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The words out of my mouth

It sure was, I didnt get to fish some of my favourite spots, we just fished the areas best protected from the wind

looks like a productive day for a short day

Rarely am I at a loss for words, today however, is inexplainable. Just one of those days every angler dreams about! Pike season opened today in one of my favourite regions. I am a bass angler at heart, but I like to consider myself a multi-species angler, and lets face it, I dont have much choice at this time of the year. I was excited to get out today and that indecisive lady we call mother nature wanted to throw me a curveball. With 35-40K winds, and 25-30mm of rain in the forecast, I decided to cancel my trip with my dad and my girlfriend. At 10:00am this morning, I checked the hourly forecast and it was supposed to clear up a bit as the front came through. I figured what the hell, lets do it. We packed up and headed out. On the water at 12:45pm. It was drizzling and pretty windy, but not too bad overall. It didnt take too long, after about 15 minutes of fishing I noticed a pollen bloom i nthe water and fired my jerkbait through it. Twitch, twitch, pause. Woosh! The unmistakable feeling of a pike plastering a jerkbait, I put a solid, but beat up looking 33.5 incher in the boat. After another half hour and a few OOS smalljaws, we made a move. We pulled into a shallow bay and dad cast to a log and got hammered. I watched closely as a pike in the mid-30 inch range made her run for deep water and pulled off. Too bad, poop happens. We made another move to a deeper shoreline and Dad swings the rod back and it buckles under the pressure of another solid fish. After a few quick runs, I got the net under a nice 36.5 incher, a new PB for dad! I got dads jerkbait untangled and made a cast on my own rod. I got 2 twitches into my retrieve and dad swings back again! Another solid fish at 35 inches! Big head on this one! No more fish for a while so we make another move. Kelli is still fishless and I'm starting to get anxious, wanting her to get bit. I tie her up a soft jerkbait and go back to fishing my jerkbait. Not 5 minutes later, I heard a toilet flushing behind me.... wait, not a toilet, a HUGE pike had smashed KElli's jerkbait from the surface! A long fight ensued and KElli was soon holding her new PB pike! A BEAUTIFUL 41 incher!! It took a bit of reviving time, but she was soon on her way! Now I'm starting to feel left out haha, but thats okay, because within five minutes, my rod was nearly ripped out of my hands with a line screamer, a solid 39 incher inhaled my jerkbait! We made another move across the lake, but the high winds and cold front moving through made for very uncomfortable and un productive fishing, back to the 41 incher spot. I was watching a school of smallies fighting over a big jerkbait when that d@mn toilet flushed again. Oh wait, no, Kelli is tangling with another GIANT! After 4 long runs, I finally put the basket under her new PB, a 43 inch northern!!! Not gonna lie, I'm glad we salvaged the day. Tight Lines! Steve Rowbotham Sir Catch-A-Lot Pro Guiding

Have you ever visited Muskoka? The marinas on Rosseau charge $40.

thanks buddy

Generally I would say thats true, however at this time of year with the warming waters, the pike seem to spend more time sunning themselves

The bite was slow today, the jerkbait fish were caught on LONG pauses and the jig fish were all on a very slow drag/hop retrieve.

HAd the day off today and a cancelled charter so I made some calls and found some old friends to take out for the day. We hit Couchiching for some gators! We started the day off in about 12 feet of water throwing jerkbaits and big grubs. We landed a bunch of long, skinny fish. We moved onto some sand flats in 6-8 feet and got some better sized fish throwing flukes and flappin shads on 3/16oz jigheads. We eventually made out way into a marina on Simcoe and landed a few more fish crawling the big grubs in the deeper pockets of the marina. Any questions, PM me. Steve Rowbotham http://sircatchalot.piczo.com

Both lakes are loaded with bass and pike, have some big muskie and decent walleye fishing... crappie are also very prominent in both lakes. I guide on both lakes, if you are interested in some consultation, feel free to call or PM me,

I have been guiding on Simcoe for the past 4 years and would be glad to accomodate you and your 2 sons. There is a discount for OFNers. You can view more online at http://sircatchalot.piczo.com

oh they certainly were!

Well its been a busy few weeks with moving back to Barrie, starting a new job and getting some work done to the boat. I finally got to drop her in the water today. Today was mostly just running the boat to test it out, although Kelli and I did get to fish for about an hour or so. We brought our perch gear and put a hurtin on them, no giants, but a lot of fish in the 8-10 inch range and a few around 11-12. We ended up with 50-60 fish between us and brought home 12 for a fry. The beer batter is already mixed!!! Location: We fished Lake Simcoe today on the East side Depth/Structure: For numbers of fish, we found them in scattered weeds in 8 feet of water, for bigger fish they were on a rock/sand transition in 10 feet. Baits: All fish were dropshotting a 1.5 inch tube (peanut butter and jelly was the best colour)

My PB Smallmouth My PB Largemouth I got a 7lber out of Cooch in 2004, but I cant find a digital copy of it. so here's a nice tourney finish from last year My PB Pike My PB Steelhead

When I read the title, I was going to post a very similar story.

When planning the yard sale.... I remember immediately after the signs were finished

Well, my girlfriend and I are in the proces of moving ... we have way too much junk, so we planned a yard sale for this morning (me forgetting about trout opener)... so I comprimised, I would set it up and help her out til about noon, then I could go fishing haha. Not my ideal time, but I didnt do too poorly. I drove about an hour out of town and remembered I forgot worms... woohoo. Lucky for me, I had my vest with pinkies and some select flies. I landed about 10 fish in the 6-8 inch range and 6 in the 8-11 inch range. I ended up bringing home 4 fish around 8-10 inches, looking forward to cooking them up in a bit!! I caught my first 5 fish on the pinkies, the rest were on an olive wooly bugger. first fish of the day trying the macro on a small fish... kinda funny lookin beauty colours 4 for the pan my deadly weapon and a victim

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I am also feeling the effects. severe congestion, massive headache, dry/sore throat. brutal

I generally air dry mine for about a week before storage (lucky i have a big basement, with a he-dumidifier). I then add Silica gel pacls to each tray. Its worked wonders the past 2 seasons... I lost a LOT of good lures before that.

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I just got some sample pics from Mike's fight in Lethbridge. Thought I'd share them... Below is a link to the video as well For those on facebook, the 130 photo album can be found at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1046...mp;l=b2fe844728

I understand completely, but the baits still need to be dried. X-raps are two pieces of plastic moulded together. The trebles Are attached to a wire on the inside of the plastic along with ball bearings for weight and suspension. X-raps, I use a lot, and they do tend to leak occasionally. If the water gets inside, you need to make sure you're leaving them somewhere that they can drain and dry. Inside a box wont help.

dry your baits before you store them for an extended period of time, this will happen to any bait, water+metal = rust

Not to mention Joe Riggs who was once a UFC Welterweight title contender