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Offline Bobby Bass

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2/24 Today I saw the twenty yard line on the local football field. The snow had melted away showing the fake green grass, it looked pretty good!

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Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

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Offline snow

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Robins at the feeder,migrating waterfowl already and woodpeckers staking out territories,I do the same thing along my property boundries... ;D
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Offline guythathunts

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Snow geese are almost here. I'm excited... It must be spring!
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I got buds on my maple tree out front. It's comin', it's comin'!!!!  :woot:

Hittin' the river this Sunday, open water time!!  :woot:
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Offline Dan R.

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The up coming sport shows i have to do is a sign of spring for me
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Offline Woody

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The Mrs. says I'm more frisky lately than in previous months.   :whistling:  Gotta be spring!  ;D
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Hittin' the river this Sunday, open water time!!  :woot:

Was on pool 4 today.  The eyes are biting!!!!!
walleyes, pannies, esox, cats, I don't care, let's go fishing!!

Offline Bobby Bass

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Thinking of Spring and having just been to the boat show it reminded me of a story I once wrote about a trip I made. It was called " All I wanted to do is catch a fish!

Several years ago I was at the Duluth Boat Show with a bud of mine who had another bud of his working the concession stand who was selling Bud. Well my bud had already had a few to many Buds and was telling me about his special way of catching trout from the pond. He then put down his 75 cents and went behind the rope. His idea was to snag them... He tossed the little fly out which he had weighted down with three bottle tops from the three Buds he had already drank and proceeded to rip the fly through the pond. On his 2nd time through he latched on to a trout which he then reared back setting the hook and yanking the fish out of the pond through the air to land on the top of an elderly lady who had a stocking cap covered in yellow beads.

The next rod action was to yank the fish back taking the stocking cap off the head of the now screaming lady and the hat and fish fell back into the tank. I guess the yellow beads look like corn to the hungry fish and now the 500 trout attacked the stocking hat as one, sending a wave of water over the side of the tank and on to the floor. Well it was pretty much down hill from there. Women started screaming, men started ducking. Kids chased flopping trout across the wet cement floor. Then you know a guys falls into another guy and that guy takes a swing at that guy and misses and hits another guy who falls on the girlfriend of another guy who hits the first guy who falls into the pool. Then security comes and drags the guy in the pool out but they slip on the edge of the wet pool and then the pool splits and before you know it a couple of thousand gallons of water is flowing into the main arena and then the sail boat gets floated and the mast hits the big net holding the balloons for the final night drawing and they fall all over the place and the band starts playing Danny Boy and it's like the Titanic all over again.. And there I am just standing in line with my 75 cent ticket and all I want to do, is catch a fish.
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Bobby that's just how I remember it too. Great story.

And by the way - Twins Spring Training.
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Offline GRIZ

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I'll let ya know as soon as 10" of new snow melts away.
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Offline Bobby Bass

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I hear ya, 6" of snow here today the first real snowfall since Jan 4th, but with the sun so high by mid afternoon the street is clear and steaming!
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Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

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There was thunder and lightning here Thursday morning. Oh yeah, but it snowed 4", the landscape is white and the temperature was about 3 this morning. Oh well, at least the sun is shining, chores are done and I have to make one of those "awful" trips to the Man's Store. Gotta pick up some more thistle seed. These common redpolls are eating us out of house and home. Lotta lambs on the ground, a sure sign of spring if ever there was one.
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Been hearing and seeing robins in the morning. That and my wife just asked me when I was going to string up my poles for this year. Spring is on the way.
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Spring turkey hunting lottery!   :happy1:
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Offline GRIZ

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Coon and skunk are starting to move. A buddy has picked up 36 coon and 8 skunk in the last few days. I'm going to help him skin em today, it's that or sit around a house watchin a baby shower party. Where do ya think I'll be?
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Coon and skunk are starting to move. A buddy has picked up 36 coon and 8 skunk in the last few days. I'm going to help him skin em today, it's that or sit around a house watchin a baby shower party. Where do ya think I'll be?


Decorating the house?  :rotflmao:
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Offline Bobby Bass

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Girl Scout cookies!
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Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

It is not how many years you live, it is how you lived your years!

Offline 22lex

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Sharpening mower blades!
Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.
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Offline Big Slick

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We have had a dozen robins around here for a month already, was hoping all the snow would be gone already.
You never see a FLAG BURNING at a GUN SHOW.

Offline GRIZ

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Sorry slick more will come(snow)

I don't make the rules, just follow what mother nature delivers.
« Last Edit: March 03/03/09, 07:52:34 PM by GRIZ »
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."
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Offline Bobby Bass

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Daylight Savings !! March 8th
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Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

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Offline Bobby Bass

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U.S.C.G.C. Alder will start ice breaking here on the big lake March 10th fishermen be warned!
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Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

It is not how many years you live, it is how you lived your years!

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With all the snow melt I found a squirrel skull in the yard. Some pretty gnarly looking teeth!
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Offline Crazy4Outdoors

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Signs of spring?
1)...hung some clothes on the clothes line on Friday....they were mostly dry at the end of the day too!
2)...RUMMAGE SALES!!

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Finding alot of hockey pucks at outside rinks!!!!!

Offline Bobby Bass

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A fly bouncing off an inside window!
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Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

It is not how many years you live, it is how you lived your years!

Offline JCAMERON

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Managed to catch a picture of this guy today.
"Superior... never gives up her dead when the gales of November come early."

Offline Pegg

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Kids coming home with really wet clothes from everything melting.
If today was perfect. There would be no need for tomorrow.

Offline BiggA

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played baseball with the neighborhood kids last night! Lit the weber(but I do that all winter) grilled some burgers

Offline Bobby Bass

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Strawberry
Orange
Lemon
Green Apple
Cherry
Grape Jelly Beans!  :happy1:
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Bud and now Barney working the trail again in front of me.

It is not how many years you live, it is how you lived your years!