2 dinks walk into a bar...

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 04:19 PM

...but as 66king would say...Mallen 2, Skunk 0 lol
Not an impressive haul but at least I didn't get the big goose egg.
I figure them at 14 & 16".
Kinda got an ego stroke for an inferior size fish!
A guy came down to the dam to ready his boat and asked how I'd been doin. Told him I landed the only strike I'd gotten and it was a 16.
He went back to his campsite and his dad came down and tells me rumors are flyin around the campsite about me lol. I asked what rumor? he tells me the word is, i caught a nice one lol. apparently he and i have differing opinions on "nice ones" but i'll take it just the same

Bassboss · 06-21-09, 04:25 PM

Ya, not huge that's for sure!

How where you using that jitter bug?

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 04:35 PM

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Ya, not huge that's for sure!

How where you using that jitter bug?

Fishing a river. Casting into the calm areas and bringing it out over the dropoff into a strong current. He hit right at the dropoff.

bamabassman · 06-21-09, 04:55 PM

not bad at all mallen. not bad at all. the old jitterbug still catches em huh? great pics and thank you. the "rumors" just might be true, they may not have caught a thang. be ready for some visitors ok?

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 05:03 PM

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not bad at all mallen. not bad at all. the old jitterbug still catches em huh? great pics and thank you. the "rumors" just might be true, they may not have caught a thang. be ready for some visitors ok?

Thanks buddy! Yep, the Jitterbug is tried and true, to be sure!
Fishing that spot, I have yet to find a better lure than the Jitterbug. Caught 2 Rockies on it last year that both qualified for the master angler list. Sadly, I only got pics of 1 lol.
Come on up anytime! I've got a spare room and enough meat in the freezer to cause a PETA riot!

bamabassman · 06-21-09, 05:06 PM

one day pal, one day.

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 05:09 PM

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one day pal, one day.

Looking forward to it for sure! You bringin a boat? I wanna hit Big Platte Lake for smallies (5-7 pounders are pretty common) but my boat might wear out the trolling motor before we get to em lol.

I was just thinkin......yeah, i'm wearin a helmet....I was gonna name my little boat "Size Doesn't Matter" now I'm leaning toward "Nuthin' But Dinks" lmao

bamabassman · 06-21-09, 05:12 PM

i vote for the nuthin but dinks, lmao. that is just cool.

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bamabassman

i vote for the nuthin but dinks, lmao. that is just cool.

LOL Either way, they both send differing messages eh? Great conversation starters to be sure. And if you knew the guys that will be in my boat, you'd agree on the dinks
Told my buddy about the Size Doesn't Matter idea. He told me "keep tellin yourself that". I told him flat out, if I was worried about that, it wouldn't go on my boat

Jim80 · 06-21-09, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

He went back to his campsite and his dad came down and tells me rumors are flyin around the campsite about me lol. I asked what rumor? he tells me the word is, i caught a nice one lol.

Ah the man, the myth , the legend is coming to your local campsites , spoken word lessons will be sold on dvd for 24.99 after each night lol

nice fish man

Jim

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 09:25 PM

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Ah the man, the myth , the legend is coming to your local campsites , spoken word lessons will be sold on dvd for 24.99 after each night lol

nice fish man

Jim

LOL I wish!
Me giving teaching lessons would be like Bobby Boucher trying to instruct the young kids at LTs football camp.

MIbasser · 06-21-09, 09:31 PM

Mallen, where were you fishing at? I was up fishing Seg., Torch and Clam this past weekend. Pretty good fising up there this time of the year!

nofearengineer · 06-21-09, 09:33 PM

How about "The Little Boat that Could?"

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MIbasser

Mallen, where were you fishing at? I was up fishing Seg., Torch and Clam this past weekend. Pretty good fising up there this time of the year!

Benzie county. The smaller I got off Lake Dubonnet and the other came off the Betsie River below Grass Lake.
They still on their beds up there? Seems the stragglers are just about done around here.
One of these days I wanna fish Torch. No idea what part of it though!

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by nofearengineer

How about "The Little Boat that Could?"

Hafta get the boat out first lol

nofearengineer · 06-21-09, 09:41 PM

Okay...The Little Boat Who Couldn't?

MallenManson · 06-21-09, 09:47 PM

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Okay...The Little Boat Who Couldn't?

The little boat who needs a lift to the lake

bamabassman · 06-21-09, 09:56 PM

on the "size doesn't matter".......ask her, it MATTERS, hahahahahahahahaha. sorry pal, had to do it. tried waiting but couldn't no more.

MIbasser · 06-21-09, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

Benzie county. The smaller I got off Lake Dubonnet and the other came off the Betsie River below Grass Lake.
They still on their beds up there? Seems the stragglers are just about done around here.
One of these days I wanna fish Torch. No idea what part of it though!

Still on beds at Torch. Hard, hard lake to fish. I found 11 beds on the north end of the lake. I was able to hit them all on Thursday however in Tournament time I was only able to get two. Some other guys found some on beds as well.

To the guys who have never heard of Torch Lake - 18 miles long, 2 miles wide 330' deep, next to no weeds and CRYSTAL clear.

Bender · 06-21-09, 11:25 PM

Average depth of 110' and 19,000 acres! I'v ebeen on it in a pleasure boat but never fished it. I wouldn't even know where to start! I don't know what the visibility is, 40'? 50'?

MallenManson · 06-22-09, 06:49 PM

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on the "size doesn't matter".......ask her, it MATTERS, hahahahahahahahaha. sorry pal, had to do it. tried waiting but couldn't no more.

Day late and a dollar short bama. Refer to post #9

There's a reason a married exgf from wisconsin still comes to see me. Probably the same reason an exgf with a serious boyfriend is constantly texting me, wanting me to come meet her at the bar.....the most telling of all though, would be the tee shirt one of the ex's gave me for my birthday.
On the front, it says "Mike's Hard Lemonade" on the back "A hard Mike is good to find"
Maybe the man, the myth, the legend isn't so far off after all......

MallenManson · 06-22-09, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MIbasser

Still on beds at Torch. Hard, hard lake to fish. I found 11 beds on the north end of the lake. I was able to hit them all on Thursday however in Tournament time I was only able to get two. Some other guys found some on beds as well.

To the guys who have never heard of Torch Lake - 18 miles long, 2 miles wide 330' deep, next to no weeds and CRYSTAL clear.

I can only imagine. Love to try it someday just the same

MallenManson · 06-22-09, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bender

Average depth of 110' and 19,000 acres! I'v ebeen on it in a pleasure boat but never fished it. I wouldn't even know where to start! I don't know what the visibility is, 40'? 50'?

I'd need a boat with something that ran on more than a battery just to get from one end to the other. One of these days when I make it there to fish, I'll probably do it in the Rapid City area.

nofearengineer · 06-22-09, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MallenManson

I'd need a boat with something that ran on more than a battery just to get from one end to the other.

Now you could use one of those all-electric submarines Great Britain uses, but I don't think it's going to be very stealthy in the crystal clear water.

MallenManson · 06-23-09, 05:10 PM

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Now you could use one of those all-electric submarines Great Britain uses, but I don't think it's going to be very stealthy in the crystal clear water.

Who needs a fish finder when you have a periscope?

06-21-09, 04:19 PM	#1
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	2 dinks walk into a bar... ...but as 66king would say...Mallen 2, Skunk 0 lol Not an impressive haul but at least I didn't get the big goose egg. I figure them at 14 & 16". Kinda got an ego stroke for an inferior size fish! A guy came down to the dam to ready his boat and asked how I'd been doin. Told him I landed the only strike I'd gotten and it was a 16. He went back to his campsite and his dad came down and tells me rumors are flyin around the campsite about me lol. I asked what rumor? he tells me the word is, i caught a nice one lol. apparently he and i have differing opinions on "nice ones" but i'll take it just the same Attached Thumbnails __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

06-21-09, 04:25 PM	#2
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Ya, not huge that's for sure! How where you using that jitter bug? __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

06-21-09, 04:55 PM	#4
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	not bad at all mallen. not bad at all. the old jitterbug still catches em huh? great pics and thank you. the "rumors" just might be true, they may not have caught a thang. be ready for some visitors ok? __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-21-09, 05:06 PM	#6
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	one day pal, one day. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-21-09, 05:12 PM	#8
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	i vote for the nuthin but dinks, lmao. that is just cool. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-21-09, 09:31 PM	#12
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	Mallen, where were you fishing at? I was up fishing Seg., Torch and Clam this past weekend. Pretty good fising up there this time of the year!

06-21-09, 09:33 PM	#13
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	How about "The Little Boat that Could?" __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

06-21-09, 09:41 PM	#16
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Okay...The Little Boat Who Couldn't? __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

06-21-09, 09:56 PM	#18
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	on the "size doesn't matter".......ask her, it MATTERS, hahahahahahahahaha. sorry pal, had to do it. tried waiting but couldn't no more. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

06-21-09, 11:25 PM	#20
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	Average depth of 110' and 19,000 acres! I'v ebeen on it in a pleasure boat but never fished it. I wouldn't even know where to start! I don't know what the visibility is, 40'? 50'?

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