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"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -- Albert Einstein (the godfather of the matrix)

I think he actually wants to write a book and needs material. If you are looking to attract Moosebunk's muse so you too can catch monsterous fish, first you have to BE Moosebunk. That starts early in the morning with a breakfast composing of a wallop of lard, some toasted bagel slices on the side, and you wash it down with Baileys with a good nip of coffee mixed in.

My brother in law and I spent a season hunting down the golden beast on flatland farm watershed of SW Ontario. This is him happy to be fishin.

SCHOOL HAS ALMOST bitten the DUST for one more go around. My working day at SCHOOL ends at 200 pm this coming Thursday. I'm on a plane heading to BC 4 hours later. Up to Terrace BC the next day. Spooning Chinook on the Skenna river the following morning. <- this silly icony thingy doesn't even remotely do my grin justice.

Where is this pic for all to see?

Thanks for sharing, I always enjoy looking at family fishing trip threads. Inevitably the story is always the family. I've been in your shoes. You pack up the family with dreams of fishing Nivarna and the fishing is less then stellar due to conditions. You are right, there will be more days to fish. Enjoy them while they are young. My "baby" is turning 15 this year.

Birds don't laugh....you are projecting.

I went fishing with my wife once on our anniversary. We would have caught more fish if I hadn't of brought Champagne along.

I'm a Special Education teacher and I wouldn't want any other job, besides possibly a very well paid independent artist. But hey that job doesn't exist so I'm happy and satisfied where I am. Most of the summer off is a big plus and it's always the carrot in front of me when things are trying. Another 10 days then I'm off to BC for fishing and spending time with family.

Nice post...ya had me visualizing the whole way. Would love a pic of your daughter fishing. I have three!

I'm going to a BC lake in late June. I've fished it before and it has an incredible bass fishery. They are not at all lure shy. Simple question, where would I be looking for the largest SM bass at that time of year? It has a shallow shoreline with lots of weeds and reeds and a deeper middle section.

In BC they throw them up on shore like some people throw carp or bullheads on shore in Ontario. They consider them garbabge fish.

Come now, Cherry as a demigod? I see those outfits he wears and think all he needs is the orange wig, red lipstick and red nose and the transformation would be complete. Bozo the angry clown. Besides if he was perfect what is he doing working for the nationalized communist CBC?

I too enjoyed the girls report. Nice to see their faces again, I want to see the eldest bending the rod with a good fish again! Drew that's a NICE pike It must be great to catch one of those in your back yard!

Things of beauty...the problem I have is when looking at them I get into trance and forget that they need to go back in the water.

Did okay? and you place 4th out of 150...lordy you have high expectations!

Nice report, thanks for giving us a taste of fishing a different part of the province.

Good post, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for your insights everyone, in particular the viewpoints of those who run charters.

The board as is, will continue to grow. Controversy breeds reader interest, it also breeds other things. This thread is a case in point. Where I work we don't make decisions by voting. In politics decisions are not always made by voting. Sometimes decisions are made because they are simply the right decisions. I see a growing antagonism here on the board where some contributors are posting to get a rise out of others or pushing their political viewpoints. That is great for total hits statistics, if that is the goal then full steam ahead. If the goal is to build a strong lasting community where everyone feels welcome, the overall tone of the board needs fine tuning. You can do that by creating a NF forum, or you can do it other ways, or you can leave it as is. To do nothing is a choice.

I come here to read about fishing. The website is big enough now that a fishing forum could stand alone with plenty of daily posts. I'd be reading more and responding more if there wasn't a ton of clutter and POV pushing posts deluting the posted fishing entries.

Europeans don't tip much in their own countries because in some countries tipping is factored into the price. They may tip above and beyond that if the service is excellent. Now that I have put that totally off topic post to bed...can we get back to the topic at hand? Personally I'd like to only hear from those who work in the industry or use charters frequently.

Anyone else notice that all three of them shed clothes the further the day progresses. I gotta get me some of that pepsi.

Hope? The old wings can't flap anymore after triple overtime. The young guns will take over especially tomorrow. Wings will get blown out Wed.

I'm going on the assumption that the rate offered is the going rate, and that the price reflects a suitable profit for the operator. There is no second mate with whom I'm booking, as far as I know the operator will be doing: set up and assist in netting the fish, along with the other duties and responsibilities. So I'm guessing tips are typical in this situation. Assuming they did their job well, what tip do you leave?