Crap!!!!

Post by **saskie** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:15 am

After much humming and hahhing over where to head today, I decide to head for some slabs. This might be my last outing for a few weeks and I wanted action. At 230, just as I'm turning onto the side rd to the lake I realize I left the minnow pail sitting on the steps at home....

"Fiddlesticks" says I

So back I go, get my minnows and head back and run smack into a funeral procession leaving the church just in time to see one of the cars spin out and slide into the ditch.... "Jiminey Fiddlesticks "

" - it's a funeral, I'm in my grubby fishing clothes, they're all dressed up...and it's a funeral. So I push/shovel them out and FINALLY make it on the ice by 4pm.

Getting out was a little hairy - but I made it.

I decided to give my new FL-8 one last chance...dropped it down and HALLELUJAH!!!! It worked....for about 5min and then died again. And since the receipt is no longer in the box....it looks like I have a $400 shiney new paperweight. And it was right about then that I decided to trip over my ice tackle box and send most of its contents into the slush.
("Cracker Jack, Jumping Cheez-Whiz Fiddlesticks" says I)

)

But I did get fish - and it's amazing how 8-9 slabs and a 1 dink LM (came unpinned at the hole) can turn a mini-gong into a nice time.

I set one line high about half way up and another a couple feet off bottom and alternated jigging/dead-sticking. I might as well have left the minnows sitting on the steps as all fish came on Genz glow-bugs and maggots, and jigging seemed to work better as I only got two on the dead line.

Post by **rodbreaker** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:28 am

Sounds like it all worked out for you.Now you just need to work on that potty mouth of yours

Post by **Suddsy** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:39 am

That was a great report Saskie.... Althought your day was not going well it is nice to see it turned into a good humourous report as it seems to sometimes get too intense on the site.

Thanks, it started my Sunday off with a smile

Suddsy

Post by **gorfman007** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:46 pm

well your heart was in the right place helping those people. You'll have too work on the rod placement albeit you did catch some fish. nice report

Post by **Fish'n Buddy** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:41 pm

Those days drive me nuts! but the fishing gods usually repay you for your hard work I find after one of those outings.
Good job , nice report

Post by **gonefishin** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:43 pm

After all that trouble it was nice to see you were rewarded with some fish.

Post by **Wallyboss** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:12 pm

You made a bad day into a better one by catching a couple of slabs. What's wrong with the Vex?? Thy are usually tough. A couple years ago my FL-8 fell of the quad while I was driving and my buddy picked up he was following me. He said it bounced off the ice. And it kept on ticking. Have you opened it up??

Post by **saskie** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:03 pm

Wallyboss wrote:What's wrong with the Vex?? ... Have you opened it up??

Turns on but doesn't mark ANYTHING - not even bottom. I'm now thinking dud transducer since with a warm fresh-off the charger battery it will pump out enough juice to work (and worked fine for the the first day and a half I had it) for a few minutes and then nothing.

Post by **wolfe** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:50 pm

Hiya Saskie,

Nice of you to help those poor folks in what was already a bad day for them.

Gotta laugh at your re-telling of the day.

It's just another average day in real life land.

I'm glad you were rewarded with some fish, anyway. And I appreciate your little bits of info regarding the jigging vs. deadsticking, as I was just pondering how best to present some baits today...I was completely unsuccessful, though!

W.

Post by **|D4|** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:53 pm

Good effort ! At least your being positive about all this ! Hope it's better next time you go out

Post by **Wallyboss** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:08 am

Somebody had a transducer for sale Look in classiefieds.

http://www.fish-hawk.net/hawktalk/viewtopic.php?t=32722

Post by **skubasteve** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:49 pm

Those days seem to have a way of redeeming themselves

Post by **Jimmy_1** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:52 pm

I had the same issue on my new flasher.
What I find is the transducer wire can come a bit loose. I gently wiggle it back in.

See if that helps!

J

Post by **nips** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:05 am

nice slabs, where did you pull them out of?

Post by **SALMON** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:24 pm

Boy that was a trip. I found this winter 90% of my crappies coming with some sort of moving whether it be gentle lifting ,dropping or jigging..only the pike seem interested in the dead stick.