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On my rods I run dipseys with mono and have not used or had a break of with mono to date (probably just jinxed myself) I agree with others. If you run braid or wire add snubber. I switched over to slide divers a few years ago. I beleive my cathc rate has increase by having the ability to run various leads back form the diver. In the spring I was running +50ft behind the diver. Shorten the lead as summer appraoches. I like the longer leads when running a clean spoon.

If anyone's looking for a high end rain suit take a walk over to the shooting gallery. The BPS Gortex stuff is there and last week they had a clearance rack. I picked up a $259 Gortex Pro Qualifier jacket for $170. Had to walk around the store and think about this for a while as that was a lot of cash. So glad I did though. Raf's pictuire says it all. There is no worse experience fishing than being wet and uncomfortable or cold. As I get older I would rather spend more on clothing myself with the proper gear than getting the latest greatest rod/reel or tackle.

Was on the table when I got home last night. Father Day BPS Flyer

Talon lake is pretty decent for smallmouth bass. Fish the shorelines with the most amount of wood and deeper water. There a few weed beds in the lake and evenings you may be able to get into some walleye around these. Jig and leeches work well. Your not too far from North Bay. Trout Lake marina is close by has live bait and you can pick up worms and leeches there. Fish those same weedbeds with spinnerbaits for pike. Losts of boats troll the shoreline around the mid lake point and seem to catch a mixed bag Also some pretty decent lakers there but hard to catch

Based on your schedule Toronto 4-5am you''l find a decent liquor/beer store right on the main drag in Temagami. Probabl. Once you hit town look for the grocery store on your left hand side in the middel of town. Liquor store right next to it. Next stop would be New Liskerd both beer and liquor store there too. Beer store is just off #65 and #11 There is a Liquor store/beer store combo in Elk Lake too! Just off of Lake street as you come into town Go to google maps and type in Beer store or Liquor Store and location Elk Lake Ontario or Temagami. They provide the phone numbers so you can call ahead and check hours. The one in Temagami stocks a fair bit of cans which is the choice by far for fly in or fihs camps. Takes up less space, more beer per unit and after 6 you get to crush them on your head.

Longer drive but usually good selection is Fishing World in Hamilton I was just in at Bronte Outdoors and they have some basic stuff. If you know what you want They will try and get it for you. Bronte's looking for some rod pods for me.

NIce bird Brian I gotta check this turkey thing out. I've heard there might be a fall season in the works.

Nice spoon - looks like most of them now cast of the NK or Luhr Jensen concept Bronte has been very good this year. Colder water has pushed in and stacked up the alewife west end of the lake. Both Bronte and 16 mile creek are chock full of alewife. As long as we keep the cold water on this side the kings should stick around a bit longer. Also check out At the Oak website. American side stuff run by charter captain and the harbor master. They're always 1-2 years ahead of the pack with techniques and new spoons. Hot spoon on the south side this year has been Dreamweaver Super Slim. Looks like the old school lite flutter spoons are coming back. I had a SS down for only 10 minutes last weekend and it fired on a 17 lb king. Now if I could only find some Daredevil Flutter Chucks!!!!

Mike I've order parts for my downriggers through these guys sevral time. I found shipping was a tad high but prices and hard to find stuff made up for those charges. Everytime I need a part I usually pick up a lure or 2 just to make shipping $ better deal Anyone with downriggers should check this site out. They have a great parts page and have the schematics for easy reference. Stuff is at my door within the week.

D-Zigns have some decent pricing. Usually very pricy doing 1-2's http://tournament-shirts.d-zignsinc.com/ I spent some time looking around a few years ago and found nothing in Canada

Oh you're on Team 9??? What was posted above does not work please disregard! Have a good trip

RF one of the easy ways to find walleye in a weed choked lake is the find the deepest weed free water and then work back into the weeds. Find the weedline and work up and down the edges. Fish should be off the spawn now and setting back up on the closest weedlines. I fish this method in the spring and it has paid off on many different bodies of water. You can fish parallel to the weedline with jigs, minnow baits and spinners. The brighter the day the closer you need to get into the weeds. My fav is casting jigs into the weed edges and working back out into cleaner water. A small 4" Berley Power worm has been a good bait for me on a 3/16th oz jig head. When you work a stretch and get a few bites, you can anchor off the weedline and fish a little slower. You'll also run into some good schools of panfish doing this.

Was just in Princess Auto (Mississauga) and saw a fairly extensive selection of Aluminum tubing on the back wall. Never noticed this before and made a note to go back and check it out when I have more time. Looking to build me a carp rod pod.

nice fish Goran Bronte has been very good lately. Will be out this weekend pm trips.

Yep Lew, Actually quite comfy. In colder weather you'd be best to add a thermal foam pad. I found it a little cold close to the floor. I've also been looking at these and found a offbeat Bed,Bath and Home place called Jysk. They sell the standard Green cot, identical to the one at BPS for $49. A little smaller at 75x26" http://www.jysk.ca/ProductDetails.aspx?id=...;prodid=9008003

Launched out of Oakville and set up in 80 FOW. Noticed dark clouds way off to the south so it would be a quick fish. Had a 4 rod spread spoons and SD/fly on both sides of the boat. 15 minutes later deep rod went off 87 ft down over 140. New Dreamweaver Super Slim coyote color. heard alot about these from US side Fat 31"er for Team 13 KMB. First one of many hopefully this year surface temp from 50 to 160 FOW was 43.8C No bait out deep but tons of surface activity - Alewife??? out to about 30ft Got poured on for next hour and called it quites

Boy I wonder how much money a weekend in there would bring in for the next OFC auction. I'd start the bidding at $250 Makes me really miss the outpost cabin in Diamond Lake. This is the first year in about 10 that I don't think I'll get there fishing.

two fly in operators I am familiar with both posted fuel surcharges at sportsman show. Looks like it will be more common this year. No posted $$ that I saw. As Roy stated call ahead and get total $ so you don't have any surprises and you're crew will appreciate knowing as well

I put in 2-3 hours at CCIW on Saturday. Went home minus 2-3 lbs of corn and 2 lb of ground. Not even a bump. No carp visible in shallow sections. Yes agreed, water still a little cold for lake ontario and close bays. Maybe some inland ponds like Centennial park??? Anyone fish there?

Wayne they'll ruin a garden faster than anything. I have a very quiet crossbow and will be willing to help you out. Would hate to see good money spent on flowers get eaten.

If you catch the fish it counts on your limit even if you "gift it" to anyone else with or without a license. You catch 2 trout and gift them, legally your done till those trout are consumed. The CO's watch very closely on Simcoe for the passing on of daily trout and whitefish. If your in a group of 4 and you personally catch 4 whitefish and keep them all they can not be counted on other licesnses in your group. Strange one Wayne The older CO from Sudbury that rides with Bear Island OPP boat tells a completely different story. Each license catches their own fish for limits no gifting allowed. Some anglers at the camp have been questioned hard last couple of years on the hub as they see the guys out fishing but no wifes. Had them on the dock a couple times talking to guests.

One of my first part time jobs was working at The Outdoors Store in Dixie Mall. Right after I started it changed to Collegiate Sports but we still kept a very large footprint in the store with fishing, hunting and camping. I worked a couple of sportmans show for them and one year was set up right beside the scuttlebutt lodge display with Red Fisher signing his books of poetry. What a character. I remember our first shipment of Fenwick "graphite and boron" rods. Kept them locked up behind a glass case with the long guns If any of you know that store or have been associated with the industry I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Bill Robertson or Richardson ?? (I hope I have his last name right it might have been something similar) Bill went on to work a number of years in the early 80s in the service department at the Mitchell store located on Haines Road in Mississauga. Wonder what ever happened to him. Shorter guy, big beard, very nice fellow - we had several memorable day trip for smallies and trout

Big Sand Lake Lodge In Northen Manitoba June 16th dream trip 5 full days fishing lake trout, pike and walleye Lake Temagami last 2 weeks in July Planning an weekend camping thrip to Lingham Lake chain Many day trips for Carp, bass, salmon muskie this year

WM For the type of fishing you describe, I've had good success with the following Black leach type jigs - Berkley Jigworm #1 for me Also have been catching a number of walleye on 4" dark colored senkos. In deeper water I rig them on a jig head or carolina rig. These have caught some bigger summer walleye for me when fishing smallmouth Started getting fish on Xraps and another fav is the rattle baits too. Cast to shore structure for covering water I never leave the dock without a bottom bouncing rig and worm harness, Orange and white blades have been the ticket last couple of summers. On Temagami we target 25 ft depths in July/August and a little shallower in the back lakes. If you're up there in May-beg June give the east end of Shiningwood bay a try. The north shoreline towrds the end of the bay gets a fair bit of fish after the season opens. They're scattered through there so trolling or drifting is a good bet. Walking sinker and floating jig head tipped with minnow of worm.

MF For sure something I'd really like to try. Got the mouth calls which drive the wife nuts. Just never have been able to make the committment on scouting to find a spot and birds. My brother just bought 9 acres north of hamilton and has seen a bunch of Jakes - must be some toms around too. Maybe 1 of these years - it's hard to break tradition for me same spot 22 years running now!