OhioFisherman

LOL, Lake Erie? never seen a pike on the southside after May, they must head north! Maybe with the weed beds coming back?

Don`t think I have ever seen them, can`t find any info on them.

The carpeting in mine is dark brown and black like an astro turf also very hot like asphault, flip-flops in summer track shoes when it is cooler. I would kick them off once in a while though.

LOL and yes, I do want a bass with the same measurements!

LOL never seen anyone hug a fish! Nice job!

I have a mix, on some a mix of sizes of the same style and a mix of colors. Different profiles, running depths, actions, I like to be able to cover the bases. Even on surface lures some days one stlye(chugger, popper, torpedo, walker) will work better than the others. Rapala makes some good lures, but Storm, Bandit, Cotton Cordell and others do also. LOL give them what they want, don`t try to force feed them.

Lew put on your 4-way flashers and see if a bulb is out, same ones for them as the turn signals. I have seen cars also do that when a trailer is hooked up, heavy duty flasher will fix it or just a new one maybe. LOL I used ones from a semi after the first time.

Great Fish!

http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.ad...amp;2z=&r=f Brian, Dundee is a long way for you.

Great store(Dundee)! LOL one is coming to my area! Yahoo! Now that fishing and walking is limited?

LOL 9. 14, 27 inches? Wow a Whopper! Good looking family!

Nice fish! Nice ride!

I used Erie Dearies on the back waters of the Georgian Bay at times, like a worm harness, they are weighted and come in different weights. Slow trolled, sometimes with a stinger hook, safety pin(bass) spinner bait trailer hooks work. I wasn`t deeper than 15 foot though.

Handling a Gar pike? I used a net and foot technique, fish in the net, on the boat floor, foot on the fish and needle nose pliers. Didn`t see a safe way to handle them, scales are sharp, even with the mouth closed teeth were sticking out. Has to be a way with less stress on the fish but unexpected catches for me.

When you get them from a bait store you really can`t be sure where the bait was caught. If I buy bait it is more of what I want then where they were caught. Diseases aren`t the only problem, a lot of minnows sold and transported and sheer volume prevents checking every one to make sure it is a minnow and not a fish un-natural to the waters. I have gotten small smallmouth and small trout in my purchases also a moon eye, some trout waters don`t handle competition from bass. It helps to be able to identify species, or just look for odd shapes. I like bigger bait and generally don`t buy minnows less than 4 inches long.

Great pictures and report Lew, always nice to fish with "the boss".

Great pictures Raf, a very nice ski, got to love the GB.

LOL, great pictures and video, big dog and little dog?

LOL, fish eat fish, about the only thing I haven`t caught on minnows were shad and suckers and other minnows. We would even get a carp once in a while years ago fishing for crappie.

Nice fish guys!

LOL, congrats Captain! More than one way to get a boat! They did give you one?

LOL, you don`t need a green card to work in Canada? Passports please!

LOL John, much more choice of water to fish there and it`s all prettier than here. All the water here is highly pressured, it can pay to think outside the box at times. Great report, I like seeing people making an effort, learning. Don`t ever quit!

Great to hear you figured out something that worked at Simcoe John, Dalrymple? Look at it as a challenge, never seen a fished out lake, some are just more challenging. LOL watched BassMasters this morning, dude came in second or third fishing swimbaits(california style for smallies in New York. Sometimes the normal doesn`t work. I have caught them in deep water using blade baits when dropshotting or tubes didn`t work.

I have seen people use the oil from sardine cans, the fish oil vitamins, poke a couple holes in it with a hook and slide it in a tube, anise oil(smells like licorish)).