bigbuck

What peeved me the most, is that I have some chips in my gelcoat from banging rocks helping these boneheads out. I helped them out because it was obvious they needed it. My good deed for the year.

On Saturday, I was out on Pigeon Lake musky fishing in a little tourney we put on every year. While trolling down Big Island, a tinny trolling in front of us caught a nice 'ski. I saw them struggling with the fish and called out if they needed help as they were washing up on the rocky shoreline, and they replied that they needed help. We went over using the electric with my I/O trimmed right up and there was a 43"er with a Believer in it's mouth and the one guy's hand deep hooked twice. They did not have needle nose pliers, no cutters, not even a proper net. All they had were a pair of old rusty pliers. I reached over with my Knipex cutters and easily cut the hook off the lure to help out the guy with the hooks in his hand. One barb went right through so I cut that one off and pulled that hook out, the other one, I told him to go to the hospital. We then cut the hooks out of the musky and these guys decide they want to keep it. By this point, it had been out of the water for over 10 minutes so I doubt it would have survived, it was bleeding out of the gills and fins but I would have tried to revive it, at least give the old girl a chance. MORAL OF THE STORY, don't go musky fishing if you don't have the proper tools, it's bad for the fish and downright dangerous for you.

NICE!!

Congratulations!!!

theringlord.com They are based in Saskatchewan. You can get your Knipex cutters there and they have a decent looking set of Split Ring Pliers for $11 and change. I bought my cutters from them a couple of years ago, they have good service and decent prices. Muskies Canada only sells the basic cutters, they don't have the spring loaded ones. Either will do the job but I think the spring loaded ones are easier to use.

Jigging, rigging, trolling.............. What do you want to do, how much do you want to spend?? You can pick up a $70rod at Canadian Tire OR you can spend $400+ on a GLoomis. A good general purpose rod will be 6'6" to 7ft, medium action, fast tip. A St.Croix Premier for around $100 would be a great rod.

Come on people, start wearing your PFD's. I have an inflatable that I bought for $99. They have come down in price and are probably the cheapest insurance you will ever get. Nobody needs to drown.

My condolences to you and your family. Grandfather's are real special people. I lost one 19 years ago and miss him dearly and my other grandfather is hanging in there at 98y.o.

Nice looking fish!! I'll have to tell a buddy of mine who fishes for Salmon up there, all he's caught this year was a cold...........

Next time you are at your doctor's office, ask for a syringe. It works the best. I believe you can get them at BassPro if you want one. Basically it is a little bottle with a needle on it, you stick it in the worm and stuff it full of air so it floats off the bottom. Works great with a Lindy rig for walleye fishing the northern lakes.

I could not agree with you more. A lot of the big cruiser guys don't care about right of way and no wake zones. Actually, it's not a bad area for fishing, you could go hide in a couple of the bays that are less than 5minutes away and fish in that wind on the leeward side of some of the islands. I won't mention where cuz that's some of my honey holes.

Good one!! You should hear some of the stories I've heard from the HH locals....

It could be pooched, it is 4 years old. Take it in to a Canadian tire and have them do a load test to see if there is any life in it.

I don't think a CO would have charged you. There are a lot of musky guys out on GBAY and the CO's know that. With an explanation, you would have been ok. How'd you like Picnic Island?? Our park is next to Paragon Marina where you see all the big cruisers. Wild weekend for weather.

$10 lesson learned. No biggie, we've all spent that much or more on 1 lure that never caught any fish... yet!! There's lots of guys and gals on this board that make their own lures that are great and will stand up to the abuse of toothy critters trying to rip them apart.

Looks Dee-li-cious!! Beer can chicken rocks!! Garlic salt, pepper and a bit of paprika for colour and that's it!! Gotta love cooking on charcoal, gas just doesn't give you the flavour.

I had the kids out in the boat on Friday and figured I'd get some fishing done on Sunday out on GBay, NOPE!! Jeez, at the rate I'm going, I won't wash 1 musky lure this year......

I'd wait for Wayne (Irishfield) to get back. A trip to Penetang might be worth your while. You know he'll take care of it for you PROPERLY. You need to open up the bottom of the boat so he can get to all the rivets (both sides). Could be they only need a whack to tighten them up.

Happy Belated B-Day!!

When you are up in the boonies, you have to remember that every gallon of fuel needs to be boated in so yes, it will be expensive. The lack of fish is kinda frustrating though, only 5-6 walters per day isn't much. There is always a trip next year..........

Nice!! Toss out all the expensive and 'nice' rods and reels and use the DORA rod, my daughter's little pink rod caught more fish than everything else put together that I have.....LOL

Quantum or Shimano. Usually, the more you spend on a baitcaster, the better the reel. If you need to save up another couple of weeks, do it, you won't be disappointed.

I agree with Jedi, you sign a contract, live up to your end of it. As for JohnnyBass, your comment about the economic crisis doesn't even begin to explain what happened. It was complicated to say the least. Most of the perpetrators barely understood what they were doing let alone the average layperson.

NICE musky!! Me thinks you now have the disease!! Good catch bud.

Saw it last night with the mrs. I love Sly's line to Arnie, 'you want to run for president??' It was a classic '80's shoot'em up action flick with modern effects and fight scenes. Randy Couture and Steve Austin was a great fight scene.