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25 Jan

30TH Annual Ice Fishing Derby

Posted by Joshua Nathaniel Melville, under "How To Plan It", Contests and Promotions, Fishing Shows, Fishing Trips and Reviews, Gear Reviews, General, GetREELed, Interesting Facts, Joshua, Tackle Reviews, Team UFD

30TH Annual

Lake Champlain

Islands

ICE FISHING DERBY

SATURDAY – SUNDAY:

FEBRUARY 13 – 14, 2010

MARK YOUR CALANDERS AND BUY YOUR

TICKETS TODAY!

YOU COULD WIN:

Now in it’s 30th consecutive year, the derby is proud to award over $4,000 in cash and prizes. There are seven categories of which to compete for cash prizes up to $300.00, plus a trophy for the first 3 places in each category. However you don’t have to catch the biggest fish in the lake to be a winner. Your derby ticket qualifies you to win a jiffy power auger at the awards ceremony on Sunday night, You must be present to win.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

you may call one of the following committee members : Mindy and Gilbert Granger ( Martin’s General Store) 802-868-4459; Steve Martell (Bayside Bait and Tackle) 802-524-2222; or George Fowler (The Islander Newspaper) 802-372-5600.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL !

05 Jan

2010 First Fishing Trip Of The New Year

Posted by Joshua Nathaniel Melville, under Coming Soon, Fishing Trips and Reviews, General, GetREELed, Interesting Facts, Joshua, Tackle Reviews, Team UFD

Today was a Beautiful day to go ice fishing, The weather was perfect,

The Ice was thick and the perch were slamming our lines and tip-ups

We caught 50 Perch in an hour and a half, our best lure was the Jigging

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Ok Video Is Finished But Too Long To Post Anywhere But FaceBook so You’ll Have to Find Me Under Joshua Melville To See Both Videos Hope You Enjoy.

21 Dec

Ice Season Starts Early

Posted by Joshua Nathaniel Melville, under "How To Plan It", Coming Soon, Fishing Trips and Reviews, GetREELed, Interesting Facts, Joshua, Team UFD, Uncategorized

Get your gear ready , Cold weather has brought us an early ice season. I came across this article in the Sunday paper while drinking my coffee and my excitement level shot through the roof . I ran through the house showing everyone, and now sharing this info to you my fellow ice anglers. Our first ice fishing adventure will take place after the new year. Also just got an HD camcorder so Keep an eye out for great ice fishing Videos. (Coming Soon)

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14 Dec

Fishing “Must Haves” for a Great Day on the Water

Posted by vanessa, under GetREELed, Interesting Facts

GetREELed.com member Vanessa here – so last week I posed the question: “What are Your Fishing Must-Haves?” and got a great response on both GetREELed.com as well as our Facebook fan pages.

Here is a summary of everybody’s responses so take a look and share with your friends – you never know what you might be missing to make your fishing trips better!

“First you need a good Rod and Reel. I would Be taking a 6 1/2 ft Ugly Stick medium to heavy action. Always have a topwater silver original floating rapala,strikeking Spinnerbait,white chartruse with trailer hook, and never leave home without a Arkie crawgrub or jig, they really catch Big bass!… read more” – Danial

“When I go out for a day of fishing I Must have my Polarized glasses, my sun block, and my lucky visor, in my tackle box I must have my green pumkinseed trikstiks, and my Koppers Livetarget crawfish, and perch crankbaits… read more” – Ben

“St. Croix 6′6″ ML Fishing Rod with a Shimano Spinning Reel 10# test, with the right drag ready for anything. 2) Polarized Sunglasses … read more” – Lukanator

“My Leatherman, This Multipurpose tool covers all basics , Cutting line, Squeezing weights cleaning/skinning fish… read more” – Joshua

“give me a 7.6ft flipping stick, a nice high speed low profile casting reel and some 60lb braid with a 9/16 flipping jig tied on the end … read more” – Billy

“shallow wood or weeds, spinnerbait or shallow crank… read more” – Jeff

“A glassy flat and a topwater plug … read more” – David

“black jellyworm… read more” – Marc

“More lures, more lure, more lures… read more” – Steve

“Green pumpkin Sweet Beaver. 3/0 Lazer Trokar hook… read more” – Dug

“#7 rapala jointed minow … read more” – Karen

“sutton 44 or 35 … read more” – Norman

“gotta have some orange power bait and green for some trout and … read more” – Rebecca

If you’ve got a fishing “must-have” that isn’t on the list yet, be sure to go to GetREELed.com and post your ideas for everyone, or share your comments here at the Ultimate Fishing Directory Blog. Thanks to everybody for their great feedback!!

09 Dec

GetREELed’s Challenge – 10,000 for 2010!

Posted by vanessa, under Contests and Promotions, GetREELed

Thanks to everyone that joined GetREELed.com so far – we appreciate each and every one of you! To show our appreciation, we’ve put together a video of some of our favourite photos you’ve all uploaded over the past year.

Now we’re giving you a challenge – help us with our New Year’s resolution to get 10,000 members for 2010! Invite your friends, family or anyone else that loves fishing as much as you do, to join GetREELed.com and help grow your community.

Cheers!

www.getREELed.com
www.UltimateFishingDirectory.com

04 Nov

The Fish that Got Away…

Posted by vanessa, under Fishing Trips and Reviews, GetREELed, Humor

Hey guys – I just wanted to share some funny stories posted by some GetREELed.com members when I asked them to tell me about their fish that got away…

I’ve only posted some snippets of their stories here on the Ultimate Fishing Directory Blog so make sure to click through to read the entire tale.

You never know… it may help you next time you’re fighting to keep your catch!

Scott H:
“The best fishing trip of the year for me and my friends from SBD Kayak Fishing was our trip to Antero Reservoir in Colorado. This placed was stocked regularly with BIG trout and constantly produces 4-7 pounders almost daily.

We went there in our fishing kayaks and started getting into some big trout in the edge of this tall weed bed. All in a row we each hooked into giant trout- but MINE…oh that fish…” Read More

Ira B:
“t was so sad. I grew up on Long Island and never really fished for Striped Bass because the size limit was 36 inches at the time. I have always preferred blue fish myself, to eat and to catch…” Read More

Jesse:
“All I can say on this one is this…..Me and two friends were fishing about 3 miles outside the Boyton Inlet drifting finger mullet…” Read More

Steve G:
“It began like many other days. The weather was a nice warm late spring day, clear skies and the sun shining bright. I made my way down to a hole on the North Saskachewan river just outside and upstream from Edmonton. We have been fishing there for many years and it was usually good for some goldeye, walleye, pike, sauger and some red-tailed suckers…” Read More

Cheers to everyone for sharing

If you’ve got a great story to tell, stop by GetREELed.com and share with us!

27 Oct

You love fishing with…

Posted by vanessa, under GetREELed, Interesting Facts

Ok – so our team posed the question “Who do you love to go fishing with” and surprisingly (or maybe not!) the answers were pretty random…

Thanks to all that added their preferred fishing companions on www.GetREELed.com and our Ultimate Fishing Directory and www.GetREELed.com Facebook fan pages. It’s nice to get some insight into everyone’s favourite past-time and see how happy this sport can truly make us!

So, the results …

Several people commented that they enjoy spending their fishing days with an old buddy; someone to have a beer or two (or three?) with after a long day and get away from their every day lives for just a while.

Then there are those of us that prefer going out alone – just you, yourself and … well just you . It’s a great way to give ourselves time to think, to get away from it all and just relax (which we all need these days). Plus it doesn’t hurt that you can focus on the real goal of the day – finding a nice catch!!

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BUT, the most descriptive and really passionate answers came from the many people that said their family members were the favourite choice.

This included Dads, grandparents, husbands/wives, kids, and the of course the beloved family pet that offers nice company (but doesn’t scare the fish away with chatting!).

Just look at how much fun Marcia is having with her cocker spaniel, Jake in the photo…
[photo courtesy of GetREELed.com]

So, the next time you want to go fishing by yourself, or even with your regular buddy, invite someone along that maybe doesn’t get a chance to fish often so you can share the great experience with them. Or reconnect with an old group of friends you may not have seen in a while.

And pass along to everybody the spots you most often fish, or even fishing tournaments (which you can post on the Ultimate Fishing Directory and GetREELed special events.

Whatever your preference, take time to enjoy it! I hope you all have a great time fishing the next time you get a chance!

Tight lines everybody & Happy Fishing!!

http://www.getreeled.com/profile/MARCIAREELADYRUBIN

05 Oct

How to Catch a Fish … Secrets Revealed!

Posted by vanessa, under Interesting Facts

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I am, by no means, great at fishing. I’ve gone out many times, usually with little to nothing to show for it. Therefore, I thought I’d ask the experts, just what IS their secret ?!

Ok, so I posed the question on both GetREELed.com (http://www.getreeled.com/forum/topics/strange-fishing-tips) and Facebook, “what’s the strangest thing you’ve done or used to catch a fish?” as I was curious to know what sort of weird stuff everybody was using (and maybe help myself out next time I get out on the water). I got some really great responses from a ton of people (thanks guys!!), and wanted to share some of the tips, techniques and bait with everyone.

So here goes … I hope everybody is taking notes:

Canned corn = panfish
Cigarette butts = perch (I don’t really recommend this approach due to environmental issues but apparently it did work)
Ketchup = randoms
Chicken fillets = bass and catfish
Chewed bazooka bubblegum = catfish
Chicken liver with Strawberry Koolaid = bluecat
Rolled oats = smelt
Marshmallows, Peas and Chopped weiners = randoms
French fries = tarpon
Cardboard = blowfish

So, that’s it for now. So get out there and try some of these yourself! As they say… There’s never a wrong way to catch a fish!

If you have any other tips, techniques or random bait that you’ve used to reel them in, I’d love to hear them.

Cheers & Happy Fishing everybody!

17 Sep

An American Girl In Canada…Part Deux

Posted by the fisherbabe, under fisherbabe

Ok…well not Canada but it was on our way to Canada so that counts!!! I got to visit Glacier National Park in Montana, and it was a blast. We mainly just drove through on our way up to Edmonton, but the sites were so beautiful that it was worth the extra hour it took to get there!!!!

The Fisherbabe and Fisherhubby

I saw the carved out areas where glaciers USED to be…and it was awe inspiring and sad at the same time.

I really love the scenic drives that come along with our trips up north. The scenery is always amazing. The little ponds and lakes on the sides of the roads always make me just throw my collapsible in the trunk and hit the road.

There were so many lovely waterfalls to be seen in Glacier National Park. They took a little walking to get to, but the beauty was worth the hike. This one is one that I did not get to, but my husband took my camera along on his hike and shot it for me. Isn’t it lovely?

We hiked along the riverbed to get to this little falls, and all I thought about the whole time was “I really hope a bear doesn’t get me…”!!! LOL

I am always worried about bears in Canada….even though I have never actually seen a bear in Canada. But it doesn’t hurt to be on the look out.

As we were leaving the park and heading down the road towards the Monster Fish, we stopped and looked back at the beautiful sunset behind us. I am so glad we did!!!!

This was one of the most fantastic scenes I have ever witnessed. The pink sky and silouette of the mountains made for a majestic site.

Kinda makes a person feel small…

If you ever get the chance to visit this beautiful National Park, I suggest doing so!!! On a more serious note, however, I suggest you go very soon. The Glaciers are receding so fast that I am very afraid that they will just be tales to tell my grandchildren.

Stayed tuned…tomorrow the post is all about fish porn. Oh yeah…I said fish porn!!!

Happy Evening ~

LIZZY aka The Fisherbabe

Check out my profile on GetREELed.com
Check out my site: www.fisherbabe.com

17 Sep

Fishing Dictionary

Posted by Joshua Nathaniel Melville, under Joshua

Picked up a pocket Dictionary the other day and I thought I’d share a few Definitions. Such as….

Fishing

1. n. The art of casting, trolling, jigging, or spinning while freezing, sweating, swatting or swearing.

Angler

1. n. One of two cold, wet, devious, and temperamental creatures of somewhat limited intelligence found at either end of a fishing line. See FISH

Fish

1. n. Remarkable aquatic animal typically weighing less than 10 pounds which, without gear, tackle, or equipment of any kind and using nothing more than hypnotic suggestion, can easily lure an angler as much as 50 times it’s size tens or even hundreds of miles into inhospitable terrain or unfamiliar waters and keep him there for hours with nothing more than a couple of false rises and a few practiced flicks of its tail.

Dusk

1. Brief twilight period that separates the time when fish don’t bite because they can see your line from the time when fish don’t bite because they can’t see your lure.

Strike

1. v. The thrilling moment when, with a quick rolling or lunging motion, an unseen finned quarry suddenly takes the hook of an angler fishing the spot you left five minutes ago.

This Dictionary is hilarious I found it sitting at the checkout counter at Boarders in the mall but this book can be found almost anywhere. Written by Henry Beard & Roy Mckie and published by Workman Publishing. Funny little book, you and your fishing buddies will love.