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My Nephew and Brother in-law just got back from Alaska. They caught all kinds of fish including Pacific Cod, Ling Cod and Halibut with a 90 lb Halibut being the big fish for the trip! 
Man, am I jealous! LOL!!!  
Tags: Alaska
Man, I set up the big bait tank, we went and caught a bunch of brim & shiners with fly rods, the weather forecasters were saying the storms wouldn't come in until later tonight.... we set up the boat & headed up to Alum creek lake for some Musky fishing with the boys! As soon as we got out on the water, I ancored on the shallow upwind side of a nice creek channel that comes out into the lake set up the 1st pole with a steel leader/hook rig and a balloon just off the bottom & let it go out to the edge of the channel... then I took another rod, an 8 foot downrigger rod that had a big pushbutton reel on it (for the boys), put just a small 3" brim on a 1/0 hook with no steel leader to try for a Walleye & dropped it down to set it just off the bottom, started blowing up a balloon & a monster Musky slammed it...... I got a good feel of the size of the fish as it ran under the boat, handed the Rod to Chris, worked him up front, took the rod back from him & passed it under the anchor line and felt just how dang big this monster was again..... handed the rod back to Chris... the rod had 30 lb test line but no steel leader & the fish was just stripping line & heading towards shore... it was pulling so hard that Chris just had the rod straight out until the fish had ran about 75 yards out & then turned right & started back towards the deeper channel.... I grabbed a hold of the rod about 2' up from where Chris was holding on for dear life & I started lifting to try and get another feel of the fish as I was applying a little upward pressure on him & snap............ the line broke right at the hook... cut by the Musky's teeth.... it sucked big time because I know it was a seriously big fish...... I went back to rigging rods, all with steel leaders.... got 4 rods out with brim for bait & ballons back into the channel & all of the sudden like the weather started blowing in big time... dang anchor wouldn't hold the boat... then it started pouring rain, thunder, lightning... we got absolutely soaked to the bone as I was reeling rods back in to try and get the heck off the lake... then there was a little break & I pulled the camera out of the gallon ziplock bag & took a few pictures... you can see how soaked I was... and the look on Chris' face after loosing that monster... I think he was ready to fish all night after feeling that fish... we had about 3 dozen brim & shad in the bait tank, including a few great big half pound plus ones that I even brought a 4/0 rod along for.... oh well, next time.... 
  
Tags: Musky
My little dog Buddy, before & after I groomed him!
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After
Tags: Before & After
I figured you guys will hear about this one, heck, it was just on our local TV news! LOL!!! Sounds like it was about the same size as that gator we had right behind the house in the canal in Northport! Who in their right mind would jump into a Florida canal at 2 in the morning... obviously an alcohol buzz played a major role in this one! Nubbin Slough in Okeechobee County, gator bites the guys arm off but he gets away by poking it in the eye...:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,370763,00.html
Had a great Dad’s Day yesterday! Started out with going to Zoombesi Bay, which is the newly redeveloped Columbus Zoo & Water park that used to be called Wyandot Lake. We bought family passes this year to help sponsor the zoo & obviously so we could have some fun weekends this summer. Chris has buddies that have passes to so he can go with them to if they’re going & vice versa. I didn’t take the camera to the water park, so I’ll just share some of the new construction pictures and map. Then we went fishing in the spillway up at Alum creek lake. I was hoping to maybe catch a Musky but all we caught were some gills that I used for bait & some rock bass. There were a couple Musky caught while we were there but they were way up by the beginning of the spillway. We could hear the whooping & hollering and see the splashing in the water but I wasn’t close enough to take pictures… We had fun though, had a couple slams on the gills where I lost the baits & it was good to get out and do some fishing! 
 
The new hunting regs for Ohio are out!
http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/dow/regulations/seasons.aspx 2008-2009 Hunting Season Dates and Bag Limits SPECIES OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE DAILY BAG White-tailed Deer: Archery September 27 February 1 Refer to Deer Hunting Section for details on zone and bag limits White-tailed Deer: Early Muzzleloader October 20 October 25 White-tailed Deer:
Youth Gun November 22 November 23 White-tailed Deer:
Gun December 1 December 7 White-tailed Deer:
Gun (extended) December 20 December 21 White-tailed Deer:
Muzzleloader December 27 December 30 Wild Turkey:
Fall October 11 November 30 Refer to Turkey Hunting Section for details on seasonal bag limits Wild Turkey: Spring April 20 May 17 Squirrel
(gray, red, fox, black) September 1 January 31 6 Mourning Dove September 1 - Refer to Publication 298 or Small Game Section Ruffed Grouse October 11 February 28 3 Goose and Brant Refer to Waterfowl Season Dates or refer to Publication 295
Click here to review all Waterfowl Season Information Ducks, Coots, Mergansers and Canvasbacks Refer to Waterfowl Season Dates or refer to Publication 295
Click here to review all Waterfowl Season Information Cottontail Rabbit November 7 February 28 4 Ringneck Pheasant November 7 January 11 2 (cock pheasants only) Bobwhite Quail November 7 November 30 4 Fox, Raccoon, Skunk, Opossum, Weasel November 10 January 31 No Limit Crow
Fri. Sat. Sun. Only June 6, 2008 March 15, 2008 No Limit Coyote No closed season for hunting or trapping No Limit Wild boar No closed season for hunting No Limit Groundhog Closed during deer gun season only No Limit
Whooo-Hoooo!!
We went camping, fishing & into Detroit for the Red Bull Air Race pre-show & qualification rounds on Saturday that ended up being cancelled due to high winds. So we got to see the pre-show, Detroit/show sights & now we're getting a refund for the tickets! So, here's some pictures of our campsite, a little fishing fun, some pre-show highlights and some cool pictures from the airshow when it was in NY. We took Chris & 2 of his buddies and Chris caught the biggest fish! We actually caught some Bass, Crappie & other carp when I forgot the camera back at camp (good luck) but also caght fish right at our campsite, including the turtle & biggest carp we landed. Chris had one break off on 20 lb test & one of his buddies had 2 break off on 12 lb test! The campsite was beautiful and we were surrounded by canals & lakes at the campground that were right next to where the campsite was. It was pretty cool! 
Big Red Smokies w/baked beans!!! Now that's camping!!!
Ceasars across the river in Windsor Ontario 
Chris & I both ended up on the news in the background. 
Ok, so I've humped 25 bags of mulch, 4 bags of peat moss (2 used already) & 4 bags of potting soil! Bought a new tent & got it set up! Cleaned up the pond pumps/filters & got it all running. And I got the boat tuned up & rigged up! The wife's got the garden all planted & growing good and she's working on the flower beds!
        Time to go fishing! Life is good!!!
We had fun camping in the barn next to the skeet range. Set up a nice camp, got some good sleep & a couple naps in! I told Scott he's a napaholic (j/k) LOL!!! We had lousy weather/windy/rainy in the morning when we could hunt & nice weather turkeys walking around in the afternoon when we couldn't hunt! LOL!!! At one point Scott worked a Jake from over 300 yards out to within 75 when he spotted us standing inside the barn in our bluejeans! LOL!!! The game was way over, birds bred out early this year in Ohio but we had fun just getting out there! Scott is a great guy, if ya ever get a chance to go hunting with him, don't miss out on it!
 
It was awesome that I got to see my Daughter Sarah, yesterday, on her 25th B-day! Her and her husband Danny are doing great! I only took a few pictures of her, I hardly get to see her much anymore... told her that her & Danny will have to come up to Columbus & go fishing with us some this summer! Danny's ready for that!
I thought I'd share some thanks for some fun I had killing my one and only turkey because there's 2 guys, here on camospace, that made it a really cool experience and I did my best to make a great memory out of it with my fan mount!
Thanks to Eric P., aka: Spysar, I killed a Turkey in NY in May of 2006 and thanks to Mike R. aka: NCTurkey, I now have a custom wingbone call made from one of the wings of that Turkey! How cool is that! Also of note, I did add a couple of the primary wing strut feathers to my fan mount so now, the mount includes: - The fan - The beard - The Spurs - The 2 primary strut feathers - The wishbone - The brass from the shotgun shell I used - The happy picture of Eric & me! Check out the mount out & the call! 
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