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ND, good lord man.. How much did that way... Ive pulled some nice pout out of the ice, but nothing like that... Crazy..
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I dunno, randomly nabbed it off the web (pic)
But we've cought em that big before, hell of a fight, hell of a stink when they come up too, yuck.
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I dunno, randomly nabbed it off the web (pic)
But we've cought em that big before, hell of a fight, hell of a stink when they come up too, yuck.
And they like to wrap around things. Like your arm. Kinda freaks you out the first time.
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There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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ND: near as I can tell, thats what we call a "ling" here. And yep, never seen one that big, and yep, they wrap around your arms..
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yep, that's the critter. ling, eelpout, burbout... freshwater cod, poormans lobster... (now I've done it...)
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We target them in early Spring up here. A few of them reach 20 pounds or better. Biggest one in this picture is around ten. Fish from ten to a hundred feet of water, occasionally deeper. Bright spoons worked two to three feet off sand or gravel bottoms, and plastic jigs fished just inches from the bottom do the trick quite nicely. They are a delicious eating fish, but do not keep well unless frozen, totally immersed in water, and ice cream buckets work good for that. Ted
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They get targeted here too, but usually with cut bait...five pounds is a big one here...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Ted never seen em cleaned that nice before. we just back strap em. which can be ugly.
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Next batch I catch, I'll take some video of the cleaning process, Dave. It's actually very simple, and wastes virtually no meat.
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I sure would appreciate that and I know my uncle would too, he's crazy about that stuff. Hey, guys check out my new ice fishing truck. (I'm not kidding)
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wow 10" long bait ha what about chicken liver or gold fish? hell i use suckers that big in summer......fun using bait as big as the trout the fly fishing guys in the mountains try and catch(ingwe ) have caught some nice walleye off big suckers, northerns like them too.....
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"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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what now smoking a turd in hell for me? im disappointed will have to get over there one of these times and you can haul my busted arse out so i can reel in dinks too like yah did with Marc
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Dinks are good...rod or gun..makes no matter
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Dinks are good...rod or gun..makes no matter But in the land of dinkdom, doesn't less matter... more?
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But in the land of dinkdom, doesn't less matter... more?
Sheer profundity....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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But in the land of dinkdom, doesn't less matter... more?
Sheer profundity.... I hope that remark doesn't mean you've switched from a leopard-print to a sheer thong.
If you're fixin' to put a hole in something, make it a hole to remember.
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Dave - what's with the new regs on using smelt in MN? Is it just me or is it a load of dung?
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter
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dude what?
no idea I havent looked at the regs.
whats up?
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According to new regs, we can't use frozen smelt or ciscoes unless they have been processed by a bait dealer that has processed them to eliminate VHS. http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/index.p...d-smelt-used-for-bait-must-be-preserved/I think it's a load of dung and would LOVE to know what special process they are using to kill the virus. I understand not wanting it to spread, but how hard is it going to be to find smelt this year for northerns?
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter
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