steverowbotham

There was a good 20 inches of black ice... with this weather, I think I'll be walking from now on.

sometimes i dislike you. LOL. I HATE WORKING WEEKENDS!!!!!! Better hook up next weekend brudda, good catchin!

mine blows out when the wind gets on her, but with such an easy pilot light, i raely get frustrated, i'f flicking a switch twice is the worst part of my day, i'm having a good day

Wanna trade? LOL We got a bunch of whities earlier in the week, in a different location. I've got some pics on my phone, but they werent very impresive anyways haha.

Yesterday a good buddy and I headed out to Simcoe for some fishin.. We fished in about 93 feet of water and had 3 lakers on the ice in the first hour, all released. We fished another 3 hours or so and caught 4 more, not too bad of a day, ended up taking one home. The fish were tight to bottom. Today we headed back out and I brought my brother and my dad. The lake was WET today, lots of water on top and rushing into the holes and expanding them. We all got fish today, nothing huge, but I did manage one nice laker, bigger than the rest. 93 feet again today, but the fish were 4-5 feet off bottom.

i never saw the video... but to be honest, gaffing bothers me as much as anything, whether you're keeping it or not, so i'll join the hate wagon.

nice! I've caught em up to 9 pounds. that is a giant!

you can put a small rubber band or silicone tubing over the r-bend that will prevent the snap from sliding. PErsonally, I prefer to tie direct.

thanks all. it was pretty AWESOME.

nice!

I have a 4 day weekend, how awesome! I got to fish 3 of them and my girlfriend isnt mad, how awesome! Thursday... she even joined me, how awesome! I was such a nice day, warm, calm winds, partly sunny, how could we say no? We headed out to Simcoe in search of some Lac Truite. We got there at about 745 and walked out to 92 feet, we set up shop, fished for an hour, only marked 3 fish, moved out further. We got into 95 feet and there were fish on the bottom right away. I drop down a Williams spoon and get some interest, but no takers. Dropped down a white tube and immediately an aggressive laker came up for it and I iced my first of the day... A nice little laker. I dropped the tube down again, and within 5 minutes, I had another iced. We went another half hour with a few fish chasing, but not commiting, Kelli put on a spoon and landed a nice little laker. We fished on for another hour or so and t was pretty slow on the vex, then a fish came across the screen suspended about 30 feet off bottom. I reeled my tube up to it and he crushed it! I got him to the hole and he broke my line on the ice, a decent laker, 5-6 pounds. I'm more upset that I lost the only tube I had. I stole Kelli's spoon and gave her a gulp minnow, I shouldnt have taken the spoon lol. She landed another nice fish... We ended up hitting a poor streak and hooked and lost 5 or 6 more fish before leaving. Fun day out! Friday The weather looked awful, but I still wanted to fish, by myself today. I got there at frst light and walked out to 98 feet of water. It was really windy, I dropped a tube down and had a few fish come take a look. When a took time to uhhh, drain myself?, I came walking back to my rod almost down the hole. A nice whitie on the motionless tube. It started pouring and I caught 2 more whities on the spoon. No pics in the rain. Then it got cold and I left around 9:30. Saturday Today I met up with troutguy and a bunch of his buddies for a fish. We set up in 94 feet and got to fishin. it was COLD! Ryan got into them pretty early and got some nice lakers. Then some guys pickup caught on fire in the distance, not a good day for that man, it was towed off later. I couldnt get into them today, I lost 1 around noon and I lost one at the hole (i touched it, I swear!) around 230 and we headed out at 3. Fun day out! EDIT: To add videos Me catching a laker Kelli catching a laker

My g/f bought me that book about 3 years ago. I read it every winter, it's very inspirational, shows how any average joe can make it to the big times.

If you had followed that particular tournament, you would know how tough the fishing was. 3 pounders were PRECIOUS, and that "Giant" Won him the Bassmasters Classic, worth $200,000. Just thought I'd give you a little insight on his cause for excitement.

lol. beat me to it

in my original post it says (without sound) Brian.

I was going through files on my computer and deleting stuff that I didnt need (it's been very slow lately). I came across a video file entitled stevebass.wmv I didnt remember it, but it sounded right. When I clicked on it, it was a whole bunched of video footage that I shot when I was 17. It was kind of funny watching myself back then, I do things so much differently now. There were even a couple "set up" shots that I had a good laugh at. I thought I'd throw some of the clips together (without sound) and share them. Laugh if you want, I did.

my opinion ... no motor, no trailer, exchange, gas, taxes at border. not worth it EDIT: Apparently, I should have read the post above mine.... well, I'll second his opinion

The Barrie Bassmasters has an awesome club! Entries are only $40 each. www.barriebassmasters.org

I was up there with a group of 12 two weeks ago, between us all, we landed maybe 150 perch, 10 herring and 1 pike. We were told thats awesome for this year. Not the same as I remember up there.

Says the guy who posts tripod photos of his 11 inch spotted bass

LOL. I couldnt agree more. I used to respect GCD seeing as he had like 8000 posts, I figured he was a good contributing member, until I realized he's mostly here to stir it up and pass time.

post the pics here

I'm 98% sure its a lynx

from what I've heard, it's been slow all around

i thought it was decent... not awful, not great