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you know me and the boys bill...we caught over 20 crappies and kept two medium sized ones cause they were hooked deep and bleeding. Those were the first two fish we kept out of the 40+ weve caught over the past few weeks.

The PA is the one thats not allowing this. It has nothing to do with the NHL not wanting it. They tried and the PA shot it down.

not just a leaf fan saying this...but the shootout has had its time, it feels like a friggin coin toss to decide games. Its especially anti climatic now after the 3 on 3...you play an absolutely epic game of tight hockey, then you go to 3-3 and its absolutely wild, but then you just do a shootout and it seems like such a cheap way to end it. Consider this...if the leafs literally were .500 in the shootout they would be 3rd in the division...instead they are out of the playoffs. Calgary did the leafs a big favour yesterday.

thanks for the info muddler...after this past weekend its just going to be a matter of following them...we hammered 10" + slabs all day on saturday, finally made up for the bogus ice season that we had this year. Hit a PB as well, its promising to see the average size is good, cause we know that theres gonna be a monster in the group, its only a matter of time before we find her.

does ice season ever truly end for you guys? the good old days in manitoba when we drove the van out on the ice on my birthday mid april. We actually are now running the best ice we have had all year in PAB. The snow melted and the white ice got soft and saturated, then the cold snap froze it all way harder than it ever was, and then subsequently over the past 4 days of really good cold (we got to minus -25 3 consecutive nights) we now have an additional 6 inches of black ice under the original ice layer. You could drive a truck on the ice in PAB.

ughhh sounds like the fish finally turned on...weve been hammering away for weeks straight on Georgian Bay right up till last saturday and things were sorta firing but nowhere near what you are describing...sure enough our season closes March 1st, and sure as poop, our ice just literally got the best it has been all season due to the lack of insulation. This weekend would have cracked up to be the perfect weekend to finally get on the eyes like last year where we pulled 8 25 inch fish from the depths in a quick afternoon. I guess our only hope now is that the crappies feel the same way that the eyes do and hit us hard, gotta make due with what the regs allow. I cant believe that there is a 3 week difference between PAB and nippising but it is what it is. tight lines out there,

I dont think folks in southern Ontario truly understand the plight of the north. Specifically as it pertains to the rezs. The rez's and crap in southern Ontario are highly civilized places with lots of money, infrastructure and services near by. Im from Flin Flon, when you take the bus from Winnipeg you go to the land where the Rez's dont have names, they are simply numbers placed in the forest somewhere amongst the muskeg. The closest grocery store is a 5 hour drive. They are so far removed there isnt even a car to steal to try make a living. That my friends is the real deal. Also if folks from the GTA think the gang violence and crap is bad in Toronto? Go to Winnipeg...those guys would make any of the gangsta's in Toronto quiver in fear.

the OPP officer i was speaking with indicated that the chop shops were actively operating on 6 nations. They have multiple locations and where the cars are at any time is anyones guess. There is nothing illegal about having a garage in an empty building. the cars move in and then are gone and the activities switch to another location. There is indeed 0 doubt though that these robberies are related to larger crime syndicates. the ones doing the stealing are simply employees.

Ive seen a 1lb largie hit a twin 8 musky bait...so I definitely get what you are saying when there are 10lbers lurking below. Big baits, big fish.

I wasnt going to touch this issue, but Scuro's comment I feel needs a straight forward response before this gets off the rails. Scuro having spoken directly with an OPP officer who patrols brant county, the issue is directly related to bullet number 3. These are professionals operating "chop shops" on reserve land. No one has insinuated race in this thread. In fact I can almost guarantee that there are white folks that are the beneficiaries of this organized crime. The low level employees of this chop shop on reserve land are most likely indigenous due to their location, however it is very very obvious that the parts from these vehicles are being shipped off reserve, how many sets of wheels and car parts could residents of the reserve need? Go up 3 levels of hierarchy in the organized crime ring and race becomes a non factor here. The only complaints I have seen so far are with the thieves being thieves and with organized crime. If you are a proponent of organized crime and thievery then I would hope that you express your advocacy in front of everyone in this thread.

i hate that they took the wheels off and a few other pieces and just left it...what a waste. I am at least glad that the cops are going into the res and doing work. My understanding was that they didnt even bother.

if you get the opportunity to fish saltwater, do it! you havent fought a fish until youve hooked into a saltwater fish...the only comparable for sheer power is a musky. I have never in my life seen a freshwater fish jump 8 feet into the air though...

so good TSN had to do it, the ratings on sportcentre are crashing and now its going to get an absolutely massive boost.

mark those huts on your GPS, they are gonna be hot holes when its time for open water season....timber and man made structure boo ya!

my bet is he gets extended. this is a gamble that one of your 8? (cant remember the number) draft picks, specifically a second rounder will not have as much impact on your NHL roster as Bryan Boyle will. He wore the A in tampa and is a locker room guy that plays defensively minded hockey. You have to look beyond the impact that he makes on the ice and look at what his impact is off the ice. There is also talk about the fact that the leafs would absolutely love to get into the playoffs this year just to throw the kids into the flame and let them get a feel for it early. That way in 3 years when its time to make a run they will be seasoned already. Boyle is kinda like adding a bit of hot sauce to the marinade.

Hey Garnet, when you reference red's im guessing you are referring to baits that mimic the red shiner? I sometimes feel that way myself, that presenting the same bait that absolutely everyone else is fishing on the lake is not the best option. I do know that some small lakes or at certain times of the year the fish become accustomed to one bait and will eat only that...ive seen that with smallies and gobies in the fall, schools of massive bass had moved into 2 FOW and were cruising in packs over the rocks scooping up every gobie in sight. But in this case the timing would have the bass on the beds shallow and very very aggressive. the good thing is that bass are pretty stupid, its not like you are fishing Permit or Browns in a gin clear river in the mountains of new zealand.

lol and what exactly have the sens done since inception? lmao love the extension on burrows too

you are telling me Bill...it only took me 13 years to find them lol! Once they decide to make a move it might be until next february before I find them again lol

figured it'd be steep, tinner magic it is! 200 bucks in gas far exceed the extra gas id burn towing a boat vs just driving the ram.

cant go wrong with timber...and on GB that always means man made timber structure. Old piles, cribs and docks always hold fish. this place always delivers when i throw out questions. Good stuff. and No im not delusional for catching and releasing, i just dont enjoy eating fish that much. The odd deeply hooked one hits the fire pit, but aside from that my fishies swim to eat another day.

thanks for all of the reading material ohio ill have to dive into this and look at more questions as they come up. I rarely keep fish neither do my homies, so we are all good there on the size restrictions. I doubt we'd guide, one buddy doesnt believe in spending money for someone to teach you how to fish. Its somewhat fair because aside from reading a lot and talking to helpful people we have figured out everything related to bass on our own. Part of the enjoyment of fishing really. We dont mind being skunked if we are learning, and we have yet to totally fail, perseverance (aka a heck of a lot of time on the water) always pays off. Guaranteed if we go end up going its going to be 12 hour+ days on the water every day. Grimsby, thats the debate, what is cheaper, towing a 14 foot tinner with casting decks and bow mount down or just renting a boat for 3 days. Id imagine towing the tinner in my eco diesel for the 14 hour drive would still be cheaper than renting a bass boat but further research will tell. Because the trip is only going to be a few days, and we are canadian's in Alabama, I am sure a rain suit and some hoodies, a couple clean pairs of undies and socks will be all we need in that regard. Doing this trip on the absolute cheap is the key. most of our food can be bought down there.

sounds like ice out and that time frame is key. I guess its a matter of hitting the window and making sure we are on the lake for it. I wonder if GB would adhere more to the NWO rule rather than SO because its a shield lake, our water obviously stays much much colder as well.

lmao this is exactly what i tweeted this morning, even more reason for me to loath Ottawa anyone read osullivan's players tribune where he talks about being abused his whole life. Well burrows is well documented for having on two occasions telling sully that he was going to beat him like his father did...unreal.

i could only imagine how greasy the ballet in port hope would be. Im guessing this is where the name tooth brush was invented rather than teeth brush.