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Incredible Mike!! The pics, the fishing, the scenery, your hosts and gathering of a few OFC fishing buds, just awesome. Certainly an experience of a lifetime! Thank you for taking the time to post it. EPIC!!

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Should be a fun day! Enjoy!

Looks great!!

You're welcome. Let's plan something for next year for sure! But after looking at those pics I believe that I will be the student. Maybe there's something we both can learn that day.

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Very nice offer Garry! This video might be of some help. Saw it the other day and looks like it might do the trick for you. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DDy54ZZQanE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Done.

My deepest sympathies to you and your family Roger.

Wed, 11/07/2012 COLUMBIA, S.C. - Abu Garcia® has signed one of the biggest names in Canadian fishing by inking Izumi Outdoors Inc. producer of Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing television show. Izumi Outdoors Inc. joined the Abu Garcia team in a multi-year deal that was signed today. This decision comes in an award-winning year for Abu Garcia. The company strives for excellence with the release of their third generation of Revo low profile reels. “I am incredibly excited about working with Abu Garcia and am so impressed with just how smooth their reels are,” said Izumi. “The reels are simply great in how they look and function. As a tournament bass angler, the Revo reels have incredibly powerful drags and a full line of matching rods, which are second to none.” “It’s great to see Bob so enthusiastic about our products. He will be an incredible asset to our Abu Garcia team,” said Chris Hockley, Canadian Marketing Manager for Pure Fishing. “Bob Izumi is Canada's best-known and most sought after contemporary fisherman. He is the country's most successful tournament fisherman, respected author, seminar speaker, conservationist, television personality and radio show host.” For over 25-years Bob Izumi has shared adventures with anglers across North America and around the world through his television division, magazine department, Real Fishing Radio show and realfishing.com. Bob Izumi's top-rated Real Fishing Show is a unique blend of entertainment and information that brings some of the world's greatest fishing to the small screen, from the high Arctic to South America, in freshwater and salt. For more information on Izumi Outdoors visit Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing and for additional information on Abu Garcia visit abugarcia.com. There is a lot more to this story I'm sure with the departure of Shimano that we will never hear. (Davey buoy made a good point) Wish Bob all the best with his new sponsorship.

Incredible!! It looks like it is in showroom condition. Very nice to see Craig's labour of love, thanks for posting Frank. Which model is it?

Amazing the 's that are out there. Thankfully there are great people like yourselves around. Awesome fish Juli!! Congrats!! A definite win for team BFJ (Brian Frank and Juli!! aka - team Big Fish Justice!)

Nice to see you got the memo about fine fishing attire Paul. Some nice fish there.

I'd be curious as well. Been hearing mixed reviews through the grapevine. Best I heard was averaging around 750km per tank (110L I believe)

Sorry to hear that Nick. Deepest condolences to the you and the family.

X2 on the Lumix TS3. Depending on your budget, there are some good deals on the T3i out there since the T4i was release a couple of months ago.

I can imagine it was quite the workout. All's well that ends well and a story to tell for years to come.

Another awesome report Bunk!!! That body of water seems to be on fire this year.

OH SO TRUE!!! :rofl2:

Don't forget the flurry to the solar plexus. That would have capped off the day quite nicely. I would have taken a 2 pound pike Andrew, where are the pics of those beauties you got?

I was hesitant about going out on Sunday with all the changing weather going on but a coworker really wanted to go out. I said if we boated one fish it would be a great day. North winds were to be at 15k but were really 25 to 30k, big cold front with a high of 5 degrees (compared with the 20+degree temps on Thursday and a hurricane moving towards us might have some affect the fishing. Being the troopers that we are we were out there fishing anyways in hopes of one musky on the end of the line. We casted for 2-3 of hours without out a follow or a hit and then trolled for another 2-3 hours and had no luck. With a break in the rain we decided to break out a sandwich for lunch as I was plotting our next move while we continued to troll. Some chat about the day and a couple of laughs and Steve offers me another sandwich. The rains were starting up again and was feeling satisfied with just the one tell him "No thanks, I'm fine for now." It was at this time he drops the bomb on me...."How about a banana Will?" I said "Pardon" He says "I've got a couple of bananas Will, would you like one?" Well I felt like I should be pulling out the moves like "The Champ" would and I SNAP! LOSE IT!! OK, not so much but I did inform him the the myths of bananas in the boat. We trolled for another hour or so. Checked the radar as the rains were pouring down on us and it didn't look promising at all. So we called it a day in the late afternoon. Knowing that those bananas were in the cooler I knew we were wasting our time anyways. So my first skunk of the year is in the books as that white striped fellow saw us leave the lake. A fun day on the water regardless and looking forward to the next time we can get out. However, there will be an inspection of his cooler before the boat is even in the water...lol! <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/unVLoVq43XI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

We certainly do appreciate them! Love how you had a nice blend of fishing and truck pictures..... A great report and thank you for taking to the time to put it together. Incredible adventures and fishing - awesome pics!

A for a no kill policy - No. So true. We like to think we did our best to revive them properly but the is no guarantee that they will not died is the next couple of days. And for those that don't take the time for help the fish to revive, should have just kept it. Obviously certain fish will bounce back better then others and time of year (water temps) play a big role. Absolutely!! The last thing I want is for our heritage of fishing to become a catch a kill one. Can't imagine going perch fishing and killing everyone I caught up to my limit or any other species for that matter. Selective harvest.

I had those in my hands yesterday but put them back on the rack as I didn't think I'd did them for what I was doing. Certainly good to hear they work well, may have to try them when jiggin spoons.

Absolutely!! Many fishing trips would not have happened if it wasn't for the great people I've met here over the years.