trapshooter

My understnding is that on Kings and on secondary highways and now even on any year-round maintained gravel road you must be on the other side of the fence (or where it would be separating roadland and adjacent land) along the road.

That is the case for Southern Ontario. There are different rules for Northern Ontario - like I said, off the maintained part of the road.

They burried the deer?

 

Doesn't the MNR usually donate to the soup kitchen or something?..Seems a waste to me.

 

I was wonderin about where it was. Its legal to shoot from the road up here...I guess not there, and the guy shouldn't have left it behind.

I don't agree with domesticating a wild animal though...gotta be a law against that.

You make it sound like you can stand ON the road and shoot.... not true... you have to step off of the 'maintained' section of the road. Even the gravel shoulder is considered maintained.

The top of the line vexilar, Markum and Hbird will all get the job done, and done quite well. For this reason, you will find that flasher owners and fiercely brand loyal!! Personally, I have used vexilar Fl-8's and Fl-18's and now own a humminbird ICE45 and definitely prefer the bird for it's modern features.

No matter what one you end up with, you will love it, and wonder how you ever fished without it.

I'd start with this....

...yes, it's a TILLER!

Then I'd fish everyday until I ran out of money!

Great video!! That should get a lot of views on youtube for years to come.

Very nice!! That's a trophy buck anywhere!! The story to go along with it makes it even more special.

I'm a big Nikon DSLR fan, so I'm really bias!! kenrockwell.com will have a thorough review of both cameras. dpreview.com is another good digi-cam site to look at.

The difference b/t 10 and 12 MP's is negligible. From what I understand, MP's is only one part of the 'big picture' of what makes a camera take good photo's.

Very cool story. You got a picture of this buck? I'd love to see it.

you cracked the 15lb mark... congrats, that's HUGE!!

shhh.. that makes for the best deals on ebay.

haha, very true!

... the flasher doesn't work..... uh, no... you don't know how to work the flasher. LMAO!!

A dream trip for me would be to head up to Lake of the Woods with some of my best friends for a few days of hardcore Musky fishing. We would also pass the down time by fishing for shore lunch Walleye.

 

I've been up in Sioux Lookout, there were some pretty good Musky lakes up there, but there was limited fishing time while I was there.

Buddy... come back up to Sioux Lookout. I'll put you on some big Lac Seul muskies and walleye.

if you do get the hbird ice flasher, Ben mentioned earlier to me not use the support cable it seems to screw up the transducer reading

 

hbird only supplies it due to copyright infringments with vex's I believe, .... Thanks Ben

It can cause the transducer to hang 'off-centre' or not level and therefore won't read bottom or mark your jig properly. Lots of ppl had this issue and concluded that the unit 'didn't work'. Not the case, it just wasn't set up right.

More quality steel-heading there Mike and Bill. Hard to beat those fresh, fat fish. Thanks for the report.

YOu don't need a fancy/expensive reel for perch... it's not like you'll need a lot line capacity and they won't be pulling drag either. Like F to the Is-H said... trout/whitefish reels are a different story.

I've owned both units and I definitely prefer the Hbird flasher.

What your saying is true. Before I found my spot, I would have considered what is now a slightly above average day as my dream day...I'd never give that up for a single excursion anywhere. I'm just saying if you were given a once in a lifetime chance to pursue anything anywhere...

I know what you mean. I guess I should have said I'm not interested in exotic species like 'peacock bass' or 'tarpon' etc. I'm more interested in what's available in Ontario and Canada.

After seeing Kingers pics of Skeena River steelhead, however......WOW!!

Heck... I can't decide!!

Call me crazy but I have little interest in traveling far and wide to fish for exotic species. Having said that, a Frazer River sturgeon trip would be pretty cool. I'm perfectly content to stay in my own 'backyard' and fish for muskies on Lac Seul For a lot of ppl that's a dream trip... and I don't take that fact for granted. I'm thankful every time I'm out there!!

What do you fish for through the ice? If you like to chase big pike and lakers, go with a 10". A lot easier to steer them up into the hole. If you have a snowmachine/Quad then don't worry about the extra weight. The extra time to drill the hole between power 8 and 10" augers is a non-factor. I believe you're supposed to flag (with a stick) any 10" holes in the ice so ppl don't step in them. They'll freeze over just as fast.... but at the end of a cold day you're 10" hole will be 8" lol. 10" is my weapon! Also a lot more room for the transducer in a 10" hole.

so let me get this straight.... you already walked out on the ice.... CHOPPED a hole in it..... and DIDN'T drop a line!?!?!

Personally, I'd be all over that, Simon. Your call though...

Mr. Buddy style propane heater.

Without a doubt, Muskie.

I fish and do a bit of guiding on the Gouin Reservoir and have been doing so for the last 29 years.

 

When dealing with a customer of a lodge or my own guests I start things off with a bit of Q & A just to see where the experience level is and make suggestions based on what we share.

 

Starting with a chart of the area we plan to fish and a weather pattern for the previous three days. I explain the affect weather can have on the fish and then relate appropriate areas to fish from the chart. The Gouin like most bodies of water has community holes and I really like to avoid them if possible.

 

The ride out to a target site can take 15 - 30 minutes, I use this time to discuss baits, depths and surrounding structure including shorelines.

 

Upon arrival I usually have a pretty good idea of what skills are in play and what teaching can be employed that will create an experience for the guest.

 

We will fish for three hours or so, take a break for shore lunch (weather permitting) and continue to fish after eating until 4:30 or so. A typical day doesn't exist, everbody's skill level is different and my only goal is to be sure that what transpires in the boat will be of benefit to the guest vitually anywhere he or she may fish in the future.

 

The entire day is non stop free exchange of information and is really appreciated by the guests.

 

If dinner is early and its possible to get out in the evening for a bit of a fish - we go.

 

In general chart reading, sonar interpretation, GPS trails, bait selection & why, equipment, boat control, trolling & jigging methods and many other topics will be covered.

 

Its really amazing when you fish with folks over a period of time and here I mean years who are there because we have fun, fish are caught and most of all a bond has been formed.

 

To me - that's what its all about.

Wow, great post!! That's what guiding is all about

that's funny! The picture is hilarious on it's own!!

One thing people are missing here is that it takes more then being even a good fishermen.

Your people skills are 80% of what will keep your clients coming back. If people don't like being around you then it doesn't matter if your the best angler to walk the earth, people wont come back. You have to be able to teach people, sometimes people who don't think they need to be taught You have to make the trip fun! Even if it's a tough day and the fishing is slow, you have to make up for it in other ways.

That's a great point! If you're not a people person, you're done. You have to be able to read people and adapt to different personalities. Some groups I guide, we're laughing our faces off, while others are dead serious. You have to be ready to guide young children, which takes more time and patience and also cater to the elderly. Heck, I guided an old fella one time who couldn't even get his own rain pants on when it started to pour.... so there I was dressing my guest and making sure he didn't feel bad about it either.

A huge element is communication. It's easy to have a great day when you're slamming fish but if things aren't going as well you have to talk through your decisions with your guests and make sure they know you're thinking about every angle and working your ass off to put them on fish. Most people understand that all days aren't created equal and fishing is fishing... but for those who don't and believe that because they hired a guide they are entitled to the best day fishing they've ever had... well, that's different and you have to be able to handle that and make sure they are satisfied too.

I was out for walleye one day and realized I forgot my net.... wouldn't you know it, about an hour later a guy in my boat brings an old net up off the bottom!! Unreal coincidence.