Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Selecting a site Quarry Contest 2010

Here, here!!!! Huzzah for DIED!

Great acceptance speech, sir - it included all the required elements, including a good dose of modesty, which you certainly needn't have displayed! You took charge of this baby from the start and didn't look back, even when you heard footsteps, and that's the mark of a champion!

Remember, now, that your trip to the new Condello Ranch carries with it a mandatory written story, complete with pics, to be submitted not only here but to the magazine! So get your creative juices ready!

What a great thread !!! Thanks Bruce for the effort to pull this off. I tried to give DIED my points due to the Calif budget situation. Oh well it looks like he didn't need any points.

Bruce I have some of your incredible jigs you gave me before. Please let one of the other guys have a chance to try them out on the condition they post pics of the results.

Who has the next thread like this ?

No Schaefer in Nebraska, DIED. Sorry.

Congratulations DIED!!!

A good idea and great fun Condello!

I Googled Shaefer (which lately I am terrified to google almost anything posted on Pond Boss after the horrendous TJ debacle). I'm guessing DIED that you are talking about the wine store and not the yarn company. (Unless you are planning to knit a seine).

jhap, that would be schaefer beer....you know........"Schaefer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one."

oldest brew in the USA....the stuff is surprisingly good and cheap, and i was really bummed when they quit shipping to CA. in fact i dont think you can get it at all west of the rockies.

BTW bruce, i forgot to mention how flattered santa will be when he learns a guest suite is named after him, very deserving. as an added attraction i will suggest you decorate it using a lunar theme. most dont know that santa was one of the key figures in the collection and study of the very first moon rocks....he didnt even need a space suit!

edit post.......that doesnt sound good, but thanks for the info omaha....i might have to settle for some genessee or miller ponies...you cant get those here anymore either...dang it...

Sunil, It is so wrong that JHAP has more points the we do, combined. I think there are some off-shore tax advantages being tendered.........

Hey, I got two points not knowing what they were for. I think I side tracked the thread when others responded with Bidet

This was a GREAT Thread, Thanks Bruce

Brettski,

I'll give you 1/4 point so we are both at 1.75 points (I like decimals)

Is that even Legal

Oh sure, lose to JHAP and there has to be some corruption, some nefarious activity, some unspeakable coercion, some fluctuation in the force, solar flare activity.

I slaughter you and Sunil in a perfectly legitimate contest of wit and you blame it on corruption when in fact there is one simple explanation....

Now who's the one thinking OH SNAP!!!

BTW, it is my belief that as penance for performing so very poorly in the contest Dwight, that you should be forced to use this photo as wallpaper on one of your monitors.

Got my jigs today and can't wait to give 'em a shot!

Thanks, Bruce!

Wow! That was quick!

I realize that most of us aren't fishing for trophies every time we go out, but that being said, these jigs are a good basic tool to have in the armamentarium if there are some really big walleye or stripers to be had. Nothing holds a big fish better than new quality line, and a sharp solid hook.

One expert that I used to consult with said that he believes most big fish that just "come off" during the battle are because the hook flexes during the fight.

Makes sense to me.

Well, Dwight, I just saw your comment now.

First, feel good my friend. At least we scored higher than Brettski.

Second, JHAP and Yolk have the same score. That says a lot.

Bruce:

Mine came today as well. Thank you sir!!

I think that statement is truer than you realize. I've been fishing where I could only keep a fish on for about 30 seconds, and I've had hooks break right at the barb (Eagle Claw and Gamagatsu), or in the bend (Gamagatsu). I've slowly gravitated to Owner hooks after having 2 Gamagatsu's break on me, and having to sharpen and re-sharpen less expensive hooks just to have a chance of hooking something gets tiring. Yes, they're more expensive, but when you figure out the total cost of fishing, the hook, even an expensive one, is a small part of the total cost. I think they're worth it.

Well, I don't have any big fish in our ponds yet, but will definitely give them a try here anyway, in addition to trying them out some other places that do have big fish. I'll report in text and pictures when I have success!

my winnings showed up yesterday ....thanks bruce, very excited to try them out.

the jig size/weight appears considerably heavier than what i can use in the pond, but seems ideal for use in the deeper reservoirs we have around here. next time the boat goes out, i'm staging over a submerged river canyon and dropping one down

if i'd a done a "what will be died's first fish on a condello jig?" contest, nobody would have won

That is for certain Dave. Even I wouldn't have guessed that. In over 4 years of fishing my own pond I've never caught a bullhead.

Looks like Bruce might have to rename his jigs.

I must've forgot to mention the amazing bullhead catching ability of this lure!

That bullhead capability should make Theo happy.

He still chooses to deny that I stocked his pond w/ bullheads.

Please tell me there's a photo!

Pirate holding bullhead. That's as good as it gets!

Can us losers at least get a photo of the jigs?