kickingfrog

Already setup, but once a show is in reruns I delete the timer.

Looks like I've missed the first few episodes of this season. Tonight's show is the Lake Champlain episode.

That is one fish that I still need to check off my list, and now I've got a boat to do it in.

Glad you posted that second photo, cause without a prop that beast isn't going anywhere. Ice out yet up there?

I'm pretty traditional for some things. Full cork grips are my preference.

Forget the hold, those sunglasses are shameful.

ahem, spots and all:

Love brown butter.

Water proofing is easy. Soaker proofing is not. Soakers are when you step into 13 inches of water with a 12 inch boot.

I don't think it is cut and dried. You are not supposed to waste fish, but what constitutes waste? If I throw away the head and bones that someone else would use to make stock does that mean I wasted the fish? What about the skin of a brook trout? What if I'm still learning how to fillet a walleye and I loose some meat? What about someone who doesn't take the cheeks from a walleye? I think the best thing would be to suggest that there are ways to remove the y bones when cleaning the pike and offer to show them the technique or suggest that the net is full of great videos and in the end they would have more meat to eat of something they obviously enjoy.

In the spring and fall I wear a good pair of insulated rubber boots. In the summer I don't care what I'm wearing on my feet when it's wet as long as they don't slip. On a side note I never wear cotton anything cause it sucks when wet. Nylon pants and tops (or quick dry or what ever trademark name you prefer) makes for very comfortable fishing hot or cold, wet or dry.

No body has told the fish I catch about the banana thing either.

Not the brand of vehicle so much as the class.

The inter county league also posted a link to the article and photo on twitter.

I know my Canadian tire has them. I would think yours should to, maybe call if it is a bit of a trip.

Forgot to mention Roger, in 2 and a half days of fishing we used just over 23 litres of fuel. No real long runs but lots running time.

Musky bait eh, haven't heard that before. Minnow baits, crankbaits and of course jigs and harnesses. My cousin caught one that would have easily broken the record back in the 80's but at the time he didn't want anything to do with it and we didn't know it was a record at the time.

There are lots of hazards, but that part of the lake is where my family's, now my uncle's, cottage is. (It's hidden behind the big cottage on the right side of that drum photo) So that area I know very well, but the gps does helpl. In the spring when walleye fight the poorest I find it's easy to tell when I have a drum on when they take that first run. Later in the year when a nice size eye can at least fight a little it's sometimes tougher, but ya you are always thinking maybe this is a 10lb eye instead of a 4lb drum. Most of our bigger walleye are on crankbaits. I mostly use the deep taildancer or a big shad rap. I have the most confidence in perch colour although this year I used firetiger in the middle of the day in clear water and still got fish or two. Even casting in less then 10ft of water I like the deep diving baits because they seem to deflect off of rocks well and don't get hung up too much. Guys soaking bait hate it when you pull up on a spot and hit a solid fish in the first couple of casts. I still like jigs and crawler harnesses but I use scented plastics and don't think it impacts my numbers, it also helps when the perch are a problem. On a side note, we didn't have one perch tap the whole time.

It might have been funnier if I was standing in front of a microphone and was covered it logos.

I forgot to mention that the Rice brother's fishing trip was sponsored, in part, by a credit card, and the coffee money came from the change holder of the vehicle.

I wonder if he forgot to factor that his mast was riding on top of 15 odd feet of boat?

Not realy, but sorta. With a console I do use it sometimes trolling for eyes as the driver. My brother will use it just when he needs both hands free.

Short trip to Nipissing for some fishin'. High water, late spring and just about every type of weather possible in 2 days at the end of May. The fishing was average to slow, and we never really hit on one pattern. Good chance though to give the boat a real fishing shake-down. Very happy with the boat, I may try to tweak a couple of things for tackle storage and a minor modification for the rod holders but that's about it... for now. First fish, in season, in the boat. Trolling a crankbait. I want to get a couple of small pieces of 1 inch thick plywood to make it easier to mount and unmount the rod holders. Cranked up a few eyes that were in the bottom end of the slot. Real walleye chop out there eh? Got some bottom bouncing crawler harnesses. A couple jigging. Some were eaters and tasted very good. My brother still uses meat sometimes on the jig. Another pike on a crank. Only one drum this year, solid fight on a medium walleye jigging outfit. Best lit shot of the trip. May try to get some musky slime next week.

This photo was posted on the CTV Barrie facebook page:

That would also be a pb laker for a few of us.