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Cutthroat
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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New Fish
Hi all,
Glad to join you fellow fishermen and fisherwomen in a great forum.
Here is my story. By the way, why do only handful of people acknowledge newcomers, especially after making them tell a story? I seldom see the moderators extend even a short welcome (except crabbait--good on you). So, I expect to see at least 500 replies on this. 
It was a beautiful spring day at a lake stocked with trophy-sized rainbows up to 20 lbs., and depending on season, it's also stocked with striped bass, catfish and other species. We were fishing from the bank with Powerbait and night crawlers, along with a big crowd gathered next to us at this popular lake.
After four hours of non-action, the kids were getting restless, playing with driftwood and climbing the rocks, etc. So, at around noon, we decided to head home and go catch a movie. As we were breaking down the rods, a tanker truck appears next to us at the launch area and starts dumping fish into the lake. And the area near the launch is rippling with these drugged fish frantically moving around in circles. Few rednecks quickly change their gear and jumps on the boat ramp to go after these large trout. We ask the kids if they want to continue fishing or go see a movie, and the answer was a unanimous "Fish". Within an hour we all caught fish, including my daughter who caught a 16lb. trout on her spincast outfit with 6lb. test line. It sure was fun to see my daughter on an adrenaline rush, running down after the fish. Unfortunately, the redneck guys also scored with their oversize hooked lures, catching a 14lb. trout.
Now that the kids had their fill of excitement, they were ready to call it quits and still be able to go see that movie, so I started to breakdown their gear. All of a sudden, my son was yelling at me, saying, "look at your rod, mom!" One look at my rod, and I knew it was a big fish, but before I could reach it, the rod and the rod holder was getting dragged into the lake. Fortunately, my (ex) husband was able to jump into the lake and step on the rod and take control of the fish. He fought the fish and gradually backpedaled out of the lake to hand me the rod. Immediately, I felt the weight of the fish at the end of the line and I was losing line very fast. I yelled at a guy just launching his boat just 40 ft. away and he agreed to take me into his boat. We spent the next 45 minutes following the fish all around the lake and finally saw what it was when it surfaced near the original hooking point. To my surprise it was a stocked white sturgeon, about 6 ft. in length. Another 30 minutes passed before I decided that I would not be able to bring in the fish on my 8 lb. line, so we broke it off and I was still very satisfied for the experience. Unfortunately, the kids missed their movie :grin:
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01-01-2003, 11:13 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Re: New Fish
Welcome.
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01-01-2003, 11:19 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Maplewood 97219
Posts: 274
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Re: New Fish
fishin lisa, Great story but I have to wonder did you divorce him before or after the the rod save? I mean any guy who would get his toes wet for you is worth a second chance  Just kidding! loved the story and welcome to ifish-fishhog1.
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01-01-2003, 11:24 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Amboy Washington
Posts: 3,908
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Re: New Fish
Welcome to ifish fishin_lisa 
Thats a good story there [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] And 6 foot sturgeon on 8 pound line. :shocked:
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01-01-2003, 11:28 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Grand Ronde,OR.USA
Posts: 2,773
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard fishin_lisa. Thanks for the story. Sounds like you gotta hot spot there. I see your already familliar with internet fishin. Telling zipper lip stories right out of the chute. :grin: (just funnin whitcha)
Hope you get those 500 welcomes.
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01-01-2003, 11:30 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 1,037
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Re: New Fish
Welcome
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01-01-2003, 11:35 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Hockinson, WA.
Posts: 2,210
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Re: New Fish
Welcome great story, now i feel guilty for not welcoming all new commers. It is now my new years resolution to welcome all new commers...
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01-02-2003, 01:35 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Oregon Coast
Posts: 7,481
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Re: New Fish
Welcome to the pond.
Sounds like you were in California if there was stripers in the lake?
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01-02-2003, 01:45 AM
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Member at Large
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: 9 degrees north latitude...
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard, fishin_lisa. Great story.
Most people do not want the moderators undivided attention. :grin:
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01-02-2003, 02:16 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Felida boat ramp WA
Posts: 2,126
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Re: New Fish
welcome fishin lisa, that sounds like afun day for the kids and you. that trout lake sounds like they have a great stocking plan.
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01-02-2003, 02:35 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Keizer, Oregon
Posts: 2,021
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Re: New Fish
Welcome to the site.. 
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01-02-2003, 03:45 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 38,764
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard. That sounds like some lake! Better not let on as to where it is ... it could attract a crowd!
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01-02-2003, 03:47 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: La Pine
Posts: 327
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Re: New Fish
Welcome :grin:
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01-02-2003, 05:47 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: portland
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Re: New Fish
:grin: :grin: :grin:
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01-02-2003, 05:56 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Kalama. WA. Paradise
Posts: 397
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Re: New Fish
Welcome...I'm waiting for a Sammy or Steel story next!!! :grin: :grin: 
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01-02-2003, 05:59 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Depoe Bay, Pacific City, Oregon
Posts: 1,849
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Re: New Fish
:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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01-02-2003, 06:01 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Oregon City
Posts: 1,455
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Re: New Fish
Great story.
Now where on earth could that lake be with trophy sized trout and sturgeon too?
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01-02-2003, 06:11 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,423
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Re: New Fish
Welcome :smile:
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01-02-2003, 06:12 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Somewhere in the Canyon,Oregon
Posts: 1,589
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard.  :smile: :grin:
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01-02-2003, 06:16 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: salem or
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Re: New Fish
Wonderful story, Welcome to our gang. Now make sure YOU reply to every New story, I do. This is my favorite part of ifish. Have fun and you go get em girl. [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img] PS it was nice to hear about your kids fishing with you. Great parenting of future ifishers.
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01-02-2003, 06:20 AM
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AdminiMom
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: North Coast
Posts: 97,972
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Re: New Fish
...because we are bad, rotten, ugly moderators and admin.... :grin:
We do nothing but cause trouble for people.
:smile: :smile:
Welcome.... "Lisa"!
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01-02-2003, 07:39 AM
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Mr. Carkington
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Not all that wander are lost.
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Re: New Fish
Uh ... yeah.
Great story. Drugged fish? Welcome and have fun. This is the fishing channel ... all fishing ... all the time.
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01-02-2003, 07:42 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Upriver
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Re: New Fish
Dandy story there....welcome :grin:
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01-02-2003, 07:42 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hunting Wabbits in Vancouver, WA
Posts: 2,535
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Re: New Fish
Must've been fishing at the Expo Center in February.
Welcome!
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01-02-2003, 07:50 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Fairview, Oregon
Posts: 268
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Re: New Fish
Welcome!
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01-02-2003, 07:57 AM
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Coho
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: CLACK
Posts: 89
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Re: New Fish
welome aboard .......
get your pen and papper ready for there are many, many notes and info to be taken here. :grin:
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01-02-2003, 08:09 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard!! :grin:
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01-02-2003, 08:11 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Hillsboro
Posts: 3,819
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard. Great story.
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01-02-2003, 08:17 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Renton Wa
Posts: 132
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Re: New Fish
Welcome, pull up a rock and make yourself at home. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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01-02-2003, 08:24 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Ridgefield
Posts: 1,225
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Re: New Fish
Welcome
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01-02-2003, 08:30 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Cottage Grove, OR
Posts: 2,614
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Re: New Fish
[img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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01-02-2003, 08:35 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Aurora
Posts: 1,153
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard. Fighting a sturgeon on 8lb test wow. It must have been a blast.
st
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01-02-2003, 08:41 AM
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Guest
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Just downstream from the Hole O' Garbage'
Posts: 8,838
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard! Nice story, and I know that was in Blue Lake, right? :grin:
But I have been surprised as to how many ifishers and lurkers read posts, even if they don't always reply.
Whether you get 500 replies or not, there will be more than 500 that will have read this thread and welcome you.
Especially those dang moderators! Just try to get something past them! :grin: :shocked: :shocked: :grin:
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01-02-2003, 08:43 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: S.W. Washington
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Re: New Fish
Welcome to Ifish FL!!
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We will love only what we understand.
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01-02-2003, 08:55 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Clackamas River
Posts: 1,664
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Re: New Fish
Welcome!! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]
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01-02-2003, 09:12 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: McMinnville, OR
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Re: New Fish
Welcome, only 465 more to go!
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01-02-2003, 09:20 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Hillsboro
Posts: 3,380
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Re: New Fish
you sure that wasn't the pond up at Bonneville Hatchery? :grin: :grin: Wow, this has turned out to be one of the most responded to "first timers" stories in quite some time. You not only turned some fishes heads, but some ifishers heads too! Good job and nice story, welcome aboard.
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01-02-2003, 09:23 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: South Coast
Posts: 1,240
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Re: New Fish
Who yo'll call'n a redneck!? (just kiddding). Maybe go back to that zipper lipp lake with a little heavier line next time? Like about 50#!! Welcome aboard.
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01-02-2003, 09:52 AM
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Re: New Fish
4000 "Welcome Aboards"? Probably lock up the server :grin:
:smile: Here's one more :smile:
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01-02-2003, 10:08 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: lower Siletz/Keizer
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Re: New Fish
Did you get the disclaimer that this channel is addictive??
Welcome aboard, lets hear more stories.
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01-02-2003, 10:22 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: portland or
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Re: New Fish
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01-02-2003, 10:22 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Junction City
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Re: New Fish
These threads get a life of their own. I would not be surprised to see 500 responces. To bad about the ex, his loss.
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01-02-2003, 10:24 AM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Eugene Or
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard... great story!
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01-02-2003, 01:58 PM
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Member at Large
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: 9 degrees north latitude...
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Re: New Fish
******, you are such a show off! Nice. 
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01-02-2003, 02:06 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: McMinnville
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01-02-2003, 02:14 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Hillsboro
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Re: New Fish
great story FL
Welcome aboard
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01-02-2003, 04:46 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Great Northwest
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Re: New Fish
Welcome Aboard,
You may not get 500 but here's a few from the Silver Bullet Team,
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome,
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome,
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome,
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome,
Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome.
Is that enough I'm getting dizzy.
See Ya on the River
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01-02-2003, 04:49 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: EFL
Posts: 5,079
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Re: New Fish
Bienvenidos! Siéntese en una piedra, lánceme una cerveza, y controle su poste de la pesca! Este paseo consigue loco a veces.
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01-02-2003, 04:49 PM
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Re: New Fish
Quote:
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******, you are such a show off! Nice.
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01-02-2003, 04:54 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Keizer, OR USA
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Re: New Fish
These folks are making me feel bad. I don't do any of the killer graphics like some of these show offs but here's my version of welcome.
[img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/1zhelp.gif[/img]
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01-02-2003, 05:30 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Somewhere in the Canyon,Oregon
Posts: 1,589
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Re: New Fish
Well,
I see it hasn't gotten to 500 yet, but its on the way.
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01-02-2003, 05:45 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: East County
Posts: 1,261
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Re: New Fish
Welcome Lisa...will you marry me? :grin:
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01-02-2003, 05:51 PM
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Cutthroat
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Portland Or.
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Re: New Fish
Welcome
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01-02-2003, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Sherwood, OR
Posts: 8,400
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Re: New Fish
FL,
Welcome Oh, rare lady fisher person. :grin:
Keep takin those kids fishin'
GRB
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Re: New Fish
Quote:
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I don't do any of the killer graphics like some of these show offs but here's my version of welcome.
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01-02-2003, 07:02 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Lake Oswego
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Re: New Fish
great story
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01-02-2003, 07:05 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: OR
Posts: 1,475
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Re: New Fish
Attention... Welcome....Welcome...Welcome.
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01-02-2003, 07:11 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Milwaukie(OakGrove)
Posts: 3,287
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Re: New Fish
Welcome to IFISH!!
Nice to have ya aboard!!
Fool 
[ 01-02-2003, 08:12 PM: Message edited by: Jett'in Fool ]
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01-02-2003, 07:16 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Salem, Or.
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Re: New Fish
Welcome aboard! Thats a great story.
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