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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: GILLZ]
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07/14/18 10:34 PM
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Brent S
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I do not know, have never met Mr. Harper, nor taken advantage of the services he provides (yet). However, I felt today was the time to thank him for being an A+ human being. I believe there is a post every week from someone thanking Mr. Harper for his mapping service, quality baits, or other knowledge on fishing. His services are just one branch of the things he is doing for the fishing community. His private lake venture will no doubt also be rewarding for many folks. He also offers jobs to others when there are things to do around his place where I know without a doubt he is impacting someone's life in a number of ways. This guy is helping fisherman become better at their "hobby", leading to more enjoyable time on the water. The recipients of his knowledge will then pass that to others (children, friends, strangers, etc) leading more folks away from the screen and back into the outdoors. This guy found his purpose in life and has/will touch many people for generations to come. Mr. Harper you are single handedly improving humanity and I applaud you for that. I travel often back home to the Panhandle from East Texas passing right by your area. One of these days I hope to request the opportunity to buy you lunch, thank you for all that you do, and maybe even gain a little knowledge. +1
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Skunked Again Fishing]
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07/14/18 10:55 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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I've never met DH, but he seems like a stand up guy! Always helping everyone. He's always got a place on my boat when he wants to go.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Skunked Again Fishing]
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07/14/18 11:19 PM
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Jeff From Iowa
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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How do you access lakemaster maps on your computer? Am I s.o.l because I bought cards vs the downloads?
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Skunked Again Fishing]
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07/14/18 11:29 PM
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Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,284
Neches
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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8.5, You should have said it was a 10, that fish looks huge.
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Skunked Again Fishing]
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07/14/18 11:46 PM
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crankn101
TFF Celebrity
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Donald seems like a 100% legit good guy. I have bought some scents from him in the past and should buy more items from him.
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Skunked Again Fishing]
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07/15/18 12:39 AM
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wtf242
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Angler
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Man I love that lake. It's so much fun to fish right now
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Neches]
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07/15/18 10:29 AM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,136
Skunked Again Fishing
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Extreme Angler
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OP
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8.5, You should have said it was a 10, that fish looks huge. Yeah no kidding. I cuoldn't believe how big it was. Maybe my scale is not calibrated; I'll call it a 10 until it gets calibrated
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Jeff From Iowa]
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07/15/18 10:34 AM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,136
Skunked Again Fishing
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How do you access lakemaster maps on your computer? Am I s.o.l because I bought cards vs the downloads? Hi Jeff: I'm not sure why you'd need to. The Navionics is free access on Navionics site. If all you're looking to do is use Google Earth to do trip planning with waypoints and paths, you can use Navionics screen captures that can be imported into GoogleEarth to drop those waypoints. I guess you'd see some differences between the Nav and Lakemaster chips, but it will get you close enough and you can make adjustments on your fishfinder after you import. Let me know if you need help with this. Tim
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Brent S]
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07/15/18 10:35 AM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,136
Skunked Again Fishing
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Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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I do not know, have never met Mr. Harper, nor taken advantage of the services he provides (yet). However, I felt today was the time to thank him for being an A+ human being. I believe there is a post every week from someone thanking Mr. Harper for his mapping service, quality baits, or other knowledge on fishing. His services are just one branch of the things he is doing for the fishing community. His private lake venture will no doubt also be rewarding for many folks. He also offers jobs to others when there are things to do around his place where I know without a doubt he is impacting someone's life in a number of ways. This guy is helping fisherman become better at their "hobby", leading to more enjoyable time on the water. The recipients of his knowledge will then pass that to others (children, friends, strangers, etc) leading more folks away from the screen and back into the outdoors. This guy found his purpose in life and has/will touch many people for generations to come. Mr. Harper you are single handedly improving humanity and I applaud you for that. I travel often back home to the Panhandle from East Texas passing right by your area. One of these days I hope to request the opportunity to buy you lunch, thank you for all that you do, and maybe even gain a little knowledge. +1 +2
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Brent S]
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07/15/18 10:35 AM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,136
Skunked Again Fishing
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Extreme Angler
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Of all the ways to get bites, the topwater gets my heart jumping every single time!
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: dpdpete]
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07/15/18 01:15 PM
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Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 4,957
H2O Seeker
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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Not is Donald Harper only a map master but he makes some great baits also! ^^Amen to that^^
Grateful for every sunrise and sunset I get to witness. - Jason
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Skunked Again Fishing]
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07/16/18 01:00 PM
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Joined: Jun 2017
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Dabaker421
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Great story. Mr. Harper's mapping strikes again!
Keep on keepin' on
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Skunked Again Fishing]
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07/16/18 01:10 PM
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BigHead248
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Angler
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Back in December of 2017 Mr. Harper did some map work for me for Lake Fork. I caught this one the first day using it. It's my PB at 10.96. I started using his bladed jigs and caught this one March of 2018 on Joe Pool. It was over 25" long and weighed 10.02. The proof's in the pudding...
Last edited by BigHead248; 07/16/18 01:14 PM.
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Re: New Personal Best bass, thanks Don Harper
[Re: Skunked Again Fishing]
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07/16/18 01:46 PM
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graywolfrider
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wow, nice fish. Did the map and info give you tips on how to fish the area or different techniques to try? Need to get him to map out some of Toledo bend for me. Congrats
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