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great/not so great story about permit. while on my trip we were in the middle a fairly significant bay with probably close to 10-15FOW casting for baracuda with spoons (i couldnt fly cast at this time) when my guide starts freaking out, i say whats up and he whispers with insane intensity "permit" i look over and i see a crowd of about 50 fins sticking out of the water 50 feet from the boat. My guide starts quietly racing around the boat to set me up with a lure to throw out infront of the crowd. hands me the rod and says ok cast... i say ok, and immediately throw a cast, as the lure is flying through the air my guide says "NOOOOOOOOOOOO" I look back at him and frantically say "what, whats wrong!?" "why did you cast!!??" "You told me to!" "No, i didnt" what i quickly realized is that when he said cast, he meant, get ready to cast when i say so...the language barrier prevented him from being able to convey that he wanted me prepared to cast and do exactly as he said. he tried some maneuvering to get back infront of the school but my one cast was enough to spook the entire school of what he said was most likely 100+ giant permits. According to him in his entire life guiding every day for 20+ years...he had seen a similar situation one time where a school that large had appeared within casting distance with no requirement to move what so ever. He was sure to add in the dig that "That will never happen again in your life" That was the story of my fishing trip, me friggin blowing it all day long..i dont know why i guess i was just too excited, my casting accuracy was friggin aweful, my hook sets were pathetic, different gear could also be to blame? whatever it was, i should have basically had a grand slam twice over if I wasnt such a failure. I wanted to also ask, how is your double haul? Im not good at it yet and im wondering how much of necessity you found it to be. I am a natural when it comes to regular fly casting but the timing on the double haul is something that i need to work on a lot more. also been trying to perfect the tongariro roll cast..

that would explain it. I was targeting juveniles in the mangroves near isla blanca...the big ones are out to sea. Mind you juveniles are 15 pounds of complete fury.

I honestly didnt see a bear my first 10 years in PAB...ive seen 6 in the last two years. ill point out that these are not trouble bears, these are bears in the bush in their natural habitat that are curious or most likely can smell the fish that have slimed my boat and are coming down for a peek. Elk is another great one. i have been hearing that elk population is exploding.

by dictionary definition Drunk is - (noun) Someone who is intoxicated - (noun) a chronic drinker chronic drinker implies addiction.

you ever seen a drunk going through physical withdrawal? Its not pretty. Theres a big difference between jonesing and being physically ill, breaking out in a sweat and shaking uncontrollably. Thats not habitual. see a person going through opiate withdrawal...you can literally die. Your statement is kind of messed up.

good point grimsby of course this is all just talk, i really dont have an opinion except for the fact that I am glad to see them back. Call me crazy...but the reductions of pesticides, the addition of hunting regulations, the idea of conservation is doing wonders to improve animal numbers and their natural habitat...maybe not so much in the GTA where we are growing at an absurd rate, but being in the bush and on the lake weekly for the past 15 years I have noticed a significant incline in the numbers of wildlife I am witnessing. Specifically in areas where humans had ruined or poisoned the native species habitat. The first 10 years in PAB i never saw a bald eagle, now they are everywhere. We now have wolves frequenting our area, the fishing volume and size has been on a constant incline and this past winter we even found tracks from a lynx.

if a dead cougar was worth $100,000 to the local "medicine" shops would you still think so? ive seen folks do a lot crazier ish for a lot less.

well done, I know that the next time i get down there I am saving my nickles for another excursion myself. Did you hook into any tarpon? I had 2 on and obviously lost both.

ughhhh this is friggin heart breaking. its not worth risking your own life to save a random dogs as horrible as it is. You made the right decision by taking your safety into consideration first. The first thing you learn when taking First aid is to conduct a scene assesment to ensure that you are at no risk of personal harm.

you sir, are a much smarter man than I. what a life

Lollll when can we get tags for the endangered species hunt!? i can already see the trophy hunters licking their chops. and measuring another part of their body in the hopes it has grown a millimeter. thats another debate...we need to be doing everything we can now that we have proof that they exist to protect this species. Weve done our job ruining the population, now its our job to steward them back. Chris, the reason for the MNR's denial is rumored to be that by denying reports of locations and sightings they can protect this vulnerable species from poachers. the last thing the MNR wants is to confirm that there is a cougar from manitoulin and then jimbo and his crew of flunkies runs up to manitoulin in the hopes of selling cougar teeth for boner medicine at dundas and spadina.

Theres OFC stickers? thats actually pretty cool, id throw one on the Ram

looks like i might be picking one of these bad boys up.

cheers ohio...and my bad! Not memphis...nashville...got my country music mixed up with my Elvis Presley Thanks for the article Bill...funny enough ive already gone over all of those spots on the navionics web app and have them marked lol.

ive been trying to find this site forever!

Hey Folks! the guntersville trip is quickly approaching. I am looking for some advice on: where to eat (I dont think we are going to bother trying to make dinners for the two days, we will just focus on fishing and drive to grab food at night). what the guntersville state park is like (anyone ever been?), specifically the boat launch? Crossing the border with a boat. Is there anything i specifically need to know aside from having my ownership? last but not least does anyone wanna throw me a couple of spots via DM? Ive been doing a lot of reading but maybe youve caught a 10lber there and would like me to have the same experience anything else i should be prepared for on the drive down to alabama via Nashville.

yet basketball players be out with contusions, and soccer players who play once a week take games off because of turf toe and fatigue...dont get me wrong im a fan...but basketball especially just keeps getting softer and softer and floppier. you cant suspend a guy for a slash to the hand...otherwise we would have suspensions every day.

thats pretty dang steep...5 and a game..ok whatever...1 game aight thats a bit much...2 games what the hell

heres what they discussed on talk radio...if you put someone in the box early...say a guy like Matt Martin who obviously didnt play that entire PK anyways...youd think whats the loss? Well the strategy here is that when the PK ends you could potentially be trapped in your zone and need that guy coming out of the box to be strong defensively...hence you dont put matt martin in the box and gamble. Babs did an interview post game and said I will never do that again ahhaha.

this happens on 69 north of go home lake almost every weekend...no need to go that far north to smack a moose. its scary as hell driving a car up there at night any weekend. Ive only been doing it for 10 years and have had 3 close calls.

as a warning the jasper edmonton drive sucks until you get to hinton...its long and theres not much to see at all. I would almost rather drive calgary, banff, jasper, banff, calgary and back then do a loop.

shame its before the may opener...pike you are going to have to head inland...otherwise any of the muskoka lakes are going to hold lakers for you to chase. Shame its not a week later, the pike fishing outta waubaushene that time of year is unreal. same with the crapolas!

been lucky enough to go to every province and not so lucky to have done the drive from the manitoba sask border to edmonton many many times ahhaha. The first trip there though is interesting. The prairies are still definitely something to see. I thought that the battlefords were always pretty neat...it is what you make of it. Even lloydminister can be interesting if you see the provincial border in the middle of town. if you are driving to calgary via edmonton, i would do so by driving through drumheller...the badlands are friggin crazy the calgary to banff drive...phh just drive it...your jaw will basically be on the floor once you hit bow valley. I would also highly highly recommend driving the ice fields parkway towards jasper even if you turn back after getting to the crow foot glacier and the columbia ice fields. That is probably the most incredible drive anyone can ever do. It only takes an afternoon and is totally worth it.

im guessing you dont want to fish anywhere on georgian bay because bass isnt open until the last saturday in june? there is some ridiculous fishing to be had over the July 1st long weekend on georgian bay. Throw a spinnerbait or top water lure anywhere that looks fishy.

the one game in the last 20 years i cheered for ottawa to win...good job, you can go back to losing now.