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[PWC]

Allen you hijacked the fishing thread to pallet wood....

Cane pole fishing from bank or boat IS fishing. Rod'n reel fresh water fishing is work. Some of my best memories are of my dad and me sculling along on a 14' John Boat on any nimber of small lakes or ponds; nearly 60 yrs ago. Really loved fishing in Dump Lake, near Vicksburg MS., an old slough closed off when the Mississippi River changed course, a loooong time ago. There are alligator gar in there that look like they belong in jurassic park.

[lyman]

Allen you hijacked the fishing thread to pallet wood....

Cane pole fishing from bank or boat IS fishing. Rod'n reel fresh water fishing is work. Some of my best memories are of my dad and me sculling along on a 14' John Boat on any nimber of small lakes or ponds; nearly 60 yrs ago. Really loved fishing in Dump Lake, near Vicksburg MS., an old slough closed off when the Mississippi River changed course, a loooong time ago. There are alligator gar in there that look like they belong in jurassic park.

used to fish with a retired C&P lineman,
he knew every small pond around town, and in several counties,


taught me how to fly fish, and how to scull a boat with a paddle,


good times

[dryheat]

Rod 'n reel fresh water fishing is work. He ain't justa woofin'. I've seen Alligator Gar skeletons on the bank it was my introduction to Texas. Hot. Not unlike, well... I've caught Northern(or something) Pike in an extinct volcano in AZ. I'm sure it's dryied up now. Maybe they were planted. But one of the best days of fishing I can recall. A thunderstorm was brewing. I'm lazin' about in the 12ft. I put out a bobber and then another. The weeds or seaweed or whatever that stuff was called was so thick I had to pull clumps of it off the little prop. About the time I saw lightening I figured it was time to pull up anchor. Great, five lbs. of seaweed on the thing. More lightening. I reeled in two, I'm calling them, Northern Pike. I've got pictures. I've nearly been hit by lightening on the lake, but like the golfing minister in Caddyshack, take me now.

[free1954]

there is a fine line between fly fishing and standing in the water waving a string around like an idiot.

yeh I like fishing, more than just about anything else except riding a motorcycle.

[Merc]

My summer home is near a 16,000 acre Pymatuning Reservoir that straddles the Pennsylvania-Ohio border about 40 miles south of Erie, PA. We bought a pontoon boat a few years ago and enjoyed catching the Walleye and Muskie that seemed so willing last summer.

My favorite is trailering my old bass boat to bass fish in Erie’s Presque Isle Bay a few times in June. Always catch and release. The usual 3-4 pounders are fun with an occasional 5 pounder here and there.

Last July 4th, we decided to take the pontoon boat to watch the fireworks with six friends/relatives at a state park at the southern end of Pymatuning which is an 8 mile trip from our dock. The lake is about 1-2 miles wide. The maximum allowed HP is 20 so the max speed for a pontoon boat is about 8 MPH. We made the trip to the park and dropped the anchor while we still had some daylight and waited another hour until it got dark.

The fireworks were fun to watch and we were surrounded by many other pontoons. It was a moonless, windless night and the smoke that hung around over the water from the fireworks was really heavy and obscured the shoreline and open water to the north. I had my wife’s I phone that I tried to get a north compass heading for the return trip but that didn’t work. Finally, after an hour, the full moon rose in the south east and I was able to identify our location. We made the trip back and docked safely at about 1 AM.

Now, I bring my iPad with me all the time that has a detailed GPS/compass/navigation app with a back-up hand held compass that eliminated landmark navigation. Through it all, we had a good time but I wonder how many will want to go again this July 4th.

[PWC]

It's a long way from Phoenix, but I would go...

[Merc]

It's a long way from Phoenix, but I would go...

Thanks, you’d probably enjoy a challenge. Pull up a map of Ohio or Pennsylvania and see how big the lake is.

I’ll be in Scottsdale in April for a week. Your weather should be warm by then. Happy they grounded the 737 Max that Southwest flies.