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I'll be losing my internet connection within a couple of days, so I'm saying goodbye now instead of risking a sudden drop-off.
We've had our differences, but for my fellow "Hitchhikers" fans,...

This gunny teaches small arms to the new recruits.

As close as they are genetically, I'm not surprised.

Nobody responded to my post a while back on this forum, but you can getu pdated info on the Ohio forum. The feds have instituted a ban on shipping ANY species of fish except (for now) fathead minnows...

Didn't do much driving this year:
Acton (Hueston Woods State Park) - 50 mile round trip; 625 acres; 10-30 ft deep; murky green most of the year; lower half of the lake yields most of the fish. LM...

It's been in the sixties here for five or six days, which is weird as it is. Bottom to drop out tomorrow night. I agree on the ice comments. Hate ice storms, especially after being without power (and...

You EAT fish out of the Ohio River? Sounds like fun fishing, but they would all go back. - Roberta

I want a new computer. I'm but days away from losing my internet connection because my old 'puter can't be upgraded.
I guess dropping off the internet is my gift to you ;-) - Roberta

It's supposed to hit here Thursday night/Friday morning. No guesses on how much yet, but I think we'll get the snow thrower ready just in case. - Roberta

Crappie Lover Ken - I see you're stationed in California. San Diego? My nephew is a gunny sargeant out there.
He got one of those letters from his wife while he was in Iraq. No loss, from what I...

Trying to dodge the Great Lake states' minnow ban? You can also get them at aquarium stores like Petsmart, which sell them as feeder fish (NOT to be confused with their feeder goldfish.) - Roberta

>> The gills tend to head slowly deeper as the sun gets higher but they continue to bite well into, if not all day.<<

Thus explaining why snow cover on the ice lengthens the bite.
We haven't...

Once you get past the old cabin beach, the channel drops off and runs pretty straight along the east side of the lake to the dam. It's over 20 feet deep at the lodge and goes to 30 or better at the...

We throw ours in a mix of ice and water when we take them out of the live well or fish basket.Summer time, it shocks them so much they're all but dead when we get home. This time of year, they are...

We took the boat out one last time this year on Saturday afternoon. Water temp is 43, water clear. The scope showed widely scattered fish at all depths, which is pretty typical after turnover. Doug...

Only on the birdbath this morning. Mid-fifties for the next several days.

Probably rotting vegetation in combination with fall turnover. Once the surface temperature falls below that of the water at the bottom of the lake (generally mid-fifties), it starts to sink. Water...

Up here, we figure on June - right after crappie. - Roberta

I usually fillet them, too. We do most of our bluegill catching on a dark jighead tipped with a waxie or mealworm. A weighted fly also works. They're good eating - second only to the walleye family -...

Ours is a Leisure Life, now marketed as a WaterQuest. they're made by Johnson outdoors. This is NOT like the pond prowlers that BPS sells. Iit has a deeper draft and you sit down in, not on top of,...

How about Boise State? They're still undefeated. ;-)

I want USC to win out. I doubt there will be a rematch between us and MI, but anything is possible. If USC falls, it looks like the Gators ...

But fatheads are still exempt.

I agree that fishermen will adapt. Bass fishermen abandoned live bait for the most part, years ago. My complaint is that this just isn't thought out. These states...

Thanks for posting that. I was a little saddened by the lack of response to my initial post. - Roberta

Northland Tackle swimming jig - the kind that looks like a banana - tipped with a waxie or two. We have three colors, but chart seems to work the best. It spirals down on the fall. - Roberta

Call them and complain. Doug did that when we didn't get the dvd that came with the ones we saw in the store last year. We did get ours this time. -Roberta

When the Irish start playing real teams for half their schedule, instead of the Little Sisters of the Poor like they do now, they'll be contenders for a national title.

We will, of course, be rooting for the Bucks. The only time we cheer on the team from up north is when they play the Irish.
These are two good teams and it ought to be a good one. The phone will not...

The lake we fish is under 700 acres and ranges from 5- 30 feet deep from one end of the lake to the dam. We do most of our crappie fishing along a drop that runs about a third of the length of...

Nice fish, Don. I had to switch to 6 lb so I could see it well enough to tie a knot. Bonus is that if I hang up in timber, I can usually straighten the hook and pull free rather than breaking off.

Well put. Not only will the mom & pop bait shops lose out, the mom & pop minnow hatcheries in Wisconsin and Minnesota will, too.

Another thing that will be hurt is the bi-annual Ohio trout...