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Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/19/17 04:48 PM
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For all that follow my posts you will remember that I lost my previous tube. I tried to use an old donut style tube I have but it wouldn't hold air. So, I had to get a new tube. The Cabelas in Allen TX had a Caddis (Nevada Model) for $99 and I decided that would do. I have a Cabelas visa and always have a bunch of points so I used points to pay for the tube and paid the sales tax with cash. So the tube cost me a whopping $7 and change.
Today was the first day I could use it so I loaded up at daylight and went to Lake Athens. The tube worked fine and the fish were biting.I spent a few hrs catching one sunfish after another. I didn't want any for the table so I turned them all loose. I used my typical Lake Athens rig of a 1/64th oz unpainted jig head with a piece of crawler about an inch long. The redbreasts could leave it alone. I'd guess I got 30-40 of them up to about 10 inches long. In between the sunfish I got a small bass and a channel cat of around 2 lbs. I kept the cat for supper.
I'm back in business! Life is good here in East TX.
Last edited by Flags; 08/19/17 04:50 PM. Reason: typo
Retired Navy Chief Signalman NJROTC Instructor Tascosa High School
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/19/17 07:26 PM
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Gitter Done
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Awesome post. Glad you are back on the water.
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/20/17 02:02 AM
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trapperben
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That was cheap enough! Nice report.
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/20/17 02:21 AM
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Brad R
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Flags, does your new tube have any new "stuff" on it that your old tube didn't?
Good report! Nice to see you caught both quantity and quality!
Brad
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/20/17 10:06 AM
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banker-always fishing
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Nice post! Those Athens sunnies need to be on high alert!
IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/20/17 12:55 PM
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Flags, does your new tube have any new "stuff" on it that your old tube didn't?
Good report! Nice to see you caught both quantity and quality!
Brad It's a smaller tube and has 2 less pockets for carrying gear than the older one. Not really a big deal because having lots pockets usually leads to carrying too much gear anyways. It is also green and not blue which means nothing since color doesn't matter to fish. I also sit a little higher in it than the old one which will take a little getting used to and it seems a little more maneuverable which is a good thing. Since it only cost $7 in real money I can't complain at all. I'll get at least 7 years out of this one so that is cheap fishing.
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/20/17 02:05 PM
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Gitter Done
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Nice post. Have you ever had any snake encounters while in your tube?
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/22/17 09:24 PM
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Laker One
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Nice post. Glad your back on the water!
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/23/17 01:49 AM
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Nice post. Have you ever had any snake encounters while in your tube? Nope. I have had snapping turtles surface next to me and have had a beaver on Athens swim a circle around me. I figure they were curious and didn't know what I was. In CO once I had a river otter steal a trout off a stringer I had hooked to a plastic ring. That was kind of cool.
Retired Navy Chief Signalman NJROTC Instructor Tascosa High School
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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08/24/17 08:21 AM
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jagg
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Give 'me the business, Flags!
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Re: Took My New Float Tube Out
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09/11/17 06:52 PM
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Woodwzrd
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I have 5 Deshutes Float Tube Covers....has backrest and 2 or 3 compartments...Just add Tubes....I'm not gonna use them......new in box.
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