Fishing "Bingo" Contest

[Jaackrabbit]

Contest starts March 01, 2008 and will remain open until someone wins.

The Rules- (It's pretty simple really)
1. Connnect 4 in a row by catching fish on the "Fishing Bingo" card below. You can connect 4 by horizonal, vertical, diaginal or by 4 cornors.

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2. The [#ff0000]red fish[/#ff0000] squares. If you catch 4 legal size fish of one of the species listed in red, you can take one free spot anywhere on the card. Only one free spot is allowed for the game.

3. YOU have to catch the fish. So no showing off your buddies fish. (We will be on the honor system with this one).

4. Fish do not have to be caught on the same day.

5. Take pictures of you with your fish as proof of catch. No old pictures please. If you have a date stamp on your camera please use it. Only pictues taken on March 1, 2008 and later count. (Honor system again here folks) No "photoshop" pictures please, trust me I'll know.

6. Fish do not have to be in season but in order to count the fish MUST be of [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364-137191--,00.html"]legal size limit[/url] for that species. So break out your tape measures for those walleyes and bass !!!

7. Once you have caught a fish on the "Fishing Bingo" card and taken your picture, upload it to this posting.

8. First one to upload their pictures connecting 4 or by getting the 4 cornors wins !!!


The Prize- A new pair of [url "http://www.fishgillz.com/"]FishGillz[/url] Floating Polarized Sunglasses.


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[lonehunter]

This is a fantastic idea [cool]!
Hey , I'll play but don't put me in for the prise , I want a new member to win [] !
O.K. people let's get !
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[its_what_i_do]

the current was pretty strong that day i noticed they moved down away from the dam and were huddled up in small pools behind some logs around the bend, as soon as i moved down the creek i was on... i caught 5 in about an hours time most were 24-25 in fun stuff

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[Jaackrabbit]

Nice fish. It's always fun pulling those things in. They put on a good fight.

I have a pic for the bingo board as well tonight. 2 Crappie/Calico Bass. Both were 11 inches. Wooooo Hoooo.... break out the skillet !!!

I also caught a pike tonight but it was 2 inches shy of being legal so I tossed him back-(that thing was beyond slimmy and it was thrashing around like crazy so sorry no pic on that one)

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[lonehunter]

I got a whole slew of suckers , one master anglers award for shure , thought it was a cromer untill it broke the water .
Cought a legal walleye yesterday but gave it away to a lady that was fishing for them . not as big as the 5 lb. walleye I cought last week , wished I could have kept that fish !
Au Sable is loaded with suckers this week , can't get a fly to the steelies [frown] .
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[lonehunter]

Well let's see if there is anyone out there that can challange us .

After a drepressing morning at the Au Sable I decided to try my luck out at my local honey hole , I fished at that far wall right where the large plume of water is . I was pretty much soaked to the bone by the end of the afternoon . I really wasn't anticipating any fish to be up this far in the river so early .
I must add that I lost a couple pics because I left the camera in the truck but decided to get it after the first two fish I cought . First cast a 26" walleye , second cast a 18" smallmouth . When the fishing is this hot I had to stop everything and go get the camera, here's the rest of the fish I landed yesterday .

Sucker

Rockbass

Northern Pike
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[lonehunter]

Nice Brown Trout

Smallmouth

Just a reminder folks , I'm not in this contest .
You all have a chance at winning !
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[davetclown]

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[thenewmona]

Quick ?, what about husband/wife teams.
I'm already a member, so I did not want to register my husband.
Also do you have to be a member to do the fish bingo?

Thanks
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[thenewmona]

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I tried to get as many pictures as I could with me in them.
I did catch a pike @ Long Lake in Sparta, 2in shy of legal.

I had a rainbow, but somehow I did not get a pic of that.
I'm a little upset.
We were with a river guide, I know the guide has the pic of it, so if the steelhead don't count, I will get the pic from the guide.

I have been having a blast, thanks.

I am going to try for a blackout.
Like I said this is my first true year of fishing here in Mi.
As you can see, I have been going to different lakes, and catching everything.
I got a turtle on friday @ dutton park in holland. On my river guide tour, we lamphry eel, but for some reason I can not catch a carp to save my life.
I have done the corn, the shredded wheat, night crawlers.
But I an not giving up.
Hitting crystal lake next wednesday going on another guide, going to learn how to night fish.

Thanks again, having a blast
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[thenewmona]

Hey JackRabbit,

Quick ?, how do you get your pics to display on the website.
I uploaded my pics for the Bingo, but it only shows the links.

Thanks
Thenewmona

[Jaackrabbit]

CONGRATS....

We have a winner. Send me a pm with your address and I"ll send out the sun glasses.

I upload most of my pics to my own internet server (I do web site design and hosting) and then I attach the pics to the posting that way so I"m prob not the best person to ask. I'll look and see if I can find you some good directions on how to add the pics. Don't want to spread my bad habits around. []

[davetclown]

we have an attachment option for each post and we have our own photo gallery where we will host hunting and fishing photos for free.....

to find the photo gallery, click on your own user name then click the box under My Latest Picture, you will be taken directly to the upload photo in to your gallery page where you can upload as many as 10 photos at a time.
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[lonehunter]

Yea baby , that's what i'm talking about , Ya' whooped me fishing [cool]!!!!
Congrats[] !
Hey , with all those fishig trips you've taken you would be a great help with a fishing report or two when you get the chance [] .

My latest catch are some bluegills and pumpkinseeds .I'll post the pics later .
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[thenewmona]

I've been mostly fishing out of holland, but for the past week the fishing has'nt been so hot.

The fish have been really on the small side, My husband did go out to Sessions last night, and he caught a hand full of Blue Gills.

We tried Lime Lake out in Sparta, but we could'nt give the bait away.

If your looking for Pike, we hit Lake Sixteen in Wayland, because it was spose to be good for Rainbow.
But all we got was a mess of Pike, nothing legal though.

Hopefully the waters will calm down some this week, and clear up.

But I'm back at work now, so fishing is going to be limited this week.

Looking to test some stuff for ya, so if you need a test, I'm game.

Happy Hooking.


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[lonehunter]

I hit my local pike hot spot last saturday and sunday , lake 4 in Gladwin county . Daredevil , mepps , panthers , flatfish , nothingt worked !
Last year we would fish nonstop getting one cast after cast in the same lake .
Theres a monster northern in that lake , hooked onto him in the fall and he took half my rapalla with him , was looking for a rematch this year [].
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