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I find the same stuff at Hikers Haven. LeBarons and some other Toronto stores like Tent City at much more reasonable prices. Last time I was in there I saw some very neat stuff but nothing I would buy for my day to day needs in the outdoors.

Glad to see you enjoyed your stay. Some of the nicest country in ON up there. Sorry I was a little late with the pm. I'm counting the days as the family is heading up for a week or so end of July. Hope the bugs stay down and the water warms up for swimming

I used to wet mine but not anymore. I just turn the heat down to regulate the burn. Seems to work better in my smoker

Capacity is the most important thing. If your 6000's have 20-30 lb braid. You'll do fine. Run 5 or 6 ft of mono leader 20lb. 200 yd or more capacity is a must

Landed back in the city Friday night and just getting some time to put up a report. Six of us stayed at WIshing U Were Fishin's Diamond Lake outpost cabin for a week. As a paying guest it's nice to sit back and just fish for a week and have some fun with they guys. We flew out of Temagami and within 15 minutes touched down on Diamond Lake. It's been 4 years since I was in here fishin and boy was it good to be back. Saturday threw us a mixed bag of weather with a wild lightening storm forcing Rob(Family Guy)and I to take cover on shore. After a 15 minute downpour we mad it back too camp a little wet and got ready for day 2. The week was full of walleye and a few trout. Bit was slow and we had to work for fish with slip bobber and worm rigs, jig and worm and trolling bottom bouncers. The trout were active and we got 9 small ones trolling frozen anchovy in meat rigs. 117 walleye, 9 Lake trout and some pike for 6 guys. Almost all our walleye were on the top end of the slot limit. It was hard top get a 16" under to keep. Had another good meal of walleye and a couple of the guys took home a few fish. The last time I was there the avg size was 23" so they are getting bigger. Dean got the longest walleye at 29" and to get 2 fish over 28" in this lake (known for numbers not big ones)is a good sign that the size limits are starting to produce bigger fish. Enjoy the pics, Rob's nice trout Distracting scenery A typical trout My Big Walleye 28.75" close up on a clone 23-25" fish 2 Trout came for dinner The meals were A-1, here we polish off the lakers and 2 lbs of shrimp - nap time right after The empty drum, I drink Macklays A couple walleye we caught had vivid blue fins on dorsal and tail. here you can get a glimpse but the shot just doesn't show the blue as good as in person. Probably back up on Temagami the end of the month for smallmouth.

leaving Saturday the 19th for a week in Diamond Lake, Will let you know when I get back

Look around for some shops that have some used stuff. Down in Oakville there's 2 nice shops to poke around in. On Kerr street down towards Lakeshore, there's GEAR Music. They sell Yamaha, Martin and have some used every now and then. I bought a Martin DX from them a few years ago and can't say enough about how nice it plays and sounds. It's warmed up really nice and sounds great out around the firepit. I did take it right down to 12th fret in TO and have them do a set up. When it gets right down to it take a trip to Long & McQuade and just pick each one off the shelf and strum away. If price, sound and playability is all good then mark it on your list.

Last 3 years my Attwoods on my Crestliner have done the same thing. I ground them down clean first year and re-coated them with something I was recommended from a custom auto parts place here in oakville. couldn't find anything you recommended Wayne. They've been better but every year there's some corrosion still occuring. I wipe em down and really don't know what else I can do but replace them one day

I do mine every year (1750 Crestliner)in the drive way. Water only and the power washer set on mid wide setting. It's amazing the stuff that build up in the carpet. Outside of the blood and some oil stains that are pretty much part of the fabric now, it comes up great. Another good thing is you can easily see the spots you missed when the carpet dries out. If you don't have a power washer this is a great excuse to go out and get one

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Had better luck with the minnow traps early in the season - springtime. As the water warms up I tend to rely more on the small dip nets. Hit the beaver lodges/brush piles around the lake and look for the biggest underwater brush piles. Bread, cereal and such will chum them in. Good idea to always put a decent sized rock in the middle of the net too. That way it sinks down better and allows more minnows to come in on top to get the bait.

Are you having a problem finding fish or is it a case of marking fish but with no catching. It took me several years on Temagami to find reliable pockets of lakers. If you've got a good amount of deep water focus on areas where there are steep drop offs into the deepest water around. Lakers love to coral baitfish against those walls and feed. After the thermocline set ups I find these spots tend to have fish around more often Turn the sensitivity on your unit up and go for a very slow troll. Scope out the lower half of the water column and focus on 50+ depth. Work over a number of different deep water spots and get a few reliable spots where you're seeing fish on or near bottom. Simplest and best technique when it's not too windy is a 1 oz bell sinker with 2 hooks tied in above like drop shooting. On the bottom hook I use a 4" Gulp Minnow and then run a nice shiner on the top hook. I do troll a fair bit too and have really had good results on a small gang troll and anchovy rig or small spoon the last few years.

If you want to keep the driving down, part of my family runs a fly in out of Temagami on diamond lake. It's good fishing for walleye, bass and lakers. Only 1 cabin on the lake and all you'll see is the odd canoe group. I'm heading in for a week june 19. It's reasonable but best if you have 4 people

Last year I dabbled a bit with Carp. Found the style of fishing rather interesting and was even more intrigued that there was a whole world of tackle out there waiting for this junky to buy. I'm still what the more experienced carpers would call a rookie, and I've learned most things on my own from trial and error. This year I was set on learning a lot more about rigging and presentation. That learning curve in the last 2 weeks has taken a huge swing as I met and since fished with a group of very good anglers and also extremely friendly and helpful. On one of my first venture down to Hamilton harbour 3 gentlemen just walked up and started chatting. Later I find out that these 3 are some of the top carp anglers around Hamilton and on the CAG board. Needless to say a big thank you to John, Steve and Lorne. Hopefully I get to fish with you gents some more as you've certainly wetted my appetite. now on to the fish porn. Set up Sunday night after dinner and with a little help and guidance refined my rig. I like to fish with a ground bait method feeder above my corn and after a couple of adjustments (who knew you could peg the swivel into the method feeder!)It didn't take long for the alarm to go off. a short but really thick fish. We didn't weigh it but a rough measurement of 31.5" but the girth on this fish was ridiculous. In the picture you can see the fish was so fat that it actually kept rolling on its back. From more experienced anglers the guess was 22lbs Next came about 30 minutes later and was around 15#, again no weight just a guess by guys who have caught a few fish in their day. Nice way to end the night especially when the other anglers kept a steady pick of 5-8# carp. Couple of nights later I was able to swing by again for a few hours after dinner. Got there at 6:30 to see a large group already set up. Rod pods everywhere! I figured I haven't paid enough dues with these guys to barge in and set up amongst them so I picked a spot about 75 yards down the shore where I new the channel came in a little deeper. It was dead until anout 8:30. Most had left from the main group. Was watching my line to see 2-3 little jumps. Alarm didn't sound. I picked the line up to increase the tension and WHAM fish on and it runs off about 50 yards of line. Nice fight and I took the time to weigh this on in my handy IKEA shopping bag - 14.5#. Lost 2 more on the runs due to equipment malfunction and then landed this one. Great fight and several long long runs wasn't as fat but a little longer 33" and 16.9 # on the berkley. One last one of 14# at dark to cap the night off. Great avg size to start the season off. All fish caught on a mix of honey and fruit punch homemade corn. Can't wait to get back out. Gonna dust of the 13 ft'r since it didn't get any action this spring.

any type of bottom bouncing rig is effective. Keep the lead to around 6-8 feet. Key is to thread a whole worm on, right to the top of the hook and then pinch off the worm just behind the hook. You get a much better roll than leaving the full worm on. Full worms will still catch fish. For bottom bouncing I use 1 oz for every 10 ft of water. 15 ft of water = 1.5 oz bouncer. Gives me better control and doesn't take yards of line to hit bottom. Another decent way to rig if you have sparse weed growth in the early part of the season is to run a worm weight about 1-2 feet in front of the slow death. Peg the worm weight right on the main line. The short lead keeps it a little more weed free. I always use a trout bead on the line in front of the hook. Gives a bit of colour for attraction

I have a 787 without a map card. I will be getting the Canadian maps this year but have used it for ice and spring fishing so far. On most of the big lakes it will show a rough outline of the lake (water in blue, land in green). Shorelines are a little inaccurate and of course you don't get the lake depths unless you get the map.

cannon's good, also try the walker clincher.

I built a smoker last fall and have been refining a simple brine my buddy gave me Dissolve together 1 part water 1 part light soya 1 part brown sugar 1/2 part maple syrup 1/2 part Sweet Thai Sauce I usually measure in cups, so 1 cup water, 1 cup light soya,.... Place fillets meat side down in a tupperware container and make enough brine to cover. Move the fillets aroundso they don't stick together. Place in fridge for 24-48 hours Im my smoker it take 6-8 hours at 170F for best results. If your just starting the best tip I could give you is start on the low temp side and work up. You don't want tons of smoke pouring out all at once. Your chips should smolder away slowly. My first couple of batches almost brought out the fire truck until i turned down the burner. Too much smoke will turn the fish really dark.

I decided to sleep in and broke a 23 year old tradition. Took a road trip and walked the river on Thursday night and found 2 things. Absolutely no water left and only 1 pool with 4 almost dead trout. These fish were so beat up, one had almost no skin left on its back. Unfortunately the river I fish is very tiny and lacks any flow of water to begin with. With these water levels I walked up dry creek beds for most of the trip. All the log jams and undercuts that normally will hold late fish in the spring were all out of water.

neat looking swim bait, does it have a name??

drop by the salvation army stores once in a while Joey. Back when I was tying I picked up some amazing fur collars, hats and feathers for just pennies.

yes they do jump. its more from being startled in the tank than just jumping. I lost a really nice black pirahna as it knocked the canopy off and ended up on the floor sometime in the middle of the night. Don't know if you've already bought but if your haven't try and find peacock bass. I used to tanks and went through all the cichlids, snakeheads, oscars,.... By far the most enjoyable fish I ever had for activity, color and mixing with other fish were peacock bass. I bought them in mississauga from Dragon aquarium - Chinese mall on Dundas. They also have an incredible arrowana selection

played a few times. get the size/calibre of paintball they sell and buy some before you go. put them in the freezer and shoot the people that peeve you off

any particular sites you used to find used fishing boats good ones/bad ones?

From my BPS experience it's hit and miss. Most of the time with reels and lures I don't get duty charges. Last rod order from the states was with Albright and I think the size of the rod tube got that order hit. I ordered some reels from them a few weeks later at a higher $ value and it sailed through with no duty. I always consider duty as a convenience fee for not having to get dressed and got out to a store.