kickingfrog

The question is easy, the answer is another matter. I don't know if I ever would keep a record Musky. I don't fish for self-worth. If someone wanted to keep a record... First, on the boat there is no way to know for sure it is even a/the record (I'd feel even worse if I killed the 2nd biggest musky ever). Second, if you keep it as the O'Brian fish and others have shown, there will be detractors. Having said that, if the season is open and the angler possesses the proper license he or she has every right to keep said fish. If you don't like that, then get the regs changed and leave the angler alone. The feeling among many is that the next record musky is going to be caught in a lake that has a catch and release only season, which of course means that it won't be the official record.

Great stuff! Why is Santa standing in the cooler???

Article from the Globe and Mail... are we sure it's not just a new Berkley product??? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ry/Science/home

Where's the warm weather?

I guess I could get used to drinking water? http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080408/...ia_beer_warning

I don't care what my wife said! It wasn't me.

Ya, I know, we're all tied for first right now. I'm a Leafs fan, I take what I can get.

I'm in first! I'm in first!!!!

Careful that doesn't look like a rubber net.

The water temperature is the key. At that time of year in that location they should still be shallow. Fifty degrees Fahrenheit is their preferred temp. So from ice-out until the surface temps start to approach 50 they can be trolled, cast to or still fished with-out any special equipment. The challenge is finding them. Good luck.

I've got a big trip, ie once in a lifetime, coming up and I want my camera to be at its best. It's a Pentax DSLR. I want to clean the CCD, Henry's web site says it costs $100. What are my options?

Charlton Heston dead at 84. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/obit_heston

We're as bad as baseball players.

Neat site, something else for me to waste time surfing. Thanks.

I just go to the source. It is always the fishes fault. I've never been in the wrong spot at the wrong time with the wrong presentation. Yep, it's always the fishes fault.

The favourite fishing snack thread brought this up. I've heard it, don't get it though. Why do some anglers consider bananas bad luck?

Men are respectable only as they respect. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never mind.

I'm watching a 1979 Stanly Cup play-off game between the Leafs and the Canadians on ESPN classics Canada. It's just gone to over-time. I really think the Leafs a chance in this one.

Ya, the $20 pail is the small one. The other size I've seen is twice as big for $30-$40 depending on where it is. CT has the small pails as would most quality tackle stores. I haven't seen the small pails for any less then about $19.99. The small zip bags might be a better choice as someone experiments with the different types of gulp baits.

I've used quite a few gulp products and like them. As I understand it the pails are meant to be used to "re-charge" the bait after some use. The stuff in the the zip-top bags is not supposed to be put back in the bag after use. I plan on getting a pail or two before walleye season.

Lots of work and obstacles, as well as very understanding parents. Rod building is something I hope to try sometime, I think I'll stick to shorter rods however. Thanks for taking the time to post.

Once it's gone you can't bring it back. Really makes you appreciate the structures in the other parts of the world that are truly old.

They're not pretty enough and many of us are snobs.

Did you eat any of the fish that you caught in Oz? Just wondering if the "bass" shaped fish taste similar to our bass? You mentioned surf fishing, were they all out of salt water?