Gibbins LOW

[Dr. Bob]

Thanks for the report. I am glad to hear the perch are still cooperating. My daughter and I caught 5 of them last time we fished out of Gibbins.<P>Ya them Boys do a wonderful job don't they .<p>[This message has been edited by Dr. Bob (edited 01-29-2004).]

[bottomfinder]

Thanks for the post Datman, I will be heading up to Gibbins for the first time myself on Feb 20th & 21st. Hope the fishing turns on a little better but we will take what mother nature has in store for us.<BR>Glad to hear that the guys at Gibbins take care of you because I do not know what to expect. <BR>Were you able to take out your own vehicle out or did they take you out with the Bomber?<P>love those WI walleyes!<BR>gary

[iffwalleyes]

Datman<BR> You learned what lake of the woods is like. That is exactly what the fish do they quit biting at 5:00 pm and don't start till the next morning again. That is why I never stay at sleepers. Day houses for me and then I have to the motel or cabin and take a nice warm shower, watch, tv, have a hot meal, and drink beer. About the only thing you will get in the evening are an occational eelpout. If you bring enough beer allong you can catch a buzz. There will be an occational person that catchs some after hours but it isn't typical.<P>------------------<BR>Grip it and Rip it<P>IFFWalleyes<BR>I Fish For Walleyes<BR>[email protected]

[Dr. Bob]

To each his own .<P>The only thing missing in the sleeper is the shower. (you can bring a 12 volt TV to the sleeper).<P>I personally love them - I do not have to pack up and move my stuff twice a day.

[The Big Gaffer]

To me that's exactly why you need a sleeper. You fish all day while drinking heavily. Usually screwdrivers until 1 pm. Then about 1-5 you switch to beer. Then at 5 pm, you are so drunk you will never make it off the lake. You get after red bull vodka from about 5-12 and you are done for the night. Get up and be fishing and drinking by 8 am the next morning. Sleepers are perfect for that. You don't even have to stop drinking except when you go to bed. I have so much fun up there that sometimes I will set the alarm for 3-4 am just to sit up and have a bump, then get right back to bed till 8. Fishing is worthless at night up there. Bring the cards

[widetrack]

I'm glad you stay on the lake.

[duckbuster]

I'll second that widetrack!!! I like my booze just like the next guy BUT I'm not waking up at 3 AM just so I can have a bump. <P>GOOD LUCK & GOOD FISHING!!!

[Datman]

iffwalleyes<BR>I really didnt mind it out there in the sleeper no waiting to be brought back out there in the morning and all my equipment was right there set up if i wanted to i could just flip the feet over the side turn on the VEX and grab a rod in the moring. It was very comfortable out there and i liked cooking the fish right after we caught them. I will say that it would have been nice for a real tiolet and a shower would have been cool but for a few days i can heat water and wash. I loved it.

[Datman]

bottomfinder<BR>We were brought out in the bomb althought they did offer to let us bring our own auto out although we passed there was a snow storm on it's way and i had the van sits low and no go. those guys took good care of us, we had a radio in the shack to call them and as i said when Lloyd needed a few cold ones and i needed bait (special order bait we had plenty of minnows they supplied) bryant ran to the store picked them up and brought them out to us. it you are marking them and they are following up with no bite use a small rap and tip it with a wax worm, worked for us and that is what we picked the Jumbos up on.<BR>Datman

[Datman]

The Big Gaffer<BR>I quit just over ten years ago (Trust me it was time) Now i actually catch fish. here is a little tip for you forget the screw drivers in the AM go to Ruby Red grapefruit juice and Gin... tell you what those beat the snot out of srew drivers or bloody mary's GREAT BREAFAST DRINK. Good luck and stay in the sleepers, sounds like you have your system down to an art. I do have to ask though do you catch fish or just a buzz?<BR>Keep the lines Tight!

[New Yankee]

Good news from all you guys that help us that haven't yet figured everything out.<P>Bottomfinder, I booked a trip w/Byant 2-19 through 2-20 - maybe we can trade lies over the radio? Got the family with me this trip - have spent too much time on the road to get by it otherwise and I hope they (the kids) take to it like I did w/my daddy.<P>Big gaffer - don't take too much gruff for your post - you understand the limitations of driving and made/make arrangements for those issues - good job> Isn't it five 'o' clock when anybody's fishing? LOL! Take care.

[Dr. Bob]

Hey New Yankee -<P>Is that &#65279;Presidents day weekend that you will be there? If it is I will be there with my wife and nut balls that weekend too.

[Datman]

Well we are back from LOW 1st Trip there, I have to say some mixed feelings out of this trip. 1st of all let me say that Bryant and Jason were great hosts! the acomodations were great. we had a nice (clean) sleeper that we wanted for nothing (other than large fish). We got there 5 hours early, instaed of having us wait they made us right at home and got us started right off. THANKS! we had 15 fish before we were even supposed to be on the ice. They ran to town and got some of the more important things we were running low on, and checked on us to be sure we were okay and had everything we needed. the three of us caught over 60 fish and had three meals of fish while we were out there. Only got to take a few fish home most of the walleye/sauger were on the smaller side we did wind up with some very impressive JUMBO Perch that were over a pound each and had a little fun with two extremly ugly Ellpout. to sum it up we had a great time and some very responsive hosts,one disappiontment was that we are convinced that the fish go to sleep at 5PM and wake at 7:50am we need to bring a few wisconsin walleyes up there to teach yours that it is okay to bite at night.<BR>Thanks Bryant and Jason From Gibbins! (will e-mail pics soon)

[New Yankee]

Doc,<P>It'll be the following Thursday when we get there, guess I didn't have my shoes off so I could count weekends correctly - we will miss you by a few days I guess.

[bottomfinder]

Datman, thanks for the tip on the Perch I wouldn't mind catching a few of those for the fry pan.<BR>New Yankee, we will be going out on the morning of the 20th maybe we can talk to see how your bite was on the 19th.<BR>*Does anyone know if their is a 12volt system in the sleepers or a battery provided?<P>" jigging for eyes "<BR>bottomfinder<BR>

[Dr. Bob]

Bummer - It would have been nice to hook up with you guys.

[Datman]

Bottomfinder<BR>there is a 12 volt bat for the radio in the sleeper and there is a plug on the outside I had my small Yamaha 400W fired that up and had 120 in the shack.

[JAR JAR]

Great to hear about Gibbons we will be heading up on March 6-7-8th and renting one of the big sleepers.<BR>Talked to one of the guys on the phone the other day and he was very helpful<P>Looks like a A+++++ operation<P>jar jar

[Iceman12]

JARJAR, I'll be up there with some friends the following weekend in the big sleeper so take real nice care of it for us. Just giving you some [PoorWordUsage]. I'll be waiting to hear your results. I can't wait to get up there after hearing all the great things about Gibbins.

[New Yankee]

Doc or Datman - on the house battery, is it equipped for a 12 volt cig plug? Thinking of the van's TV for the kids - it may even be worth it to haul a cheap car battery up there to run it!

[Datman]

New Yankee<BR>You may want to bring yours or like i did a small genorater the battery in the house is hooked to the ship to shore and there are no cig pugs on it, I am pretty sure that the fellows at gibbins would hook you up with a second if you called ahead and asked them.

[Iceman12]

Datman or anyone that has been to Gibbins this winter, where on the lake did Gibbins have their houses set up at when you went? Just wondering as I have a trip planned up there for March. Thanks

[Datman]

ICE MAN<BR>we were in approx 28 feet of water about three miles out from gibbons, they had sevral shacks there and i iknow forsure they had at least one scack 16 miles out (Bryant got stranded out there when we were there he ran out of gas in the bomb) lots of small fish were we where. i hope that march turns the big one on for you. Good luck <BR>DATMAN

[Iceman12]

Thanks for the reply Datman. This is my first trip to LOW so I am fairly new at this. Is Gibbins out of Long Point or Zippel Bay, places like that? I just read on their website it's out of Bostic Bay. I am just trying to figure out where it is when I read all these reports, so I know where we'll be by. Thanks for the help. <p>[This message has been edited by Iceman12 (edited 02-05-2004).]

[Datman]

ICEMAN<BR>[email protected]<BR>that is my e-mail address send me an e-mail and i will e-mail you Bryant wilson (owner of Gibbins) e-mail address and you can ask him a few questions or even let him know where you would like the shack (he may be willing to have it there for you, if it is in his area) they have roads they plow maybe he would beable to get you out there.

[iffwalleyes]

Iceman12 they are east of Zipple and Long Point. Located between Zipple Bay and Pine Island area. <BR><P>------------------<BR>Grip it and Rip it<P>IFFWalleyes<BR>I Fish For Walleyes<BR>[email protected]

[Iceman12]

Thanks for the info iff.