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fishndrinknsmokin
02-21-2009, 09:12 AM
WooHoo!! Thank you Fisherman57, Dana, for organizing and putting on such an incredible event for the Team 57 family! It was an awesome day out with plenty of sunshine, incredible people, good food and a day of fishing. It was such a pleasure to get to meet and put a face to so many of my "electronic" friends that I seem to only know over the internet.

Here are some random pics from the day and then I'll follow up with a report from the day and evening of fishing we had.

Here's a pic of Troutdog fighting his first fish of the day!
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Unfortunately it was not the double d trout that he was looking for! At that point in time I was thinking that maybe he should be re-named Carp dog (hey no mixing up the letters in carp!) but Bullets was already giving him his grief for his catch so I kept the name to myself....until now! :ROFL:
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Ladyfish and Yamafish working the grill for all the hungry Team 57 fishing people! Thank you for all you guys did!
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Yama and Ladyfish again but this time at shore side. Between working their booths at the events and helping out Dana it's amazing that they have time to fish! Thanks for the rod holders, Yama and Lady, they rock!! I appreciate all you did and continue to do!
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Boxlobster with The Beast. No it's not a pic with my ex....The Beast is a fishing reel that he won in the day's raffle! :LOL:
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Hmmmm.....not to sure what Troutdog is after with Dana but it was during the raffle and he did win a prize..... JUDGES! :LOL:
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And another Beastly giveaway
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BlakeB and MikeG listening intensively to Dana hoping to pick up some cool raffle prizes and good thing they were listening because they did win some really cool stuff. Guy's if you don't want those rodhogg holders I've got a spot for them in my truck! :Smile:
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The bite was not wide open but people were still hooking up and catching fish and having a great time!
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My nephew was the 1st one to hook up for the day. He got hit early on a nitro cralwer (what else? :LOL: )
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Hooking into my first fish of the day! Skunk was off and it was time to relax and enjoy the rest of the day! :Dancing Banana:
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This was a great fish that my nephew hooked into on the big lake during the night session. He fought it for quite a while before it snapped his line. He got it close to shore and it looked like a 4# to me. He also hooked into another toad that was stripping line off his reel like crazy that got broken off too....didn't see this one but guessing by the fight he would of had his PB had he been able to land it. :Doh:

Again it was a great day spent with the Team 57 community and I was very appreciative of being able to attend my first event of many to come. Now a little more about the fishing. As I mentioned earlier the bite was a bit slow on Chris's Pond during the day. Both my nephew and I got our skunk off by 7 in the morning (yes both trout were caught on the nitro crawlers) and were hoping that the early hook ups were a sign of what was to come for the day but the fishing Gods were not going to cooperate. I got one more bite on the Pond but not until very late in the day......probably about 3pm. I did like the fact that it was a lightening so at least I had a rainbow and the lightening for the day and started to feel like we could still catch some fish during the night session. Talked it over with the nephew and we decided that we stay for the night session as well.

We picked up and moved to the our regular spot on the big lake and settled in. I sent the nephew up to pay for the evening shift after we tossed our lines and grabbed a beer to relax with. Before he gets back I get hit on mini ultra light and it's on! Landed a small Lassie bow but to me it was a sign that things were going to be good during the night. The bite was wide open for me from about 430 until about 9 pm when I hooked into and landed 7 more fish and missed the hook set on a couple more bites. Ended up with 4 lightening (including the one from earlier) and 5 rainbows for a total of 9 fish for the day. Unfortunately the fishing was not quite as good for my nephew, Stoned Head. He didn't have many bites during the evening and lost the only two that came his way. I have to admit tho that both fish were good size and he would of had a great night if even he had been able to land just one of those last two fish. We both had a great time however and are both looking forward to more Team 57 events. All fish were caught on the nitro crawlers and most were caught on short leaders (about 8 inches) although we did get a couple on 18 inch leaders as well. The water was murky and was actually in worse condidtion then it was on Wed evening. The bubble hole was on all day and was running pretty hard during the evening so I'm thinking this may have been churning up the water a bit. Hopefully the clarity will get better soon and fishing can get back to a wide open bite for all!

Again Dana and Donna, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for a great day out at SARL.

fishndrinknsmokin
02-21-2009, 09:28 AM
Sorry but I wanted to add a big thank you to everyone who donated raffle prizes. SARL came through with all kinds of passes and boat rentals, Richards Tackle donated some Rod/Reel combos, Koshaw gave a beautiful hard cover rod case, Yamafish and Lady donated their awesome RodHogg Holders and even tho she didn't fish the event Dirty Girl hooked us up with an awesome donation as well. I know there were other's who gave but can't remember them all but still wanted to thank you for your extreme COOLNESS! :Smile:

Mondo21
02-21-2009, 09:35 AM
Love the pics... Look like everyone had a great time. :Envious: Nice catch T.D. Good lookin' food Rodger and Rebecca. It looked like great prizes on the table. It looked like another A+ Team 57 event Dana! Fishing,friends and good food...Priceless. Thanks for the detailed report. Cindy:Big Smile:

calico killer kevin
02-21-2009, 09:57 AM
Great repor FDS. You have inspiired me to make my way out to SARL tonight,
even though it has skunked me twice so far this season.

Mr Bendo
02-21-2009, 10:20 AM
Nice meeting you guys!!! I'm glad you guys did good at night!!!!

fishndrinknsmokin
02-21-2009, 10:55 AM
Likewise Bendo! It was cool fishing with you and I know Curtis had a good time talking to you as well! Looking forward to being able to do it again sometime :Smile:

fishndrinknsmokin
02-21-2009, 11:23 AM
Last set of pics. Camera battery died last night so the only fish pics are when I got home and I just got the battery charged again. Turns out that maybe I fished, drank and smoked to much yesterday because I couldn't count....only 3 lightning and 9 total for both of us. Two of the bows were Tail Walkers tho so I ended up with a little bit of everything :Smile:

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Seng90806
02-21-2009, 12:22 PM
you stayed for the night session too?...you're either one down trout fishermen or you needed the time to sober up after all that corona during the potluck :LOL:...cant wait to fish with you one of these days

fishndrinknsmokin
02-21-2009, 12:27 PM
you stayed for the night session too?...you're either one down trout fishermen or you needed the time to sober up after all that corona during the potluck :LOL:...cant wait to fish with you one of these days

It was both reasons! :ROFL: I'll shoot you a pm soon and we'll set something up for SARL nightfest! We got the 1/2 price passes so it'll be a cheap night for all of us! :Smile:

Rooster
02-21-2009, 01:06 PM
It was great meeting you both. Glad ya nailed them at night. Hope 2 cya out there again sometime soon. Props

troutdog
02-21-2009, 01:17 PM
That is a great report right there....nice job on the night session, you are a diehard angler! Nice to finally get a chance to meet you, lets be sure to do it again sometime FDS.


TD aka Carpdog :Wink:

fishndrinknsmokin
02-21-2009, 02:15 PM
That is a great report right there....nice job on the night session, you are a diehard angler! Nice to finally get a chance to meet you, lets be sure to do it again sometime FDS.


TD aka Carpdog :Wink:

thanks TD. It was great to finally put a face to the famous TD name :Big Smile: Anytime you want to wet a line I'm down!


It was great meeting you both. Glad ya nailed them at night. Hope 2 cya out there again sometime soon. Props

Thanks Rooster, we had a blast meeting you as well! Like you, I plan to repay SARL for helping to sponsor the event so I'm sure I'll see you out there soon!

yamafish
02-21-2009, 09:22 PM
FDS,
It was great meeting you out there! That's a nice truck you got bro.:Smile:
It tuly was a great time out there!
Fishin with Roost, Poxy. LF - it was too much fun. Fun times as always!
I won some great prizes in the raffle including SARL passes..
I'll be back there soon!

c ya out there,
R

CatchthatTrout
02-21-2009, 09:33 PM
It was great seeing you all at the event.
Great pics.

I'm down for a night session.

Seng90806
02-22-2009, 03:27 AM
It was great seeing you all at the event.
Great pics.

I'm down for a night session.

someone set up and lets do this :LOL:

fishndrinknsmokin
02-22-2009, 09:41 AM
someone set up and lets do this :LOL:

Maybe we can plan to all hit it up on the next overnight at SARL. That way people can fish the night session or stay a little bit longer if they like. When the nephew and I do overnight and fishing is ok-good during the evening session we find that it usually goes off the hook between about 11-4am. I would think by the next overnight the water will have completely cleared up as well.....unless we get more rain. :Rolls Eyes:

Tony, it's a pretty good deal for the family too. You can pay $22 bucks a head to get in for just the evening session or pay $60 and get the family (wife and up to 2 kids) in for the entire overnight session.......and I'm sure watching your son hook into a fish would be worth the price for all of us :Big Smile:

They haven't posted the date for the next overnight but it's usually the weekend closest to the full moon.....which I think should give us about 3 weeks until the next one (I'm guessing and not looking at a calendar). If people are down for this I can be the point of contact and keep a running list of people.....just need to decide if we are going to do Friday or Saturday night. LETS FISH EVERYONE!! :Big Smile:

fishndrinknsmokin
02-22-2009, 09:45 AM
FDS,
It was great meeting you out there! That's a nice truck you got bro.:Smile:
It tuly was a great time out there!
Fishin with Roost, Poxy. LF - it was too much fun. Fun times as always!
I won some great prizes in the raffle including SARL passes..
I'll be back there soon!

c ya out there,
R

Agreed Yama! It was great meeting everyone out there, especially you and Rebecca :Smile: Curtis and I can't stop talking about how much we love our new RodHogg holders too and will be your best PR for them I'm sure! And thanks for working the grill as well.....oh yeah.....and yeah I'd want to buy a RodHogg BBQ as well even tho I'm single and live in an apartment! Definitely a guy thing! :ROFL:

Hitts0n
02-22-2009, 02:40 PM
Great report br0 !!

Seng90806
02-23-2009, 08:23 AM
Maybe we can plan to all hit it up on the next overnight at SARL. That way people can fish the night session or stay a little bit longer if they like. When the nephew and I do overnight and fishing is ok-good during the evening session we find that it usually goes off the hook between about 11-4am. I would think by the next overnight the water will have completely cleared up as well.....unless we get more rain. :Rolls Eyes:

Tony, it's a pretty good deal for the family too. You can pay $22 bucks a head to get in for just the evening session or pay $60 and get the family (wife and up to 2 kids) in for the entire overnight session.......and I'm sure watching your son hook into a fish would be worth the price for all of us :Big Smile:

They haven't posted the date for the next overnight but it's usually the weekend closest to the full moon.....which I think should give us about 3 weeks until the next one (I'm guessing and not looking at a calendar). If people are down for this I can be the point of contact and keep a running list of people.....just need to decide if we are going to do Friday or Saturday night. LETS FISH EVERYONE!! :Big Smile:


sounds fun...just need a heads up so i can make plans :LOL:

dirty girl
02-23-2009, 09:00 AM
wish we could have been there! thanx for the report and the pics!
keepin it dirty,
dirty girl

fishndrinknsmokin
02-23-2009, 10:14 AM
Seng.....once they announce the date I'll shoot you a pm and post it up here to see if anybody is interested in showing up. No matter who shows up we'll have an ice chest full of beer and food to bbq so we'll make it a party somehow! :LOL:

Diirty Girl....wish you could have made it too. It was very cool of you to donate to the event and am looking forward to wetting a line with you and FisherBrat sometime soon!

CASTAWAY
02-24-2009, 07:22 AM
Seng.....once they announce the date I'll shoot you a pm and post it up here to see if anybody is interested in showing up. No matter who shows up we'll have an ice chest full of beer and food to bbq so we'll make it a party somehow! :LOL:

Diirty Girl....wish you could have made it too. It was very cool of you to donate to the event and am looking forward to wetting a line with you and FisherBrat sometime soon!


I'm down to do a overnight session. Let me know when. :Cool:

fishndrinknsmokin
02-24-2009, 07:31 AM
Casty.....you were already on the list to contact :Big Smile:

Fisherman57
02-24-2009, 07:35 AM
Great report & a great set of pic! THANK YOU!

Was nice meeting you out there FD&S and I hope you'll attend future TEAM 57 events! Im working on another one as we speak and it could be a 24hr.:Secret:

Thanks again for all your participation!

See ya soon....

Dana
Fisherman 57

fishndrinknsmokin
02-24-2009, 07:40 AM
Thank you, Dana! I had a great time and you can bet that I will be at the future events......especially if we do an overnighter! Opps....did I say that? :LOL:

boxl0bster
02-25-2009, 11:32 PM
wtg on the fish!! thanks for the report and great pics! hope to fish with you sometime soon. :Cool:

fishndrinknsmokin
02-28-2009, 10:32 AM
All right y'all the next overnight for SARL is scheduled for March 19-22 where there will be both a plant of tail walkers AND catfish. Who's up for an evening/overnight of fishing? I'm flexible on dates but would like to target Friday evening, 3/20, as the date we fish. I'll be doing the overnight and I'm fairly certain the nephew will be joining me, as usual.