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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 2:18 pm • # 1 
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The full moon lasted late into the morning. I wasn't going to catch anything.
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I was correct. Off to spot number two. Ten minutes into it, I notice I'm not alone. It's a bad shot, so I marked it with an arrow. You probably still can't tell there's a gator there. There is.
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The "Bluegill Pond" was slow. Two Sandhill cranes loudly called to each other non stop. That would have been a great shot, but, wish in one hand... The line came tight. Skunk averted.
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If you look closely, you can see the leader is wrapped a few times around the fly line. As I was trying to photograph the fish, it sank what felt like fifty rays into my hand. Somehow as the fish dropped, it wound itself around the line. Last laugh.

There was a wake, followed by a curve cast around a fence, followed by a proud grin, followed by a tug...
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About five minutes later, another little guy
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Overrated. No defense. Can't run the ball and they're facing a great defense.

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It's been a good weekend! O H!


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:32 pm • # 2 
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The tug is the key to happiness. Nice report.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:34 pm • # 3 
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I went out to a pond in a preserve nearby. It looks 'fishy', and sometimes when I'm working I'll go and sit and watch it, and I see rises. Today I would occasionally see fish swirl the surface, but they didn't want what I was offering. I started out with a small surface popper, and got nada. Then I tried a hopper. Still nada. By then I was tired and headed home.

But I'm not done there. Some of those swirls looked 'substantial'. I assume it's fresh water. It's a lake with no visible outlet. Next time I think imma gonna go back and mebbeso try a deceiver or some such. Something subsurface. There's fish in there. I just gotta figure out what trips their trigger. I was running an Echo 3 wt today.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 10:54 pm • # 4 
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Try a Woolly Bugger or a nymph.


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:29 am • # 5 
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Its a good sign (in terms of your normal success) when three fish is considered 'close to' skunked.
Nice story, Strummer.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:32 am • # 6 
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Well done...especially around those long tailed slime dogs......at least they should keep the turtles thinned out. :applause :applause


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:56 pm • # 7 
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joe the plumber wrote:
Well done...especially around those long tailed slime dogs......at least they should keep the turtles thinned out. :applause :applause


Hunh. That's a question I've had for some time.... can a large gator eat an adult turtle?


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:59 am • # 8 
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wheezeburnt wrote:
joe the plumber wrote:
Well done...especially around those long tailed slime dogs......at least they should keep the turtles thinned out. :applause :applause


Hunh. That's a question I've had for some time.... can a large gator eat an adult turtle?


Not if it's an alligator snapping turtle, Brent. ;)


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:04 pm • # 9 
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Alligator snapping turtle is scarier to me than the alligator......scary looking critter.


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 4:49 am • # 10 
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Great way to report! You're some story teller.

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