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This is a Laker my brother and I caught on Higgins Lake a couple years ago. We were invited to Fred Trosts annual big fish celebration on PBS. It weighed almost 25 lbs. big for an inland lake. This was like his Big Buck Night he has every year. The fish had it’s belly fin clipped off which means its been tagged by the DNR. So we turned in the head and they send you the year it was planted where on the lake, etc. Sorry I know this has nothing to do with woodworking although I hit it on the head with a fish billy cause it was flopping all over, and that was made from wood, with lead in the head. jockmike
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WayneC
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posted 417 days ago
It looks like quite a fish. I bet it was fun to catch.
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jockmike2
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posted 417 days ago
Oh yea, I caught it at 100ft but it never showed on the graph. I thought I had snagged bottom. I’ve also lost over 100 lbs myself since then. mike
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oscorner
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posted 417 days ago
You’re the man, Mike. Great fish!
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jockmike2
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posted 417 days ago
Thanks but you know fishing being in the right place at the right time. mike
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DAN
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posted 417 days ago
Lead-in-the-head billy club ... bet that would sell on ebay ... bet wood bobbers, duck calls and fancy wooden tackle boxes would too !! Love the photo !!
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Bob Babcock
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posted 417 days ago
Nice fish Mike…..and yes that is woodwork. I made my friend a bluefish billy last year after he foolishly put his hand near a flopping blue and got a nasty bite for his efforts.
Congrats on the weightloss…I just dropped 50 myself and feel almost young again.
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Karson
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posted 417 days ago
Great Fish Mike. We’re LumberJocks. But we also do other things.
Congratulatuions on the fish.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 417 days ago
excellent. Love the “thought I snagged the bottom” feeling !!
And yes.. it’s woodworking. So where’s the pix of the “bopper”?
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dennis mitchell
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posted 417 days ago
Great catch!
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Lip
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posted 417 days ago
Nice fish Mike … next time stick a toothpick in your mouth so you can say you were preppin’ a very small dowel or somethin’! j/k lol
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Napaman
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posted 417 days ago
wow…amazing fish tale…how did he taste?
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jockmike2
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posted 417 days ago
We got it mounted so I never did get to taste it.I like Lake Trout. mike
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Larry
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posted 416 days ago
really a nice fish – the fish billy (made of wood) is called a “Hello stick” here – also made of wood.
guess they sever the same purpose…
-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"
DrSawdust
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posted 415 days ago
That is an awesome catch.
Fishing for my 4 small boys is more about ”The Cast”. They are starting to get the idea of the longer the worm is in the water, the chances of catching a fish goes up.”
We are headed to Caddo Lake State Park this weekend to try and reel in the BIG ONE.
Congrats on losing the weight. That is great news.
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mpwylie
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posted 405 days ago
Nice catch Mike, It is always nice when you take a break from woodworking and pull in a whopper like that.
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mot
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posted 403 days ago
I don’t drink enough to fish. ;p)
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jockmike2
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posted 398 days ago
I don’t drink, now I remember fishing. mike
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WayneC
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posted 398 days ago
Caught anything good lately Mike? I miss the fishing in Michigan. I do not even bother here in California.
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jockmike2
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posted 310 days ago
Just salmon and walleye old buddy. mike
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