BillM

That's definitely not a lake to mess around on. You made a good choice.

Probably the wrong forum to even start this topic on.

Nice man! If I wasn't in the middle of getting my house ready for sale I would have seen you up there. Great spot for a campfire, that nice reef there isn't a bad brookie spot either I'm hoping to get up in August, maybe Sept but who knows. Next spring for sure.

9 year thread bump. Might be a record.

Uh no, I admit to fishing early season pike and panfish and catching incidental OOS bass. Make another ASSumption my friend.

I'd be fishing every pier on the north shore.

Crazy!

Never caught/saw/heard of a smallmouth being caught when I was a kid. So almost 40 years ago?

Yeah, I remember Opeongo in Algonquin before it ever had smallies in it, lol.

I've never seen bass fishing like I have in NW Ontario, just ridiculous. Locals hate them.

I haven't found an easier fish to catch then a bedding/nesting bass.

He's got a limited no trade clause... Leafs definitely aren't interested in Kessel.

I won't be fishing them if they're on beds, but you know some guys will do whatever they can for those double fisted Facebook and Instagram hero shots.

Buy used, get a US shipping address and go get it.

Heh.