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Congrats to your boys Jen, that's a couple awesome fish for them and their smiles tell the whole story. It's great to see them be able to tangle with big fish at such a young age and they'll have the pictures and memories for a lifetime. I was looking for some info here a few months ago on a new style of fishing I was gonna try and Steve went out of his way to offer me what I needed to know.

I spend ALOT of time fish'n for muskies after dark and I like to be in shallow water, less than 4 feet deep and within casting distance of shore. The bottom will be sand with some sparce weeds scattered around, but the area will be surrounded by cabbage and a drop-off to deeper water will be clsoe-by. There'll also be some rocks jutting out into the water from some small points and the big girls will be cruising the area in seach of a late night snack. It'll be 10:30 at night with no wind, the moon & stars will be shining and I'll be the only boat on the water cause everybody called it a day when the sun went down and are now at home watching TV. The only sound will be my 10" jointed Believer slowly click, click, clicking across the surface. It'll be too dark to see it happen, but the water will explode, my fish'n pole will double over and I'll be in my glory for the next few minutes and wondering why the heck everybody else is in their cottages watching the idiot box while I'm on the lake having soooooooooo much fun all by myself The fish in my avatar is just one of countless muskies taken at night over the years while everybody else has wimped out and are sitting at home wondering what to do next. And THAT, Musky or Specks, is the structure that get's my mojo goin C'mon June 7th

Me either Raf, I subscribe to one but the last 3 issues are still sitting here un-read. I think they're going the way of the TV fishing shows in that there's only so many ways you can describe catching a fish and after awhile every article starts to sound like the last one.

Lookin good there Dawg !! Guess you'll be trying a few of those on the West Arm in a couple weeks ??

Good to hear your doing so well on the Bay as always David. I was looking for you up in the flats at the east end on the 18th, but they're were a ton of boats up there. We did real well over by Glenn after dark trolling minnow baits with the biggest pickeral coming in at 10 pounds. She's still there too

Here's a pic of the Doc's Bill, you can get them at JB's and I think maybe BPS carries them too. Alot of top waters are too light and when a musky comes up from beneath them, they just knock them outta the way before they can grab them. The Docs have a bit of weight to them and the hook-up ratio is better than many others. They've also got rattles which I like as I think it helps to attract the fish in dirty or dark waters. You'll like that Believer on top too, just clip it on the shallow setting and crank it slow.

Thanks Clive, those pics are excellent, specially the one with you holding the baby in the air.

Like Crazyhook, I also use DOCS & Topraiders alot, but one of my favorites is a 10" jointed Believer cranked slowly along the surface, specially in the evening when everything is starting to quiet down. Favorite color is black with a white belly stripe.

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Congratulations on the new home Joey, that's really great news !!

Yessir, it's the #1 social event of the fish'n season. I talked to Kevin awhile back and it sounds like Fridays fishfry on Tombstone is a go I'll be there from the 18th till the 25th.........or maybe more. See ya'll up there.

Pike aren't the least bit line shy, or even lure size shy for that matter, and we can't keep the little fools off our 65-80 # Power Pro & 10-12" baits on Nippissing. They're just as much of a nuisance on Quinte trolling for night time pickeral and anybody that says pike don't bite at night hasn't spent enuff time on the water Use whatever the heck you want and you'll catch pike, even when they're the last fish in the world you want in your boat

Thanks jedi, that's a great picture & I always enjoy reading about your "yak" adventures Good luck with the upcoming musky season.

It's a good choice Brian and you'll be happy with Crestliner.

That's an awful lot of water to have in your boat Pete considering it hasn't really rained that much all week. Get it good and dry after you dock it and then keep a close eye on it and see how much is coming in. Sure hope you haven't got a problem with that new boat of yours.

Getting the motor to run straight is an easy fix. Under the skeg and just above the prop, you'll see a small fin that's adjustable to take the torque off your sterring. Just loosen the bolt and turn the fin slightly in the opposite direction the motor is pulling then re-tighten the bold and give it a test drive. Just do it a couple degrees at a time until you get it where you want it.

WTG girl, you'll always remember the 1st one

Mike, I do a bit of work for Honda and have spent a fair bit of time driving both the Odyssee and the CRV and am really impressed with both of them, although I can't really give you any info on the long term results. The Odyssee is unbelievably comfortable with plenty of room for your family, but it sits fairly close to the ground without alot of extra clearance, so I don't know if it'd be suitable for those those rough country roads your using. The CRV sits fairly high off the ground and could probably handle the roads your talking about. It obviously doesn't have nearly the room as the Odyssee but you could still carry a bit of gear along with your family. For a smallish car, it rides extremely smooth and handles like a sports car. My brother bought a new '06 CRV and was very happy with it and it towed his 14' boat with no problems. Either one may be worth your time giving them a 2nd look. .......and no, Honda didn't pay me to say that

Good to hear Roy, and your really gonna appreciate it after a full day of trolling. Best of luck with it.

How'd the 1st day with the new 4 stroke go, everything work out OK ??

Welcome aboard jwl, I've got a feeling your gonna fit right in around here.

A thing of beauty fer sure Roy & yer gonna luv that 4 stroke No more smoke, no more noise, no oil to mix & you'll troll all day without fouling your plugs.

WTG Dax, that's a real beaut !! Hopefully Lady Luck sticks with ya once the slimey season arrives in 2 weeks

Until a couple years ago Quinte was being over-run with cormorants and I remember reading at one point there were an estimated 15,000 birds just on that body of water alone, and alot of the foliage was being destroyed by them. Anytime we were on the water we'd see flocks of them flying around. They did a cull about 3 years ago and got rid of something like 6000 birds and it really seems to have made a difference. We were there last weekend for several days and only saw one small group of birds. Too bad the folks in the western end of Lake O couldn't take a lesson from them.

Best of luck to you Shane, we'll all be pulling for you.