Turfwrench Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 If you dont mind me asking...exactly what type of vintage Abu reel were you able to sell for $275?Not questioning it...just curiousIt was a vintage Abu Ambassadeur 5000 4 screw reel, complete with leather case, tool kit, and spare spool. The reel itself had a fat black spool which I understand is very rare. The reel appeared to have never been used with not a nick in the paint. The guy that bought it was a reel collector in Alabama.
steeliebob Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 I work all week.On the weekends I find a nice chunk of ice to sit on and watch wolves circle me licking their chops. During this process I try to catch a couple of steelhead on my tip ups. While watching the tip ups and wolves I hope that Michigan opens a wolf season soon so that I can stack them up like cordwood. Mabey soon my wife can have a wolf fur coat.
sherman51 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 I work all week.On the weekends I find a nice chunk of ice to sit on and watch wolves circle me licking their chops. During this process I try to catch a couple of steelhead on my tip ups. While watching the tip ups and wolves I hope that Michigan opens a wolf season soon so that I can stack them up like cordwood. Mabey soon my wife can have a wolf fur coat.i,ve heard that wolf season might not be to far off. i would like to see them put a bounty on them darn yotes myself. i hate them things.sherman
Sea Eagle Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) I went steelhead fishing on the Kzoo the day after Christmas for the first time this year. Caught two and a nice Pike. I plan on going back. Going to a Michigan Steelheaders Meeting for the first time in January to see what that is all about. The fishing show season starts with the one in Detroit in January. I hit the Maumee river for walleye as soon as March. Then back to the big lake in April. Here are a couple of photos from our trip this week. http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/3/1/9/glf_1_thumb.jpg http://www.greatlakesfisherman.com/gallery/files/3/1/9/glf_2_thumb.jpg Edited December 28, 2011 by Priority1
Priority1 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Tarrey, GJ on the steel and pink. I edited your post and added the pics in.
sherman51 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 Tarrey, GJ on the steel and pink. I edited your post and added the pics in. thanks for adding the pictures. it just adds alittle something,LOL. sherman
seahawk Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 I was wondering the same thing so tried Steel Head Fishing on the Kalamazoo River on Monday. We had a great time and caught some very nice Steelhead and a 32" pike. Just need a small boat with an outboard
willfishforfood Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Here in the west I steelhead fish all winter when water isn't blown out. Or I build a few rods repairs for friends. Also I'm a welder and I'm building stuff for my daughters high school band, carts,rack and drum stands
Priority1 Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Here in the west I steelhead fish all winter when water isn't blown out. Or I build a few rods repairs for friends. Also I'm a welder and I'm building stuff for my daughters high school band, carts,rack and drum stands And Steve isn't talking West Michigan.
jimcr Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Making a fixture for re spooling line and removing it . it will be able to strip the mono and save the leadcore to be put back on. also measure reliably how much line is on the reel. I have looked at alot of line spoolers and they don't have the capacity to put the line back on ( leadcore).
Priority1 Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Making a fixture for re spooling line and removing it . it will be able to strip the mono and save the leadcore to be put back on. also measure reliably how much line is on the reel. I have looked at alot of line spoolers and they don't have the capacity to put the line back on ( leadcore). Jim, When you get in finished post a pic or two. Thanks
sherman51 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 well if i can survive the month of jan i should be ok. right now my favorite niece is planning on moving to tenn from fl. so she will be in tenn the 11th of jan. so my wife and myself have our eyes tested on the 9th, then on the 10th we will go to tenn for about a week. then we will come back home. then about the first of feb we,ll start to fl, then we,ll stop in tenn again for about a week, then on to fl, we have some close friends in jacksonville, so we,ll star for a few days, then on to ft pierce. we plan to stay with my older sister. and then my other sister and her husband has a 19 ft boat. so around the end of the first week of feb i should be doing my ice fishing from his boat,LOL. then by the time i get back after the 1st of march it will be time to hit the maumee river for eyes. then its time to really start fishing. so i will have just survived another winter. everybody just have a great year.sherman
jimcr Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Jim, When you get in finished post a pic or two. Thanks its going to be a slow process but of coures i will post a photo whens its done.
UBDSLO1 Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Jim, When you get in finished post a pic or two. Thanks What he said.
Blaze Posted January 17, 2012 Posted January 17, 2012 Work, a little predator hunting, work, move snow, work, get with steeliebob for steelhead fishing, prep fishing gear for next season, sleep, learn as much as I can in great lakes fisherman!....that about covers it!.....oh and watch outdoor programs when I can! List is not necessarily in order!
sherman51 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Posted January 17, 2012 I dont do nuttin...EVER, and I like it that way.is that before or after the fishing and huntin season is over??,LOL.sherman
Play Dough Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I make a lot of sawdust and kindling but get lucky and turn out a decent project from time to time. This winter it's a dining set for the kids.
Priority1 Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 I make a lot of sawdust and kindling but get lucky and turn out a decent project from time to time. This winter it's a dining set for the kids. James a warm welcome to the GLF site. That project looks like an 8 player poker table to me. I don't mean a Holdem Table real poker. You do very nice work.
sherman51 Posted January 20, 2012 Author Posted January 20, 2012 James a warm welcome to the GLF site. That project looks like an 8 player poker table to me. I don't mean a Holdem Table real poker. You do very nice work. i was about to say something like that. if i could do work like that, i know what i would be doing on these cold winter days. great work. sherman
Play Dough Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 Thanks for the compliments. It keeps me out of trouble during the hard water months.
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