Victor

I was expecting to see pics of Drifter16 in t-shirt & shorts

Nice fish guys! I have been sooo tempted to pick up one of those reels, don't know how much longer I can resist ...

That is awesome. I just can't imagine how amazing he'll be since you know he will outfish you in no time =D

Congrats on the PB!

I just got my first fall 2011 steel on Sunday haha.

Nice work bud, those fish look awesome, not a single mark on them.

wow, the color on those are absolutely stunning.

thanks for taking the time to share with us.

great work!

I actually texted you on Friday wondering if you were doing anything for Saturday haha. I guess you didn't get my text until Saturday has ended.

Ant n I didn't fare so well out in the ditches

Epic as always!

Sounds like you guys had an awesome time! Great shots Mike!

everything you've got there would be on my list as well. Add in Carp fishing @ the St.Lawrence & Smallie/trout fishing in the Algonquin back lakes.

If so... next trip's gotta be way better no way you can top today's performance

how come no one mentioned grey? Or people just don't like it?

Personally Grey would be my favourite ... however I couldn't find one used while I was looking for mine and opted for the 2nd option - Black.

Congrats on the sweet ride old guy! (I'm younger than Mike )

Being a console owner I also had to shake my head when I saw the pics

Make sure you inspect the package closely if you are buying the fuel line from CTC. Some of them has kinks in it, and I found out the hard way.

yeah I saw that and shared it with a couple of my fishing buddies.

from now on I will torpedo all my fish back into the water

sounds like you've got this downrigging business down within like a month!

we still need to go out for some carp with your new baitrunner and maybe you can take me out for some kings next year

this is a bit off topic ... but I'm honestly glad to see one of these threads still alive and kicking after so many posts/days.

in the past it'd usually be locked by the 2nd page with people calling each other names and all the bashing It's nice to have a bit of fun haha.

great job mods !!!

what he said

what he said x 3.

I do that to every reel now.

it does seem nicely hooked in the "lip" so I would think it's legally caught. It doesn't mention any limits on birds in the fishing regs so you probably could have taken it home

haha I had one that dived for my topwater once too ... luckily I saw it coming and quickly retrieved it back to the boat.

i clicked into this thread because it says girlfriend.

then I was disappointed with a guy holding a fish.

just kidding haha. Great work for 1.5hours of fishing.

Congrats on the grand opening of the restaurant! It looks spectacular. All the time and effort have certainly paid off.

Everytime I read your reports I just have to say this - I'm so jealous of the sexy pools and runs you have over there.

Just added to my to-do list - learn how to fly fish and fly over to BC with my pin and flyrod.

been waiting for the news the last 2 days. It's too bad I didn't end up making it once again this year...

Congrats on bringing back the plaque team Canada! I knew you would pull through for team Canada Mike haha

It's nice to see some bigguns are still swimming in there!

Great work!

I miss working the thick stuff ... gotta take time off carping this coming weekend to go for some green fish

Nice work guys!

Congrats on your new toy!

p.s. I had to scroll back up and check you did say $100-150 when you posted It happens to me all the time too

You'll love it

the general consensus is that the okuma reels are faulty sometimes. Have never owned one myself though.

You can't really go wrong with Daiwa/Shimano. I have a Daiwa BR5000 and a Shimano 4500B myself and I'm happy with both reels. Should last me forever ... I hope not

This may be a slower time of the year in terms of carp fishing as they are just recovering from all the sex haha. That said though some would still feed and especially since others around you were catching you know you could get them.

If your hair rig is set up properly, you shouldn't need to set the hook. The idea of the hair rig is for the fish to hook itself, the moment you lift your rod up and lean into the fish should be all it takes to bury the hook in. If you saw your rod tip tapping, that's very good sign. Either the fish was swimming around your bait pile feeding, and bumping into your line, or they were actually mouthing your hookbait but spitting it back out. (if you watch some underwater videos you'll see that this happens alot, with the perfect hair rig set up fish would still manage to mouth it and not get hooked, there are other rigs/methods of fishing that may increase hooking % but that's another debate). Be patient when you see the bumps, eventually they'll get to your hookbait.

Keep at it. You will get one. I don't even remember how many times I have skunked until I got my first one. Even now I still have my fair share of skunking days

Do let us know when you get your first!