Good Morning!

[smurfy]

1 minute ago, leechlake said:

I think Del just made a Citizens Arrest on Reb?  Hahahahahah. 

yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

52 minutes ago, RebelSS said:

Problem was, no boat ramp. We had to push it in. Scared the trout away. 

I like Rainbows thru the ice best. This feller was an even 20" on the nose. Tasty, too. 

 

just outta curiosity............who's the girl wearing the gloves in the picture?????

[RebelSS]

He'd better have lotsa backup, and I mean more than 3 smurfs and a thread hijacker! 

[leechlake]

 

[RebelSS]

2 minutes ago, smurfy said:

yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just outta curiosity............who's the girl wearing the gloves in the picture?????

That's the Troutmaster, not to be confused with the Tu-tu wearing Trouser Trout master....

[Coffee118]

[RebelSS]

Just now, leechlake said:

 

Ha! I just saw that last week, since I've lost half my channels due to the DirecTV outrageous increase I will no longer pay.

[delcecchi]

7 minutes ago, RebelSS said:

Danged right. When was the last time ya waded the Preston/Whitewater "trout run" area? 

Last year.  Did the best in the pasture down by Altura. 

Actually I was surprised how much of the good water around is artificials only when reading the regs.  I thought they were going to back off some of that. 

Edited March 30, 2016 by delcecchi

[RebelSS]

O piffle.You watched it on TV. 

[leechlake]

this is turning into an NHL fight, I'm going to the neutral zone for a while to watch.  Good luck fellas.

[delcecchi]

1 minute ago, RebelSS said:

O piffle.You watched it on TV. 

Nope.  I am one of those elitist fly fishermen, most of the time.  

[smurfy]

5 minutes ago, leechlake said:

this is turning into an NHL fight, I'm going to the neutral zone for a while to watch.  Good luck fellas.

hope it don't get like that cheap shot that hawks player pulled on coyle!!!!!!!!

[delcecchi]

Watch it or I will strike you with the tip of my 5 weight fly rod...

[RebelSS]

We better dan dat.  Me and Del gonna go troot fishing sometime, me on shore so I can sit with my custom rod and ultralight spinning reel, and Del with his Orvis Penn fly rod. I'll watch for cops and guard the lunch basket. 

12 minutes ago, delcecchi said:

Last year.  Did the best in the pasture down by Altura. 

Actually I was surprised how much of the good water around is artificials only when reading the regs.  I thought they were going to back off some of that. 

Naa, they just fudge it up a bit more every year. BUT,just got a DNR E-mail that they are restocking the stream down there that had the trout/fish kill last fall from an unknown source....

4 minutes ago, delcecchi said:

Watch it or I will strike you with the tip of my 5 weight fly rod...

Does it have a barbless hook? 

[delcecchi]

No, just a 7 foot leader tapered to 4x with a size 18 dry fly....   

What's this about barbless hooks?  I must have not seen that.  I only use them in Quetico. 

[leechlake]

1/8 oz fireball jig and a shiner.  8 pound test line and tap tap Whammo!!!  Fish for the landfill.  

You two should put your trout fishing costumes on and take a photo for us all to see.

 

[RebelSS]

Ya, barbless hooks only down there, Del........all over the papers the last 2 years. Now I can't find anything on it.....!!!!   $#@!

[leechlake]

if the fly is barbless how do you keep them in those neat looking hats without falling out?  Seems the worm would slide right off too...

[RebelSS]

I dunno...but it was a rule, my my buddy who was a big trout fisherman was totally bent about it...I'm still looking.

AHA!!! I knew I wasnt TOTALLY nuts; it was dropped two years ago, Del ol' boy. Excerpt from the DNR newsletter: (see date?)  Two excerpts:

 

The DNR has said the barbless restrictions aren’t needed because no studies conclusively prove their use reduces trout mortality.

Moreover, the DNR says, fishing regulations are often complex, and should be simplified whenever possible.

One way to do that, the agency says, is to whack the barbless restriction for trout fishing in the southeast, in situations where it exists, such as in certain stretches of rivers and during special seasons.

That way, anglers wouldn’t have to refer to the rule book as often as they might, and any trout that are lost to fishing with barbed hooks would be inconsequential.

 

 

 

DNR's new trout regulations extend catch-and-release season

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A new set of state trout fishing regulations will aim to create new opportunities for anglers and simplify the rules in southeast Minnesota, the Minnesota DNR announced Monday.

According to the department:

The regulations extend catch-and-release seasons in eight southeast Minnesota counties and seven trout streams in Minnesota state parks. Barbless hooks will no longer be required. And beginning Jan. 1, 2015, southeast Minnesota streams will be open in winter to catch-and-release trout fishing.

 

[reinhard1]

Man look what I started, mild arguments between city slickers who do not understand how to play the man card and go up north and fish man-ly trout with man-ly conditions.  I do give that  talk to my buddies who do go down south and fish there.  I just can't make myself go down there, I need my fix of the north country.  good luck.

[RebelSS]

Hey!! I caught a 'bow thru those 14" of ice!!!!!! Up north yet!!!!  it was cold out!  Besides, I use Irish Spring soap, the "manly soap". Does that qualify?  

[reinhard1]

Your saved Reb,  I also use Irish Spring.  I have always liked the smell of that stuff, reminds me of the pines up north as well as the colors of green which the pines are plentiful.  Birch trees and pine trees are a must for me.  good luck.

[leechlake]

shower talk...a new low for the "cooking" forum.  Can we get an experienced moderator in here to clean things up a bit.

[RebelSS]

Much better than that suggestive "hot tub" talk. That's what the Irish Spring does, cleans things up. I'm gonna rub it all over yer "nudist thread". 

[leechlake]

I hate to turn your good morning thread into a debate thread but the "hot tub" talk included a women in it and this Irish Sping Man Love Fest doesn't.  No offense Rhino...

 I will admit as a kid those Irish Spring commercials where the manly man cut the bar of soap with a pocket knife seemed cool.  I slightly remember getting in trouble with a sharp knife in the bathroom cutting a bar when I was about 6 years old.  

[RebelSS]

Psychobabble will get you nowhere. That's Boar's trick.