archie_james_c Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 ME and my buddy went up into the park again today. Was slow all morning and into the afternoon with NO hits what-so-ever until 1:50 when we were eating lunch. My buddy pulled up a 15" Laker on a Mr.Champ. Changed spots, found a drop off and dropped a white tube jig tipped with a minnow. The tube jig didn't make it to the bottom when a nice little 18"er swallowed it. I took the jig/minnow out and dropped it back down and was rewarded with another 19"er that didn't let it hit bottom again . Gotta love that kinda action . AND My Imp of a partner who broke my last Gerber Saw, broke my 6" Buck Knife splitting some cedar to burn . I'm gonna start making him give me a cash deposit before using my blades . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck666 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 whats that red contraption you have wrapped around your rod? and congrats about the lakers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike slayer Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 a rod holder LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Sucks about the blade, but good on getting the lakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayess Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 dude, check for warranty on that knife (if it costs a pretty penny). i wouldn't be surprised if they honour it given that it looks like the blade came outta the handle. nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 thanks for sharing. i found the bite to be very light on saturday. most fish didn't even ring the bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crankbait Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Full tang blade is the way to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Good fishing. Buck should replace that knife, no problem. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) Nice report. Good eaters man. I'm thinking I was at the same lake sat. We did good, very light bites on the deadsticks/tip ups but the fish were hitting our jigging presentations hard. No need for snowshoes either we just wore our boots in. TDunn Edited January 18, 2010 by TDunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 went out with 2 friends last weekend. didn't get anything, didn't even see anybody get anything. for the knife, Sinker is right. full lifetime warranty on Bucks. Your knife looks pretty new with a few nicks but it still the original edge and everything so it should be an easy exchange, maybe forget to tell you were using it as a log splitter. I stick to other brands now mostly because Buck uses a variety of 440 or 420HC for almost all of their blades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Och, that hurts when you break a knife you had for a long time. BTW I have to say those are the SKINNIEST lakers I have ever seen.....they should be bitting like mad there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Well I guess you didn't learn your lesson the first time, anything sharp used for cutting shouldn't be used for chopping, eh. Some things that are never lent, ice augers, knives, axes, cause they either come back broken, bent or dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Hey...lemme borrow your knife, I wanna split some firewood. Wouldn't you rather use the axe? No..I wanna try out your knife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie_james_c Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Well I guess you didn't learn your lesson the first time, anything sharp used for cutting shouldn't be used for chopping, eh. Some things that are never lent, ice augers, knives, axes, cause they either come back broken, bent or dull. Hey...lemme borrow your knife, I wanna split some firewood. Wouldn't you rather use the axe? No..I wanna try out your knife. You gentleman have never heard of the term "batoning" I assume... I shouldn't have been using a cheap buck knife to do so though. So I'm not really mad about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie_james_c Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Nice report. Good eaters man.I'm thinking I was at the same lake sat. We did good, very light bites on the deadsticks/tip ups but the fish were hitting our jigging presentations hard. No need for snowshoes either we just wore our boots in. TDunn I think we were on the same lake as well Dunn . How'd you like the cliffhanger style side hill going into the lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunn Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) I think we were on the same lake as well Dunn . How'd you like the cliffhanger style side hill going into the lake? The hike into the lake was great, I really enjoyed it. We had the girls out with us that day and we couldnt have asked for better weather! Was that you guys we walked by at the first point? The fishing was pretty good for us.....We landed 12 (all lakers most were caught on white tubes) but we missed well over a dozen on the deadsticks.....The girls were having more fun building/maintaining the fire and cooking hotdogs/smores than running for lines...LOL, but they were happy so I was happy!! I was tempted to go back sunday but we decided to go perchin on superior.... TDunn Edited January 19, 2010 by TDunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dara Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) You gentleman have never heard of the term "batoning" I assume... I shouldn't have been using a cheap buck knife to do so though. So I'm not really mad about it. A good claw hammer works too....but its not the intended purpose. But I guess when you're hiking in you keep the weight down Edited January 18, 2010 by Dara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightline Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Nice little eaters!! And batoning is a very common way for people to break up kindling, I actually learned it as a boy in army cadets...we never had great knife for it it was allways old bayonets...although they did hold up alot better then your Buck...better to buy a great knife once then a not half bad one 20 times...good report...would definetley start making you buddy sign some sort of waiver or agreement as to the you break it you bought it kind...if nothing else it'll give you a good laugh when you mention it on the way out for your next trip!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck666 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I was tempted to go back sunday but we decided to go perchin on superiour.... TDunn perchin on superior eh? how'd ya do? and where did you go? AND finally lol how's the ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Nice work on the fish. You should look into something called an axe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie_james_c Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I was tempted to go back sunday but we decided to go perchin on superiour.... TDunn Sorry TDunn, we were there on Sunday, not Saturday . But I guess when you're hiking in you keep the weight down DING DING DING!!! Nice little eaters!! And batoning is a very common way for people to break up kindling, I actually learned it as a boy in army cadets...we never had great knife for it it was allways old bayonets...although they did hold up alot better then your Buck...better to buy a great knife once then a not half bad one 20 times...good report...would definetley start making you buddy sign some sort of waiver or agreement as to the you break it you bought it kind...if nothing else it'll give you a good laugh when you mention it on the way out for your next trip!! I agree with buying a GOOD knife once. I bought this one when I first started Moose hunting 6 years ago...didn't know any better. As for my buddy breaking it...I don't care, because if he wouldn't have broke it, I would have because I was batoning wood with it all that day ...just crapty luck that he was using it when it broke. I blame nothing on him. Nice work on the fish. You should let me carry a punch of heavy, fancy crap in for you so you have such luxuries Fixed it for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie_james_c Posted January 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 BTW I have to say those are the SKINNIEST lakers I have ever seen.....they should be bitting like mad there. They SHOULD be...but I am a terrible fisherman...so they don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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