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just follow my boat, never seem to be fish where I go

That is awesome. Will be sad when the day comes she stops showing up!

congrats on your first decent fish out of there. I used to wade the credit 25 years ago and there were some decent smallies in there. Nobody else seemed to target them back in those days

I don't fish rivers...but I bet a little erosion will take care of that over the next year or two....how do you think such steep banks got there in the first place! Flowing water has great power.

hahahaha....love that technique! Very flamboyant. Kinda says "Ta Da!"

Was throwing a supershadrap (perch flavor) at a shoreline (Wolsely bay). Lure fouled and I was yanking it across surface hoping it would untangle. Noticed a massive log just under the surface where my lure was making commotion. Took me a bit to realize the log was moving. Lure never untangled, log swam right under the boat below my feet. No I did not figure 8... but I did contemplate never fishing for musky again. Fish scared the daylights out of me, having never seen one I never pictured it would be that huge.

right on! Who cares you caught none, you know they are there, gotta eat sometime!

my buddies smaller church boards worked better than my bigger board ....those little buggers would just be humming along jumping from wave to wave..."Go little guy" we would often cheer the board on. Musky fishing will get to you mentally apparently

wow good for you. My kids? 15 minutes tops

I tried one of the bigger church boards but found the clip wouldn't hold once you got a bit of chop....would start sliding down the line. Ended up going to a mast that I bought off kijiji and much prefer that route

I used to fish golf course ponds all the time (mainly in Florida) but have caught trout, rock bass and large mouth in gta golf course ponds. I carry a telescopic rod in my golf bag and when the course is slow I try to get me a lunker!

meh...wear flip flops. When you scoot from once place to the next just pull the drain plug and let'er drain. a 12 footer needs personality....and an inch or 2 of h2o in the bottom will certainly do that

I've had a muskrat come up a hole before....but if what you are saying is true I may still catch a fish on topwater while ice-fishing

pigeon lake...get one or two pretty much guaranteed

....he had one episode he made up ridiculous facts about some monstrous pike. I suddenly realized that where I had been interested in past episodes, he was probably full of cr@p then too....I just didn't know it because I never heard of these other fish! I guess the locals from those episodes had a good laugh too about his hyperbolic stories. Oh well, having said that, I will still watch!

Well that's very sad news. Kevin was always kind to me when I was there. I remember one year during the pike derby just watching him trolling in south muskrat bay...he had a real defined route that he just stuck to, kind of a big oval that he followed around and around and around. I think it paid off for him though! Can still picture him walking through the camp with his dog just tidying things up.

Man what a tragedy.

Thanks Lew. Hits home to hear that. Always enjoyed the times we had at Lakair with Kevin and Leslie

if those are not staged he is definitely the clumsiest, dumbest person on earth.

I tried to add one to my caravan...they said it already had it

For everyday use, you will save money. For towing I don't think it will make much of a difference. I used to have a Chevy Avalanche....bigtime gas guzzler. To tow the boat to St Clair and back would cost me $120. If I just drove the truck to St Clair and back without towing it would cost me basically the same. The truck did not know the boat was even there. When I got rid of the Avalanche we got a Caravan. Awesome I thought! And it is WAAAAYYY better fuel economy if I am just driving and not towing anything. I could drive to St. Clair and back and it might go through $50 in fuel. Less than half the price of the Avalanche...BUT...put the boat behind there and just watch that Caravan suck up the gas....I swear I can see the needle literally moving. Cost to tow with the Caravan to St. Clair and back? Basically the same as towing with the truck...over $100 for sure. Long story short, towing with the truck had minimal impact on fuel economy, towing with the van cut the fuel economy in half. Sorry to burst your bubble. You will see improved day to day costs, but put the boat back there and you will still be opening your wallet big time.

caught some muskies...plan to catch some more muskies

I have stayed there a couple of times. John is a super nice guy. The cottages are a bit run down....but you get what you pay for. They are how shall we say...rustic. Since we are low maintenance people, we have always enjoyed our stays there. If you are going with people who are a bit more fussy and you are renting one of the cottages you should pay more and go somewhere else. The grounds are really nice and kid friendly, good swimming area too. We have been there in July. The floating weeds in that area make trolling pretty much impossible.

don't really care about the legalization or not, but anyone who votes for Trudeau has clearly smoked waaaayyyy too much already

I'm with that guy...bass are bait