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Curiously Quiet Prelude to 1st Metro Event


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WWG,
Are you guys staying down there on Fri, nite? We are staying at Camp Lacopulis. If any of you are staying in the area the night before, we should meet up.

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Planning on coming down Saturday morning... Will be a tough one but we will make it also presumibly with Bud & Wiser!!!

Oh yea I am one part of the Crystal Connection. My partner fished pool 4 two or three weeks ago and found some decent eyes, with a 9 lb, northern also! So I am following his lead.

See you all down there and take it easy on the new guys would ya please?

Watch your bobber!!!

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Yea for those that fished last year, this is probably going to add about 20 minutes onto your trip, but the fishing is well worth it. The fishing should be very good if the weather holds for all of us. Hopefully that weather forecast will change a bit between now and then...

[This message has been edited by Dan Wood (edited 05-04-2004).]

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I am operating on an extended kitchen pass already this spring so I better just head down early on Saturday.....

I need my beauty sleep......

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Alright, I hope you guys in the Metro division are just being secretive. Last year we always had some talking on line before the event. I suppose if you all just want to concede defeat to unstoppable duo of "The bald and the Beautiful" then we will gracefully accept. By the way, I am the beautiful part of the team name.

I made it down with Mr. Clean (the bald one) to prefish last weekend. It was tough finding fish. We found a handful of good ones, but it was tough.

Has anyone else been fishing down there this week?? If so, where are they? What were you catching them on? and I'd like some GPS coordinates please.

I will have my secret weapons with me on Saturday. Mr. Bud and Mr. Weiser. It might be a slow day for fishing.......(or not).

Be careful getting out of the launch area. The bridge is narrow and Mr. Clean bumped the piling pretty good. A boat with 90" of beam or more fits really tight through there. Make sure you're paying attention and having your partner watch the other side of the boat.

P.S. This is an awful long way from the METRO. Plan accordingly.


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WWG,
Don't you mean the "Bold and the Beautiful?" Sounds like we have ourselves a new soap opera team to me grin.gif New reality show, starring you and Lance grin.gif Brian and I don't need GPS coordinates, we just follow our senses wink.gif I hope you bring plenty of your secret weapon, you're gonna need it grin.gif LOL

Ok, all joking aside, I'm looking forward to seeing you again and getting a chance to BS a little. Hanging out with you at the catfish event this past winter was a lot of fun, see you on saturday! Take care!

Good Fishin,
Matt Johnson

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