hiclassHilbilly
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My first 66 inch catch!!!
Its not much for girth, but you can't beat the length. I guess this is why its important to use high test line.  oh, and here are a couple of actual fish I caught. as you can see, both on dark colored jigs  
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 16:41:05
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 18:12:24
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I've done that,, was the rod nice?
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 18:24:13
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Good looking river....where is that?
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 18:54:39
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The rod was not super nice. It was a gander mountain guide series combo. It is as good as anything I use and after an hour of cleaning, the reel works just fine, even if it was under water for a year or two and shows some wear and tear.
That is the lightest weight rod I have now, so I will probably be using that for trout now.
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 18:57:26
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The body of river is a super duper secret.... no one on here could ever guess where it is!!! PM sent
post edited by hiclassHilbilly - 2009/08/24 18:58:13
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 21:32:07
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Shouldn't I recognize those rocks classman...?
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 21:36:00
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haha, you should. We were there before.
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 21:41:54
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Those ol smallies are gettin big rip holes behind their lips from being caught so much. We may have to let the weeds grow up for a time in the launch areas.
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 21:43:40
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those fish weren't from a launching area. I walked a couple hundred yards up from the nearest access point to hook them.
my next plan is to hook a few on a float to blairsville once I get my firewood cut and put away in september.
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 21:51:07
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I mean to quit going for a while in general. Next time you go back all the grass will be grown into high weeds. How about the boat loads of fishermen that day. Bo and I had to lag back somewhat.
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 22:02:54
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yeah, that was a crazy amount of boats that day.
The fishing will be done in about 6 weeks, so what's the point of letting up now? I throw everything back, so they can rest all winter. :)
the combo I caught is a $40 gander mountain combo. that's worth more than any fish I have pulled outta there so far, so I will take it.
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 22:15:15
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Chris's canoe keeps afloatin till Nov. I know your a steelyheadin. You'll have to get the son with ya on those big rainbows.
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/24 22:22:38
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hah, 2 and half years is a bit young yet for steelies, but when he is 4....look out.
I only steelhead fish during the week when I have to do an overnight for work. There is no real reason that I couldn't fish the river later than september, I just never took the time from bowhunting to do it. I assumed the fish would be turned off by then. This year is my year to do a foliage float in late october. The scenery should be second to none.
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/25 14:50:07
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trion its an excellent reel i use it for steelies and it works awesome
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/25 15:01:08
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that is good to know moooo. I was hoping it would work ok. If it doesn't, I will have to use my expensive baitcaster that doesn't get used for anything else. haha.
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/08/25 16:13:37
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I just decided to click on this page and I gotta say the title and the first picture coupled with the name of the poster were pretty d@mn funny, thanks for the laugh!!
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/09/24 11:21:32
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/09/24 23:47:19
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All the fishing rods I catch are beat to hell and the reels rusty. I'd love to hook a rod that had only been in the water for a year.
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/09/25 20:56:55
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I spent a couple hours cleaning the rod/reel up and then took the reel totally apart and lubed it good with WD40. It seems to work fine, but I haven't spooled it up yet with any line, so that will be the real test.
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/09/25 21:04:11
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HC, taking your catch to Laurel Hill? lol
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hiclassHilbilly
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/09/25 21:07:44
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lol, I SHOULD... see who wants to buy it!!!
It is a super lucky rod...gotta be worth a 20 spot atleast.
"A Homewood man led police on an hourlong car chase that ended with a crash injuring three officers. "The car was driving itself," Wright said. "The car has a GPS. It's a Lincoln Navigator. They drive themselves. I wasn't running nowhere."
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/09/26 09:05:31
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I know for sure there is a 84"er lurking in 20' of water just below the sunken barges below Dashshields ! One of the kids I had out had it in the boat, but it fell to it's freedom ! Go get it boys !!! (nice reel too. both only 3 days old, they grow really quick !!)  
Eat what you catch,troll for cows.
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RE: My first 66 inch catch!!!
2009/10/01 12:31:51
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An angler is a man who spends rainy days sitting around on the muddy banks of rivers doing nothing because his wife won't let him do it at home.
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