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Tagged Fish at Loch Raven 4/17.....

Submitted by 8plusW8 on Wed, 04/17/2013 - 17:38

Fished the Loch today and was not surprised when I caught this fish....lolololololololol!!!!!!!!!!!

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It only takes a minute....

Submitted by 8plusW8 on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 20:16

to pack an extra set of warm clothes to put on the boat during the colder months. I will take an old pair of undies (non-skidmarked), old pair of red/green tube socks, old pair of PUMA sweats and keep them in a CONVERSE bag on the boat in case of a mishap.

I had a tourney on Pboy (3/24) and one of our guys (no names) fell in somewhere up north. He is 60+ years old and just think if he didnt have a partner it could of been tragic. No way with all of those clothes on he could of pulled himself back into the boat plus the 40 degree water temp.

Thank the good Lord he is okay.

I think we all have our stories. When I lived in Pensacola, Florida I was out fishing one day and the wind blew me up against a piece of timber. I stuck my foot out to push off the piece of wood and it was dry-rotted and snapped off right at the waterline and in I went. Thank God it was Florida and it kinda felt good.....except for my pride! lol

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Opening Day Prettyboy-March 1, 2013

Submitted by 8plusW8 on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 07:42

Shane and I had to scratch our itch yesterday for Opening Day. So, after a delicious breakfast at New Freedom Rest in Shrewsbury, Pa we headed off to Prettyboy.

It was about 830am when we launched and the water was a brisk 39.4 degrees.

We immediately headed up North to some of my favorite winter fishing spots. After 5 spots and 5 hours of throwing jigs, silver buddys, jerkbaits and c-rigs we had nothing to show for our efforts. It was about 130pm when we kind of put 2 and 2 together and kind of figured out that cold-stained water were not condusive to catching bass on this day.

So we headed south and tried a few more spots in clearer-warmer water. The water didn't warm much but it did get to 39.8. It was about 345pm when we hit a flurry of bass. I got the 1st, 17.5" sm in the boat and a couple casts later lost a pretty nice one on the way to the boat. While wallowering in my disappointment I hear Shane say THERE HE IS and I look back and he is fighting a pretty good fish. Ecstatic about his 1st bass we get a beautiful 18.5" sm in the boat. A couple of minutes later he hooks up again with an absolute GIANT and she comes unbuttoned close to the boat. We fished the area thoroughly for about another 30 minutes without another bite so we decided to head to the ramp and finish the day.

Opening Day results: 2 caught, 2 lost, 39.8 water temp, 8 hours fished.

We'll take it......

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Annual Meeting 2/24/13

Submitted by 8plusW8 on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 16:37

I wanted to take some time to thank Robbie, Walt-Chad-Holden..aka "the commitee", Craig "Gordo" Gordon, SFVU, BatteriesPlus, Ashland Cafe, all the potential members of MRA in attendance today and whoever else I might be forgetting that made today a success. Some really great prizes were awarded mainly from SFVU(Sport Fishing Ventures Unlimited)/BatteriesPlus. SFVU's raffle was worth over $1200 in merchandise and a special thanks to BatteriesPlus (Nick) for their FREE raffling of a pretty expensive battery. That came as a surprise and was not part of the originally planned day, thanks Nick! It is a true testament to you and the business that you operate. MRA looks forward to a deeper relationship with your company in the years to come. Our goal together will be when one of our members have a need for batteries they come right to BatteriesPlus. I trust that all members realize these awesome benefits that the MRA has acquired this year.

If you attended the meeting today, you know that things got a little tense when Don brought up the banned Alabama Rig. PERSONALLY, I feel that the lure should be allowed when ONLY used with 2 hooks. I feel this way mainly because if Maryland Law allows it, it should be okay to use. That's just my personal opinion and truth is, I have never thrown the A-rig in my life, nor would I. In addition, I'm not upset or angry with anyone about the commitee's decision to ban the rig. That is why we have a commitee and I respect their decision. Maybe, it will be approved next year.

Anyway, I'am really excited about the tournament season ahead and as with every year in the past it will bring new and exciting things. I have a new partner, new side-imaging, new baits, new techniques, new rods and EVEN a new KVD tacklebag.....so you all better watch out!!! LOLOLOLOLOL

Let's all have a great year..........

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CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! (virtual)

Submitted by 8plusW8 on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 09:19

I just have to take a moment and tip my hat to Craig for what he has done, is doing and will do on this site. It really looks good, GREAT JOB....Craig! The site looks awesome.

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Need help with your Humminbird SI/DI?

Submitted by 8plusW8 on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 21:08

Great place to start is right here. This guy is the resident expert in Humminbird Side-Imaging/Down-Imaging...check out this site and have your questions answered and gain a ton of knowledge on how to effectively use your unit to its fullest capabilities.

http://www.dougvahrenberg.com/Videos.html

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Dead body found at Prettyboy today....

Submitted by 8plusW8 on Thu, 02/07/2013 - 11:32

About an hour ago, I got a text from one of our members who is an Baltimore County employee. He said they have pulled a body from Prettyboy today. Apparently, the guy was threatening suicide last nite and the body was found this morning. Authorities brought the body to the ramp and were completing their investigation. Sad.

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