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St. Cloud-Sartell informal tourney??


smallie_hawgin

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the gate will be open a 7 a.m. and I have a phone # to call if they are running late so we should figure hitting the river about 7:30. oh boy I can sleep in!!! heehee fonz and I will be there a bit before 7. see you all then. we'll be in ND putting up tree stands and golfing on saturday so invest in mountain dew cuz I'm buying a lot!

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Thanks eyeguy for looking in to that gate deal. I totally forgot they closed that park down. My bad. Anyway hope to see you all there around 7 then. I will bring a grill, some burgers, condiments etc, and a couple of frothy beverages... And of course the data sheet(s)

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Have fun this weekend guys! I wish I was gonna be there (to show you all how it's done, LOL - j/k grin.gif). I'm headed to the Elk River stretch tomorrow with Tinman & possibly River Rat.

Be sure to post some of those hawg pictures after the event.

Anyone up for the same sort of FM informal get together/tourney in Monti on Aug. 28th? See the Monti FM gathering post for details

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If anyone wants to put in earlier they can on the west side of the river below Cathedral High School. There is a landing but not the greatest. Then you could have your partner bring the vehicle over to Wilson later in the day.
I don't konw if I will be able to participate but hope that I can stop by and see the results.

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Well folks, you missed out. The fishing great the company better, the thrill ride through Sauk Rapids area was heart stopping....to say the least. We all made it through in one piece though.
In the end, Team River Amateur had the magnet trophy for the day with a total of 90.25 inches (19, 18.25, 18 and two 17.5 inch smallies). Team Eyeguy/Fonz had a total of 82.5 inches. (17.25, 17, 16.75, 16.5 and a 15 inch smallie). The cook out was great, the conversation better and certainly awesome to meet other FMers and their families.

Photos of Team River Amateur's top four. The "gang".
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Love as if it is your last day, eat and sleep for the energy to tackle tomorrow, BOWHUNT, FISH and play HOCKEY for the love of the game!!!

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WOW! Awesome photos guys! Congrats to Team River Amatuer! That is a VERY impressive for any team, any time! Man, now you are really making me wish I could have been there yesterday. Plus the weather was AMAZING this weekend! Was there any presentation/lure that worked best? I understand if you don't want to disclose...but I had to ask wink.gif

I hope we have similar results for the Monti get together on August 28th! I did get out on the Elk River section with 4 other FM'er for a little precursor to Monti smile.gif. We had a great time and I learned a whole new section of the river! Lots of smaller fish but I ended up with three 14-15inchers and one nice 17.5incher all on topwater. I am trying to get a couple of the pics posted on the "Elk River this Saturday" post.

Again, congrats to everyone that made it up to Sartel. I'm bummed - and JEALOUS - meeting and hanging out with other guys that share the same passion for fishing is a ton of fun - even more fun when the fish cooperate, and it looks like they did!

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Only 2 teams stood by their word.... frown.gif

What was the hot bait?
One word..........Senkos.

Ebass,
My fish was actually smaller then the 3 Eric is holding. I have to teach him the way of photos I guess.... wink.gif
Erics were 19, 18.25 and 18.
Mine was 17 or 17.5 only.....

Boy, I wish we could have had numbers like this a few weeks ago for the Rivers Edge tourney. Our top 5 were 16 lbs 10 oz.

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Really? Hmm, the one you are holding looks like a football.

Well I suppose I should post my results (more lack there of). On Sat Rob and I went to Upper Croix. Above Taylors Falls. Any ways, I couldn't hook a smallie if my life depended on it. I got a rock bass and a wee pike. Rob on the other hand (Mr first cast as I controlled the drift) got 5 smallies, 1 17 and 1 17.5 and two eater walters and 3 wee pike. I had a couple fish on but couldn't keep them on. Days are flying now. I gotta get out there early for the whole day just to up my odds.

I did hit up Grays bay last night with the woman. I got 5 small bass and the lady was blanked. She was making fun of me for skipping docks (They're looking out the window at us) until I caught one, then another, then back to back. I've got skillz, but no smallie magnet this year - cripes!

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Yes sir that was fun. Those Sencos sure must be the ticket. Gotta learn a new thing now, oh boy! Honey, I gotta get a new tackle box!!!!! fonz and I had to settle for second place or as my brother in law said, last place! heehee It was great meeting you guys!

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Kevin Turner popped by and fished for an hour or so and had lunch with us also so 5 fishermen. Next year we gotta do it again.

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Again this year! I'm up for it - just not on Sundays. grin.gif I gotta show BLB whose boss! LOL. Senkos huh - what a great bait! Man, with pics like that you are a walking advertisement! Again, awesome pictures.

We had 5 guys down at Elk River wading on Saturday. a couple pics posted over on the "Elk River this Saturday" post (thanks BLB for helping a brother out with the pics).

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Yup, I didn't have a partner, so I slept in....But had a great lunch and met some new friends. Kevin

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