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Well, this evening I took the big plunge! I asked my girlfriend of almost 4 years to marry me and she said yes... I am one lucky guy!  I did it in grand fisherman style.  I took her out on the boat to a pretty section of the Potomac River near a light house. We had anchored up and were fishing for catfish. Normally she out fishes me but tonight I was catching all the catfish. So I told her I as going to put a special secret bait on the line but she couldn't know what it was was so she couldn't watch me bait the hook. She looked away, while I attached a laminated note that read: Sarah, You've caught my heart. I added 6 oz of weight and cast it out. After a couple minutes I said you must have something on, she reeled it in, when it came to the surface, she read the note as I got down on my knee. I asked her to marry me and broke the ring out and the rest is history... She cried a bunch, called all the family and friends and was one happy girl on the ride back to the marina!
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Congratulations! 
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Hot dang,that sounds like the catch of a lifetime.I love great fishing stories.Congrats,hope you 2 have a lifetime of happiness.
I subscribe Some days you get the dog,and some days he gets you.Every dog has his day,and sometimes he has two! 
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CJ, You're hooked now! Congrats! 4 years? What took you so long?
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Congrats CJ!!!
I like your style! I had Cathy's ring placed into a fortune cookie at our favorite Chinese restaraunt. She opened it with about 20 employees looking on. Engaged 10 years now.
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Now that is one PB story that will be hard for anyone to top. Great job CJ !!!! A real classic. Best wishes on a long and happy journey.
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Congrats CJ. Where is the wedding, so I can get my leisure suit dry cleaned.
In Dog Beers, I've had one.
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Congratulations Smagoogleheim!
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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Subscribe to Pond Boss MagazineFrom Bob Lusk: Dr. Dave Willis passed away January 13, 2014. He continues to be a key part of our Pond Boss family...and always will be.
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Congratulations! That's an awesome proposal...the only downside is that now you've set the bar high for future presents/occassions. Sounds like you picked a good one!
"Only after sorrow's hand has bowed your head will life become truly real to you; then you will acquire the noble spirituality which intensifies the reality of life. I go to an all-powerful God. Beyond that I have no knowledge--no fear--only faith."
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WHOO-HOOO! NOW THAT IS ROMANTIC!!! Yes, he has set the bar high...i can envision the setting...good jobber, lucky girl, lucky you! Congratulations!
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Congratulations CJ, well done!
Well Rainman, you've loaded the gun, when are you going to pull the trigger?
Special note: the term "loaded the gun" should not be confused with slang vernacular "Chamber a round." Although sounding somewhat similar, they have entirely different meanings. However one might imagine that in this context of becoming engaged it could be quite possible to "load the gun" and "chamber a round" in a very close time proximity to each other.
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Congratulations. What a way to propose!
I'm assuming that all your Pond Boss friends will be invited to the wedding. We're a quiet bunch, but you better have lots of your co-workers there if the beer runs out, or when we get thrown out -- whichever comes first.
It'll be 33 years for us this year. By far, the best 33 years of my life.
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Good job CJ. Best wishes......
Just do it...
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Thanks everyone, she is a special girl to put up with all my antics!
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Man, I just love to hear romantic fish tales. How did you tear yourself away from PB long enuf to write a note...and laminate it! Pretty classy. congrats to you both.
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Congrats CJ. Where is the wedding, so I can get my leisure suit dry cleaned. Forget the wedding. I just want to know where the reception and free food is. When I was in college in Michigan there was a reception hall not to far from my dorm. Needless to say the reception hall got a lot of guys pretending to be part of the wedding party. I wasn't one of them though. I was to much of a nerd then.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Great creativity, CJ! Best wishes to you both.
-Chris 1 acre pond Currently managing: FHM, GSH, GSF, BG, PS, RES, LES, YP, SMB, LMB, HSB, RBT, WE, CC, FHC, and Grass Shrimp 
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CJ Congratulations, I just got back from the cabin and read the great news, boy she must be a great girl to put up with a fish raising, fish catching,COP. Don't wait too long to get hitched, she might find someone normal. 
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I'm coming in late to this CJ, but congrats anyway, and hats off for a really creative, individual proposal. Lucky girl!
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Thanks to all who stopped in to share a special moment in my life...
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It sounds like you've landed a great catch, congratulations!
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Congrats CJ, wish you both the best, and what a great idea.
Get out and fish.
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Congratulations to you both! What a nice way to propose.
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