AKRISONER

wicked photos enough said

the action on these are friggin sweet As a lot of people have said and i think many people will agree, most fish are pretty dumb, and when they are biting they are biting. As long as you adjust your lures according to water conditions, I.E. brighter stuff when the water is murky just so the fish can see it, you are probably going to have a decent day. Same goes with Lakers, ive caught a relatively small one on a massive 5 of diamonds in the middle of the afternoon, while on another day ive fished for 10 hours in "perfect laketrout conditions" and marked and dragged past fish all day and never had a nibble. just like when the pickerels are biting, the same spot will skunk you one day and bring in 20 in an hour the next.

not to get off track, but provide insight into this statement? I will be on the look out from then on.

I may be biased but im saying Georgian Bay. I was out about 6 years ago and the MNR was netting in the spawning areas in pointe au baril and i asked them what the biggest one they had found just in our area and they told me 43 lbs. If they had picked up a 43Lb muskie just in the small area near my cottage, id imagine somewhere along the 100kms of rugged coastline there is one in there. The water is massive, the holes are deep and the pressure is minimal. I personally have seen things while fishing for pickerel that shocked an amazed me, including sitting out in an open channel with the sun setting, looking out towards the sun and seeing the siloutte 300meters away of a monster jump out of the water, and come down with a splash like a human had just jumped into the lake. They are out there!

jeez, im only 26 and i still remember when it was a big deal because i got a raise to $8.10 an hour driving a tractor on a farm. That was a huge deal for me and it was only 8 years ago!

well done, too cool cant wait to get back out on lake O some day.

Hey Guys, A buddy of mine and I are looking to do a bit of bass fishing this weekend locally. We've got a couple of rafts with oars and are looking to catch a few decent fish. Ive read up on a lot of the conservation areas and it seems like Valens offers the best opportunity for fish with a bit of size to them. Has anyone here had an experience fishing Valens? Are there any decent bass or pike as the "conservation authority" says there is? And ill throw this out here, if anyone is willing to throw me a better local secret bass spot ill be forever in your debt

Another great tip that I am going to save for myself! Heres another tip, listen to Bill he knows his stuff!

It always seems the more money i spend on fishing gear, the more it breaks? Anyone else with me in this boat ahahhaa now im really worried about my g-loomis rod i just picked up. I did however see that now with G-loomis you can pay 100 bucks and they will replace your rod no matter what happens to it...not such a bad deal.

i kind of feel like the dipsy works as a bit of a flasher on its own. As you can see in that diagram i posted the first time, they dont recommend running the flasher with the spoon. However on lure such as Flies, the flasher is a must have as this is what will give your fly some twirling action.

my understanding is that pigeon/buckhorn are much much quieter come fall as the trailer parks all close down. Ive only fished them during the summer time, however i know that the bridge leading into buckhorn Pigeon side held a lot of fish...i personally caught smallmouths, and largemouths, and my buddy nabbed a pickerel there. I also witnessed a guy who seemed to know what he was doing running for musky on the bridge side of the channel. I also saw a whole pile of massive massive carp specifically in the area right near the bridge. This was all during summer, but i cant imagine the hoards of fish in this are would all be gone come october.

just incase you are still wondering about dodgers/flashers I prefer smaller ones for lakers.

as far as i am aware the dispy chart does not account for line stretch...correct me if i am wrong people? As an added tip, when letting the line out, do so by letting the tension off the line. If you open the bail sometimes your line will sink below the dipsy and cause you to have a huge mess. Let the tension go and let the dipsy take your line out. Also this is handy

I love the fact that in the kawarthas the slot only allows for smaller fish to be kept, that way monsters like this continue to grow and breed. Awesome catch

yes, only in parry sound harbour is 1 line allowed. This is once again to protect the laketrout population. I typically ice fish for pike and pickerel in the pointe au baril area. All good!

False, "Two lines may be used for ice fishing except in a limited number of waters (see the exceptions for the Zone in which you are fishing). You must be within 60 m (197 ft.) at all times of any line or tip-up you are using when ice fishing and you must have a clear and unobstructed view of the lines being used at all times. Any spring-loaded device which sets the hook for an angler may not be possessed within 30 m (98 ft.) of any waters. " you scared me big time

Can someone clarify if this applies to angling through the ice?

id target smallies or pike... the pickerel really have turned off in the bay as a whole as they are dispersed into the deeper parts of the lake. The big pike are also out in the deeper water. Bass seem to stay a bit more reasonably closer to the mainland.

dont forget that the stadium has double the capacity of the air canada centre...hence it appears to be empty. Attendance has been unbelievable the past few seasons. I get out to at least 10 games a year and it keeps getting better each season.

I think this period of absolutely consistent weather has turned the fishing right off, ive been really struggling the last couple of weeks. Hopefully with this big system moving in tomorrow the fish will turn back on again..it is also the dog days of summer, ive never had great luck this late into the summer...

ive read the reg 100x and never noticed that exception, holy crap thank god we never ended up installing the extra rod holders for the dipsey. Jeez! Personally, not a huge fan of the layout of the fishing regs. The seperation of various rules is kind of confusing, and throwing in ads mid page makes for a mess.

wow...where are you seeing this? I know that the one rod rule applies when fishing through ice in parry sound harbour, but i have never heard of this regulation? I have even been on a guided trip and we were running two rods per. I am just getting into downriggin for laketrout personally as the salmon fishing is terrible these days. Ive spent 30+ hours and only ever caught one salmon, hardly worth it. A lot of people are talking about using braid as your mainline, I personally would advise against it as the spiny water flee problem is so ridiculous in the bay that I couldnt imagine what it would do to braid. Its a pain enough using Fluoro.

Fish Tales - Aesop Rock How are you guys embedding! Never mind the forum is smart enough to do it for me

just grabbed a bage of these last night... will definitely let you know how it goes