Musky or Specks

A drink in your hand while listening to the loons call is like a handshake from Saint Peter.

Thanks for the report have a great summer at Kesagami

Nice going. Man I gotta get out and get me a pike fry.

Just the same way they are aware of the speed limits , no parking signs, no stopping signs and other violations that many consider minor, that arent enforced, and therefore lead to a general lawlessness and ignorance of others concerns and safeties that I find prevalent in todays society.

Yup doesnt seem to be the Thornbusy Ive come to abhore. Some nice fish for you.

Excellent report, thank you

Sad thing is I could see it happening here within 30 years. If you dont think so your a fool. Look at the cancellation of the spring bear hunt at the hands of animal rights activist. A feel good not based in science law that was passed just so someone could get elected.

I 'm sworn to secrecy but I know a spot that holds dropbacks until the water gets high in the fall again. Way up river.

Im also a huge fan of white porko's if the fishing gets tuff.

So true Id rather give up a lake than a stream any day. Streams can be subjected to too much pressure, its a smaller enviroment, although I have seen lakes fish populations plummet from to much pressure as well.

Yup find streams that run through alluvial deposits(sand and gravel) and youve probably found a trout stream. They can be pretty localized. I know of one stream that doesnt have another trout stream within 50K of it but hits a nice alluvial deposit and boom even though it flows through a dump instant speck stream which has produced an 18" fish.

Just keep those spots "you know where" secret LOL. I actaully dont mind telling people general areas or directions and there is all kinds of tools that people dont think of to find spots, for an instance did you know that if you look at soil maps for an area they will tell you where just about every trout stream in that area is located?

That is freaking awesome. Way to dig it out!!!!

Im of two minds about this. On the one hand Ive done a lot of digging in my life finding my secret holes and id hate for some of them to see to much pressure or have access retricted to them because to many people are showing up and fishing there. Ive done a ton of exploring and put a lot of milage on vehicles diggin it out so why shouldn't they.I once drove to Labrador on a rumour of a good spot,same thing to the Nipigon, Timmins etc... On the other hand heres a little story, there a beautiful little spec creek close to a city. The section that holds trout is only about a mile long and is due to a huge influx of ground water. Both above and below that 3/4 mile stretch of trout water the creek is more like a drainage ditch and no one had ever thought to look for trout in the creek at all. One angler though had discovered this little secret and kept it close to his heart. He loved that little creek for it would occasionaly produce very nice fish. Nothing record breaking but the odd 13 or 14 incher. He guarded it cloesly and kept it to himself for many years. Throwing anyone off the scent with lies and misdirection concerning the trout and habitit that existed there calling it nothing more than a ditch. One spring morning he woke up full of hope and anticipation of tussling with the trout in the creek. He hadnt been by it since the season last closed and was looking forward to its charms. Upon arriving there he was stunned to see that a new development had sprung up. All the cedars where gone as was the beautiful meandering channel. In its place he found a straight cement channel with no subtrate and of coarse no fish.He rushed to the MNR to complain and demand that the developer be charged. The MNR said they couldn't charge the developer as there was no significant fish communties in that stream they had allways heard it was nothing more than a ditch. Sometimes the more people know about something the more friends it has. And a good friend will always have your back. I never mind telling people"spots" but like solo said there is no spoon feeding. I give general locations only. And with that said I find a great beginners lake to be Sparrow. Despite its proximity to the big city. Its very easy to catch fish there. Go if you dont have a boat rent one and enjoy some good fishing. Bye the bye the story is true.

I love the winter in the Temagami area. We generally spend a week at Doug Adams place and hit two or three different lakes a day, a cornacopia of different species. It incredibly beautiful and Ive always been rewarded with lots of fish.

I thought I read somewhere that they were stocking the Ottawa River itself with browns.

Fiddleheads are up, time for a fresh fiddlehead and speckled trout dinner.

Do your steelheading on the tribs of Superior and we always catch brookies while fishin bows.Thats a nice brace of specks there muddy

If it will take a 9.9 it should take a fifteen they are the essentially the same motor. A 9.9 is just a 15 thats been detuned. So they way the same just one goes a little faster. But with that light of a boat if you wanted to do back lakes an even smaller moter would be nicer. God knows I hate portaging my 15 into my various boat caches.

I guess this pic of my son with a huge smallie that he caught all by himself. His grin is ear to ear even with dirt and crap all over his face hes cute as hell. Now he just a goofy teenager. Then of coarse there is this pic about ten years ago at dusk in the middle of LSPP after hiking 14hrs straight up in elevation and being rewarded for it

Good job. My favourites were the beautiful little browns

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NASTY!!! Algonquin in May, Northern Ontario Specks early June, Musky opener In the French River System in Mid June followed by the rest of the trips up there once a month through the season. Probably do Auroras again in October.

I guess my question would be why attach the tent to the van? My 6 man tent that we use for car/boat camping is huge has two rooms fits two double air mattresses for two guys plus a ton of gear. It sets up in two minutes with just two poles and a fly. And Im probably stretching it at two minutes. Seems to me if you attach you vehicle it cuts down on your options. Slept in the back of the Yukon many a time in an emergency(to lazy to set up in the middle of the night) but that would be the same even if the tent was attached to the vehicle.

Read the freaking post I bolded the part I was replying to your own words " I’ve since wizened to that. Not only do salmon start to deteriorate once they enter the streams, they do not feed. " Which is the point they will strike using their mouth. Think before you leap.