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Doesn't matter how old I get...
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07/15/15 04:49 AM
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Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,263
M. Alexander
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Extreme Angler
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OP
Extreme Angler
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I'm still like a kid trying to settle himself on Christmas Eve the night before I go fishing. It's now 11:47pm so I've less than 4 hrs before hitting the road to Fork... & I CAN'T SLEEP.
Mark
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10977849
07/15/15 09:37 AM
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Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 241
Madman Phoenix
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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I know what you mean. I have to go by Fun N Sun before I can head to Fork. I'm meeting Slade Daughtry 4:30pm to set my new graphs up so I'm not in a big hurry to get there. I am going to stay til dark and fish.
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10977861
07/15/15 10:17 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,940
Jigfish
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
Joined: Feb 2003
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I remember those days when I 1st started fishing. I would stay up all night remembering what I had tied on. Sometimes in the middle of the night I would get up and go retie something on. Drive me nuts. Now I have a small cabin on fork and there every weekend. I still get excited when I get there to make sure everything is on good and go over in my head some type of game plan. Have fun
Thanks,
The weak call it obsession, the strong call it dedication! Jigfish
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10978081
07/15/15 01:27 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 3,853
catslayer
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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only a few lakes that do that too me... Ivie, Cherokee, fork, Amistad ones I dont hit all the time I'd guess you would say
"I'll never mess with bee's or wasp anymore, and I'll never gig another beaver..." Words from a man who learned things the hard way
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10979662
07/16/15 02:00 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 342
Garvin
Angler
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Angler
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On fishing days, not being able to wait a minute longer, I'd sometimes wake my dad up at 4:00 in the morning, and he would reluctantly get out of bed to oblige me. On the way to the lake, he'd let me drink black coffee he'd bring along in his Thermos, and we'd listen to Paul Harvey on the radio. My dad's been gone for years now, but those were some of the best times, and I still feel that same excitement from the anticipation of another day of fishing.
Just ONCE I'd like for someone to call me "Sir" without adding, "please stop making a scene.""The problem with quotes on the internet is having to ascertain whether or not they are genuine." -- Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10979670
07/16/15 02:01 AM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 72,297
Mark Perry
Super Freak
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Super Freak
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Hopefully his day was better than ours. On the water at daylight and all in all was a lot slower than expected. hard to grind for a few bites. Fished till noon. Managed to let a good one jump off at the boat. Still beats working though.
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: Mark Perry]
#10979808
07/16/15 02:50 AM
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Joined: Aug 2013
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M. Alexander
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Extreme Angler
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OP
Extreme Angler
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Hopefully his day was better than ours. On the water at daylight and all in all was a lot slower than expected. hard to grind for a few bites. Fished till noon. Managed to let a good one jump off at the boat. Still beats working though. Nope, Mr. Perry. We had a "still beats working" day as well.
Mark
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10980021
07/16/15 07:59 AM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 3,968
ogles824 (aka Lakewaydr50)
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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I never was like this going fishing but if there was a bass tournament involved sometimes I would be this way. I can remember sitting in a truck stop at 3:00 in the morning and ordering breakfast, had my rig with me ready to go. Headed out from there to hit the lake...........All because I couldn't turn off the strategizing in my head........
2012 ZX200 Skeeter 2012 Yamaha 200 SHO Isaiah 40:31 "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Proud student of the Pro Staffer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwF72B2F2w&t=14s
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10980043
07/16/15 10:33 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,940
Jigfish
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
Joined: Feb 2003
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it's Thursday and I'm chomping at the bits to head to fork tomorrow.
Thanks,
The weak call it obsession, the strong call it dedication! Jigfish
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10980162
07/16/15 12:46 PM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,508
Phototex
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
Joined: Feb 2014
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I'm almost 73, and I still get that way the night before every fishing trip. Guess it's in my blood.
PB: 10-01 on a Ribbit frog
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10980223
07/16/15 01:13 PM
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,433
JIM SR.
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,433 |
I spend M-F planning for my weekends at Lake Fork, I watch the weather channel on several stations to make sure they are all on the same page. I can tell you what the winds are at any given moment and the direction. I read every guide report I can get all week long. I study their pictures to maybe get a glance of where they are fishing. I watch Academy, BPS, and Cabelas everyday for possible sales of tackle that I don't have or may need. I'm on TFF much too much,...!!! I eat bfast at Oak Ridge Marina hoping to over hear someone drop a secret bait or place,...I have Navionics App on my phone, my Ipad, and computers. WFN is on my TV almost all the time there's a bass fishing show, and I record all of them that's on when I'm not home so I don't miss something. I work and extra half an hour every day so I can leave early from work to get to the lake on Friday afternoon. I text guide friends to see what that are catching fish on,..and where. I've been on 3 or 4 guide trips this year, learing and watching. My entire week revolves around going fishing on weekend. My wife is worse than me,...she loves fishing more than me. Doesn't matter how old I get..!!!
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Re: Doesn't matter how old I get...
[Re: M. Alexander]
#10980407
07/16/15 02:21 PM
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,174
txmark1959
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
Joined: Jul 2012
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I'm the same way........those lil green fish have been additive for 46 years
thank God for em
Mark Cooper Onalaska Texas
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