BillM

Might wanna offset the hooks to the rear to make sure the nose is sticking up.

Jacks are crazy, how long did it take you to bring in that beast?

I'd hate to rip apart my GL3 and Loomis IM6 in order to install new guides, lol I think I'll give the chapstick idea a try!

As a newb to float fishing, this drives me up the wall.

I was extremely happy with my Citica 101D before I upgraded to a Calais.. good entry level baitcast reel. I'd recommend it to anyone..

Ported Backplate: Solid Backplate:

Brian, excellent point.

Never had a problem with sand or debris in my AngSpec and it has a solid backplate.

You might wanna go for a real short rod seeing that you'll be fishng from a canoe...

Affecting the action of the lure has more to do with the type of snap on the end of the leader more then anything. Decent leaders shouldn't impede the action of the lure at all. Please when you are talking bigass spoons, there are zero worries if the leader somehow messed it up.

7ft, medium weight, fast action casting rod

If you can see the boat in person and actually take it out on the water for a rip, I wouldn't think scam at all.

Yup, if they are to good to be true, they usually are. Anything that states shipping is INCLUDED in the price and that the boat/trailer is not in the province the ad is placed in should SCREAM SCAM to someone reading it.

GBay is a really tough tough place for musky, unless you know where you are going.. Good luck. If you wanted fish, hit one of the Kawartha lakes.

Big big spoons. Williams Whitefish in the 7 inch range, giant Len Thompsons, etc etc... 10-20ft of water, they'll most likely be suspended just below the feeding 'eyes.... Find the walleye and you'll find the pike, learned a few things from my recent flyin trip last week... Had a decent sized eye on (18inch range) and along with that came a 40+inch pike with my walleye sideways in it's mouth Spoons definitely outshined big cranks and anything else we threw at them.... You'll catch all your big fish trolling, I wouldn't waste any time in the shallow stuff.

Include 6ft of chain before the anchor and you'll never have to worry about it not catching...

Lots of places do exactly that...

MORE SPEED = LESS TIME ON HIGHWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still think you need to drop that motor on the boat and see if you like it better then the Yammy.. I am willing to bet you will.

It's a tricky system that's for sure. It's not bad when bank busting, but any kind of wind and precise boat control goes out the window.

Atlantic.

Yup, don't turn the phone on... Put it in a bowl and cover it with Uncle Bens Rice... Great at pulling moisture out of electronics..

Most likely Lake St.Clair...

Perfect small stream trout rod. Perfect for bush wacking Nice and nimble for making decent underhand pitch casts. Will allow you to run 2-4lb test, as it's power will take a lot of strain (Kinda like your long light 10ft)

Shimano Sahara and perhaps a 1 piece Shimano Clarus.

hahahaha I'm just giving you a hard time man. If I had to choose, I'd also tow with a truck, without a doubt.