BillM

Rice is full of muskies, like most of the Kawartha lakes. Not giants per say, but they make up for it in numbers.

Good job Mike! I cleaned my Citica lastnight on my parents dinner table Luckily there were no 'extra' parts when I was finished, lol

Thanks Lew!! What kind of ratio are you running on the Abu Big Game reels?

Appreciate the feedback guys.. Looks like I'll look into a second setup for topwater/jerkbaits... JB's here I come!

Hey guys, Finally got my new muskie setup wet last week while trying for some early season pike. 8' Shimano Compre along with a Abu Garcia Record 60. I tossed a few jerkbaits/topwaters and noticed while standing on the casting deck that the rod is just to long. I like to have the rod vertical underneath me(or as close as possible) when using Suicks and WTD topwaters. With the 8' Compre while trying to WTD properly, I'd constantly have the top section of the rod in the water. Should I look into a smaller length rod for jerkbaits or perhaps make a change to my technique? WTD is second nature, I can make the bait swing 180 degrees with ease, but I just feel more comfortable with the rod closer to me, then sticking out towards the bait as I retrieve. Perhaps a few of the muskie guys can chime in? (Marc, lew, Roy?)

I'll be throwing Magnum Zara Spooks and some TopRaiders for the early opener on the French I'm a complete muskie newb, but from what I've read in books and online, early in the season is the time to be throwing topwater.

Oldman and I hit Severn river today.. 1 decent OOS Largemouth and 2 smaller pike. Windy as hell though, white caps on the river! (Which is rare)

BPS priced matched a Navionics Gold map chip for me against a small marine shop in Huntsville. (Saved $40) Since when do they have an approved vendor list?

hahahahaha!!!!!

I'm still ticked about the last fishing flyer with the Citica/BPS combo right on the front cover. Go in expecting to pick one up, guess what.. Out of stock. I ask for a raincheck, and I'm told that it won't do be any good. If you are going to promote something on the FRONT PAGE OF YOUR FLYER, you should actually have them in stock. /end rant

Wow, I live about 5 mins from that lake and have never been on it Looks like another place I need to check out.

I'll be in the main channel for the June 7th muskie opener Also back in Sept/Oct.

Gloucester Pool - Sat 12:01am

GBay - 1 line per person, no boat max Huron - 2 lines per person no boat max. It's straightforward enough....

That is a fat spring fish!!!

Luckily for me my allergy isn't that bad, atleast to fish. Nuts on the other hand are deadly for me. I can handle the fish all I want, as long as I don't touch the raw flesh, I am good. I do get the odd hives if I get stuck with one of the fins

I spend as much time out on the water fishing as I can, but I can't eat the fish... I'm allergic to them. Although Roy's thread with the bacon wrapped pickerel looks realllly good!

Trial and error?

I leave my fish ID on... It will tell me on which frequency the fish was picked up on (200khz, 83khz) Basically this boils down to the fish being right underneath the boat, or off to the sides.. We have a Humminbird 747c.

I'm sure you could launch them out of a potato gun or something

Sure they have a right to live, but so did the thousands of fish, all the plants/wildlife that was messed up because of the flood. A few beavers were worth all that?

Shoot the beavers.

I picked up 5 Spring Dawgs and have 4 other normal BullDawgs in the mail. Haven't thrown anything yet but will most likely start out with the smaller ones in the spring and switch it up mid summer/fall with the 6oz dawgs. The pounders are just insane, I couldn't imagine trying to cast those monsters!!!

Gave the guy crap? Who are you his father? People need to relax a bit... Inform the guy that the fish is out of season and it needs to go back in the water as soon as possible. Getting all ticked off and riled up is only going to leave you with a few less teeth. No need to make a bad situation worse. Seems like a lot of people here should have been game wardens by some of the attitudes... sheesh.

Wayne, the funny part is I was watching the Chartplotter and was heading right towards the blue 'patch' I'm such an idiot.. We had a guy over today and he said a little welding will do it.. I guess we got lucky.. No more launching from Pier 69 for us, Penetang it is from now on... to many wrong word rocks!