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Offline Lee Borgersen

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          :happy1: In a spearing mood. :woot:

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By Jamie Dietman on Jan 13, 2018

 :coffee: .....
Finally with a break from the arctic air I got to go out exploring without the fear of frostbite and soon the fish also were out enjoying the warm weather.

 :popcorn: ...
After a couple of trips for crappies and bluegills it was time for something new. I sharpened my spear I recently purchased, and old but a goody, and then gathered some old and new decoys I've been collecting and then it was off to the dark house for a day of spearing.

 :happy1: OR :moon: ..... :scratch:
Now, some people love spearing and some people don't agree with it, but it is something I grew up doing with my dad. So for that reason alone it's something that has a lot of great memories for me.
 
 :Fish: :Fish:
So, back to spearing, the morning was started off by a few dogfish swimming through, then crappies and bass made an appearance. But soon after I noticed the lack of little fish in the hole, then I saw a big old pike head in the corner checking out my decoy.

 Just sitting there for a few moments and not coming in closer, I decided to take an angle shot, tricky for anyone but given the fact I hadn't thrown a spear in 31 years made it a little trickier. As I grabbed my spear and lowered the head into the water and aimed for a shot right behind the head I thought, here goes nothing.  :woot: But to my surprise when I felt the rope there was a fish on the other end, and it even hit where I was aiming. Mission complete with a bonus meal of buffalo pike on the dinner table.
JAMIE DIETMAN, What's Up Outdoors, may be reached at 218-820-7757.


             Dis one's fur our Glenn (MNO Res. master spearer) :happy1:

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 :happy1: tanks my man!!!! :rotflmao: :happy1: that's the exact spear we have. But I ain't fishin outta a pink fishhouse! :tut: :tut:
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you have a Amish spear??
a bad day of fishing is still better than a good day at work!!

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you have a Amish spear??
yep, 2 actually. 1 my wife uses.
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good spear but I don't like the soft tines, they spread after some use.....
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good spear but I don't like the soft tines, they spread after some use.....
yea a little but best spear I've owned. My buddy just bought the stainless one. I always wanted a stainless spear but can't justify another spear. You lose a fish with one of them it's operator error.
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good spear but I don't like the soft tines, they spread after some use.....
yea a little but best spear I've owned. My buddy just bought the stainless one. I always wanted a stainless spear but can't justify another spear. You lose a fish with one of them it's operator error.

that's true, I have a Kramer out of Melrose.  some one else makes them now.   good spear....  too...
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:happy1: tanks my man!!!! :rotflmao: :happy1: that's the exact spear we have. But I ain't fishin outta a pink fishhouse! :tut: :tut:

Gott-cha Glenn!  If-n you got in-ta some guys pink fish house wit um, :tut: ya never know what ta expect :wowza:
 
(especially if he tells ya ta leave your spear outside da door.)
 :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

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GREAT NEWS...................... only 239 days till spearing opens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1: :happy1: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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so only 358 days to the decoy show!!!! :happy1: :happy1:
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What's an amish spear?

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Reb, the spear you see in this picture. That's also my spear house setup! :happy1:

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I was  :scratch: too so I googled it & at a quick glance there looked to be more than 1 version of what an Amish spear is. :confused:
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depends on who makes them too.....   but generally they look like Glenn's....
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Caught part of that, mike, they looked similar but the little I read mentioned something about what they were made of(SS?) & the shape of the tines. Some looked to be kind of spendy, seen 1 where they wanted close to $200. I imagine that 1 was stainless steel. :scratch:
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some of them are made of SS!!!!!!!!! there 2 bills or more. the non stainless ones run about 125-150 bucks. back when i bought mine and my wife's i pain 85 bucks for them.

i often entertain the idea of getting the stainless one, but cant justify have another spear just sitting there.  it appears my wife has given up hard water fishing!!!!!! :doah: :doah:
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Might be easier to make one.....if you've worked with and welded SS before. I'd enjoy doing that.

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Might be easier to make one.....if you've worked with and welded SS before. I'd enjoy doing that.
not as easy as it looks bud. i tried..........its used as a creek sucker spear!!!!!!!!! :pouty: :pouty: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Oh, I know. I worked for two years as a machinist right out of high school milling out SS and aluminum panels for heart/lung bypass machines....still make a lot of needed metal things, rather than buy.

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some of them are made of SS!!!!!!!!! there 2 bills or more. the non stainless ones run about 125-150 bucks. back when i bought mine and my wife's i pain 85 bucks for them.

i often entertain the idea of getting the stainless one, but cant justify have another spear just sitting there.  it appears my wife has given up hard water fishing!!!!!! :doah: :doah:
Maybe if somebody else asked her to go............................... ;) :rotflmao: :rotflmao: SORRY!! I can't help myself when you leave me an opening like that. :evil: :sleazy: :rolleyes: :laugh:
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some of them are made of SS!!!!!!!!! there 2 bills or more. the non stainless ones run about 125-150 bucks. back when i bought mine and my wife's i pain 85 bucks for them.

i often entertain the idea of getting the stainless one, but cant justify have another spear just sitting there.  it appears my wife has given up hard water fishing!!!!!! :doah: :doah:
Maybe if somebody else asked her to go............................... ;) :rotflmao: :rotflmao: SORRY!! I can't help myself when you leave me an opening like that. :evil: :sleazy: :rolleyes: :laugh:
:tut: :tut: :tut: :tut: :tut: :tut: :tut: :tut:
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