BradMc76

That first one is awesome!

And I've seen the dog and fish one. Hilarious.

Wow, that is crazy. Always wear your lifevest, and keep communication devices handy.

Hey, just lookin' for someone knowledgeable to do some fishing with over the next two days. I like to do Bass, but I'll try anything.

PM me if interested. I'm in Hamilton, downtown, but can travel.

To reply to those links: White said that Sonnen hasn't trained for the fight. Well, maybe not SPECIFICALLY for that fight, but he had been training with Henderson. So, it's not like Sonnen was out of shape or anything.

Okay, yeah, if Henderson knew about the injury 2 weeks in advance, he should have informed White/UFC. Maybe he wanted to fight with the injury, but, had he informed them about it, they would have had a back up plan.

But, either way, I don't think all out cancellation was the best idea.

Thanks for the link, Terry.

He still doesn't come out and say WHY the total cancellation.

Hey, just wanted to try and get this out there. This is a video of my asking why Dana White cancelled UFC 151. It's a good video, and if you like it, I'm asking if you'd share it around. Trying to get it "viral" so that Mr. White has no choice but to answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZANPZdRapg

UFC Video

Anyway, here's one of what I landed tonight, along with 9 Gobies.

Dang! That was a nice fish!

Cause I have no idea what I'm doing there, lol. At least when it comes to salmon fishing. I don't know about lures, if my line or even if my rod can handle it.

Soon, though.

I don't really mind. Last time NHL went on strike, poker became popular. I'm still getting paid because of that. If NHL doesn't play this year, then maybe poker will get popular again, and I can get even more money!

Hope you're havin' a good time. Best of luck on the fishing!

I'm looking at all this, and getting excited to try it. Then I thought to myself: "I'm gonna need a bigger rod...."

Hey, anyone up for some fishing tonight? I'm probably heading down to pier 4, by the yacht club, unless a better idea comes up. I'll be heading down about 6 or so. If anyone wants to join me, send a PM.

Well, like I said, I caught it in Hamilton Harbour. The pollution there is enough to mutate anything. So, I'm going to go with a Largemouth Bass with an unusually small mouth. Thank you all for your input.

Congratulations. All the best with the newest member!

Well, it was caught in Hamilton Harbour in Ontario. So....

Oh, well so he did. I thought he was talking about the bigger one, lol.

Thanks for all the feedback, folks. I still love doing this.

Although, I still don't know what this is.

That's what I was thinking, based on the colourings. But, as I've said, I'm not really sure what I'm talking about, lol.

Thanks for the info, though, Gar!

Back on topic. I'm glad that people are getting busted for this. We need more MNR on the prowl.

So, now I've caught a small Largemouth and a large Smallmouth. I'm not complaining, but that's about standard for how I roll. Irony and comedy all rolled into one.

What the?!?! Wow. Great fish!

Thats not 13 inches, it looks more like a 16-17 inch fish to me!! WTG and congrats on your first big fish! More to come I'm sure! For me, the Grand never disappoints (for bass anyways, walleye is a completely different story).

 

Matt.

Well, for reference in the pic, I'm 6'2". It's quite possible that it was over 14 inches. All I know it was bloody huge, and I was giddy!

Looks like a great weekend. You have a beautiful family, as well. Keep up those outings, those memories last forever!

Great way to spend a morning. You may have forgot to include the photo though.

I've been having CRAZY issues with photobucket. I'm working on all the pics.

Hey there. Just giving my little report on what happened today.

So, myself and my friend Bob, we hit the Grand River in York about 5:30 am. Fished a good while, but didn't hook a thing. I was getting frustrated, because I've never hit anything on the Grand River.

Anyway, at about 7:30, we decided it was time to try a different spot. We got back in the car, and headed down a lonely road. We spotted a guy standing in the water, flipping something....yellow. After a bit more of a tour, we headed back to find a way to talk to that guy.

His name was Brady, and he was quite a decent fellow. I had my waders on, and trudged up to him. On my way there, he picked up 2 pretty little bass.

I introduced myself to him, and asked what he was throwing. He said "Jig head with a Mr. Twisty." I replied, "Pretend I'm new. What's a Mr. Twisty?"

He says to me "I'll do you one better, I'll give you one." And then he proceeds to set up a yellow jig head, and a clear yellow grub. I thank him, we chat, and we go our separate ways.

I go back to Bob to tell her what was said.....WHAM! I hit a fish. I got the camera out, but he was too slippery.

So I explain the setup to her, and she doesn't have any in her kit. So I lend her mine, while I go back to the car and grab what I have that is close.

There she is, using my setup.

Anyway, about an hour in, after catching a couple of tiny guys, I landed this puppy. I'm not sure what it is. Any help?

Then, a dry spell. About 1 1/2 hours of not doing much but watching other people catch. There were a total of 5 of us in this little stretch.

Brady, kind man that he is, says he's doing pretty good up where he is, and for Bob and I to come up there. We didn't want to crowd, but he was leaving, so we meander our way over.

Brady and his friend are on the way out of the water, packing it in for the morning. Then....WHAM!!!! Caught a snag. But, wait! The snag is moving! Holy Halibut! I hooked a...a...MONSTER!

I've NEVER fought with anything this big before. I'm actually watching the fish RUN! And it's taking drag! That's NEVER happened to me before. Okay, Brad, calm down, it's not that big. It's just feisty. I pull, reel, pull and see this thing jump out of the water.

Oh.....My.....Lord. I've hooked the Grand River Monster. I can't believe I'm seeing this on the end of my line. Bob is watching with glee as I act like grade 5 boy after his first kiss. "Oh wow, crap, holy jeez, wow, ahhhh, it's moving, wow, it's huge, what???? wow!!!!"

Finally it gets tired and comes to me. I look eye to.....maw with this beast caught on my hook.

"Stick your thumb in it's mouth, and lift it up for a pic. Don't lift with the line."

"But...it's huge. It'll eat me!" I laugh.

Finally, I get the courage to put my thumb into a large mouth. Something I've never really willingly done before. Using more strength than I've ever used lifting a fish before, I pick this sucker out of the water. Well, it didn't like that! It started to twitch, and I freaked out!!!!

After being made fun of getting the hook out, I stand, proud as punch, with the largest fish I have ever caught. I'm not lying when I say it was about 13" and about 2 lbs. Small to some, I know, but this is quite a step up from 4" perch and rock bass.

Bob says it's one of the largest Smallmouth Bass she's ever seen. I just call it the reason I picked up a rod 5 years ago.

And that's my story. We packed it in not too long after, and headed for lunch. I'm home now, and wanted to inform you folks about it.

After 4 years of hearing rumours that there are apparently fish in the Grand River, I've finally dispelled them, and had the best time I've ever had standing in waist deep water.

Of course, it's not even 1 pm yet. There's still tonight to fish....and I've got a new weapon!

Oh, and we found this thing lying on a log in the middle of the river. We think it is...was a catfish. Big one, too.