steverowbotham

oh for the love of pancakes

HEy everyone, I'm pleased to announce that a good friend, Alexis, has made it to the top ten for Miss World Canada 2009 competition. She could use the votes to continue on in this competition... if it helps, she fishes.. lol http://missworldcanada.com/ Vote for Alexis.

1. Hackney is a local, he'll do well, but he wont win it... the crowds around him will be too big. 2. Scott Rook is a great river fisherman 3. Kelly Jordon is another great river fisherman 4. Rick Clunn ... i know he's on them right now, and he's got a flat bottom aluminum boat to get into the backwaters. 5. Ish Monroe ... same deal as Clunn, I know he's going where others cant, he's a wild man.

I'm at 23 lakers, 7 whities, 5 pike Herring and perch -- only God could tell you that one.

i always do it once i run out of bait, works wonders

We landed 15-20 bass in the 1-3 pound range. My dad lost a duke that was probably close to 9, it broke the hooks off of his rattle trap. Our guide told us to use 10 inch purple worms... I never got bit. I changed to a 7 inch Pumpkin worm and caught lots of fish casting into those mangroves. My dad saw a big boil and cast with a rattle trap and thats when he hit that pig, but the hook broke on a jump... couldnt believe it.

Awesome. I stayed at the same resort when it was El Senador, and I also fished that same lagoon for those same little cudas. I also took a taxi to La Redonda and fished for bass, we had a decent day there, but this is 7 years ago. Nice you enjoyed your trip!

I'm usually the first to criticize ppl on exaggerating the size of their fish, but those pike look to be bigger than you stated.

My dunkin rod. Its a 7'6 H St. Coix. Setting the hook on fish with a jig. Had no problems with power pro though

I really dislike Spiderwire ... I have broken 50lbs spiderwire on hooksets many times. I am a tried and true fan of power pro

LOL. he wasnt very happy I stole his fish

So true

I think its the time of the year in which you are reading... Ice fishing seems to have more of a catch and keep fishery than summer fishing. During the summer, I may keep a few brook trout here and there for the frying pan, but the rest of the summer is catch and release bass fishing for me. In the winter, I usually opt to keep a good number of perch, whities and trout. Don't know why, I guess they taste better out of the colder water, and I cant fish for bass in the winter!

Graduate of Fish and Wildlife Technology While searching for employment in my field, I deliver pizzas (night job so I can sleep in, or fish all day) and I guide part time. I pretty much consider myself a full time bum.

We were only in 15 feet. Seemed te shallower water was producing better than the deeper water this weekend.

Yeah we actually caught lots of perch at night this weekend. I always keep lines down because every year I've caught a few decent whitefish at night. No whities this year but lots of perch after dark, our biggest bunch came after 10pm. To the earlier post also, no walleye this year. Kinda dissapointing, but it didnt seem like many people were getting them.

Well its been a while since I've been out, and we finally got out for our annual trip to Lake Nipissing this weekend. We stayed at Grump and Grumpy's for our 4th year now as we've always had excellent service and good fishing. There were supposed to be 14 of us, but 2 broke down on the highway on the way up and couldnt make it, too bad, but as they say, fecal matter happens. So 12 of us made it up on Friday afternoon and got started right away. Half of us were there to fish, half of them were there to party. The fish didnt really seem to care on Friday afternoon though. Within minutes, pretty much everyone had some decent perch on the ice. After about an hour, my buddy's girlfriend, ice fishing for her first time, landed a nice 4-5 pound pike on 4 lbs test, pretty impressive I must say. The action was decent even through the night, lots of perch and a few herring being caught. My buddy Ian lost a big fish on the stick, but we never got a glimpse of it before she snapped the line, probably a toothy critter. Saturday, 2 of the 3 huts were on fish most of the day, but the one hut had some troubles, the fish seemed to bypass them. The partiers still had it goin on and were loving every second of it, to them each fish was just an added bonus, nice to see them having so much fun. Lots of perch and herring again. Missed one good fish at night, but pretty slow night. Sunday was pretty hurtin, a front rolled through and though we marked lots on the vex, they showed NO interest and we only landed 6 perch before packing up to head home. Getting ready for a big fish fry this week! After we left is when Sunday became interesting... Just south of Huntsville I had 3 passengers in the back seat and they were all sleeping when one of them started convulsing. We pulled over and called the ambulance and he was quickly admitted to the hosptial in Huntsville. We met him there and he was released after about an hour. The doctors said it was likely caused by over exhaustion and severe dehydration. He had drank only beer all weekend, no water and slept for maybe 2 hours, he just kept fishing straight through. So note to all: Play safe, stay hydrated and get your rest, even though it is tempting to fish from bed. He's fine now, he doesnt remember it at all, but all seems good. Then when we were dropping them off at home, my girlfriend reached into the truck to grab a hat and sliced her finger open on an ice auger tat was covered by a jacket, okay, now to the RVH in Barrie.... a couple hours and 4 stiches later, we were finally on our way home and glad the day was over!!! Okay, now for the fish porn... Funny story behind this fish... my buddy had a fish on the vex for a good 15 minutes that would follow his minnow up and down up and down, finally it bit and stole his minnow. As he was rebaiting I dropped a small tube down his hole, watched it come up for it, shook it a little bit and caught this herring... haha.

I run Stradic 1000's on my jiggin rods and Cardinal 100U's on my live bait rods.

the best part is he knows he's a goof and his insecurities cause him to keep going rather than admit defeat.

LOL.

Thank you, I didnt want to say it myself. I am a confessed MMA fiend. I probably think I know more than I do, seems to be a common thing amongst MMA fans.

You've got to drive for salmon and steelies ... but bowmanville, port hope, oshawa, pickering etc.... really arent that far, and there's always students making the trip... trust me

MMA fans make me laugh, because they all know everything about everything.

that videos hilarious. so adorable