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hahahaha...ya everything is great up to negative 35

great read...keep at it! We have all had some rough outings, just suck when they come back to back

haha oh ya my wife would have a look alright

As a Dutchmen I do it with braid all the time. Also as a Dutchmen I never use fluoro as a mainline, just mono. But i don't think mono would work. Just try it and see what happens. Test it out the day before you go fishing tho

...or valentines....DEFINITELY not Valentine's day!

ya I saw the title here and thought "oh man...he is doomed". You can buy fishing stuff for the wife, it just better not be on Christmas, anniversary or birthday.

some amazing fish...and plenty of em! Never seen lower unit oil look like that, wow. I just drained mine yesterday (so sad) and fortunately it looked as good as the day I put it in last year. Its kinda tempting when it looks good flowing out just to put the screw back in! (I didn't)

somebody trying to get creative

yipes. That is a shame (so many dead bass I mean)

wow there are some serious fish there! Very nice

Some awesome pictures there. Just wondering what all those mosquitoes up there eat!

well got out there one more time (this past Tuesday) and we had to work for it. One for one...38.5 inches. Normally I wouldn't measure fish that size but it was the first for a friend of mine so we had to get an accurate measurement. It certainly made his day! Water temps were 42-43 degrees

ya we were hesitant to go there. Our last fall trip to Pigeon we were 0 for 1 in 2.5 days of fishing....then we remembered that can happen anywhere and decided to go for it anyways!

I read your list but the most common regret was not there....did not pack enough beer

nice pike! And no offence to pike...but man am I disappointed when the rod goes off and I bring in a pike. Then again, I have never caught a 42 inch pike...maybe I would be ok with that!

keep at it! Don't get discouraged. As the water gets below 50 (which it is) the bite can be pretty tough. Pigeon is a great lake but when it comes to musky, being skunked is always something that can happen, even on a great lake.

but wait...how was the fishing when you went out there?

yipes...when I saw that many boats in the frame I figured it was a weekend!

nopers...all were in the 35-37 inch range. The one we lost at boatside...waiting for the net to show up...was about 40. It was hooked with only 8 feet of line out so our net man wasn't ready when we had the fish at boatside. Still had to complete his retrieve etc...pretty sure he wanted me to lose it

nicely done...sooo many boats though. I have a hard time dealing with that

we just got back from Pigeon, fished Friday and Saturday. We caught 4 for the two days and lost one more. Water temps Friday morning were 43.5 but were up to 47 by the time we left there this afternoon.

soooo dedicated.

ugg heading up tomorrow we will see. Won't have computer access til Sunday or so, will let you know how we did

yes... a skunking on L St. C does hurt a lot more than a skunking closer to home! And if you only have a partial day available rather than a marathon, this also pushes me towards upper n

for me...upper niagara is 3 hours driving round trip, and St Clair is 6 hours driving round trip. St. Clair is where I go! Used to fish Upper Niagara 15 years ago but found the fish per hour fishing ratio waaay better on St C even when you factor in the drive!