Well, I was out trolling today and caught a nice bluefish in the 10-12 lb range. Alas, my crappy digital scale decided not to work! I even took the thing apart and cleaned the contacts on the button. Battery was good but no go. My manual scale was in my fluke bag back at home! At 12 lb it would have been 50% of the state record. Woe is me. Try again with a working scale next time!

well fellas the contest will be over.....:bsflag: I'm going fishing tomorrow

Go get em Lumber!:beer:

:nut:yea and what happened to my inaugural fishing trip on the Bumkin this summer, your such a tease Gramps

Anybody have any entries?

I don't, had to work all weekend.:sad:

evidentally Lumber didn't catch sqat.......:booty:

I tore my motor apart on sunday:bat:

This saturday is my day. (Had to work all this weekend :cen:)

You got that rite ......lol


But we were told to talk trash:sun::hide::booty:

STILL NO MONEY FROM willy.
I checked the mail box at lunch:bat::bat::bat::devil:

Good if he wins we keep the money!! :beer: I also see no pictures in the photo contest??

sorry but it is hard to take pictures of fishing when my boat is tied up at the dock broke down:cry:..... i can take pics of the jellyfish that swim in the marina.....

:zip:

Still got my hat!!...remains a prized possession!!...thanks for the artwork...GREAT STUFF!!...


Hopin' your dad gets along OK...


How's the Grand Pa Pubah business goin??...

thanks for the artwork Franco.....looks awesome.

So how can I get one of those hats? Or is REEL hording a case of them?:bat:

Yea Franco ditto,

And Cy sorry for the delay but you should have it today, mailed out a bunch of stuff this week.
Got to tell you guys this sporting life is getting dayum expensive, just this week laying out for hunting licenses in three states for me and my two sons, over 400 bucks so far and that does not include extended season tags I still have to buy. Plus 1300 bucks for my annual Bird Hunting Club dues (went up again this year), went thru about three hundred the past couple of weeks in fuel and bait and gear related stuff for fishing on both boats.
The CEO is looking at me askew, might have to take her upstairs and make her forget the check book for awhile, the things I do for the sporting life.

at least you got it to spend it...... all I need is a dam water hose and thermostat to fix my boat, and I am looking for the money to buy it and then the time to install it. Might not get to fish the tourney at this pace.:fight:

I aint got that much to spend, when I was a youger whippersnapper I fished and hunted and I don't think I ever spent more than a few hundred a season for hunting all over. Being an outdoorsman here in the east anyhow has gotten very pricey.
Now if I had Ozzies money then I would not have even commented, now don't get the idea I am complaining cause I will be fishing and hunting till I am in the grave but it just seems to have gotten outta control.
Just an observation.

There appears to be a dearth of fish postings here. I understand when I don't catch anything worth posting (that just how I fish). But I expected to see some good fish coming from our V20 fishin' experts here. With the upcoming weather this weekend (sounds like you southern boys have had it all week) we are looking at maybe another week with no fish posted! That is half of the tournament gone. Maybe I should have kept and posted my 10 ounce sea robin from last weekend.


and when i say 10oz I really mean 8oz, heck I drowned some eels that were bigger than that.

Thanks Guys,
As far as I know, there are only 2 of these hats in existence! If you guys are interested I'll have more done!

Hey Oz, Dads doin' better physically, but all this took a toll on him. It has advanced his alzheimers, he is having a lot of days with his own "private reality"! He is supposed to use a walker and call for assistance getting up, etc. But he is one stubborn ol' cuss and does things his own way. He is not as steady on his feet and falling is a real danger for him. I gotta tell you guys, my wife Mrs. Pubah, stayed in the hospital with my dad for the entire 22 day ordeal! She is one in a billion!! Now that he is home we are having nurses and therapists stopping buy and helping out for a couple of hours a few days a week. We weren't sure he was gonna get to come home. Thought he was gonna end up in a rehab hospital or nursing home. That aint gonna happen till absolutely cannot care for him.

As far as being the Duckman with Aflac, it's been a good month. We are doing the enrollment for the county, a new account for us. put 1000 miles on my truck in the last 2 weeks and never left the county! Plus I put some money in the bank. It has it's ups and downs. I like my boss, being that I'm an independent agent and work for myself! I got the okay from MJ to put a space in the sponsors area. I will work on that soon and hopefully I can assist anyone interested.

I hope to have some more time to visit here more often now that we are getting acclimated to our new routine around here.

Thanks to all

I caught fish last weekend but had no working scale. :(

One in a billion...and makes damm good pie!!...:love:

OK, well nothing special but here is my first entry. Bluefish....I only had my 50 lb scale so the weight was not very accurate but you can see in the 2nd pic that the weight is over 6 lbs....round it down to 6 lbs because I can't be more accurate with this scale. state record is 24 lb 13 oz....so 24.2% Not much but better than anything else posted so far, right??? :clap:

Unless Willy's sandbaggin' us, that puts you ahead ... I'm fishin' tomorrow, but got no scale, Boga Grip won't show up and wifey's got my camera at school:nut:

you got a pic of that bad boy laying next to a tape measure? if not next time make sure you measure it.....

Well boys looks like we got a leader.....:clap:

GO GET HIM:bat:

Good going whale. I got a 9 lb 3 oz. flathead on an ultralight yesterday w/ a 1/16 oz jighead and crappie jig. 15 minute fight. Unfortunately the NC state record is 78 lbs so this is only 12-ish percent. Had it been a channel cat I would have had 40 + percent.

I'm still trying though and will post my entry sooner or later.

Blue

No sorry, I thought we just needed to weigh them. I had to get my 8 year old to take the picture and then I took the closeup of the scale with my right hand while holding the fish in the left. Also, I was trying not to keep him out to long as it was catch and release. If it helps, I am 5' 10" so you can compare it to the length of my torso. :)

I see this now in the original post:
"To add credence to your fish's weight, include a picture next to a tape measure and specify length (to 1/8th inches rounded up. "


Don't worry, I plan to do better anyway....just figured I'd get things started. :sun:

No huge problem......dont worry about it.

everyone is paid up now so go get them:beer:

Well, looks like this thing will be over after tomorrow anyhow:hi: Looks like I've got a window of about 5 hours mid-day to do a little scouting...

Sounds like you got a Honey-Hole staked out somewhere...how'd ya do??

Got chased by thunderstorms, but caught plenty of fish. Nothing to post about here, but will craft a fishing report shortly. Yesterday was more about teaching than fishing...

teaching them 2 youngens on how to bait your hook, fetch you a beer, and reel in your fish for ya??? sounds like you got it all figured out:beer:

Young ens wuz in school. Just me & momma on da boat...

saw the pics, momma looks like a great catch......:beer:

Nice job Air, hope to get out next week

anyone catch anything this weekend or were you working on a "honey do" list like me?:nut:

Is the tourney over?? Did I win???

2 more weeks left REEL. you been checked for alheismers?:laugh::you:

I didn't win??...

I was just WORKING.

I counted it up yesterday, I have to work FIVE Saturdays in a row.

Man that sucks.

But I have a fishing trip planned the 13th through the16th. Hope the weather cooperates.