Marty

I'm so sorry to hear this news. He was a total class act and the world will be a little worse off without him. My sincerest sympathies.

Dang. I'm still pondering that one.

Thanks a ton. That was fantastic.

My sincerest sympathies go out to his family. He was one of the first OFNer's I ever met way back at the first Lakair G2G but I've known him much longer than that through the board. He's was here almost since the beginning and he was one of the nicest and classiest guys around. I will miss him.

Nothing better than reading one of your reports with my morning coffee. Thanks Bunk. Glad to see Dan and Wayne sharing these fine moments with you.

Congrats on the magical day.

Outstanding fish man. Great job.

Thanks for the comments. We wondered if that was a blue. That was the biggest one we've caught up there. Sure looks unusual. I have a higher res pic if there are any experts out there.

Well, we’ve been back for two weeks but I haven’t been able to find the time to get a report up. I finally had some time and put this little report together. We left on a Friday morning and spent the evening with TJ and Monique. It was another fun night of stories and . . . well, other stuff. They prepared a tremendous dinner for my dad, Uncle AJ, cousin Dave and Tony and me. We stayed way too long but we eventually made it to the hotel to get a good nights sleep before we headed up the French to Sandy Haven. We’ve been making this trip for almost 30 years. Once again, we couldn’t wait to get up to Sandy Haven Camp on Lake Nipissing at the mouth of the French River. Todd and Dawn are always such great hosts and friends that they seem part of the family now. Anyhow, we made the trip up the French to camp: Well, we really tried to figure out the muskies. We didn’t even see one decent fish. I had one small follow and Tony had a blow up on a Doc but other than that, we couldn’t figure them out. The pike were everywhere as well. Nothing big but a lot of them. I did nail something big on a Double Cowgirl: FYI, it only went in on the bottom. Stupid me had it hanging off my lure box and as I stepped up on the back deck (too close to the box) the hook went in. We couldn’t get it out so we had to cut the hook, pop it through the top of the ankle and slide it out. I really thought I’d pass out but I hung in there. Tony enjoyed his opportunity to cause paid to his older brother and not risk return injury: Fortunately, that water is full of pickeral and we were able to focus on them tasty swimmers. The pickeral bite was on. I mean on. We caught them every day and pretty much regardless of the weather. The weather was tough too. Rain one day. Hot the next. Overcast the next. It never stabilized. Good for us, the picks don’t read fishing magazines. Here’s a couple pictures of some of the fish. The big fish of the trip was a 7 pounder. She went back. Can’t say that for the eaters. I apologize for picture quality but I'm in a hurry. We even got Todd, owner of Sandy Haven, out with us and taught him how to fish: I’ve also included a picture of one of Tony’s bass and Cousin Dave’s pike. It was a blast!

Mover, Just keep an eye out for me next week. I'll be fishin that area all week. Look for the G3 bassboat and the Fisher bassboat. If you're not there next week, look for the report when I get back.

That is freakin funny. Rich, you crack me up.

Great news Lew. Enjoy the rest of your summer.

That's a slob of a fish. Great story.

Very cool trip and report.

Happy Birthday Dwarfie.

Is that better?

Glen, be nice. Why u gotta start this cheet?

It's sad but for me, it hasn't changed. I'll pay the money. It's the best vacation money can buy. At an increase of about $1 per gallon for me (and it's really not that much), it only costs me about $150 more for the 500 mile trip to Nipissing. Split between 4 guys, it's only about $40 a guy. We do have gas in the boat but it's still not that big of a deal. While the price of gas is an easy complaint, in the grand scheme of things it basically amounts to me not spending money in the bar for a couple nights. No big deal at all.

If it was the Upper French, I'd have two interested parties for you.

wut seccion de la Frenche wuz u fishin? That's the best I got for French. Tell the dude who's getting as fat as me to quit eating so much and drop me an email.

Dude, how goes it? Congrats on the bambino. Great to hear from you. I was actually thinking about you on my way up to Lakair.

The reefs just out on the lake always produce. Just look for the boats congregated out there. About a mile or so from Fishermans Island. Other than that, you'll have to find them. They move constantly.

Me

Here is the G3 HP190 I fish out of. Other than the fact that some of the worksmanship on the instrument panel is shaky (we've had nuts and bolts flying out at WOT and alot of plastic on the boat, it's a great fishing boat. It's very stable and wide.

Congrats on such a great fish. TJ's avatar . . . well, let's say it's only a dream . . . . . . . .