSBAND AT HOME. Mrs. Brown said he was so old Paul yelled,"TELL HIM THE BRITISH ARE COMING." He then rode to the Green house and he did the same thing. Mrs Green said her husband was at home so he told her to tell him the British were coming. But when he got to Mrs White's house and Mrs. White said her husband wasn't there and would be gone for another week, Old Paul said, "Whoa, Horse."
yeah,,them's are some shady goings on is right,,some of the islands that we don't put up with just to catch a few Bass,,
I don't know what the algee is like in West Verginy,,but up here it can get mighty thick and nasty,and it can do funny things to a Bass sometimes,,
I recall one time last Summer durrin the peak of the algee season,I hooked this "big" ole Bass and I thought I was in for the ride of my life,,turns out,he'd been in an algee patch most of the day,when I hooked him,,he just kinda poped up to the surface,looked at me and grined,,then he rolled over onto his side like he wanted me to rub his belly or something,,well,I was'nt having any part of that,so when I lit my torch to cut my "line"I guess the sudden flash musta spooked him,,then I took the ride of my life,,I did'nt stop at any of the islands,,but I did go through quite a few of them,
On one of those islands I saw what I thought was a giant skull,,and some guy was a hollerin,,I found the idol,,I found the idol,,lucky for me that Bass finaly spit the hook back about where I hooked into him
Like I said,,some of the things we put up with just to catch a few fish
Here in WV we have what we call mountain algae.It is so much stronger and thicker than regular algae. It has to be really strong to withstand the force of the water of the mountain streams. When we hook a Bass in a patch of this algae, we have to get out our chainsaws to thin the algae enough so we can land the fish. Then, after landing the fish, we use a limb off the algae to knock the fish in the head so it won't get tangled in the stuff again.
I realize some fishermen would frown on this practice but it is the only feasible way to keep the fish from getting tangled again in this underwater forest. I tried being more sporting and not knocking the fish in the head, but after having to cut several thousand feet of algae trunks to keep untangling my Bass, I figured it would be better to just go ahead and knock some fish heads in than ruin all the Mountain algae in these streams, even though I was able to cut several cross-ties from the trunks of the algae I did have to fall. If a fellow tries hard enough he can always get a little compensation from every bad situation.
ablecross, I couldn't wait to tell you of my latest adventure. I am still shaking from the excitement of it.
It all started when I went fishing for a bass big enough to feed everyone at our upcoming yearly family get-together. I have to sacrifice a bass every year to feed 150 people.So a-fishing I went.
I hadn't fished very long before my pole started heading toward the river and I knew I had something pretty big on my line. It took me about an hour and a half to cut enough of the algae so I could get my "fish" up on the bank, and when "it" came out of the water and came crawling up the river bank, I thought I had caught the world's largest mud puppy. It was covered with algae slime and was trailing big branches of the stuff which made it look like it had a tail. So, since I could see it crawling on all fours and thought it had a tail, I just assumed it was a really big mud puppy.
I grabbed this "apparition" and headed for town to show it off. It was making all kinds of noises that I couldn't understand, so I just thought that was how these creatures acted when scared.
When I got to the weekly newspaper office to have it put in the paper, the editor wanted to clean the "mud puppy" up so he could take a picture of it for the paper. Immagine my surprise when we got all the algae off it and found it was an illegal alien. All I can figure was that he was swiming the Rio Grande, got side-tracked and somehow swam up the Mississippi River, up the Ohio, and up the Little Kanawha River to where I was fishing.Is this why people call them "wetbacks?"
I was going to notify the government but was told to keep my mouth shut. When I asked why, the person told me that if President Bush found out about it, he would send a compass to every future illegal. And at the inflated prices the government pays for what it buys, the compasses would probably cost $500 each, thus costing the taxpayer more money in the long run.
I just hope he doesn't read this email. I believe we are paying enough for these illegals invading our country. Don't you?
Hi Jack,,,sorry I have'nt written for awhile,,been out of the Country,,I went to Florida,,I too wanted one big fish for the up-comin holidays,,I had'nt been there for only about ten minutes,,when I realized,I should have taken a course in Spanish or Cuban,,any language other than English,,later I bumped into another Vermonter,,he assured me that I was not the "Illeagal",,now ,,you want to talk alage,,,it was hangin from every little shop on the board walk,,at least I think it was alage,,everytime I tried to buy a piece of fishing tackle,,I was there to do some fishing,,all I heard was "Monas Aribas,,Por For Vor"later when I had it translated,,I found out it ment hands up please,,,at least the nice about it,,so,,I decided to cut my visit short,,,when I tried to leave,,the federalys said,that I either had to swim or go by 10 foot raft with 40 other Gringos,,,I decided to take the raft,,I figured I might as well fish on the way home,,by the way,,,who ever told you not to report this to "El-Presidenty Bush" was right on the money,,he's from Texas alright,,by way of Florida,,,you know,,,with all the protest going on right now,,,you'd think this was their country instead of ours,,I have to agree with you Jack Brannon,,our money could be better spent,,,
It is rather damaging to one's sense of Americanism when one hears two Middle Eastern spies conversing in a restaurant in our Capitol City and one forgets and begins to speak in his native Arabic language. The other is quick to point out that they are in America and should speak spanish.
I think I might have a plan to curb the illegal alien problem our government says they can't find a solution to. Dredge the Rio Grande, making it wider and deeper, take the mud to New Orleans and build up the dikes and seawalls there. Then trap the biggest of the Florida Alligators and turn them loose in the Rio Grande. I'll bet that would do much to eleviate our illegal alien problem, wouldn't it?
Yuo make a good point Jack Brannon,,But you left one little detail out,,,while their dredgin,,they should turn inland to the coast of Meheco,,,dredge a trench between Meheco and Texas,,then make a nice swamp inland,,fill it with Gators,,make sure they feed them just enough to keep them hungry and let what blood they create flow to the chanle to atract the sharks,,,Meheco border problem,,,solved,,,you know Jack,,,I think a couple of great fisherman just found another great hoby,,,"National Security"
ablecross, if someone doesn't make these politicians realize there is a limit to what American taxpayers can pay, I believe the sport of hunting and fishing is going to go the route of the passenger pigeon. Do they really believe they can keep taxing the working man into the poor house and still have an America? I have seen far less fishermen this year than I have seen for years.But I guess our government thinks we should be proud that we can guarantee all the freebies to the illegal aliens while a lot of our aged have to sacrifice food in order to have enough money to buy the medicine they need. What I would like to know is who gave this country the idea that we have to take care of the rest of the world while our own people do without? Who made us Savior to the same countries who would like nothing more than to see us fall?
If I can still afford a dozen nightcrawlers I might go fishing tomorrow.
Jack,,,it's our responsibiliy to take care of these poor people,,,if you don't believe me,,just ask them and they'll tell ya,,that is ,,if you can understand Spanish or whatever language they happen to be speakin at the time,,have you noticed lately,,that everytime you make a call to a goverment office,,,the recording says,,,for english press 1,,for espanol,press 2,,that realy burns my *&^,,another thing,,I'm on the no call list,,but every now and again,,one of them will get through,,and when I answer the phone,,,I can't understand a *^%$ing word their saying,,am I wrong or is it just me,,I say if they "have to be in our country"please learn to speak english,,,hang on Jack,,someone's at the door,,,oh my crawlers are here,,here's your money,,grasseous senor,,,,,,par fav or,,,,,,,,,,
ablecross, I have been to several states trying to catch a fish that isn't swimming in waters that are in an area infested with foreign dependents that our stupid government believes this country simply cannot do without.
I went to Wisconsin and couldn't understand much of what was spoken because one of the few Americans I met informed me that the state is infested with illegal Mexicans and "Mungs," none of which can speak english well enough so one can understand what they are talking about.I tried to buy some "night crawlers," and the kid I spoke to brought two of his sisters and his mother to me. That is when I decided I had better get out of the state.
I tried fishing in the lower peninsula of Michigan and was so overrun with "Camel Jockeys" from the Middle East that I was afraid I might get involved in a Camel sale. Now what in the world would I do with a Camel, except maybe ride him out to Death Valley, Rattlesnake hunting.
I then went to Florida and the only thing I caught was a Cuban that was swimming to join his family in "little Havana." Isn't that what they call Miami nowadays?
Anyway, that is why I haven't been online in a while. I was just trying to find a new place to fish. But I failed miserably.
Well Jack,,I'd tell you to try Vermont,,but if you can't speak French,,forget it,,,our boat landings are over-run vehickles from North of our border,,and if you think you've met rude people in your life,,,you've never met any of these people,,and it's ok to be stupid,,but these people should a permit,,these people are dummer than stumps,,I hope I spelt that right,,,I would'nt want one of them too read this and think I was one of them,,,if you get lucky enough to find a place to fish,,fill me in,,,meby I coud visit now and agin,,,
I'm still looking, ablecross. I have gone to several states that had excellent fishing in the past, only to find they are overrun with people who cannot speak english. And the amazing aspect of the whole business is, they are driving vehicles that are licensed in this country. Now I always thought one of the requirements of immigrating into this country was to be able, after a certain period of time, to be able to speak passable english. I always thought this was one of the reason for the 7 year "proving up" period before becoming a citizen. But evidently we weren't getting enough dregs to go along with the ones that were born here, so the government had to rewrite the immigration stipulations. Won't our leaders do about anything for a vote?
I guess I will have to stay in good old "West By God" if I want to find decent fishing. This state doesn't have enough freebies to satisfy the illegals, so they stay away. Perhaps, if things get too bad up your way, you can come down here and fish a little. You may not be able to understand us, but it is still english that we speak.
When you were talking about the French coming across the border to fish made me wonder if our customs are as hard on what they bring across the border as they are toward the Americans going into Canada? My son-in-law and a group go to Canada every year to fish and they told me what all they are not allowed to take across the border. But I'll bet a nickel against a hole in a doughnut we don't return the favor.
What I cannot understand is why they even go there.
Hi Jack,,,it's been awhile,,been at my Sisters in Springfield,,not Mass,,,Vt.,,anyways,,,with all that's happening in the world today,,,I guess I'm just happy to be able to hop in my truck and take my boat and go fishing anywhere I want too,,,without worrying about a rocket or a bomb landing in my boat,,I think we live in the greatest country in the world,,,I guess that's why most of these people are "creeping in through the cracks",,if we only had a way to plug those cracks,,,I think you and I could find a way to do it,,,but I don't think our laws would alow us to do it,,,not for long anyway,,,so I think I'll stop worrying about something I can't control and go fishing,,,I think I'll live longer that way,,,
Hi Jack,,have'nt heard from you in awhile,,hope you are well
i tried years ago but the state did not ynderstann that the largemouth bass brings in a great about of money to the state of texas . im ron saunders , i understand because it was my idea. not the guadelupie bass.
Hi Ron,
I didn't realize you had sent a thread until just now or I would have answered sooner.
What is Texas' state fish, anyway? I'm not sure, but I think the Brook Trout is WV's. If it isn't, it sure ought to be.
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