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Ya beat me to it!! The pink shirt and ghey hat gotta go dude!! My old man woulda kicked my ass if I wore that outfit

You don't need any if you have an anchor on board. Sinker

Thanks for the comments folks! I hear ya Glen. I did look into a halibut trip, but it was more money, and much, much farther to go to get them. The place we fished was only 40 mins from my bro's place, and we got a deal because it was the slow time of year for sturgeon. It was a last minute trip that just came out of the blue. I made the best of the little time I had out there, and my limited funds at the time. If I ever get back there again, halibut is on my list for sure. I'd love to go bottom fishing out there!!! Sinker

Yep, we had a great time!! Thanks again for the info before I left!! Sinker

I'd take it to the lake and run it there. Mine doesn't pee in a barrel or on muffs, but its still pumping water out the exaust ports. In the lake she pees like a race horse. Don't ask me why, because I still can't figure it out. sinker

Thats a sweet ride. I'm a little jealous Congrats! Sinker

The rates are charged on a per person basis. If its just yourself, it shouldn't be a problem, unless they are busy. Even if they were, I'm sure you could work out something to join a group. Best time of year to go for the big ones is Sept. They are priced fair once you start shopping around. You get what you pay for also. I was just waiting for you to pipe up about that one. I did that just for you........not bad huh Looks pretty good with an ugly fish too.......whaddya think? Sinker

Thanks for the comments folks! Yep, I'd recommend our guide for sure. He worked hard to keep our rods bent. The company name is STS guiding service. I actually found them from watching the Fish'n Canada show. They were there again the week before I was. They will guide for just about anything with fins. Primo equipment, and sweet boats. Sinker

Thanks Rob, it was a blast! When we goin salmon fishin? They must be getting close, no? Your more than welcome Roy, its my pleasure. Sinker

The weather was mint!! It rained the first night we were there, and stayed clear with no wind the rest of the trip. We got lucky I guess. I took my rain gear with me everywhere I went, but didn't put it on the whole trip. My brother said we were weather gods, because the day we left, it started raining.... LOL. I get home to a nice sunny warm day, but apparently it was crap weather here all weekend........suckers This week isn't looking too shabby either Sinker

Me and my mom did the tourist thing last week in Vancouver. It was a bit of a whirlwind trip, but we gotter done. Had a good visit with my brother, caught a few fish, and ate lots of seafood! LOTS of stuff to see down there, but my main goal was to put a white sturgeon on my list. I got there wed, had a guide booked for Friday on the Fraser. She's a big ole dirty river......not what I was expecting. First thing on my agenda was to get my fill of seafood That's pretty much all I ate the whole time I was there Wed afternoon we headed down to the fishermans wharf in Steveston. Grabbed a small sockeye, a few crabs, and some fresh large prawns........yeehaw.....lets eat!! The salmon was killer! Thursday, we just toured around Van. Lots of stuff to see. I took around 400 pics in 6 days, so I'm still sorting through them. I might do a NF report with them later, but for now, lets get on with the fishing We were to meet our guide in mission for 8am. We got there early, but our guide was ready to go. Heres our ride for the day. 22ft Jet, powered by a 454 The guide warned me prior to booking that the really big fish were hard to come by at this time of year, but we'd get into some fish for sure. I was happy with that. Any sturgeon would be fine with me. We did the intro's, the safety talk, and headed out. Friggen awesome backdrop for pictures. The place is beautiful. We set up the rigs, which were pretty simple. Heavy line, heavy weight and big stinky bait. We were running 120lb PP, with a 20 oz. slip weight. 2 rods had smelts for bait, the other had a huge honkin roe bag full of salmon skien. The current was running ~6MPH with LOTS of floating and submerged debris! We got the lines out and waited. It didn't take long for a rod to fire. My brother was all over it! Just a little guy, but we were on the board! The key to getting bites was to keep moving. Even 100ft would get a bite. The water was running high and super dirty, with lots of debris, so instead of checking lines and re-setting, we'd just move a little each time. It paid off, because every time we re-set, we'd get a hit. The water was really high and dirty, so you had to pretty much put your bait right in front of them to get bit, and we found most fish sitting behind current breaks. Its all scent, water visibility was about 2" tops. Next fish was all mine. I was friggen pumped. When the outside rod fired on my side, I was on it like a fat kid on a smartie!! FISH ON!! I knew right away it wasn't a monster, but it had a good headshake, and peeled some line. I had no idea what I was into, but knew for sure it was a sturgeon. I got her to the boat with no problems, it didn't take as long as I thought it would. My first ever white sturgeon. Crazy looking fish. The skoots on the sides are like razors, hence the pretty gloves..... At this point, I was a happy camper. I could care less if we got anymore fish, but we kept on fishing. We lost a bunch, missed a bunch, and caught a few more in the next couple hours. It was pretty much move, set lines, get bit, either land, lose or miss a fish, then repeat. My brother hooked into something a little bigger than what we'd been getting. The fight was on, with jumps, runs and lots of dogging on bottom. After the first jump, the guide just sat down and said "your gonna be a while" After about a 15 min battle, we got this fella in the boat. My brother couldn't have been any happier. This is the biggest fish of his life. I was happy he got it, it made the day for sure. I finished the day with 4 boated, my brother only landed his 2. The biggest, the first, and the smallest. Heres a couple more pics of the fish..... I lost the last fish of the day, and it was a good one. It jumped about 4 ft out of the water, and was about the same size as my brothers big one. It was a real heart breaker, but, that's fishing. You can't get them all. I got my sturgeon crossed off the bucket list, so I was more than happy. The guide was a really good guy who knew his stuff, and worked all day to keep our rods bent. We lost a lot of fish. Its hard to keep the barbless hooks in on the smaller fish, with such a huge weight. You just can't keep enough tension on the hook, with the smaller fish. We must have dropped easily 10 fish. It was all good fun though. I'd like to go back in the fall when the big boys are in there!! Sinker

Take them to lowrance and get them repaired. You can also attach a piece of plastic to your transom for mounting transducers too,( the name of the stuff escapes me at the moment, but it looks like the white plastic cutting boards. Just glue it on with 5200 or similar, then screw to that.) or you can re-install a new thru hull for a new unit. Its not hard at all. Sinker

In my driveway. I run mine right into december, and back in the water at the begining of April, so its not really sitting all that long. Its a 2 stroke mind you........but my mowers and stuff have never been fogged either. Works for me, and its free Sinker

I'm not sure you can buy a 24V battery........can you? Sinker

For what its worth, I've never fogged a motor in my life. I've never had a problem.

Actually, I'm a multi species angler. I fish for everything.......well, except bass Seriously though, a stupid bass hits your line while your fishing for something in season. You reel it in, take a pic, release. Same thing you'd do any other time of year. Catch, photo, release. If you don't want to harm them, don't fish so shallow. I dunno.......stuff happens. The time it takes for a picture isn't gonna hurt 'em. I guess now taking pics of OOS bass is going to decimate the population? There are prolly more bass in most ontario lakes than there has been for years. Sinker

Post em if you got 'em I say. No harm in taking a pic. The bass population isn't hurting anywhere I know of. Sinker

I wonder if its someone who lurks here??

Well, if thats not slick, I don't know what is!

Well, it also helps when you launch your boat.........on the launch.........he's way off to the side of the friggen launch there. Serves him right. I would have been lmao!! Rice lake has some of the best boat launch bozo's in Canada IMO. Sinker

Nope, no jerkey. They're just too good to turn into jerky We ate the tom, it fed 10 people, and lots left over for a big pot of soup. One of the best birds I've eaten. I'd buy cheap turkey to make jerky Sinker

Thanks bud, your not doing to shabby yourself!! Sinker

What, you scared of a little rain?? If I wasn't working, I'd be out in it for sure.........its tradition!!! A bit of rain has never delayed my fishin plans!!!! Get er done!!! Sinker

For me, and the fishing AND hunting I do out of mine, a deep and wide aluminum TILLER is the only way to go. I can guarantee, I'd kill a glass boat in less than 5 years. I mean demolished. My 16ft Starcraft is going on 12 years of solid use from the day ice goes out, until I'm breaking ice in the late fall to get in. Not a leak, but many, many, many dents and scratches. A glass boat would be killed for certain. If I was going to be trolling great lakes more, I'd want a bigger glass deep V hulled boat, but for what I do, a glass boat is not gonna take the beating I'm going to give it. Sinker

You gotta love this time of year!! Thanks for a great read!! Sinker