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Title: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: Fat Boy on Mar 26, 2014, 10:28 AM: Welcome to my photographic story for 2014.

My first open water trip of the year was two weeks ago and what a day it was. I had my first multiple musky day of the year! My first musky of the year isn't a big one, but a 34.25" male, but for me it's a milestone. I religiously do figure 8's at boatside and always put forth my best effort with doing them correctly. I've had hot fish follow through several full 8's before, but hadn't had even a bite during those experiences. I'm in the habit of always doing them (or other boatside maneuvers depending on the type of lure) to tempt followers. But this fish came deep, and I never saw it, and hit on the third full figure 8. What a thrill! It was my first figure 8 fish. He's not big, but I'm very proud of this fish:
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He's posing for you all with a nice smile displaying his business end:
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And he's even happier now after this clean release:
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My next musky, the second of the day, was a larger one, a female that was tagged, that slammed a glider. She was 39.5" long. I have since reported the tag info and found out that in October 2011, according to our fisheries biologist, she was electroshocked and tagged, and was 35.5" long and weighed 12.25 pounds, growing at a rate of 1.7" per year. I didn't weigh her this time, but she seemed pretty fat. She T-boned the glider from underneath and put up quite a fight before coming to the net.

Here she is:
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It was a great day, water temps were in the low 40's. Air temps went from below freezing to over 60 degrees (shown holding a musky in a t-shirt in March)!
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: deggert60 on Mar 26, 2014, 02:02 PM: Awesome Fish and awesome pics. Hoping to come across a few this year!
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: jtsteel on Mar 26, 2014, 04:05 PM: Awsome, congrats! My first musky is on the hit list this year.
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Post by: bart on Mar 26, 2014, 04:14 PM: Very good start, nice!
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Post by: 800stealth on Mar 26, 2014, 05:56 PM: Very nice! Way jealous here, still two feet of ice in my neck of the woods...
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: danny b on Mar 27, 2014, 03:51 AM: Nice musky
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Mar 28, 2014, 06:49 AM: Thanks everyone!
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: muskyon46 on Mar 28, 2014, 10:30 PM: Very nice start to the soft water season :thumbup_smilie: congrats on the 8 take. I still have yet to get one like that
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Mar 29, 2014, 06:16 AM: Great fish Kevin... Congratulations.....
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Mar 30, 2014, 07:27 AM: Thanks guys! That fish inspired me to blog about the figure 8 (link to blog in my sig).

I'm trying to get my boat trailer fixed so I can get out there more often. It's frustrating seeing my boat in my carport, crying for me to take her out.
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Mar 30, 2014, 11:09 AM: Nice fish Kevin. Congrats on the figure 8 catch as well. Headed down your way with boat on Friday. Hope to put some bass in the boat. ;)
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Mar 30, 2014, 08:14 PM: Meant to add gotta love this years catch so far. ;)
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Mar 31, 2014, 10:24 AM: Thanks Dave. Now if we can get some decent weather. The Monocacy River was in the fields today...Uggghhh. Good luck Friday. I'll be thinking about your trip as I sit at my desk at work!
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Mar 31, 2014, 07:02 PM: Your killing me........... I still have a foot of snow around my boat..... :P :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Apr 01, 2014, 08:44 AM: Quote from: Raquettedacker on Mar 31, 2014, 07:02 PM
Your killing me........... I still have a foot of snow around my boat..... :P :P :P :P :P

Hopefully we're done...right now everything is flooded! Once the rivers drop, life will be good :)

Now, time to fix my boat trailer...ughhh. Dang money pit.
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (spring has sprung down my way)
Post by: Fat Boy on Apr 16, 2014, 07:43 AM: My buddy Howard hit a small lake a couple hours from home that is one of our favorite day trips. Expectations were high considering our success here the past few years, as we proceeded to launch the S.S. Fat Boy. It was nice getting the boat in the water after having it sit in my carport until I had the money to fix the trailer.
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Another buddy, Rodger wanted to fish with us that day too, so he brought his scanoe and fished solo. We’d cross paths throughout the day, mostly to make sure that he was OK and also to see if he was into fish or not. We had the option of fishing three out of my boat if things weren’t working out for him. Other than learning to control his scanoe on a windy day, he did pretty well, including catching chain pickerel for the first time. I think this was his second chainside.
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A fish pic, with Rodg having a death grip on the slime rocket!
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And for good reason too…these things have teeth, so of course, we told him not to lip them. He took the advice. I wish that I had paid more attention to my own advice. One nice sized chain pickerel that I tried to measure (and didn’t get a length) flipped over the boat and raked his teeth across my hand during his escape:
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This pickerel cooperated for a measurement later in the day and went 23 ½” long. The toothy critter wasn't very long, but was fat and had a big head!
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Howard tied into the pickerel too, landing the longest one that measured 24”:
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Conditions were tough during the day, but we did manage to catch a few bass in the process. Here’s Howard with a decent one. Most of the bass were on the small side on this trip.
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Howard caught a couple slab crappie on a plastic worm, giving him the multi-species award for the day. I had one hooked and lost it at the boat on a Rat-L-Trap earlier.
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Howard with another nice pickerel:
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Wanna play kiss the pickerel? Here’s the business end of ol’ chainsides:
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What a great day out there. The fishing was on the tough side, but the company and scenery were fantastic. When I want my mind to drift, here is where it goes:
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It’s another world altogether with those beautiful cypress trees:
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Howard battling a pickerel in the upper end of the lake in some really skinny water. The bigger bass boats don’t venture up this far.
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I finished with thirteen bass and seven chain pickerel. Howard had similar numbers. The crankbait bite was hot early, then completely died. After that, plastic worms were the ticket. I had seven bite offs to annoy me! Howard picked up some fish on a chatterbait too. It was a fun trip, but we were pretty beat at the end of the day. Even though it was a Friday, there were more boats on the lake than I can ever recall. Still, I can’t wait to get back there.
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Apr 16, 2014, 03:04 PM: Great pictures... :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: Wish I could sit in a boat with shorts on... We had 3"of snow yesterday and a high of 28* today...... >:(
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Apr 16, 2014, 03:16 PM: Yeah, it was 80 degrees on Saturday! We got a 1/2 inch of snow turned slush last night but melted by the morning. Tomorrow, back in the mid 50's. Hopefully, I'll have more pics soon.

How much ice do y'all have?
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Apr 16, 2014, 03:34 PM: In the hart of the Adirondacks some places still have 2 feet..... >:(
http://www2.cortland.edu/off-campus/outdoor-education-facilities/raquette-lake/webcams.dot (http://www2.cortland.edu/off-campus/outdoor-education-facilities/raquette-lake/webcams.dot)
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Apr 16, 2014, 04:43 PM: Quote from: Raquettedacker on Apr 16, 2014, 03:34 PM
In the hart of the Adirondacks some places still have 2 feet..... >:(
http://www2.cortland.edu/off-campus/outdoor-education-facilities/raquette-lake/webcams.dot (http://www2.cortland.edu/off-campus/outdoor-education-facilities/raquette-lake/webcams.dot)

Holy cow!!!! I'm telepathically sending some heat rays to your lake!
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Apr 16, 2014, 04:51 PM: Thanks we can use some..
Normally our spring trip would be next Wednesday or the following week.....
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: camo_fish on Apr 16, 2014, 11:47 PM: You sure did start the 2014 season off with a bang, congrats on those muskies and some big fat pickerel along with the crappie too. :thumbup_smilie: :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Water Wolf on Apr 20, 2014, 05:12 PM: Way to go Fat Boy, great start to your open water season. Congrats on the nice musky, bass, crappie and pickerel. 8)

Good to see folks out already on the water, like Raquettedacker's area, we also got whalloped again with a good amount of snow this time on Good or should I say not so good Friday. :P
There has been hardly any heat to melt the ice, so most of our lakes are still with 4 feet or so of ice. Not sure if we well be open water fish or ice fishing come opening day on May 5th. :-\

WW
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Apr 21, 2014, 07:47 AM: Thanks WW! That's amazing WW. I'll send some warming gas in a Northerly direction. Maybe that will help you and Dom out ;)

Hopefully, spring will show up for you guys soon.
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Apr 21, 2014, 08:00 AM: Here are a couple more pics from a recent trip for tidal bass. We spent a lot of time chasing stripers which weren't biting that day. But when we bass fished, we caught several of these (like identical 2 pound twins everywhere). That's OK, I'll take 'em all day long.

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I love this picture. When unhooking this bass, the crankbait was free and clear, and as I was ready to release it, the next thing you know I look down and this little bugger was chomping down on my line cutter! It was wedged in there pretty good. My buddy's suggested that I tie it on and cast it out there ;D

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Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Apr 21, 2014, 05:52 PM: :rotflol: :rotflol: :rotflol: ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: muskyon46 on Apr 23, 2014, 11:41 AM: Very nice FB, that was one hungry bass. lol Wipers around here are going thru their false spawn right now and the action has been great. I would love to chase some stripes though
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Post by: Water Wolf on Apr 23, 2014, 04:32 PM: Yeah, FB we could use warm weather for sure. :P
Hope we get enough warm weather to open up a few creeks or rivers at least. Might find a fish or 2 in them. :-\

Nice looking largemouth bass FB. :)
That line cutter might be a new secret lure, you never know.lol. ;)

WW
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Apr 28, 2014, 08:46 AM: Thanks guys. Sorry, no fish pics this week. I got out Friday chasing muskies and met the skunkmonster. My truck broke down on the way home in pouring rain...bad weekend for sure. I did manage some nice scenery pics though.

Beautiful morning:
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Chasin' my buddy's boat to our first spot;
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My buddy fishin':
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Selfie:
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Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: muskyon46 on Apr 28, 2014, 04:39 PM: Sorry to hear about the skunkin and the breakdown FB, looks like when you were on the water it was a nice day though
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Apr 28, 2014, 04:49 PM: Quote from: muskyon46 on Apr 28, 2014, 04:39 PM
Sorry to hear about the skunkin and the breakdown FB, looks like when you were on the water it was a nice day though

It was great, albeit a bit more windy than I'd like, until about 2:30 when the skies opened up and soaked us. But you're right, at least I got out! The good news is that I found out that my truck repair isn't going to be all that expensive (transmission and motor are fine)...whew!
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: drobertsinMaryland on Apr 29, 2014, 06:23 PM: Nice fish Kevin. This weekend was tough I went down by your house Sunday. Ended up being a bass tournament down there. I managed 3 but nothing big all in the 12-14 inch range. Everyone was struggling! That cold front that came thru Sat. night probably didn't help.
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on May 01, 2014, 07:11 AM: Quote from: drobertsinMaryland on Apr 29, 2014, 06:23 PM
Nice fish Kevin. This weekend was tough I went down by your house Sunday. Ended up being a bass tournament down there. I managed 3 but nothing big all in the 12-14 inch range. Everyone was struggling! That cold front that came thru Sat. night probably didn't help.

I bet it did, it was pretty windy which probably limited where you could go too. We need to hook up. Truck is fixed, boat is in great shape and the trailer...finally!
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Jun 02, 2014, 11:37 AM: I went musky fishing yesterday and got the musky skunk. But big lures catch big fish, and this spawned out 19.5" smallie kept me from getting totally blanked. Nice consolation prize, huh?

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Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: muskyon46 on Jun 02, 2014, 10:22 PM: Heck ya kevin, big bait = big fish. Nice smallie :o :w00t: :w00t:
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Post by: camo_fish on Jun 03, 2014, 06:15 PM: wow, I guess that smallie was hungry!!! ;D 8)
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: danny b on Jun 06, 2014, 05:50 AM: Nice catch! I tend to run oversized lures (maybe not that big) and I still catch a decent amount of fish on them......even the little dinkers get ambitious every now and again
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jun 06, 2014, 06:01 AM: Nice smallie Kevin.. I bet your arm gets tired casting that broom stick and big bait... ;D ;D
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Jun 30, 2014, 04:13 PM: You got that right Dom! I'm still achin' :P :D

I haven't been out much because of crazy weather, It always seems that I have to work when it's nice, and get stormed on during my days off :-\ But here are some fairly recent pics...fun times...good getaway spots wading for smallies, etc.:
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Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jun 30, 2014, 04:17 PM: The pain is worth the gain... :flex: :flex: :flex: :flex:
Your having a great season yourself,.. ;D
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Jun 30, 2014, 04:28 PM: LOL yes, it sure can be. Thanks! Here are a couple older pics from May that I meant to post and forgot that they were on my phone. Not big fish, but fun fish:

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And of course, gotta have a fish selfie ;D
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Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: rgfixit on Jun 30, 2014, 05:31 PM: Great pics bud!

That river screams for a fly rod Kevin. I have a warm water fly collection that will make them nuts!

You're gonna have company after I retire. 37 work days left ;D

Rg
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: muskyon46 on Jul 01, 2014, 07:40 PM: Hope the waters have receded by now kevin, gotta luv the money pit that keeps us on the water. I"ve been dealing with some spark issues myself but the new wheeler I picked up has been keeping me busy ;) another money pit also. lol
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Jul 02, 2014, 12:19 PM: Quote from: muskyon46 on Jul 01, 2014, 07:40 PM
Hope the waters have receded by now kevin, gotta luv the money pit that keeps us on the water. I"ve been dealing with some spark issues myself but the new wheeler I picked up has been keeping me busy ;) another money pit also. lol

If it stays cool enough, then I might have the S.S. Fat Boy out again. If not, and the hurricane stays out to sea, then I might try the wet wade again somewhere. Yeah, tell me about the money pit! Jeesh! Houses, Boats and trucks. I won't say anything about my wife :whistling:

Quote from: rgfixit on Jun 30, 2014, 05:31 PM
Great pics bud!

That river screams for a fly rod Kevin. I have a warm water fly collection that will make them nuts!

You're gonna have company after I retire. 37 work days left ;D

Rg

Thanks Bob, sure, come on down!!! I had a day a few years ago that I'll never forget on a nearby stretch, 99 smallies in six hours on a buzzbait, biggest only 19" but had thirty fish over 16" that day, and a lot between 12"-14". A fly rod would tear 'em up.
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 03, 2014, 07:00 PM: Nice job on the basses.... ;D
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Jul 08, 2014, 08:01 AM: Looky what I got! Hopefully, this will help put some nice pictures up on this thread ;D Now, all I gotta do is install it :laugh:

(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2Fsonar_zps275e9588.jpg&hash=cc3bb8d7810e55043ba7ace93a11467b)
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Jul 08, 2014, 12:16 PM: Nice... I have been looking at the side scans. Cant wait to find out how you like it...
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: muskyon46 on Jul 08, 2014, 09:57 PM: Sweet FB, that looks like a great finder. I to have been looking at the scanning units also. Keep us informed on how it works for you when you get it going
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Jul 09, 2014, 09:59 AM: I will post about it once I experiment with it. I plan on using the side scan a lot for chasing muskies. Even the HD feature is a huge upgrade for me. I had a chance to really research what I want, and studied other anglers side scan videos, pretty cool stuff. At least now I understand what I'm looking at and how it works. When I saw one the first time, I didn't get it (I guess I'm a bit slow, LOL).

I'm pretty stoked about it.

The only problem, dropped the big $ to get it, and then my truck battery goes bad (another $150 down the tubes) yesterday and this morning, my car broke down... Needs an IAC valve according to the scope, and they are another $230 just for the part.

I told my wife that I got the depthfinder on sale and BPS won't let me return it ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Water Wolf on Jul 28, 2014, 11:56 PM: Nice looking bass Fat Boy. :)
Those fish can't hide from you now. ;D

WW
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Sep 16, 2014, 08:47 AM: I haven't fished much this year compared to the past couple years for various reasons that are beyond my control, but do get to sneak out a few times. I have yet to test out the new sonar although I did install it, so maybe this weekend the S.S. Fat Boy and I can get out to play.

Here are a couple pics from my past couple trips, first shoreline bassin':

Nice chunk from the other day that crushed a buzzer:
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2F09141402resized_zps58e24396.jpg&hash=b18728a3d6f5c29738840de4f075bbc0)

My buddy Rodger sporting Senko caught largemouth:
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Some scenic river pics:
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Wading trip from a couple weeks ago:

Starting with some scenery:
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Rodger in action showing a couple of his fish:
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(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2FP9020399_zps529eacaf.jpg&hash=79ba4fcc30bab548d773295a1244c738)

A couple of my fish, including a selfie ;D
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2FP9020409_zps9a222141.jpg&hash=6ddd068f9c411a99c184800a83806bbc)
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2FP9020408_zpsb64b713f.jpg&hash=806f1c6ae9d6193921fd3842f8e28d12)

From July, a tough hot day where the bass were 20-25' down:
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2F20140720_154247_zpsd2aee25a.jpg&hash=84395c75d50d148961ee7dc67ca46e1d)

The S.S. Fat Boy:
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Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 16, 2014, 04:35 PM: Great pictures Kevin... I dont see any color on those trees down there yet... ::)
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Sep 19, 2014, 07:25 AM: Thanks Dom. Yeah we've still got a lot of green, but temps have really cooled down a lot. You can definitely tell that change is coming so we shouldn't be too far behind y'all. The fishing should get pretty good and since bow season is in, the waters shouldn't be crowded.

Did you all just have ice out? ;D
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Raquettedacker on Sep 19, 2014, 07:19 PM: Quote from: Fat Boy on Sep 19, 2014, 07:25 AM
Did you all just have ice out? ;D

21* in Raquette Lake this morning with ice on the puddles... ;D
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Water Wolf on Sep 29, 2014, 06:21 PM: Nice pics Fat Boy. Good looking bass and great scenery. :)

WW
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy (off to a good start)
Post by: Fat Boy on Oct 17, 2014, 04:36 PM: Thanks guys!

I took a mini vacation to get some much needed fishing time from last week, here are some pics. The bass were from two days, musky fished the rest (one day skunked, the other day a pike). I had one day with two 20+" bass, then a few days later, had 17 bass with 4 of them over 20", and two 19.5", smallest was 17"!!!! It was a day that I'll never forget. Black plastic worms or a skirted black/blue jig with a worm trailer...it was windy and the fish were a bit deeper than you'd think, but when you found 'em, hang on.

Also got a 37" northern pike (on a musky bait while targeting musky), several pickerel and some huge pumpkinseeds.

(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2F2014-10-122014046_zpsb8e2d20d.jpg&hash=2ac0e1e3d16fde4381e79162cbdd63e4)

(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2FIMG_4109_zps6121364a.jpg&hash=b88486d212a0140da8c8d9f3b07e7e01)

(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2FIMG_4107_zpsd1fe8b85.jpg&hash=97005e433ad1852d215117a462d6f4ea)

(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2FIMG_4173_zps915a0ece.jpg&hash=086e2079a053bd26e6f5024db21ebecf)

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(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2FIMG_4216_zps19e27161.jpg&hash=1e1ce11d2307e73b3f40ce2b71f45df9)

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(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv19%2Ffatboykevin%2FIMG_4221_zps73c58603.jpg&hash=4f37e056917f09116751d09b68b03793)

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Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: Raquettedacker on Oct 17, 2014, 05:08 PM: Great pictures Kevin.. Why would you want to come up here? ::)
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: Fat Boy on Oct 20, 2014, 08:59 AM: Quote from: Raquettedacker on Oct 17, 2014, 05:08 PM
Great pictures Kevin.. Why would you want to come up here? ::)

:rotflol:
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: camo_fish on Oct 29, 2014, 07:27 PM: Awesome fatty bass and pike, with a dark pumpkinseed to beat. ;D WTG !! :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: Fat Boy on Nov 10, 2014, 10:49 AM: I got a dozen of those fat pumpkinseeds...would love to do that through the ice! Whew!

Here is my latest, not fish, but will be tasty....mmmmmm (use Homer Simpson drooling murmur)....steaks, chops, backstraps, tenderloins, summer sausage......

Bow kill 4 point:
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Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: camo_fish on Nov 10, 2014, 09:48 PM: congrats on the 4 pointer.
My buddy and I were in VA a few weeks ago for a week of bow hunting and my buddy bagged 2 does and I got 1 doe. It was great to come home with meat for the freezer. 8)
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: Raquettedacker on Nov 11, 2014, 06:20 AM: Congratulations on the buck Kevin... :clapping: :thumbup_smilie:
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: Fat Boy on Nov 12, 2014, 07:54 AM: Thanks guys! I was supposed to go yesterday but it didn't work out. I need a doe or two to stock up on burgers and sausage now (and more tenderloins and backstraps....mmmmmmmmmmmmmm).

Quote from: camo_fish on Nov 10, 2014, 09:48 PM
congrats on the 4 pointer.
My buddy and I were in VA a few weeks ago for a week of bow hunting and my buddy bagged 2 does and I got 1 doe. It was great to come home with meat for the freezer. 8)

That's awesome! Congrats! I always feel that any deer with a bow is a trophy, well worth the enjoyment with a delicious meal on the table that nature provided!
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: Water Wolf on Nov 14, 2014, 10:18 PM: Nice going Fat Boy those are dandy sized fish and a nice buck with a bow. 8)

WW
Title: Re: Fat Boy's 2014 Photo Eye Candy
Post by: wally13 on Nov 15, 2014, 12:48 AM: NICE FISH NICE PIC'S GOOD JOB