Conference wahoo::fishing

    Hi Don, Glad to meet you.
    
    Joe Amato, Manchester NH
    UEG ZK3, Nashua, NH
    S/W Engineer
    
    Primarily salt water fishing, concentrating on tuna, in the summer
    and cod the rest of the year.  At ice out I can be found with fly
    rod in hand looking for salmon.  And after work in the summer, I'll
    try and pick up some trout (all catch and release), or surfcast for 
    blues.  Although the surfcasting and flyfishing has taken a back seat 
    since we got our 24' Grady White.
    
    Best fish to date is a 120lb Yellowfin on 50lb stand up tackle.
    Hoping to up this next year, if I can get a slip up in NH.
    
    Best non-fish: 1/2 dozen star fish, or 1 crab (take your pick)
    

	Al Whitman	 Holden, Mass
	MRO1-3/E99
	s/w engineer

	Fish almost exclusively for bass.  Have a seasonal cottage on
	Quaddik lake in Thompson, Ct.  Fish out of a 16' MonArk Fish-n-Ski
	fiberglass boat with a 75hp Mariner engine.  The only ones I keep
	are the ones that aren't going to survive.  Love that spinnerbait.
	You can't fish it wrong.

	

    Hello and Season Greetings to all,
        
    Ray Dodier a.k.a. RAYJ
    Salem, NH (NI0)
    SIE Workstation POM verification group
    
    
    I have 2 main pastimes, hunting and fishing. Now that the hunting
    season is winding down it's time to start looking at getting out 
    for some ice fishing. I go every year for smelt and white perch. 
    This usually runs between mid Jan. to late Mar. depending on how
    the ice holds up. After ice out it's up to Winni for a shot at some
    salmon/trout. This usually brings me into smallmouth time which
    then carries into largemouth time. I then go from largemouth fishing
    to archery season for deer. Next it's duck season, more archery,
    then finally rifle/shotgun season for deer. This lasts from Sept. till 
    now. Oh yea, I do get out on occaision (less than I'd like) for salt 
    water (jettys and party boats). Last year I went out on an all nighter 
    and had a good time with a decent catch of cod, cusk, and pollack. I 
    think my father and I are going to make this a yearly event. Hmmm,
    let's see, I think I can squeeze that in for May :-)
    
    RAYJ

    Work is for people who don't know how to fish....
    
    Bruce Sweet a.k.a. Capt. Codfish
    King Street Littleton, MA (LKG1)
    NAC Firmware Engineering
    
    Fish mostly salt water in my 21 ft Chris Craft (with paper and loran),
    but do have a 4 lb 19" largemouth to my name. I trailer so anywhere
    in New England is open for me, but I mostly fish Cod in inshore
    off Salem, Marblehead or Isle of Shoals. Offshore spots are Jeffries
    and Stellewagen. When the Cod dry up in July and August I do Blues.
    Also this August will be devoted to standup fishing for yellow fin
    off Block Island. Largest Cod 44lbs, pollock 35lbs, blue 17lbs. Still
    waiting for a Halibut.
    
    Also, I am now wrapping my own rods, have a custom 8 ft jigging
    stick underway that is looking great. Anyone interested in having a
    custom Cod, Tuna or Spinning stick made for them should drop me
    a line.                 
    
    Capt. Codfish

Joe Tomas a.k.a "HoleShot Joe"
Merrimack, NH (MKO1)

BOAT: 14' PrinceCraft (customized) w/25HP Merc & Minn Kota 565 bow-mounted
      electric motor.


Most of my fishing is in pursuit of ole bucketmouth in NH waters.  Although 
I didn't catch any hawgs this year, I certainly did catch a lot more than in 
past years thanks to tips I learned from guys like Rick "R/O" Palmer.  Last 
year, however, I caught two bass that tipped the scales at 7+ lbs, and 
several over 5 lbs.

Earlier this year, I customized my 14' aluminum PrinceCraft by installing 
carpeted floorboards, a forward casting deck with swivel seat, and a storage 
compartment.  I really am proud of the way it turned out and it has 
certainly made the boat into much more of a "fishing machine"!  Next spring 
I'm planning to build-in an aerated live-well.

I've thoroughly enjoyed getting together with a lot of you fellow bassers by 
way of the tourneys we've had.  I enjoyed coordinating several of them and 
although it's a lot of work and I took some abuse, it was worth the effort. 
I know a lot of us had fun (even in the rain!).

I look forward to bassin next year, but I think I'll try some salmon fishing 
early in the season now that I've got a boat.  I also look forward to 
meeting more of you...hopefully some of you at DonMac's house in January!

Happy New Year!

-Joe- (is it ice-out yet???  ...sigh...)  

    
    
    Joe Lesica, Franklin,MA
    work at MRO3-Marlboro, MA
    Marketing
    
    New to the notes file but not to fishing.  I've been fishing ever
    since I could hold a rod.  My fishing starts at ice out for trout
    until around Memorial weekend or until the water warms up to much
    for the trout.  After that its bass for the rest of the year.  Some
    of the spring trout I keep for the frying pan.  All the bass I get
    are released.  I fish out of a canoe with an electric motor.  Its
    great for hard to get at places.  My best bass this year was a 7
    lber. 23".  It was an exceptional bass year for me with many in
    the 3-4 lb range.  I'm always looking for someone to go fishing
    with as all my neighbors are into hitting alittle white ball around
    a golf course all summer and are not into fishing.  I'd love to
    have someone come along with me and share the enjoyment I get.
    
    My wife gave me a bumper sticker recently that read:
    My wife says she'll leave me if I go fishing one more time----
    Boy am I going to miss her!
    
    
    
    Joe
    
    

    Hi .
    My name is Walt Gibson and I am really into the Salt!! 
    
    Favorite fishing- Blues, Sharks, Lobster (Diving) and Tuna.
    
    also I love trout-fresh & salt, and flounder 
    
    I just put up the boats for the winter and will proberly be ready
    to go as soon as the flounder wake up in March.
    
    I prefer fly fishing for trout and jigging or live lining in salt.
    but am willing to try any type of fishing. I am always looking for
    other fisherman as company and will welcome all calls.
    
    This year I plan to register a boat for N.H. water as well as Ma.
    I'll also break down and buy a N.H. Licence in Jan.  Also I'm looking
    forward to Ice fishing for trout and smealt.
    
                                    Heres hopeing for a fine year!!!!
    
                                    Walt Gibson
                                    Dracut, Ma.
                                    Contract at LTN-2 Littleton, Ma
                                    Power Group

    Keith Dilsworth   Nashua,  NH  
    Networks and Communications CSSE
    Merrimack, NH     MKO1  

    Hi,
    I am an avid fresh  water  fisherman.   I'll  start  off  salmon
    fishing  in the spring and then switch to bass about mid may.  I
    try to make most of "Joe's" tournaments and am a member  of  the
    NH Amateur Bass Club.

	Greetings:

	Ed Preston
	CHM, Chelmsford MA
	CAS/MRS, Programmer/Analyst
	
	I just re-discovered fishing this year while vacationing
	at the in-law's condo on Paugus Bay, Lake Winnepesaukee.
	At first I caught perch on nightcrawlers, and wondered why
	I didn't get any attention from bass (you can see them right
	off the dock). Well, I did get "hooked" enough to keep at it,
	and after a little time in this file I began to learn about
	all this mysterious stuff like "spinner bait", "hula poppers",
	"jitterbugs" and the venerable rubber worm.

	I went out and got myself a 5 1/2' South Bend Boron/Graphite rod
	and a Johnson Century 225 closed-face reel (okay, I know, not
	sexy but it's worked so far), a little tackle box (that's already
	too full), and I was ready for action!

	So far I've caught 2 smallmouths, (13" and 18"), a 21" pickrel,
	a 12" land-locked salmon, a fair sized catfish, and more than
	enough perch. All went back but the smaller bass - I got talked
	into cooking that one, and now I'm a confirmed catch/release guy.
	I could bring myself to fillet perch, an occasional trout, maybe
	a salmon, but for some reason I the bass seem different. Maybe
	it's because they fight so well, or because they don't stock them,
	or because all the fun seems to be in catching them. I'd rather
	let them go to keep the population high, and wait for a lunker 
	for the wall. Somebody who knows a lot more about fishing than I
	do said I should have kept that 18" Smallmouth - trophy size. Oh
	well, he's still out there...

	I live right on the Merrimac River in N. Chelmsford, and have
	spent several hours fishing it but have so far been skunked,
	which is embarrasing, since I can see them jumping out of the
	water sometimes.

	In NH I fish off the dock or from a 17' canoe. I'd like to add an
	electric motor, and maybe upgrade the reel to a baitcaster. I plan
	to try some ice fishing, too.

	Ed

    
    STEVE CUZZONE
    SPRINGFIELD PLANT FINANCE DEPT.
    
    I fish out of a Lund Tyee 4.9 (4.9 meters = 16'3") with a 70 horse
    Evinrude on the back and assorted accesories (aereated livewell,
    trolling motor, casting platform w/pedestal seat up front and Eagle
    Z6100 courtesy of Bassin' Bob).  Bass are tops but I fish to relax
    and anything that's stupid enough to swallow a hook is ok by me.
    I throw 'em all back anyways (except one shad which was a mistake
    and one trout which wasn't).
    
    I primarily fish Western Mass (the western side of the Connecticut
    River and beyond) including Hampton Ponds, the Oxbow, Onota and
    Pontoosuc in Pittsfield.  When I don't have the time to haul the
    tub and launch, I strap on the hipboots and look for bass in the
    rivers (Conn., Westfield and Housatonic).
    
    I salute the ladies and gentlemen of this conference and thank you
    for the help you've provided in making my fishing time more productive,
    if less relaxing (how do you relax with an 18" smallmouth on the
    other end of the line?)
    
    Steve

    
    Joe Whittemore	Huntington MA
    Programmer Analyst
    Westfield MA   WFO
    
    	There's only one thing that stops me from fishing;
    			When the ice's too thin.
    
    	It's fresh water all the way for me. I live in the heart of
    the Berkshire hill towns ... where the Westfield meets the Westfield
    by the Westfield ... (The Middle Branch meets the East Branch just
    north of my house and the West Branch joins them just south of my
    house).
    
    	I fly fish, spin fish, bait fish, troll lead core, and ice fish.
    My favorite waters run from the smallest of brooks (in Montgomery)
    to 'big' ponds such as Otis.
    
    	My favorite pond for any season is Goose Pond (primarily Upper
    Goose) in Lee MA.
    
    	My favorite streach of river is the catch and release section
    of the Westfield River north of Huntington MA on Rt. 112.
    
    	I own a 13' 64# glass canoe and electric motor and spend an
    average of 16 hours a week fishing from it durring the season.
    
    

    
    Bart Lasky Hudson MA
    Maintainability Engineer in NKS (part of SHR, long story)
    
    Boat = 16 ft canoe with power outboard (My hands)
    
    Mostly Flyfish for trout but love to fish for anything.  I plan
    to do more flyfishing for Bass this year.  When fishing for Bass
    I usually end up with the spinning rod but this year I will try
    harder and stick with the flyrod.  I had a great time at all of
    the outings with you guys this year and next year we have to all
    get together again.
    
    PS: to Joe at MR I'm located across the street from you.  This spring
    look me up, god only knows I hate golf but love to fish!!

Jeanne DeCarolis
Parker Street
Technical Illustrator

I've been fishing since I was a little kid, off piers and docks, 
lately its been either in my Boston Whaler, or my fathers' boat.  
Salt water fishing has always been my favorite.  

I like to cruise up and down the Annisquam River, when I know the
oceans' going to be relatively calm I'll make the run around Cape
Ann.  When I fish I don't really have anything in mind, the bigger
the better.  I like fishing without bait, seaworms are nasty to put
on the hook.  Mostly I fish for cod, mackerel, blues, and of course,
tuna when they are running.  

My Dad and I fought a tuna for 18 hours once, thats when I 
decided I should have my own boat.  I'm not that much of a fanatic
that I need to fish in the winter time, but I will fish when the
opportunity arises, whether its New England or down the Florida
Keys.   

Happy Holidays to All!

    Bob Puishys
    HPSCAD Software Eng.
    MR01-1/M31
    
    BASSIN' Bob
    Winner of the 1986 DEC MASS BASS MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP
    Winner of the 1987/fall DEC MASS/NH Team Championship
    With Rich "read only" partner winner of the 1987 Granite State Open
    who also was the Winner of the 1987/spring DEC MASS/NH Championship
    
    Fish from a 1986 Ranger 373 with Johnson 150GT
    
    I will fish for just about anything that swims (including Mermaids)
    I belong to the Worcester Bass Masters and fish the Mass Western
    Divison Trail.
    
    Release all my fish except for a few trout.  
    I will fish with anything from a 3' ultra to a 7'6" flipping stick
    or even a flyrod for Blue fish.
    
    Biggest fish caught(snaged) was a 22' basking shark!
    

    David Haigh
    
    Channels Marketing Group
    MKO1-2/D12
    
    
    Most of my recent fishing has been deep sea, party boat stuff. 
    This fall I purchased a Crawdad so in the spring it will be getting
    some kind of motor (I cannot decide if electric, gas or both, and
    it will depend on the availability of $$$$). With the boat I will
    be starting fresh water fishing for "anything that bits" but hoping
    for Bass.
    
    I am also looking forward to getting my little girl interested in
    fishing.
    
    David.
    
                                                                     

    Rich Horwitz  	Rahway NJ (no longer the home of the State Pen.)
    
    		Work: New York Area Logistics  Piscataway  (LYF)
    		      Product Specialist  with DEC 9.5 yrs.
    
    I fish the surf for whatever...although would truly love to nail
    that 50 # striper. I only keep what will be used.
    Currently serving as Asst. Co-ordinator of NJ Beach Buggy Assn Courtesy
    Patrol and V.P. of Suburban, Urban, Rural,Fishermen, Inc (S.U.R.F.)
    a local club comprised mainly (but not solely) of DECies.
    
    I tend to take a course of total involvement in surf fishing, including
    building my own tackle and using all types of gear.

    Happy Holidays...
    
    Jack Hagerty
    DDD T24 Nashua NH 
    Home is in Merrimack, NH.
    
    I think my first love is Steelhead fishing in the Salmon River in
    NY. Either early winter or early spring. (Only serious fisherpersons
    are there - means no crowds) Two years agao I bought a scanoe. That
    really didnt do it. After pouting for 20 years every time I went
    by a Marina my wife said to stop it and go buy a boat. I started
    out at a 14 ft aluminum. I ended up with a 16 ft glass bass boat,
    all the bells. 70 HP trim and tilt, electric. Sold HER car for the
    4X4 king cab to pull it. 
    I get 5 weeks vacation - been with DEC too long. Do you know how
    many Bass trips you can get in with 5 weeks vacation? (Wife gets
    two remember...) Sorry..
    4 years ago I didnt really fish. Thank you Jack Varley. See what
    you have started. Now about that Grady White I really wanted......

    Al Jamison
    Milford, NH
    
    14' Canoe (Stillwater by White)
    fiberglass - no motor.
    
    
    As of this year, I am at the low end of the learning curve and loving
    every minute.  I will catch anything that wants to bite (as long
    as I have someone who can remove the hooks!!), but I like the bass
    most and don't tend to get anything else on the line excepting perch
    and pikerel.
    
    The largest bass I caught was in the 3-4 lb range and I got 3 of
    those.  I am a 100% catch and release (cause I don't much like eating
    fish), but someday I am going to want to learn how to clean a fish
    so I can camp and fish without too much supply.  I am sure the
    fish taste better when you need them for sustenance!  I won't mind
    eating perch for that.
    
    I love to camp and have some adequate equipment.  I also have a young
    family and voluntarilly limit my fishing to late nights and early
    mornings.  I will be taking an overnight or two (more if I can)
    this summer.  Lastly, I love to spend money on lures and such and
    trying it all out!
    
    Al...

    
    MY name is MARK MESSIER
    I work in westminster, mass
    schedular/planner in cluster group
    working on 5 years in dec
    
    love to fish for all types of fish especially bass.
    not a great year this year but not a bad one either.did manage to
    catch a couple of 4 lbers and some 2 and 3lbers. this was my first
    year for smallies and i caught a 4lber and three 3lbers ,not bad
    for 2 outings. next year i am planning to do more jigging cause
    this past year spinner baits seemed to have gone down hill. oh well
    i am a firm believer in fish and master what you feel confidence
    in . plan on doing alot of fishing in western mass this year.

	Norm Burbine
	BPO1 Marlboro           (Residence is on CAPE COD year round)
	dtn 296-3236
	Program Manager GIA

 Boats: 35' ALURA open sport fish powered by twin Chevy 350's

        18' center console work skiff (wooden) powered 
	    by 35 horsepower Johnson

	11' glass rowboat powered by 2 horsepower Johnson (or oars)

	10' rubber boat (great for exploring marsh rivers etc)
	    Also uses the 2 horsepower Johnson
Sure like to fish and sometimes even catch some even though as we all 
now that catching them just adds to the fun. I really only work to support
the boating and fishing habits. But since all fisher-persons(don't want 
Jeanne D. to feel left out. Maybe she will bring her Whaler to the 
Cape this year) spend more money than they have my wife also works.

Normally when the weather is warmer take a run out in one of the boats
after I get home from work. Unfortunately the Alura is on blocks for 
the winter but the work skiff is always ready. Had the engine on her 
running the day before Christmas but could'nt find anyone that wanted 
to go out. This time of year I don't go out alone cause the water temp 
is below 50 degrees.

    
    
    Joe DeMaria
    PHH Blue Bell, Pa.
    Field Service Networks & Site Services Mgr.
    
    I re-discovered surf fishing about 6 years after I bought a Dodge
    4X4 Ramcharger and went looking for things to do with it.
    Since then surf-fishing has become my main diversion from the real
    world.  I usually "go fishing" rather than "go to catch fish". 
    My wife sometimes has a difficult time understanding the difference.
    I finally caught my first Striper (~18") on Dec 10.  Like the Beach
    Bagel I'm looking for the 50 pounder.  
    
    I usually make 2 or 3 trips a year for tuna or shark, but I usually
    would rather be on a beach or jetty.
    
    In the winter I build rods and make wooden lures.  The striper I
    mentioned above was caught on a lure and rod I made last winter.
    Nice feeling of satisfaction.
    
    I am a member of the New Jersey Beach Buggy Assoc.  A great
    organization that has taught me alot about both respect for the
    beach and fishing in general.
    
    PS  Tell us more about S.U.R.F
    

    Thought I'd introduce myself
    
    Henry Fredericks
    pdm marlborough
    marketing
    
    Just signed on with DEC about a month ago, and it didn't take me
    long to find out about this conference. My wife, also a DECCY (sp?),
    and I moved up from Raliegh, North Caroplina,and have just settled
    into an old victorian up in Leominster.mass. I am a fishing fanatic
    (except for ice) and would probably try trolling in a toilet bowl
    if there were fish there! I enjoy all types of fishing,but especially
    flyfishing for trout,worming for bass, and surfcasting for blues
    and strippers. I even have a 761# giant bluefin to my credit (prince
    edward island ,1974) Thus far I've found a stream up in pepperal
    with some nice brookies in the 12-15 inch range-fly fishing only
    i think, and got my truck registered out on plum island in time
    to chase some nice blue fish (one was 18#+) and some schoolie stripers
    on a fly rod. Don't have a boat right now,as we sold our 20' I/O
    in raleigh-great for water skiing and lakes,but wouldn't want to
    run out to block in it. Am thinking about a small canoe in the spring
    time and would appreciate any leads. Hope to start doing some more
    poking around in the spring time and usually carry licences for
    Ct,NY,Mass, and sometimes R.I.. Look forward to reading along and
    
    meeting a few of you along the way.
    
    

This is the introduction file. So let me enter my fishing 
resume'.

Richard Gath 	Nickname : Bear
Merrimack N.H.

Work: Merrimack N.H.

Boat: 22 ft Angler Walk around with 200 hp Merk.

Fishing experience:

Spent my early years in the pursuit of trout in Pa. When I was 
hired at Dec. I worked and lived in Westfield Mass. For about 
ten years I spent my time fly fishing the Westfield River, all
branches and some limited access areas.

I also spent about 5 years traveling out to the Salmon River
in New York and "FISHING" for salmon and steelhead. We made 
about 5 trips a year. We nearly always caught fish and I remember
one trip in particular where I landed over 30 steelhead in one
day over 5 pds.

Also I was beginning to acquire an interest in salt water. So I 
would make a few trips fishing to Block Island, Charestown 
Breachway, and the mouth of the Merrimack River. We would fish
for flounder and Cod fish. In the summer we would fish for
Blues and a occasional striper.

Later I really got bit by the striper bug and rented a camp on 
Plum Island for two years and started fishing regularly at night
for stripers. As all of you should know these were the lean years
for stripers and catching one cow a season was perhaps the Ave.

Well because of this decline I started fishing Jeffries for Cod 
and Haddock. I have made about 50 or so trips. Some good some 
lean.

I have fished Cape Cod Bay, Races point, The race, Pleasant Bay
Quincy bay, Salem, Boston Harbor, Halibut Point, Southern 
Jeffries, Northern Jeffries, Wells Maine, Mouth of the Conn.
River, Naragansit Bay, Charestown Breachway, Block Island.
But my specialty is Mouth of the Merrimack and all brackish
water in a 7 miles of the Merrimack.


Memorable Fish: 49 pd striper live lining Herring at Pleasant bay
                49 pd striper on a sea worm at Merrimack River

		14 pound steelhead

Memorable Trips: Mouth of the Merrimack; 4 fish 128 pds total
		  weight.
                  About three trips when I went out a alone
                  and scored big with stripers. One was on the
                  4th of July and another was at Cranes Beach
   	 	  They set off the nicest display of fire
                  works I ever saw. It didn't bother the fishing
                  either.
                  And of course the two or three really good
                  trips steelhead fishing mentioned earlier.

I do not recommend that any one go out alone . However for 
those that do there is a special feeling that you get. It
is why I LOVE fishing the ocean. This feeling is also stronger
when you fish at night alone. The mouth of the Merrimack is
a dangerous place in the daytime so please don't do anything
as foolish as me at least until you are intimately familiar
with every rock, sand bar, jetty, and rip. It takes years of
experiences to develop confidence. 

There is one song By the Little River Band that I really like 
called "Cool Change".( It talks about being out on the sea alone)

I have also fished for tuna but I must admit that my experience 
is real limited. I think I went out on a grand total of three 
trips.... I did see a few though.

Last year I retired temporary from fishing and followed other 
pursuits. My wife so far has tolerated my absence. I hope to
get back into it soon.

I have also spent long days ice fishing for trout on many
of the large New Hampshire Lakes. Oh yea love them smelt
and white Perch.

I would also like to say that I really enjoy eating fish.
I do not eat fish from Lake Ontario. I do not eat fish
from Salem or Quincy Bay. I detest the waste of fish and this
includes the sole called "BAD" species. I have no qualms
about turning in any law breakers. I am strongly apposed
to destroying suckers,pickerel,bass,dace,or any species
of fish that might be left on the ice or just thrown on
the stream or pond bank. I am also saddened when I see
people over harvesting the blue fish when I know that they
will eventually be thrown out.

It isn't going to last for ever.....

Bear.

P.S. also there is a fine on my boat for anyone who litters.

    Well its good to see so many new fishermen coming in on this note.
    Along with the "oldies" this is becoming a good source of very
    diversified fishing forms. Keep them coming.
    
    Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Bob Beazley. I am a Software
    Consultant located in Dallas and have been at DEC for almost eighteen
    years now. The "oldies" know me as "COONASS". This is the local
    (Louisiana) term for Cajuns. Yes, I was born and raised in Louisiana,
    even have the swamp stripes around my legs to prove it!!! I have
    been fishing for the better part of my 50+ years. I can't remember
    exactly when I started, but it was when I was very young because
    it is very important in our culture to start children fishing early.
    For many their livelihood depends upon it.
    
    For three years I worked for DEC in Vancouver, British Columbia,
    Canada. During this time I had a 26' Bayliner and went after the
    salmon damn near every weekend!! Beautiful country, beautiful fishing.
    Probably the biggest was 25-30 lbs, with MANY 200 lb weekends.
    
    Recently though it has been a return to my roots. Both parents have
    passed away leaving me and my sister the family fishing camp. It
    is located 25 miles east of Shreveport, Louisiana on Lake Bistineau.
    It is a nice place for weekends with a comfortable cabin, a bass
    boat, a powerboat, and a piroque(thats a one man boat used in tree
    congested, shallow water). Last spring Joe Tomas was in Dallas and
    we spent some time there. 
    as you "oldies" already know, there is a standing invitation if
    any of you have occassion to be in this "neck of the woods", just
    give me a call and we can plan on going. As Joe can testify we do
    have fun as well. Joe particularly liked my pet alligator,
    Phideaux(pronounced Fido), but hes grown a bit now and I'm afraid
    if I tried to flush him down the toilet it would just make him mad
    and he would probably eat the toilet.
    
    We fish for sac-a-lait(white perch or crappies), bream, blue gills,
    Mason perch, catfish, and especially bass!! I would guess the largest
    one I ever caught was 6-7 lbs. Recently they caught a catfish a
    couple of camps over that weighed 15 lbs.
    
    I go down to the camp 4-5 times a year usually staying a weekend
    and an extra day.
    
    Occasionally I enter Cajun fishing or hunting stories in dialect.
    Their choice and placement of English words is perculiar, but if
    you understood Cajun French, you would realize what they are doing
    is placing English words in the exact place as the French words.
    Maybe some of you have seen Justin Wilson or Doug Kershaw on TV.
    This is the way I heard the stories and I think it is a tribute
    to their beautiful wit(nothing is sacred to them, least of all
    themselves). They will go to great lenghts to see that you are both
    comfortable and amused. I have watched them outdistance each other
    with fish stories that border the supernatural. Most all my relatives
    and many of my lifelong friends are among their numbers. If my dialect
    gets too difficult to understand, just let me know and I'll explain
    it.
    
    Sorry bout the volume, but its becoming damn interesting reading
    about all the different types of fishing, carp, tuna, mackeral,
    smelt, ice(whats an "ice" ;-)).
    
    Bonne chance, mes amis....
    
    COONASS

    
    Re: 23
    
    Yes Yes!  I know that song "Cool Change"....the lyrics are really
    nice.
    
        If there's one thing in my life thats missing,
           its the time that I spend alone,
        The albatross and the whales, they are my brothers.
    
    
    Re: 20
       Thanks for the clarification of fisherman vs. fisherperson!.
       I do hope to make it down the Cape some year, there is a    
    Boston Whaler Tournament run out of P.Town every labor day, but
    I only have a 13.5 Super Sport w/35 Merc.  Losing sight of
    land kind of terrifies me, even though the boat is unsinkable.
    
    Jeanne
    

    Good idea Don!
    
    Name: Bob Sansing aka "The Stick"
    Live: Amherst N.H.
    Work: Acton MA. GIA Ed Services
    
    I relocated back to the U.S. from a two year assignment in Australia
    where I had the chance to catch some of the strangest looking fish
    I had ever seen.
    Upon my arrival in the U.S. I discovered this notes conference and
    was HOOKED. How hooked you ask? Within two months I bought a 16'
    Grumann Challenger Bass Boat with all the "Toys". Last week I traded
    my 1987 Fiero for a 1988 Chevy Blazer to haul the boat around to
    my new found favorite fishing spots. I also have a 16' fiberglass
    canoe that I use on the pond just outside my back door, great for
    pickeral fishing in late April. I also do some trout fishing at
    the Souhegan (sp) River in Wilton just after ice out. 
    I hope to meet some of you guys along the way this spring.
    
    

    
    Name:  Wayne Hunter
    Live:  Colorado Springs
    Work:  CX01-1/M12  EMI Engineer
    
    	I got started fishing at a rather young age of around 3 years.
     Until last year, all of my fishing was limited to TROUT.  (It seems
    that there are not many other species of fish that can survive at
    9000 feet above sea level and with 9 months of winter.)  So, I learned
    how to trout fish both with flies and with spinning gear.  I spent
    many years fishing mainly for German Browns, brook trout, and
    cutthroats.  (Rainbows usually tasted mushy!)  The most enjoyable
    fishing back then was to saddle up the horse, ride him up the middle
    of the river, and fly fish off his back.  I admit, I was a meat
    fisherman back then, but that was quite a few years ago.
    	Now, I am thouroughly enjoying fishing for the warm water species
    of fish that are available on the East slope of the Rockies.  I
    am a total rookie at most of these, but am learning fast from a
    years experience and this notes file.  The thing I like most about
    the warm water fish vs. trout is that warm water fish can be made
    angry enough to hit something.  If trout aren't feeding, you might
    as well throw rocks.  Warm water fish will hit out of pure anger.
    	I have done some Salmon fishing in Alaska, some saltwater in
    Mexico, Hawaii, Florida, and the East coast.  I now have a dedicated
    fisherman coming up in my son who is 11.  (Might be the 4#+
    largemouth I let him mount this summer.)  I hope to be able to take
    him somewhere that he can be able to catch some major fish within
    the next couple years.  (read greater than 25#ers).
    	I hope that all out there had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and with
    have a VERY MERRY AND PROSPOROUS NEW YEAR.

    I'm Ron Scholz, "Ranger Ron" in this file, and work in VFO (South
    Larwence, Ma.). DEC pays me to be the Worldwide Sr. Quality Manager
    for Vendor Equipment Services.
    
    I've been fishing for over forty years, being lucky enough to have
    been born and raised on a lake in Wisconsin. I guess that I'm one
    of the "old timers" in this file (see note 6 or so) but I'm still
    young at heart ;^)
    
    I fish out of a 375 Ranger (hence the nickname) with all the toys
    and a 150hp Merc to move it around and do so for BASS. I'm a life
    time member of the Bass Anglers Sportmans Society and an avid supporter
    of Catch and Release. 
    
    There's enough of me spread around this file, so I'll end it here.
    
    All the best in the coming year and Tight Lines, Ranger Ron

    Hi all,
    
    Erik Petersen
    Work in Stow, Ma.
    Live in Arlington, Ma.
    
    I finally bought a Coleman Scanoe this past spring and outfitted
    it with everything possible, swivel seats, electric motor, rod holders,
    etc. etc..,  mostly a freshwater fisherperson, caught my biggest
    bass this past summer 5.5lbs.  I carry a rod and reel everywhere
    I go, I've caught strange fish in Bermuda to skates in the Bahamas.
    
    I grew up in St. Thomas so I've been fishing for almost 20 years
    in either fresh or salt water.
    
    Looking forward to the spring tourneys and some ice fishing, and
    meeting some faces behind the notes! 
    
    Good luck to everyone in 1988!!!

    
    
    Hi out there in "Fishin' land"
    
    Jim Mercurio
    Manufacturing Engineer at Salem (NIO) N.H.
    Reside in Kingston, N.H. (on the banks of Powwow Pond)
    
    I'm into fishing in a big way. About 99% of my fishing is for bass
    and the remaining 1% is on other species, fresh and salt water. I
    belong to the Border Bassmen of Salem N.H. and have been actively
    bassin' for 11+ years. I began with the Raymond Bassmasters in 1976
    and am proud to say that "I've come a long way baby". That first
    year I didn't even weigh in one bass (not a very good start), how
    embarrassing. I fished out of a 16ft MFG run-about with a Silvertrol
    electric motor on the transom which pulled the boat backwards when
    I was fishing. I mounted a swivel seat to the top of a metal cooler
    I found at the town dump this was my livewell/fighting chair. I
    installed this  behind the bench seat on some green carpeted, 2X12's, 
    within reach of the electric motor. I had the fastest boat because it 
    was powered by a 50 horse Evinrude. There I was, fishing with my Burke,
    Worms, Mepps spinners, Dare Devils and a custom made ultra-light
    4-1/2ft rod, Orvis reel, and 4 lb test Stren line... I remember in 1978
    I saw my first spinnerbait, boy did I have a good laugh,(looked
    and sounded like something you'd put on a Chistmas tree as a
    decoration). Little did we know it was to change they way I would
    fish in the future. The user of this spinnerbait was Gene Gallagher,
    then the editor of The New Hampshire Outdoorsman, he  lived on
    Powwow Pond and was an avid fisherman, he got it from, I believe,
    Whopper Stopper to field test. Well I'm here to tell ya, the laughing
    quickly ceased when he held up a stinger of 5 bass in the 4 to 6lb
    class.  Momma didn't raise no fool, it wasn't long before I was
    throwing spinnerbaits with similiar success. Unfortunately  this
    didn't happen until my second year in the club. Well, enough of
    the rambling, I hope to meet more of you guys and maybe get to go
    fishing together sometime. 
    
    
    
    					Still Learning
                                                           
    							Jim

    Jack Varley
    NRO2-1 234-4410
    Home - West Boylston, Ma.
    
     I'm a fisherman and a golfer who's had the good fortune to both
    field test for Stren and Bill Norman, and work as a teaching golf
    professional. Most of my fishing now is done with Jack Hagerty,
    primarily for Steelhead and Browns around Pulaski, N.Y.
     At one time I was an avid Bass fisherman, but have never done better
    than around 7lbs. Best Steelhead was around 14lbs, but naturally
    lost one around 20. Jack and I are both catch 'n release guys, save
    for an odd Steelie or Brown (right now we're the ultimate in catch
    and release - no catch).
     I'm a charter member of "RodCrafters" and still occasionally build
    a stick, as well as work on golf clubs. In the past I've belonged
    to everything from B.A.S.S to Florida Georgia Bass Fishermen, to
    American Bass Fishermen and a couple of others I've forgotten. Great
    decals and patches though, and good magazines.
     I'm a Spinnerbait and Crankbait guy (as long as it'as a "Little
    N" or a "RazorBack Pig", but I'd like to learn more about Jigs and
    Worms.
     Most of you know me as "The Skoal Bandit", and when I was married
    I used to fish so I could chew and drink beer later. I'm no longer
    married, so since most of y'all are college graduates, you can figger
    out the rest...
     Many thanks to my fishing partner old "Lavender Jack"; may he find
    a fishin'cap big enough to fit him. Thanks too to Wayne Hunter and
    Rich "The Beach Bagel" Horwitz for responding to my serious questions
    this year. We need more guys like you.
     "There"s Never A Slip, Twixt My Dip and My Lip"...
    
    - The Skoal Bandit

       Name: Ray Desrosiers (ONE MAN BAND)
       Loc:  Salem N.H.
       Home: Manchester N.H.
    
    I fish mostly for bass around N.H. and do very little trout fishing.
    I plan on trying salmon fishing this year I have never done it but i've
    been reading all the notes on salmon so I may get a chance this
    year on cathing one I hope. I also belong to the N.H. Amateur (sp)
    Bass Club.

    Name: Denny Rieu
    Home: Leominster, Mass.
    Work: Salem N.H.
    
    I fish fresh and salt water, although I haven't been able to surf
    fish as much as I would like in the last couple of years.
    I have a 12' Jon boat and electric motor. I fish mostly ponds and
    small lakes in the Central Mass. area.
     I belong to the Ayer and Leominster sportsmens' Clubs. They both
    have trout ponds with some bass also. see you on the water.

    Name: Ron Loyd
    Work: Area Support Engineer (SOA)
          Memphis, Tn.
    
    Boat: '87 Ranger 375, GT150 Johnson, full Lowrance sonar
    Tackle: Rods are all Lew Childre 5'6" to 7'6"
            Reels ABU Gracia
            Baits are what ever they are hitting ( favorite baits are
            worms and pig & jig )
    Clubs: Member Lakeview Bassmasters
          
    I fish predominantly for bass and have for about the last 20+
    years.  I fish the Red Man tournament trail as well as the Hungry
    Fisherman circuit. 
    
    I would like to extend an open invitation to any of yall that if
    you find yourself heading down this way to give me a call ( DTN
    356-6723 ).  I would be more than happy to chauffer you around some
    of our local lakes.
    
    later,
    Ron

    Name: Rich Neal
    Home: Charlton Mass
    Work: Shrewsbury (Heads Manufacturing Engineering)
    
    Favorite Fish: The kind that swims.
    Largest fish: Very Big
    Favorite fishing grounds: I'll never tell
    Boat: It aint a Ranger but it works.
    Tackle: Zebco given to me by the Legend.
    
    

   -< The "masked man" as I was referred to in an earlier reply I entered >-

	Name:  Bryan Cothran
	Home:  Hudson Ma
	Work:  Maynard  (ML0-MSD S/W Prod. Mgr)
	Fish:  trout (stream), and Bass
	Tackle: Love the ultra-lite (except in stumpy water)  Fish 
	primarily with rubber worm or rebel/rapala
	Favorite spots: For trout: #1 Baker Nev. stream fishing; #2 
	All other trout streams close to home.  Assabet river and Delaney 
	for Bass cuz their close to home. (little ones have a tendency 
	to keep me close)

	Largest:  Trout = Brown 4.6 lbs; Bass - a bunch of 3 - 4 lbrs, 
	nothing larger, Channel Cat - don't know, but it's head was as
	big as mine (I was 9yrs old at the time)  Where's the "stories" 
	note and I'll add a reply about my trout and catfish.

	Been reading the file for awhile now, and have added a few notes
	as well. Bunch of good info in here, the BS is fun too, when 
	it's kept in check.  Am looking forward to meeting some of you 
	(maybe at the Centrum), this year, and enjoying at least one 
	tourny as well. You guys got me checking out ice fishing hardware, 
	never tried it but may this year.  You guys also got me interested 
	in trying out a few new ways/means by which to catch fish (i.e. pig & 
	jig). 

	Will try to be more active in future, but for now enjoy the 
	hell of just reading.

	Bryan (my friends call me "Hey Bry", *^#$ lips, and &*(hole to 
	      name a few)
    

Ed Sander
Pepperell Ma.

Field Service - Stow Ma.

Fished many years fresh and salt water in Philadelphia and New Jersey area. 
Moved to Mass. in 1972 and did not fish until 1985. Crazy right! To much travel,
heavy workload, kids etc. But now I have my priorities straight.

Fish moslty fresh water these days. Do make an annual trip to Nantucket for
blues, would like to spend more time at Cape Cod Canal and Plum Island for 
blues and stripers. 

Majority of fresh water fishing is in the Northern part of Middlesex county,
especially Pepperell and Groton. But I do enjoy fishing different locations, 
one of the reasons I like the DEC tournements. 

Fish out of a 12'5" dory driven by a 3hp MinnKota. Not a bass boat but some 
standards, but it meets my needs for now. Mounted a Hummingbird 1000 last 
spring. Mrs. Santa gave me a color-selector this year, should be fun.  

Mostly go after bass with an occassional trip for trout; but primarily, I just
like to fish. 

When I started fishing I was into ultra-light. As I read this file I began to 
spend more time fishing for bass. I began using a baitcaster last year and now 
I am a beliver! This year I plan on learning to flip and pitch and make a few 
trips to the Merrimack river for shad and smallmouths.

Have no hawg's to my credit(4lbs-19" best), but I think this may be my year. 

    "BIG" JACK BRICKLEY
    
    LIVE: N. Chelmsford M.A.
    
    WORK: Edservices Billerica M.A.
    
    BOAT: 1986 Venture Bass Boat [ fully loaded ]
    
    
    I'm currently President of the New England BASS Angling Association.
    I fish mainly for Bass but when ice first goes I give Trout and
    Salmon a go on fly rod or ultra-lite rods. I believe in catch and
    release of all Bass.  I will take trout and salmon for the freezer
    because I do love to eat fish. Do to the efforts of the stocking
    program of trout in M.A. I feel this does not hurt the quality of
    the trout fishing. My biggest BASS taken was on wild shinners during
    my honeymoon in Florida. The BASS wieghed in at 9lbs 4oz. This was
    on a guided trip on the Kissimee chain of lakes. Largest trout was
    4lbs taken in Georgetown M.A. at Pantuckett Pond.
    
      Well, good luck to all.
    
    Jack Bass Brickley

    My name is Kevin "BIG HAWG" Pomeroy
    
    Live : Bedford, Ma
    
    Work : Edservices in Billerica, Ma
    
    At the present time I do not own a boat, so I spend alot of time
    fishing with Jack Brickley.  I spend most of my time fishing for
    Bass and anything else I catch.  I have not caught alot of big Bass
    but I have caught quite a few in the 1-3 lbs. range.  I also like
    to Deep Sea fish.  I have a 40lbs Cod credited to my name, as well
    as alot of Taotog in the 15-25 lbs range.  I am also the Treasuer
    and  Secretary of New England Bass Angling Association.  So if you
    are interested in some friendly competition you can contact me at
    Dtn 248-4161 and maybe we can arrange something.
    
    Always remember that those 1,2,and 3 puonders that you throw back
    will someday be 8,9 and 10 pounders.
    
    Catch and Release is a big part of my BASS vocabulary.
    
    KEEP ON BASSIN'  !!!!!
    
    						"THE BIG HAWG"

        KEVIN MCCARTHY, NASHUA N.H ( QUALTY::MCCARTHY )                     
        work: SR. QUALITY ENG. DECDIRECT DIST. ( NQO )
        BEEN WITH DEC 13 YEARS. 
    
        I LIVED ON MARTHAS VINEYARD PRIOR TO STARTING WITH DEC. HAVE
        LOTS OF STRIPPERS THE LARGEST BEING 41 LBS. LIVE IN NASHUA
        NOW AND FISH MAINLY FOR BASS. QUITE A FEW 1-4 LB'ERS. THE
        BIGGEST IS 8 LBS FROM A POND IN PELHAM N.H. THIS ONE IS
        HANGING ON THE WALL !!!!
                                        KEVIN   
    
        
                                                       

Paul Okerholm
C.I.M. Group
Augusta Maine

	I've just gotten back into salt water fishing this past year after 
a long absence. I fish primarily in Maine waters from my 22' Aquasport for 
anything that swims. First Cod then Mackerel, Blues, and Shark. My best fish 
this past year was an 11 ft Mako or Porbeagle shark (They both look very much 
alike). I don't know what it weighed but it was a monster. I went sharking 
primarily to gain offshore experience which I hope to put to good use on Tuna 
next year.

	In Winter I ice fish both locally and further north primarily for 
Salmon . Smelt fishing through the ice on the Kennebec or Eastern Rivers is 
another local Winter passtime which is a lot of fun.

	My property borders Cobbosseecontee Stream which provides some excellent
Largemouth Bass fishing and an occational Brown Trout.

	I moved to Maine 3 1/2 years ago to mix some of this good stuff into 
life's overall equation: so far it's worked.

     
      Kevin Hart
      Salem/NIO 
      Manchester N.H.
    
         I recently moved to N.H. from Franklin Ma. When I was in Mass all
    I fished for was bass.  Now that I'm near some nice trout streams
    I've been fishing for trout mostly but the bass in the Merrimack
    have been catching me in the summer afternoons. I went on the advice
    of a note in this file to the falls below the Hooksett dam. Lots
    of smallmouths. I like fishing in rivers and streams because you
    never know what you'll find. One day on the Merrimack I caught a
    slimey eel, the next day a rainbow trout. Down in Mass i fished in
    the Charles River on the Medway/Franklin line. Its been cleaned
    up a lot in recent years but I still wouldn't eat any of the fish
    allthought they seem healthy enough. 
       I've been reading this file and getting a lot of good tips on
    rivers to fish and I can't wait till spring (ice is for skateing):-).
     

    NAME: FRIDAY......I'M A COP
    
    LOCATION: LOS ANGELES CA.
    
    PARTNER: BILL GANNON
                                    For "reel?"
           
                                   * Kyle "NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~" Wooldridge
             
                                   * Principal Engineer, Hudson Mass.
                                               
                                   * Married Cybill Shepherd and just
                                     had twins.
                                                                      
 SEE YOU ON THE WATER AND ICE!                                 

    Hi, I'm Mark Storm.  I work in Spitbrook in Nashua NH and live nearby.
    
    I also have a place in Moultonborough and ice fish on Winni and
    love the spring and late summer salmon fishing there.  I love spring
    trout fishing with spinners in the streams.  I also do a little
    bass fishing with a 7 1/2 pounder as my largest.
    
    Since a friend recently purchased a 20 foot Grady White, I'm doing
    a little more in the salt for Blues and for Fluke.
    
    I guess I'm saying if it swims, I fish for it.
    
    Mark,
    

    
    	Hi,
    
       My name is Mike Robie (MWR), Londonderry, NH and I
       Work at Spitbrook rd. with the VMS group. 
    
       I have been fishing in NH's back streams and ponds
       all my life(26 years).  But the best time I ever had
       was last summer up in Pittsburg. Man! did we catch some
       trout! 3 of us cought our limit in 2 hours. That was the
       best fishing I have ever done. Already made plans to go back 
       for 2 weeks this summer!
        
        Picked up my license and a Hula popper last week at Petes gun 
        shop in Hudson, to try fishin' the biggins. Nothin' yet. But
        soon, real soon I'm sure I land a hawg.
    
        Thanks for all the advice so far. I need all I can get.
    
    					MWR 
       
         
      
    

    Hey, Coonass!  Ever hear of C. C. Sandige's camp on Lake Bistineau?
    I learned to water-ski there about 25 years ago and had the best
    fish I ever ate in my life.  Ole C.C. cooked up some Buffalo (Carp)
    in a big old iron pot, and I (who couldn't even stand the sight
    of suckers, much less eat one) almost made myself sick.  Each piece
    of the fish had a small piece of backbone sticking out of it for
    a handle, and there were no other bones in it!   Ahhhh, sweet memories.
    Made me think of it when I saw your entry in this note.
    
    My name is Gene Terrell.  I have been with DEC for 5 years and
    currently am at the FSL facility in Andover, MA (DAS).
    
    I have been reading the file for months, but hadn't the slightest
    idea how to make an entry.  Finally did decide to get involved and
    made my entry in note 84 (newest entry before mine was about two
    years old so thought I'd best enter something here, too, even though
    a couple of noters found me in the other one).
    
    I have been out of fishing for about 15 years except for an occasional
    trip to the local pond with the kids (don't know what happened to
    me).  I was raised in Texas and Louisiana around some mighty fine
    bassin' holes, but never really got into the artificial bait sport.
    
    Lately, I have had a natural craving for getting back into fishing
    in a big way.  I really appreciate all the valuable info I've been
    able to pick up from this file.  It will give me a headstart when
    I hit the water.  I have a boat ordered.  Family compromise dictated
    that I purchase a ski rig so ended up with a 15' Larson with a 70HP
    Merc.  Not the ideal fishing rig, but I'll make it work.  Problem
    is - it won't be in for another 3 weeks.  Not sure if I can stand
    it!!!
    
    Gene
    

    Mais yea, Gene, mon ami!!
    
    Anybuddy dat kin eat dat buffalo kin mak groan men cry!! Eben de
    gar an turtles don eat dem!!
    
    Wot part ob Bistineau is Sandrige's?? My pleece is near Plum Orchard,
    jes bout de middle ob de lake.. but me, I don fished allll ober
    de lake. Wen you com bak home mebbe we do some fishin, huh??
    
    Coonass(ketchin de spawnin basses now!!)
    

Larry Owens
Area Support- Midatlantic Area
Harrisburg Pa. office.

	Been reading this notesfile for quite a while but since I 
started entering some replies I figured I better let everyone know who 
this crazy person was.  I fish mostly for bass, lakes for largemouth and 
the Susquehanna river for smallmouth.  I have a canoe and have recently 
purchased a second hand 17' john boat.  Have electric power for both but 
am hoping to find a small gas engine for the john boat (I have a son 
starting college next year so wife has put low priority on this subsidy 
request)

Don't really have a nickname but in another notesfile I'm referred to as 
ALF or "The Alien" (don't ask!!)

    
    Mark Levesque aka "The Doctah" (B-ball nickname from high school)
    Hardware Design Engineer
    PVAX group
    Parker St. Maynard - moving to Westford when it's done
    VIDEO::LEVESQUE
    PKO3-1/21A
    Hudson, NH resident
    
     Fishing is the great passion of my life. I fish fresh water for
    trout and bass on a regular basis (ask my wife). I also *love* to
    fish in the salt.
    
     I had a real lousy year last year for freshwater fish. I didn't
    catch anything very big, and I got skunked alot. This year I seem
    to be doing better. I did ok in the ocean last year as I caught
    my first shark of consequence, a 200+ lb blue. That was a fight.
    
     I don't have a boat yet, but I borrow my dad's canoe. My wife has
    been served notice that we will, in fact, be purchasing a Grady-White
    24 rigged up the wazoo as soon as we can swing it. This will be
    at least a couple of years, however, as we have a creeper on the
    way and may have to move from our condo to a house.
    
     I am hell bent to catch a tuna. It's my goal for the summer. I'm
    going sharking (weather permitting) on July 2nd out of Falmouth
    on the Cygnet with Capt. Tony Tolentino. We'll be trying for Makos.
    Then, on July 30, we'll be going out for white marlin (probably),
    or tuna. Whatever is biting better. When it costs this much for
    one day, you go after whatever is biting. At least I got my wife
    involved in this type of fishing. She came with us last year, when
    we went out for tuna. She really wasn't planning on fishing at all.
    She was just going to watch us fish. And the fishing was slooooow.
    
     In the afternoon, one of the live pogies started off on a trip
    to Portugal. I had just taken the harness and gimbal off, but I
    ran up to the bow where the mate was tending the rod. We thought
    it was a tuna, but it turned out to be a blue shark. My wife taped
    the whole thing. Then I was tending a rod on the bow, when the balloon
    started swimming off by itself. After I set the hook on that one,
    I let one of my buddies fight it in. This one was even bigger.
    
     We killed that one. We all took home shark steaks and grilled them.
    Nothing went to waste. Even the backbone was saved and sent to a
    shark researcher. After we started cleaning the second shark, the
    ocean came alive with sharks circling the boat. My wife was going
    crazy. We put a belt on her, and a mako took her bait. She failed
    to set the hook properly, and the mako jumped and spit the hook
    after a 10 second fight. But at least my wife caught the bug.
    
     This year we have three trips planned. The third trip, August 27,
    (saturday) may have an opening or two so if anybody's interested,
    send me some mail or respond to this note.
    
     I have never caught a blue or a striper (not stripper), but I finally
    got a surf rod this year. It's a 10 footer with a shimano bait runner
    spinning reel spooled with 14 lb trilene. I figure I can probably
    catch anything stupid enough to pick up my bait with that. I do
    need a fishing partner, though, for these surf excursions. I prefer
    to have somebody who's done it before so we don't have the blind
    leading the deaf and dumb.
    
     I also like to fish for cod, pollock, haddock etc. That is when
    I "meat fish." I don't waste anything so I don't feel bad about
    keeping what I catch. In general, I keep what I can eat and toss
    back the rest (freshwater). Deep sea fish like cod and pollock are
    only released when they are undersize as they usually don't live
    to make it back to the bottom. I have a big family, anyway, so it
    all gets eaten. Freshwater fish are released except trout. Them's
    eaten'.
    
     If anybody lives in the southern NH region and wants to go fishun'
    I'd love the company. Drop me a line....
    
    The Doctah-
    
    

        Art Hebert
        Layered Products Documentation Group
        ZKO -- Spit Brook Road, Nashua, NH
        
        Amherst, NH resident
        
        Financier, washer & scrubber of two boats and a canoe. 
        
        Boat #1 is a HydraSports 2400 24' cuddy cabin with a Johnson 235.
        Loran, chart recorder, a couple of VHF radios and a ham rig keep
        the batteries under control. We trail it from Hampton Harbor to
        Narragansett Bay. Nice rig, 120 gallon gas tank, runs 30 knots in
        1 to 3 seas, 20 knots in 3 to 5. I've been out by Block Island
        when it kicked up to 8 to 11. Long ride back. Got to look at the
        water close up. Chummin, some call it.
        
        Boat #2 is an aluminum 14-1/2' Sea Nymph Fishing Machine with a
        Johnson 15.  Apelco chart recorder is about all I can put on this
        boat. Nice boat, by the way. Came with flat floor, carpeting,
        swivel & pedestal seats, and a pumped live well. We trail it
        around NH *only*, because of the $#@%$#$#% non-reciprocity of our
        boat registration.
        
        Canoe #1 is a 17' Merrimack. We bought it because it was pretty.
        Ash seats, teak gunwales, and mahogany strips criss-crossing the
        bottom. It's fun to paddle short distances. I'm not into
        masochism.

    
    Jeff Huson
    HPS Engineering
    MRO1-3/T4  SCOTIA::JHUSON
    Live in Beautiful Hubbardston Ma.
    Summer at Old Orchard Beach Me.
    
    Most of my Fishing is shared with my 3 kids, ages 5, 8, 11, so we
    have to go where they can have fun too, which most of the local
    ponds produce...
    Springtime on Asnacomet pond, and the Ware river for Trout, all
    summer every where I can for Bass, fall it's back to trout, all
    winter here and there for whatever bites. Summertime also includes
    surf casting and deep sea for cod/whatever.
    My brother-in-law lives two streets from the Holyoke Dam, on the
    Conn river, so when shad run, I go visiting..
    Many spare hours are spent fly tying, which is something I really
    like to do, and I tie anything from #28 midges, to deer hair bass
    bugs to custom tandom king salmon flies to salt water blue bugs,
    so if you need a custom fly for almost anything, I'll do it for
    the cost of the materials, just send me mail..
    This winter I'm gonna try to build a couple of rods, a 12' surfcaster,
    and a 3 wt fly rod, along with anything else that comes my way.
    
    						Thanks for listening
    							Jeff
    

    
    Looking out my window.........
    
    who has a plate that says "BASS-4?"
    

From:	DSSDEV::MACINTYRE    "Cathy MacIntyre ZK2-2/O23, 2N28, 381-2236" 11-JAN-1989 08:44:07.77
To:	@BIRTH
CC:	MACINTYRE
Subj:	It's a Boy!!!

Cathy gave birth to a beautiful baby boy at 3:14pm yesterday, Tues. Jan 10!

Scott William MacIntyre weighed in at 8lbs 15.5ozs.

Both mother and baby are doing just fine!

-Don MacIntyre, proud new dad!
    

    Hi,
    
    My name is John Keyworth. I've been fishin for most of my life (39
    years-I've still got two months to go before heading down the other
    side of that big hill so don't rush me. :^)
    
    Most of my fishing time has been spent on the south east shores
    of Lake George, New York (bass, perch, lake trout, salmon, pike,
    blue gills, pickerel) so if you have any questions please feel free
    to ask. I take a couple of trips a year out to the cod grounds and
    have been out stand up tuna fishing once (what a blast). In the
    winter I make it out ice fishing a few times and in the fall I'm
    in the woods and good for nothing according to my wife. I've got
    one spoiled brat, Joshua age 13, that likes to go hunting and fishing
    with me.
    
    Good luck to everyone in the coming years.
    John

       Congrats to DonMac, what a Whopper! 
                                                         Denny

    Congatulations Don, I suppose you already went out and got him a
    rod and reel! Never could spell congratulations right. Best wishes
    to your family.
    
    Jan
    

    Don-
    
     Did you pratice catch and release? :-) I told my wife it has to
    be at least 8 lbs or we throw it back.:-) 
    
    The Doctah (Who's_wife_had_false_labor_yesterday)

    Thanks!  This one is a keeper for sure!  
    
    Looking forward to taking my son fishing,
     
    -Don

    Don Mac,
    
    My wife came through with our first little fishing buddy, Sam, last 
    Aug 23 - a long and lean 7lb 4oz. I bought him a Mickey Mouse Fishin' Kit
    before he even came home from the hospital! Even though he's a lunker
    already (17+lb) my wife won't let me take him ice fishing... 
    (Well, okay, maybe he *is* still a bit too young!)

    Hey, maybe we can have notes on the singular joys and challenges
    of raising a little fishermen! We could cover topics like: "How
    to change a diaper while trolling for salmon" or "Toddler-proofing
    your tackle box" or "Does Similac attract fish?" or "Baby's first
    lunker" or...
    
    Anyhow, congratulations! Having a little one (your first, right?)
    is a big change, a lot of work, and tiring (esp at first) but it's
    great! We've never looked back.

    Ed
    

    Hey DonMac, "CONGRATS" just think. When you catch a hawg that big
    you can take the little guy on your knee and tell him how he pulled
    your boat all around the lake, ate your keys and glasses and how
    you finally had to land him with your oar!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    Good luck, John

    Nice job DonMac (We can talk like this since Kathy cant be reading
    these - she cant can she Don?)
    Nice job Kathy. (She might get back to work and read this...)
    Reminded me - my 22 year old daughter said to me - pre-Monomac- if I
    wanted to win in the DEC tourney to "take me." She was - in her
    younger days a great fisherperson. Instead I took Tom (North Woods
    Tom) Coots and we had a good time instead. Now that Juan/Worm wont 
    be attending I just might ask her to the next DEC tourney. (Much
    better looking than Tom too.)
    
    Just think of the stuff you can buy and say "its for HIM".
    Congratulations.. A keeper.
                        

    Chew gonna mount him or chew gonna put him in de aquarius tank??
    
    Congrats.....
    
    Coonass

>>    Thanks!  This one is a keeper for sure!  
 
OK...so when are you getting this "keeper" MOUNTED?!?

     Re: 554.63 - By my ole country 'rithmetic, I'd say the mounting
    took place about 9 months ago... Congratulations DonMac, I hope
    the little piscator turns out to be as low key as you are and has
    as much fun as your notes indicate you do.
     Start the little ankle biter out right - no earring, no pony tail,
    no gold chains or heavy metal; let him sip a beer ASAP, and if he
    HAS to use tobacco, make sure it's "Smokeless". As Hank Williams
    used to say, "Here's to the Livin' Proof" (Meanin' Hank jr.).
     By the way, if Jack Hagerty had showed up at the Monotonous Tournament
    with either daughter, there wouldn't have BEEN a tournament. The
    Worm and Juan Corozon' would still be doing time...
    
    All the Best,
    
    The Skoal Bandit
    

    	Congrats to DonMac on the "Keeper".  Planning on trying to catch
    any more of that species??  :-)  Might wish you had done the
    catch-and-release method within the next few years.  :-)
    
    	Anyway, congratulations and best of Luck from this end to yours.

    Thanks guys.  Yea, we may try and catch another, but not right away,
    we'll see how it goes.
    
    I'm at home this week taking care of family, so I'm still behind
    on the notes in here... 
    
    -Don Mac

 The Doctah has caught a keeper!

 An 8lb 1oz baby girl was caught yesterday morning at Memorial Hospital
in Nashua by the Doctah and his wife. Mother and daughter are both doing
fine. She will be named Katherine Claire (nicknamed K.C.).

 One thing though- she'll have to learn to be alot quieter or she'll scare
away  the fish! :-)

 The Doctah 

    
    Well, Doctah, congrats.  What's with this population explosion,
    anyway ?  You guys shoulda talked to me first.
    
    -SSS-_who_has_3_and_counts_the_days_until_the_1_yr_old_starts_college
    

    CONGRATS!  Another Keeper!                                       
                                                      
    Your in for some fun stuff!                       
                                                      
    Don Mac - who has just 1 fishing buddy (one month old today)!
                    
                    
                    

Congrats to the Doctah, I have 3 girls and they love to fish          

To Don Mac, becareful when you take him fishing this spring, the BIG pike 
are hungry, and congrats to you as well....

Bigbird    

Gee- I guess it's about time I get KC her first new fishin' pole! :-)

 Herr Doktor

    Yea, dats not fair Don Mac's wuz born wit one!!!
    
    Congrats Doc an Don Mac, teachem well an raisem rite!!
    
    Coonass

    My son got a fishing outfit on his first birthday. 
    
    I mean his FIRST birthday - the day he was born!
    
    I see no reason to waste time...
    
    Ed, Dad of Sam.
    

I wrote this many moons ago and just found out I never entered it. 
So here goes...

WHO:	Kevin Phillips
WHERE:	CT SWS (based out of MDO, but always at customer sites)

I grew up on the Jersey Shore. When I was 14 when I worked as a mate 
aboard a "party" boat for a couple of years. It was quite a bit of fun, 
and a good deal of experience for a 14 year old. I learned a bit 
about saltwater fishing in the process.

As a side affect of having 3 children in 4 years, I haven't done to much 
fishing in the past few years. We just had our third (and final), this past 
November. I hope that I'll get to do more fishing in the future (what an 
optimist!).

When I do fish, the majority of my fishing time is spent going after 
blues, tautog, fluke, and flounder. I also enjoy freshwater fishing, but 
until I moved to Connecticut a few years ago, I wasn't around any decent 
fresh water. There are some nice lakes and ponds for trout in this area. 
I can't wait until I can bring my oldest out in a canoe!

As far as fishing in CT, I haven't done to much salt water fishing.
Long Island Sound isn't the cleanest stretch of water around, so I haven't 
had to much motivation to fish here. There is also very limited access to the 
water around here. Most of the fishing I do is in S.E. Mass and the Cape.

I've enjoyed following this conference over the past couple of years.
Keep up the good work.

-- Kevin

    Well we landed a 9lb 7oz baby girl July 7 @ 7:05am. We named her Lauren
    Marie. My first child ,also a girl, was born April 24, 1987 and she
    tipped the scales @ 10lbs 2oz. (Sarah Elizabeth) I've taken Sarah
    fishing 3 times this year. I cast and set the hook for her (using a
    lead head and grub) and she reels the fish in. 4 bass so far. She even
    skunked me the last time out. She caught the only fish. She is a true
    fisherman. When the fish jumps out of the water she gets all excited
    and while she is reeling the fish in you'ld think sh e had a whale on
    there the way the fishing rod is flying all over the place. I let her
    hold the fish and release them after we unhook the fish. She gets
    impatient when we aren't catching anything and manages to get soaked
    everytime we go out. Of course when we get home she tells the best fish
    stories. Hers was the biggest fish and stretches her arms apart to show
    how big the fish was. I'm glad she enjoys it so much and I can't wait
    to get the 2 of them out there fishing w/ me. 
    /Jay Sweeney

    
    Hi,
    
    I have MOVED !!
    
    I am now at VR06 in beautiful Concord.
    
    I can be reached at SOFBAS::SULLIVAN
    
    " BASSMASTER "
    

    VRO6?
    
    Sounds like you've joined the world of open systems.

    
    On the move again.
    
    I am still at SOFBAS::SULLIVAN
    
    Our group has moved from VRO6 to MRO4 in Marlboro.
    
    " Bassmaster "

    
    
    
    Just started reading this notes file so I'll get the intros out of the
    way.
    
    WHO: Barry Houser
    WHERE: Davenport, Iowa (no, we don't grow potatoes here!!)
    
    I've got alot of catching up to do in this file so I'll be short.
    
    Been fishing for most of my life, I'm 30 at present.  For the last 
    3 years myself and three or four friends and relatives have been 
    going to the boundary waters for a two week stay, which is really
    great.  This years trip is in the planning stages right now.
    Can't wait for May.
    
    I have a wife who likes to fish but has to have a hotel room.  I
    also have two sons -- a 4 year old, and a new fishing partner born
    December 23rd ,1989.  What a Christmas!!
    
    Anyway, I am looking forward to all the professional advice and hope 
    I can contribute from time to time.  Not to mention reading about 
    all the ones that 'spit the hook' right at the boat.
    
    Good luck this coming year!!!
    
                              Bear

        Now I have found the intro's note, here goes.
        
        Who: Peter Quodling.
        Where: Merrimack, NH (working at ZKO)
        
        I have just moved here from Australia. Spent several of my
        formative years on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, so I
        am used to a significantly different style of fishing. (sailfish,
        Yellowfin Tuna etc) Anything under 15 pounds went back in the
        water (as did some of the really big ones - ever try to put a 400
        lb Marlin in your freezer :-) )
        
        Have done some fishing (mainly trout) in New Zealand around lake
        Taupo with my Brother in Law who knows the area like the back of
        his hand (Many stories to tell about that...)
        
        Hoping to get into some fishing here (although this icefishing
        seems a little silly) as soon as I work out, where to fish, for
        what, and with what, and when....
        
        
        q
        

re:            <<< Note 554.80 by BUNYIP::QUODLING "What SuperBowl?" >>>

Hi Peter,        

>        Hoping to get into some fishing here (although this icefishing
>        seems a little silly) as soon as I work out, where to fish, for
>        what, and with what, and when....
        
Well, as they say it's either fish or cut bait!   What would you rather
do during the hard-water months ?   ;-)

/Ken        

    re. -.1

    	Personally, I prefer skiing!!! :-)  If the water is hard enough to
    walk on, I find other things.  My name is spelled with more than 3
    letters.  BESIDES, It's TOUGH to hit those 6 inch holes EVERY cast.:-) 
    :-)  :-)

        re .81
        
        What would I rather do. Fish, of course. I have never tried this
        icefishing and wonder just how it works. (What happens when the
        fish you catch is bigger than the hole you made? Don't the fish
        get a little lethargic in the cold? What sort of fish does one
        catch this way?) As I said, I am new to the area and an absolute
        novice to this  type of fishing...
        
        q
        

    HELLO,
        
       MY NAME IS WILLIE HERNANDEZ 
          
      I WORK FOR DIGITAL IN PUERTO RICO AGUADILLAS PLANT,I FISH 90%
    OF THE TIME FOR BASS AND THE REST IN SALT WATER.I FISH 2 WEEKENDS
    IN LOCAL BASS CHAPTERS AND 1 WEEKEND IN THE BASS FEDERATION
    CHAPTER,PLUS WHEN I HAVE TIME IN THE WEEK.MY BIGGEST BASS IS A 
     9 1/2 LBS.
    

    
    Hey Willie,
    
    Tell us about BASS fishin in the big PR.  I wanna go
    
    TBDW
    

< Note 554.84 by MAGOS::WILLIE >
                         -< ANOTHER ONE FOR THE LIST >-

Willie , do you fish in Lake Guatataca  ?  Not sure that is spelled right.
I used to get some nice bass out of there !!!!!    

    YES I FISH LIKE GUAJATACA I LIVE ABOUT 25 MINUTS FROM THE LAKE.
    I BELONG TO THE BACKLASH FISHING CLUB AND LARES FISHING CLUB IN
    GUAJATACA.
    

        re .80
        
        Written by ME.
        
....
        >Hoping to get into some fishing here (although this icefishing
        >seems a little silly) as soon as I work out, where to fish, for
        >what, and with what, and when....
        
        Well, the subtle approach didn't work. IS there someone out there,
        who can sit down with me and give me some advise on equipment etc
        for these waters, where to go, etc. I have found myself confused
        by all the different terminology used over here.
        
        q
        

    Sam Lambert
    Live:  Manchester, NH
    Work:  ZKO, Nashua, NH (ULTRIX Engineering)

    Brand new to the file, so I'll probably just be reading for a while.
    Fish primarily local lakes and rivers, but luckily there are a lot
    of them.  I'll catch anything I can.  :-)  Mostly interested in trout
    and bass.  C&R most of the time.

    See you on the tube.  

    -- Sam

    
    
      Gus Rinella
      Apo Andover,MA
    
    
    
       Well I have been reading this notes file for awhile and finally
    decided to make it official.. I'm an avid bass fisherman and a trout
    fisherman, although it has slowed down for me since I have bought a
    house and have an addition to my family.I have been working here at DEC
    for a year and a half and love these notes file. Well tight lines
    eveyone....

Jerry Cummings

Work at ZKO, live in Concord, NH.  It's a 10 minute walk from my back door
through woods and old granite cutting junk to the Merrimack and old cut-off 
parts of the river.

Just started fishing again this year.  It's been 12 years or so (high school).

Catching perch, pickerel, sunfish so far.  Nothing fantastic, but
I'm having a great time!  When the current in the Merrimack slows a bit I'll
take my canoe out and give that a try, but for now I'm thrashing around on
the banks.

Jerry

    Hello everyone.  I have been enjoying this notesfile for some time now
    and wanted to throw my name in as a potential fishing partner.
    
    WHO:  Les Imada
    Where:  Acton AKO1
    
    I am a transplant to the eastcoast.  I grew up in Colorado and have
    been an avid fisherman all 45 years of my life.  We live in Tyngsboro,
    MA and I have now sampled waters around New England thanks to these notes.
    
    I've been tying flies for over 20 years so if anyone wants to compare
    notes, drop me a line.  
    
    I enjoy fishing for just about any fish but my favorite times come each
    spring when the big browns are close to shore on Lake Ontario.
    
    Hooked on fishin,
    
    Les