BillM

That's great and all, but they are still steelhead..

I'd keep the original plans with your buddy. You can fish the camp another time...

I wonder if Indiana is still stocking those badboys?.. I wish I was fishing the 'Geen back in the day when your chances of hooking up with one was fairly good.

I'd take Oak over Burt anyday.. At least I can escape downstream Burt definitely brings out some interesting folk!

For sure.. There are all kinds of different strains out in the lake. All kinds of wanderers out there Like I mentioned, there are the Manistee fish which we see on the south shore of Lake E, along with the stockers from the Catt, also Ohio fish. But then you also get runs of wild fish (The Catt for example) which are heads above any stocked fish and you can tell as soon as you put hooks into them.. I've seen long slender fish that look like bullets with fin clips. It all depends on the strain. So I guess we don't have any 'true' steelhead or salmon in the Great Lakes... Good to know.

I kinda wish the US would have beat them on New Years Eve... Makes you think how they would have played differently tonight.

US earned it for sure. Blocked shots were crazy.... Allen let in a few softies that killed them.. Canada needs to stop being the comeback kid Can't wait for next year in Buffalo!!!

Should have pulled the kid after the 3rd goal. That last one was brutal... The US is playing better, if Canada doesn't change their tune, they deserve to lose.

Thanks bud, I'll take a run over there tomorrow and take a look.

Rob, did they have anything for you to try on for size? I need a floater in the very near future and they are just down the street. Also, which model Salus do they carry?

I don't think the refs have been that bad. You can't go on the bo's from the crowd, lol. The last call I don't think should have been a 2+10 though... The refs have let them play... That charging penalty was pretty bad though.

Reminds me of the dirty Burt!!!!

If they are coming from the lake I would think they are steelhead regardless.. Now you might be getting into some different strains.. Manistee fish, Ohio fish, etc.. They definitely don't all fight the same... I consider resident fish to be called rainbows (ie they are in the river all season)

I'm guessing because of the blue/grey steel colour they have.

Done.

Nice fish Mike! That one steelie looks like an absolute rocket! Good kill on the pike as well.

Had the snowblower out once already today, might need to get out in the morning and do it again, lol

If we do play the US again, let's hope we decide to play all 3 periods, not the last 10mins of the 3rd...

That was about 18 mistakes in a row, lol.. At least you learned from it.

Lot's of brownies to be caught, just gotta know where to look for them.

Mike was in double digits (as usual) for the day, those were my only fish. I was running a wee bit short the entire day, had two on, a few headshakes and they were gone. Was nice to end the day like that though... And that CTS/RiverKeeper setup? Oh boy... talk about light. My GL3/AngSpec combo in comparison weighs a tonne. I think I see a CTS in my near future...

I don't think I'll be using Mike's setup anytime in the near future

Uh oh, the perch have been cross breeding with all the beta's that are dropped into Kempenfelt Bay

Anytime you do a TB on a TDI, the tensioner needs to be replaced... Waterpump is also a good idea, along with all the rollers... Raf, these cars aren't geared for the 1/4.. To give you an idea of before and after.. Before (stock) : 90hp/155ftlbs. After (nozzle + chip) : 130hp/240ftlbs. These cars will NEVER be fast, but it does wake them up quite a bit. I have a few other goodies that I need to install in my car, after it's all said and done, I should be in the neighbourhood of 180-190whp and 350ftlbs.. Enough for all the rice rockets out there

About my only shining moment the entire day