BillM

I was referring to the overall length from float to hook. If you run a leader of say 24-36inches, there is no need to put any shot on your leader at all. You aren't fishing super fast water down there, it's mostly frogwater. Lengthen your lead until you are touching bottom consistently, shorten it up a few inches and you should definitely be in the zone.

I agree with ya. I was up on another GBay trib a few weeks ago and saw lots and lots of fish strung up. The best thing that ever happened to the Notty was the no kill zone being created.

Not in this river. Lots and lots of fish..

You are most likely running too short. You should be ticking bottom fairly consistently with your rig. No need to buy a centerpin, your spinning setup + float will work fine. Also pay attention to what the other guys are doing.. You also need to get up early I found the other day the action was fast and furious first thing in the morning then slowed down considerably into the afternoon.

Why not? We store all ours in a closet in the basement, never an issue.

Dan, those are great pics man!!! A couple my oldman and I met up with this year said deer in TBay are worse then raccoons, lol!

I heard about that accident this morning on the radio.

A lot of those stockers have some really weird stuff going on with them (fins laid down flat, weird jaws, missing parts, lol)

5+ years with a Humminbird, zero problems. Lots of Lowrance leghuppers in this thread.

It seems the MNR has a handle on using broad stock from Nipigon to stock all of Ontario with brookies, weird they wouldn't take stock from an already self sustaining fishery out east.

No need to say that either, lol! Unless you're combat fishing.

Sweet! I'm sure he enjoyed the noise Other steelheaders will probably give you a few strange looks if they hear that. Just an FYI As far as flouro goes I keep mine in the fridge. Been running the same leader spool for over a season now without issue.

Call corporate and complain. Who cares if the warranty wasn't filled out correctly, it was still bought and paid for and that motor should covered regardless.

A clicker isn't a drag, all you're going to do is make a lot of noise, lol.

Improved clinch with flouro, even double it up sometimes. Also make sure you pull the tag end when you tighten it down.

Tree River for arctic char, Situk for steelhead just to name a few.

Brandon, awesome tips! The only reason I was using a low ISO was to reduce noise (which it didn't, lol).. High ISO next time for me!

Why not use broad stock from out east?

Out in the lake, people confuse browns with atlantics more then any other species. How many times have we had a threads here asking us to identify fish, lol.

A tripod, ISO 100 and the largest aperture you got. A 15 second exposure should get you something like this as long as you have no light pollution. This was taken at f/3.5, ISo 250 15second exposure. Night sky. by billmarz, on Flickr

And Dave's not fibbing, that's a small one compared to the other ones we caught, lol.

No wonder the resident browns I catch keep getting bigger and bigger Great feed! I'd love to see just 1 or 2 stocking seasons of cohos or steelhead. People would crap their pants at the return.

For pike? A big Williams whitefish would be my choice.

The 10hrs to Parks will be worth it, trust me.

We built my neighbours 20x20, all in all it was around 10-11k. Doing it yourself saves a lot of $$$.