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Good luck!!! Looking forward to reading all about it! Bly

I haven't ever counted my consecutive skunks but there have been many. Example..Last year when we first got back into fishing, all I wanted before my season ended was one fish that was over 15 inches that wasn't a bullhead, any other fish would have worked. Took me from mid August til the 13th of October and there were many many nights spent fishing in different locations with Cliff and alone that ended in skunk. Stubborn/determined......I freely admit that I am obsessive, Cliff is nice and says that I am driven! Bly

Thanks! Haven't seen any trout guys in awhile now and the debris isn't bad where we are fishing. There are a couple of obvious trouble spots but we do our best to cast between them and usually the fish are clear of them before the real tussle begins. They have also been fairly easy to see on the way in....the jumping and splashing lol bly

Congratulations to the whole family! Our continued thoughts and prayers to your family bly

Welcome to the board Don!! Great intro, looking forward to your future posts bly

Nice catch! Bowen sounds like a great first mate, next time he'll get em!! bly

I know almost nothing about boats but wanted to wish you the best of luck in getting it all sorted out! Hoping for a great outcome!! Bly

Xrap, I can understand why you are "ticked off" but try not to let this experience keep you from sharing fishing with "new friends" in the future, just get to know them better before you take them to your best/favorite places. Hoping that "what goes around, comes around" will happen to these people! Of course, if you know they are there etc., by all means, phone the MNR. bly

Nice catch!! Takes dedication/desire to fish in those conditions...good for you!!! Bly

Ahh once again our paranoia peeks out! Sometimes a coin is just a coin. Bly

Very nice pike!!! Another entry for team 9..YAY!!! Liked the pic of Toronto Bly

WTG!! Nice day fishing and another entry for team 9..WOOHOO Bly

Welcome to the board! Hope you enjoy it here.....looking forward to reading your posts and getting to know you! Bly

Tony...when ALEX and I were younger, we didn't have money for proper gear...so we used to improvise. We would use nuts and bolts for sinkers, and look around the house for stuff that we thought fish would like when we didn't have worms...and guess what....we'd always catch fish...LOL. So this time around....on the spur of the moment ccmt and I decided to try to catch some carp. Once again, we didn't have the typical carp gear, so we improvised. We had lots of roe bags, so I put corn in them...why wouldn't that work since corn is listed as good carp bait? I guess we were fortunate that it did...haha. As far as the presentation, ccmt and I used previous knowledge about other species....when fish are actively feeding, a lot of them wont hit anything that is stationary or moving very slowly, so we decided to cast and retrieve and vary the speed of the retrieve. Hmm...the "debt"....I dont think it's the fish gods...maybe the "body of water" gods. It seems whenever we go somewhere and do a good deed, we get rewarded for it the next time we go out. On a steelhead hunt one time, the fishing was really slow....nothing landed or hit our lines, so we cleaned up a spot on the river and threw a bunch of garbage out. A few hours later, we both landed some nice fish. Another time we were skunked, we helped an older lady change her flat tire in the parking lot....the next time out we both landed fish. The last time we fished at this carp location, we got skunked, so on the way out we picked up and filled a garbage bag and took it away....then last night...the first time we returned, we got the carp.... Signed team Bliff....LOL

Yes, that was a quote from the Ontario regulations

Per the fishing regs.....it is illegal to use artificial lights to attract fish except: -to fish for smelt or to fish for lake whitefish or lake herring with a dip net. -if the light is part of a lure attached to a line used in angling. Personal experience with walleye......I do my best to make sure that no light hits the water where I am fishing. bly

Congrats on getting them to bite! Very nice rewards for hard work! bly

Can't wait, I have been mentally packing for weeks now! We reserved a campsite sometime ago and will be there sometime on Friday and staying until Sunday. Really really looking forward to seeing everyone! bly

Nice report and fish!! Wonderful that you and your dad have this tradition bly

Success again....looks beautiful!!! bly

Nice fish! Nice that you landed a fish.....really gets me when I lose the only one I hook! Thanks for sharing bly

The boat looks great!! Sorry to hear about the prop, hope you can get it taken care of with minimal trouble and finance bly

Great report Mike! Ryan, congratulations on your PB and for "out fishing" your dad Sounds like it was a great day and that Ryan is a real trooper!! Looking forward to getting our kids out this comming weekend. Bly

I know that you were really looking forward to this outing.........Good to hear that you had a nice day and that you landed some fish! Thank you for sharing your opener with us Bly

Have to agree with you on this....always go with your gut..I get reminded of this everytime I don't do it lol Good news....there are still fish in the water......go get em! bly