Big Mouth Buff
 

Today i took my dad out to the des plains for fathers day and we shot a few but got a big suprise when i arroweda monster big mouth buff. He was just about 12 pounds, had a hard time keeping him still until i could club him. it was quite a suprise because he was just sucking scum and i could not see his whole body and thought he was smaller than he turned out to be. it was great.

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here is a picture of my days take.


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x271/dumpa_2007/6-17.jpg

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Wow! Very nice. I hope your dad got a couple. It was his day after all. ;)

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yeah he did. oh by the way are you going out at all this week. i think we are going to hit it again sometime but not sure when.

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Good shootin! Looks like we will be out on Wednesday night. Not sure how early but I'm sure we'll be out after dark. I can't guarantee a spot on a boat but you're welcome to meet up with us. Get your dad out there with the boat again!

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i am trying to put a few lights on my boat., it is not very big but i am trying. i will probably meet you guys out there for a little bit, probably till dark or maybe a little later.

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Nice shootin' SS.

The bigmouths are nice since they present such a wide target from above.

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thanks and they are fun. they are also easy to hit if you shoot 'em while they are sucking on the slime on the surface. but all in all every rough fish is fun to shoot.

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I would have to agree.

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Went out wednesday which was 6-19. my dad and i shot 15 fish in a couple hours. one of the best days yet. i will have some pics soon. we ended with 1 gar, 11 buffs, and 3 commons.

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Suckersticker, It is so exciting to read about you and your dad doing this together. My dad and I did everything together when I was growing up, we were best buddies. He would take a weeks vacation and him and i would go camping together for the week, and swim, fish and he would tell me about life. Unfortuantly He passed away before I got interested in bowfishing on this level. He would have loved it. I imagine that we would have taken two weeks of vacation had he knew bout Big heads. Just want you to cherish every moment. Right now I am making up on it by taking my Sister (Chezhead). Fortuantly she love's it too.

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Hey William, glad to hear you and your dad are having a good time out there.

There's a bowfishingtournament at Wonder Lake on August 11th. It's a fair bit north of you, but it's a good lake for the smaller boats.Maybe I'll see you guys up there. :)

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i would love to go but i don't believe that my boat would be able to take on that lake. i am trying to get a bigger boat but all i have for now is a 12 foot jon boat with a trolling motor. i will try and get some pictures of it. bowman15 has seen it and can tell you it doesn't ride very high out of the water with me, my father, motor, batteries, bows and gear, not including fish. but i will make it if i can.

william

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I still think you guys would be fine. Last year we got smoked at Wonder Lake by the guys in the canoes. [:-]

Bulz took second place in Junewith his little Green Bobber.

You will want to bring some sort of push pole. The shallow areas are really shallow.(big mud flats) Back when I shot out of a 1648, we'd row across the mud. :D

Kind of hard to row or push pole the pontoon boat. We can see the carp, we just can't get to them. (A fan boat would be sweet out there.)

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sounds good. i mean what are the rule for the tournament and what is the format. would me and my father be able to do it as a team or what. if you could let me know. i looked at some arieal photos and a depth chart and i think we would be fine. so if you could get me the rule i would really appreciate it.


William