In a message dated 3/1/01 2:50:49 PM Central Standard Time, murtaugh_at_stat.washington.edu writes: > , the Northwest has mosquitoes the size of canned hams! > > That is good information to know. I might have to get some new mosquito netting before my next trip up to the beautiful Northwest since the netting we use down here on the Texas coast would never keep such LITTLE critters out. Mark J. Arnold -- Former resident of Clute, Tx. home of the annual Mosquito Festival featuring the crowning of Miss Quito. It is pretty pittiful when the best thing you can celebrate about your town is its mosquito population. Of course they did get a big donation each year from "OFF" mosquito repellant to help put on the celebration so maybe it was not so dumb after all. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: <MJAkayaker_at_aol.com> To: <Paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> Mark J. Arnold said:-- > Former resident of Clute, Tx. home of the annual Mosquito > Festival featuring the crowning of Miss Quito. Hey Mark ? Is there where you can get those famous Mosquito Barbecues ??? Fernando Lopez Arbarello Kayak Argentina - Sea Kayaking Mailing List www.topica.com/lists/kayak_argentina kayak_argentina_at_uol.com.ar *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Mark J. Arnold -- Former resident of Clute, Tx. home of the > annual Mosquito > Festival featuring the crowning of Miss Quito. It is pretty > pittiful when > the best thing you can celebrate about your town is its > mosquito population. > Of course they did get a big donation each year from "OFF" > mosquito repellant > to help put on the celebration so maybe it was not so dumb after all. Hummmmm. I may have to bring that up with our Poquoson Seafood Festival organizers, and do something likewise. I live in a one horse town on the coast of Virginia, called Poquoson. "Poquoson" is an Algonquin (sp?) Indian word meaning (loosely) "The Great Marsh (or Swamp)". In this part of Virginia, people who know Poquoson think of the mosquito as the official city bird of Poquoson! Actually, the truth is that we have baby mosquito's - that is, they are known for carrying off babies if left unattended in the yard............ To keep the mosquitos from carrying off your younguns, we suggest keeping plenty of cats (they are much tastier! - "sorry, Kathleen Comalli-Dillon")..... We used to have planes from Langley AFB do some spraying for us - until one of them sucked one of our mosquito's into it's engine and crashed the thing........ I never beleived all these crazy stories until I got bit so bad one day while cutting the grass that the rescue squad had to give me a couple pints of blood............ and on and on and on :-) Seriously, Poquoson is probably 1/2 marsh and really is known in the area for it's mosquitos, and we really do have an annual Seafood Festival. Adding a "Miss Quito" type activity to it may be a fun thing. It could be a comedic thing with men and women dressing outrageously with a mosquito soemwhere in their theme. Hummmmm.... the wheels are turning now! We're already talking about adding a Kayak race to go along with the 5K Fun Run, the Workboat Race, the Stripped Bass Tournament, and all the other activities that go along with the food, crafts, displays, concerts and so forth. Thanks for the idea!!!!!! Rick - Poquoson, VA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Canned Hams??? Oh give me a break, you wanna really see mosquitoes as big as canned hams, try Lower Michigan-this place is a breeze compared to "that land far, far east of the Casscades..." <g> Tommy... At 01:21 PM 3/1/01, MJAkayaker_at_aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 3/1/01 2:50:49 PM Central Standard Time, >murtaugh_at_stat.washington.edu writes: > > > > , the Northwest has mosquitoes the size of canned hams! Homepage: http://members.home.net/gadfly911/totemwood/ if problem with email going to _at_home.com, use:totemwood_at_hotmail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 02:34 PM 3/1/01 -0800, Tommy wrote: >Canned Hams??? > > Oh give me a break, you wanna really see mosquitoes as big as >canned hams, try Lower Michigan-this place is a breeze compared to "that >land far, far east of the Casscades..." <g> You might be from Michigan if you know who did this song: "Skeeter raped a chicken in a blueberry patch Ten days later the chiquitos hatched They grew up fast and they grew up mean Tore a big hole in my window screen Took a few pints from me and my mother Then they flew away with my little brother What's that noise comin' out of the blue Like a squadron of B-52s It's a pack of chiquitos and they're flyin' low leavin' death and destruction wherever they go . . ." And so on. Fairly accruate description of Michigan mosquitos. -- Wes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Boyd's Kayak Place http://www2.dmci.net/wesboyd/kayak.htm Kayaks for Big Guys (And Gals) | Trip Reports | Places To Go | Boats & Gear --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> Who strips the bass? Is this an adults only event? I don't think little children should havee to watch stripped bass strutting their stuff.... Now I know I'm up too late.... Joan We're > already talking about adding a Kayak race to go along with the 5K > Fun Run, > the Workboat Race, the Stripped Bass Tournament, and all the other > activities that go along with the food, crafts, displays, concerts > and so > forth. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 10:30 PM 3/1/01 -0500, volinjo_at_juno.com wrote: > > >Who strips the bass? Is this an adults only event? I don't think little >children should havee to watch stripped bass strutting their stuff.... When I lived out in California I used to go fishing for stripped bass quite a bit with a good friend of mine. We'd head up to the Sacramento- San Joaquin river delta area (a little over an hour from where we lived). Both of us had canoes and he had equipped his with a 3hp Minn Kota electric trolling motor. On one particular trip we were only on the water for a few minutes before I hooked into a good one. After 20 minutes or so I landed a 9 pound striper. It was big enough that it could pull the canoe around but the electric trolling motor was used to tire the fish out. Still, landing a fish that big in a canoe was a challenge and he commented that if we hooked anything we'd have trouble. About fifteen minutes later I hear "got one...oh, shit, we're in trouble" as his reel screamed when the fish took off. He spun that motor around and we started to chase it down. As fast as that canoe would go, the fish was still running away from us. We finally caught up to it and he began to tire the fish out by dragging it around with the motor. Eventually he got it up next to the canoe and I grabbed the net and lifted the fish out...or at least I tried. It was so heavy that it bent the aluminum ring on the net. I was able to grab the ring on the net rather than use the handle and pulled the fish into the fish into my lap. About a foot of the head and tail was still hanging over the side. This stripped bass was 44" long and 32 pounds. We called it a day after that and just went ashore. Both fish were caught using 5 1/2' ultralight spinning rods and 6 pound test line. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
That's another thing about Poquoson..... half of us don't know how to spell. But that's okay, because the other half can't read. Rick - Poquoson, VA > > > > Who strips the bass? Is this an adults only event? I don't > think little > children should havee to watch stripped bass strutting their stuff.... > > Now I know I'm up too late.... > Joan > > We're > > already talking about adding a Kayak race to go along with the 5K > > Fun Run, > > the Workboat Race, the Stripped Bass Tournament, and all the other > > activities that go along with the food, crafts, displays, concerts > > and so > > forth. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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