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11-12-2008, 05:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
Posts: 3,127
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Any plans for the off season?
I know for some the season hasn't ended quite yet. It ended for me last weekend. I might make a cast or 200 on thanksgiving but likely it is over.
For the off season:
Try not to buy fishing stuff.
Home improvement
Tying all sorts of teasers and maybe try fly tying, dont fly fish though...
Try rod building again.
Make a spreadsheet of my log of the season.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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11-12-2008, 05:49 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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take a break with hobbies........ and work hard @ work.... then maybe do some skiing after the holidays.....
Last edited by Slingah; 11-12-2008 at 06:53 PM..
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11-12-2008, 06:46 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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Gettin all the gear ready for next season.
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11-12-2008, 07:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,687
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Hopefully a tower and auto pilot for the boat !
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LETS GO BRANDON
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11-12-2008, 07:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 369
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Im looking foward to some winter reading and watching some new videos. But also to getting a new custom rod built for the Canal!
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11-12-2008, 07:34 PM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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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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11-12-2008, 07:46 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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I plan on working, Ice fishing, go thru all my plugs and sell alot of them, cleaning gear and maybe remodel a bathroom or two in my house.
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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11-12-2008, 08:20 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
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just got all the ice fishing gear out and got it ready for the upcoming season, Turn some wood, doing a few campouts, and I want to replace the carpet throughout the house with laminate flooring.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-12-2008, 08:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 373
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My off season started a little early this year. I usually fish until mid nov or so. Put most of my gear away so we could head down to Florida. Just got back this evening from a week and a half down there. Felt great when I stepped out into the 30 degree air tonight.  When I got on the the plane it was about 85 and sunny.
Looking forward to working on my shop this winter and making some plugs. |
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11-12-2008, 08:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: R.I.
Posts: 515
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Fishing the thames all winter no breaks for me.
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11-12-2008, 08:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,557
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survival.  |
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11-12-2008, 08:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
Posts: 3,609
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learn to build a rod, tweak my tuna rigging, learn a little about ice fishing, put more energy into my business, put together the new babys' room, get a little sleep - it's been a long season
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11-12-2008, 09:39 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
Posts: 4,519
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Gas is down so that will certainly help with the travel and snowmobiling in general. Tie a lot of flys. Maybe build some plugs.
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11-12-2008, 09:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 254
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clean/fix up the basement/garage
get the baby room ready ....again!
give wifey plenty of quality time and earn points toward plenty of spring fishing time!
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11-12-2008, 09:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Warren Vt
Posts: 668
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i really don't have an off season ,as soon as the fishing poles get put away i take out my ski poles and skiis. only a couple of weeks between each season to get things done around the house.it is starting to get white in the higher elevations and the snow guns are blasting as i type.
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11-12-2008, 09:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
Posts: 11,706
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AS OF THIS EVENING MY {SEASON} OFFICALLY STARTED 
&&&&&&&&& It S/B A good one /unless the lack of small bait this other season /has a negative effect on THIS saeson ..........................Already ..tonight / there was a visiable lack of bait  |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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11-12-2008, 10:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: In the water
Posts: 461
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Florida/Florida keys in 9 days.  After that holdover trips in Boston Harbor, Thames River, and some other spots. Maybe some winter trout in the Swift. Tie flies and load up on gear for next season. |
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11-13-2008, 08:51 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Waste time in the basement
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11-13-2008, 10:13 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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I was out last night, lonely but productive and some shad to boot. Amazing how your hands are suddenly not cold anymore while your catching.
Picked up a brand spanking new 5-1/2 St. Croix Premier ultralight and a brand new Symetre 1500 to go on it, in preperation for late fall/winter/spring trout fishing, this week. (Yes George, it made me feel good) so that Numbskull and Fifa, ESL, Stifftip, Sauerkraut, Art and myself can haunt the trout ponds til the bass come back .
Nights it will be in the basement, making plugs for XMas presents and after the Holidays whipping up something for PlugFest 09'. Hope to make it 4 years in a row with an award.
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Why even try......... 
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11-13-2008, 10:17 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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Wrap up a few of the blanks I have...thin out my collection of gear to just what i use and need.....
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11-13-2008, 10:23 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,395
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My other "season" officially starts in another 3 weeks or so. Ive already got the snowboard out and about to be waxed up for another season of riding. Its nice when fishing just rolls right into snowboarding. No off time. I need to keep busy.
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11-13-2008, 10:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,735
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Fishing-wise, I'll be finishing some plugs that I started last spring. Then going through my gear and seeing what needs replacement. Unbelievably, I didn't lose a single plug the whole 2008 season! I'll hit a few of the shows and probably buy a buch of stuff that I won't have time to use. I'll also be looking to pick up a kayak for both fishing and family.
Most of the rest of my time will be spent doing work around the house and teaching my son to skate. I can't wait to get him out on the ice. I may even make a small rink in my yard this winter for him.
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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11-13-2008, 11:11 AM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,515
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Ice fishing or hitting Norwich just about every weekend and finishing up this house I've been working on the last two years.
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seals + plovers = 
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11-13-2008, 11:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Chatham, MA
Posts: 424
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what's an off season?
I'm trout fishing this weekend and all throughout the winter, hopefully getting down to south florida at some point
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11-13-2008, 11:52 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
Posts: 4,152
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I agree with CaptMike: What off-season?
I will fish ALL year round when possible.
I just received a "reminder: in the mail yesterday for "The Great Rotary Fishing Derby" in NH on February 7 & 8, 2009.
I did it last year, and although I wasn't out with the main crowd in Meredith and Center Harbor, I caught my share of fish up in Moultonborough.
I keep kicking myself for not weighing the white perch I caught, because I didn't think it was big enough, until I saw the final results and realized that it could have wonsome $$.
One project I may tackle this year may be to build a bobhouse for the lake (Winnipesaukee).
Other than that, it will be hardwater fishing until it starts to thaw in March, and then it's back to trout and spring stripers.
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11-13-2008, 12:47 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
Posts: 1,358
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switching over to conventional
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11-14-2008, 05:00 AM
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Spot Preserver
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 2,461
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Relaxing. Off to Aruba for some R & R and then to Carolina to fish the giants with my brother for a few weeks. After that enjoy the colder weather, ice fishing and hanging out with the kids.
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Make America Great Again.
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11-14-2008, 12:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Landlocked in my own prison
Posts: 1,031
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Working hard, taking grant writing classes and starting a second masters degree. But then again I may just say screw it and go to California with Matt and fish giants!
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"Love is like a snowmobile racing across the tundra then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
Matt Groening, Life In Hell
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11-15-2008, 08:31 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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hmmm...I think striper season WAS my off season this year....anyhoo I am hoping to please the snow gods for a good return again this year.  |
Simplify.......
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11-15-2008, 08:33 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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gutting
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