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if it was such a great recommendation why did you not book your other week with them? If they wouldn't let you cancel your first week, at least they might let you change it (especially since its still 3 months away!)

dang dial up. I have to remember to check these out when I get to work

its true...up all night then unconscious in a lawn chair all day = Roy @ Lakair

kempenfelt bay is still frozen in Barrie so I'd imagine these other lakes have a bit to go still

soft plastics fished with no added weight. The weight of your hook/leader is enough

because I'm on dial-up I can't watch the video, but I assume its the pike he caught trolling the jumla back to the dock...the pike that put him into first and knocked me down to second...the pike that prevented me from being the first 2 time winner of the crayola cup....ya, not so crazy about that video

monique better not read this

similar experience to Lew...I posted my boat here a couple of years ago, after a month of no interest put it on Kijiji for more money (was willing to give OFC discount) and sold it within days! Some people on Kijiji are pretty thick though. i advertised some Blizzak winter tires ON RIMS on Kijiji for like $20 each, telling people the tires had maybe a season left, basically selling the rims but you get the tires that are on it. You wouldn't believe the dummies calling and asking how new the tires were..year old? like new? Read the ad doorknobs, they're 20.00 each including the rim

now THAT is funny

...I also saw a pig today that looked like it was about to take flight...but then it farted and sat back down

ooooh son, that's a big'un. A thing of beauty

haha good one Rick. Both of those pictures must have been posted here about 10-15 separate occasions each time with a different story. Hey, at least its been about 2 months since the last siamese pike sighting...that's pretty good.

am I the only one who thinks he meant "Woo hoo"?....or maybe he meant wahoo..now THAT is a nice fish

barely got out so I'm glad you did well!

I just find pike to be a very easy fish to catch (up to 10 pounds I mean). Bigger are a far more elusive creature at least in southern ontario. Other than through the ice, because they are very accomodating, I only target pike once or twice a year, the main time being at the Lakair Tournament. Out of the 4 times I've fished the Lakair tourney I've finished 1st, 2nd twice and third once. Guess the pike just seem to like me.

Wow what a day! Good for you helping out the unknown lady. My condolences on the death of your friend, I'm sure he felt your presence with him in his final moments.

its a pike for pete's sake...it doesn't matter what you throw. Get some dollar store pliers, some 12 inch leaders and any of the lures mentioned above, they all work on the not-so-fussy pike. Buy a $3 white spinnerbait and the pike will destroy that thing. Buy a 99 cent spoon and they will destroy it...heck, tie some trebles to the shaft of a hockey stick and they'll hit it.

Fantastic Lew...I had a skunk in my backyard once but I would say this is better.

Let my mother-in-law move in...will keep any living thing away, not just bears.

...true...so can someone tell me how the heck Paul landed her (sorry bud, had to!)

Very sad. We've got 3 young boys ourselves. A terrible tragedy for these boys, their mother and the family

Thanks for sharing that again Lew. A wonderful tribute to the times you enjoyed with your brother.

do you know how much it will cost to give these thousand dollar refund cheques out? Probably ten times the amount of the cheques themselves...but at least it creates more government jobs and opportunties for fraud that you and I end up paying for. I wish they would have just bumped up income tax a percent or two...problem solved.

great report from an insane angler. An axe??? You'd already drilled like 25 holes...use one of them! Guess I'm just getting lazy because the only way I'd be making a hole with an axe is if the auger ran dry before I got to the lake! Either way, it paid off..good for you!

fantastic spot Lew! Glad the move went well (do they ever go truly well?) Man I hate moving, but if you're ending up at a place like that it is soooo worth it. May you and Diane have many years there.