08-15-2013, 05:52 PM
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Insult to injury.
Went to Pickwick early this morning and struck out for what I was fishing for. I fished in the lake...below dam....tail race.....by the lock....off the point....on the flat....nothing. So went back to generator side to catch some drum. I noticed some top water action a little ways down the side walk and walked down to check it out. Whatever it was had gone and I headed back up to where I had left my tackle bag. It was a Cabelas backpack tackle bag that my two great nephews had given me about 3 or 4 years ago. It had held up well but I was going to replace it after this season. Well a blue Herron had pooped right on top of that bag....what a mess and what a stench. I walked up to my car and got a plastic bag and took all my tackle out of it and threw that bag in the trash. I can still smell it. The blue Herron is big anyway but Pickwick has some really big ones and man did he do me in. No fish and lost a tackle bag....such is life.
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08-15-2013, 06:12 PM
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haha, I am laughing at you, hmm, I mean I am laughing with you.  That sucks but is still funny.
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08-15-2013, 09:16 PM
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Just your luck. I have been thinking about replacing mine. What you looking at?
Roy
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08-15-2013, 09:22 PM
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Like you said, alpha, insult to injury. That heron was probably more a Bass Pro fan than a Cabela's lover.
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08-15-2013, 09:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by browntrout
Just your luck. I have been thinking about replacing mine. What you looking at?
Roy
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Looking at this one. If Bass Pro has it in stock will get it as I need one right now.
http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shop...duct/10204414/
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08-15-2013, 09:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by agelesssone
Like you said, alpha, insult to injury. That heron was probably more a Bass Pro fan than a Cabela's lover.
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I tell you Merv such a stench...no way was that bag coming home with me....LOL.
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08-15-2013, 09:32 PM
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Man, I was thinking you were gonna say the bag was gone. At least you could throw the bag away.
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08-15-2013, 09:48 PM
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Funny story Alphahawk! Even if the fishing wasn't great at least you got a good story to tell. I have never heard of a blue heron ruining a tackle box before. My dad always says "as long as it makes a good story, it was not a complete loss!"
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08-15-2013, 10:16 PM
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Lol!!! I really am sorry, but that is hilarious!
I used to have to clean heron poop off the rental pontoons at a marina I worked at. Yep, the smell is HORRIBLE!!
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08-16-2013, 05:48 AM
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Quote:
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That's not a tackle bag that is a parachute LOL................WOODY
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08-16-2013, 06:48 AM
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That is one hilarious story. Be thankful that you did not have it on your back when the attack happened.
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08-16-2013, 10:08 AM
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I hate to laugh but that is funny
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08-16-2013, 10:33 AM
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Those things create a mess.....new bag is on order and will be here Monday. Will fish again starting Tuesday. Going to try for some Gills at VFW today.
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08-16-2013, 10:34 AM
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"as long as it makes a good story, it was not a complete loss!"
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a great thought and so true. Some of my best stories originate from some kind of personal grief. One has to maintain a sense of humor about one's own mishaps.
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08-16-2013, 06:35 PM
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Oh man, funny story, Alpha (although you probably weren't laughing at the time) LOL
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