Rizzo

cool! Good luck

...and for panfish my kids would catch them non-stop when we vacationed on Pigeon Lake. I always had a line of kids standing in front of me while I removed bluegill, sunnies and rockers and re-baited hooks. We would vacation with a group of people and I was the dad who fished. But all the kids liked to. They would get an hour twice a day where we would fish from shore and I had a never ending line of fish hanging from scooby doo and barbie rods. Good times

back in the day there used to be some muskies lurking on that drop off at Balsam...now there are probably a wack of pike there instead. Those panfish might have been hiding up in the weed flat

Great picture almost as big as your son!

good luck! I only ever fish there for musky (which are currently out of season...although it sounds like some are active!) so I have no advice for you. Hope you can get into some nice fish tomorrow to salvage your trip. Down south of gannons narrows the lake is much shallower. My kids always caught a million bluegill and perch when we go worm and bobber

that should buff right out

Ouch. Keep at it, try some new things. Sounds like Hartley Bay is a decent spot so maybe you were just there at a bad time or maybe you were using the wrong techniques. There are plenty of good spots within a few hours of Toronto...spots where you can "limit out" within an hour or two. Spend some more time on the water and you will find them. Sorry I have not been to Nosbonsing so can't comment on that fishery, but right next door is Nipissing and I have not had problems catching fish when I go there.

looks amazing!

Pictures too nice to ignore, sorry. Would be a hoot running the rapids on a raft of some sort.

nice!

if the water just came in thru a seal, and your garage didnt get too ridiculously cold (ie it is attached to the house) it might not be too big a deal. Just my thoughts.

beauties!

zoinks

didn't own a computer back then!

nicely done!

Some serious bass there! Please refresh my memory, when does bass season open in southern Ontario. Is it the 4th Saturday in June?

right on nice haul

beauty!

wow

nice! I have fixed numerous rods....they just keep getting shorter. Between 4 young boys, friends at the cottage and me slamming them in a car door I have at least 1 or 2 a year that need repair. Feel different? Who knows. They all still catch fish. Buddy in Guelph fixes em for a few bucks.

I was up in the Hanover area yesterday. The lake I looked at was fully iced over. Hit it with a sledge hammer...inch and a half of ice.

thanks for the reminder! I miss the old days when they would send you a renewal package as a reminder

when I was 2 my parents would only give me a stick with string on it (no hook). At the time we lived on the shores of Erie. Apparently some older kids would distract me, then one would tie a sheephead (drum) to the line. I would then drag that sheephead around all day. Don't remember any of this but I guess that was the start.

Thanks Lew for sharing. Makes the sacrifice more real when you hear personal stories.

wow those are some old batteries! Got your money's worth on those. In addition to a tester I would be proactive and just replace them rather than have a day ruined due to faulty battery