Harrison

I know your a nice guy Ian, but 2 hours! I'd put some rainbow guts on his exhaust manifold.

I'm kidding...sort of.

Nice Richard. Great fish, but love the shirt.

Nice Chris!

Some of my customers are pike anglers from NW Ontario and out west (Alberta, Sask). They order up a lot of the Tuf-Leader steel leader.

http://www.tuf-line.com/products_Specialty-Lines_20.html

Awesome Fish Rich!

Glasses and a hat arn't just because of the sun.

You know it!

Kickingfrog, I hear you on the wood, especially at the end of a long pitch. Saw a small chunk way up on the bank. If you watch close you can see we set at the same time and Rocky almost takes my head off

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It would take an awful lot of money Phil and can I fish?

Define Awful? lol... And yes you can fish, going to be Myself, Rocky and another Ofc'er. After these fellas again..

Nice shots of Brian Terry!

One more sleep.

Very pumped for Saturday!! Finish pre-rigging tonight with hopes of a quite and restful Friday night....yea right. Will be the first bass opener for me in a while because our fly in trip has usually around the opening weekend. Now which lake do I fish.......

Hmm, any interest in being a Camera boat Will? lol

In all my years fishing all over Lake Ontario from deep water trolling, nuke plants, weedbeds, marinas I have only seen one musky and that was at the Pickering nuke.

It was giant and snapped me off. This was 5 yrs ago or so.

I have had them on in the BoQ bass fishing too and fairly close to the gap to lake O.

Pretty cool suprise indeed!

I enjoy reading your viewpoints and opinions Gary.

Thanks again to all those who replied!

Brokerage Fees just stink. Plain and simple.

Why to things cost more in Canada - in order to get items here to offer for sale you have to pay...

Brokerage fees (plus additional fees per shipment), Duties, Taxes and expensive frieght costs.

Smalliefisher, I would of done the exact same as you if anyone touched my girls. No hesitation.

Blows my mind the amount of times I have had to hit the brakes in a hurry as a toddler wanders towards the road in neighbourhoods and not a parent to be seen anywhere.

I am not perfect, if fact last night I snatched a Frog from my 3 yr olds hands, a Livetraget frog.

Makes me sick to my stomach as a father of a 6 and 3 yr old. We try to be as dilligent as we can watching our girls, but it only takes a couple seconds of distraction and they can be in trouble.

I think people fail to realize that this technique was most successful at targetting deeper suspended bass... Not to say that it will be the only application...

I'd say that the guys that love fishing matted cover more than anything(Myself included) will have a lot of learning to do before throwing it at a tourney.

I agree, but these are not new lures. Perch anglers on Simcoe have fished them for as long as I can remember. I admit I just never gave them another thought.

But now, especially since I have fished them, I can see how they will be a great new tool to use. If it wasn't for the hype I would probably never given them another thought. Same applies for other biats including the gizit(tube), buzzbait or senko.

The hype is based on the Elias win on a deep water fishery. But having used the rig - deep weed edges, breaklines, humps, and weed flats as easily fishable with it and quite proficiently I might add.

Hope to get the rig on film this weekend, if I do I'll get the video up.

As for fishing matted cover, if you punched the rig on a fishes head you wouldn't need to set the hook, you'd just knock it out!

Phil, got your package Thanks man!

Awesome, give'm a work out!

Mine are in the mail

Yes sir! On route, expedited and with a lil bonus Lake Erie perch killer..

The Okuma Calynn is a popular combo. If your interested in one let me know, I can help save you some $.

I attach mine to at least 5 feet of flourocarbon for those line sensitive bass.

Beauty!

I'm going to put one of those down on the riggers the next time I'm out in Lake O, lol!

make sure you use siwash hooks!

The arms held up to some nice pike, not sure about a salmon though.... lol

An Ontario legal 4 arm for reference.

Flipping/Pitching or Junk fishing, I am a 10 for sure. Not only are you driving the hook in, but also turning the fishes head to your direction. Get it up and out of the junk asap.

Jerkbait or other lighter gauge hook style fishing, I use a sweep set. If you set too hard you can make to big a hole and thin gauge hook can slip out, straighten or you can snap the line.

If I'm on the road ( from Mississauga to Sturgeon) before 1400 on a weekday, it's 401 to 115/35. Any other time is via 407.

 

You opening up chip truck Phil?

Something like that... There will be fish.

Just because an angler uses a long rod does not mean he is compensating for something. This is especially true for steelheaders.

Thanks All!

That's what I do from the GTA. If heading to the tri lakes I prefer to get off before Peterborough.

Fowlers Corners... great short cut.

From SWO I usually take the milk run through Guelph up to #9 and across through Newmarket etc unless I'm going through Toronto very early on a weekend. Adds another hour to the trip and more gas but its a nice predictable drive.

Seems like a long haul. I would hate having to go through Toronto too.

Depends which lake and what time and day I leave.

 

Sometimes I go the back route because I hate traffic more than saving time. Especially if I am heading to the Bobcaygeon or Fenelon Falls area.

 

If it's not a busy time I would typically just go down the 401 to 115 [or 28 if I am going to Rice]. Sometimes I go down the 407 and follow 7/7A to 115, especially if it's at a time when the traffic on the 401 near Ajax-Oshawa is BAD. It can get really congested around there going eastbound. After Oshawa it's smooth sailing though, so any eastern route that bypasses the 401 between Ajax and Oshawa during rush hour is a good idea.

I hate Ajax to Oshawa, it used to be Port Union to Ajax, they just keep moving the traffic east.

I am on the hunt for something and I appreciate your replies.

Phil