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It's good to leave the fish's head in the water as much as possible but sometimes she has to come out in order to get at deep set hooks, whether to pull them loose or cut them off. You can get a very secure hold of her with your hand gripping her gill plate and it makes it much easier and often safer to remove the hooks that way. Very often she can stay in the water with only her head out which is much more preferable than holding her vertically by the gill plate. She may still thrash and roll, but without too much pressure you can control her safely. I always like to grab the gill plate on the opposite side of her head than the hooks. Just be very careful cause bad stuff can happen faster than you can say ouch.

Perhaps Lake Simcoe ?? I haven't fished it in decades but lot's of our members are frequent visitors there and someone will be able to help you out. Welcome to the board

I only use a spinning reel 3 days a year but it's a Shimano Sahara 4000 and for less than $100 it's an excellent reel, and for the amount it gets used it'll probably last me another 70 years I've got it on a Shimano V-rod which is also fantastic but the've been discontinued. Most of my fishing gear is Shimano and I've never had an issue with any of it.

hahahaha, your more than welcome FOTB Good to hear I played a part in your joining this board

I've probably already missed you Joey, but if not I'll see you guys at 10 AM Tuesday Leave a couple muskies for me, will ya please Drive careful

Thanks DANIMAL & Bernie, that makes sense, this is the 1st time I've ever heard of it being illegal.

I'm not a hunter so am not familiar with the rules & regs, but why is it illegal to buy bucktail ??

Thanks for that old link Gerritt, I just took a quick look but it's gonna make for some great reading. Lotsa good memories there and brings back many of great guys that we no longer have posting here. Crudd's name was one of the 1st I came across and I've often wondered whatever became of him. I remember he came to the very 1st ice fishing G2G we ever had a few years back and then he sorta disappeared after that.

I think you know my story Roy, but until about 7 years ago I'd never touched a computer in my life and knew absolutely nothing about them. We had one in the house that my wife used but until then I'd never had any interest in it. I was recentely retired and somebody said I should log onto some fishing sites for something to do in the off-season and my wife explained how to work this contraption. I found my way to Izumi's site and while reading it I came across something called a link, so I clicked on that not knowing what it was and somehow ended up here. I knew nothing about message boards, infact didn't even know what they were, but I started reading this one and I still remember the 1st post I read was Muskystudd talkin about PowerPro....thanks Chris.... .... I'd had some interest in PP so I contined to read and eventually figured out how to log on and the rest is history as they say. Hard to believe I've been hanging around here all these years ......and I still know nuthin about computers

It was your 1st time trying it and you boated 3 fish ??........yes, I'd say it went very well indeed Congrats on a great day !!

Bill, there's a small town about 10 miles south of camp on hwy 64 and you should find a bank machine there without any problem.

Sure hope things turn out better than it sounds Glen, Ike's turning out to be a monster sized storm from the looks of it.

Marty's brother Tony has one similar to that in your picture Rich and I hafta tell ya, it's one impressive boat but unfortunately I can't remember the make or specs on it but it was a big boat with I think a 150 Yamaha and that thing flies, probably well in excess of 50 MPH I never had the opportunity to actually fish from it, but we fished alongside them for a day on the French a few years back and it was very windy and rough on the way back to Dokis but it never slowed them down at all. Smaller models may be a hassle but you shouldn't have any problems with the bigger ones.

hmmmm, I guess you obviously know him better than me Mike, but from 1st impressions I thought he was a straight up guy. .....perhaps we'll let this die right here. ...........Sorry this got off track Kemper

Looking forward to following your progress on this rod Kemper. I spent a couple days in Guelph about 4 years ago and came across an excellent little tackle shop called Hook Line & Sinker where I spent several hours just gabbing with the owner......his name was Ray if I remember correctly. He's got some great stuff in there and even if your not buying anything it's a nice place to visit and I'm pretty sure he had quite a bit of river fishing gear that you'd be interested in. This could even be the shop your talking about, but if not, go have a look when you get some spare time. It's at 380 Emerosa Road in a small plaza called Bullfrog Plaza or something similar...519-766-4665

Well done boyz, a nice successful fish'n trip !!

Check your PM box Roger

Great stuff JohnnyB, you & Pat outta be giving fish'n lessons with days like that

If your gonna be spending as much time fishin after dark as I do, you'll have to be sure you've got plenty of spare batteries for your headlamp.......one of the most important tools in your fish'n box.

Nuthin wrong with that TG, you can learn alot about life when your tired, bloody and dirty at the end of the day, infact it's something you can't learn from a book. I think it's a lesson too many folks never learn and it's a shame when they don't

I've always thought that everyone should have at least one great "adventure" in their lives before they settle down to a job, mortgage, and raising families, cause once you get into that position it's often difficult to find the time or $$$$ to do it until later in life. Myself, I knew from an early age that I was gonna spend my life as a fireman in Toronto, but I also wanted that big "adventure" before settling down so I followed in my Dad's footsteps and went into the Navy for a few years first where I saw and did places and things that I would probably never have the opportunity to afterwards. I say take some time off now and become a guide on whichever coast you want, or take 2 years and spend time on both sides of the country, then come back and get whatever education you need for whatever it is that you want to do with the rest of your life and I think you'll be far better off for it. Too many folks come outta school and straight into the work force, then get locked into something for the rest of their lives without ever fullfilling their wanderlust and often regret it. Go guiding and live in the bush for a couple years and you'll have tales of adventure to tell your kids and grandkids for many year to come. As Joey indicated, there's far more to learn in this world than what you'll get from a book or classroom

I always bring firewood to Lakair but use it for the early mornings. No better way to start the day than a 4 A.M. bonfire with a pot of coffee brewing on the Coleman and listening to the birds & critters waking up. See youz all up there next week.

WTG Shawn, some real real nice fish there.

So very very sorry to hear that news Paul, your uncle was a nice guy and I enjoyed chatting with him at Lakair this year. Perhaps we could re-name the pike award as the Terry Hunt trophy in honor of him. Condolances to your entire family

Hey Andy, a fish like that should make any musky nut studder