BillM

Glad I don't eat fish.

Yup, typical northern ontario water.

+1 on flying in extra beer

Medium action Shimano Clarus or Compre along with a Shimano Citica would be a great setup to start out with....

I had that tire changed in 20mins!!!!! That was about the only thing that went smoothly the entire trip

I think you could count the fish I caught on one hand!!! Was fighting a cold the entire time, not my best showing Although I did manage a couple. However I'm fairly certain that's me infront of the fire guzzling some Heineken (but don't tell Mike, I wanna see what I look like framed on his wall) Great trip boys, I'm sure we'll be into the thick of things next year..

Why shouldn't I work for the NSA? That's a tough one. But I'll take a shot. Say I'm working at the NSA, and somebody puts a code on my desk, something no one else can break. Maybe I take a shot at it and maybe I break it. And I'm real happy with myself, 'cuz I did my job well. But maybe that code was the location of some rebel army in North Africa or the Middle East, and once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels are hiding. Fifteen hundred people that I never met, never had no problem with, get killed. Now the politicians are saying, "Oh, send in the marines to secure the area", 'cuz they don't give a crap. It won't be their kid over there, getting shot. Just like it wasn't them when their number got called, 'cuz they were pulling a tour in the National Guard. It'll be some kid from Southie over there taking shrapnel in the ass. He comes back to find that the plant he used to work at got exported to the country he just got back from. And the guy who put the shrapnel in his ass got his old job, 'cuz he'll work for fifteen cents a day and no bathroom breaks. Meanwhile he realizes the only reason he was over there in the first place was so that we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price. And of course the oil companies used the little skirmish over there to scare up domestic oil prices. A cute little ancillary benefit for them but it ain't helping my buddy at two-fifty a gallon. They're taking their sweet time bringing the oil back, of course, maybe even took the liberty of hiring an alcoholic skipper who likes to drink martinis and darn' play slalom with the icebergs, it ain't too long till he hits one, spills the oil and kills all the sea life in the North Atlantic. So now my buddy's out of work. He can't afford to drive, so he's walking to the darn' job interviews, which sucks because the shrapnel in his ass is giving him chronic hemorrhoids. And meanwhile he's starving 'cuz every time he tries to get a bite to eat the only blue plate special they're serving is North Atlantic scrod with Quaker State. So what did I think? I'm holding out for something better. I figure: damn it, while I'm at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard? I could be elected President.

Breath dude, breath!!!

East shore Lake E smallmouth? Bring it!!!!!! Awesome boat dude!

Awesome fish boys!!! Make sure you let those beauts go!!

Brookies are usually suicidal... Put it in front of them and they'll eat it.

Nice fish!! If you plan on releasing them, do yourself a favour and pinch the barbs.. Makes it a lot easier..

Brook trout aren't spawning in the spring then trying to run the gauntlet back to the lake... Big difference...

My trout opener will be here in exactly 7 days (Ok, not really but it might make the days go by quicker)

Squeal like a pig boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You really think that bear wandered down from the bruce? There is a lot of bush around London.. You think it skipped pretty much every single city, every bush, and every easy meal just to come down to London to torment a few locals? People are crazy to think that there ISN'T a bear population in the Grey/Bruce, anywhere from GBay all the way down..

The bear charged the officer? lol!!!! Sure it did!!! People watch to much Discovery channel...

Interesting point of view, although I don't think many people here will agree with you

I'd love to see all the fish back in the lake before the opener was here, I am sure a lot of the guys here would. Even though we have quite a few hardcore steelheaders on the site, I doubt you'll find many of them fishing 3ft deep gin clear pools on the opener... No sport in that.

I am glad I was wrong

:facepalm:

That pretty much defines shooting fish in the barrel Sounds like you guys have a great day!!! From what I've read, not to many people made out good on the opener...

That was a nice resident brown you hooked into...

Bring on those Lake Erie smallmouth!

I don't think that little fish is heading anywhere... If he goes out to the lake, he'll be dinner in no time.. He should be hanging out there for a few years unless it gets way to warm in the summer..