Moving to Seattle Area Next Month

[Jamesdean]

Good luck on your move. While in the service I was stationed at Ft Lewis. Being from the high desert, It was too wet for me...Seemed it rained some everyday. Now this was in 1981-19822. But it was green for sure...Seen a bumper sticker there that at the time I thought was spot on...Washington Ites don't suntan...They RUST!!!! All kidding aside, I really hope you like it.

[ezgoing]

That’s a big move EZ. My wish for you is contentment in your new surroundings. Reading your post I was thinking that you should maybe get a rod or two and hire someone to supply the boat. Lots less wear and tear on you and the rest of your gear. Good to hear that you’re looking forward to it. Always good stuff on the other end. God bless and be careful.

Thank you. I appreciate your good wishes. While I would not made the move at this stage of my life if I had a choice, my wife and I have always loved the Seattle area. We tried to move there when we were younger but I could not get transferred there and could not find an equivalent job in that area.

My son-in-law was just transferred there by his company. At my age it is safer if I live in an area where one of our children live so I have a choice between Chicago, New York and Seattle. I don't like icy streets and frozen lakes so Seattle is my best option if I must move.

I appreciate your concern but the day I sell my boat will be the day I sign myself into a nursing home as I will no longer be able to take care of myself. But that is why I now try to find fishing buddies who are willing to fishing with me. It is safer with two people on the boat and it keeps my kids happier if they know I have somebody fishing with me. So they complain less about my being on the lake. Not that their complaints would stop me from fishing or taking trips when I want to do so.

I have some good fishing buddies and friends here in the DFW area, I expect to find some in the Seattle area once I am there. Crappie people are good people.

[Ketchn]

Any opened bottles of crappie nibbles laying around won't be any good on a long trip , H and I will be glad to dispose of them in the appropriate manner for ya, just saying.....

[ezgoing]

Any opened bottles of crappie nibbles laying around won't be any good on a long trip , H and I will be glad to dispose of them in the appropriate manner for ya, just saying.....

Jeffery and I have been doing a good job using them up. But you and H have been missing in action lately.

Jeffery and I fished Thursday afternoon and Saturday afternoon last week. And yes, it was hot fishing in the afternoon.

Thursday I had a decent crappie fishing day for Lake Worth. I caught over a dozen crappie and a few sand bass. Seven of the crappie were over 11" but the biggest was only 12 1/4 inch. Jeffery only caught a couple of small crappie but he caught a lot of nice sized sand bass. We caught most of them at that one dock you showed me, the rest under the bridge when the heat became too much to ignore. Don't understand why the other docks aren't producing crappie.

Saturday was the reverse of action. I only caught 3 small crappie and couple of small sand bass. Jeffery caught 7 crappie over 12 inches plus as many small ones but only a couple of sand bass. We were using similar rods with red/chartreuse tube jigs but just a few feet difference in space made a big difference in catching. I tried other jigs and colors but that was the one they wanted when you got it in from of them.

It became so hot Saturday that we called it a day at 4:30. They were not biting under the bridge and the heat was unbearable at that dock.

I would be interested in doing some early morning fishing if you are interested. Give me a day's notice as I need to get some gas before my next trip in the boat.

[ezgoing]

Best wishes on the move. Quite a change in climate, that’s for sure. Enjoy the new fishing opportunities.
Bob

Given that it is forecast to be 100+ degrees every day for the next week here, the change in weather is one of the nice features of the area. It gets cold there in the winter but not too cold. The lakes don't freeze over so I can still fish the year around. I have never fished sitting on top of ice and this dog is too old to learn new tricks.

I know it rains in the summer but I can fish in rain as long as it is not a thunderstorm if the wind does not get too bad.

I'm actually looking forward to the fishing challenge, learning a new lake and relearning how to fish for wild rainbow trout and walleye. Been watching a lot of YouTube lately.

[silverside]

That's getting closer to Russia. What if they decide to invade??? uh...I mean carry out exercises.
Good luck on the move.

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[Central Minn]

Read somthing years ago about Walleyes in Washington.Are they still considered a invasive species?

[ezgoing]

Best wishes on your move.
From Texas to Washington, what a culture shock.


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I'm a moderate in outlook by nature, believe in the MYOB philosophy of life. I don't believe in the "my way or the highway" way of thinking that is current here in Texas. So Texas is becoming more of a culture shock as each year goes by and one group demands the rest of Texas and the world lives by that group's world view.

So as long as the natives of Seattle don't try to force their beliefs on me I don't care what they believe or how they live their life.

[ezgoing]

Good luck on your move. While in the service I was stationed at Ft Lewis. Being from the high desert, It was too wet for me...Seemed it rained some everyday. Now this was in 1981-19822. But it was green for sure...Seen a bumper sticker there that at the time I thought was spot on...Washington Ites don't suntan...They RUST!!!! All kidding aside, I really hope you like it.

I was stationed there for the last three months of my first Army service, coming back from Korea. Wish I had settled there then but went back to Phoenix where my relatives lived. A year later the Army contacted me and made me an offer I couldn't turn down so I spent another six years serving in El Paso and S. Korea before I became injured and was forced to retire. I left El Paso for Dallas, then moved to Louisiana for 20 years. Now I am back in Dallas.

Seattle had the most beautiful scenery and best fishing of any state I have visited or lived in. Being born in Tennessee I love the mountains and forests, rivers and lakes. I learnt to love the ocean from my time in Korea and from living on the Gulf coast. So it offers the best of worlds to me, both in scenery and fishing. For all the years I lived in Phoenix and El Paso I never did learn to love or even appreciate the dessert. I guess my grandfather instilled the love of fishing too deep in me as a young child to ever appreciate the lack of water around me.

Yes, it rains but I don't mind light rain nor fishing in rain as long as it is not a downpour. I am actually looking forward to living and fishing there, I just don't care for the hassle and expense of moving. Plus I will miss my friends here.

[ezgoing]

That's getting closer to Russia. What if they decide to invade??? uh...I mean carry out exercises.
Good luck on the move.

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Are you sure they haven't?