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Crap!!!!

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:15 am
by saskie
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 :evil:

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 " :roll: " - 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. :evil: 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)
:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: )

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.

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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.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:28 am
by rodbreaker
Sounds like it all worked out for you.Now you just need to work on that potty mouth of yours :shock:

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:39 am
by Suddsy
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. :wink:

Thanks, it started my Sunday off with a smile :D

Suddsy

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:46 pm
by gorfman007
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 :lol:

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:41 pm
by Fish'n Buddy
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

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:43 pm
by gonefishin
After all that trouble it was nice to see you were rewarded with some fish.

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:12 pm
by Wallyboss
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??

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:03 pm
by saskie
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.

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:50 pm
by wolfe
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. :lol: 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.

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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:53 pm
by |D4|
Good effort ! At least your being positive about all this ! Hope it's better next time you go out

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:08 am
by Wallyboss
Somebody had a transducer for sale Look in classiefieds.


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

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:49 pm
by skubasteve
Those days seem to have a way of redeeming themselves

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:52 pm
by Jimmy_1
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

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:05 am
by nips
nice slabs, where did you pull them out of?

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:24 pm
by SALMON
:lol: 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.