Who's wetting a line this weekend?

[gdn443]

I'm taking the granddaughters to a state trout park. Chatfield Hollow in Killingworth. Worms and powerbait seem in order. Never been there so it should be interesting.
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[tomc]

i was planning on hitting the natchaug river again,but since i found out the we are in a flood watch things might change.i will have to make my decision tomarrow
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[davetclown]

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[gdn443]

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[davetclown]

[size 1]something in my glove box saved my life today ! [shocked]

well I decided last night to take a nap then go out early in the morning for walleye.

woke up just before the crack of dawn, it was over cast, a might foggy, no wind, perfect weather for some walleye trolling.

I got up let the dog out got my boots on stepped out the door and thought, man what a perfect morning.. yet for some reason I did not have the gumption to put my pole in the car or lift the tong of the boat and put it on the ball to go...

so I went back in side figured I would have a smigen to eat and I would start fealing better in a few minutes.... well about 11 the phone rang and woke me up.

I grapped all my gear and threw it in the boat, put the motor on because I hadnt put that back on yet, put the batteries in, checked the electric motor to make sure that was working, hit the starter button on the motor to make sure it would turn over.

stood back and looked at every thing, figured I had it all, of corse once I had gotten to the lake I had realized I had not put the net in the boat [angelic]

but befor I got to that point, I mounted the traler on to the ball, having to lift the trailer and manuly put it on, Jack still on order...[] started to take off and got out of the driveway when I realized I forgot the leash for my dog, I dont tie her up in the boat, but untill under way I have to tie her down. grabbed the leash and at last I was on my way.....

I get about a mile down the road cross the intersection and the trailer pops off the ball, SOB now how did that happen? I had it on and had it padlocked, well I guess that was one more thing I should have looked at, because it needed an oiling.[laugh] grabbed my keys and unlocked the padlock put the trailer back on the ball, stomped on it a couple time then put the pad lock back on and drove off, than god for trailer chains... LOL..[laugh]

so I get to the lake, launched tied the boat to the dock and went and parked. every thing went smoth as silk... when I realized I had forgotten to unplug the trailer lights... "NOT SUBMERCABLES" fortunately the bulbs did not burn out, that happens a lot when you back hot lights in to the water...[sly]

I unpluged the lights to make sure when I go to pick up the boat I wont forget to unplug it again. []

I got in to the boat, and pushed off, the wind sent me right out in to the lake just as quick as an oil slick...

I fire up the electric trolling motor and was on my way to fishing, I rigged my rods, got them in to the water and got settled down to relax and wait for a bite, when I saw water comming up to my feat from under the seat! Yep I was taking on water, scratchin my head I thought, now it couldnt be the plug cause I just put a new one in before pulling out of my driveway...

looking around I see a steady streem of water shooting in from the back side of the boat... aperently my cousin when taking out the fish finder did not put the bolt back into the hole. and It didnt take on water untill my ty belly sat in to it...[angelic]

I scooped the majority of the water out then scavagened around looking for something to plug the hole.

not finding anything on the first search, I had to bail out the boat again. about that time I was wishing I had thrown all the spair nuts and bolts left over from the repair job. looking in the glove box I had thrown my screw driver pliers and wrench just incase I had to work on the motor.

reaching for the driver, I seeing I had not put the box of spare parts in, a revolation hit me, I took my screw driver, fliped the end from streight to fillips head and pulled one of the mounting screws from the glove box, and put it in to the hole, the screw was bigger than the hole so it made a tight fit reducing the intake of water just a trickle so I could stay out and fish.

after the last bail I attempted to start the motor, and sure enough it was a tiny bit sluggish to start, on the third start, it stayed running so I let it idle for ten minutes. and it ran like a top.

the wind would not work with me, and kept blowing me in to the shallows making it difficult to run the downrigger along the shelf. after a couple of hours of fighting the wind, the rain clouds came rolling in and it was then I realized had I have caught a BigFish I didnt have my net.[crazy]

coming in was a breeze, loaded up like a champ. plugged in my lights after pulling out of the water, checked to make sure I had signials, and drove on home where I parked my trailer and attempted unhook from the hitch. wouldnt ya know it, it would not come off the ball [] "par for the corse"....LOL

Did I mention I had a bannana for my smiggen this morning?

Even tho I did not get a fish, I think I was pretty lucky... [cool] thanks for the good luck wish, Looks like I needed lt [url "http://smiley.smileycentral.com/download/talking_preview.jhtml?i=F/0/24&partner=ZSzeb075_ZNxdm801BNUS"][/url]

when I did first arive at the lake, a guy was coming off with three walleye. 19"s+ [/size]
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[gdn443]

NOW thats a shackdown cruise. LOL You seemed to have hit everything that could go wrong did. AND you remembered the plug! All and all you conquered it and next time will be a breeze. Taking the girls out in a couple hours after their pancakes. Let you know how they make out.
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[tomc]

good luck,its going to be a nice day
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[gdn443]

We stayed for an hour and I got tired of the wind pushing the bobbers to shore, Jasa said she got a hit but no hook up. Took them to supply pond for some gills, but none around. Also forgot MY pole at chatfield, wasn't worth the gas to go back. Big skunk, but the girls enjoyed the nature walk they have there. Next time I'll take them in the boat and throw an anchor. [crazy]
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[tomc]

atleast you got out,and the girls had fun.next time they will slam them[]
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[davetclown]

[size 1]sunday was a nicer day, less wind, at least on the river, but today would not be for me, it was a day for our anual kids Trout opener.

had my hands full with about 60 kids, (40 families) comming and going, so busy I had forgotten to take photos of the event, I did manage to get one pic before the event on my way in to the park. "Proud Lake Recreation Area"
[/size] [center][url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/6741/cat/500/ppuser/89"][size 1][/size][/url][/center] [center]20"[/center] [left]As I was comming in, he was comming out with this 20 inch big fish.[][/left] [left] [/left]
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[Tarpon4me]

I actually got out this past sunday for a change! We had a great weekend of fishing. I posted the report on the SC board, I can past it here if you guys want, or you can check it out there. I'm going to post the pictures either today or tomorrow.

That wind is a killer, it's been screwing everyones trips up lately. Thankfully the windy season is almost done for. It kicked up on us at the end of the day, but atleast we got a little good fishing in before it changed direction and picked up. [cool]
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