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THE FERD |
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| bnelson |
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| sorenson |
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Posts: 1764 Location: Ogden, Ut | Use lures generally not shaped like retrieving dummies...you can send your Weagles and Wabulls to me for safe keeping.  S. | ||
| Beaver |
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| KidDerringer |
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| Hi cyber muskie peeps. I have had Goldens 35 of my 50 years. Most times four, last two years only two. SImply the best to fish with. Plus mine own everything, just let me come along for the ride and work hard to amuse them.  Always in my boat and sometimes even requested to go along when I hire out my services to guide. Only once can I remember one jumping from boat after a lure / fish. His name was Buddy and was 13 years old, all I can guess is he just wanted to ride that fish. Best way for me has always get them wet and in the boat early. Older dogs sort of lead the way. Agree simple commands do wonders, old or young. Being a friend / leader can do wonders as they are only here to please. Make friends, make dog buddy feel comfotable, show / command when it is OKAY water time. Make up a simple command a bit different for simple riding / watching time. Simple cammands with exact tone will provide quick action and fun. Hand movements also work if mixed in at the same time. Cookies and Jerky will also increase the LEARNING curve big time. Best dam guides / friends / clients I ever had. Sad when they leave as they are family fer sure. Enjoy the fun showing them the lay of a boat, the water you fish... Tom Wehler Edited by KidDerringer 3/24/2006 10:28 AM Attachments ----------------  MyRig.jpg (131KB - 110 downloads) FunH&Bnet.jpg (65KB - 117 downloads) Web03#42.jpg (124KB - 109 downloads) 05guides.jpg (66KB - 103 downloads) Sweethounds04.jpg (53KB - 110 downloads) Fun1.jpg (9KB - 111 downloads) Fun4.jpg (55KB - 108 downloads) | |||
| The Yeti |
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| tuffy1 |
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Posts: 3242 Location: Racine, Wi | Ditto with the leash. They will eventually learn when they should stay and when they can play. The only thing is, you have to watch them on the leash, as last year, mine jumped out when I thought he was just sitting there. Turned my head for 2 seconds, and he decided to jump out when we were beached. $1000 later, his leg is pretty much back to normal.  He only jumped out one other time, and that was after a twin fin. He sleeps in the boat most of the time, unless there's a pontoon full of women. Then he sits and looks cute so they can oogle over him. | ||
| BNelson |
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Location: Contrarian Island | Yah what is it with nets? Here is my dog Summer as a puppy in the net..she no longer needs the leash and knows to stay in the back of the boat OFF the front deck... though now with a new boat she will have to learn all over again I suppose.... Attachments ---------------- summer18 (2).jpg (94KB - 109 downloads) | ||
| GOTONE |
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| tomcat |
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Posts: 743 | do some boring trolling...that will keep him from jumping in the water...hell, i got the dog and kid to sleep for a lap around the drink... Edited by tomcat 3/24/2006 12:41 PM Attachments ---------------- resizescout.JPG (70KB - 106 downloads) | ||
| muskie! nut |
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Posts: 2893 Location: Yahara River Chain | All great stories and ideas. My bother had a yellow lab that just love the water. I used the short leash, but Tucker seems - somehow got his butt over the edge of the Tuffy and was dangling over the edge of the boat like being hanged. He was well trained, but sometime he just had to go for a swim. Dry that dog was a shade over 100 pounds, and wet it seems llike twice that when I had to drag him aboard. The best way I found to keep him in the boat was to catch a white bass, place in the livewell and leave the lid open. Tucker would watch that fish and sometimes dunk his head into the well and try to get it. Most times he'd miss, but once and a while he pul the fish out and drop it on the floor. I would pick it up and drop it back in the well again and it would happen all over again. When it was time to go home, I would release the bass. I wonder what the next angler that caught it thought when he notices so many scales missing? I hope my buddy Greg sees this thread. He has a Britt & a blk Lab that he takes fishing. Only once we ran into trouble. He has a Tuffy DeepV and stores his unused rods under the gunnel cap, but the Britt manged to pick one bait with the rod attached with her front paw and when she jump another hook on the bait caught her rear flank (don't ask how). Greg grabbed her and I grab the bolt cutters I cut the shank on the front paw and then we cut the hook on the rear flank. It just caught the skin and was through so the was a quick out. Then we were worried about the front hook. We looked at her front paws, but could not find the hook. It was on the floor alright out. Whew! That was too much excitment. But she was fine and didn't even bleed. | ||
| Mark H. |
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| What Kid Derringer said... Love the photos Tom... Those who know me well know how close my ties are to my Yellow Lab. She is very much my shadow, or am I hers..? Needless to say, other than when I'm working we are seldom apart from each others company. There really isn't a substitute for a well trained dog, the leash can work but be carefull they can't get caught up in it get their legs wrapped up in it. My dog is great for everything except topwater fishing... she has a hard time watching them and not wanting to go get them... One word of caution I would like to give everyone that fishes with dogs... Have a plan on how you will get your furry friend back in the boat if he/she falls/jumps out. Hoisting a wet 70lb.+ dog over the side of today's multi-species rigs can be a challenge for the fittest of men. I have a horror story about this that almost cost both me and my dog our lives had it not been for my buddy in his bass boat who was able to help us...Too long to type, but suffice to say I have a plan now... Nose prints on the windshield, what a wonderful thing. Attachments ---------------- Copy of Mark n Mande05.jpg (76KB - 110 downloads) | |||
| Musky Alan |
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Posts: 544 Location: Alsip, Il | My musky beagle Henry was with me from fishing trips from Arkansas to Ontario. Get some lure wraps if you are going to have more than one rod out (beckman makes them large enough for musky lures). Also, keep taklce boxes and tote bags close my guy was sticking his nose were it wasn't suppose to be and heard a yelp no damage done but be prepared. Henry loves muskie tail. God Bless, Al Attachments ---------------- h 4.jpg (107KB - 100 downloads) | ||
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| ToddM |
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| esoxaddict |
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| buddysolberg |
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| Musky53 |
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| Musky53 |
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| These are my favorites of me and Annie in Hayward, WI. Tom Attachments ---------------- DSCF0004.JPG (160KB - 112 downloads) DSCF0017.JPG (168KB - 105 downloads) DSCF0030.JPG (158KB - 114 downloads) DSCF0036.JPG (193KB - 100 downloads) | |||
| muskie! nut |
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Posts: 2893 Location: Yahara River Chain | I told you about my buddy, Greg's dogs. Here they are. Attachments ---------------- greg39tom.jpg (28KB - 103 downloads) PepperDog.jpg (35KB - 105 downloads) | ||
| TECK |
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Posts: 670 Location: Minnetonka , MN. | Here is my big helper Attachments ---------------- BOO copy.jpg (14KB - 108 downloads) | ||
| lambeau |
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| training is the key, keep an eye on them and teach them their boundaries. and never ever take them out when the weather is bad. like when it's hot. or when it's rainings. or when it's snowing. Attachments ---------------- sundog.JPG (109KB - 101 downloads) raindog.JPG (106KB - 101 downloads) snowdog.JPG (71KB - 103 downloads) | |||
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