Conference wahoo::fishing

    We've been talking about it in note 154, check out the last few
    notes.  It's May 17th on Lake Monomonac.		Don Mac

    
    I have read note 154 and sounds good,but i think that i might have
    a hard time competing with rangers and the sort.<just jealous>
    I would still like to hear from the rest of you that would like
    to fish mill pond.anyone that has a small boat or canoe reply so
    we can get the ball moving.we will try and pick a day that is best
    on the solular table.so reply now!!!!
    
    
                                        creator of "TOBACC" 

    
    I must say that yes we did get Ron's Ranger in the mill pond (not
    the new one, the old one) not an easy job. Broken lights, scrapes
    and almost lost the t bird. Pre Ranger we used a canoe and had a
    much better success rate. you really need to be able to get way in amongst
    the stumps to be effective. I highly recomend leavin those big boats
    at home.

    Regarding tournaments....Ron and I were talking yesterday about
    the separate NH and MASS events of last year, and we both agreed
    that INSTEAD of having separate tourneys, why not schedule several
    of them all at Monomonac.  That way the turnout is bound to be better
    where everyone could compete PLUS the "pot" would be larger.
    
    We already have one planned for May 17...maybe we could plan to
    have one in late June or early July and then the final one in
    September.                                          
    
    What's the concensus??
    
    -Joe-

    Although I've never witnessed any BIG fish coming out of Monomonac
    I feel it is big enough to be a fishing challenge many trips out,
    so I'd say GO FOR IT! It has lots of fingers and islands and docks
    and stuff to have fun at.
    
    It also has lots of boats and crowds, but if we timed it right I
    think we could minimize the impact of noise and boats. Say early
    or late when everyone is asleep or eating or some mix like that...
    
    Of course, Joe , we could leave you to pick the dates and then we'd
    be SURE it would rain and then we'd have the lake to ourselves...

    I think that its' a good idea and we should be able to have some
    fun in the process. Never having fished the lake, like most of the
    Mass. people, I think, it should be fun learning the lake and that
    will take a few times out. So, ya, lets do it. How about the rest
    of you??
    
    One of the other things that I thought about was just getting some
    fishing trips together to either of the states, or maybe even Maine
    or Vermont. Just a fishing trip with a few boats and some overnight
    camping or the like. I for one, would like to get a couple of boats
    together and go fish Wini or Squam. Meet a couple of the guys from
    N.H. there and have a good time....no tournament, just fishing and
    bragging type stuff....anyone interested in something like this??
    
    
    Tight lines, Ranger Ron

    Ron, 
    That's a great idea.  It would be nice to be able to just sit  
    around, have a few beers, catch a few fish and laugh as you and     
    Holeshot try and out brag each other!  Where your boots boys!       
                                                                        
    Now that Ol' Stump Jumpa has her own trailer and will actually plane
    now with the new motor, I'm ready for anything!
                        
    Don Mac

    Hey, Ron ... whadya say we run some rings around the "new" Stumpa
    Jumpa and swamp her?  That'l teach Don to have some respect!
    
    
    BTW...Ron, I'll bet ya can't top this one!
    
    I was fishing one day when all of a sudden this HUGE....
    
    
    
    -later guys...
    
    -Joe-

    I'm just going to make sure I'm close enough to give him my prop
    wash from a hole-shot.........then maybe we'll get some respect;^)
    
    Speaking of HUGE fish, I'll never forget this time........
    
    TL,RR

    HEY!  what is this???  I lay kinda low from notes for a while and 
    all of a sudden you guys are on my case!!!!!   
    And, what's the WE'll get respect stuff???  I can see where Ron might 
    *THINK* he can get away with that, but if he had ever seen Joe's boat
    he'd never even DREAM of referring to it in the same sentence as
    his Ranger!!!!!       
                                                  
    Sorry, Joe but that little ol' V daddy bought you ain't too far off
    from my grandmother's BATHTUB! (accept her bathtubs not `baby blue!')   
            
    Hey, Bass'n Bob, at the Monomonac Tourny we'll have to shoe "Holeshot"
    what a *real* HOLESHOT is!!!
            
    Don Mac 

    
    
    I guess I'll have to show Joe what a trim shower is!!!!  Nobody is going
    to pick on my partner but me!!!!!
    
    	   Hay Ron tell don what its like
    being between two 150s trimed up and they both goose it at the same
    time!!!!  Thanks a bouble trim shower!!! :^)

    
    bb
    

    Last week when I was out on the Merrimack, trying out the new engine,
    there was a BUNCH of guys there giving their 150's a good workout.
    5-6 Rangers at a time full out down the river.  Jumping over each other's
    wake...  Looked and sounded like a monsoon coming down the river.
                                                     
    Don Mac

    oh..oh..   I'm in big trouble now.
    
    I think I'll ask my dentist for a bottle of nitrous oxide to
    SUPERCHARGE my Merc....I think I'm gonna need it!
    
    Hey, Ron...us older farts gotta stick together and keep them youngsters
    like Don in place. 
    
    I dunno, Bob...I think you're really asking for a heap o' trouble
    by letting Don be your partner.  Don asked me to keep this quite,
    but I can't any longer.  At our NH tourney last year, when Don and
    his partner checked in, Don's partner ( a cousin ) said he'd never
    fish with him because:
    
    	1. Don always cast across his line.
    	2. Don always borrowed his plugs.
    	3. Don always lost the borrowed plugs.
    	4. Don always rocked the boat.
    	5. Don always peed into the boat.
    
    Well, Bob....I wish you luck!  
    
    -Joe-
    

    Bob, sounds like you might have to buy a long necked funnel :^)
    
    TL,RR

    
    Re: .13
    
    I have the same problem with Ron!
    
    1) He looses his sense of humor when I cast across his line.
    2) He makes an ugly face when I borrow His plugs.
    3) When I loose his plug he expects ME to replace the old worn out
       thing that didn't work anyway.
    4) Ron does pee in the boat 
    
    Oh well it is his boat, I guesse he can spill beer and pee in it
    if he wants.
    
    
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    Now Now Now Joe bee bee bee nice�
    
    Now don you would never think of casting across your partners line
    would you.  This is a team event I fish the front and you fish the
    back..  Got it!
    
    as for borrowing lures.  Hay worm jigs, and grubs are cheep but
    if you should happen to loose one of those old worn out wood ones
    that Garry claims they don't work!!  You better have a bathing suit
    on..
    
    I do have a long neck funnel but what the hell I already chrissened
    (sp)  ok Pissed on the boat.    But it's my boat to piss on not
    his!!!
    
    As for rocking the boat good luck!!
    
    Still want to fish with me don?
    
    Bassin Bob
    
    p.s.  The  only thing I hate is tabaco spit and chew or fish spray
    that stuff eats carpets.
    

    No sweat Bob, I'm not a Redman fan... And I have my own good ol'
    wooden plugs, last year I picked up one of those last chance antique
    lure kits from BP...  And as far as casting cross lines... Hey Cris,
    tell everyone how Holeshot does it, he doesn't cross lines, *SNAP* 
    there goes another rod!     
    
    I'm not so bad, I didn't spill *too* much beer in Ron's Ranger!
                                        
    Don Mac

    Hey what the heck, whats a little beer among friends???.........
    No fishing boat is complete until it has at least a case of beer
    spilled on it (one way or the other;^)
    
    Just wait Garry, gohead, ask for that lure......see what happens:^!)
    I give Garry credit though, he only lost HIS lures on this last
    trip.......$14 worth at that (those rattle traps get hung up easy)
    and he never asked me for mine (of course I only had the one I was
    using).
    
    Well, the lake (Singletary) is open.....how is the rest of the world
    doing?? Of course with my luck, it will be iced over again this
    week....boy, its cold out there.
    
    TL,RR

    Now boys! I can't testify against the guy with the BOAT! 
    Where else would I be able to sit in the bow and have someone drive
    me around to my favorite fishing spots? No, Joe only broke his
    Shimano rod over my Shimano when he was tellin' me this story, see,
    then hauls back and lets fly with his brand new baitcaster. CRACK!
    The rod splintered over mine (just sitting there minding its own
    business...) so he told Shimano he had this 5+ lb'er, see and well
    he hauled back and the rod broke! Amazing. Shimano gave him a new
    rod. Brother. Now, ask Joe about trying to relieve himself while
    fishin'. I never could believe someone could do it BACK INTO the
    can he had just emptied but if I had'nt seen it with my own eyes...
    What I was wondering was how he got it into that little hole in
    the end of the can... but then size is size and I would never mention
    anything to Joe about that...
    
    8-)
    
    Cris. (hey joe how about a portapottie in your new design?)

re: .16
   < As for rocking the boat good luck!!
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   < Still want to fish with me don?
   < 
   < Bassin Bob

	Hey Don,
		I wouldn't worry about a rockin' the boat.  I went out with
	Bob one time last year and damn near put him in the drink just settin'
	the hook.  'pears to me he hasn't developed his sea legs yet and
	therefore will be very content to keep his new toy on an even keel.

	What's the funnel for? Beer after filtering it thru the kidneys, right?
	Bob told me that's why he got two live-wells, 1 for the catch and the
	other for beer.  He made no stipulation about 'before' and 'after'.

				Al

    ...only one little comment for Chris...
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
               
    
               *** WHO ARE YOU FISHING WITH THIS YEAR??!?!? ***
    

    as for rocking the boat my new RANGER 373 would take a hook set
    into a 20000lber and would not even tilt!!
    

    Wanna bet, Bob??
    
    OK FOLKS...IT'S PARTY TIME ON BOB'S 373!

    
    On the west point trip Gary Watt set the hook so hard that he fell
    off the back deck high chair, rolled between the two consoles and
    ended up with his head leanning against the forword livewell.
    His response to all this was "OH SHIT, I LOST ANOTHER RATTETRAP
    ON A TREE".
    Through all this, he didn't rock the boat. He did manage to loose
    the biggest fish of the trip.
    
    Better luck nest time
    
    Gw
                       
    

    Rangers don't Rock en Roll, they waltz........You can't sink a Ranger.
    (well, at least not easily:^)
    
    TL,RR