The Urban Fisherman

Hey bud - Just let me know when the suckers are runnin and if I can Averie and I will be glad to come down and hammer them with you guys!

haha the Blue being on the Q was for creative reasons only...I like my beer near freezing cold... And as for the pink rod, don't kid yourself, I use it myself when Averie isn't with me! Thanks Dano - I heard the ice out on the bay is sketchy at best. DC still had a good 12 inches of ice, with some crusty stuff on top and some skinny ice around old holes.... but by the time I get to go out fishing again the bay should be wide open, so ice fishing will take a back seat to open water fishing t'il next december! Thanks Twocoda - She is a rockin' kid when it comes to fishing, but she sure can be rotten at times just like any other 3 year old! Again... Though I'll drink whatever beer is available to me, that blue was only on the Q for the picture... Thanks Again Jacques! You're comments are always to nice! By the way, take a guess what we used for bait? Them Gobies can't get enough of that gulp Fish Fry! I'll take Gobies with Averie over Big fish without her any day! Cheers, Ryan

My daughter is three and has been fishing since she could stand. As far as casting simplicity goes, Spincast for the kids is the way to go, that being said, my daughter is a small kid, and though we bought her a 4' rod, she still prefers using her ice fishing rod w/ an open faced spinning reel to anything else. It's small, light and easy to handle. She can flip the bail and drop the bait down herself, but is still working on casting with it. The six year old shouldn't have any trouble with an open faced spinning reel though, and that's the way I'd go. I posted this on my thread earlier today but you can see how easy it is for a little 3 year old to handle the smaller rod.... Good luck, and please don't hesitate on shooting me a PM if you need any pointers - I think I've gotten out twice in the last two years without my daughter! haha Cheers, Ryan

yeah sure you got a limit of lakers, but with no limit on gobies we could have stayed out all day on saturday! haha awesome fish dude - thanks for the report! cheers, Ryan

Absolutely awesome! Truly a day of a lifetime!

goes to show why you need to be on the ball even when trolling! Thanks TJ - cool vid.

She might be the panfish master if her old man was any good at catching them through the ice in that lake! I don't want her to lose interest in fishing so I always take time to make sure she catches something...and boy do we have the gobies dialed in through the ice!

Thanks Irish... I took that picture just for you after seeing how much liked fishing24/7's pic of the pike.... haha Gobies just don't have the same appeal though! Cheers, Ryan

We managed to sneak out for a couple hours yesterday, for a whopping 3 times fishing in 4 months, but that's the way it goes sometimes! They're calling for warm temps and rain this coming week, and in my area that means we'll be fishing out of our boats come easter long weekend! We got off to a slow start as is usually the case when getting ready to ice fish with a 3 year old, but finally made it out to blue sky's and +7 Degree weather! Hard to beat a day of ice fishing when you can strip down to your T-shirt! We were marking fish all morning but couldn't coax any into bitting. So after unsuccessfully trying to catch panfish for a couple of hours, all the while listening to Averie say "Let's go catch gobies at the rocks Daddy" over and over and over, we caved in and did just that. I have to admit, culling those greasy little things sure beat's catching nothing at all. So by noon we caught enough Gobies to satisfy the itch and went home for lunch! Heading down to Deer Creek reservoir.... The waiting game.. Averie learning how to read the Humminbird - mounted to a cooler in true OFC style. And our first catch of the day This picture was inspired by Fishin 24/7's Pike shot from a couple days ago! lol I think this was a personal best for averie... Fishin' in my t-shirt...awesome Another fine catch! haha Always have a bucket to keep the kids happy! And what better way to end an awesome couple of hours out with the kid? mmmmmm Spring is knocking at our doorsteps! A first attempt a embedding a video Hope you enjoyed our little report. Next time you hear from us it will be from the boat, and won't involve catching gobies! Cheers, Ryan & Averie

I say give them a break! They deserve to celebrate! Ps. I coached Tessa Bonhomme #25 in highschool girls hockey, and I'm going to go ahead and assume that that's why they won gold! haha http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/spo...post-game-party

Sounds fun Landry! Totally different style than how I fish them...I used to know a guy who fly-fished carp in Port Credit when I lived there... You'd never land one on a fly rod where I fish for them though. It's a reservoir and the area is a sunken tree graveyard. Usually I'm bottom fishing for them but I have had some hit my bait on the drop - usually the smaller ones. As soon as you hook them, they head strait for the tree's and I pretty much have to lock my drag and muscle them out. I can't wait for the sofwater season! Cheers, Ryan

There's a few of us... although many OFC carper's are multi species guys like myself.... as you can tell, I'd rather horse them out of heavy cover with a flippin' stick and 50lb braid, then play them out on a long soft baitrunner type set up. My favorite fish of '09 Cheers

well put... Sorry to hear bout your loss!

I don't know who's going to win, but what I can tell you is my flight leaves for Birmingham on thursday morning!

Ditto!

This is easy peasy for me: Spinning Set ups: Ice fishing rod - they all seem to work fine for me.... 5'6" Ultra light w/ Shimano Saros 1000 for pannies 6'6" Medium w/ Shimano Stradic 2500 for jigging and twitch bait fishing 7'6" w/ Shimano Stradic 3000 for tube jigs and drop-shotting 10'6" w/ Stradic 3000 & Fluoro for trout Baitcasters: 7'6" Heavy action flipping stick w/ Shimano Chronarch & Braided line for flipping and pike fishing 7'0" Medium Heavy w/ Curado & Fluorocarbon for spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Baits I can't go without: 1) X-raps (Largies, Smallies, Pike, Walleye) 2) Original Rapala floaters (opener & closer for rainbows & browns) 3) DT Thug (Only largies this past summer but hope to hit up some smallies on it this year) 4) Micro Crank Baits (Bluegill and Crappie) 5) Chigger Craws (Largies and Smallies) 6) Gulp Alive Minnows (largies, smallies, perch) 7) Powerbait Sink Worms ( largies, smallies) 8) Powerbait Split Tail Minnow (Largies, Smallies, Perch, Walleye) 9) Spinnerbaits (smalies, largies, pike) 10) Fintech Nuckle Ball Jigs (smallies, largies, walleye, panifsh) 11) Canned Corn (carp) 12) Gulp Maggots (panfish) 13) Pink Trout Worms (Panfish & Trout) 14) Floats, Various hooks and Sinkers (terminal tackle) 15) Small Jigging spoons for ice fishing 16) Tube Jigs Then there's things like a boat, survival gear, ice hut, graphs etc. etc.... but if I were stuck as a shore angler, the above mentioned gear is all I'd need to get through 365 days of fishing in Ontario. Cheers, Ryan

I used to catch them in big numbers on the lower stretches of the credit river while steelheading.... always did much better with the suckers then I did with the steelies! lol They ate everything from pink trout worms, to chunks of shrimp from the grocery store.. I don't think they're picky eaters! haha good times though, good luck with them!

Hey buddy, Like the others said, keep a hole open all winter to allow potentially deadly gases created by rotting feces, food or plant matter to escape. A bubbler is good to for adding oxygen, but cold water will keep their need for oxygen to a minimum, and will retain it longer than warm water. Don't feed them until srping as any food they happen to eat now can rot in their bellies and could kill them. Have fun with it, and like I said before - I've got a good book around here somwhere if you want to borrow it for a while. cheers, Ryan

Good work guys! What's with the stringer? did ya punch a hole and use it as a livewell? Cheers, Ryan

lol good luck Sinker! That seems to be the problem with most people who've asked about them.. "I want to adopt one, but I have to talk to the wife, or the husband first" hah Dad is a Black Lab Cross - looks like a lab but has white paws, and Mom is a purebred Lab. Cheers, Ryan

dude there's no need for me to post a reply as it's already been said a few times over! WOW good job! still jealous of those bronze backs though! haha cheers, Ryan

Thanks for the nice reply's gang! We had a home lined up for the boy (yellow male) but that has fallen through, so we now have 2 puppies looking to be adopted. Please shoot me a PM if you're interested! Dawg - it's just a short drive, you can be here and back in no time! He'll be ready to go between march 10th and 17th! haha Cheers, Ryan

Some of you might remember Sheba who we took in from living in horrible conditions. We weren't sure if she'd been spayed and waited to see if she'd go into heat. Sure enough she did, and even though we kept a close eye on her and kept her in the house %90 of the time one of the neighborhood dogs got to her while Ginny and I were away. So anyways, yesterday I helped her deliver 4 healthy, cute little puppies! 2 black girls, 1 yellow boy and 1 yellow girl. It looks like we already have a home for 3 of them, with 1 left looking to be adopted. Let me know if you're interested. We're not looking to make any money off of them, we just want to find them a good home and cover our costs for having their shots and de-worming etc. taken care of. Have a great weekend! Cheers, Ryan

the only option aside from taking a huge hit is to have the phone and contract signed over to somebody else.... kind of like signing over a car lease to somebody else...

I told ron to let me know about the blades - I hadn't had trouble with them even on my pond when you guys were here drilling holes with me, but if you need I'll hook you up with some new blades. The last thing I want to do is leave you guys high and dry, but $50.00 for both the auger and depth finder is a pretty stellar deal! Keep in touch I'd like to help you boys out! Cheers, Ryan