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Fish Spearing/Garbage Removal Contest 2007 (Entire Year) - Wisconsin
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my pond = 1 dr pepper. lake emily = diet cola, royal cola. sunset lake = one disposible razer. (what it was doing in 20 ft of water no idea.) one whitetails unlimited tshirt. one piece of paper. lake michigan = 1 condom. eww. got it with my spear tip. i think i can win this one lol. pinggene, how much does one of your wetsuits cost? where did you buy it?
Bobby (my son) & I went off Green Lake on Saturday 9/1. Vis was not that good...about 8'...The wind was blowing at us & stiring things up a bit...boat waves were not helping either. We should have been on the other side of the lake, & we should have been there earlier...would have been better.
That being said, we did end up with 3 (I only got one). Bobby had a heck of a time with carp getting off...I think it is time for a double band for him. I didn't take as many shots as I should have. We both saw about 30 carp each. But it was one of those things where if your spear wasn't pointing where they appeared out of the haze, when you moved on them (slow or fast), they took off. There was a lot of shooting from the hip today with my long gun (90 cm). Wish I would have had one about 1/2 the size (I saw a 55cm at Precision Sports the other day...tempting). Oh well. Still great to be out.
No garbage found on this trip...YEA!
Total Rough Fish for year = 2 Suckers, 14 Carp
Garbage = 2 Pop cans
Here is a photo of Bobby.
Gene
That being said, we did end up with 3 (I only got one). Bobby had a heck of a time with carp getting off...I think it is time for a double band for him. I didn't take as many shots as I should have. We both saw about 30 carp each. But it was one of those things where if your spear wasn't pointing where they appeared out of the haze, when you moved on them (slow or fast), they took off. There was a lot of shooting from the hip today with my long gun (90 cm). Wish I would have had one about 1/2 the size (I saw a 55cm at Precision Sports the other day...tempting). Oh well. Still great to be out.
No garbage found on this trip...YEA!
Total Rough Fish for year = 2 Suckers, 14 Carp
Garbage = 2 Pop cans
Here is a photo of Bobby.
Gene
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Bobby's gun is a 75cm, mine is a 90 cm. I wish I would have bought a shorter gun. Many times my 90 is being shot from the hip because, if I keep it extended, the fish see my gun way before I see them...
The carp, one can smoke them, but I usually find a convienent dumpster. I'm just happy to get them out of the system...
Gene
The carp, one can smoke them, but I usually find a convienent dumpster. I'm just happy to get them out of the system...
Gene
ILDiver - I use the Carp for Fertilizer and also Coyote bait - I know - I'm cruel, But so is Coyote's eating all the fawns and turkey chicks. Plus Carp put up a great fight. There are some recipes on here for carp- Alot of people eat them (not the big ones). My Father-In-Law will smoke a under 10lb one every once in awhile-
Ok... with no perch around I finally gave in and took my first carp. It was a lot of fun! But I do need a different set-up.... fortunately I hit this one in the head and stunned it. I need to figure out how to securly tie the handle of my speargun to my float in case I get a real fighter. After it woke up it fought a bit.... but nothing I couldn't manage.
~Brian
~Brian
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Ya watch out! I almost lost my polespear the other day on a slob of a carp at South Shore Yacht Club. :naughty I used some little aluminum carabiners for my float line attachement to my polespear and my kayak. The carp weighed about 25 pounds and took off for the rocks like a huge brown aquatic rabbit!:t
Even with the polespear bungie - the bruiser snapped the little carabiners like nothing. With the low vis I even ended up losing my home made floatline.:hmm
:fridayI was lucky and on a subseqent dive & I saw my polespear sticking out from under some rock columns I call "the pillars"!!!! I finned over to it and thar she blows the carp was there too! :inlove It and my spear wedged under the rocks!!!! I went back up for air and pulled my BIG knife off my kayak - dove back down and subdued the hearty thrashings of the fish - And rescued my polespear!:friday
Next float line I make is gonna be made with a built in bungies and really large stainless snap swivels.
Even with the polespear bungie - the bruiser snapped the little carabiners like nothing. With the low vis I even ended up losing my home made floatline.:hmm
:fridayI was lucky and on a subseqent dive & I saw my polespear sticking out from under some rock columns I call "the pillars"!!!! I finned over to it and thar she blows the carp was there too! :inlove It and my spear wedged under the rocks!!!! I went back up for air and pulled my BIG knife off my kayak - dove back down and subdued the hearty thrashings of the fish - And rescued my polespear!:friday
Next float line I make is gonna be made with a built in bungies and really large stainless snap swivels.
You guys may want to go in on a 100' Float line - and cut it- I cut mine in 25' lengths then put D-clips on the ends (I think you call them d-clips - kinda like the ones Rock climbers use). Or I'm sure you guys will come up with some Great idea that works 
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Brian,
Nice fish...I knew you would come over to the dark side sooner or later!
I like having a reel on my gun. It is just an old fly reel, but it works great. I put some 250 lb braided nylon on it...about 75'. I have a 6" bungie (kind you use for salmon behind a dipsy diver - can find at bait shops) between the spear line (I use 350 lb mono) and the reel line.
I also have a loop of line on the handle of my spear gun that I can clip to my float line if it is needed. So far, the reel has taken the brunt of the big running carp & the bungie takes the brunt of the fight. This set up seems to work pretty good.
Gene
Nice fish...I knew you would come over to the dark side sooner or later!
I like having a reel on my gun. It is just an old fly reel, but it works great. I put some 250 lb braided nylon on it...about 75'. I have a 6" bungie (kind you use for salmon behind a dipsy diver - can find at bait shops) between the spear line (I use 350 lb mono) and the reel line.
I also have a loop of line on the handle of my spear gun that I can clip to my float line if it is needed. So far, the reel has taken the brunt of the big running carp & the bungie takes the brunt of the fight. This set up seems to work pretty good.
Gene
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10 cord - Isn't that what you were using while Salmon Fishing- The one line that seemed a Mile long and heavy? Maybe it's not called 10 cord. By the way - I have a Junk to add to my count- I went to Pine Lake north of Westfield and found a Motorolla Walkie-Talkie and I also found a trolling motor propeller. We were told the lake had a ton of carp in it- IT DID NOT! We didn't see a single Carp- But we did See LARGE schools of BASS- I've never seen Bass school up like that before- My camera Died otherwise I would of Taken some pics or Video. It was kinda cool- We saw 3 different schools that held maybe 30-40 Bass - Each school -
Bobby (my son) & I went to Green Lake today. Vis was not very good. We ended up getting 7 carp (Bobby got 5). My long gun (90 cm) is too big when you can only see 5' - 7'. Anyway, was a great time.
Total Rough Fish for year = 2 Suckers, 16 Carp
Garbage = 2 Pop cans
Total Rough Fish for year = 2 Suckers, 16 Carp
Garbage = 2 Pop cans
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This is my garbage collection from Pine Lake in Marquette co. 1 handheld radio, and 1 trolling motor propeller. Is addition to the garbage I collected out of Devils lake on 9-8-07: 4 cans, 1 plastic water bottle, a broken fishing pole, 3 fishing lures (2 spinners, 1 jig), a padding from a womens swimsuit. and lots of Fish line. It was kinda sad to see all the Junk that people took out of the lake :naughty The worse part is - there are Garbage cans all around the lake - even on the trails- and yet people still throw their junk in the rocks and lakes.
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