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Good stories, guys -- congrats !!!
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I'll make sure I have some treats for Max, the Ultimate Carp Hound.
UNFORTUNATELY -- following an e-mail from Horace, I double-checked the regulations on pets, and discovered that West Bank Park does not allow any pets. That park, and several other parks at the south end of the lake, receive VERY heavy use, and are "pet restricted" (no pets allowed). Most of the other Corps of Eng. parks on the lake do allow pets, provided they're on a leash of six feet or less. Disappointingly, because of that restriction, "Max -- The Ultimate Carp Hound" will not be in attendance at this weekend's fish-in.
Hmmm... since he's a Carp Hound, could we give him a rod and call him an angler instead of a 'pet'???
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At least you managed to get out there and give it a try. I'm sure you'll have lots of better days, especially after things warm up a bit more.
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Love it !!! Really cool !!!
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Very nice under any conditions. SUPER job given the cold water temps.
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Went back to WB park today. In addition to a nice sunburn on my face, I managed to catch my first 2014 carp -- a very healthy 9 pounder.
The lake water level didn't change overnight -- still holding at 1070.48 feet (1071 is full summer pool). I talked to a passer-by who deals with the Corps on a regular basis. He said that they (the C of E) have been trying to lower the level to the normal "winter pool" level of 1070 feet, but a relatively wet winter forced them to keep it slightly higher. Because of last year's heavy rainfall, they want to maintain the winter pool to accommodate possible heavy spring rains this year, to avoid the situation that occurred last year, where they were forced to close sections of some of the parks when the lake level exceeded 1073 feet, and overflowed the walkways.
Bottom line, according to the best information I have at this time (which is reasonably reliable), the lake should not drop more than another 6" between now and summer. At that level, it will be fine for our fish-in on March 22nd.
One more comment. Weekend use of the C of E parks on Lake Lanier is often very heavy. When I left Sunday afternoon, a bit after 5 PM, there were still quite a few vehicles in the parking lot. The park opens at 8:00 AM. I doubt seriously that many park visitors will arrive much before lunch time, but if you plan to attend the fish-in, I'd suggest arriving fairly early.
And finally, a request. To help me estimate how large an area to pre-bait for the fish-in, please send me an e-mail or a PM to let me know that you PLAN ON coming. I'd rather bait a larger area than needed instead of too small an area. So if you THINK you'll be coming, please let me know. THANKS!!!!!
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Double post!
That's ok. That just means you'll have to come fish in Georgia twice as often.
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Spent Sunday afternoon at the fish-in site. Water is clear, but still pretty cold -- and it's down about 2 feet from most of last year. However, I looked at the "projected" lake levels for the next month, and it looks like they are not planning on drawing it down below where it was today.
Immediately below the railings, the wall drops vertically about 5 feet to the bottom of the lake. Right now, about half of that 5 feet is water -- still plenty of water depth to safely net a carp with a typical long-handled net (mine is about 6'-6" from the end of the handle to the end of the net).
The 10-day forecast is for 'mostly' 60+ high temps, with a few 70's, but two of the days will be in the low 50's. Hoping that the water temps will come up a few degrees, and get the fish moving before 3/22 gets here.
I started pre-baiting today. Not sure how often I'll get there in the next 2 weeks, but I'll do what I can to get some fish feeding in the area. Today I spodded a gallon of maize and cracked corn, and fired out a quart or two of old frozen home made boilies, using my slingshot. I'll do that as often as possible before the March 22nd fish-in.
There's a good bit of bank space to cover. It would be a big help to me if I knew how many fishermen to expect. That would help me decide how large an area to pre-bait.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING to come, please send me a PM or an e-mail. That will at least give me a rough count. THANKS !!!!
-- Barry
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You beat me this year.
So far, I haven't caught a carp in 2014. I tried Lanier for a while this afternoon, but blanked again. No big surprise, though, the water there is still pretty cold. The nice weather they're forecasting for this week should help warm it up, though. I'm meeting Tim Lewis there in the AM, so I baited the area pretty heavy (maize, cracked corn, and about 1/2 gallon of old boilies). Maybe that'll help.
Good luck with those grassies tomorrow.
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If you have one of those 36oz "Super family Size boxes.....could you post the UPC number off the box and Quaker product code if there is one. I want to try and source them in Chicago and if I have those it will be easier because I am sure the big boxes are not in the system at the local stores. They have the 12's everywhere but i'd like to order the larger.
Thanks,
Larry
Larry,
I just got back from Ingles, where I bought another 36 ounce box. Here is as much info as I've been able to find on the box itself, including product identification and contact info:
UPC --> 0 30000 04 130 7 I didn't see a "product code", but this is the "Super Family Size" box of Instant grits ("Original" flavor -- probably unflavored ?).
www.quakergrits.com 1-800-MY-GRITS (1-800-694-7487)
Distributed by:
The Quaker Oats Company
PO Box 049003
Chicago, IL 60604-9003
I hope this proves helpful.
By the way, at Ingles, that 36 ounce "Super Family Size" box cost $4.63, compared to (about) $3.49 for the 18 ounce box. So the "extra" 18 ounces costs just over a dollar.
I was at Walmart earlier today, and checked the price of the single-serve packets (12 ounce box) -- $1.92. So buying 3 boxes of the single serve grits would cost you about $6 to get the same 36 ounces as in the Super Family Size box. Also note that $1.92 price was for the store brand. Quaker brand individual serving packets are usually even higher -- as high as $2.50 a box. Doing the math, those could cost you as much as $7.50 for 36 ounces.
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I live in GA, and before last year, I didn't even know that instant grits were available in anything other than those "individual serving" packets. I finally found 18 ounce family size boxes and 36 ounce "Super" family size boxes of Quaker instant grits at our local Ingles stores. If any brand other than Quaker offers boxes of "loose" instant grits, I've never seen them in stores. Of course the "quick" grits are easy to find here in the South -- almost every grocery store carries them, often in several different brands.
Not sure if you guys in Canada or the northern US can get them direct from Quaker or not. You might also check WalMart's food section as well. They do carry their own "Great Value" brand of grits. You'd have to settle for the boxes of single-serve packs to get the instant grits (usually 12 servings in a box, which is "about" 2 Cups). They end up costing about twice much buying them that way, but if it's the only way you can get them, and IF you really want to give them a try, then it might be your only choice. Of course it's possible that WM might not sell grits outside the South -- even their own brand.
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I think Buckeye Bob had a thing about freezing bait in muffin tins and tossing them out.
Possibly. But the one post of Bob's that I associate with muffin tins was the one where he mixes birdseed and cracked corn (and maybe some other stuff) with syrup, then "sets" it by baking at low heat. I think the title of his post contained the words "chum blocks". He developed those to hold fish in a swim for longer intervals than you could achieve by baiting with particles. The chum blocks are too big for a fish to eat, so the fish must wait until smaller pieces break off (depending on the size of the blocks, that could take a day or two).
Incidentally, I need to play with that idea some more -- some of the ones I've made floated. Obviously, I did something wrong.
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Wonder if Toys R Us has them?
Good question --
I'll check with my son-in-law, who is a Toys R Us manager.
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Still laughing at Brooksey's "It's a Flier" bird story. It reminded me of something funny that happened to me last season (but not as funny as Brooksey's tale).
Lake Lanier has way too many Canadian geese. In fact, the Corps of Engineers closed West Bank Park for several weeks last December for safety reasons, so they could open the area for hunters -- as an attempt to thin the goose population. But except for one time, the geese haven't interfered with my fishing.
Anyway, I was fishing alone one day last Fall. The fish weren't biting well, so I figured they were pretty well scattered. I decided to place one of my rods off a point about 50 feet or so away from the rest of my rods. I didn't have an extra alarm for that rod, so every few seconds I'd glance in its direction to keep an eye out for any action. After a while, a small group of people came walking through the woods, which apparently stirred up a flock of geese. The geese flew toward the lake, and landed 100 feet or more off shore. I was distracted by the birds, and apparently hadn't watched the remote rod closely enough, because about that time, a teenager shouted to me, "Hey -- you have a bite!". I looked, and saw my rod was doubled over, and my line was streaming from the reel.
My reel has about 50 yards of mono backing behind 100+ yards of braid. By the time I got to the rod, the fish was already into the mono backing! Wow! But then I realized it wasn't a fish -- one of those geese had flown under my line between the rod tip and the water, and got hung up somehow. Luckily, the line was just draped across the bird's body, and the hook hadn't snagged it. When I picked up the rod and tightened the line, the bird flopped and tumbled into the lake -- but that was enough to free it.
I guess I should consider myself lucky that I didn't lose my rod to a blankety-blank goose!
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The last time I went to Costco, I saw some "very large" cooking pots (restaurant sized stock pots).
I noticed them only because they seemed so large.
Unfortunately, since I wasn't particularly looking for them, I don't remember the size or price, but I'm pretty sure they were well below the $120 price tag of the one at your link.
If you're a member of, or have access to Costco, you might want to check there.
Note: I didn't see them when I searched their website just now, but that doesn't mean they don't have them in the store.
Just did a web search, and found 40-qt stock pots at Staples for under $40.
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In the past I've tried searching the Forum for members who include "GA" or "Georgia" in the location field, but I later discovered that some folks show their location as "Atlanta" or "Atlanta area", without including the state name or abbreviation. Thus, a simple search for the 'state' can overlook Forum members who don't use a more "standard" description in their locations. I can also see similar difficulties searching for members in other states with a major city (e.g., Chicago & "IL" ; Philadelphia & "PA", etc.).
I would appreciate a list of current GA members and also the 2 years non member list when you have a chance. And as Iain noted, it would be "even better if it comes with contact details" (which would be a great help in setting up an e-mail "group list") -- but I'll gladly work with whatever is available.
Thanks !!!
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Thoroughly enjoyed the video. This is another recipe that I'm going to have to try.
When I lived in PA 50 years ago, we used a (Blackstrap) molasses based dough bait (hook bait, not pack) that was extremely effective. Seeing your video, and the way the molasses spreads in the water, helps to explain why it worked so well.
I'm also curious whether molasses would be an effective substitute for the clear syrup when making "Forever Grits" pack, and maybe in certain recipes for Oats pack.
Thanks again for posting this one.
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...My first, and all-time best fishing buddy (we began fishing together nearly 60 years ago when we were just 9 years old) missed several days of school early one spring. It seems he had been fishing with his dad on opening day of trout season, when suddenly "nature called". Despite the fairly large crowds of other fishermen, he found that he just couldn't put it off, so he made his way deep into some thick bushes to take care of the situation. Unfortunately for him -- as he discovered the next day -- the leaves he used for cleaning up were from the poison ivy vines that covered the bushes of the only secluded spot he could find. OOPS!!! Needless to say, he put up with quite a bit of good-natured ribbing for some time afterwards.
Last week in an e-mail, I "not-so-tactfully" reminded my old buddy of this incident from 50+ years ago. His reply was:
" Yes -- I was the DUMB-@$$ who ended up with the blistered @$$ !!! "
Somehow, I don't think he was particularly impressed with my powers of recollection.
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Very nice buffs !!! Congrats !!!
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The ad you see come up does it have a logo or company name on the ad? Most do , if you can let me know what it says and also what browser you use maybe I can help out. I had this happen before.
Nope ! And fortunately, it seems to have stopped now. But yesterday, when it was still happening on nearly every mouse click, it would pop up various messages. Most, but not all, of them offered to redirect me to some (un-named) software that would correct generic computer problems, or update my Windows drivers. The fact that I never saw any specific company info was a clue that it probably wasn't legitimate. One of the most frequent ones was a flashing message (with the Windows logo) advising that "Your Windows drivers are out of date". Since I set up my laptop to do automatic (windows) updates, that was suspicious from the very start.
The only way I was able to identify any of the actual urls involved was by right-clicking on the pop-up, then selecting some appropriate option ("save link address", "view page info", or "view page source", for example), which I then viewed by dumping it into a WordPad file. I then did a Google search for parts of the url that looked interesting. A few of my Google searches found reports of related malware of adware, but I never found any easy solutions for cleaning it off. I also didn't see any installed programs that matched or resembled those urls.
By the way, since you asked, I'm using Google Chrome as my default browser. In the past, for me, it's been more reliable than IE.
But thanks for offering to help.
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Thanks for checking. I'm glad I didn't inadvertently "share" my problems with anyone through the Forum.
I run a firewall and anti-virus software, but as John noted earlier, the hackers are making viruses faster than they can identify and prevent.
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Look at your programs and see anything newly installed.
The only programs in the list that were installed in the past 10 days were (the problem I described.1) installed by Windows automatic update, (2) the "malwarebytes" fix I installed yesterday, or else remnants of programs already uninstalled when I ran malwarebytes. I did delete several programs that I don't need that were automatically installed by Windows, and -- at least for now -- I'm not seeing the problem that I described.
Even though it's not misbehaving now, I'm not 100% confident that it's fixed permanently, but the good news is that it doesn't appear to be related to the CAG website.
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Beginning yesterday, my laptop seems to have been infected with some sort of Adware that causes pop-ups that try to redirect me to some unrelated page I care nothing about.
I downloaded, installed, and ran "Malwarebytes" (free version), which identified about 30 problems, which I removed. That seemed to fix the problem for a while, but the next time I returned to the CAG forum, I saw the same behavior. But interestingly, I reran the Malwarebytes scan again, and it failed to identify any problems that time.
Just wondering if anyone else has noticed any similar behavior when using the Forum.
I hope not -- I THINK that the problem is still isolated on my own laptop, and tomorrow I will try some other remedies. But these past 2 or 3 days I've visited the Forum quite a bit, so I thought I'd ask, "just in case".
I know that some of these problems (bugs, viruses, trojans, etc.) often get planted on "innocent" websites (I recently read a report that said there is a higher probability of your computer being infected by malware from a church website than from a porn site --- because the latter typically runs better and more efficient (and more costly) security than most church websites).
The reason I'm asking is because -- after I ran the initial cleanup -- everything seemed OK until I went back to the CAG website. That proves nothing, of course, but it's "possible" that someone has hacked us and left behind something that's spreading adware -- or it's even possible that I picked it up somewhere else, and -- depending on our security -- I might have spread it to our site.
If I do find the culprit (and if I can determine that it's local -- just on my laptop) I'll let you know so you won't have to worry.
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As I was posting this on the GA Outdoor News forum, I realized that I omitted a 6th "rule", which I included on my post there, as follows:
6. Enter as many times as you wish -- there is no cost to enter.
My 1st carp in 2014....
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Pretty fish -- congrats on breaking the ice (pun intended) with your first carp of 2014.
I agree, from personal experience, 10 secs is NOT enough. I might take a look at that Canon camera, myself. I've been using a 5-year-old Kodak with a 10-second timer.