 THE TEXAS FFF, Brrrrrrr. it was cold and windy........... |
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 Jan 2 2007, 01:37 AM
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 " The Scubadoc"  Group: CAG Member Posts: 8636 Joined: 27-May 04 From: Texas Member No.: 710  |
Still waiting for final, final talleys, but we had 3 venues cooking......
Emma Long Lake Granbury and a New and yet undisclosed venue  If you read the previous posts,,,Keith and I decided to have a TEXAS shoot out, Granbury against Emma Long... knowing thatEmma has much larger fish, we limited our "INSIDE" event to the first fish caught, and the first Mirror Caught !  The Weather was incredible,,,,,,gusting winds at both venues, I mean 30 -40 mile per hour winds, and getting down to the upper teens in the evening,a wind chill of what felt like ZERO , only warming up to about 45 degrees during the day ( from noon til about 3 PM, then the mercury started to do its' thing again,,, First, for the special little challage, I want to thank all of the "DIE HARDS" that made it......and to say that those that didn't becuase of the temperature and weather, that you are "CHICKEN"..... Chili was outstanding at both locations, and the hot coffee kept coming, but it was incredible weather to say the least it was a WITCH (with a "B")  Special thanks to Jackie and Kathy, who worked relentlesssly on the food, and beverage...you women are tremendous.....putting up with our crap "RELIC" showed up at Granbury, on the 31st, just as it was getting dark...we sat by the fire, and waited for others, and waited, and waited, ate CHILI, and waited, and Jackie did a great job, no less than great on getting things in order...as did Kath and Keith at EMMA..I checked in with Keith multiple times during the day,,,,,Scott "BEWBOY" broke his personal best Buffalo, Mark nailed a monster cat, Keith broke his personal best on a White Amur, and all the while, he kept calling me, trying to rub it in......my response.....the event hasn't started yet !!!! At about 11:45 we popped some Bubly, broke out the noisemakers at both venues, and the event was on at the stroke of MIDNIGHT.....we hadn't heard anything from Duncan and Frank who were at the 3rd venue...... at 12:15, RELIC, landed a Granbury monster 2 pounds 5 ounces, I called Keith,  he was very depressed ahh sweet victory,  we had won phase one no one caught a MIRROR,( much to my chagrin  ) but we did call PHONE, at that time, just to bust his button...told him RELIC had caught the 2 pound CARP, and I think he's still laughing, saying that he thouhgt carp weren't born until they were at least 3 pounds !  , but we did make the call  ...Unofficial result for EMMA LONG: Chris------25lbs someting ounces at 1 AM Scott ----20 pounds 4 oz at 1:16 AM Mark V.---19 pounds even at 3:40 PM Results for Granbury: Relic----2 pounds 5 ounces---12:15 AM, and one 2 pounds 8 ounces but the real kicker was Duncan, and Frank at the new venue,,,,,Freezing cold, water temperature like ours at Granbury hovering between 47 and 48....ready for this?? Duncan Maclean, (tigerdongal) total 10 carp, (one koi, and mirror) 1 12.5lbs 0414 47f 2 13lbs 0425 47f 3 22lbs 12oz 0439 47f 4 13lbs 4oz 0510 47f 5 23lbs 12 oz 0532 (MIRROR) 47f 6 12lbs 12 oz 0630 ( KOI) 47f 7 11lbs 4 oz 0700 47f 8 19lbs 0903 47f 9 20lbs 1 oz 11.23 48f 10 14lbs 4 oz 1510 48f Frank Kesslers' fish, weights and times amd temps 1 13lbs 0015 (MIRROR) 47f 2 13lbs 8 oz 0042 47f 3 16lbs 0126 (mirror) 47f 4 20lbs 1 oz 0140 47f 5 12lbs 3 oz 0215 47f 6 12lbs 8 oz 0225 47f 7 20lbs 12oz 0242 47f 8 13lbs 8 oz 0305 47f 9 16lbs 6 oz 0315 47f 10 16lbs 0355 47f 11 13lbs 8 oz 0806 47f 12 8lbs 2 oz 0923 47f 13 11lbs 14 oz 1120 48f 14 11lbs 2 oz 1310 48f 15 10lbs 2 oz 1506 48f 16 13lbs 1601 48f I'll let Keith, and Duncan, and Jackie post the pictures of the respective events......some of the pictures that Duncan sent to me were nothing short of OUTSTANDING...and I don't want to steal any of his "THUNDER" We all had a wonderful time Great Spirits and a Great Event...( just too damned cold and windy ) Thanks to everyone that participated...and please post your pictures, and story enhancements here...I'm going to bed cause I'm dog tired, and still trying to thaw out ! 
-------------------- Neil
 2005, 2006, 2007- ATC- Organizer Past Membership Director 2005-2009 Champion of the Queen Recipient IN TEXAS, everything is bigger...even the CARP! Got the 20, Got the 30, Working on the 40  Mirror, Mirror in the Lake OR POND--I GOT YA  Now off to get a KOI  Before Jackie does !!!  out of retirement and back in practice STAR RATING AWARDED BY MYSELF  |
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Jan 2 2007, 07:35 AM
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The Fishing is on!!!! Group: Forum Guest Posts: 4397 Joined: 1-November 05 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 1389 |
Lots of fish caught , nice report and cant wait to see pics.
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Jan 2 2007, 07:35 AM
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Back to fishing... Group: Banned Posts: 22465 Joined: 2-May 03 From: Lowell, MA, USA Member No.: 197 |
Impressive results, even if it's not really winter down there! LOL
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Jan 2 2007, 08:02 AM
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 Advanced Member  Group: CAG Member Posts: 96 Joined: 29-October 03 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 441 |
Congrats to everyone to who entered the FFF and braved the elements.
To put it mildly, the weather was certainly character-building at the Emma Long venue.  I'll be submitting my write-up w/photos tonight when my fingers thaw out !! The carp that Chris caught at 1am was 25lb 5oz. This post has been edited by Keith_M: Jan 2 2007, 01:27 PM -------------------- Keith
pb common 39lb 12oz Town Lake pb buffalo 56lb 3oz Lake Austin (max'd scales) pb grasser 48lb 6oz Lake Austin pb mirror 23lb 4oz Lake Austin |
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Jan 2 2007, 08:49 AM
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 Ive nothing for you here Group: CAG Member Posts: 5589 Joined: 28-August 06 From: Detroit! Member No.: 1985 |
Cant wait for the pics now, great job guys
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Jan 2 2007, 09:01 AM
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Well done guys. Too bad you didn't catch that mirror Neil. Oh, yes, that reminds me; guess who did?
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Jan 2 2007, 11:38 AM
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" The Scubadoc" Group: CAG Member Posts: 8636 Joined: 27-May 04 From: Texas Member No.: 710 |
there were quite a few MIRRORS CAUGHT....Great Event,,,lots of fun...like I said the weather was awful in TEXAS
Soon as I recuperate from the pnuemonia, I should be able to laugh about it ! Wayne if you read this.....I HATE YOU !!!! Keith took a buch of Pictures, and I'm sure Mark did as well, and Jackie will post ours from the Granbury Venue tonight, hopefully Duncan will get on herre as well and post soe of those incredible fish ! -------------------- Neil
2005, 2006, 2007- ATC- Organizer Past Membership Director 2005-2009 Champion of the Queen Recipient IN TEXAS, everything is bigger...even the CARP! Got the 20, Got the 30, Working on the 40 Mirror, Mirror in the Lake OR POND--I GOT YA Now off to get a KOI Before Jackie does !!! out of retirement and back in practice STAR RATING AWARDED BY MYSELF |
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Jan 2 2007, 12:22 PM
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 I can name my own title Group: CAG_Member Posts: 2990 Joined: 8-June 05 From: Near Liberal Boston, Massachusetts, USA Member No.: 1163 |
Simply AWESOME Neil!
That's an impressive list of fish that were caught in TX! I managed to land one nice carp yesterday so I am happy! Congrats to all the participants! -Marius -------------------- -Marius (aka Dr. A)
CAG Member 2004-2011 MA State Chair 2005-2009 ...St. Lawrence, Danube...USA, ROMANIA, "NEW and OLD EUROPE" - Carp addict... Contact me about carp-fishing opportunities in Romania. |
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Jan 2 2007, 05:52 PM
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 The Voice of WKORN Group: State Chair Posts: 4991 Joined: 5-December 03 From: Powder Springs, Georgia Member No.: 478 |
Great job. Can't wait to see the pics!!
Ol Capt -------------------- Horace F. LaFavor-Georgia State Chair
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Jan 2 2007, 06:04 PM
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Awsome results yall!
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Jan 2 2007, 06:09 PM
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 Obsessed Carper  Group: CAG Member Posts: 1324 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Buckeye Lake, Ohio Member No.: 4 |
Great report Neil...way to go Texas...can't wait to see the pics.
-------------------- "Buckeye" Bob Bernowski
Have a Great Day and Better Tomorrow While you're at it...TAKE A KID FISHING |
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Jan 2 2007, 06:20 PM
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 no snow please Group: CAG Member Posts: 8289 Joined: 22-February 03 From: Washington, NJ Member No.: 111 |
WTG Guys
awesome job
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Jan 2 2007, 07:00 PM
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 Obsessed Carper Group: CAG Member Posts: 739 Joined: 14-August 05 From: Euless, TX USA Member No.: 1294 |
It wasn't that cold.
   
This post has been edited by somethingsmellsfishy: Jan 2 2007, 07:00 PM -------------------- Team Red Demon
Lonestar Carp Brigade PB Common 30 PB Smallmouth Buffalo 46-12 PB Mirror 11-4 PB White Amur 30-10 www.AmericanCarpSociety.com www.bigcarptackle.com |
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Jan 2 2007, 07:30 PM
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" The Scubadoc" Group: CAG Member Posts: 8636 Joined: 27-May 04 From: Texas Member No.: 710 |
iS THAT frost ON YOUR STUFF???
-------------------- Neil
2005, 2006, 2007- ATC- Organizer Past Membership Director 2005-2009 Champion of the Queen Recipient IN TEXAS, everything is bigger...even the CARP! Got the 20, Got the 30, Working on the 40 Mirror, Mirror in the Lake OR POND--I GOT YA Now off to get a KOI Before Jackie does !!! out of retirement and back in practice STAR RATING AWARDED BY MYSELF |
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Jan 2 2007, 07:49 PM
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 Obsessed Carper Group: Banned Posts: 1692 Joined: 30-November 05 Member No.: 1420 |
Nice report Neil.
It sounds like a good time was had by all! Jason |
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