Another EOY Report or How To Kill A 56K Modem With Pictures

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Another EOY Report or How To Kill A 56K Modem With Pictures

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With the cruddy last few outings that I have had, and the insane amount of work I have ahead of me, I thought I might put together a report to honor this great year and all the people who helped make it one to remember. It is just so hard to draw that chalk outline around the year and let it be pronounce “Over”.

This year, I got out on the water just over 100 times. I averaged 4 outings a week, but often was out 5 times a week.... just ask my wife!! I am lucky enough to be in a chance of a life time position to do this and I think I took FULL advantage of it!

March 19th was my first outing. I didn’t get to catch a darn thing… but who cares? I was fishing from a boat… IN MARCH!!!

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But, for me, what made this year so memorable was the people I have met through Fish Hawk. Not all of those trips ended up with a report, pictures or great big fish, but they were all part of the watershed year that was for me. Members like BeachBurger, Mick, Fiish, fishin mission, Claudio and Joey Rat come to mind... I had a great time with every one of them!

I had the privilege of fishing with a bunch of great guys this year that did end up on Fish-Hawk.

Ducker2 for trout back on May 11th …
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FisherGuy33 for pike on May 18th …
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Canoedude for snotties on June 1st (Our second outing)
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June 3rd with TallPaul for pike and a great shore lunch
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Open seat offer from Fisherguy33 on a cold June 10th …
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July 20th with Miker
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Fishing on July 22nd with HotelTango will leave me with this video to drool over for the whole winter….
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But also these nice bass on a double header with Marc!
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Lonnie on September 4th …
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GR8-Scott September 10th
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…got me a pic that I will remember for a while!
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RJ and Phil kicking Paul’s and my butt on September 11th …
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Spezza_Fan on October 4th …
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October 30th on The Miss with Lonnie...
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These are just some of the guys from Fish-Hawk I got out on the water with this year.

This year I renamed a local lake to NASA Lake... and with reason too!

Snotties!
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And the beat goes on and on....

But I found some serious BRONZIES in that lake too!!

PB Bronzie Circa August 1st …
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I was also fishing with my girls this year:

Emily & Katherine June 8th Pike

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With Shannon July 9th …
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Emily on August 18th …
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Fished with BassAddict more than anyone else this year... he took lots of pics, many reports that we could have posted, but I think he was gearing up for an end of year report too!

NASA Lake Bronzie on the 4th of July:
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BA with some SWEET bronze action on July 26th …
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September 1st worked well for us!
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We had a BLAST at the derby on The Miss
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Rockland Rumble September 18th …
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Fun in the Rain on September 30th I was actually able to get BA to SMILE!
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A few other great memories of this year will be:

Then there was The AQUA BUCK on July 11th
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Buzz Baits
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Gotta be Orange!
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And the vehicle that drove my year:

The Open Seat
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Thanks EVERYONE!!

Some people might wonder why I spend an absurd amount of time on this site. In reality, I don't. I am on my PC often 18hrs a day because of my paying job. Here is my home work station;

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I do hope that this end of year report goes a long way to explaining why I do spend time on this site.

Craig
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Post by fishin mission »

Awesome report Craig hope we can get out a few times this winter and actually talk for more than 3 minutes lol looks like you had a great summer and hope next summer is better! Just looking around for an orange shirt for the ice fishing season!
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Post by Yannick Loranger »

EOY? you mean EOS (end of season) Maybe I can get you on the ice before EOY for some first ice crappie and/or walleye?
Anyway, great report...how come no pics of our awesome bass fishing on the Ottawa? lol

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Post by IgglesD »

Nice collection for the year.....alot of good fish and times!
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Post by Wired leader »

Fantastic report Craig!!!
Looks like you had a great year.
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Craig,

You've been a great addition to the FH crowd and your reports this past year have further entrenched you into the lifeblood of the site. Your humour, ability to entertain and educate all at the same is an amazing trait.

Open seat in my ice shack anytime you want to slide out my way fella.

I sure hope Santa gets you a new rod and reel combo this X-mas....so that FX can be retired. :lol:

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Post by Wallyboss »

Great Report CPrince
When hell freezes over, I'll be there icefishing!!!

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Please feel free to stand in front of them!!!

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Fantastic Craig! Where are the pictures from our first outing? :) Great to share some time with you in the boat this summer - lots of laughs and a ridiculous number of rockets on NASA lake.

Good luck with the upcoming work.

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Re: Another EOY Report or How To Kill A 56K Modem With Pictu

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cprince wrote:
Some people might wonder why I spend 18hrs a day surfing Fish-Hawk

Hmmmmmm.........


Things don't seem to add up , 18 hrs a day on Fish-Hawk and the other 12 hours a day out fishing........12 +18 = 30

I guess the days in ALCOVE are 30 hours long :oops: :roll: :roll:


A Big Congrats on your year in review , soon we will be concentrating on Ice Baby Ice =Whities.........Du Blanc as Kevin would say .
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Post by almontefisher »

Nice wind up of the soft water season Craig. Wish I could have gotten out with you but like my life lately not much time in a day. Sure would like 30hrs in a day like you have..lol...I think an ice outing is in order.
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It's much more important.

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Post by bl8ant »

Craig, thanks for the post. Good to see you got out and met different people this year. Something i have to put on my check list for next year.


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Post by ASK »

nice report dude.

Thanks

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Post by fiiish »

Truly awesome stuff right there Craig! Thanks for putting that together. :D
Looking forward to the next time we fish. 8)
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Post by baz fish »

You shure had a great year there Craig :) . Some very nice fish you got there bud. It was nice to se you at Rumble this year and hope to go out with you this winter :) .
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Post by beachburger »

It was great getting out for the day with you this year Craig. It sucked losing the big motor but what can you do.

Maybe next year my wife won't have to rescue us..... :lol:
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