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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I think so, yes. |
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Location: Illinois | Everyone should act like normal or the Tourists win. |
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| Memorial Day is a time to remember the men (and women) who gave their lives in the service of their country from Bunker Hills to Kandahar. We may spend it on the water, but let's not forget what it means. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | fish on!!! |
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Location: Smith Creek | Aren't we all "tourists" in this life?
Think about that for a while. |
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Location: MN | Don't horse him Sled! |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
Never thought I'd see the day that sled "trolled" from northern WI ! 
jonnysled - 5/24/2013 9:23 AM
fish on!!! |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | I love it when the tourists come to town. Now if they'd only leave the attitude back in the city where it belongs...
Edited by dfkiii 5/24/2013 9:48 AM
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| *HONK!!*
"OUTTA MY WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!"
(flips bird)
#*^@ rednecks |
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| esoxaddict - 5/24/2013 9:58 AM *HONK!!* "OUTTA MY WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!" (flips bird) #*^@ rednecks LMAO If you don’t like it then don’t fish in front of my dock… Now now… here’s a $20 – go cut my grass… |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'm a tourist all the time.
No matter where I go:
There I am. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Let's see, I'm going to spend about $700 not including a new battery at the local hardware store up North, release every single fish we hopefully catch. This includes tipping the waitresses, bartenders at the local gin mills. We’re buying landscaping materials, 2 new life jackets, a new America Flag, and groceries at another local store. Then we cut a check to Shoerder’s in Rhinelander for Pontoon repairs. I would hope that this helps the local economy and promote good will to the flatlanders that choose to travel to these areas and spend their hard earned money.
Have a safe holiday everyone!
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Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain | Can't we just all get along out on the water? Whether your from WI, IL or somewhere else, the lakes are all of ours...except for the one I happen to be fishing, that one is MINE! |
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Location: The desert | ToothyCritter - 5/24/2013 9:16 AM
Let's see, I'm going to spend about $700 not including a new battery at the local hardware store up North, release every single fish we hopefully catch. This includes tipping the waitresses, bartenders at the local gin mills. We’re buying landscaping materials, 2 new life jackets, a new America Flag, and groceries at another local store. Then we cut a check to Shoerder’s in Rhinelander for Pontoon repairs. I would hope that this helps the local economy and promote good will to the flatlanders that choose to travel to these areas and spend their hard earned money.
Have a safe holiday everyone!
Such a Good Samaritan |
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| My favorite quote from a fellow FIB, after some of the local patrons were complaining about the smell of his cigar:
"This is the Northwoods. I have a RIGHT!!"
Mm Hm. If you don't put out that friggin DOG TURD, you're liable to earn yourself a few lefts to go with it...
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Location: Smith Creek | Nothing ruins the taste of pickled pork hocks and deep fried cheese like cigar smoke! |
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Location: Roscoe IL | First order of buisness on arrival is cheese curds at Billy Bobs and a cold beer! |
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| happens everywhere, fair weather boaters, DNR swarming the lake giving tickets, and patsies taking sponge baths while their kayak sits blocking the ramp. one time I shouted out to the crowd - nobody in particular -'where were you guys when the water was 39 degrees!?'... 'yeah that's what I thought!'
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Location: deephaven mn | kayaker might have been. i ve seen several late in the fall |
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Location: Elgin, IL | sworrall - 5/24/2013 10:16 AM
I'm a tourist all the time.
No matter where I go:
There I am.
Dead Solid Perfect.
Thanks, Mr. Worrall. |
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| curdy - 5/24/2013 6:57 PM
happens everywhere, fair weather boaters, DNR swarming the lake giving tickets, and patsies taking sponge baths while their kayak sits blocking the ramp. one time I shouted out to the crowd - nobody in particular -'where were you guys when the water was 39 degrees!?'... 'yeah that's what I thought!'
I remember one year when I was a kid, when the local lake was getting a little too crowded... The DNR and the local police department decided to go on a rampage, stopping boat after boat after boat, writing tickets for everything they could think of. No life jackets, no lights, no fire extinguishers, over limit, you name it. If your boat was registered in IL, you got a ticket for SOMETHING. If you had a Jet Ski, it was a guarantee you'd get stopped and likely get a ticket. The next season? The lake was EMPTY. The guys who owned the marina went from over 100 boat slips rented and three full piers to one pier that was half full, that they didn't even install the last 50 feet of. At the time, everyone I knew (all FIBS) was good guying about the stupid DNR and the small town cops, and what a bunch of nice guys they all were, and what BS it was that so-and-so got a ticket for this or that... Many folks got so mad they swore never to come back again. Today, that lake is just as much of a circus as it always was, perhaps moreso. But there were a few quiet years after that... That's when I learned to appreciate quiet. |
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| Ditto on we're tourists. I'm an alien, actually. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Musky Mod - 5/27/2013 7:15 PM
Wisconsin: all you will ever be is Illinois hat. You are Illinois step child that we see once a month or so, but could largley do without.
short, fat bald guys with little hands look better in hats ... |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | jonnysled - 5/27/2013 7:43 PM
Musky Mod - 5/27/2013 7:15 PM
Wisconsin: all you will ever be is Illinois hat. You are Illinois step child that we see once a month or so, but could largley do without.
short, fat bald guys with little hands look better in hats ...
LOL!! |
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| jonnysled - 5/27/2013 7:43 PM
Musky Mod - 5/27/2013 7:15 PM
Wisconsin: all you will ever be is Illinois hat. You are Illinois step child that we see once a month or so, but could largley do without.
short, fat bald guys with little hands look better in hats ...
WI does beat IL in obesity rankings, I am guessing that will never change... |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | It's the beer in Milwaukee.
In the case of that anonymous 'guy', asshat fits. That makes sense, sorta. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | BenR - 5/27/2013 9:20 PM
jonnysled - 5/27/2013 7:43 PM
Musky Mod - 5/27/2013 7:15 PM
Wisconsin: all you will ever be is Illinois hat. You are Illinois step child that we see once a month or so, but could largley do without.
short, fat bald guys with little hands look better in hats ...
WI does beat IL in obesity rankings, I am guessing that will never change...
beats IL in life expectancy too ... wonder why? |
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| Cheese? |
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| jonnysled - 5/27/2013 9:35 PM
BenR - 5/27/2013 9:20 PM
jonnysled - 5/27/2013 7:43 PM
Musky Mod - 5/27/2013 7:15 PM
Wisconsin: all you will ever be is Illinois hat. You are Illinois step child that we see once a month or so, but could largley do without.
short, fat bald guys with little hands look better in hats ...
WI does beat IL in obesity rankings, I am guessing that will never change...
beats IL in life expectancy too ... wonder why?
conservation of brain usage. |
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| Also WI is home of the WR muskie;) |
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Location: oswego, il | I embrace it. I wore a shirt all weekend says team fib on the front and fn illinois bastard on the back. people love it, well some people anyway. wisconsin, thanks for being such gracious hosts to us fibs. caught a musky off the dock, only musky we caught, walleyes, pike, bass and crappie were much more willing. had not been to hayward in 12 uears need to not be so long between trips.
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Location: minocqua, wi. | that's way too long Todd!! i'm surprised your Visa hadn't expired! |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | It's the beer in Milwaukee.
And maybe the Bears.
Explains everything.
By the way, it was VERY busy in the Northwoods this weekend. Best I've seen it in years. Nice to see things picking up again. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Are they gone?
Is it safe to come out now? |
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Location: oswego, il | late spring not many people able to get out untill now. more people on the lake than I have ever seen. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
I have one of those shirts - hilarious. Having been born a FIB, it's kind of fun to wear from time to time.
Let me know the next time you are in town. We can meet at the Moccasin Bar and have a beer under Cal Johnson's "world record" !
ToddM - 5/27/2013 9:54 PM
I embrace it. I wore a shirt all weekend says team fib on the front and fn illinois bastard on the back. people love it, well some people anyway. wisconsin, thanks for being such gracious hosts to us fibs. caught a musky off the dock, only musky we caught, walleyes, pike, bass and crappie were much more willing. had not been to hayward in 12 uears need to not be so long between trips. |
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Location: Maine Township, MN | LOL, I had to look up what FIB meant... What's the term for the same people that come from ND to Western MN? Haha! |
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| I LIVE down here, and I can't stand the bastards. |
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Location: Perryville, MO | I too had to go to an urban dictionary to makes sense of FIB. I get it now, and I'm sure for residents of WI it makes perfect sense. However, I live just across the river from them and have to tell ya the folks down here in the South are alright. I'd bet that nearly every FIB you all complain about lives North of I-80. The reference ought to be to real problem. One nasty, big city up by y'all. I know...there's no ring to FCB. |
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Memorial Day ... A "Tourist Attack"? or "An Act of Tourism"?