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haha...hadn't fogged it yet. Funny thing, it is a Yamaha. Not the first time this guy has tried to convince me to take the boat outta bed. Did it 3 or 4 years ago too. That time I did. Got to the launch and found about 100 feet of inch thick ice! Took us close to an hour to smash thru the ice with an anchor. We got a nice musky that day tho!

haha...quit fishing. I can't help you, but sounds like a fantastic place to go

Wowsers there are some awesome fish in that mix. Congrats on a great year!

We got this musky last week on what I THOUGHT was my last trip of the year. (sorry don't know how to make pic full size) Anyway, so my buddy calls me just after I have changed the oil, stabilized the gas, vaccuumed the boat, changed the oil in the hubs etc etc...he wants to go again. What's a guy to do?

Be aware of the random company that spotted your resume. There are certain companies that will bring you on board for some type of sales (products? life insurance? mutual fund sales etc)...the training costs you several hundred dollars, and most people never get their money back out of it. They are ALWAYS looking for new people because they make more money off their own trainees than they do from whatever it is they are selling!

Funeral homes love to have a list of part-time guys as long as you look presentable in a suit! Drive the hearse on funerals, a little bit of maintenance work around the home (change light bulbs, clean restrooms, vacuum, shovel snow where the plow doesn't reach), greet people at front door - hang coats etc, do removal from hospital etc. There are lots of options.

its a pricey day heading down alone...don't blame you for not going. I did it once alone, found it hard to justify the costs so always take a friend or two now

ya if I see winds like that I definitely make the 3 hour drive to the Kawarthas rather than the 3 hour drive to St. Clair...man Guelph sucks for distance to my favourite fishing holes

nice! Where are all the other boats though? Everytime I fish that spot there is a line up! I guess fishing the evening gives some privacy

Go get em! And make sure you let us know how you did.

that is just nuts. I would fire up the boat and make all kinds of racket....like have an anchor launching competition with my buddies. If you can hit their boat with an anchor they are too close!

oh dear....60 hours. I don't have the fortitude yet, gotta see some kind of results. Having said that, I may only fish 60 hours for the whole season! If I could fish all kinds, then a search for a true giant would interest me.

Nicely done. I agree about the early success being killer on the rest of your day. Went to St. clair a few weeks ago, raised a fish maybe 3rd cast...didn't have a sniff the rest of the day. Worst part...as soon as I mentioned this to my buddy (how this often happens) it was on our mind the rest of the day...and it came true. Your 819 km is easier to take when some nice fish were boated

another vote for Britt...haven't been there since we moved away from Barrie, nice spot and some King Kong muskies

haha that was hilarious. With all those groupers around its time to find another spot to fish

Nice!

Wow it has been a tough go the past week...I am hearing lots of skunkings

I will stick with my original assessment that that fish is not a tiger. Take a look at the post from fisherpete...that is a tiger. With tigers that striated pattern goes right up into the gill plate, and the fish tend to be less " green" than a musky and a bit more "bronze" in colour. Its a beauty fish no doubt, but I am gonna keep my vote on barred musky, not a hybrid. About 7 or 8 years ago I caught a fish out of the Niagara River that looked just like this one (bigger of course...this is a fish story!) and I also thought it was a tiger. The kind gents (and gals) here gave me a bit of a biology/appearance lesson and I was eventually persuaded that what I had caught was a barred musky. Since then I have probably caught over 10 tigers (I used to fish Balsam a lot!) so can spot the difference a bit easier now. If I am wrong and that fish is a tiger than I have caught many more than I thought!

Awesome! Great report and well done. 3 muskies in a day is nothing to sneeze at either. Don't think that is a tiger though I would say "barred" musky. Muskies come in a number of different looks and that one is a beaut.

weird thing is....look at the guys shirt...looks like he's already covered in blood before it happens! Not the first time buddy beaned himself methinks. He bleeds good though, I give him credit.

he's not the first I am sure. Many ballplayers, especially the ones from the southern U.S., are big time into bass fishing

Zoinks what a brute

Had a follow on one of my first casts....that is always a bad thing for me. Quick siting has often meant a lousy day ahead. And that came true again. It was the only fish we saw all day (spent most of day trolling though). Not a rip. Water was 52 and air was around 70. Most times when I get a warm fall day also means bad news.

Nuts...thought this post was that maybe you found my lost rods and reels! Hope you guys have better luck than me.

Ouch. Well they stack up a bit on St Clair so hope we can get on to a couple! Either way...I won't be at work.