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I believe wkrp was making a well-concealed joke.

If it's that important maybe contact the manufacturers directly? Afaik ugly stik can do it, they charge $70 plus your man card

Are you from the area? My dad is from KL. Worked on Watabeag for the ministry for years. Says he probably planted half of the trees we saw on the way through .

PS where is this? I'll try it out. Can't find it on fish on-line or google.

If anyone's wondering, road is open all the way through. The "non-maintained" southern section is dry and bare. The maintained section (north of Watabeag lake) is messy and bumpy.

Thanks guys. I took the dive and went in blind, I'll know tonight or tomorrow if the road is passable.

Welp, since nipissing is closed I'm thinking of hitting up watabeag Lake this weekend. Anyone know if watabeag road is open?

Excellent advice Akrisoner. This site needs a "thank you" or "this was helpful" button. In any case... Everything on that page you linked looks deadly. The stacker rigs included. Seems like they would do ok through the ice as well (cleaner presentation than conventional pickerel/perch rig). Going to see if I can locate these in Canada. Edit: OK I can't find these anywhere in Canada. Someone needs to supply me a source before I cave and buy in USD.

Care to elaborate? Genuinely curious as to what's coming.

Is it bad that my first thought was "sweet, wonder who will show up and where we're going. Wonder if I have to bring my tackle. Hopefully it's not too far away. Maybe start thinking about a holiday request form".

I was thinking this too. Another theory would be two lakes with similar or identical names, or wrong coordinates, or something along those lines. Your first theory seems most plausible though, since Aurora Trout could easily pass as Brookies to the untrained eye. I remember a number of years ago fishing a lake in the McConnell area with my brother and pulling out walleye that were oversized for the lake we were on. We took our limit home and got stopped by the MNR, who asked us where we caught the fish. They didn't believe us, since the lake we came from was supposedly a trout lake only. They'd been stocking that lake with trout for years and the walleye were just gorging themselves all that time!

What do you want to catch?

That's amazing. Consider that you're one of the very few people that will ever get to do this!

Piqued my curiosity but the giant weld killed any glimmer of interest.

Kwigamog is partially charted and shows some steep areas on the east end of the lake; https://webapp.navionics.com/?lang=en#@13&key=a|dwGtafgN No marked rocks or shallows though, it's going to be a slow-going affair for you!

On the 2nd catch I was losing it over here going "HE HAS A FISH ON THE LINE BEHIND HIM!!!!" then I kept watching . PS I noticed you're not really setting your hooks. My philosophy has always been to set the hook really hard but this of course depends on the type of fish.

Nice catch you potty mouth you! Cheers on the release .

Remember that Nip is a huge lake with some areas heavily overfished, you need to know what you're doing in order to be successful. If you're with Chad no doubt you'll do well. If you're with me I hope you enjoy beer and a good conversation!

If you hit the youtube icon on the bottom right of the video it takes you to the source; https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=167&v=a8VETvLLa0o

I was actually just about to make a thread about this. Most forums have a section for politics or even a no-politics rule. What I do with my forums is require that users input a thread category before being able to post. That way content can be sorted easily when browsing. When I first joined I was obsessed with the awesome fishing reports people were posting, only problem is that I couldn't find them. A tagging system would make this trivial. From what I've seen so far the NF tags are not working, at a glance there are 14 NF thread on the first page, 2 of which are tagged as such.

Had a day of fishing planned for months now and couldn't let the boys down! Callander Bay, cold as hell, could only finish half a juice box before it froze solid. Hand over the man card(s)!

Somewhat hypothetical, I have a large shack near shore, heated and comfy. The boys are going fishing, and if mommy wants to come, the baby comes too (not my kid btw). Here are the excerpts from regulations; "A person is deemed to be the holder of a Recreational Fishing Licence if they are Residents of Ontario and Canada under 18 years old, or 65 years of age or older and in possession of any identification card issued by the Government of Canada..." So yes you must be a resident. Non-residents must purchase a licence; "Most non-Canadian residents require an Ontario fishing licence to fish in Ontario." This I have heard, but cannot find in the regulations - hence this thread. 16 inches everywhere here. I drilled holes all the way to my spot from shore to check thickness and consistency. Not concerned at all about the ice. And I won't be keeping an extra fish. Haven't caught a keeper this year. Welcome to lake Nipissing. Not to mention I catch and release 90% of the time.

Everyone should have one of these in their vehicle and ice shack; http://www.walmart.com/ip/2600mAh-Portable-Mobile-USB-Power-Bank-External-Battery-Charger-for-Cell-Phone-backup-Purple/41475521 That, and all the other stuff mentioned here like a compass, GPS, wood, etc.

Question for you guys... If you take a person under 18 fishing in Ontario, they don't require a license provided they're with someone holding a sports fishing license, and any fish they catch goes under your limit. I'm taking a 3 year old and 3 week old ice fishing soon. Do I get a couple extra lines for the 3 week old? Honest question. People are telling me "the angler must be able to participate". I can't find this anywhere in the regs. The regs only state that you don't need a license under 18 years of age. Period. And even so, define participate?