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Old 04-01-2007 | 08:07 PM
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Default RE: April Fool's Day shoot at DPCA

WINDY was the best way to describe the weather up here too Johnny.
While Christine and Kendall went shopping for a backup sump, Steve and Robowcaught up on some work, some non-members went to a 3D shoot, and Mark S was out of town, a small group of us braved the breezes and really earned the whopping 2 carp that made it into the canoes. Nice shooting Jason.

The wind made paddling and slow drifting a challenge, and the cloud cover gave us poor visiblity. The water is very clear, but much of it has a black bottom of muckthat makes fish tough to see against the dark backdrop without a bit of sun.

While JRW and Fishpoint paddled to a location and then fished from shore before moving on to the next spot, Diana and I cruised the shoreline and anchored upwind when we found activity. We spooked up many fish, often within arm's reach of the boat, but just couldn't see them before we ran them over or passed them. [:@]

Not much shooting thanks to the weather, but everybody seemed to enjoy dinner and meeting some other club members that they had previously only talked to on-line. They got to meet my wife, daughter, and ferocious beast of a dog. I had a great time trading stories and sharing some venison with friends. Have to do it again soon.
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