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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #30 on: December 30, 2013, 07:52:43 PM »
hey is that a fuse hanging out of ralph?

Well it is Stevens county  :chuckle:

Ralph will be in Stevens County in the morning to see if we can get in trouble!!!   :chuckle:

He's kind of shy but he may post photos of his success or his trip off the ice in handcuff's.


Laissez les bons temps rouler.

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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #31 on: December 30, 2013, 09:53:54 PM »



Laissez les bons temps rouler.

Let the good times roll!  Planing on doing a southern fish fry for New Years! Cheese grits, coleslaw and all!
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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #32 on: December 30, 2013, 10:06:10 PM »
If there is no hook then there is no violation.

We agree once again, wow.   :chuckle:  In my mind, it is no different than attaching a dodger to your downrigger ball as an attractant and attaching your line with hooks above it. 

Ralph seems a bit dull, I think he needs a little flash tape on the sides.  Good luck.

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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #33 on: December 31, 2013, 06:09:09 PM »
Well "Ralph" and I took off this morning enjoying the fine eastern Washington roads. Sort of a giant slip and slide.

Made it to the lake and there was only one person setting in solitude. I wandered out to see how he was doing and he had just got there. I was checking around holes for the evidence of some fish caught.
Undaunted I went back and got my gear punched half a dozen holes the ice was a solid 5 1/2 to 6 clear hard water.
In 28 feet of water it was pretty empty with the Stevens County Fish finder. But I was unfazed.

"RALPH" your up!! Get your helmet and get in there. He started to do his magic dance and I could see fish coming off the bottom to check him out. Sweet! I threw almost everything I had in the bucket at them. They would come and look but fishing was slow at best. I did manage to shanghi one German Brown (Maybe 14) and had about half a dozen hits some of which just wouldn't stick.

When I left there was 2 fish tents set up and maybe 5 or 6 folks running and gunning.

« Last Edit: December 31, 2013, 07:07:22 PM by Ridgeratt »

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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #34 on: December 31, 2013, 06:57:45 PM »
Screen?  What!  Don't tell me you didn't try the Stevens County fish finder method for locating fish?  :o
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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #35 on: December 31, 2013, 07:01:58 PM »
Oops sorry corrected it!!!! :chuckle:

Ya that's what I meant!!
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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #36 on: December 31, 2013, 10:24:38 PM »
I don't think it was Ralph. It was a tough morning on Moses lake. Myself and the only other guys out there only got 2 each.  I drilled at least 10 holes. got a few
 more bites but nothing would commit
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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #37 on: January 02, 2014, 02:28:29 PM »
Be curious how the hard water fishing goes with buddy Ralf?
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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #38 on: January 02, 2014, 05:33:25 PM »
You would be amazed as to what we miss while ice fishing. The amount of fish that check out what your throwing at them.
I fished Waitts the last day of 13 and the first day of 14. When I was leaving on Tuesday a batch of younger diehards were dragging the Frabill fishing sleds out. I got back to the lake around 9 the next day. At the pit can there was evidence they had a good time 2 empty boxes of beer cans. But the car tracks on the ice were they where driving spinning Broadies.  :yike: No large holes in the ice so it's all good.
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Re: Fishing with "Ralph"
« Reply #39 on: December 31, 2015, 05:55:21 AM »
Bringing this back to the top for a reference when I may get in trouble soon.

Figure I will use Bigtex as a reference.

 


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