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Pete

02-22-2003, 07:34 AM

Boat's in the shop, the river won't clear for a couple days, I've got the fever bad ... so what do I need to do?

<ul type="square"> Clean and re-line my 2 favorite springer reels.[/list]<ul type="square"> Troll the stores for some nice, vacuum packed herring.[/list]<ul type="square"> Double check the ceramic inserts on my rods.[/list]<ul type="square"> Get fresh shrimp oil.[/list]<ul type="square"> Tie up another couple dozen leaders.[/list]<ul type="square"> Review my day-timer ... mark the days when I possibly could fish ... note the tide times on it.[/list]<ul type="square"> Line up fishing partners.[/list]<ul type="square"> Buy annual boat ramp pass.[/list]
What else? I'm going stir-crazy!

[ 02-22-2003, 07:35 AM: Message edited by: Pete ]

ampersat

02-22-2003, 07:53 AM

check all those hook points for sharpness. touch up any that don't draw blood.

assemble all of your snacks and beverages. you won't have time to hit the store because you'll be too busy cleaning and packing all those salmon.

reorganize your tackle box. consolidate all those small packages of this and that.

luguando

02-22-2003, 08:02 AM

Wash your kwikfish with lemon joy.

Make sure you have sufficient number of pyramid sinkers in the necessary weights for the area you fish.

Make sure you have a couple rolls of stretchie thread to wrap the kwikfish.

Be sure you have enough barrel and snap swivels.

Make sure you have a fresh spool of your prefered leader material.

Hogmaster

02-22-2003, 08:05 AM

Start soaking in your tub nightly in a bath of equal parts WD-40 and Marie's Shrimp scent. Shampoo with a herring puree. Rinse with Ammerman cure in Bright Orange.

:grin: :grin: :grin:

Did you pack your surgical gloves?

ampersat

02-22-2003, 08:11 AM

don't forget to wash your anchor rope. :grin:

SafetyChain

02-22-2003, 08:13 AM

Wash your anchor rope!

srub down the hull of the boast with lemon Joy!

Gus Orviston

02-22-2003, 08:18 AM

Add some mike's sardine oil to your 2-stroke oil giving it a nice 50:1 sardine oil mixture

make sure your boat has plenty of neosporin on board for disinfecting cuts caused by owner hooks. :mad:

put velcro on the bottom of the cribbage board so it doesn't get upset in the mayhem of a take down. :whazzup:

Make sure somebody hasn't painted a Sea Lion on the bottom of your boat :depressed:

Fill the propane bottle

Post some disinformation on herring sizes so there will actually be PURPLE sized herring :grin: when you get to the store freezer

Get your lawn work done NOW.

Provide some peer encouragement to BOE that he might catch a springer...next year. :tongue:

[ 02-22-2003, 08:19 AM: Message edited by: Gus Orviston ]

Pete

02-22-2003, 08:21 AM

Anchor rope tips are not helpful, thanks. I'm a troller.

FishinMission

02-22-2003, 08:27 AM

Fresh plugs in your kicker (don't forget to set the gap correctly)

Make sure you meet "inspection" requirements.

Lose your net...so you'll be guaranteed to hook fish when you don't have it on board.

Check raingear for leaks...have someone soak you with the hose.

Brush up on springer "tips".

Mark

Fish-n-Fever

02-22-2003, 08:33 AM

Arrange for a few nice mini vacations out of town for the wife in the best springer gettin time that coincide with your fishing calendar, unless she likes to fish as much as you do then forget what I said.
Ron

Pete

02-22-2003, 08:35 AM

The wife is on a very long vacation .... very long!

crabbait

02-22-2003, 08:37 AM

How about "study a new technique" so you don't have to be a troller all your life? We got about 400lbs of springer last year.....none of it while under power!

Nanook

02-22-2003, 09:36 AM

Originally posted by crabbait:
How about "study a new technique" so you don't have to be a troller all your life? We got about 400lbs of springer last year.....none of it while under power! graemlins/hearton.gif graemlins/hearton.gif graemlins/hearton.gif

OldRedSled

02-22-2003, 02:58 PM

Make sure somebody hasn't painted a Sea Lion on the bottom of your boat:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

mabie thats my problem... ill go check

:laugh:

ORS

Jennie@ifish

02-22-2003, 03:27 PM

Study the archives!!!

I'm taking the weekend off to study old posts by BOE's springer seasons...

I can use this information to try really hard not to do anything he tried.

Jen

fishchaser

02-22-2003, 08:31 PM

Jennie, It sounds like your in for some good comedy reading. :grin:

dogfishboy

02-22-2003, 08:36 PM

remember to call me!

brshooter

02-22-2003, 08:41 PM

And Me! Seems like I catch more fish in your boat.

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Bait O' Eggs

02-22-2003, 10:29 PM

While I am out springer fishing today, I can see you ladies and gentlemen (you to Jen :wink: ) are making fun of me. And to that I say graemlins/berry.gif graemlins/berry.gif

We sat along side of Sand Island today with poor results, so maybe you are on to something :wink: ODFW on the water fish checker said they had come from Longview and not a springer in a boat today anywhere :depressed: Maybe I will wait another couple weeks :hoboy:

Pete - if the anchor is out of the boat, you are not fishing. Real fishermen keep their anchors up longer :wink:

Chris Nordling

02-22-2003, 10:38 PM

Hey Pete-

Call me ,I'm Game :grin:

By the way what's this little black device I found stuck under the rowers seat ??Looks a little Jame Bondish graemlins/eek13.gif

P.S. The steelies are biting :dance:

Chris :cool:

[ 02-22-2003, 10:39 PM: Message edited by: FWF1 ]