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MJL, Wow,those are sweet lookin little baits. Kinda reminds me of stealheading exept its for carp instead....Lots of colour !!! So let me get this straight,you make these out of cormeal with speacial ingredients added and then boiled thus they are called boilies....I get it !!!!Thanx bud.... One more question about the boilies....how do you get the colour into them or shall I say what do you use for colour ????

MJL, Thanks for the heads up on the Shimano baitrunner. Just how big is a 6500 anyhow. Is it a huge spinning real ???? I think I'm going to really have to have them in front of me to figure out just which one I want I guess ???? The pole I'm using at present has the rings over cork for the real seat so I can fit just about any real on that pole I want.... Hey Beans, Love your carpin set up bud !!!! I think I'm going to go with a sling shot with a good sized pouch for shootin out my boilies.....I'm not quite shure what the true definition of boily is but I'm guessing it means "big whad of chum" Anyways.thanks to all who gave responce and tips to my thread cause heaven knows Brian and I need all the support we can get to get this Carp fishing extravigansa off the ground....... Thanx

Beans, Thanx for all the great tips. Brian and I basically went there with my tackle bag and the rods..The cement blocks were there already waiting for us. They even had grooves in them for us to put our poles in,go figure I'm thinking of making some kind of a modified sling shot to shoot out chum cause man, my shoulder hurts from throwing that stuff around all day. Anyways, next step is to go out and buy a Shimano Baitrunner.I hear they are the cats meow for this type of fishing. Just got to figure out which one to get,the 3500, 4500 or 6500 ???? Got any sugestions ???? Thanx

Brian and I were laughing at ourselves today talkin about the mickey mouse set up we had going. We also discussed evolving as carp fisherman and aquiring top notch equipment to better pursue these finicky tankers......Perhaps starting with a couple of reels with the clickers on them..... Suprisingly enough there were carp rising in this pool most of the morning.....Me thinks its a sleeper spot gone unnoticed....... I think if this new carp adventure fishing thing is going to fly we will have to consider visiting other holes nearby just for the scenery factor cause I can only take sitting around staring at the same river bank for so long

Very nice fish Roy...I bet your proud J seeing as she caught that fish all on her own....She is a trooper for sure.....

Well, it all started off with a phone call to Slowpoke(Brian)last night....How about some local carp fishing Brian ??? His responce, a big "Hell Yaaaa"...... So I go and pick him up the following morning and off we go !!! He didin't really know where it was I taking him but the promise was it will a sweet spot I used to go to when I was a kid.....We got there and did some exploring around and found that a picnick area was added to the area and a nice dirt road from there to the river,how conveneint and we were also able to drive the jeep within meters of the river as well.....Got to love that..... Heres the Jeep parked with Brian rigging up his stuff by the river....or is it Brian ????Hard to tell Finally we get our poles rigged up,pool chumed up and ready for action Within minutes my pole goes off. I set the hook and the first carp is hooked up !!!!!! He fights well and within minutes is landed and awaits release Some time goes by as we wait for another hit.We figure that the last fish spooked all the others out of the pool so we continued chumming in hope it would bring our friends back into the pool for another go at the baits. Brian pole goes off and he is quick to set the hook !!! I reach for the camera and look up to see Brian with the pole doubled over. I turn on the camera and get ready to start taking pics and just then there was a loud snap as Brians pole whips straight up with slack line everywhere......Ahhhhhhh crap.hte tank broke me off !!!!!Well,appears his drag was set a little tight Anyhow Brian, got his pole all set up again and we were ready for action !!!!! We waited again for what seemed and hour.....My pole all of a sudden doubles over and I set the hook....Fish On !!!! Boy they fight well !!!!\ Another nice carp to be released back into his pool....... Well,that pretty much sums up the day,2 for 3.....It was a great morning overall. Brian and I have already made plans for round two next weekend and this time we are going to come more prepared !!!!Lawn chairs and a Hibachi and a few cold drinks since we are in a picknick area right ????

add picture of frying egg on hood of car Unbeleivable !!!!

Sorry to here your trip got cut short do to weather but sometimes you call'em as you see'sem..Better to play it safe and fish another day.....

Hey Brian, I forgot all about that pic by the sign....That was funny... I had a great time and look forward to sharing the boat with you again in the near future..... Thanx again for taking me out !!!!

Looks like quite the set up Roy....Can't wait to see them all done up !!!! Cheers !!!

Nice pics Wayne. Glad to see you all had a awsome time up at the Lakair.

I get it...which one are you....bwaaaaa ha ha ha Good start to the day Roy

Also try using rattletraps..They are of good weight for casting and sink for controled depth and of course have a rattle to them to attract fish from affare....Firetiger works well for me..... Good Luck !!

Glen, They are one sweet looking bait !!!!!

Dang, I hope Crazyhook doesn't read this thread

Deg, LIke all said above, Great report and you got to love that top water action !!!!! Cheers !!

Was a great shore lunch for shure...Kevin really took to the idea when I brought it up during the week but we had some conflicting ideas as to where but in the end he serame to my will ... You see Tombstone is an icon island the WestArm and it is also the tallest of the islands out there as well which inadvertantly put us all closer to you know who..Thats right, the muskie gods....... Off to Part 3 of your trilogy.....

Hey Deg, I was just glad to see your truck up and runnin when I got there....Could of been a royal pain if it had turned out to be more of a serious tranny problem...I see you made it home as well with no troubles....and with a new TV from what I here !!!! I must be darn uncomfortable to walk Anyhow,love the pics and I'm off to part two of your trilogy....... Cheers !!!

I often wondered about purchasing some kind of landing net for my canoe and this is what I came up with . http://www.rushtonlandingnets.com/pontoon_nets.htm I think Canadian Tire has something comparible from what I remember seeing the last time I was in the fishing department....Defenetely alot more afordable than the nets in this link I'm shure....I like the long handle option and the narrow net for easy storing on the floor of the canoe.... Cheers !!!

Doesn't supprise me now that Springbank dam isn't holding back any fish. We were used to seeing those silver bass and just about any other species below the dam all year round but now that its wide open the fish head up and have the option of staying there even as far up as Fanshwe dam....... This is a great thing thats happened to the Thames as far as I'm concerned.... Cheers !!

You bet Deg....It was a pleasure meetin up with Ruth,Tyler and yourself and look forward to doing it all again next. Cheers !!

Gin clear waters usually mean natural presentations to me. I'm just relating to my steelheading practices but generally those presentations are not far from the way we should present baits to fish in most cituations when water is gin clear. I'm old school,I like mono and I like using light pound test when fishing clear water mostly for the visibility factor. I'm shure you could run a long peice of flouracarbon to the end of your main line if you were using braided and feel your its acceptable but personally I still can't get over the fact that my main line would still be more than vissible especially to suspended fish that may not be lurking under my bait where the flouro is but instead getting spooked above my bait where the braided is definetely vissible.... There will be alot of different opinions on this subject but the bottom line is,do you feel confident that what you are doing is going to catch you a fish ???? Thats my opinion on fishin clear water....... Cheers !!!

Nice report and pics Jeoy.....Love the big woodywoodpecker pic...very cool

I think I was pretending to be Capt. Hooked

Is was that close Steve...He kept on saying stuff like "its getting so hot out here its going to turn into a nudity day".....oh god no please don't start taking yer close off !!!! I made darn shure the bailing bucket was near by...... Cheers !!!