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| Shep,
Great to see you and Zach up at the tournament this weekend.
You will be happy to know that NO offshore Boards were harmed in the fishing of this tournament!!!!!!!!!
I got a good chuckle out of your "reminder" to me not to do so this year!!!!!!!
Chris |
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Location: Elgin, Illinois | NO offshore Boards were harmed in the fishing of this tournament!!!!!!!!!
That's downright funny!!! |
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| That's good to know, Chris. All in all. it was a pretty quiet tourney. I didn't see any Offshore board throwing, no speeding to make the weigh in, and no fisghting amounst teammates.
Good to see you out there. Zach and I had a blast on Friday and Saturday. This is will be a annual deal for us. Wish the wind had settled down, as I think some bigger fish were waiting outside for us. |
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Location: Rhinelander | Next year I guess I had better head over and cover this event. Looks like a well run tournament. |
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Location: Milw, WI | Sorry to report this but there was tragedy during the outing.
An off shore board minding its own business,
and working very hard at its job,
was taken early in its short life from one of the teams.
Run down in the prime of its life......so sad.
The local boat who ran it down claimed he had come nowhere with 500 feet of the victim.
Was chased down and found to be dragging the innocent hard worker behind his boat.
Please bow your heads for a moment of silence for the hard working unit
that was struck down, doing the only hobby it had. |
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| We must morn the loss of this hard working board...
A worthy "yellow soldier" is waiting for it's chance to shine on the shelves of a local dealer near you.
However lets all take a collective deep breath and move on from this trajedy together as anglers and Offshore owners alike. There are many more out there, each as good as the last, ready to enhance you angling experience.
God bless Offshore boards...the official "yellow soldier" |
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Location: Elgin, Illinois | Tell me... who "tattled"? I heard the "flag", is it true? |
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Location: in the boat off the east shore somewhere | This is not a joking matter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont you guys realize that i have had one of my family of 6 lost for almost a year know? it was one of my older ones and cannot be replaced... she had the tin front clip support bent upward slightly. her clips turned red as she got more seasoned ,, i still remember the day i lost her.... like it was yesterday ,,, circle and circle till i was dizzy searching the horizon until the sun went down.... i have had pictures up at my local bait and gas. never a call?.... i have a new adition... a little tattle tail of a board... so clean and shineyyellow... still a little shy ,, doesnt seem to stray out too far from the boat... like his older siblings. but still .... i long for the one i lost .. this weekend i will be out on the lake searching miles of water ... to all who have lost ,, your not alone .. |
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Location: Neenah, WI | I feel your pain, brother. We lost one yesterday on Winnebago to a mammoth Sturgeon. At least my little yellow friend has a Shad Rap along for company. The line broke between the board and the rod and 2 souls were lost. |
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Location: upper michigan | I was fishing the fox classic when out of the blue one of my rods bent over double. With the tell tail surges as the fish headed down stream. The line seperated between the board and the rod I searched for near an hour. Fortunatly My brother and Dad where fishing the same area and where about a 1/4 mile down stream of where I lost my Yellow friend. The board poped back up out of the water in front of them. Fortunatly I had my name on it and it was latter returned. |
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| and peeps laugh at me when they see my name on my yellow buddies |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | This begs of a line from "Jaws"....
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| Jerry, I think a line from "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" would be more appropriate. LOL! |
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Location: in the boat off the east shore somewhere | maybe if we install a gps homming device we could track these boards ,,, obviously they are all migrating somwhere ? i have heard rumors of thousands of offshore boards showing up around the southern horn of Africa. could it be possible they migrate from winnibago threw the grait lakes and so on? please send $ to the OFFSHORE LOST AND FOUND FUND. as i am looking for investors... this will be an offshore recovery project and of course will be a not for profit org. thanks bradley894 |
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