Rizzo

interesting timing, i had people at work today asking me about this thing (guess they all know I fish). didn't look like it would hold too many musky baits so I didn't give it much thought

about one third of the Barrie Marina is frozen over

that's great news. Personally, I think the first choice for launching would be the marina. I believe the plan was to meet there at 8 a.m. and only launch elsewhere if it was locked. Everyone bring shovels and salt! I'm so excited about the water clarity I may even be 15 minutes early!

...says the guy with the canopy and propane heater

hey jwl, any update on water colour or what the winds have been like down there?

good point. Dang fish probably ate more muskies in a year than it spawned

that fish is ridiculously large. congratulations to all involved. Best part is at least they had been fishing muskies for 1 year... unlike Mr. O'Brien

Geez all these guys in Lunds. I'll be there representing the "princecrafters" on the board. Mainly blue with red writing and silver hull. Nasty looking winds this week. Looks like I'll have to bonk one right on the head

ooooh nasty

and a decade ago I didn't think OJ would pay the price until the afterlife...guess he's got an early start

hahaha I only went there one time and I felt the same way. I found it very expensive. minnows were about twice the price as any other store I had been in. Was my first and last time there.

thanks jwl I'll check the plugs. As far as launching goes, I'm not sure whats going on down there. I launched like a chump down at Netherby, when I got up to the marina I saw the ramp was open!

I've never actually weighed a musky so couldn't even begin to guess weights of some of those brutes. I've heard of many world record bass being caught by cottagers though. Apparently there are 15 pound bass, no even 20's out there waiting to be caught...oops no, the ones I hear about the guy ate the 18 lb bass he caught. Funny thing is, when you tell people the Ontario record is only around 10 pounds, they don't realize they have over-estimated the weight, they think they ate the record!

nice fat fish! I was out on Saturday but only stuck around for a few hours. Water visibility was only 1.5 to 2 feet and temp was 41.5 degrees. Looks like you guys didn't have great water clarity either though, good to see you caught a healthy looking fish. I've never had great confidence when the water is murky grey like that rather than green. As for my boat, it ran great after the troubles I had the week before. Apparently a seal had worked its way loose so the marina guys locked it in place. While they were in there, we changed the impeller too as a preventative thing. Even got some wiring issues looked after on the trailer. What I forgot to tell them is the fishfinder sends out really weak signals while the boat is running, guess there is some kind of electrical interference or something. Either way, I should be good to go on the 13th!

awesome...one of these days I'll book myself a fly-in trip

"Belak" and "potential" in the same sentence don't belong. He's as good as he'll ever be. The guy is 32 years old for pete's sake! There's nothing wrong with the type of player he is, as long as people appreciate him for what he is, not what he might become. The man is well past his prime so forget potential and take what you can get now.

gin and tonics in the summer, rye and cokes in the winter, beer all the year round

good. Never heard of the guy we're getting in return but I never saw the potential in either Steen or carlo that others seemed to see

The marina will be looking at it tomorrow (so I'm told) so I'll post an update when I hear what the problem was

ya I was hoping that would be the problem. My partner had a stiff leader that we snapped the end off, it worked great to poke around but there was nothing to poke!

man oh man what a beautiful day...and I got no fishing in. Launched the boat at Netherby and fired it up...no water shooting out the back. We tried poking around in there to see if the "pee hole" was iced over but it wasn't. Nothing clogging the intake either. Tried to find a marina nearby but nobody in Ft Erie or Port Colbourne could look at it on short notice. I had taken the electric off and left it at home so we couldn't even fish the Netherby area by electric. As far as an update , a bit of snow at the launch (nothing major) and water temps at 42 degrees. Boat in the shop getting ready for the 13th

last chance at slimy goodness, here's hoping we'll see you. I'm in Grimsby now, will be hitting the river in the a.m.

been there...unfortunately i go so long between fishing excursions mine has never developed into a chronic problem. Only time of year I get out regularly is the fall, and then I mostly troll!

good to know. I'm stopping in there tonight to look for a (hopefully) 48 inch heavy duty wire leader. Banging bottom on the niagara is wreaking havoc on the flurocarbon!

right around 2 hours and 15 minutes. We always stay in Grimsby the night before (1.5 hours from Barrie) and then the launch is about 45 minutes from there. I'd invite you to stay at my mother-in-laws house the night before with me, but I'm already in the doghouse for storing all my gear there!