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Haven't fished Simcoe in 10 years but I remember the last time I was there you could hardly get a bait to bottom due to the herring. So many of them we had to add more weight to get lines down past them quicker

looks like snook, jacks, a small tarpon and some others fish I don't know...some kind of trout?

nice fish! Negative 20 would not see me on the ice, hut or no hut. I prefer those plus 10 days in late march where you get sunburned!

never been but sounds like ab amazing place! Welcome to the board and nice pictures

as a kid I remember chasing after and catching lampreys in the Humber River in the shallows in late spring. My perception of them? Gross. Is there any other perception?

I wish everyone ahead of me at the launch had this. Was at thames the other day, blew my mind how long people took to put a boat on a trailer and haul it up to the parking lot. My turn finally came and as usual, maybe one minute to have buddy back down ramp, drive it on, winch it up the last foot or two and he drives it up top the parking lot. Not so tough. The funny thing is, the guys before us who must have fiddled around for 10 minutes, actually had to put their boat back into the water because it was on so crooked. Biggest problem...people get their trailer too deep in the water so boat is floating above it as they start to drive away, winds or currents catch it.

looks like new! We are in the market for a used vehicle too as my son smoked a deer the other night. Hope I make a nice find like you did

yipes. I was in Hanover yesterday...must have snowed a foot. Come home to Guelph only an hour and a bit away...nothing.

nice tips!

We have some bass (same ones maybe?) that spawn just off our dock each year. Every time at the cottage in May and June I bring a dozen or two worms and feed them by hand. When season opens they are usually still around...just can't bring myself to catch them. Gladly hop in boat and go catch other bass, but not the ones around my dock. Guess I am a softy at heart.

I see that!

Too funny. You certainly have found a preferred ambush spot for them

Ya that was not even a cast. Amazing

nice pb! Those are the ones I seem to get when fishing for musky.

Sure do! You and Pete would fish together I think, I remember Wayne being nicely set up with a heater in his boat and fishdawg came with me once

October is such a crazy month. Definitely have shorts days but it is often the month you see the first snowflakes as well (for southern Ontario)

what a gorgeous spot and some fantastic fish. i hope mine isn't put away until Mid December

nice! That's why multi day trips are so key if you can take them. One day they are on and the next they arent

have you been? I head up next week to give it a shot

wow...beauties

buying nice sized minnows for ice fishing can get costly. When we have had a bad day and have lots of bait left I have joked to my buddies about selling them on marketplace. Guess I shouldn't do that!

Amazing fish. As a guy who likes to target musky in the fall I hate these gorgeous days. The less comfortable I am in the elements the more likely I am to catch multiple. Rule of thumb...if my partner has a trail of snot coming out his nose and he can't feel it because he is frozen stiff from being pelted with snow or sleet...we are nailing em.

beauty. Red sky at morning...did it end up being a terrible day for boaters?

...fyi that small outboard is a 2 stroke

Does your boat see a lot of activity? If so I would do it all anyways. I have a small outboard that doesn't see much use (3-5 hours a season) and I store it in the basement. With that one sometimes all I do is run some stabilizer through the gas, spray some fogging oil into the air intake while its running and haul'er downstairs. Change the seals maybe every 3 rd year. Is it the best idea? Maybe not but I have had it 8 years and its doing fine.