Rizzo

...you should have asked for the trade before you told me you your success rate! I'm definitely going to retire the brown/yellow and give the strawberry some swim time! Just never thought "rainbow trout" as forage for the kawarthas! Shows what I know.

Wonder where this Biggs character was ranked to go? I guess they really felt someone was going to take him in the next 3 picks and they absolutely had to have him. For a guy with 3rd line potential (so the reports say) I would have waited and grabbed him at 25...if he's gone, grab a different guy with 3rd line potential. Its not like its hard to find a 3rd liner, the Leafs roster is full of them

....been carrying a strawberry sledge for years but it almost never sees the water...sounds like I need to revist it! I've had good luck in Kawarthas with sledges in more brown/yellow tones

Tried that until my mother-in-law nailed the bucktail that I was buzzing back in...fought pretty good too

that's a real nice catch, congrats!

oooh son that's a biggun'!!

haha..didn't read it too carefully. Pictured something a little bigger than a 2hp

just make sure the water intake area on the shaft is submerged and that the boat is "peeing". Somtimes at slow speeds when the engine sits lower in the water it will be fine, but as you get up on a plane you might melt it if the engine can't suck up water to cool itself

good call. A few extra fish got poached in the short term but I guess long term this approach will get better results and more poachers busted

that's my ad and I take great offense to your insults of my handiwork and town of residence... ...and if you believe that I have some nice property in Florida to sell. I'm going to drive to Angus tonight just so I can pose on that thing.

once hooked a big sheephead like that on nipissing on a 9 inch 5 ounce nitro glider bait. Thing hit (and fought) like a freight train. Pretty embarrassing though when you think you've got a nice musky, tell your partner to get the net ready and you pull up that ugly mug! Anyways, congrats on the 2 pb's

Wow glad I'm reading this. On the cottage tinny I just built up my transom with a 2x6 pressure treated on the week-end. The PT just sits on top of the old transom (aluminum) and is held in place with some heavy steel brackets. I'm back up in July, looks like I'll need to find something else..assuming it hasn't rotted the end off my boat by then

man you get a lot of hours on the water (have to show this post to my wife who thinks I fish a lot!). That 48 is a beaut. We've had a decent start to the year (7 fish in 5 days) but no 48's to show for it!

wow, how much evidence did they think they needed! You figure you might stop them after 5 maybe 6 times caught on tape. Anywho, at least they've finally been busted

what a beaut!

I agree. We used to go there 20 years ago and it was getting to be a busy spot then. Fishing wasn't great either...some hammerhandles, some smallies, some crappies but for the effort not as good as you would expect. There's a parking lot off Georgian Bay Rd right near the highway. Short portage to the first lake, then a short portage to a river that leads to McRae.

yipes. I'll be at Pigeon Friday, hopefully things turn on by then. With those water temps might find the fish out at summer spots now closer to deep water

do we get the story? - casting, trolling, lure choice etc etc...help me live vicariously as I have not gotten out yet

catch anything else or just the one bass?

good stuff! Thanks for the update

haha there's 2 things I'd like to see...a giant bass and a walleye that puts up a good fight! Sounds like a great day, nice when the big ones co-operate

that one looks to be raised close to 6 inches which is what I'm trying to do. Went to the cottage yesterday and made a template out of wood, will take it to a shop to get them to make it out of aluminum

took the words out of my mouth

good to hear Don. I hope you're able to restore it and have lots of fun!

nuts, I should just be getting up to go fishing...instead I'm up because baby #4 is up screaming like a banshee. I've got some pretty stubborn kids when it comes to sleeping! Good luck everyone.