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Prof. Salt
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Joined: 23 Aug 2011
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Location: Offshore on a kayak
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 Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 5:13 pm Post subject: Neither rain nor cold… |
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Not much keeps me from pursuing fish if they’re in the shallows, and this mornings cool rain and winds failed to put a damper on the festivities. I looked at conditions and decided to launch late, so at 8:30 I hit the water and began the search. Sixteen miles of searching turned up fish after fish that were oversized, but I also managed to locate one 24” red to ride home with me. I guess it was my turn for some misadventures because flies broke off during fights, plastics did too, hooks pulled and a few fish spooked before I could entice them to eat. I found cawlers, schools of fish and more crawlers, on skinny flats and in drains, since the tide was pouring out of the shallows. After the rain got heavy and soaked me to the bone I soldiered on for four more hours before I had enough and headed for the truck. I guess the fish can breathe easy until next weekend. 😆 Thankfully the heater works well, and by the time I got home I was comfortable and ready to clean up the gear.
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ziacatcher
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 22 Dec 2008
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Location: The Bluff
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| Way to go, glenn! |
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Central Scrutinizer
Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Posts: 3482
Location: Flour Bluff
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Neither rain nor cold… |
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| Prof. Salt wrote: | | .. After the rain got heavy and soaked me to the bone I soldiered on for four more hours |
My 1 big take-away from my time in the US Army Infantry -
When it rains, you can only get so wet, ...... then it just rolls right off of you.
Learn to Embrace the Suck!
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[Well, that and the effective down-range kill zone for a Claymore mine, and how to properly place C-4 explosives to split an I-Beam  ] |
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jnd1959
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Joined: 26 Aug 2012
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Location: Weatherford, TX
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Learn to Embrace the Suck!
Outdoor words to live by. I've been at 13K feet in a hail storm, rained constantly on a 20 mile hike and broke ice in a duck boat when the motor died.
Sometimes, that's all you can do. |
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jnd1959
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Joined: 26 Aug 2012
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Location: Weatherford, TX
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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and, in case there is a zombie apocalypse, what exactly is the downrange kill zone of a claymore mine?
Asking for a friend. |
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Central Scrutinizer
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Location: Flour Bluff
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 10:52 am Post subject: |
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| jnd1959 wrote: | and, in case there is a zombie apocalypse, what exactly is the downrange kill zone of a claymore mine?
Asking for a friend. |
The steel balls are projected in a 60° fan-shaped pattern that is 6.6 ft high and 55 yd wide at a range of 55 yd. The fragments can travel up to 270 yd, and the optimum effective range is 55 yd, at which the optimal balance is achieved between lethality and area coverage, with a hit probability of 30% on a man-sized target.  |
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Tyler
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