David Chong

Nice Perch! Tasty too, I bet!

Nice job! Keep up the good work! How did that Bowfin taste anyway? Shore fishing is challenging and relaxing at the same time! Cheers, Dave

I'm sorry that you had a bad experience with head office! Lucky Crafts are top quality lures which are usually bang on! Patrick, please check your PM's hopefully I can find a solution for you! Cheers, Dave

Been using them for a number of years now! Pretty happy with them, easily adjustable and readily removable. Dave

Great report, Mike! Nice meeting you today! Remember... SET HARD! SET OFTEN! Dave

Having been an aquarium hobbyist for most of my life and for a good part of it dealing with marine creatures, I think that the folks at BPS and Chris do a great job looking after those fish. The filtration system, chillers and other equipment used in the operation of the tank are all top notch! It rates right up there with systems that I have seen at many world class aquariums. The water is kept with tolerable ranges for all the fish that inhabit the BPS tank! The fish in there certainly eat like they're healthy. Roger, great investigative reporting! Keep up the good work! Cheers, Dave

I've had great success with Gulp and the newer Gulp Alive! Even when doing seminars at BPS, I know that is I use Gulp that I will get bit in their tank, now if I can only convince them to allow me to use hooks... Cheers, Dave

I can't speak for other shows but in all the footage that I shot with Extreme Angler and watched being shot with other members there was never any staging. All the fish that were video-taped were caught as is. Also the majority of the shows were shot on local waters where everybody fishes, although some people won't be happy with that either! Cheers, Dave

Hey Marcers75, I am the president of the CBAF Bass Pro Shops chapter! Feel free to drop in on Tues. April 1 and check it out! We have the "Bass Doctor" in the house, Charles Stuart who will do his best to educate our members about the virtues of the "Shakey Head Jig" Unfortunately I will be at a speaking engagement at another club but our members will give you a warm welcome! Cheers, Dave

I see that my little buddy Bradley was on them hard again! I wish that I was out with you guys but then Trevor would probably steal my fish! Glad to see that you had a good time Mark, now get back to work and get pouring!!!!! Cheers, Dave

That's a great finish for Bob! Keep up the good work! wish we were there with you. Cheers, Dave

Nice haul! There is no shortage of ice! We were out on Thurs. and got into some pretty decnt perch! They seemed to be moving quite a bit! Cheers, Dave

I used a couple of the Daiwa Advantage HSTA's last year and loved them. They definitely feel like they're worth more then they sell for! Haven't had a chance to try the Tierra baitcaster, so I can't speak for it, But I did use a bunch of Tierra spinning reels last year and they were super for the money! Cheers, Dave

Boy, you're right when you say it was busy! It was very nice to meet Lew & speak with him for a short while. Of course, always a pleasure to see Roger(BPSBASSMAN)! Some great deals if you looked for them! Look forward to meeting more OFNer's in the future! Cheers, Dave

Unbelievable! We were heading back from Winchester near Ottawa after completing a Bass Talk seminar session and it was brutal! There were cars, trucks, vans and transport trailers spewed all over the 401 & it's ditches. At Kingston they even pulled the plows off the roads and we saw why shortly as there was one in the ditch! Still with these conditions there were rigs just blowing our doors off going at 100-110kmp when we were barely doing 60kpm. Even the jack-knifed & rolled over rigs didn't deter these morons! We eventually pulled the chute in Belleville and grabbed a motel room as it had already taken us 4.5 hours to get that far! Hopefully this is the last of the big storms... Dave

I will be in the Daiwa booth on Wed. & Thurs. I will also be in the Lakeport-WFN "HOT SEAT" at 3:40PM on Wed. Look forward to seeing anyone who might drop in! Cheers, Dave

Congratulations Maureen! I hate commuting, the only place that I want to commute to is the lake to go fishing! Cheers, Dave

Bass Marley, if you happen to accidentally catch a bass out of season while legally pursuing another species that is in season then you just release it quickly and you're fine. If you happen upon an area where there are all kinds of spawning bass then you are best to leave because targeting bass out of season is kind of a discretionary call on the CO's part. In other words if you happen to catch one and let it go no problem but if you catch several and stay then a CO may interpret that as targeting bass out of season. Now if you go to New York, they do have a year long C&R season for bass now! Hope that this clear! Cheers, Dave

It depends also on what presentation that you are using whether you should have a fluoro-carbon leader or not. Slower finesse presentation in gin-clear water is definitely a situation for it. As for the Fireline, it is more sensitive, thinner, better on hook sets and cast further. You also shouldn't be filling up your whole spool with Fireline, put a mono backing on and then about 50-75 yds. of Fireline. It also last longer than mono, it doesn't deteriorate as quickly. Fluoro-carbon is also super tough as a leader, it is very abbrasion-resistant. For all you Stealth lovers out there, you have the SpiderWire UltraCast. I started using it last year and I was blown away by how much better it was than Stealth. And I love the Stealth, mind you the Ultracast is more expensive. I'm looking forward to trying the Invisa-Braid in the Ultra-Cast this year. Cheers, Dave

Hi Pam, How have you been keeping? A 40/50HP 4 stroke should be able to troll down no problem. You really don't want to under-power your boat too much. Of course I would recommend a Yamaha Cheers, Dave

I have collected and delivered fish to BPS. I was required to have a special permit from the MNR in order to do this. BPS applied for it for us. Cheers, Dave

I'll be hanging around the Big Brothers/Big Sisters "Catch A Dream!' Kids Fishing Derby booth! In you are attending , please drop by and say hi! Cheers, Dave

Sorry, Brkygetr I know that this won't help you in Fort Frances but Headhunter, if you're looking for someone who really knows GM/Chevy trucks contact Charles Ho. He has a little shop called C.H. Motor in the Midland & Finch area. He looks after my Avalanche, knows his stuff and is very reasonable. A honest fair mechanic go figure! His number is 416-291-3095 tell him that I sent you! Cheers, Dave

Congratulations, Brandon! You gotta love it out west! How are you doing otherwise! Nice shot of the Ranger as well, it's Edmund Wong and I'm sure that he's fine with it! Cheers, Dave

That was great, definitely brings back memories! Dave