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HD6GTOM 
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 Topic: Night crawlers on the cement tonight
Posted: 03 Apr 2019 at 11:58pm |
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Stepped out to take a leak and see night crawlers on the cement. Sure hope that's a sign that darned old snow is over for the year. Do they have night crawlers in Az? Does anyone fish in AZ?
Edited by HD6GTOM - 03 Apr 2019 at 11:59pm
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shameless dude
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Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 2:06am |
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grab them and put them in the fridge! me thinks the onlyest things they fish for in AZ is them danged ole snakes!
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Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 3:45am |
me thinks the onlyest things they fish for in AZ is them danged ole snakes! Yeah,,,but you gonna have to use something better than them danged ole night crawlers for bait,,,,,,,,we like to use coyote parts that been stored in a hermetically sealed shaded glass jar for 23 days in fermented ACV with a couple of pkgs of yeast,,,,,,UMMmmm Black Label works in a pinch if you ain't got some ACV,,,,works every time,,,,,,,
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Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 5:36am |
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that's why they still gots so many of them danged ole snakes, ole Joe keeps eating the bait! (poke,poke)
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Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 6:20am |
NOW you KNOW Spring has finally arrived ! Seeing worms means the frost is 100% out of the ground and you can finally get into the fields. However, thanks to the Shameless machine's 'donation' last weekend we're 2 weeks behind....sigh, snff, waa....
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Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 6:40am |
Here at the church we have a big 'ol parking lot and last year on a particular 'damp' morning a guy was walking around the parking lot picking up those night crawlers, gettin ready to go fishing.
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Armand(AZ)
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Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 8:54am |
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Hey Tom!! Lots of fishing here in AZ. Night crawlers are imported. My backyard is the 15th fairway that they water, but I never see crawlers. Don't think there is much fishing opportunity near Quartzsite. We will move up to ShowLow the 15th where we spend the summers. Have my boat up there. We catch a lot of trout, (rainbow and cutthroat), walleye, and catfish. Best lake is Big Lake at 10,200 ft elevation and 60 miles from Showlow. Two lakes within a mile of our park. Wind this month and next is always a problem!!!
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Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 1:05pm |
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Almond ill have to see if the grandson wants to come along. He graduates this year. Problem is, hes got so much fishing stuff I might have to leave the old gal at home. Laughing smiling face goes here. Wondering how that'll work? Ok Shameless my old pal usta go rattle snake hunting in South Dakota. He claims they are great on the BBQ. The darn things are on the endangered list in Iowa now. I might try some when I get out there.
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Posted: 04 Apr 2019 at 9:20pm |
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Armand I see spell check changed the spelling of your name in my last post. I overlooked it sorry. Grand son was here today wand we talked about him comming out for a week and doing some fishing. Is it warm enough to fish in those locations in Dec,Jan, or Feb. Can a person even get to those lakes. Seems like they might be pretty high up. Can a guy get a fishing license close by. Thank You. And again sorry about spell check messing up your name.
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Posted: 05 Apr 2019 at 12:51am |
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rattle snake IS good eating! I've had it numerous times!
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Posted: 05 Apr 2019 at 5:38am |
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rattle snake IS good eating! I've had it numerous times! |
 ,,,,Well,,,you and this snake hunter guy here would prolly get along just fine,,,,, I 'member a few years back he decided to take some Rattlesnake meat with rice to one of the Company picnics and forgot to tell anybody what it was,,,,,,,,,  Well,,after some of the company leader's wifes were sayin how "different" this meat dish was,,,,,he finally spilled the beans,,,,,and,,,,and,,,,there were just a few of them high falooting weemen went to makin a scene and went to upchuckin thet snake meat,,,,cussin ole Johnny some fierce,,,,,the Refinery President's wife being the most vocal,,,,,Gosh,,,dang but was it a mess,,,,,,,I seen it all, Needless to say,,he was informed right then and there that if he valued his future with the company,,,,,,he was to NEVER bring thet chit to another company gathering ever again,,,,!!! Ole Johnny walked around for a month lookin like he had lost his best friend,,,,,,then,,,,,,,then,,,,a couple of weeks later he got bit by a snake he was fixin to prepare for grocery time,,,was in the hospital for a week and dang near died,,,!!! ONE week after he gets out of hospital,,,,,he's back at huntin them things ,,,,,go figure,,,,,
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Armand(AZ)
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Posted: 05 Apr 2019 at 9:09am |
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Tom, no problem on the name spelling!! It usually ends up being Armando!! There are some smaller lakes here in the valley that they stock in the winter months. I call them ponds. It is kind of like combat fishing tho!! There are some lakes further to the NE, like Saguaro, Apache, and Roosevelt, but mostly bass lakes I think. The lakes up in the higher elevations freeze up in the winter months. The ice should be out of Big Lake which is at 10,200 feet when I get up there next week, but we will probably fish the lower lakes first.
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Posted: 05 Apr 2019 at 8:34pm |
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There's a rattle snake cook out every year where you can get some. I THINK it was in Texas someplace.
I've still got my broom handle with wire loop from years ago when I hunted them. You'll get a LOT sicker from a baby than from an adult.
Guy over outside of Hokah, MN had the skin tacked to his barn. I don't remember the size, but it was BIG!! He taught me how to hunt them,,,,,but I only used a little of his learnin cause he'd been bitten SO many times....
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Posted: 05 Apr 2019 at 9:34pm |
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Armand, we are wondering what the temp is like at the 10000' level in AZ in July or Aug? This older motor home doesn't have a washer or dryer in it like some of these modern units I would hate to have the old gal out there in 100° heat beating clothes clean on a rock. Heck I'd probably be the one getting??? No supper.
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Posted: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:26pm |
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Tom...they say it's a dry heat unlike our humid heat here...if ya ask me...it's still HOT!
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Posted: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:59pm |
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Tom, decades ago when our sons were teens and we did a lot of camping, a fellow camper put couple gallon of wash water and some soiled clothing in a five gallon milk can, added the lid, laid the can down on top if rear trailer bumper, then secured the can. By the time he reached his next destination the clothes were well washed. Herb(GA)
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Posted: 06 Apr 2019 at 8:25pm |
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Tom, ShowLow is at 6500ft elevation. It is usually 25 degrees cooler there on any given day than here in Mesa. When it is 115 here, it is in the high 80s in ShowLow. A few degrees cooler at Big Lake which is at 10,200ft.
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Posted: 06 Apr 2019 at 9:11pm |
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Thank you Armand. Shameless you is right!! Hot is Hot.
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