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[GenericAngler]

Originally Posted by holdemplyer

Skershaw, I'll TELL you where generic was, all you have to do is take some time and follow the black subarbans with tinted out windows pulling a jet black stocking trailer. These 22" wipers were stocked in the Weeping Water City pond about two weeks ago!

Nice fish Dusty!

Actually with gas prices now they are using black civics and 5 gallon buckets.

I forgot to mention in my original note that I was in Louisville....and that many of the luxury campers said that watching my fight with the wiper was almost as entertaining as the re-run of the 1982 husker red-white game on the big screen in their "camper" -- and some of them were waiting by my car with "cold beverages" when I got done fishing (wanting to get the skinny on float tubes) .....BONUS.

[OldBaldGuy]

Way to go, Dusty! Nice one, and especially so from a float tube!

Dare I ask whether you were fishing deep or near the surface? I really want a re-match with one of those this summer.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Nebraskacoontrapper

I may be wrong but doesnt PV open to the public at 5 a.m. Could be earlier for all I know. Just thought that these Omaha "area" lakes had a "no access" time? Just wondering, Mark

Trapper, PV is owned by the Papio-Missouri NRD and is open 6am-10pm. There is a gate, but I've never seen it closed. To my knowledge, all or most metro reservoirs have hours of operation - some are enforced, most are not. In fact, I know a couple that allow only fishermen to be in the park after hours.

[Catfishsteve]

CFS is in!!

Whew, almost didn't think I was going to get in this weekend!!






Reading 16" laying on the grass like that. The way this week has been going I'll take it!!

[south of 41]

Now thats a bass!!!!

[livnlrn]

Well done!

[GenericAngler]

Originally Posted by OldBaldGuy

Dare I ask whether you were fishing deep or near the surface? I really want a re-match with one of those this summer.

I was dropping my Road Runner to about 10-12 feet and then with the bail open while I was kicking back until I got about 25 yards out then I closed the bail and started a slow retrieve right out in open water -- and all of a sudden zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I actually remember some old guy talking about sharpening ones hooks before hitting the water (and this was the first time I got to try out my new hook sharpener).....And I think getting a solid, deep hook set made all the difference from all of the others that got away. (Using 8lb P-line helped me a little bit also.)

[Alex T.]

Brandon fell in the lake last nite. That's probably the most impressive LMB I've ever seen on any forum,congrats. Can Brandon borrow that lake for a couple hours in a couple of weeks?

Alex

[huskerbowhunter]

Nice job roumpus...It looks like you want to beat the crap out of Alec (cameraman)...I didn't expect much on picture quality if he took the pictures...lol

[bassnbaseball]

Ya, he can be kind of a slacker. Most of the time I was trying to do everything on my own. He never wanted to set his rod down to help out haha.

[Chad]

Wow...
Commanding lead

[holdemplyer]

Originally Posted by Chad

Wow...
Commanding lead

for now

Very, very nice Bass though, that's a great catch! Congrats

[Fish Recycler]

That's a fantastic bass, huskerbowhunter!

Here is my entry - Bluegill, 9 1/8 inches, 1.14 points:







I caught it at Summit, and had to work to find a school of good sized bluegills, but sure enough, the Lord blessed me with a little "spot within a spot," one pocket in the weeds that was shoulder-to-shoulder with 8" - 9" bluegills.

I caught most of them on my SLR Nymph, but my two biggest came on a rust colored dragonfly nymph from FlyBoyWray - thanks FlyBoy! He gave it to me at the NEFGA Float Tube Regatta, so my time there paid off in yet another great way.

After having a 9"er in the bag, I decided to call it a day, and figured I'd fish a black wooley bugger on my way back to the truck. On about the 10th cast, my rod doubled and reel started singing. My little 4 weight St. Croix made a deep arc, and for the first 30 seconds I wasn't sure if I had a big bass or a big cat, but I knew whatever it was was big. As I got closer and it dogged down, I knew it was a cat. With just 4 pound test, I fought that fish for 15 minutes, and got it up to my tube several times. I got a real good look at it right at the end, and I'm pretty sure it would have gone 24", but we'll never know as once we made eye contact, it parted my leader and left with my fly in the corner of its mouth.

So that was fun, but with that, this'll be my one and only entry. I enjoyed it, but realized as I fished today that my mantra that "the competitive part of the sport is not the part that I enjoy most" still holds completely true. It's probably not that I'm not competitive, it's probably that I'm too competitive, and I personally prefer fishing to be something other than competition. That's not to knock anyone else who sees it differently, just that I confirmed for myself how I'm wired when it comes to this great escape.

Best of luck to the rest of you competitors!

- Teeg

[buglem]

Woohoo!! I caught one!

Snuck out of the house a couple times while visiting the in-laws. Goose Lake was good to me with a 9 1/4" bluegill. Also caught a PB 33" pike (by myself with only phone cam so pics are weak).

Anyway, caught on Gulp fry (white). Fish in that lake are FAT and health. This guy was between 3/4 and 1 lb. Hopefully the bottom of the entry sheet being cutoff won't be held against me... Can't take another picture cause he is still swimming.

[Aquaman]

Aquaman's bluegill

This bluegill was caught and released at 10 3/8 inches.






Actually 10 3/8 with tail closed and 10 1/4 with tail open. I wasn't motivated enough to go back and check how you wanted him displayed and measured.

[GenericAngler]

Originally Posted by buglem

Woohoo!! I caught one!

Anyway, caught on Gulp fry (white).

Those gulp fry are Bluegill candy...that's for sure. Nice fish!

[carbonman]

Elisa D. Youth entry

Bluegill 7.5" Holmes


I have to leave on business this week, so her grandad will help her upgrade this one hopefully.

[buglem]

Yeah, Generic - those things are awesome. Was hoping they were my little secret... We have gone through a bunch of packages this year and caught hundreds of bluegill on them. Even use the "connector" that holds them together with really good success.

Those things

[carbonman]

Entry for carbon kid, 8" BG





8" gill holmes lake, hope to upgrade this week.
Can't post the pics on my new account so posted them on my dad's.
This 15" fish was better but scored much worse.

[carbon kid]

Caught the bass on gulp bait also.