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The sun was shining bright when we left this morning Bernie, 1st time it wasn't raining in a week .....naturally LOL

Aikinheads is normal growth right now Joey but most other places, including the big bay, are still 3-4 feet below the surface. BTW, Diane wants to know if you can send me the pics you took of her & Barb with the crazy lights attached to their glasses in your cabin.

I have the best luck with a 9" black

Hiya Joey, we were posting at the same time and I was replying to Dan. Yup, that's the cabin And nope, we won't be up again till next year.

A week ago the temps were around 72F, then dropped to 65 over the next week and by yesterday they'd climbed back to about 68 so their going in the right direction. Weeds are still lower than normal but I think things will be back to somewhat normal once the temps get back into the 70's. Good luck when you get up there.

Never tried the Zara's Rob, but I'd imagine they'd work well too

Thanks ketchenany I spend most of my time in West Bay east of 64

Thanks guys, good to be home again. Has to be Canada's smallest cabin Phil LOL

Musky Mainia "Doc" for me. Good action and it puts alot of muskies in the boat.

Hi guys, I've been away for our 3rd trip to Memquisit Lodge on the West Arm of Nippising for the last 14 days and just got home awhile ago. 500 miles round trip and everything is good and the truck and boat performed perfectly. Our log cabin was great, the hosts are excellent and as always the scenery was unbeatable. As I posted earlier this week the musky fishing was the slowest I've seen in 10 years up there and it rained 1/2 the time but it was an excellent trip and my wife and I had a great time. Good to be home but I can't wait to head north again.

You know as well as I do George it was a fluke

Didn't mean to imply 45 is small Mike, but there's so many big fish up here a 45 just seems small...if that makes any sense And John, no we can't make it to Cross and the other fella is tied up with work. Thanks for the comments guys, I'm having a blast up here as always !!

Hi guys I'm still up here on the West Arm of Nippissing chasing muskies but it's the poorest fishing I've ever seen in my 10 years of coming here. Weeds are still low in most areas and the water temps have dropped 7 degrees in the last week. Still having a great trip but a couple big fish would be nice. I hooked into a biggun a couple days back while trolling but never got her to the boat. My wife and I headed out this morning to a favorite spot and I hooked this girl on the very 1st cast of the day. She was only a thin 45" but at least it got that skunk off my back. Just to show how good the muskies are normally up here, this is the smallest fish I've ever got in these waters. Hopefully it'll pick up before we head home on Saturday but as I've always said of this lake and how beautiful it is, I could fish here all week and get skunked but still go home and say I had a fabulous week of fishing.

Nothing picture worthy yet Glen but hopefully the change in weather will get the big girls moving.

Been raining for 5 days straight now on my little corner of Nippissing and we've had the cabin heater on for several days now too, but the sun came out an hour ago and the weather dood now says it should be nice for the next week . Water temps have dropped 5 degrees in the last few days and were 66 this morning. Sitting in a warm & cozy log cabin in the woods and looking out over a beautiful lake on a rainy day still beats a whole bunch of other stuff I can think of though.

Well, I don't know where the record musky is, but I do know where she isn't, and that's all the places on the West Arm of Nippissing I've been fishing all week LOL

Looking forward to it Regan, I've got some stuff to do in Sturgeon Falls Monday morning but any other time I'm good to go.

Morning Regan, good to see you joined our happy little group. The big bay you and I fished on Sunday normally has weeds right up to the surface by now but as you saw their only about 1/2 that high this year but I still think the big fish are in there as they always are. I'm getting lots of pike...unfortunately...and I don't see any reason for their big cousins not to be with them, it's just a matter of digging them out. They never come easy around here but when they do hit, their nearly always big fish. As I told you at dinner last night, I went to a couple other spots the other day I like to chase muskies and the cabbage is right up to the surface and bright green. Some areas didn't grow normally this year while others did and I think the fish are still gonna be in their normal spots. Waters really cool though and when I was out trolling yesterday it was only 71F which is down alot from where it should be. Air temps are only gonna be 50F today so that'll cool things off even more. Still beats working for a living though LOL....see you next week.

Good to hear everyone got home safely Rich and as always it was great seeing the gang again. Diane and I have booked into Mashkinonje for the musky opener again next June and again for 2 more weeks next August, tentatively the 1st 2 weeks We moved over to Memquisit Lodge for another 2 weeks after you guys all left on Saturday but so far haven't found the big muskies yet but still looking hard.

This mornings news said about 600 Burlington homes had their basements flooded and seeing as how the water came in through the windows & doors, none of it will be covered by insurance.

I'm leaving in 17 hours for 16 glorious days on my twice yearly trip chasing muskies on the West Arm of Nippissing and for me, that's as good as it gets. I'm not a very exotic person and I'm very easy to please

That little guy is a darned fish'n machine

Happened to me a couple months back too but I ended up in California.

I'd just ship it over to Shimano in Peterboro and let them fix it. Great service and may not take to long to get it back to you.

You have too much fun Brian