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Those are really cool. I might pick up a spinnerbait kit (Love spinnerbaits) and give er a go. The good thing is it's not that expensive so if I screw it up it's not a big deal

Looks more like a butt to me

There seems to be a consensus on making your own lures. Would it be too difficult for someone like me who is a relative newbie or would I be able to pick it up easily?

Thanks for the advice and for saving me money! Not sure if I'm ready to make my own lures yet but I'd sure like to give it a try.

Sorry meant to include links http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...;cmCat=10001261 http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...;cmCat=10001261 http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...t=SearchResults

Hi All, I'm looking to build up my lure repertoire and was thinking of grabbing a couple of kits from Basspro (31 piece jig kits, 16 piece spinnerbait and trailer and 5 piece crankbait kit). My question is are these pre-built kits worth the money or are they just junk that they try to sell by packaging them together?

Wow, that a neat story.

What's the story behind it?

Nice report. Look like some really nice cover you guys found.

Bullheads taste great. Too bad they usually come from nasty waters.

I would think muskies would be the biggest game fish in Ontario, there are some big boys out there.

All these Ski's are making me real anxious to catch my first one! Hopefully in October at Stony Lake.

Cool pics. Reminds me that I need to get out to the west coast one of these days.

I just found out about this magazine on here. Can't wait to subscribe it looks really cool!

Wow....Just Wow!

There's not a better sound then a big bass hitting a top water bait! As for your questions I've had everything from a panfish to a big pike hit my topwaters. The size of the lure would usually determine the size of the fish. As for night fishing, if I am going for bass I like using noisy crankbaits fished slowly to help the bass find it in the dark.

Nights are getting cooler. Looks like the lake's cooling down as well. Prime time coming up for river mouth salmon fishing. http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/ontario/o1.html

Pretty cool, I'm heading out to my shore spots this weekend, I'll let you know if I catch any chain pickeral.

Nice catch and great price on the boat! At least someone had better luck on Rice than I did.

LOL! you guys crack me up!

Sounds like the trip of a lifetime!

Can't beat Dick's sporting goods at the walden

Day 1 Arrive around 12. Rent my 14 foot 9.9HP tin Can, Rig up the rods and start studying the maps to find some places for Bass hunting in the evening. We headed out around 6:30 hitting up weedbeds, dropoffs, points, sunken logs basically trying to hit any structure but not even a bite anywhere. The water was really murky and I think the Algae bloom was in full effect so this might have affected the fishing. After about 2 hours not having any luck we headed back to dock for dinner. I set my fiancee up with a worm and small hook and we fished for panfish off the dock for the rest of the evening. Day 2 Woke up around 7 and made coffee, let the lady sleep and headed out to a calm lake hoping the tide would turn. Hit some other weedbeds and caught a couple decent perch but nothing worth writing home about. Hit another point and was getting some serious bites but the winds started picking up and my tinny was having no part of the swells, so I packed up and slowly headed back to shore. Reached shore and kissed the ground thanking god that I didn't tip! Memo to self, next time don't be cheap and rent the bass boat! The winds were whipping all afternoon and I wasn't about to take the deathtrap (boat) out in it so I walked up and down the docks looking for some good spots. Found a decent spot near the waterplanes and had a big bass on but he taunted me and spit out my spinner bait in mid air where I could have sworn he was laughing at me Skunked again. Since I couldn't go out on the boat I decided to bait the area around the dock with some canned corn that we brought with the hopes of carp fishing later that night (lady wasn't happy about losing her sidedish for dinner. After a long while convincing my fiancee that I wasn't crazy trying to catch fish at night with corn I was able to convince her to sit on the dock with me while I fished. Keep in mind that I have never fished for carp and assumed my 7foot spinning rod with 12pound test would be enough. I assumed they were docile fished and wouldn't put up too much of a fight. HA that was wrong! 20 minutes after I put my rod in the water my drag started screaming as a carp took the bait and ran. What an awesome fight it gave! I had it by the dock but as soon as I tried netting it....SNAP! goes the line as it took another surprise run. I was shocked! I've never felt anything fight like this and I'm hooked on carping! After 2 more great fights but 2 more line snaps I called it a night. I was a little disappointed I didn't land any but I had an awesome time fighting them. Next time I need stronger line. So that was my weekend. Rice didn't have much in the way of active fish but I had fun with my lady and good times were had all around.

It's thanks to all the tireless volunteers and private donators that our industry is still going strong. If we had to rely on the government we would have no fishing industry left.

I guess if the money is going to the program and not into administration it would be okay. Then again this is the government we are talking about so chances are the money will be wasted somewhere down the line