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Fished a few smaller ones and always wanted to do a few bigger ones! If your in need of a partner this year , you know my email.......have rods will travel! Darren

Jedi is correct, smallmouths can be hit hard in the areas they hibernate due to there schooling properties. Largemouth are generally more spread out and active at first ice. I like the regs the way they are, if you look at tourney weights of Ontario to most of the US you will see a great average weight up here. I do wish they had a prespawn catch and release season in Erie tho. Erie ciould take that pressure and it would offer some bonus fishing to anglers. Just cut it off around mid may before the fish start moving to the beds.

Now thats a good year!

I agree 100% Governator, ending a game like that with a shoot out is shameful! Ask the 19,000 in attendance if they wanted that game to end and go to a shootout 0.0 would say yes. Fun game to watch but the boys need to tighten there game up!

As of last week before the rain its was 7 inches of grey ice and lots of slush.....rain will actually help it out.

Go boys...... heart and soul of Canada!

Great idea! Went to the website and think I will get one. Thank you for posting this......very cool D

HoHoHo.....WFN has the christmas aquarium on the go!

Nice!!! Eyes go well with everything!!!! Merry Christmas!!!

I can say with certainty we are pretty well tied. 24 x 18 was the measurement on mine as well. Caught it many years ago. Have caught a few 23"s and change since then but they didnt have the bulk of this dude. Real picture of the pike, I dindt take any girth measurements on her so I let the guys at Advanced figure it out but she was 48 Here is the bass. Only got the one photo of her but did all the measurements. I am not sure if the bass is fat or I was just skinny back then!

Quality replicas cannot be topped, they dont age, dry or crack. I have 2 from Advanced and they are just awesome. I would never consider a skinmount again! My largemouth from Advanced My pike from my avatar

Moosebunks was the best for me I think, simply awesome in every way, writing, photography! But the one post I wait for every year is DanC's late August trip to Nipigon every year! Maybe someday I will just bully my way into that amazing trip!!!!

I have been trying to figure out over the last few weeks what is going to happen to the sportfishing boat manufactures over the next few years. Especially aluminum boat manufacturers. Since reaching an all-time high in July at $3,375 per tonne, the price of aluminum has tumbled to a more than five-year low around $1,440. Tis was the reason I heard Lund introduced there glass line last year. In this economy how are they going to sell all the stock they manufactured at the higher prices? and can they even survive for the next 2-3 years until the economy recovers and people start buying the new stock at the deflated values of the aluminum prices. I am no economist but I can't see many of the aluminum boat manufacturers surviving this. Maybe someone out there, a dealer or insider can answer these questions? Darren

Oh yipeee!!! My back fells better already JUST 4 months more of shovelling.......can I hibernate??

Awesome awesome awesome pike for small waters!!!

He has EXTREMELY long arms!!

Man I wish i could have gone..... Im sick of winter already and it doesnt arrive for another week!!!!!

1. defiantly looks like a tiger. 2. sometimes young pure strain muskies have a heavy barred pattern that goes away as they get older so its very hard to tell on that one. 3. Looks like a pure strain due to the pointed tail fin, hybrids usually have a rounded tail.

Yep spring fishing classic it is!

No thank you needed!!! The only thing that matters is that you get better! Darren

Thanks for the update Sam, Ill be in Belleville today but not for fishing....bummer

He is so obnoxious I do find him entertaining, his old show was much better tho.

Thanks for the update! never ice fished the Lower Grand down by your shop. How much does the water clarity increase in winter and is it important for eyes in the winter. Have to make it down this yeear!

The Diamond Black Ice is a nice bow, very solid back wall but jumps a hair I found. Good deal for the money tho!! I boought a Hoyt Katera and love it, smooth, fast and forgiving.

Ok Ill say it.......... I,ll be happy to take his old girlfriend!