bigbuck

Happy Birthday Fellas!! May you have many, many more. All the best!!

How bout just a little sugar or honey?? Too much of anything will kill you eventually (except fishing of course). Instead of sugary snacks, try a piece of fruit with the skin on except for oranges of course but with them make sure you eat the white pulpy membrane. If you are thirsty, mother nature has this great stuff for quenching your thirst, it's called............ you guessed it WATER!.

Piece of advice to a new baitcaster kinda guy - buy a big spool of CHEAP mono in 14lb test, some practice weights from BassPro and spend a few evenings in the front yard casting, pitching, etc.... Even better yet, if there is a park nearby, go there and practice. Buying 50lb PowerPro now will be a waste of money because you WILL birdsnest and will have to hack it off to clean it up, if you use cheap mono it's not a big deal, respool and keep on practising. Once you get a good feel for the reel, go fishing a couple of times with the mono to get the feel for real (sorry about the pun). If you are comfortable with it, then get some 50lb braid which is as thick as 12lb mono and you'll be set to tackle any bass/walleye/pike with it. Learning how to use the brakes takes PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. I speak from experience, I bought a nice Quantum baitcaster on Boxing Day '05 along with 50lb Power Pro, my first practice cast I had the birdsnest to end all birdsnests and hacked off a good 5 bucks of line. After the first 150yard spool was toast I bought some Tourney Tough (??) from BPS and practiced with it and now I don't get many 'professional overruns'.

What about picking up 2 Pete Maina combos at Bass Pro, one for casting bucktails and one for trolling/casting jerkbaits, with your budget, you'll have some cash left over for some lures.

41" Muskie on Pigeon, 3lb smallie on Upper Buckhorn, tons of panfish on Pigeon and Upper Buckhorn, NO WALLEYE this year!!! Not enough time to fish between work and family commitments and no trip to the inlaws. Next year will be a different story, I plan on spending 3 weeks up at the cottage with the outlaws (LOTW so it makes it tolerable - I take off for hours every day to fish and explore the lake).

Jeez, I have to join the 21st century and get digital cable, I still have just basic cable at home and have to ait until Saturday mornings to get my fix of fishing shows (Charlie, the Fish'n Canada boyz, Chronzy, and Bob Izumi).

If you've got a clean record, try ALLSTATE. Only if you have a clean record though, they tend to take the cream of the insurance business and discard the rest.

Look at Witch Bay or Smith Camps. They are 2 places I'm familiar with. Smith Camps is 15 minutes out of Kenora and Witch Bay is a bit further. With Smith Camps you are by Bigstone Bay which is big water for LOTW, Witch Bay is a small bay but there is supposed to be fantastic fishing within minutes of the lodge. We've eaten at Smith Camps and the food was great. From what I understand, they aren't cheap but the fishing is great (I know some great walleye, muskie, pike and smallie spots). And, Kenora is close to Smith Camps so if you guys get cabin fever...... With regards to Witch Bay, last year we met an old timer who went up every year from North Carolina for 32 years. He loved the place and said he didn't have to travel more than 30-45 minutes from camp for good fishing (muskie). www.witchbay.com www.ccco.net/smith/

How bout getting your dad to tow it over to Wayne's place for the $75 donation to a cause you know all about. Wayne, you're a good man Charlie Brown!!!

I'd love to see a nice musky fishery on Simcoe. BUT, it would definitely have to be catch and release for at least the next 10 years or so for them to grow and spawn. Correct me if I'm wrong but it would take about 10-15 years for a musky to be fully mature (Musky Odessey - Dr. Casselman) and would keep growing till about 20 years of age as far south as Simcoe is.

Father in laws buddy just brought in a LUND ProGuide 2010 w/a Merc 150 TILLER. No sweat, paid his taxes and saved a small fortune (close to $10k believe it or not). I feel bad for the dealers here because they aren't the ones making all the money with the strong dollar. The manufacuturers have to step up to the plate and help their dealer networks because you would have to be either a fool or a rich fool to buy a brand new boat or car here now. It's a sad state of affairs when for a couple of hour drive you can save literally thousands of dollars on the same item.

Nice 'ski!!! I gotta hit Balsam for 'skis and walleye one of these dayz.

NICE!! I hope you guys rubbed slime all over the boat so it can attract more 'skis!! That's service by the way, buy a trolling motor and have it installed for no extra charge.

Nice fish!! Gord Pyzer is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, I hope your notebook was out.

Good to hear you weren't hurt! Who cares about the boat, it can be either fixed or replaced. Yuma huh, I've got a buddy who moved down there and is a teacher and a soccer coach. He hates visits in the winter now, the poor guy is wearing a coat, sweater, longjohns etc.... INSIDE THE HOUSE!!! when he comes up to see family/friends.

Nice 'ski for a first!!! Remember the boy scout motto when fishing 'be prepared'. Fishing for walleye and nailing a nice 'ski.........PRICELESS!!

After eating at the Husky in Cochrane last summer, I'd say stay away!!! Marino's on the side of 17 in Marathon is pretty good, we stayed at his hotel/motel/no-tell a couple of years ago on the way to Kenora. Further up there's a Robin's Donuts/KFC if I'm not mistaken but the name of the town escapes me. Nice shot of Betty Lou. Was it her that took down the Moose??

I'd second the Curado 300DSV, it's small, light and is built to battle big fish and it has pretty decent line capacity. It's about $300 or so but if you want just one reel...........

NICE!!!!

Congratulations!!!! I have 2 rug rats of my own and last week my brother's wife gave birth to triplets so welcome to the lack of sleep club!!! (but it is soooo worth it, they are too damned cute).

That fish looks familiar!!! LOL Beauty!!

Possibly a site for an OFC meet'n'greet next year????

I can hear Dueling Banjos now................. TJ, the 180 will do the job quite nicely (with either a 30-06 or a 300 Win Mag). You don't need more than that. Make sure you spend the little bit extra and buy the top-shelf factory loads. They'll be worth it in penetration and down range ballistics. Have fun, I'm green with envy.

MONSTERS!!!!! Run for your lives!!!! Jeez, those are very, very nice 'skis!!! I've heard stories from a reliable source about the Larry and now I am seeing actual proof. I guess if you really want size AND numbers, that's the place to go!!! Congrats on your PBs.

My sincerest condolences to you and your family.