Rizzo

well that is one warm day out of the way. We fish Friday and Saturday this week. If today sucked, and tomorrow does too, the fish should be ready to go by Friday!

lots of positive attitudes...love it. Will fish deep water....figure those fish less affected by what is going on above the water

If there is any weather pattern that has ever spelled doom for me, it is a warming trend in late fall. Of course I have a 2 day trip booked to Pigeon for later this week ..right in the middle of a warming trend. Over the years I recall many a gorgeous late fall day on the water...and what I also recall is the fishing sucked. I would love to hear any success stories under these conditions if you have them...and would really love to hear what worked. If you also just feel the need to tell me, "yes...you are doomed" that is fine too.

beauty!

awesome congrats!

I have occasionally camped in some rough spots overnight, so what I have done is tie boat to something on the shore, let it float out a bit...like a couple feet, then drop an anchor off the back to hold boat in place. If it is just for launching, then yes, I carefully pull it up onto the shore.

what a beauty perch!

awesome pictures. I was thinking oh wow this guy fishes for every species when i saw all the variety in the first photos, then it was bass, bass, bass, more bass, bass, bass, even more bass followed by some bass....I think I figured out your preference.

...never said they do

looks like he finally got fed up and decided to take matters into his own hands

good read nice you got into some fish....those dang musky can be so frustrating though

in the musky game...early fish is a bad thing. If I get a follow on one of the first 10 casts I might as well pack up and go home. Every time I connect a fish early the results are disastrous. Better hope that first one bites because you ain't gonna see squat the rest of the day

man oh man this get my blood boiling all over again. How these people sleep at night is beyond me. Thievery. Those salespeople at the dealership have to know xwrp is gonna screw you, yet they sell it anyways to get their commission. No wonder car salesmen get a bad rep

sometimes struggling in our quest for success can be the most important lesson we learn!

oooo son...that's a bigun!

yes I have been wondering how it went. I have a buddy up there currently, they got one musky yesterday in a few hours fishing

You mean a nice meal for a pike or musky right?

arran lake is about that far away...pike and bass

for a guy getting into the salmon game...good to know. Better pick one up next year unless someone has cleared them all out!

wow. gross

can't go wrong around big island...I don't fish the other species you said but musky can certainly be found almost anywhere around the island. Let us know how did. I wonder if Buckeye rentals is the same older lady who ran the Buckeye Motel...Joyce...hope she is still alive! She had a few years on her when I used to rent rooms there, and that was a little bit ago!

sent you a pm

that is one heck of a comeback...great report

wow that is nuts. For SURE I would be drilling a heavy lure...or a 5 ounce trolling weight...off the side of his boat if I saw him coming for round 2. Would even sacrifice a spool of line to have him wrap it in the prop. That is shocking

pigeon lake has scads of places...just not sure if they have openings. We have rented cottages at a place called Cadigans Camp on Pigeon just south of Gannons Narrows...you could always call the owner John and see what he has