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Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Sounds like you all had a blast! I'd love to make it to a GTG some time
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Scott, Great job. They were like old friends. Crazy thing, my son played high school football with one guy, worked for his dad, that was there, and Mike Carson and I know multiple people! Small world..... Like Bob Lusk said," It is all tied together." Not enough time to spend doing the things we love. Except for MR. LUSK.
My momma never accused me of being to smart....
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Sorry we missed this but we got over 1000' of fence up, and sweated out gallons of water! Wait, this was a FENCING party not a FISHING party?! You guys all wanna come over to my place and help me string high-tensile?
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Very nice stories about the event. Thanks for sharing them. I really like the name Essupstock !!!!
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It was a blast for sure.....On top of everything else I caught 15 BG, a LMB, and my personal best YP...was feeling pretty good about the latter when Scott deflated my ego by referring to the perch as a "small one"....he's obviously not familiar with the "cigars-with-fins" that pass for YP down in these parts..
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1) And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1) Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT? PB answer: It depends.
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I wonder if anybody has ever attended a PB event and didn't have a great time. I sure wish I could have been at this one.
We are a very fortunate bunch. The thing that worries me most about us, is that I consider my Pond Boss friends as 'normal."
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Reflection of yesterday for me...
Holy cow, what did I get myself into!!!!
Why did I buy a house with a pond in my back yard in a residential area?
What am I gonna do to get all my BG in check?...
How am I gonna learn the names of 17,000 kinds of FA?
Why don't I lay in bed at night and "GIGGLE"?
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Well I am back in one piece, Sunil, sorry, but the smoke signals did not make it that far. True there is WiFi there, but there is something missing....... Scott did a great job. Sean, Dave and others really pitched in, varsity work!! Josh CAN talk........ and he has a lot of good things to say, I enjoyed talking with him and others. I had a blast and I will post pictures and a video tomorrow. I enjoyed the drive almost as much as the company.
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What drive was easier, coming up or going back?
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Scott, thanks for making this a Great Event!
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And thanks to everyone who made it there and let us unfortunate ones who couldn't be there know what we missed. Seriously, thank you!
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Anybody know where Pond Con 6 will be held yet?
If you ain't gonna fart, why eat the beans? . RES,HBG,YP,HSB,SMB,CC,and FHM. .seasonal trout.
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If you look at the comments for Scott's get together, one common theme continues to come up. Interaction with other pond owners. I neglected that in the early PB conferences, and missed the opportunity of meeting many people I consider friends now.
I was there with Eric, Dave, George, etc. and never even met them. I was to wrapped up in the sessions to even reach out to other people. I won't make that mistake again.
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Sorry I missed this one Scott, I really wanted to be there but I had help lined up to put up the deck frame on the house and it is hard to pass up help. If you do this again I will be there.
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Sounds like a good time! Not going to happen for me unless it is much closer to WNY...
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Just getting around to checking in. Seems we get buried back here at the ranch when we have "hot water ponds " and leave for a day or two. Ill do a more detailed post after we get caught up today. Thanks to all for being there and and becoming such good friends for either the first time or renewed friendship to you that we have met before.Scott a special thanks for the personal invite to attend. You did a fantastic job of putting this together as I know the planning that goes into events like this. (it can be a brain drain)Your pond is fantastic and found the natural setting very peaceful and interesting that it is built in sand. Your dog is "way cool" and has the perfect home. When he jumped up on the table in front of Bill I thought Bills eyes were going to pop out. Your explanation as to why your dog did this was interesting. Bob O we never did get that duck lasso'd. Brian came up to me and said " Scott wants us to get the duck out of here so lets go, so into the boat we went" Im still not sure what that was all about I just followed Brians orders !! Im think'n he meant muck ! More later.
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Sounds like a good time! Not going to happen for me unless it is much closer to WNY... HOST ONE!!! They are great fun!!! Others will help, you will not be alone.
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First of all, I kaint spell or punkchuate. I've only got a 5th grade education so you critics can stuff it !!! I'm sure that I'll omit some folks but I can't remember my kids ages so how am I supposed to remember 20 some peoples forum AND real names? The good ones use their real names as their forum names. Bill Cody, Cecil Baird, Sue Cruz, Bob Lusk and Bob-O Friday night I went to bed around 11 but couldn't sleep because of anticipating meeting some of the largest brains of the Auqua Whorshiping Society. Sat am I left my drive at 5 and arrived at Cecils around 6:30. He and I arrived at Essups around 8. Essup and some lady Dr that is the head of the Indiana dept of aquaculture were in his drive and Cecil introduced me. I parked and we headed to the ceremony tent and were immediately shot down by Highflyer cause I didn't know where I was supposed to park, Jesus, there's only ten acres of parkin spaces!! Good ta meet ya HF. I re-parked and Cecil and I proceeded to walk around the pond and here comes Sue Cruz and Bruce Condello (the good and the bad). Now I been waitin ta meet Mr Bruce since Feb 1 2006 on which day he plagurized my very first post. Cecil introduced me to them and I told Condumello that he is a snake. He flicked his tongue, hissed and slithered away. Nice start !! My next encounter was more pleasant as Bill Cody and his friend/bodyguard Jim "the corn king" ambled up. I like the corn king, he's real quiet and tho he don't give a hoot about ponds still hangs with the good Dr Perca. I believe just ta keep him outta fights and jail. Next we met JKB who is also the quiet type. I reminded him that he actually started this fiasco by comin down ta help Essup with his new well. He looked at his shoes and mumbled "I know, don't say nothing, OK"? I didn't. Ted Lea was setting up some aeration equipment nearby so I walked over to intro myself. He looks up and says "Hi, you're Bob-O". I says I know, how do you? He says "You posted that you were bringing Cecil" Sooo, he must be one of the large brains. David the Fishidin guy was sitting at the next table so I went over greeted him. He was polite and kinda caught me off guard. I quickly departed just to bump into a clean cut lookin young fella that said he was Sean aka Outdoorlivin. He was so wholesome lookin that I instantly didn't trust him. Bout this time Mr Boringdello assumed the roll of MC and announced the official beginning of Essupstock 1. Sue and Ted gave an informative and interesting presentation on aeration. Next up was Wild Bill Cody who started talkin about FA and kept talkin and talkin and talkin. Finally Bruce came and stood beside Bill in an obvious attempt to get him to stop...didn't work. I almost felt sorry for Condo, he was getting nervous and was swayin back and forth shiftin his weight form one foot to the other. (really kinda funny) He very much reminded me of the black dude on Americas Got Talent. Fortunately Bob Lusk appeared at the side of the tent and that kinda shocked Cody into stoping for a second. Bruce jumped on the opportunity and quickly thanked Bill and called up Cecil. Mr Baird gave a nice speech on all of the benefits of cage aquaculture. Unfortunately it seemed to resurrect the ongoing dispute he and Bill have about round(wastebasket) vs square(dumpster) cages. Somehow McDello was able to divert their verbal sparring away from front and center and get Fishidin started on his presentation about structure. I learned a couple of cool things but then he drifted into a boast about his participation in some kinda huntin/fishin reality show. Paleeze, Really! Bet he bribed the crap outta somebody ta get into that. David, next time stick ta the topic! note: as I was leaving, Mr David said he was gonna rip me on this forum. Guess I drew first blood. Welcome ta the big time Davey. Finally, Bob Lusk got up there. He talked about many pond topics and has that good ol boy per-sona which kept everyone interested. Like BC Bob can talk and talk and talk. Every once in awhile someone would have a question or interject a comment. At one point Bill asked if we could break for lunch which brought a murmur of chuckles. Bob replied "yeah, sure" and Bill added "we can resume afterwards". Bob said "No, we can continue cause I've seen you talk with your mouth full before" which brought a roar of laughter. We ate and Bill can talk with his mouth full. Bob also continued to talk after lunch. So went the first Essupstock. I'd like to thank Essup for havin all of us out, all the speakers, Sue Cruz(she gave us all Vertex camo hats), Outdoorlivin(he gave us all shirts which he paid for while raising $s for some good cause for the University of So Dakota) and even Mr Mondello for his feeble attempt of being the MC. Hopefully this account will be too lengthy for him to steal. If I've failed to upset anyone, I apologize. If I've overlooked anyone, you're lucky. Bob, You missed your calling. You should have been a comedy writer.
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Sounds like a good time! Not going to happen for me unless it is much closer to WNY... HOST ONE!!! They are great fun!!! Others will help, you will not be alone. I've hosted a few small ones. I've attended a few small ones. I've attended some, like the recent trip to Richmond Mills that weren't big, but they sure were very special. They've all been a lot of fun, mostly because they included the types of people I really enjoy being around. The same goes for the PB conferences. My wife and I have attended each of them. We have immensely enjoyed all of them -- because of the people. It doesn't take very many members, along with a few extraneous friends, to setup a fantastic pond fishing group party -- even if you don't get to go fishing. As said by HF, there is always plenty of help -- physically, fiscally, and fishfully.
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You missed your calling. You should have been a comedy writer.
I had a really nice chat with Bob-O on the phone about noon today. I really like this guy! He can't spell worth a crap, and it takes a forensics team, working overtime, to decipher his last name and address on a tiny ticket! Bob-O is
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O.K. I'm finally getting around to putting up the pictures that FCM67693 took with my camera. Couple of shots of the tent near the pond: Bill Cody entertaining the crowd: And Bruce trying to convince him that his time was up: and trying..... David from www.fishiding.com and some samples that he brought and conveniently forgot to pack up - Thanks David! Next it was Cecil's turn:
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Then finally Bob Lusk, Mr. Pond Boss himself and David "D'oh! Why didn't I think of that?": Then we took a slight break before I had to run for the food. Notice that Bruce is fishing in the pond. Remember that for later. Here he is with Sue in red. I think he's showing Sue the finer points of fishing: A bit later he said "I hate to throw anyone under the bus, but Sue had a bit of a tangle with your rod." Uh huh, O.K. Bruce, but I don't have any pictures of Sue with the rod in her hand..... I gotta cut Bruce Sue some slack, the line was 2 years old on the reel...... That's all I got. I'm sure others have pictures and videos. I KNOW Brian has some, and someone else has pictures of Bruces LMB that he caught, and there's a picture of the YP that Bruce Sue caught. Come on, somebody else post their pictures!
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