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Carmi Report 3/15/15
« on: Mar 15, 2015, 07:17 PM »
Headed out to Carmi today with my Dad. Got there around 7:15am and stayed until about 4:00 pm. All in all it was a good day, even though we didn't catch any walleyes. Had a bunch of flags and ended up leaving the lake with five typical Carmi (Whopper) perch. These weren't the only fish that we caught though. We were fortunate enough to land six Smallies and a northern between the two of us, my largest being a 17 incher and my Dads largest being a fat 19 incher.

The wind was supposed to be gusting to around 18 mph, but instead it was howling! Overall it was a great day on the hardwater!  :) :thumbsup: :tipup: 
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #1 on: Mar 15, 2015, 07:29 PM »
Nice fish !! Love those brown bass !!
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #2 on: Mar 15, 2015, 07:55 PM »
Nice fish - always amazed at color variation within the same watershed.
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #3 on: Mar 15, 2015, 09:33 PM »
Very nice catch!
SMB always nice.
The weather forecasters totally muffed the wind.
How did the Clam hold up? Tie down anchors work ok?
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #4 on: Mar 16, 2015, 12:47 AM »
Nice catch Congrats!!!
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #5 on: Mar 16, 2015, 06:01 AM »
Quote from: mudchuck on Mar 15, 2015, 09:33 PM
How did the Clam hold up? Tie down anchors work ok?
They worked fine this time. Some of the big gusts were a little sketchy, but it held up surprisingly well.
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #6 on: Mar 16, 2015, 06:20 AM »
great pics. no eyes but looks like you had a great time despite the wind. thanks for sharing those bronzebacks.
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #7 on: Mar 16, 2015, 02:18 PM »
Quote from: mudchuck on Mar 15, 2015, 09:33 PM
Very nice catch!
SMB always nice.
The weather forecasters totally muffed the wind.
How did the Clam hold up? Tie down anchors work ok?

We had it strapped down all the way around, mudchuck, and it held up great.  I really think we had a bad pole (at least a bad plastic ball on the end of a pole) when it broke loose on us earlier this year.  Luckily Clam had the hub/pole assembly in stock and we were back in business in a few days.  Now I've got a spare hub and 3 poles in case anything happens again.
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #8 on: Mar 18, 2015, 05:26 PM »
Nice fish, looks a bit nippy out there ! :)
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #9 on: Mar 18, 2015, 05:38 PM »
Great job guys!
Love this father/son team hardcore ice anglers
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #10 on: Mar 18, 2015, 05:45 PM »
Quote from: fishingidjit on Mar 18, 2015, 05:26 PM
Nice fish, looks a bit nippy out there ! :)
You bet it was. Only 21 degrees and with an unexpected, stiff 25 mph wind coming from multiple direction as the day went on. Still loads of fun though!  ;) :tipup:
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Re: Carmi Report 3/15/15
« Reply #11 on: Mar 19, 2015, 07:43 AM »
Yeah, it was cold and miserable!  I had made hole covers just before this trip out of some interlocking floor mats that we found at Costco.  They are 2'x2' and I think 8pcs in the pack.  I cut a few of them into 4pcs and cut slots with a hole in the middle.  They definitely worked great for that snowy/windy day!
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