Scenes from the Lake Pepin event -- before and after!
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What a great tip! Don't worry, Terry -- I'll keep it to myself!!!

"Why Fr. Bertha, what makes you think I would give out a special tip to someone else and not include you???"

"O Lord, give me the strength to endure another one of these 'where can I catch-em' speaking deals..."

"How can I believe a guy who talks with his eyes closed all the time?"

"I'm not sure...but I think I'm falling asleep..."

"Hello, DNR? Yeah, we've got this speaker here tonite and he's putting everybody to sleep. Isn't there some DNR regulation about this sort of thing?"

"Sknnnxxxxx..........sknnnxxxxxx....."

"Good grief, the guy actually fell asleep, right in the middle of his presentation..."

"Hey, listen up! Here are the rules for the Pepin event..."

"No, I think this is Wisconsin. Or Michigan. Well, whatever it is, it's the state on the other side of Lake Pepin."

"HUH? You mean I fell asleep while I was talking???"

"Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to Farm Boy, happy birthday to me!"

At the Wabasha launch...after a very, very wet day of fishing Pepin.

Nasty surveys the goods...

...and digs in while Janitor "cleans up" his own plate...

"I still say that guy was sleepin' while he was talkin'. We tried all the spots he raved about. Nada. Zip."

"Hmmm... the spreadsheet worked last time I tried it..."

Chowin' down...

"I know it was my idea to come down here, but hey, I got just as wet as everybody else!"

"...and then, I almost hooked 'im. If that spoon of yours hadn't flung back and shorted out the trolling motor, we'd have won this thing..."

In his typical stealth mode, Perp gives us his Sherlock Holmes imitation...

"Hey Griz, you havin' trouble with the computer?"

"Hmmm... you guys havin' trouble with the computer? Lemme take a look..."

"Hey, whatsamatter with you guys? There's nothin' wrong with the computer -- all ya gotta do is wipe that glob of mayo off the screen!"

Anticipation

"I'm tellin' ya, I didn't get no special tips from Terry. At least none that did any good..."

"So I got my trolling motor fixed only to find out the waves were so high I couldn't use it!"

"Dang, Helen. That 42-inch crappie really put you on top! Congrats"

"Ya wanna see where the Dupemeister hooked me with his cowgirl?"

It was typical Waterdogs Weather. But in the end, everybody was smiling and anxious for the final event -- the pike/muskie challenge.

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