Greencoachdog

You're supposed to train your Musky to swim into the cradle and STAY while he's on the hook!!! A well behaved Musky is an asset to any fishin' trip!... an ill mannered Musky... not so good.

I hope you put a left hand retrieve reel on that masterpiece Paul!... because I may need to borrow it next June!!! Wives that know how to pick out fishin' stuff for their husbands are worth their weight in gold!!!

That little shopping trip was a life lesson for you Marcus, if you don't know what you want when gift shopping... a gift card always works!!! .. it's always the right color and the right size! Something that a lot of people fail to realize, is that retail sales employees aren't high income earners, so sometimes their input may be less than desireable. This is true with any retail store! The only time I talk to a sales employee is when I need directions to a particulr item if I can't find it myself of if I want to look/handle something that is in a display case. I like Basspro and buy a considerable amount of stuff from them when they have the best deal!

i know it... I'm so vile...... nevermind, I've already told that one. .. but really, all special interest groups can do is "ask", petition, and lobby for reg changes... they don't make the regs! Conservative regulations and the current breeding stock are the future of our fisheries!!! Not the little immature fish. If you take the current breeding stock out of a water body, you'll have year class lapses in size and that's not good. If you have a slot limit on a lake that is protecting the prime breeders, there's going to be a bunch of small fish. That's why the MNR encourages the taking of the smaller fish!!! I personally feel that people that oppose conservative fishing regulations may have just a touch of greed in them, if you can't catch enough of one species to feed you or your family... target a second species to go with them, and if that isn't enough... target a third species!!!

At least the Lobsters are smiling.... little do they know that the garlic butter isn't for them to eat!

Someone said, that someone said? Sounds like another Conspiracy Theory.

I am doing research right here on this thread, seems that no one can answer the question definitly with exactly what group and exactly what regs! Who?... me????

All fishermen should have an interest in leaving big fish in the water!!!

When there's a slot like that it's because they want you to take the smaller fish because there are to many of them, and like you said... nobody really wants to mess with them. Without the slot, people will take all the nice sized fish and you end up with a body of water with nothing but a bunch of little ones. They also want to keep a good breeding stock, and those would be the fish in the slot.

Oh reallly?... and what regs would those be?... and what special interest groups?

Yeah, yeah, yeah!!! I'm growing old here... waiting!!! for a fish...........................from Miss Fish

A Pike over 34" is an old fish and they don't grow on trees!!! You can harvest 34" Pike a helluva lot quicker than you can grow them!!! Be thankful for your resourses and your regulations... otherwise you'd be siitin' on your arse bellyachin' and cryin' aboot the lack of fish and blaming it on everything and everyone but yourself... just like the commercial fishermen!!!

Feed them to the cat!

Are you a marine bioligist? The regs were written for a reason!!!

He's been smoking something... but it aint meat!!! My two favorites are apple and pecan wood!!! Price a pound of apple wood smoked bacon...

I guess if ya aint worth a crap at fishin' ya need to go huntin' eh?

I've got a pair of these: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...&hasJS=true haven't gotten to wear them yet... but one of these days...

I like this one: http://www.brinkmann.net/Shop/Detail.aspx?...01-C&id=288 It's inexspensive, easy to use, and will last for years! It's the only kind I've ever used, not only do you get the good wood smell/taste... you get the charcoal flavor too!!!

... Hockey!!!

What the hell are you talkin' aboot boy???

If it's a 'Boid.. oit's gotta be good!!!

Great report and pix the Jacques!!! Our Bass get real paled colored like that too when the water gets cold. Why aren't y'all lipping those Pike like the last report? Wasn't it a bit tough CPRing those Perch?... they look kinda stiff I know what you mean about the wind, it can be dead calm here and all I have to do is touch my boat cover and it'll pick up at least 10 mph!

Sounds like some people I know and their hook removal skills! I don't have any skin mounts or replicas in my house, never have. I do have a considerable amount of pics though, and that's all I need!!! I feel that a pic captures the moment far better than a mount or replica.

Skin mounts are fine!... if you don't mind murdering large and very old fish for doing nothing other than biting you bait and giving you their best fight for their life... all for your own vanity.

If y'all are staying up 'til 12:47 a.m. on Christmas Eve, you're not consuming enough alcohol!!! ... start drinking earlier and faster!!!