I have been so busy lately the last couple of weeks have flown by. I helped out at the Kids Ice Fishing Derby in Poland Maine a few weeks ago. It is a great derby that is for kids and Special Olympic members only. Lots of kids came out and there were a large amount of them that had never ice fished before. It is awesome to help them get started and excited for the sport. A bunch of kids caught fish this time which was awesome! There was a rod and gun club there cleaning fish for people too. Everybody I talked to had fun. There were some idiots (pathetic adults) that did come and fished the lake that had been specifically stocked for the children. Since I didn't have a chainsaw to cut around them so they would sink; I drilled holes as close to the old misers as possible and made sure I put the rowdiest kids at those holes. How horribly selfish do you have to be to fish in the middle of a kids ice fishing derby? Anyway, I got to meet some great people and it seemed like everybody had a great time.
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| This trout was caught by a young girl jigging by herself. |
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| Portland Sea Dogs' Mascot. |
I put in for the Maine and New Hampshire Moose lotteries earlier this month too. You never know unless you try to get a tag. Rusty has been having his buddy Brutus over on Fridays when I am free and they have a blast. Brutus is a muscly black lab with a stellar personality.
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| They tear the place up! |
This past Thursday Rusty got neutered. It sucks but with a baby on the way I can't have him freaking out and humping everything in the house. The veterinarian told us on the way out to not let him run or jump for 10 days! Seriously?! What dog can chill for 10 days let alone a Brittany? He was running and jumping before we even got him home but he is recovering nicely.
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| We got him a buck to make him feel better. |
A little tip for all you turkey and especially deer hunters out there: Get on the Deer and Deer Hunting email list! There last clearance sale got me a huge trial pack of Antler King Minerals, a cook book, 5 DVDs and 4 different volumes of their magazine on CD. I literally paid .18 for some of the items. My total for the huge order was around $14! If you aren't signed up for their emails do it.
I picked up a bunch of new hunting and fishing equipment this week. I got myself into some salt water fishing set ups and a new trail camera. In total I think I got 8 new rods and 6 new reels and some apparel mostly from Shimano. The highlights being a Shimano Saragosa 6000 SW on a 8' Shimano Terez, a 8wt 9" TFO fly rod and a Shimano Baitrunner 6000 D on a Tica Surge 9' Surf rod among other things. Lets just say I got a really good deal I couldn't pass up. A rep from Yozuri lures hooked me up with a bag full of new lures too! They all look great and I don't think I could have afforded to load my tackle box like this without the hook up. I can't wait to get at some New England fish with this stuff. Hopefully we get open water sometime before July.
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| New sweatshirt and hat. |
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| Had to mount a rack on the basement ceiling to house everything. |
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| I will fish every one of these lures and I will leave feedback here if we ever get open water. |
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| Wildgame Innovations Razor 5. Finally a full year of battery life from them! |
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