OK, we listened, we checked and now we are announcing the date of the next floattilla. The outgoing tide ends about 2:30 or so. (I am trusting Jack on this). The event will be held in the Colubia River near the mouth of the Lewis River and the Town of St. Helens Or.

At about 3pm, we will meet at Sand Island for an informal gathering to share stories and to meet each other and weigh in your catch.

You will need to bring your own food, plates, drinks and what ever to the festivities.

Those with last names ending in the letters A through M bring a salad to share...those from N to Z bring a dessert.

We will have a weigh in for the heavest Spring Chinook for bragging rights. ALL FISH MUST BE WEIGHTED IN BY 3:30 PM TO COUNT...NO EXCEPTIONS

We will weigh the fish from Wa and Or fishers to see who has the most overall weight. This will put an end as to who has the better fishers.

If you have a bbq that is portable, let me know as we will be needing a few for people to cook on.


If you have any prizes or know of anyone who has any door prizes they would like us to share with those in attendance let me know.

If you have any problems or want to make any complaints...direct those to Keith and Jack... just kidding because this is a fun event...and we will all keep it that way.

When we get closer to the date, I will post a sign up sheet so we can see who is in whos boat. Also, if conditions should change, such as water conditions, color, nets, or any unforseen circumstance we reserve the right to change the date and location (Jack's tub where he will have 10 springers swmimming).

I would like to thank the PP and Ifish administrators for their support by allowing us to announce this event on their bb's. If they would like to contribute any door prizes or volunteer their services, that would be appreciated as well as any one of you out there that can enhance this experience for all...

Giz...

[ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: Gizmo Man ]

Hey,

Is RT going to catch one this time?

Anyone offering a seat?

I'm there!!! Look for me I will be the one fighting all the fish!!

I've decided that it just doesn't matter where a fisher sleeps at night - it matters where they fish. Since I have fishing licenses for OR & WA and fish almost equally in both states, I consider myself a regional fisherman. Let's see, we've affectionately refered to Oreos and Wassies in fish and football threads, but what can we call a regional fisher? A Reggie? OK, I'm a reggie. So instead of the easy to do trash talkin down of the Wassies (they are lame of course) and the over -rated Oreos (not bad though) I will concentrate on trash talking teams or individuals entering F4.

I'll start with myself. OK Dan, no, I'm not going to catch a fish this time. I simply refuse to catch a fish in a Flotilla. I do all my multi-fish days outside of flotillas. The question for you Dan is will you even show up?!? This is the big one, on neutral territory - except for guys that fish there a lot (Giz and Thumper, etc.) Jeff has said he's coming to F4. Remember this time bro, the Columbia doesn't have salt in it! Leave the Coyotes and downriggers at home. Osprey, lucky star of F1 with one fish caught and one that bit but he crackered it off. Dan reportedly caught one too, but it sure looked a couple days old to me. I did backrow the "Renegade Whiteman's" d-boat with a 'poly into one on and off; but not from crackering it. The fish was a cracker - it couldn't get his dang mouth around a simple Tadpoly. How hard can that be for a piece of plastic that couldn't swim away from it. Just a typical Wassie cracker steelhead brat. :p And of course, Fly and I having to give 'Yall rowing lessons cost us at least 5 or 6 fish. But hey, the guy had to learn the sticks, and the sooner the better. Besides, we were to sick to row much. . Justin had his mojo going on the sticks and also had one on a 'poly as I recall. But that's the only way he can catch feesh. He still doesn't know what a bait bite feels like. Oh, there's always F2 >

Well, F1 'star' Osprey and bass feeeshin cohort 'Yall head to Oreoville for F2. I didn't get to go. I did the needy kids fishing event at O.C., scheduled the same day, or I would have undoubtedly caught 10, 12, maybe 15 fish just by myself; with my boat team getting 20+ summer steelies/springers combined in F2. But the 2 Wassies? Muh ha ha ha ha - blanked, when all sorts of fish were caught by those average Oreos were that were there. Hey, no prob guys, it can happen to anyone.

Then we finally have about half Wassies and half Oreos in F3 on the NF Lewis. I was able to go this time. Dan K.'s Wassie team took top honors by 1 fish more than Dan And Bait Boy's Oreo team. But we never saw the fish; but we believe them. Of course, my boat would have won this event easily if I hadn't purposely handicapped myself by not only debarbing my hooks but also cutting the outer 1/8th" of hook points off to a blunt tip; just trying to make it a little more challenging by evening the playing field - not to mention not knowing the NF worth a crap and having lamos Stew and Spooled in my boat (jk you 2 guys - at least you hooked a fish apiece). So ...

I will not blunt my hooks for F4. But when I feel a bite I will cracker set it too early to make sure I keep my flotilla record intact (unless I hear about some dollars floatin around ).

And Giz, how could you even think of allowing BOE in your boat?!? He scares away springers faster than sea lions do! And Mark Z and Nanook, you guys like to anchor I've heard. That should work well on some slots in the area F4 is being held. However, you guys can't troll anywhere but thru bobber water holes though. What if trolling is the ticket on April 13th? We'll throw some bobbers out there to make ya feel right at home trolling. C&E, what can we say about your chances? "*******"! HOGTIDE will be a tough boy with his home field advantage of fishing around the St. Helen's to mouth of the Lewis R. area. Maybe we should make sure he is 'tide' up somewhere. And Jack? Anyone with a moniker of "THUMPER" has got to have a better chance at shooting a rabbit out there than getting a springer. How about team Vision? Or will it be team "in nobody's vision" again, by being chicken to show up?

I forget who else has posted they are going. So more trashin later.

Oh ya, Shane and I could use a couple good fishers to jump into my sled for F4. One of our team that was going can't make it now. Since my boat will be a Reggie team, I'd love to have a couple good Wassie springer fishers join with us. Or a couple good Oreos would be fine too. Just be good enough to carry the team while we drink beer. My e-mail is in the above icon.

RT

Hey RT, If you were smart, you'd be offering me that seat in your sled. This is my back yard. I'll have it dialed by the 13th. It's gonna be a little different game this year with the higher water.

So, unless you wanna get beat by a couple of crackers in a bass boat, leave an open seat for me Those sparkles on my boat aint glitter, they're scales.

Just to clarify...I guess I'm a reggie too. I'll whoop up on everyone just the same

Aaron

"Let's see, we've affectionately refered to Oreos and Wassies in fish and football threads, but what can we call a regional fisher?

Slut.

Yes Dave, I am a fishing 'ho and egg 'ho.

Aaron, who are booked into seat 3. I don't fish down there much so your local knowledge of the slots are very welcome! And your posts are fun too, so I know we'll have a great time. E-mail me a confirmation. We need one more for our team. Red and green pack herring would be cool. I heard there may be a shortage of it?

Hey, I showed up at F1 and left in a tie for top honors. Now, I don't want to be known as the guy who needs to bask in the glory all the time, so I decided to give somebody else a shot in F2 and F3, in hopes that RT might actually be in the running. Besides, I typically only fish rivers smaller than the Mississippi, so when you go plannin' these Columbia trips I'm kinda out of place.

Just remember RT.......that one chrome fish is STILL how many times more than you've banked during a Floatilla? Hmmmm?

Still looking for a seat............Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Did someone say.......Bueller????? Bueller here, Dan your seats in the Jeffhead Jeffsled!!! Hey Ya'll you out there....you have a seat too!!! I hear Os is in the BOEsled....that is unless he wants to jump ship!!! Will be a great day!!! Let the games begin!!!
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff

I'm in RT. Check you're e-mail.

The reason there's going to be a shortage of herring this year is because It's all in MY FREEZER!!

I've got bait covered. I can't wait to feed em' my special brine.

I guess my bass boat will have to sit this one out. Man, I don't know if I'll be able to produce fish out of a sled.

We'll have to leave the ramp at least a half hour earlier than we would if I was in the skeeter. That's unless you're sled does 60

This will be a fun event. I've been tinkering with my springer gear since December.

Aaron

Rt: for a guy who can't find his way to the water without a seeing eye dog...you really talk like you where a guide or something... :p maybe even a writer...

I told you the secret to fishing the N. F. Lewis was to back the boat into the water and then fish. Why you fished the puddles in the parking lot is beyond me. I saw that Troy almost had a chance to reach the water when he wasn't in the trees, studying bark rings around the trees you had him tangled in Someone of your water reading skills should have figured out that steelhead do not swim up boat ramps to parking lots....

You state you need a good crew, from the results of your prior floatillas it is evident you need someone in the boat that knows what they are doing... :p I think you should get Jeffhead and his famously modified rods and reels to join your team. That way when you are bouncing off boats you will have a couple of stumps to push off with... . To round out your team,go recruite the net bit*h Stew. Roy and I spent a lot of time teaching him how to net. We let him net about 50 shad as he was only able to catch 2 all evening....so we let him do what he is best at...netting...

The reason Roy is with us, and by the way, I am in his boat, is that someone needs to show him how to fish. I would have put him with you, but it would be too disruptive to others on the river watching "Mutt and Jeff" trying to fish together...


Giz... Let the smack flow...

I am a little scared of all that water
F-1 Dan"s boat was the King....
F-2 in our only defense all the fish were landed with 100 yds of the put in and 100 yds of the take out,with the exception of that Boot caught in rags boat heck we didn't even have rods in the water,at either location
considering Our no one in boat had never seen that river before we did well We wanted to do a pre-float trip but we chose to do it straight -up :p and we thought having a witness might help.......Os

So I guess I'm hitting 500..not bad for a Wassie ...........Os

Ah ..........Aunty M
Have you been hittin Rt's meds again,that's one way to wean him......Os

Wow, I guess this means that I'll have to do my taxes on Sunday.

It appears that RC, FisherDan, his son and I will be fishing on the Seaswirl. Now we just need some tips from the Washington guys on how to catch a springer.

By the way, what's a springer?

Andy

OK Giz, let's get down in the mud and pick on a middle age guy that is losing that sharp vision. (sharp vision - I've heard that somewhere before). Besides, with the slow NF fishing reports at the time with the river so high, I thought we'd have just as good a chance in the lot puddles. We got skunked there so put it late and ran away from the fish down river. But we came back in the afternoon and didn't score at the hatchery hole hot spot (meathole area) and you guys did. (How in the hell did you get Roy to hook one?!?) Geeeeeez that's humiliating. Speaking of vision, we must have been so shaken by you almost running over us in Scott's sled that we couldn't concentrate on the feeshin - had to keep an eye on your driving. But I need to catch a springer on 4/13. That's a lucky date for me; I used to get to drive 413 big block muscle cars when my Dad was with Chrysler back in the day. ...

And I've got to hand it to you Os - right now I'd take .500 in flotillas in a heartbeat. Would only have accepted batting 1000 going in, but I've been humbled by the flotilla gods. There are a lot of them on the horizon, and I foresee catching up to your batting %. Quicker if you show up for them!

Since I am really a 'reggie' and have 3 Oreos so far in my sled Giz, can you allow Jeff's Wassie team, with Dan and Yall, and my team to combine to make an interstate goodwill Team Reggie? [no Steve, you cracker. Besides Jeff's team wants no part of your flotilla stink near his boat] Oh , fine then. We'll see who needs to be hosed off after F4!

As for you Aunty, you are gettin pretty darn cocky since catching your first steelhead! (2 in fact, as I recall) So you keep talkin it up and come "Judgement Day at Sand Island", you better being swingin some chrome! Springer that is. ...

Hey can I go!! :p I've got three seats filled and will take another... $$$ Just kiddin- I've got another buddy I've got to get on the phone with and see if he's in or not, but if not there will be an open seat.

Finally, a flotilla that I fully plan to attend! I'm looking forward to pure chrome! Maybe someone on this board can shed some light on what I should use for bait? SMELT :p That's what RT's boat will be cut-plugging along with the pink rubber worms.
What happens if a guy shows up with a limit of summer runs??
Keith

Hey Keith, nobody said summer steelies didn't count. But they had better be big ones if you want to win the weigh in thing. btw, I got your pink worm right here.

And Giz, I just checked out this same smack talkin thread over on the other board and I gotta say I am embarrassed for you dude! And I quote Mr. Gizmo "JH...when did I get promoted. I thought I was the vp and your dad was the pres. of the double d club...(for those who don't know what the double d club is ask jeff...actually its when you are caught with your pants down and the rod goes off...in the case referenced there was a double header going on...both dad and I where caught at the same time when dads rod goes off..well actually both his rods ....let the choas begin." Oh man, I would NEVER admit to such blasphemy publicly if I were you Giz. Geeez, "are caught with your pants down and the rod goes off." - "both dad and I where caught at the same time when dads rod goes off." - "there was a double header going on". Oh Giz.

Glad you are not in some type of trance RT. Thought maybe you went looking for a emu to tell your problems to...

I am not embarrassed at all. Wasn't my rod that finally went off (well not the way you are thinking you big perv. :p ) Jeff's dad was the one with the double header... :p . I just happened to be next to that club Jeff calls a fishing rod.

Over on the other board they are on their second page of trash talkin'. What's going on over here...

Your right about you having to watch if you will be run over by another sled. In case someone hasn't told you, when you boondog the boat is actually moving back with the current and slightly slowed with the kicker. You don't run up to the spot and hold in place with the kicker....Kind of hard to get the bait in the fishes face. And you better watch out, cause the next boat will run right over you....

What happened to jeffhead...he can't take the heat so he took his bat and ball and went home...(those rods he uses are actually the bats he uses on his softball league...Help him out RT and get him something he can be seen in public with...

Old thumper keeps thinking me and him will be dead by the time f4 comes around. Its tough when your as old as he is...I hear he checks the obits each day to see if his name is listed... He doesn't understand that this is more constructive than some of the posts that are being made...at least we can all walk away and laugh...

Giz...or geezer....

Me thinks that Aunty has found herself a graemlin repository.

I came all the way up from Oregon, just to see what kind of a fuss this 4th Floatilla was bringing to you Wassies. I must say I am dissappointed. This is the best you've got?

It's bad enough we're gonna have to show you how to fish the BIG river, but now we have to show you how to trash talk as well?

Tsk, tsk. Check it out. Maybe you'll learn something: a REAL trash talking thread

Steve - I've got some news for you. You can't cut-plug a pink worm. Not that that's stopped you before. Make sure you don't use all your Preperation H between now and the floatilla. Wouldn't want to be rolling out there w/out it.

"Sharp Vision"? Hmmm, not in my experience. Are Parker and his minons actually going to make it out for this one?

Os - First Cast, Silent Approach, it doesn't matter. You won't do diddly fishin those jigs out there in the BIG water. Kwikfish under a float? You've been talking to Steve again, haven't you.

Dogfish - You want some springer tips? Here's one. Stay home! It'll be a lot less painful.

I'll be seeing the rest of you out on the water (that is if Giz makes it that long). April 13th, mark your calenders. I'm fishing for blood, and I don't just mean springers.

Let's see if I have this right. In Roy's boat we have Osprey,Roy and Giz....talk about a ship of fools!!!Will you guys have any room for Os' sheep? Hey Roy you gonna get that booster chair for your captains seat? Then our dear Marsha (Aunty M) will be there but we don't have to worry about her catching any fish. She'll be too busy gazing with desire at those two hunks on manliness in the team vicoden boat, yes RT and myself. Yeah I was Giz and Roy's net beeyotch on a shad trip last year but hey it's the only kind of fish Roy can catch
Stew

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Hey BH, I'm impressed with your trash talkin. Not! And what's worse is, I've talked to the babes in Corvallis and heard your kissin is worse than your dissin!

Not bad for a guy that looks like a choir boy though. But like they say, don't be knockin the boat that's rockin. That will be our boat. Plug cut worm, curved worm, no worm - it doesn't matter, our fishbox will be fatter!

And yes, Stew and I will be "the hunks" out there ladies. And our Jelly Head bassmaster too. Oh man, springers and bikini clad women following us around out there on a nice sunny spring day. Doesn't get much better.

..... I just thought of something. Team BOE/Giz/Os are going to have 3 chromers before they even start fishing. All they have to do is take their caps off. :p

Birdhunter my first cast will always be a Silent approach

Mr. IneverhadanyMOJO....ship of fools ,In reality Roy said I was too tall for his boat.
So We have put together the Winning Team.....team Oly
Jeffhead,Redneck,Dan S. and of course Me

I've been working on a new Springer tactic

First we have a double set of spinner blades above a Wounded Bait diver coverd in Prep H,in front of 3/0 owner Jig hook rigged witha Pink worm at a 45% degree angle.....Oh did I mention that the plug has holes drilled in it to allow the Paint to be released while trolling this rig...and Oh ya for slower water...I use a double float ,dual depth set-up..............Os

Oh Ya we'll take Auntie M,
I figure if you have Stew,that gives us an advantage.....she's caught a fish

In There Like Swimwear Thanks Jeffhead.

RT, don't forget the kneepads and get the doughnut back from Stew ....you're gonna need 'em princess.

Well Giz,
Looks like "Team Oly" or "Team Tomato Stick" is set!!! A Redneck, two guys that like gettin' jiggy with it, and a salty dog. Man one even jumped your ship to come join up!!! Who needs them $400 Gloomis's when you have the $35 downrigger rods that will work just as well pullin' herring and K'Fish in the lower "C". I may have to hit Value Village and find some of them yellow ones so I can really pi$$ every one off when we bring the winning toads in. :p Now when we get to Sekiu for F5 I'll make your arms sore pullin' fish in!!!!!
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff

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SNORING!!!!! Giz, this trash talking post bites and the responce is slow. Must be that the dawgs are not well trained on the board.

To quote a good friend of mine. "Nothing but a bunch of skirt wearing poodle walker" here. It's got to get better than this :p

Gawd I love it when you talk dirty to me 'Yall! mmmmm mmmmm, save me from sin, oh Lord.

Hey Jeff, are you also going to give the Redneck some rowing lessons? ... Oh wait, you got a new motor. At least watch out for your backside when go to the bow to throw your anchor out! And since you Wassies will be sitting there with motionless rods, remember that 'Yall can entertain himself for hours with your leader tube. ... If he gets tired of that you can dump him off at the Swan Island landfill dump site to play for awhile.

And did I read that right Jeff? You may have Osprey in your boat too?!? OH MY GAWD! Don't you know some of the things they are likely to do in the hog lines? Well, here's the top 10 list of reasons that may have you thinkin trolling with downriggers for springers in the Columbia ain't such a bad idea afterall; no matter how much everyone is laughing at that method down there:

#10 - For sure they will ask the guys on both sides of you to "pull my finger".
#9 - Reservations at the taxidermist may not be for fish.
#8 - One of them sprays his anchovie with Raid!
#7 - Do you have enough room for the hay bales they will be bringing?
#6 - Bring a ski mask for when you hear them ask the boaters anchored next to you to play 'show and tell'.
#5 - They scare women away.
#4 - No Walmart within miles!
#3 - One word: bananas.
#2 - Worse yet, those bananas could be in their pockets!
And the #1 reason you should re-consider all of this - You might wind up near Gizmo's boat when he takes his hat off and 'Yall and Os luuuuuuv chromers!!!

Was that OK Aunty?

Awright I've seen enough trashin' from South of the Border. I can't take any more of this stuff and I gotta chime in here.

You can all talk-the-talk but ain't nobody gonna catch any more chrome than ol' Hooch-n-Bubba (Jim B) NUFF SAID!!!!!!!!!!!

See ya on the beach at Sand Island

Hey, where is the Wassie Trash Talkin All-Star team? This stuff is lame. Bring some of that shiaat! ...

So Hooch, you're bringin Bubba, ay? AAAAAAARRRGG - RUN!!! We've no chance now. Is that "THE" Bubba we all here about? Not the one that vacated the White House a year ago - the amoraous Bubba you met while 'behind' the steel over in Walla Walla? Yikes! (jk = just kidding, Jim; this is a trash talkin thread ) ...

BY THE WAY -------> There's a new 'team to beat' in Flotilla IV. Jerry Shipe invited me to join him and his Wassie buddy, and so instead of using my sled, Shane and Aaron and I will be jumping into Jerry's bigger white Motion Marine sled; ready for combat. Of course this is a true 'Reggie' team with 2 Wassies, 2 Oreos, and 1 Reggie (a reggie is a regional fisher - that would be me after my @$$ heals). Jelly, Aaron, is local from St. Helen's and Jerry and his dad were the scourge of Frenchman's Bar springer fishermen last year - just tore 'em up. So, the rest of you guys can trash talk over who will get second place.

I need to come up with a team name and boat name. Until I can think up a better one, we will be "TEAM CRACKERS NOT". As for Jerry's boat, that would be the Great White Shark.



daa dunh, daa dunh, daa dunh, daa dunh - Oh oh, Wassie entrants quote, "Get out of the water, it's the Great White Shark with Cracker Nots in it coming right at us!!! They will be getting double and triples going right in our faces! Get out of the water now!"

And of course the 3:00 victory/BBQ party on Sand Island.
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*Note to self: Hey numbnuts, now you have really put it on yourself! If you come up cracker skunked in this one you might as well put the manuscript in the round file.

So, RT, just how do YOU know Bubba? Huh?
Tell us that well-kept secret and maybe, just maybe we'll let you follow the "Bubba Barge" to where the fish are!

Ya'all wanna be on the lookout for the infamous fishcatchingetoutthenetgrannychromeflashinboatwithseriousMOJO!

You Oreos gonna get some learnin' from this Floatilla!

i am back finally, had to change my moniker, but it is close to my old one.

now as for the f4, i will be there in the big purple wiggle wart as it has been called on the other site.

a real pleasure to ride in with good company to boot.

now as for you so called oreo's fisher's, tough luck up front, you aint got a chance when it comes to kicking fish tail's on the big "c" when we hit the water.

just look, listen and learn is all i will say till the 13 of always.

Well guy and gal, i am a bit disappointed that this thread is not going anywhere.
Where is the pride of wassie-ville, no manly pronouncemnts, no bravado's?

Just remember when the big purple boat pull along side with a load full of fish, it comes from north of the border.

Lets get with this, it is only 2 months away and some of you people act like it is next year.

Hey Rt: you are right...this bb just doesn't stack up in the Smack dept. The other bb is up to page 5....Ever since I made fun of those rods Jeffhead salvaged from the junk yard, I haven't heard back from him...where did he go....????

And RT, I hear you will do anything to try to catch a fish in a floatilla...any truth that you hired several boats to prefish for you... :p and have a net pen rented so if anyone should catch one before the event, they can keep it alive for you...

I saw Nick at the show the other day.

Now what about this manuscript... :p Stew told me that you couldn't catch a trout at the trout pond at the show so how you gonna catch a real fish in the river... :p Any truth that you where seen interviewing 9 yr olds to get input for the script...

Pour it on....Giz...

I was wondering if you were going to show your shinny head over here again Walt; after all that grade A trash I was slingin your way (and other's direction too). I figured I scared ya all off. :p

Nah. I know you don't scare easy. But be a little easier on me, will ya If ya ease up on poor ol' me I won't tell the guys about you renting sheep. Or that you average a fish per every 10 trips (that's what they told me at the WDFW offices of tag records anyway). I'll just let those facts slide.
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As for the trout pond, I just couldn't stand in line any longer; had to go to the rest room. Did Nick catch any?
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As for my book? It's going to put a significant dent in the fish runs! And that's no smack talkin either.

OHHHH NOOOOOOO jellyhead has teamed up with the enemy!

Jellyhead is now with in rock throwing distance of my house!
I could easily disable his boat.. muhahah
Just playin
It will be nice to see how you guys do up against the rest of us Coulmbia County Boys