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A little progress this morning until I ran out of a much needed product.

My "go to" for off the shelf leaders are the "Huskie Muskie" brand fluorocarbon. However, I usually just make them myself...a spool of 100 or 130lb Seaguar Abrazx FC, double barrel crimps, ball bearing swivels, and coast lock snaps...18" long for casting, 36" for trolling. Very easy to do.

Nice Fish! Never seen a pike in the Otonabee in the 17 years I’ve lived here. They are in some lakes but by no means over running the Kawarthas. Drives me nuts when I see guys “pike fishing” pre musky or bass season in waters you know aren’t holding pike.

Atta boy siwash, not the musky you were hoping for but nice fish just the same.

Here's a couple... did not see a musky. My Lexa 400 got its first workout. I was exhausted after 3 hours if casting so trolled up a couple of pike.

Exactly...the Pike have taken that lake over from the Muskies.

It's good for pike! Caught a nice 37"

Find a different lake to fish muskies on..

Lucky kids. I made up two 1 gallon batches of brine last evening that spent the night in the fridge. 1 cup of coarse salt, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 tsp #1 cure, black and red peppercorns, bay leaves and rosemary from my own plants, cumin, dried thyme, one garlic bulb and 3 tbs of pickling spice in each batch. Bring to boil and then cool overnight. Today I spent too long having to trim and cut up two large pork loins as I cursed the meat cutters who did them up. Couldn't turn them down though at $1.99lb. All loaded into 4 large ziplocks and in the fridge for4-5 days before rinsing and drying overnight and then into the Big Chief smoker till 130° or so, likely around 5 hours. I'll be set up with back bacon for the year I figure. Taking a break now and then I'll be into cutting up tomatoes and putting them through the hand crank press, it works real good, no skin or seeds in the sauce. Not sure if I posted a pic of it here before.

Hi all, The fall crappie bite is well underway here on Wabigoon Lake, some really nice walleye hanging out with them too in around 25’ - 15’ feet of water on the steep breaking shorelines. 1/8th Oz jig and a minnow. Thank goodness for electric fillet knives…lol