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Offline Scott Wright

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The one that got away..... Came back!!
« on: Mar 25, 2009, 06:42 PM »
I went out to cobbossee with fishon-fishoff and pikeslayer42, today. When we got on the ice, we met up with Fishalot and his friend. Fishing was slow, but we managed a few white perch and a crappie on the jig rods. Not many flags.

A little while after Fishalot and friend left, I got a flag on my "lucky" home made trap. When I got to it the wheel was turning so I pulled the trap and tried to set the hook. I played it for a couple of yards and felt it come off. I was bummed!

I pulled the line in to re spool and check the hook to see if I still had bait. I pulled the bait up the hole and it was still alive, but not doing too well. I let it down to see if it would swim, when pikeslayer42 brought the bait bucket over. While I was looking in the bait bucket, still holding the line with the bait at the bottom of the hole, the brown grabbed it and took off. I was able to set the hook, this time and iced this nice brown.

Bait was only about 2 inches below the ice when the brown hit it. We figure the trout must have followed the bait to the hole, after loosing it the first time around.

Cool, eh?



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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #1 on: Mar 25, 2009, 06:46 PM »
very cool  ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)    nice fish

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #2 on: Mar 25, 2009, 06:53 PM »
Pretty brown, great moon phase heading into the weekend for that last ditch effort! 8)

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #3 on: Mar 25, 2009, 06:54 PM »
nice fish!!!!!!!!!!!      it must have had a suicide wish       LOL
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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #4 on: Mar 25, 2009, 06:58 PM »
yes that was verry cool...when i was there with scott when he dropped the bait back down the hole i thought he was joking (like he allways does) he goes hey i got a fish didnt really beileve him untill the line started to peel through his fingers verry neet nice day outside....but sad thing is the ice is melting at a fast rate...I know me and scott said we put the traps away but wow its SO DARN HARD TOO..but i think they are going up for good now... ;) ;)

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #5 on: Mar 25, 2009, 07:00 PM »
Very nice fish!!!  Boy you can't lose can you ~ Congratulations!!!

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #6 on: Mar 25, 2009, 07:12 PM »
wow you can't miss em hu Scott.. IFOY for sure!!!

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #7 on: Mar 25, 2009, 07:21 PM »
Geeeez Scott,  you gonna save any fish for the rest of us?? ;) ;D

Congrats, Thats a nice fish!
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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #8 on: Mar 25, 2009, 07:22 PM »
Very nice brown and nice story :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clap:

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #9 on: Mar 25, 2009, 07:59 PM »
nice brown, congrats!
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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #10 on: Mar 25, 2009, 08:02 PM »
Nice!  :thumbsup:

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #11 on: Mar 25, 2009, 08:39 PM »
Wow! Very Nice....I almost went out there today too...

Great Catch!!   :clap: :clap:



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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #12 on: Mar 25, 2009, 08:40 PM »
I went out to cobbossee with fishon-fishoff and smeltslayer42, today. When we got on the ice, we met up with Fishalot and his friend. Fishing was slow, but we managed a few white perch and a crappie on the jig rods. Not many flags.

A little while after Fishalot and friend left, I got a flag on my "lucky" home made trap. When I got to it the wheel was turning so I pulled the trap and tried to set the hook. I played it for a couple of yards and felt it come off. I was bummed!

I pulled the line in to re spool and check the hook to see if I still had bait. I pulled the bait up the hole and it was still alive, but not doing too well. I let it down to see if it would swim, when smeltslayer brought the bait bucket over. While I was looking in the bait bucket, still holding the line with the bait at the bottom of the hole, the brown grabbed it and took off. I was able to set the hook, this time and iced this nice brown.

Bait was only about 2 inches below the ice when the brown hit it. We figure the trout must have followed the bait to the hole, after loosing it the first time around.

Cool, eh?



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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #13 on: Mar 25, 2009, 08:45 PM »
 :tipup:It was way cool Scott!!!

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #14 on: Mar 25, 2009, 08:54 PM »
WOW!!! Now that doesn't happen too often. Great Catch :thumbsup:

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #15 on: Mar 25, 2009, 10:19 PM »
another photo for your collection... Great job.... We still have a week left....
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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #16 on: Mar 26, 2009, 06:36 AM »
Nice brown there.  2 of my recent 3 browns have come unpinned on the way up and grabbed the wounded bait a 2nd time to be caught...but not that close to the base of the ice ;D

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #17 on: Mar 26, 2009, 07:25 AM »
Nice Brownie! Good story too. This may be a good strategy, eh?
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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #18 on: Mar 26, 2009, 09:13 AM »
If you see someone camped out around the block from your house everynight next year, and then that person following you ice fishing everywhere don't worry. It is just me stalking a good IFOY to get good tips.

Nice catch.  Love when they wait for the bait at the hole. Pike did it to me at Sabattuss beginning of the year. 
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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #19 on: Mar 26, 2009, 09:42 AM »
My son-in-law has His shack on out there, fished it 4 times this year never caught a brown. caught pike, perch, and pickeral. nice fish Scott.

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #20 on: Mar 26, 2009, 09:46 AM »
good job man! how long was that bugger!

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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #21 on: Mar 26, 2009, 09:52 AM »
nice fish, that's awesome 
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Re: The one that got away..... Came back!!
« Reply #22 on: Mar 26, 2009, 01:05 PM »
Nice trout.  :)  Figures they'd started biting after we left......story of my life. That and "you should have been here yesterday".   ;D

 



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