Rizzo

its a BIG lake. Where will you be?

pike and bass in our lake and lots of them, seem to exist well together

Thanks for the report. Hopefully these "paddle-boat police" are diligent when it really matters (when people really are fishing out of season)

not sure if this is true, but I've heard rumours of people fishing with strips of white cloth - no hooks. Fish bites down on the cloth, teeth get stuck, you bring in fish.

I would have suggested using spoons as I've never caught a bass on a spoon but it sounds like you already tried that!

wow, fantastic fish!

that's odd. For some reason I thought he had died a while ago. Pretty sure his wife "Miss Elizabeth" has also died. I did notice his real last name was Poffo...at the same time as the Macho Man there was a wrestler by the name Leaping Lanny Poffo...any connection?? I can't believe I know this stuff. Don't tell my wife.

an interesting wear pattern on those tires..I think the tow vehicle must have been driving Dukes of Hazzard style (on two wheels)

...and in other news the raptors drop to 5th over-all pick...can nothing go right for these guys? I hear Cleveland has 1st and 4th picks after one year of being lousy...must be nice (other than you have to live in Cleveland)

don't really care as long as its not the Heat. Know more about the Bulls because we see them more often plus they have that goofy salami and cheese guy over there. Whoever wins the East will take it (you don't hear that too often!)

can't help you, but at least there's a lot of land to choose from between those 2 places!

is this kind of an "emporer's new clothes" thing...because if it is I agree that is a wonderful specimen for that species

centimetres?

...and here I was excited to get to slam someone for out of season fishing (naturally assuming local)and instead I have to compliment a great set of photos...nuts

very nice, when are they installing the console?

yup, its that time of year when you drink a "filtered" beer...filtered by the bug net that's over your head. It works great drinking straight through the screen

I think she ate some of the mushrooms the pig was supposed to guard.

...up to 35 inches...most we got were your typical hammerhandles, but every once in a while got a decent one

I've gone up there a few times. We've never even bothered to leave Gravenhurst Bay because we were in a pretty small boat and were catching some decent fish right there. Not the giants you may get elsewhere, but we caught pike up to 35 inches just fishing weedy drop-offs and flats

haha great story. I'm waiting for the day that happens to me...although considering I almost never fish for anything smaller than a musky I better not hold my breath. I guess you have to catch a bluegill/crappie/pickerel etc first for this to happen!

don't worry about the kids. I've driven with mine at that age to Myrtle Beach and the kids are fine for the first 10 hours. It's the last 6 that are a bugger! Pop in "Barnie" and you're good to go (although you will want to kill someone after 5 minutes)

thanks guys. I've used that Balsam launch lots of times (to fish Balsam), just didn't know how long it would take to get to mitchell from there as I only have 4 or 5 hours to fish so time is valuable. Boss, how did you guys do? Although I'm pretty close to 100% catch and release, I will definitely do what I can to keep a pike or 6.

After careful consideration and input from OFC'er's I'm heading to Mitchell lake to hopefully clear some pike out of there. Not sure where the launch is but don't expect it will be too tough to find. Any idea which side of 48 I should be fishing on? Can I actually use the big motor on this lake or will it be all trolling motor all the time.

big ol nightcrawler hooked one time through the head, fished weightless

she's still with you after a trip like that and talking about buying a boat???You must put a ring on that