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Sounds like you and I had similar experiences with them..............😉 Doug

And the plastic replacement tails were hard to find, generally not available in colours one would use, and they dried out quickly, even in a sealed bag. On the other hand, the wet lure tail turned almost slimy...............

Good luck finding the replacement tails. They were a PITA and I am guessing most folks threw them out, like I did...............

Here's one for you, OIM. Doug

But he has an off-grid cabin on this one, so he probably would like to figure it out.... or yes check out a more productive lake in that area if Wollaston continues to be a bust. I used to go to a hunt camp on a lake in that same general area. The bathymetry was probably similar, it was a very deep lake in the middle, over a hundred feet deep. The Ministry used to stock it with trout - first rainbows, and then speckles, and in good numbers for the surface area of the lake. It was nearly impossible to catch those trout, and it took me probably a decade to figure out why. There was so much forage in the lake (mostly minnows) that the trout had their fill any time they felt like eating. Every trout we caught was round like a football. So anyways what I did was jig very aggressively for them, both open water and ice season, and that seemed to attract at least a few fat trout. It may be that Wollaston Lake is also very fertile, with a huge forage base. One way to test this theory would be to put out a few minow traps (if legal in that FMZ) and if you haul in a trap full of minnows after a couple hours soak, there is possibly the answer to the question. But how to catch fish that are already stuffed like piggies, I do not know the answer to that question. I would tend to go reallly aggressive with presentations, based on where the graph tells me there are at least some fish. I will be interested to hear what happens here. Doug

Old FART learns new trick.....................😁

NOW I know why some bags seal right up and others don't seal worth a fart!!! This is wtih the Food saver brand rolls, that also have one textured surface I figured it had to be operator error but had not figured out what the error was! Thanks! Doug

But no gevirdilator?

Wear long sleeves. Like wearing a turtle neck sweater when you were a teenager to hide the hickies..............

That is an INTERESTING looking lake, by that bathymetric chart!

another thread back from the grave.................

I got my case of the big ones yesterday also (11" x 50') back to smitty: ???Why put the bumpy side up? What difference does it make? Doug

I'm assuming that was sunset, not sunrise...................."Red sky at night, angler's delight." And only three weeks to freeze-up, eh Dave!😄

It's been a while since I had any, but yes it tastes like bird. Dark meat.

I have eaten canned suckers, if memory serves me they put tomato sauce (or maybe tomato paste) in the jars. They told us it tasted like canned salmon, and I was a young boy and probably thought it was true. In my memory, it was just fine. I would eat it again, and hell I would probably can suckers again if I caught a bunch. Pigeon (squab) is delicious! Never heard of people raising them, but what a good idea! Doug

Interesting for sure. But carp doesn't really appeal to me...................not that I wouldn't try it if somebody else cooked it! Doug

and grass carp are not fallfish.

Nope. Fallfish.

I'll meet you half-way, say Oshawa, both for the drop off and the pick up............😁

Looking forward to seeing pics of the finished product! It looks awesome. Doug

Nice fish, buddy. Wish I was still able to put a few of those up in jars myself! From shore, or out in the boat? Doug

They have an excellent reputation. If I was going to have a replica made, it would be these folks that I would go to first.

As I remarked earlier, a fellow I knew used to fish for them, specifically to eat them. He poached them in water and claimed the flesh was just like trout.

Yes, it looks exactly like an overgrown creek chub.

Absolutely AWESOME, Dave. I have said it before, you are a freaking MACHINE! Doug