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11-04-2009, 11:38 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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How You Will Spend The Winter!
Curious how you folks will spend the winter in preparation for next season?? Winter is damn long so I am wondering how you will help it pass???
Me??? I will be working on many of next seasons plugs for folks to catch their quarry with in the New Year! Aside from the usual plug work I will be working on a small needlefish prototype that should be ready for next spring!  I will also be working on rigging my new kayak and my canal bike so they are ready to go when the fish arrive! Winter will also be spent making notes and studying the same so I can plot my strategy for next season! Maybe some ice fishing if we get a nice hard freeze! Also will be trying to plan a Muskie fishing trip for sometime next year.....its high on my bucket list! Mostly I will be daydreaming of warmer, fish filled times to come! 
How about yourselves?? |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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11-05-2009, 02:39 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,939
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Shell fishing, ice fishing, finishing the basement, drinking beer, cleaning up the garage, hopefully snowmobiling, and spoiling the crap out of my son for his 1st x-mas. And also finishing a woman's 64 Schwinn Hollywood for the canal. And hanging up those damned lights  |
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11-05-2009, 06:29 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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I'll be hitting the Hard Water when we get a good freeze, Building a new Sled for ice fishing as my old one is busted.
Build a few plugs and I also picked up a bike to transform into a canal cruiser.
Doing my usual scout stuff too.....got an Ice fishing trip planned witht hem too.
also have to finish off an addition on the house....hopefully
Last edited by The Dad Fisherman; 11-05-2009 at 07:25 AM..
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-05-2009, 07:11 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Insulting my friends online.
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11-05-2009, 07:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Do the chores,turn the wood, shovel the snow and watch the Flap and Numby show.  |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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11-05-2009, 08:13 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 352
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Insulting my friends online.
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ditto |
"never met a bluefish i wouldn't sell"
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11-05-2009, 08:45 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Build a few new rods, insult Numbskull, and probably pick up a couple boxes of eel hooks. C'mon May 15!!!!
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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11-05-2009, 08:49 AM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
Posts: 2,266
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Catch up on some home projects and play hockey nonstop.
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11-05-2009, 09:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Warwick
Posts: 541
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trout fishing, working, and drinking while I celebrate Yankee championship# 27!
Can't wait for baseball to start again next spring as we chase #28!
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11-05-2009, 09:48 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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The usual, way too much sex, let my personal hygiene go, gain 40 lbs eating take out and junk food and ah......the drugs you can't forget the drugs.
Yeah it will be a pretty normal winter for me. |
Why even try.........
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11-05-2009, 10:08 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flaptail
The usual, way too much sex,
Yeah it will be a pretty normal winter for me. |
My condolences to all the small animals who reside on cape cod. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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11-05-2009, 10:19 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Learn how to walk to my new knee.
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11-05-2009, 10:54 AM
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time to go
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,318
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When I'm not online I have a bathroom I am gutting, a hardwood floor I didn't finish last winter and maybe a few plugs. I need a new rod, and maybe make my own plug bag, and maybe some teasers, and flies....and.... too much! |
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11-05-2009, 11:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
Posts: 2,605
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Tons of family time. Play hockey 2-3 times a week. Getting the oldest on the ice this year.
Just found out I'll be playing in a game at Fenway this year following the Winter Classic! Can't wait.
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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11-05-2009, 12:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: near water
Posts: 208
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going over notes from this year, replace all my broken stuff, buy new stuff. Ice fishing when it gets here, hot mulled wine and some grilled animal (doesnt matter what kind) on a cold day is fun.
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11-05-2009, 12:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 5,238
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Fishing wise: Trout, some plug turning, jig making.
Life: Work, Work, Work, Moving in January, helping a friend with massive amounts of work on his house.
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11-05-2009, 12:12 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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Well .... Since I did the small needlefish last winter,,,,(1.25 oz 5" with 1/0 6x vmc's, casts very well and took a couple over 20# this year) I will be working on some other proto's.... I have a few friends that want me to make a couple classic plugs for them,,,,,
Going to pour some bucktails since they worked well for me this year in a few spots,,,, and just wish I was fishin til spring...
oh yea,,, maybe somewhere in there the airline industry will recover and I can go back to work,,,,,,  |
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11-05-2009, 12:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 21
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After I get done catching my 40lb slob sometime around Thanksgiving I'll probably snap my favorite rod so I can buy another one, then...... burn a few dozen custom wood plugs. What? I get bored in the winter.
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11-05-2009, 12:27 PM
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xxx
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
Posts: 2,407
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gym, redo kitchen cabinates (paint and hardware), get ready for some big changes around the house, mentally prepare myself to slide fishing down the priority list for next year
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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11-05-2009, 01:00 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clogston29
get ready for some big changes around the house, mentally prepare myself to slide fishing down the priority list for next year
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Congratulations  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-05-2009, 01:02 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Good luck with that last one Josh!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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11-05-2009, 01:50 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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Ice fish. My goal is to break 15# through the ice this year.
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seals + plovers = 
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11-05-2009, 01:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 492
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Moving to a new house in Feb., snowboarding (I'm 50 but I'll still get out at least a dozen times), tying flies, maybe chasing some fish down in FLA., downing a couple/few manhattans and falling asleep on the couch.
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11-05-2009, 02:24 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Snowboarding at 50!!!!! Bravo!!!  I have trouble getting my rump out of bed for a morning stroll on the rocks at the ditch!! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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11-05-2009, 02:50 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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I dunno, reading more DD posts from BigFish now that he's gonna have more time on his hands... 
Other than that, I'll probably spend some time in the basement sorting out all my mixed nails, screws, nuts and washers into baby food jars and labeling them.
Maybe alphabetize them, then arrange them according to size and such...or maybe most frequently used...I dunno... 
Hey, dude it's what old guys are supposed to do from what I understand, alright... 
Okay, admittedly it's not much but I sorted out all my tackle last winter...alphabetized, arranged, etc etc
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"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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11-05-2009, 05:04 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
My condolences to all the small animals who reside on cape cod.
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A redo on a good portion of the cellar. Frame in a new cellar door. Repair termite wood damaged walls in my cave. Waiting to see if thier is any money floating around to update what I had in there. Build an 11" MH SSU and a 9'er also after the 1st of the year. Learn hopw to paint plugs better. Take more lessons form Bigfish. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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11-05-2009, 05:06 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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Hopefully I won't be reading a bunch of stupid threads on fishing boards
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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11-05-2009, 05:11 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,953
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plan to get my gear and tackle in order, and not do any of it until the day before I hit the water next year... as usual... snowboard, look for a late 60's BSA to restore
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11-05-2009, 05:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,690
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivanputski
look for a late 60's BSA to restore
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I have a Lightning, but you can't have it 
my goal for the winter is to drop 20 to 30 lbs... Hmmm
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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11-05-2009, 05:52 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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plugs, more sleep, and hopefully join a gym as my body is starting to feel old this year.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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