What has 2 thumbs....

MallenManson · 03-16-12, 07:01 PM

....and is fishing tomorrow?

THIS GUY!

The weather has been unreal lately and if you looked up "In need of tacklebox therapy", it would say "See Mallen"

Walked a little over a mile yesterday after work, to get my truck out of winter lockdown, and I'm gearin up for Mud Lake tomorrow morning.

I have zero clue as to what's in that lake, so I'm actually buying crawlers and hauling bobbers tomorrow. Bass season isn't open and this is as much a fact finding trip, as it is a fishing trip, so it might end up a panfish day.

I was hoping a buddy could go with me, but when your fishing partner is married with children......I'll be dragging my yak through the wooods.

Regardless, unless I'm mauled by a cougar, bear or pack of coyotes, it's gonna be a great day!!!!!!!!!

joedog · 03-16-12, 07:23 PM

Good news Mallen!
Hope you catch a few pans so you can have a nice fry.

My friends tell me that COUGARS mauling you is actually quite enjoyable!

Have a great day!

keithdog · 03-16-12, 07:53 PM

Good luck Mallen. Looking foreward to what you find. You forgot to mention running into a honey badger. Nasty little cusses.

MallenManson · 03-16-12, 08:28 PM

Haha, thanks guys! I was damm near mauled by a Cougar once. Her house had views of Lake Michigan in the back, and Lake Leelanau in the front.

When she finished off a bottle of wine, she tossed it down the bluff and into the woods.
Sigh......

WatterBoy · 03-16-12, 08:36 PM

Good luck, Mallen...hope you have a great time on your fact-finding mission!

kennethdaysale · 03-16-12, 09:13 PM

Yea-Yea...but....are they opposable?

bassinbob · 03-16-12, 10:31 PM

My friends tell me that COUGARS mauling you is actually quite enjoyable!

Too funny Joe. Good luck

bamabassman · 03-16-12, 10:49 PM

good luck my friend. i hope oyu catch a lot of whatever you're wanting. lol!

MallenManson · 03-19-12, 10:01 PM

Tried to report the days outcome Saturday night, but pics wouldn't load, and never got around to it yesterday

The weekend's fishing was pretty much a bad news/good news type thing.

Put in at Mud Lake Saturday morning.
Bad news-entire lake is like 1 foot deep.
Good news-I found this out before bass season started

Hauled the yak back through the woods, loaded up and headed for Otter Lake (my favorite Spring time lake).
Bad news- found out my fishfinder went tits-up in the offseason.
Good news-I found out before bass season started

And I caught the first bass of the season. Not a big one by ANY stretch of the word, but it felt good just the same.

bamabassman · 03-19-12, 10:03 PM

2 outta 3 is a winner in my book malle. nice bass my friend. glad oyu got out.

keithdog · 03-19-12, 11:04 PM

Thats too bad about Mud lake, but at least you know now. Might be a great waterfowl hunting lake if it's allowed there. Congrats on the nice bass. It has great coloring.

kennethdaysale · 03-19-12, 11:12 PM

Hey mallen....First way to go on #1.....second Mud Lake may have come by it's name for a good reason but---------------Might be a good idea to ck it again when you've got more time. I don't recall how many acres you said it was but I found a lake back home 30 years ago that was 30+ acres and only 12-18 inches deep everywhere except for 3 little one acre sinkhole/springheads about 10-12' deep...just enough deep water to overwinter........phenominal fishery!

joedog · 03-19-12, 11:12 PM

Sorry and happy to hear.

I will tell you Mike I always enjoy your great positive posts.
Everyone should have a friend like you!

Bubba_Bruiser · 03-19-12, 11:14 PM

Test runs are nice. At least you got the skunk off for the year.

WatterBoy · 03-20-12, 11:01 AM

Way to get on the board for 2012, Mallen -- congrats!

MallenManson · 03-20-12, 05:28 PM

Thanks guys!

And Joe...your post reminds me of a comedy bit...Foxworthy?

"ol Mallen's a great friend. You get thrown in jail, he'll come down and bail you out!"
"If Mallen was a great friend, his *** would be in there with ya!"

03-16-12, 07:23 PM	#2
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Good news Mallen! Hope you catch a few pans so you can have a nice fry. My friends tell me that COUGARS mauling you is actually quite enjoyable! Have a great day! __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

03-16-12, 07:53 PM	#3
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Good luck Mallen. Looking foreward to what you find. You forgot to mention running into a honey badger. Nasty little cusses. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

03-16-12, 08:28 PM	#4
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Haha, thanks guys! I was damm near mauled by a Cougar once. Her house had views of Lake Michigan in the back, and Lake Leelanau in the front. When she finished off a bottle of wine, she tossed it down the bluff and into the woods. Sigh...... __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

03-16-12, 09:13 PM	#6
kennethdaysale BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: rock hill, sc Posts: 2,315	Yea-Yea...but....are they opposable? __________________ Sometimes you gotta risk it to get the biscuit.

03-16-12, 10:31 PM	#7
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	My friends tell me that COUGARS mauling you is actually quite enjoyable! Too funny Joe. Good luck __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

03-16-12, 07:01 PM	#1
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	What has 2 thumbs.... ....and is fishing tomorrow? THIS GUY! The weather has been unreal lately and if you looked up "In need of tacklebox therapy", it would say "See Mallen" Walked a little over a mile yesterday after work, to get my truck out of winter lockdown, and I'm gearin up for Mud Lake tomorrow morning. I have zero clue as to what's in that lake, so I'm actually buying crawlers and hauling bobbers tomorrow. Bass season isn't open and this is as much a fact finding trip, as it is a fishing trip, so it might end up a panfish day. I was hoping a buddy could go with me, but when your fishing partner is married with children......I'll be dragging my yak through the wooods. Regardless, unless I'm mauled by a cougar, bear or pack of coyotes, it's gonna be a great day!!!!!!!!! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

03-16-12, 08:36 PM	#5
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Good luck, Mallen...hope you have a great time on your fact-finding mission!

03-16-12, 10:49 PM	#8
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	good luck my friend. i hope oyu catch a lot of whatever you're wanting. lol! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-19-12, 10:01 PM	#9
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Tried to report the days outcome Saturday night, but pics wouldn't load, and never got around to it yesterday The weekend's fishing was pretty much a bad news/good news type thing. Put in at Mud Lake Saturday morning. Bad news-entire lake is like 1 foot deep. Good news-I found this out before bass season started Hauled the yak back through the woods, loaded up and headed for Otter Lake (my favorite Spring time lake). Bad news- found out my fishfinder went tits-up in the offseason. Good news-I found out before bass season started And I caught the first bass of the season. Not a big one by ANY stretch of the word, but it felt good just the same. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

03-19-12, 10:03 PM	#10
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	2 outta 3 is a winner in my book malle. nice bass my friend. glad oyu got out. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

03-19-12, 11:04 PM	#11
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	Thats too bad about Mud lake, but at least you know now. Might be a great waterfowl hunting lake if it's allowed there. Congrats on the nice bass. It has great coloring. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

03-19-12, 11:12 PM	#12
kennethdaysale BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: rock hill, sc Posts: 2,315	Hey mallen....First way to go on #1.....second Mud Lake may have come by it's name for a good reason but---------------Might be a good idea to ck it again when you've got more time. I don't recall how many acres you said it was but I found a lake back home 30 years ago that was 30+ acres and only 12-18 inches deep everywhere except for 3 little one acre sinkhole/springheads about 10-12' deep...just enough deep water to overwinter........phenominal fishery! __________________ Sometimes you gotta risk it to get the biscuit.

03-19-12, 11:12 PM	#13
joedog BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: JANESVILLE,WI. 53545 Posts: 3,415	Sorry and happy to hear. I will tell you Mike I always enjoy your great positive posts. Everyone should have a friend like you! __________________ "Fishing isn't life or death... it's more important than that."

03-19-12, 11:14 PM	#14
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Test runs are nice. At least you got the skunk off for the year. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

03-20-12, 11:01 AM	#15
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Way to get on the board for 2012, Mallen -- congrats!

03-20-12, 05:28 PM	#16
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Thanks guys! And Joe...your post reminds me of a comedy bit...Foxworthy? "ol Mallen's a great friend. You get thrown in jail, he'll come down and bail you out!" "If Mallen was a great friend, his *** would be in there with ya!" __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

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