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add me to the list of guys headin up for an annual trip to Callander.. i hope the forcast ends up the same this year as last.. calls for rain... really cloudy driving up.. get in the boat and its sunny for the entire weekend..

Lew, very sorry for the loss, our thoughts and prayers are going out to your family and friends..

yup.. for real.. but if they want to get picky, i'm sure they can add enough admin. fees and other costs to get your balance over $100..

dont worry about it messing up your credit.. it has to be over $100 to go on your bureau.

nice report.. we're headed up to callendar bay June 1st.. hopefully they're still on!

i use the palomar knot as well.. and almost always tie that for ice fishing, i dunno why but it seems to be the only setup that works for me... never had any luck when we tried for 'eyes with it though.. good luck!

not gonna start a new thread, for one pic.. but the skunk has ended.. and i hereby swear an allegiance to the perch xrap (perchy).. had a couple hrs to kill after work last night so we headed over to the islands.. here's the little guy.. my 'stache theory holds some weight...

thanks ehg.. i'll have to give it a try.. tbayboy, damn you and your 'perchie'!

thanks for the encouragement guys, i dont give up easily wow.. how could i forget about the beat boys.. "yo dawg.. what the hell kinda fish is that yo?", "yo i aint touchin that thing yo" and on that cleo?!? that was a slap in the face.. i'll definately drop ya a line when i get back

We decided to hit the islands early on Sat. morning. Met up with TbayBoy and after quick intro we caught the ferry across.. all and all not a bad day for my buddy Brian (2 pike and a bowfin [on an xrap] ) and TbayBoy (3 pike).. but it wasnt meant to happen for me.. at least this time i didnt lose anything.. still it was good to get out and meet someone else from the board.. something was buggering up my camera so i couldnt take as many pics as i wanted to.. when i got home, i started a little 'soul searching'.. trying to sort out where all my bad luck had come from.. i came to the conclusion that this run of bad luck began shortly after trying to grow a rediculous mustache.. i had been scaring my fiancee telling her that i was keeping it for the wedding (by august it would have looked considerably more rediculous).. needless to say.. off with the stache.. coincidentally after shaving said mustache, i played one of my better rugby games on sunday.. so far my bad luck mustache theory is holding weight... the theory will be put to the test this weekend up in Bancroft, with hopefully a bunch of pictures of fish i've caught! if anyone gets a chance to fish with TbayBoy go for it.. great guy.. heres the pics that turned out (sean, feel free to add your pics to the post):

brilliant report.. if i could start off everyday with a good read like that, i probably wouldnt be such a grouch..

damn you HH.. i just got my 5 yr at 4.99.. that said TrophyMuskie, if you want my brokers contact info shoot me a PM..

nice report ehg! TbayBoy, keep rubbing it in.. im still in shock that that bloody kid nailed one on a Cleo..

lol.. i thought the same thing... then my buddy crushes them last weekend, i would have been skeptical if i hadn't witnessed it first hand.. if i dont break my T.O pike cherry this saturday, i might give up. .

nice job ehg.. the slow presentations were definately working on sunday for my buddy..

thanks raf!

i'd like to add to your last question: what's the preferred knot to tie line to line from a braid main line to a floro leader? Mike

Got out Sunday with a buddy from work for some pike action.. Had a bit of a delay trying to find a route down there due to the race that was going on but finally made it.. My buddy's never caught a pike before, and I've never caught anything besides one OOS bass there last year.. So my expectations weren't high.. We started working our way around the canals, buddy gets ahead of me and as i come around the corner he's got a little one on.. got it to shore before his xrap popped out.. Damn!.. a few minutes later he's got another one on that spit the lure out.. so now he's lost two, and i havent had as much as a follow yet.. we kept walking and casting, finally he gets another one on.. i got down to the water to land it for him.. worked our way to the opposite side of the channel and he hooks into this guy then and his last fish of the day: I ended up getting a whack of follows on a #5 Mepps, but no takers i only hooked into one smallish pike only after taking the leader off my line.. well you can guess what happend.. the bloody fish snapped me off and took my favourite xrap.. then had the nerve to keep cruising by, not taking a look at the spinner that i tossed out imediately afterwards.. my apologies for the image's he wanted the backgrounds semi blocked out.. all and all a good day for him.. the only thing i caught was a mean sunburn.. i guess there's always next weekend.. he caught everything on the xrap, working it painfully slow.. on the plus side i got to break in the Abu 5600 that i picked up this week, and am quite fond of it..

i think they do eat them, or at least sell the meat off them.. if this is wrong i'll remove the link, but a guy from work sent this to me a while ago, they have videos of fishing gar with a bow and arrow... i know they used to have free video samples on their site.. www.garguys.com

i'm heading up to baptiste lake for the usual skunking, regardless i cant wait..

i paraphrased this from: http://www.karltatrading.com/Rock%20Lake.htm mike

keram, my buddy didnt give me any more details than whats been posted.. basically said the weather is hit and miss, lots of fly fishing the tribs for trout.. he did mention that the time your headed up is a good time of year.. also mentioned that theres a few outfitters in jasper that normally are pretty good about sharing info.. i'm gonna ask him for any recommendations for ya too.. mike

i'm sending a buddy of mine an email right now to get some info for ya.. he runs the tram that goes up the mountain in Jasper... i'll let you know what he says..

umm. can jenna even give him any after her 'reconstructive' surgery?

clampet with your track record of influencing the weather, could you please, for the love of god, not predict snow next year?