it's weekend time again.

fiver

fiver

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I usually do just go alone, or with Littlegirl. [it is set up to actually run and handle better with 2 people on board]
that's why I have the smaller boat, when I had the big v-hull and later the tri-hull with 150 hp type engines nobody would go with me and they were a super royal pain to load and unload from the trailer by myself.
[it was actually easier for me to run the air boat by myself than either one of them]
this one I can just back in close to the dock and bump it off the trailer with the truck brakes grab the rope I have looped on the tie down on the bed of the truck and tie it off to the dock and go park the truck.
when it's time to go I just guide it on the trailer with the tie down ropes, pull it tight with the winch rope on the trailer and drag it out of the lake by myself in about 4-5 minutes.


I'm not so sure about taking the dog out on the boat just yet, she can't sit still long enough to be cooped up in that small of an area without causing all kinds of problems, but she is a whole lot faster at getting in and out of the truck when I take her down shore fishing.
 
fiver

fiver

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a little bit, she is pretty vocal about people being on HER lake.
the wife doesn't get all wound up and jump all over the place trying to help when I catch a fish, which is a bonus.

I snuck out yesterday afternoon and got in a couple of hours of trout fishing yesterday, I figured from about 2 to 4 would be a pretty good time to be out there before the storms would drive us off the lake.
I figured just right, me and the dog got there about 1:15 I started catching fish about 20 minutes after getting there and was heading to the truck a titch after 4:00 because all of the lightning storms popping up around us had dropped the air temp about 10*.
on the way out the rain hit pretty hard just as we hit pavement and got worse as we went up the road.
we made it about 8 miles when the temp dropped from the low-mid 50's down to about 34-F in just a minute and the hail started, this got my attention pretty quick since I seen the wind shift direction too.
the hail kept on increasing in size and intensity and I started really looking at the cloud formation.
Jax jumped in the back seat and laid down and I could see the familiar trailing in to a swirl cloud pattern of a tornado.
seein as how this valley is a big open flat I took notice and was trying to cut down some back roads to stay out of the way of the cloud formation, but didn't want to get on any of the dirt roads with all the hail building up.
I stopped for a second and planned a course of action which pretty much meant keep heading south without breaking the windshield on the nickel sized pieces of hail that were starting to fall hard enough I couldn't see the road too well anyway.
as soon as I popped out of the hail I could see a thin thready spout going from the ground up towards the clouds it didn't seem like much as wispy as it was but all the cows were running away from it and I seen it grab up a little flock of either starlings or cowbirds and whip them around to about 150' in the air then just dump them back on the ground as it broke up.
I assume it killed them all from the way they dropped.
 
fiver

fiver

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well after some research I have found the real cause of global warming.
this 1995 Japanese documentary shows the real cause of the oceans heating up and the reason for the polar ice caps melting.
fortunately a total meltdown was averted, because according to one of the doctors they interviewed, a total meltdown of this magnitude would have been like setting off every nuclear bomb on earth times 10.
this is just a portion of the total story.
 
Ian

Ian

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Dang. I was considering driving up there this week but it sounds like I better stay hunkered down in this nice comfy granite crack at the north end of the San Juans for a while.
 
Ian

Ian

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Straight Coca-Cola, a little hair o' the dog first thing in the morning? Tough crew!

Did the boy scouts ever show up?
 
I

Intheshop

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Yeah some finally did,which showed their toughness.The conditions were miserably bad.Wolfgirl and I shot the best?more or less. We had the courses to ourselves. All the bros were there and equipped to handle the rain N mud.Couple showed up with Muck boots,they work well.My Rockies held their own.

Cheapy rain jackets;while working great,when it's raining,are torture when the sky breaks and humidity litteraly pegs. My Woolrich lite jacket was just OK. The boys rock some decent raingear but it's either,based on cold weather shooting or,warm weather NOT shooting.Meaning puffy sleeves, poor pocket layouts.So we're all looking for lite,breathable jackets that hopefully won't hurt the wallet to bad?
 
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fiver

fiver

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Goretex.
it doesn't stop the wind or the cold but it keeps the rain out and is pretty quiet.
it also lets the body moisture out when it stops raining.

the best hunting gear I have ever used is made by Columbia.
it does what it is supposed to and doesn't stop you from doing what you want to.
a suit will set you back 2-3 months of electricity though.
 
uncle jimbo

uncle jimbo

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Never posted in this group before, but here it goes.
Blew off things that I needed to do and things that I wanted to do and went fishing instead. My oldest son and I entered the Flaming Gorge fishing tournament. Made the leader board with this one until about a hour before closing. And got bumped out of the money. Was sitting 3rd for a day and a half. Measured 42.25".
Had a great time though.Resized_20180519_172245.jpg
 
fiver

fiver

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you know I can make the Gorge in like 3 hours.....
a yearly Utah license is 75$.
tank of gas for the truck.
shore camping.
dinner in Manilla occasionally.
might need to get a down rigger but I got the place to mount it.
they got bass there too.

mmmh fire hole to antelope flats, crawfish by the dam... I might have to rethink the Idaho trip.
 
uncle jimbo

uncle jimbo

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Plan one day for shooting. There are more prairie dogs than you can pack ammo for and lots of coyotes also. And you don't need any license for them.
 
fiver

fiver

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oh yeah.
I spent the last 12 years running back and forth between here and Rock Springs.
I had an apartment there for almost 10 of them, but didn't get a whole lot of time to do a lot of goofing off other than a little gun time here and there.
I made a bunch of trips up and over to Vernal and got to look at the lake a lot though.....LOL.
I really should head that way anyway, I need to go check on the property I have over in Duchesne up above Starvation reservoir.
 
fiver

fiver

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dang lake was crowded today.
there must have been like 10-12 trailers and about as many boats on the water.
one guy even cruised past us twice....jerk.
the grandson got his first trip in and done well until nap time then he got a bit cranky, Mom took him up to the truck and was heading back when I caught the last fish for the day.
it wasn't fast action but a 9:30 start time rarely is, we managed 6 before noon and missed a couple of others.

anyway the topic of conversation for a bit was the pronunciation of the words scent, sent, and cent.
I had to enunciate the words to show Littlegirl that they were pronounced differently even though they were said the same by most people.
 
Brad

Brad

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If you want I will rub a penny for you. That makes them have a unique odor. I will bottle some up and mail it to you.
Yes, I will have sent the cent scent.
 
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