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those are some nice looking fish, well done. If I liked the taste of fish I would be quite envious!

I wish I could find someone with rates like that locally! I've considered getting a musky guide before on a big body of water (ie Georgian Bay) but you're looking at around $400 a day...so far I've just stuck to smaller lakes and figured it out myself (and sometimes with some tips from OFC'ers!)

as I was raking leaves today the thought did cross my mind that it would be a nice day on the water. Congrats on a beauty fish!

...the ice sucks

what the hell are you guys talking about?

inexpensive housing due to past issues in the area. I have a few friends that live there who seem happy enough. i've got a hockey game there tonight, if I see anything out of the ordinary I'll let you know!

Wow, I'm really sorry to hear this Wayne. Sounds like you're daughter is a fighter, all the best to you and your family

man oh man you have some talent (and a pretty good camera I'm guessing)

yipes...I thought the title was "Buck and 2R's in the dessert"...was afraid by opening this I'd find pictures of Garry wrestling some big buff guy named Buck in jello...like a car wreck, just had to look. Enjoy your time down south and stay out of the jello (or at least don't take pictures)

all I see is a close resemblance to my mother-in-laws hair in the morning

hey thanks Joey! I've been thinking Pigeon for the last couple of years, but just never had the time. With Balsam being closer to home I've mainly gone there and its been good to me, but my last couple of trips to Balsam issued a giant goose egg (pretty sure you guys had a similar result there not too long ago?). Anywho, tired of getting skunked, thought it was time to change it up a little. We found all kinds of great looking spots on our day and a half at pigeon, now just need to find the ones that hold fish.

Last week I had the opportunity to do some last minute musky fishing. It was supposed to be very windy on friday (the day we were going) but what are you going to do? Got a couple of destination options from fellow OFC'ers, and decided to try pigeon lake. I had fished there once before, earlier this year, and we managed a decent fish that day. As suggested by crappieperchhunter, we booked our stay with Joyce from Buckeye. Super friendly woman with an awesome musky hanging in the office...sadly she had no fishing tips to share. 9 a.m. on Friday the water temps were just over 50 degrees, we positioned the boat about 2 cast lengths out from a weed-edge we found and within a few minutes the first fish was on...and then off. It left some evidence though, a couple of scales on the trebles was proof to my buddy I wasn't lying! Not much later this spunky fish fell victim to a sledge. Casting gets pretty cold this time of year so we decided to do some trolling and exploring around the lake. I had heard Nogies creek was a good spot so we decided to troll up that way. Found some awesome drop-offs along the west shore that we zig-zagged across but no luck, did some more casting at the weed-edge a few hundred metres from the bridge with no luck, actually went right into the weeds and I nailed a 4 pound pickerel on a 5 ounce glider bait (dang pesky pickerel)...but as far as musky...no luck. Anyone know the secret to nogies creek please feel free to pm me or post it here! Looked good to us but we saw nothing. After no luck at Nogies we did some more trolling around the top end of the lake, focusing on the 18-25 foot depths, banging bottom with jakes, believers, hookers and depth raiders. My buddy caught a decent fish on a holographic jake, and shortly after that I got this one on a depthraider. That was the end of the fun! By that time of day the wind had really picked up. We wanted to fish the top of big island, but got absolutely soaked by waves crashing the bow...sure was nice to get back to the hotel room and dry off! We had a few hours Saturday morning to get out but the water had dropped to around 46 degrees and fishing was off. I lost what felt to be a small fish, and my buddy had a lazy follow by a mid 30's fish when we were crazy enough to cast.Thanks again to crappieperchhunter for the suggestion, things worked out great for a last minute trip. If anyone knows how to increase the size of these pictures please go ahead...I suck at computer.

cudz showed his pics, where's yours?

Thanks for the tips. Ended up speaking to Joyce today at Buckeye, sounds like a very fine lady! We're gonna give Pigeon a shot.

I'm in the same boat as you....why didn't I buy a bigger boat with a canopy!

Woohoo, get to go musky fishing Friday and then Saturday morning as well! I do almost all of my fishing on Balsam because its closest to home and usually I only have half a day to get out. With more time on my hands I'm looking to try out some new waters. Was thinking Pigeon or Lower Buckhorn or anywhere else that sounds reasonable. The key is, I'll need accomodations for one night. Anyone know of places that are still open and willing to rent out a cabin for 1 night?

...hence my "narcissistic ego-maniac" comments earlier. What a disappointing person, good basketball player, but disappointing as a person.

good for you guys! never would enter my mind to night fish this time of year

haha...I was 60% Leafs and 40% watch Heat lose (although I think they are making a run right now)

I'm sure the Heat will win plenty of games, but it sure is fun watching a team like the Celtics mop the floor with them right now. Bosh was a good player on a bad team here in Toronto, but up against some tough competition he always wilts...he's not as good as he thinks he is. Unfortunate that his ego took over, I guess when everyone tells you you are awesome you begin to believe it and throw all humility out the window. Really too bad because he seemed like a good kid when he first got here, now a narcissistic ego-maniac.

holy smokes what a fish!

bingo...this person is regularly upset about one thing or another, just that type of personality I guess. I need to find a delicate way to explain that the fisherman had the right to be there, and it was not their responsibility to get out of the way when they saw him coming.

Thanks for all the info...it appears to be unanimous. The funny thing is, the neighbour was going on and on about how these guys don't know the rules, probably don't have an operators card etc. He was so convinced he was right almost had me doubting...thought ,maybe there was a "no fishing in a narrow part of a lake" clause I wasn't aware of!

he had a spotter, but according to the fisherman he was also looking back at the boarder. It was actually the spotter that fell in the boat and got hurt when the boat swerved/hit something along shoreline. There aren't any posted no wake zones on our lake. When a lake gets to a certain width is it automatically a no wake zone or does something have to be posted to be considered a no wake zone.?

yipes, that's crazy Wayne, the length people will go to make a point! I don't think this guy was trying to make a point though. The renters tell me he was looking back at the kid on the wakeboard, not watching where he was going. Story checks out if you ask me. If you were watching, you'd see those fisherman from a km away. you could just stay at that end of the lake until they drift out of the "channel", or slow down a bit as you pass them...not swerve at the last second and hit something along the shoreline