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I'm ordering the winner's award engraved with "Tipped Scales" as we speak...
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Would love to see the tournament sold out. Wouldn't that be great!
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So far, who has the earliest catch in the southern section?
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Carl Norris
8# Even
1:45 am
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Pre-bait but do it lightly. Like you said, you don't want to fill them up, just keep them in the area.
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And don't forget a little bank time with some of the other CAG members in your state. You can learn more from a few hours of bank time than you ever could sitting in front of a computer screen. Contact some of your local members and plan a get-together!
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I originally started out with a cheap set of 3 Bank Fishing System alarms with remote. Ran me about $125.00 and some change. I had bites indicated even with no rod sitting on them, the one with the yellow LED would beep I swear even after I took the battery out, and the odd-size batteries weren't easy to come by unless you were at a large box store. I quickly upgraded to Delkims and don't foresee ever needing anything else. Yes they are pricey, but when you divide it into how long they last, they're a bargain.
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Here is another of Marks fish from this afternoon.
The area behind him looks like most of the lakes here in Texas right now. No water.
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Here's a picture of the corn boil in 2012. Of course, being in Texas, we had to use a hot tub to cook the Texas-sized corn kernels.
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A few more pics from the 2012 and 2013 ATCs.
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I know Neil fished with the 50# yellow PowerPro for several years and never had an issue. I use the Vermillion Red PowerPro and love it. Red is the first color in the spectrum that disappears as you go underwater. If you're getting a good deal on the yellow, I'd go with it.
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Not my biggest, but one of the best-looking commons I've gotten. Caught it from the Gazebo in 2012.
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Neil and I are from Weatherford, just west of Fort Worth. There's also several others in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Let us know if you want to hit the bank sometime.
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Your Name: Carl Norris
Your CAG Forum Name: Carlymoomoo
Your state or province of residence: Texas
If it differs from your residence,
the state or province of your FFF 2014 venue: N/A
Junior (17 or under as of 1/1/14)?: N/AI'll see if I can get Neil and my son Chris and his wife to sign up. Might have another friend or two along for the ride. You can't have too many friends when you're freezing your (__x__) off!
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Awesome beast!
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Excellent trip out and some outstanding fish caught, I can just imagine the smile on your faces when the buzzers where going off.........
Yea, you ever have one of those days when your bite alarm goes off and you just sit there and say... "NOT AGAIN?" Me neither.
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Congrats on your new pb grassie
Days like this we dream of when theres snow on the ground
In Texas, we have ice. I'd rather drive on snow any day. I grew up on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Snow I can live with.
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Neil and I decided to hit Emma Long in Austin for an over-nighter last weekend. We arrived at the gate about 7:15 a.m. only to find the gatehouse deserted. We drove on down and after cruising through the campsites, located an empty one and unloaded the truck. I started to set up the gear while Neil drove back up and paid for the campsite.
The weather was beautiful. Overcast but it didn't look like rain anytime soon. In short order we had all our rods in the water and the waiting began. It didn't take long for Neil to get on the board with a nice buffalo. Less than an hour later he landed the first of the days many grassers. Up until today I had only seen one grass carp, a 47 pound beast caught by Keith Thompson two years earlier and only about a hundred yards downstream from where we were set up today. To say grass carp are lively on the bank is an understatement. These things go absolutely ballistic when taken out of the water. We had to roll some of them up in the weigh sling and practically sit on them just to get them still enough to unhook them.
Shortly afterwards, I caught my first buff of the day and my new PB at 26 pounds. My old PB had sat at 23 pounds for almost three years. I was stoked at this point. Then the grassers started coming fast and furious. Most of them were in the low to mid 20s. Neil landed a hefty 32# one shortly thereafter and I had several banked. About noon, I had a screaming run and when I set the hook, I could tell I was into a decent fish. After a few minutes my new buffalo PB of 32 pounds slid into the net and onto the bank. I had broken my PB twice on the same day!
Later in the afternoon, I hooked into another fish that felt like it was a log. When it came close to the net, Neil said "It's a huge grasser!" It promptly did an about-face and took off for a good 50-60 feet just under the surface, leaving a heck of a wake. After what seemed an eternity, we got it to the net and then to the landing mat. Both it's nose and tail stuck six inches out of the ends of my Gardner weigh sling. We managed to hang it on the scales and it stopped bouncing at 42 pounds even. My new PB grasser! I think my PB for these must have changed half a dozen times that day.
Keith Thompson and his wife Kristina came by for a couple of hours in the evening and we visited until dark. Late in the afternoon, I caught the day's only two commons at 11 and 12 pounds. Not real big, but beautiful, dark color. After calling it a day, I spodded out a bucket full of boiled corn for the next morning.
It rained cats and dogs from about 2 until 3 during the night. Luckily we slept in the truck. Not really comfortable, but at least we stayed dry.
Next morning, Neil started the day with a nice 23# common, the last common of the trip. Over the next few hours, we caught several more, mostly grassers. Neil decided that when he ran out of method mix, we were leaving. He'd had enough. Although I still had 4 more bags, I wasn't energetic enough to argue. We were both exhausted. About noon, we packed up and headed the 4 hours back north to Weatherford. Nice weather, good friends and awesome fishing... What more can one ask for?
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Don't worry Jerome. No one could put on a FFF like you can. You're still the man. Sorry Brian kicked your arse.
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Here's a picture I took of Richard when we were fishing Lake Ray Hubbard here in Texas a couple of years ago. A really stand-up guy who didn't mind sharing fishing tips with a newbie.
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My partner selection is up in the air right now, as apparently my son (who used to be my partner) got married last year and his new bride wants to be his partner this year. If they can swing it, I'll be looking for someone to hit the banks with for the ATC this year.
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Article said he was at a fishing resort in Krabi, Thailand. The fish is supposedly a "Siamese" carp, but the mouth doesn't look like a carp, and there appears to be no barbels. Still an impressive catch.
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Love taking kids fishing. We both end up with memories we will never forget.
TIME TO TRASH & BASH--Participants of te 2014 ATC
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How many ATCs have you fished again? Oh that's right... NONE!!!