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New owner packed up end of September and headed back to BC for ski season as far as I heard it. (Here's were the harp music starts) I really considered and tried to convince the family to buy the lodge and move up there. Would have been my dream but unfortunately no one elses in my house. You can also get into tons of Ling if you stay out after dark. There's only one recommended way of fishing them in a hut and that is with rod and reel. Bait a heavy jig hook with salted minnows and lower to the bottom. Won't have to wait long. The reason not to use a hand line is the mess a ling will cause in the hut. Fresh Ling is as good as any walleye I have ever eaten. John catches lots through the winter and helps out with a Spring Fish Fry on temagmi called The Ling Fling!!

Spent the last 20 years vacationing right across the bay from Loon Lodge. Definitely check out their website for a summary of the lodge. Lots of good pictures so you'll know exactly what the lodge is like. Good accomodations and easy access. They do well for whitefish and lakers right in front of the lodge so you spend more time fishing than traveling. Huts are within walking distance. Johns a very nice guy. Have met him numerous times when I was at Ket-chun-eny Pretty sure they now have some outback lakes set up for ice fishing. They used to pull sort of a converted hay wagon behind a skidoo and take a bunch of guys down to Cross lake. Great ice fishing down there. Call him and ask what bait is available there or if you should bring you're own minnows. Best whitefish rig is salted minnows on a tip up and plaing jig head with minnow for walley. Trout is closed till Feb on all lakes up there now. If you do go pm me and I'll send you a map for an evening walleye spot thats close. You can share with John and see if he'll drill a few holes for you. I don't think he's ever fished this spot but he can see it from his front deck.

It's been a few years since I've been down there but on the intercoastal waters at Clearwater beach there's several charter boats that you can chat with and see if they will add you as a single to a smaller group. Good way to get out and save on the $. Lots of different target species to choose from and I know there's several there that specialize in shark fishing. I always do a couple 1/2 day trips on the big "ferry" boats as I call em. Cost you $25 bucks to go out and catch all kinds of small snapper with a good shot at a small grouper. If you do one of these 1/2 day, get there early, buy some bigger sardines as bait and get a spot on the back of the boat. I've always picked up a 5-10 lb grouper each trip out with the bigger bait. Johns Pass is a decent shore spot but last time I was there there was a ton of signs posted "NO SHARK FISHING" and nightly a CO would show up and check the guys lining the rocks. There's also some decent 1/2 day boats out of Johns Pass. You can get buy with a basic muskie outfit on the 1/2 day boats but you'll be best to buy the bait rigs pre-made down there. They're cheap. Don't overlook the piers as PikeHunter mentioned. I caught a 12 lb redfish off the Reddington pier night fishing. It's just north of Johns Pass.

I agree with skud With temps as high as they are predicting next week and rain there will be lots of water on the ice. If the winds push that water around it will melt down the ice very quickly. Ice could get very spongy and soft. Day by day thing and hope for the best!

From the Salmon & Steelheader article and others I come across, a specific area in Lake Deif is apparently loaded with these big guys. They are all sterile farm fish. The author wanted to repeat the tactics the brothers used to catch this record (and many other 20+lb trout) but tells the reader that he will not divulge any specifics to protect the brothers guide service. It's all night fishing and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to pick out they are bank fishing with bait. Funny how they picture shows the big fish with a spoon in its mouth. Just funny in my opinion.

Fish is real A full article on the fish and brothers who guide on that lake is in this months' Salmon & Steelheader. The fish are escapees from trout farms and the author of the article ends up catching 5-6 monster rainbows up to 29 lbs with the brothers on a couple nights fishing.

Like Lew said, Be careful I went through this a couple years ago but in the right arm - my symptons were very severe. Had to go to Emergency room at 2 am it was so bad but exactly as you describe. Armpit down to the 2 small fingers were on fire with pain. ER doctor told me pinched nerve as well as my family doctor 2 days later. Symptons never lessened. Went for a 3rd opinion and it turned out to be complete C5-6-7 disc rupture. I ended up seeing a neck specialist and then on to a neuro-surgeon and asked a ton of questions When you get into the doctor make him/her listen and question them about possible neck strain/injuries. If the 2 small fingers tingle like they have fallen asleep that is a sign you might be dealing with a disc compression. I'm no doctor but after going through what I did I spent a lot of time learning about this to make sure I was making the right choices.

Metal Supermarkets should have everything you're looking for http://www.metalsupermarkets.com/MSC-store...O&REGION=ON

make me an offer on both good spinnerbait and topwater outfits http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14252

The ones he calls hand ties

congrats on your choice, its a wonderful experience something a lot of people don't get. The course is mainly focused on saftey aspects of gun handling. You'll go through most of the basic firearm types and actions and the safe handling for each. Review of hunting regs and some game identification. In terms of a good starter gun here's where opinions rule. I'd say if you were to buy 1 gun and make it work for deer (buckshot and/or slug) as well as upland game and waterfowl the 12 gauge is a good choice all round. For me though I prefer a 16 or 20 gauge. If you can find a combo 12 gauge that comes with a rifled slug barrel even better. Watch Shooters choice web site for used guns. They have a nice Browning Auto 5 and a Remington 870 express combo and supposed to have a big boxing week sale.

Nice tracks. Some of the biggest deer I have ever seen have been at Erindale Park on the Credit River. Was driving on 401 Thursday at lunch and a really big buck was standing on the edge of the Etobicoke Creek ravine at the airport. If you could only bow hunt inside city limits!

Tradition in my family Green Bean Casserole. Many recipes on the web but make sure it calls for dried onions.

With 2007 being my 20 year anniversary at work I was very suprised recently when they handed me a package to look through. Expecting only a letter and possible a small momento (as was done in the past) , I was very pleased to find inside the envelope a voucher for $350 in gift cards. All I had to do was log on to this website and pick from a large selection of participating companies. Didn't have to get to far down the list when I see Bass Pro Shops, Home Depot, CTC, Future Shop among a number I like to spend money at!!!! Picked a couple EB Games, Body Shop cards for the kids and wife and still leaves me with $200 at BPS burning a hole in my pocket. Anyone wanna skip off work and go shopping??

I think you've you've still got room for a satelitte radio and a couple of speakers

Jiffy's worth every penny Don't see too many operators up north using anything else. That being said my buddy bought the 8" Strikemaster at BPS - Gonna give that one a work out this year We always have the 6" normark manual as back up

Don't need to lower can/jar down at all. Once "salted" the minnows swim straght down and will struggle around the bottom right below the hut. Mind you the deeper the water, the more the minnows will spread out

Wayne 25-50 will do most of the year on Temagami, On a good bit I do tighten them up Up around north arm theres lots of sand/muck bottom and we run the diving plugs a little longer to make sure they're ticking bottom I run a lot longer (100+) in the spring when we set riggers at 5-25ft deep

GB That is very cool. I forgot all about this A buddy and I used to fish with Danny Hale and his dad when they ran their huts on Simcoe. They used to do this in the hut with an old mason jar. They called it East Coast Minnows Actually brought back a few nice memories

I don't use one that often but a while back picked up an Optex 255. Aluminum legs and good and solid. Bought it on sale at Vistek for $45 http://www.vistek.ca/details/results.aspx?...nsumer%20Tripod They have a real good selection of above amatuer tripods

fished lake temagami for years here's what we tend to stick with For chum take raw spaghetti and break into peices about 1/2-1" long, Then cook. Drain and place pasta in a freezer bag. I usually then add 3-4 drops of yellow food coloring. Drill holes in a likely spot, I like flat deep basins 70ft or more with soft or sand bottoms. In each holes take about 1/2 cup of chum and drop into hole. Break up pasta so it sinks as seperate pieces. I like salted minnows for whitefish. Buy 5-6 dozen small shiners and drain water out completely. Add 1-2 cups of rock salt. I even used road slat in a pinch and it worked. Fish salted minnow right on bottom on a 2 way spreader and tip up. I even had decent luck using small trout/salmon roe bags

You can actually search the LCBO site for all the brands http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/ProductResultsController I like the Balenvie Portwood 1991 and I have a bottle of 15 yr old Genlivet waiting for some friends to come over

Very nice SP If you're off Dec 13th-14th and looking for a river buddy let me know. Rides on me!

ICE can't remember fully what boat you bought and what trolling motor. Does it come with 12V and 24V options. You're running a 115HP which would indicate a 17+ft boat and wondering what lb trolling motor. If the trolling motor has 24V set up option defintitely go that route and forget tying into the starting battery with an isolator. A starting battery and trolling motor battery are quite different in amp ratings. Run 2-12V for 24V. You can fish all weekend and instead of the isolator get an onboard charger

With the offshores buy the OR 18 Snapper releases. They are worth every penny especially with lead core