Chester Woods Caution

  • mrcrappie
    mn Dodge co.
    Posts: 1133
    #518596

    No Safe ice equals no reports, All I can say is Please stay off the ice till we get colder temps. Live to fish another day!

    ron_weltzin
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 417
    #518618

    OK Bill, so you want to hear about my disappearing stunt?
    Couple years ago, Mike and I were spring shore fishing at West Newton. Mike was to my left about 20 yards and we were really popping em. Nice/big crappies and very impressive gills.
    I am standing on the crest of the bank casting straight out and having a ball catching fish.
    Unknown to me, directly behind me about 5 feet is this large hole in the ground, five feet around and four feet deep, covered with dead grass at the bottom. Picture a fox hole.
    I latch onto this huge crappie and get him up to shore. He is BIG and I am only using 2 pund test line.
    I figured, I couldn’t just yank him out, rather pull him up the muddy and slick bank till I could get a hand on him.
    Braced one leg ahead and down the bank and started to slowly pull.
    The jig popped out of his mouth which now leaves me off balance.
    Backwards I fly and much like going thru the ice, only this time, I literally fall off the face of the earth and free fall all the way to the bottom of the hole.
    I am completely out of site and I am swearing and scrambling to crawl out of this hole.
    I stick my head up like a gopher only to see Mike bent over and laughing with tears running out his eyes.
    With my hat cocked sideways and the dazed look on my face, yeah, he got a real hoot out of it.

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    #518734

    I saw that hole. Big’un, huh? I guess the situation could be summed up as being “the pits”, eh? You are lucky you didn’t get wrecked or the rod get busted. Every time I walk past that void I think of you floundering around in it.

    I’m just happy that no-one here was around to witness what happens when a four foot eel comes off the hook in the bottom of my boat….seriously ugly scene.

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    #518754

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    I am completely out of site and I am swearing and scrambling to crawl out of this hole.
    I stick my head up like a gopher only to see Mike bent over and laughing with tears running out his eyes.
    With my hat cocked sideways and the dazed look on my face, yeah, he got a real hoot out of it.


    Sorry, couldn’t help myself. Oh well…

    Chris
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1396
    #518789

    funny story….I’m sure loosing the crappie was the worst part of it all or maybe it was your friend laughing uncontrollably at the whole scenario

    ……poor RHW

    We better be careful at how much we laugh or we’ll end up with only 6 more weeks of winter

    mrcrappie
    mn Dodge co.
    Posts: 1133
    #518865


    6 more weeks of winter!! So there’s still hope for ICE?

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    #518902

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    6 more weeks of winter!! So there’s still hope for ICE?


    Yep, RHW says starting next week there will be ice making as hes waving his magic wond.

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