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| Pointerpride102 |
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Posts: 16632 Location: The desert | |||
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| BNelson |
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Location: Contrarian Island | i have had my dog in the boat since she was a puppy...biggest thing to do is train them that the front 1/2 of the boat or so is off liimits....as that is where my bait tube w/ lures is and the rods are on one side in the front deck w/ baits on them...she did get hooked once in one of her pads when she was about a yr old and it's funny how well her memory is 4 yrs later but she knows musky lures are not something she wants to get near... train them that the back of the boat is their place and you will be fine....my dog is as mellow in the boat as they come and usually sleeps most of the time and could care less when we put muskies in the net.....unless she is sleeping in the net...then it gets a little more interesting... Edited by BNelson 6/7/2010 10:07 AM Attachments ----------------  summer20.jpg (32KB - 91 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 214 Location: Central Iowa | |||
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Posts: 214 Location: Central Iowa | |||
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| FlyFish4Esox |
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| Shoot2Kill |
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| Mak51 |
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| I have spent many hours in the boat with my friend's Jack Russell Terrier. He's a good dog and behaves well. He only becomes somewhat of a problem when we have a fish in the net and he wants to jump in and swim with around with the musky. Always nice to have a little companion in the boat. Here's a pic of my buddy's dog trying to chomp the tail of a musky much bigger than he. Edited by Mak51 6/7/2010 11:57 AM Attachments ---------------- Sonny.jpg (28KB - 78 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 1663 Location: Kodiak, AK | crackpot - 6/7/2010 11:09 AM I take my lab with me sometimes and when i do i just make sure all hooks are not out in the open i.e actually putting baits back in the box after using one instead of throwing it in a pile on the floor. Agreed. It's just a rule in my boat that there's no baits for flies laying around. I may hang a couple on my windshield, up where he can't get to them. But it's just as quick for me to unclip and clip a new bait on as it is to grab a whole 'nother rod. My dog knows to stay behind me and stay out of the way. When it's calm, he's allowed on the deck, but when it's rough out and I don't want to trip over him, he's relegated to the back of the boat. Attachments ---------------- P8300014r.jpg (289KB - 81 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 280 Location: McFarland | |||
| Jomusky |
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| My Chessy (Mercury) is 13 years old, he has been in the boat since a pup. Most of the time he is up front by me in my bass boat. Lately he seems to like it a bit more on the bench seat during the long days. I always have at least one rod rigged with a bait laying on top of the rod locker on the side of the boat and a few baits on the other side. He has been hooked a few times over the years. Once when he was a couple of years old it was pretty bad with one hook in the nose and the other in a paw. I cut the hooks, let him swim for a bit and he was fine. He definetely has learned to stay away from them. Now maybe once a year he might get one to stick to him but he has learned to freeze and wait for me to take it off, doesn't even bleed at all. The rod(s) and baits are always in the same place and there is plenty of room for him. With his old age I have to pick him up into the boat and back of the truck now, but he really does love time in the boat. I have always kept him on a leash with the end hooped onto the front seat post. He knows that if I take the leash off it's swim time. He's still a ton of fun, he barks and gets excited when I set the hook. Many of my friends will call to see what we got when they hear him barking. He is a little anoying at times trolling because he barks when the clicker goes off, even when just setting lines out. Dogs in the boat are awesome. Attached is an old picture from LOTW which is my favorite.
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| jonnysled |
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Posts: 13688 Location: minocqua, wi. | |||
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Posts: 13688 Location: minocqua, wi. | |||
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| curleytail |
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| I have a 14 month old Springer Spaniel. Started taking him out in the boat with me last year when he was a pretty little puppy. He did okay in the boat, but didn't go along a lot because he got motion sick pretty easily when we first got him. He's been going along now with me quite a bit and has been doing great in the boat. I let him be off leash when fishing for walleyes, panfish, etc. When the musky gear comes out, I leave him hooked to a leash which is looped around the farthest forward seat post in the cockpit. Lets him just get up onto the front deck, or his front feet up on the back. I can also keep some baits laying on the floor in the very front of the bow when he's leashed up. He doesn't go wild over them, but he get's a little interested in fish. I leave him hooked up while musky fishing just to be on the safe side to make sure he doesn't jump in after one. I think it's important to take them out in the boat early if possible, and don't make a big, exciting deal of it at first. Keep calm, keep the dog calm, and you'll have a good fishing buddy. If the fishing is slow, Riley is pretty content to find some shade and take a nap. Junkman is right though - keep water in the boat for them. I usually try to create a littlle shade on the sunny days if I can too. curleytail Attachments ---------------- Rileyboat.jpg (104KB - 81 downloads) P_001a[1].jpg (97KB - 78 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 1451 Location: Kronenwetter, WI | +1 on the once bitten twice shy idea. My Silver Lab, Ranger, is my most frequent fishing partner. The first season in the boat he got a little too curious about what a shallowraider was as it hung on the tube beneath my but seat....took the hook all the way through the left outer nostril. Had a heck of a time getting him to sit still so I could cut the barb off and back the hook out...OUCH! Bled like a stuck pig, but never, NEVER sniffed another bait. He likes to curl up in my net as many other dogs do...that cost me a fish earlier this year !@#!@#!! I love having him in the boat...we carry on extended one-sided conversations like, "Wuttya think, boy...there gonna be a fish sittin' on that point or should be hit the weedbed on the east end?" By the way, he never asks why we're fishing this spot or complains when fish aren't moving. Here's a pic he nosed his way into this spring and one from last season. Oh, yeah, if you really want to see him get excited, just say, "Let's go fishin'!!!" and he runs to the truck...can't beat that with a stick. Edited by Cowboyhannah 6/7/2010 10:31 PM Attachments ---------------- range pic smaller.jpg (79KB - 81 downloads) ranger_phixr.jpg (157KB - 77 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 551 Location: Columbus, Georgia | Spank the Wonder Dog has been a fixture on my boats for 4 years now. He instinctively learned when it's safe to come forward in the boat, and usually stays back when someone has a fish on. Attachments ---------------- 100_3806 [1600x1200].JPG (56KB - 88 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 96 Location: Eau Claire | |||
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Posts: 416 Location: Madtown, WI | I definitely have a love/hate relationship of having my dog along with me. She's a deadly fishing mix, chessy and aussy. She thinks she is a working dog and her work is to retrieve. She usually spends the first hour of the trip barking or whining every time my bait hits the water. She also loves to swim, so she needs to take a lap or two around the boat every hour or so regardless of water temps. Her companionship is worth it though and I've actually had quite a bit of luck fishing with her.
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| d2bucktail |
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Before he went to the dog park in the sky, my 100 lb German Shepherd stood with me up front and watched intently for follows on EVERY cast. During the years we shared the boat together he jumped out once (first trip together when he was 10 months old) and fell out twice. Oh, and he got hooked in the hind quarter by a lure I had hanging on the console while fishing on Little Green Lake - He was vocally unhappy at that time but went right back to watching for follows once I had removed the hook. And once when I apparently wasn't paying attention to his needs, he took a dump on a friend's brand new rain suit. Priceless!  Edited by d2bucktail 6/11/2010 12:13 AM Attachments ---------------- Maxx-Dave1.jpg (85KB - 80 downloads) | |||
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