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Title: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: blue igloo on Mar 05, 2015, 05:10 PM
Before leaving the house this morning to go walleye fishing, I checked the walleye standings for the IS tourney. I knew I had to beat 28 inches and I DID……29 inches….woohoo……finally. My friend tells me it was exactly 1 year ago today that I landed my last 29 inch walleye.

Anyways, after measuring it on my bump board, I realized I had a 2nd place fish. It was a mad scramble to the truck to get my tourney card and camera. Took the pic and then released the fish. I was pumped and then while sitting there, I realized I NEVER TOOK A TAPE MEASURE PIC……OMG! Not only that, to add insult to my brain fart, I never checked my camera from the last time I used it to experiment and take NIGHT photos. Oh well……lesson learned……BE PREPARED and CHECK PHOTO quality before releasing the fish…..LOL!

Things happen in threes…..right? Well, it did for me…..I forgot my auger flyte pin on top of the truck's tonneau cover…….I heard a "ping" noise as I drove away checked my mirror and saw nothing so kept on trucking……..DOH!

I just turned 60…..yah….that's it…….getting senile! LOL!

Blue Igloo  :tipup:
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Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: Drift Dodger on Mar 05, 2015, 05:23 PM
Hey Blue, I'm right there with you ... same in years and forgetting things all the time. Nice fish though ... congrats! :thumbsup: :clap:
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: tailhunter on Mar 05, 2015, 11:10 PM
Bummer! Either way, great fish!
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: blue igloo on Mar 06, 2015, 06:37 AM
Thanks guys :-)
Blue Igloo  :tipup:
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: firefighter on Mar 06, 2015, 06:04 PM
Nice hog Blue. Was it that windy when that pic was taken...or were you in the middle of an earthquake ;D  Congrats Bud!

FF
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: blue igloo on Mar 08, 2015, 07:21 AM
Nice hog Blue. Was it that windy when that pic was taken...or were you in the middle of an earthquake ;D  Congrats Bud!

FF
I think my buddy Bunk got too excited and couldn't stop shaking    ;) ;) ;)
Blue Igloo  :tipup:
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: anglure on Mar 08, 2015, 12:33 PM
  We all have our senior moments, but if you keep landin beautys like that, all the power to ya !!! Great catch Blue    :woot: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: blue igloo on Mar 08, 2015, 05:13 PM
  We all have our senior moments, but if you keep landin beautys like that, all the power to ya !!! Great catch Blue    :woot: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Thanks for the kind words……….now where did I put those keys  ;D
Blue Igloo  :tipup:
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: lostman on Mar 09, 2015, 01:13 PM
yep, always seem to forget something for that tourney.

have had 2 fish that would have placed dq'ed for stupid mistakes the last 2 years in a row...
-had a white tape not yellow on a large northern so it was booted
-dorsal fin went up and i didnt notice it covered some of the tape on a walleye
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: darkeyez on Mar 09, 2015, 01:44 PM
Only 60---WAIT, it get's worse! ::)  Reminds me of a gentleman I know who told his son that he felt like he was 90. The reply was: pop; you're 101!  :laugh:
Nice fish, now make some notes on what to do when you get the next one!
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: blue igloo on Mar 10, 2015, 06:32 AM
Only 60---WAIT, it get's worse! ::)  Reminds me of a gentleman I know who told his son that he felt like he was 90. The reply was: pop; you're 101!  :laugh:
Nice fish, now make some notes on what to do when you get the next one!
Oh no  :roflmao:
Blue Igloo  :tipup:
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: Water Wolf on Mar 17, 2015, 12:15 AM
Too bad about your tape for the tourney, blue, but congrats on that walleye. What a beauty. @)

We all have those days, when we forget stuff, that we really need. :whistle:

WW
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: corny13 on Mar 18, 2015, 09:44 PM
Blue nice one, I did the same thing in Feb when I came up....only brought the bump board..but Im a couple months younger than you!
Title: Re: I'm shaking my head in disbelief!
Post by: blue igloo on Mar 20, 2015, 10:27 AM
Blue nice one, I did the same thing in Feb when I came up....only brought the bump board..but Im a couple months younger than you!
LOL…..corny13  :)
Looking at the final standings, that 29 incher would have placed me in 3rd place  ::)
Blue Igloo  :tipup: