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here is don with a 14:
a funny story that happened about this time in the day... I wish i had a pic .... this will sound like a lie, but just ask matt or donnie...
matts rods were about 15-25 yards away from our sitting area, hidden by bushes... alarms go off.... we run over... there is this girl and guy standing over there, obviously startled. this girl seemed super wasted, not the guy though... she was all spaced out with headphones blasting so loud i could hear the words... the first thing she did was shake donnie's hand weirdly, and give me a "way to familiar" hug. she and the guy were both very sweaty... it was a weird few seconds.... she cheered at matt reeling in the fish( that he sadly lost or we'd have a pic of all this). i noticed she had dirt all over her back.... after a minute the guy conveyed to matt through charade like pelvic thrusts, that he and she "thought they were alone" over by matts rods. funny, that whole swim is covered in more poison ivy than i've ever seen in one place. im pretty sure she was working.....
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we were also visited by a homeless gentelman named joe, and his friend randal. they both left early in the day, and joe came back a little while later alone- wasted. he was really a friendly guy, but as he got drunker, made less and less sense, and by the end of the day made us pretty uncomfortable. eventually he passed out at our feet and woke up again several times. he was quite photogenic. herehe is with don and a 16.
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who eventually bit donnie.....
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trip day 4 (austin day 2) was pretty intense. and not really for the fishing... we were paid a visit by the famous redface duck.....
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at the end of an intense day, we realized that my car was stuffed, and fitting matt and all his gear into it would be a challenge. to top it all off, there was a biker rally in town and every hotel for an hour out of austin was booked... we drove from hotel to hotel like this for quite a while....
matt was asleep, so exhausted from fishing for several days wihtout proper rest- that my car's "you left your keys in the ignition beep" made him think his bite alarms were going off.
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another shot- notice my shock and bewilderment.
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and here is my all time pb @ 32.5 lbs.
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here is don with a 20:
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here is don with a 12:
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here is matt with a 17
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here is a 29, enough to make it all worth it....
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day 3 - austin- town lake!
finally, we made it to the place. after all this time hearing stories, we sampled a part of the action. matt was there waiting at the "chicken swim" with zach and paul swider. thanks so much to the two of them for meeting us and helping make the trip possible. especially zach, who laid gear and bait on us like he was santa claus.
on this day i caught 5 pb's (if only they were in the proper order) one of which i didnt even get a pic of in the midst of all the other action....
here is a 25:
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day 1-2
philly-memphis-almost austin
so yeah we stopped at graceland... stupid. sorry elvis fans, that place is weak. we wouldnt pay to get in even after the drive...... donnie got into the photo area with these people so i could take a pic for free. ha.
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so for months now, matt, donnie, and i from www.fishguys.org had been planning a freakishly ambitious cross usa tour, which just finised up thursday. matt's new job prevented him from going the full haul, but he was able to meet up with don and i in town lake for a few wild days.
i guess i'll do the whole thing in order, it might take a day or to to finish up all the pics and stories here on this thread.
here we go...
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i like snapping turtles. you can actually spot fish for them with minnows.
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nice haircut
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sure. i always use a hair. but occasionally, i dont use the bolt.
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i've never seen a leather either... must be few in philly... good job lucky dogs.
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it says petzl
quite a monstrosity. i got this head lamp form the internet based on brightness. its like a maglight. 4 batteries go in back of your head. you can spot the other side of the lake with the halogen.
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so lately you may have noticed, i've been blabbing all about our local reservoir... i recently landed an 18 lb mirror that was the biggest fish captured there. matt had caught the same fish not long ago, which was nice, because we always go fishing together, and we both had the local rez title...
well... friday night donnie (PFG) and i took our ladies to the rez despite terror warnings, and had a very nice night. beers were drank and fish were caught. we listened to the radio, and it was a relaxing party like night that contrasts my usually determined/frustrated fishing style.
anyway, here is the funny part.
becky and i took turns on the fish that hooked up on my rods since she doesnt have a liscense. and she battled one in that ended up being the biggest rez carp ever. 19.5 lbs. so funny. matt, marty donnie and i have spent combined thousands of hours at this place. one summer i fished every day but 3. thats life. also funny, donnie hooked up at the same time on the smallest rez carp ever caught on film. here is the pic
and rose...
and me... (yeah...)
and don...
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also, a significant change in water temp in either direction seems to encourage feeding. check out the FFF thread from new yearsfor inspiation. i only caught one fish, but some guys really killed it.
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rick, that site rules. thanks for puting me on! finally, im famous!
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obviously not scott.
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i dont really remember what it weighed when matt caught it, its in a post around here somewhere.. but saturday it was just under 18 lbs.
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here is matt with a 27: