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Post by featherduster on Aug 17, 2022 12:15:56 GMT -5
Ludington has been on fire this fall with numerous Kings in the 30 pound+ category but since our group has lost our connection with that area we are no longer fishing up there.
We now fish out of St Joe Michigan aboard the "IN THE BOX" charter. We were scheduled to fish last Monday and Tuesday but Mother Nature had different plans with 5'-8' waves over those 2 days. As a last minute idea we were able to get a charter for today so Schall53,me and our good fishing buddy Bruce met at the dock this morning under a star studded sky and calm winds.
We ran out to 95 feet of water and started setting up and as fast a we could get the center rigger rod set it went off twice and both time we landed Lake Trout. The Trout action was so good we had our limit of 12 Lakers by 8:30 with one of them being around 13 pounds. Once we limited on trout we focused on Kings and Bruce caught a nice double digit fish.
We also lost a couple just because they came unbuttoned.
All in all we had a great morning of fishing to close out our Lake Michigan trips for the year.
Photos attached:
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Post by featherduster on Aug 17, 2022 12:00:02 GMT -5
The Bass-Pro store in Portage has gone down hill a lot. They don't any ATV'S or BOATS out front around the store, the store itself is filthy and the aquarium is nothing but average bass and a few other small fish.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 15, 2022 7:00:11 GMT -5
FANTASTIC!
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Post by featherduster on Aug 14, 2022 21:24:09 GMT -5
Those are excellent eating, just batter them and deep fry them like you would fish.
They taste like chicken.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 13, 2022 21:19:18 GMT -5
To early for HENS and COLIFLOWERS.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 13, 2022 13:50:51 GMT -5
First: I am shocked that people think it is fun to shoot as much as possible innocent animals. Second: Biodiversity is important for nature. We need nature to keep the earth livable . Nature consists of ecological systems of all living species in it that keep it in balance. Massive hunting disrupts the system. WELL! Welcome to hunting Indiana. Question: does this line of thinking include fishing? If so guys like SCHALL53, Deadeer and duff along with others are conservative fisherman because they very seldom catch fish.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 12, 2022 18:14:18 GMT -5
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Post by featherduster on Aug 10, 2022 6:56:26 GMT -5
Yeah I don't work outdoors for my livelihood but have before. Been a fan of hot and humid over cold and snow my whole life. I’d take the cold any day over heat but I work in it all day I do not like the heat at all Same here.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 8, 2022 9:12:34 GMT -5
Great name!
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Post by featherduster on Aug 7, 2022 12:23:30 GMT -5
Blacken bass from this morning with bacon lettuce and tomatoes. Gets no better. You just gave me another recipe, thanks!
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Post by featherduster on Aug 5, 2022 13:22:20 GMT -5
It would be a dull, dull world if we didn’t have something to complain about… I wish I would have been born rich instead of so good looking! You wear the heavy burden well! As Jack Nicholson says in the movie DEPARTED, (HEAVY IS THE CROWN).
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Post by featherduster on Aug 4, 2022 15:29:23 GMT -5
Like WOODY my wife and I always dine at local establishments. Our fishing group tries to do the same thing, tip them well they will remember you and will appreciate your business.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 4, 2022 9:29:01 GMT -5
What's this world coming to? First Burger King and now Cracker Barrel!!!
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Post by featherduster on Aug 4, 2022 8:18:48 GMT -5
Pardon my ignorance herebut, put them in ice right away as in, fill my cooler/live well with ice or do you mean once I get them home and cleaned, then put them in ice? I think what is trying to say is put them on ice in a cooler as soon as you catch them. Cooling the fish down firms up the fish making it easier to fillet as well as making better tasting. After you fillet them put the meat in a bowl of cold water and let them rest in the refrigerator for a day. The meat will be real firm, then freeze them.
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Post by featherduster on Jul 31, 2022 18:42:24 GMT -5
Get some kleenex.
(Valparaiso, IN) - A 300-pound hog in Porter County broke a record this week for its final selling price at the 4-H auction. The price it achieved was almost as impressive as the amount of love that went in to making it happen.
The portly piggy was the show animal of 10-year-old 4-H member Hudson Duttlinger of Wanatah.
As this year’s Reserve Grand Champion Gilt, the hog was no slouch, but it had a little something extra going for it: that’s the rest of the story.
Several years ago, Ashlee Duttlinger, Hudson’s mom, was diagnosed with colon cancer. Although it was in remission, the cancer recently returned with a vengeance. The 38-year-old wife and mother was able to sit ring-side when her son was awarded his ribbon, but she is now in hospice care.
Porter County’s 4-H community banded together in her honor. Jonathan and Anna Kraft, who run the annual livestock auction, are good friends of the Duttlinger family. Using GoFundMe, the Krafts organized a “bidding war” among online donors.
And on Thursday night, bids kept pouring in. According to auction organizers, 4-H swine normally sells for about $2.50 per pound on a good day. But Thursday was a great day. The price hit $100 per pound pretty quickly, then just kept going up. It wasn’t inflation, just a special kind of Hoosier hysteria.
“I got $100,” a cowboy-hatted auctioneer intoned, “$120…130…140…”
At $200 a pound, the cheering crowd rose to their feet. The frenzy continued.
“240…$250 a pound…and 260… now 70…”
At $280, the auctioneer had to pause. “I never thought an auctioneer could be at a loss for words, but this one is.”
And it didn’t stop there. More bids came in, and when the gavel dropped, Hudson Duttlinger’s hog, in honor of his mom, sold for $340 a pound. That’s $102,000 in total.
All the money will go into a scholarship fund for Ashlee’s two boys. Since the hog was purchased by over 100 different donors, the pork will be given to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana to help feed families in need
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Post by featherduster on Jul 31, 2022 12:48:53 GMT -5
I would build a house on it and sell it.
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Post by featherduster on Jul 30, 2022 5:01:42 GMT -5
They are most likely coming back to Truck series…. Dodge maybe back to cup and SHR…. Just rumor now! If this is true my racing dreams will finally come true. GO MOPAR!
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Post by featherduster on Jul 30, 2022 1:21:46 GMT -5
MAN!! that looks great.
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Post by featherduster on Jul 29, 2022 16:38:45 GMT -5
Put it in GOD'S hands.
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Post by featherduster on Jul 28, 2022 5:01:56 GMT -5
No problem with groundhogs however I have rid the world of 9 raccoons this month. My neighbor is up to 9 also.
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