04-23-2007, 06:54 PM
Never caught one with a rod and reel but I've stuck a few with a bow.
What was once one of the best bass fishing lakes in the state (state record lake - Lake Ripley) is/was littered with 'em. I lived on the lake for a few years after I got out of college in a summer cottage I bought and revamped into a year-round home. The DNR had a shocking boat that would slink past my pier about once or twice a month @ 10:30-11pm. One night I finally went out to the pier and talked to the guy. He mentioned they could use a little "attention".. soooo.. being the conservation minded individual I am I rigged my bow with a reel, grabbed my headlamp and ventured out in the duck boat with my push pole and trolling motor. They were everywhere on a few shallow weed beds right next to my place.
...the garden grew tall those years [
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What was once one of the best bass fishing lakes in the state (state record lake - Lake Ripley) is/was littered with 'em. I lived on the lake for a few years after I got out of college in a summer cottage I bought and revamped into a year-round home. The DNR had a shocking boat that would slink past my pier about once or twice a month @ 10:30-11pm. One night I finally went out to the pier and talked to the guy. He mentioned they could use a little "attention".. soooo.. being the conservation minded individual I am I rigged my bow with a reel, grabbed my headlamp and ventured out in the duck boat with my push pole and trolling motor. They were everywhere on a few shallow weed beds right next to my place.
...the garden grew tall those years [
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