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love the addition to this thread of what baits we are gonna be using, First cast is gonna be the Zara spook Jr to see if the bronzes will cooperate on top. Might switch to the Pop R if im getting misses, moving on to Psycho dads, wacky rigs a tubes all in bubble gum and white.

see you out there Bill

well gents, the time that many of us have waited many long months for is finally upon us. For some this weekend, and for others next weekend commences the long awaited bass season. Where and what are you fishing? I had a chance to fish Buckhorn this weekend but it fell through, so I am heading up to PAB to finish my casting deck in my tinner and get everything dialed in and ready for next weekend where I will be in my smallie honey hole at first light. Ive had the 27th booked in my calendary since January, With a big 100 dollar order of baits in the mail, a new casting deck and trolling motor on the tinner. im all geared up and set to go. A little pike fishing is going to have to tide me over this weekend

cup goes to chitown ditkas tonight

priceless, the smiles always make it worth it.

great report! im already saving my pennies for a trip out with Pete, and this just proves he puts people on fish. Great job!

tie the rod to your kid, thats what my dad did with us and now his grandkids. Small gauge rope, kids can toss all of the 30 dollar combos they want into the lake and you will never lose one.

lots of talk here about sharpening hooks, anyone have any tips for a rookie on their preferred method?

Ive actually got a GL2 but i specifically have never used it for walking or popping for that reason. I love the GL2 for finessing tubes and even the odd small crank, but prefer something stiffer when im the one putting the action on the lure.

ive seen a tonne of carp at gannon narrows between pigeon and buckhorn. Plenty of spots to fish from shore.

Anyone around here ever use the St Croix Mojo MBC68MXF Looks like a bit of a quiver killer. I am a huge fan of 2 techniques when bass fishing, 1 being walking the dog and 2 being long casting and popping weightless tubes. Bass cant resist the slow circling swim down of a tube. Aparently this rod does all of these things.

great tips indeed, curious what you are using as a rod then, I personally like stiffness when walking the dog, I dont like the tip moving much at all with each twitch. I find the difference between low end rods and higher end stuff is that the action displayed on the rod reads true. on cheap rods the rod doesnt provide that action either until something actually yanks on the rod. All of the cheapies i use seem to just fold up, the power although rated M/H or M is more like M/H once the rod is fully tourqued but still weak, while at the same time the tip is flimsy and is more like L/UL

Hey guys, Im newish on the smallie chase and have been slowly building my arsenal for targetting GB smallies. I know we have some serious bass fishermen around here, I was just wondering what set ups people are using for walking and popping top water smallies. I know a lot of people say they like a shorter rod, some with more flex some with less, perhaps some have even tried the whole swath of rods and have found one that they feel gives the perfect walk. Currently im using a low grade bob izumi pro series medium heavy (was my all around fish catcher until i got serious into fishing) Let me know what your preferences are for Rods and maybe even reels, sizes, power etc! I know the pros have the good details!

id like to point out that boarding ladders are not easy to board from, as a wakeboarder, im 27 and work out all the time and even i find boarding from a boarding ladder difficult. For the old timers and those of us who are slightly lazier, i wouldnt count on a boarding ladder to bail you out.

that pitching last night was big time. why trade it away, good depth player.

keep rollin rollin rollin lets just hope they dont blow it all away like they did last year with a matching 15 game losing streak lol.

nice little run they have going here, the division is still open for the taking!

my brother was catching walleye off our dock in 6 FOW all weekend mid day...something was happening for sure, Must be awesome to reel in a ski off a yak so cool. Great picture.

love when they are so golden like that. one of the best looking fish there is.

being on georgian bay and only starting to take fishing really serious a couple of years ago its been an adventure...for me its deep weeds, if you can find deep green weeds, you are going to find fish. Especially anywhere a weed bed sits with deep water near by, you are going to find all sorts of fish. The interesting thing about this is that no GPS is going to find deep weeds for you, but a sonar will.

i hope you cut its throat

ive always wondered about fish being caught multiple times. E.g. when ive caught a 15 year old walleye, something tells me that somewhere along in its life its probably been caught and released. I still dont see how they measure "metabolic rate"

weve got some weeks to go up on GB, but ill be doing the same thing ive been doing since the begining of may chasing big pike, tossing #5 musky killers and #8 inlines. my musky targeting on GB is accidentally catch a musky while fishing for pike lol. (still waiting to win the lottery)

seconded to what bill said, we were out on a small lake near emsdale, hit the water and the bugs went right down, there were a few but totally manageable, as soon as we hit land though, good lord. Even more so as we walked the bush trail back to the car, holy mother of god. I almost took a video it was so intense. You know its crazy when an iphone video would have easily picked up the skitter storm. Fresh moose tracks were found between the time we went out and 4 hours later when we came in...i have no idea how those poor creatures live full time in it.