BillM

3/8oz jig head and hooked through the nose. Super simple. Most of them didn't even make it halfway down before 3-4 fish were on it.

Link?

Thanks bud! My HB 787 took a crap last year and that's what I used on the bow. So I was thinking why not get something bigger? lol found it on BBCBoards for a decent price. I love it. It's not even the HD version (LED) but I really haven't noticed that much of a difference between the two (I've got a 898HD SI on the console). Great bang for the buck.

Talk to customer service, I'm guessing they'll take care of you.

Checked the weather yesterday and it looked like it was going to rain pretty much all day in the Barrie area. I was thinking muskie, but I really didn't want to sit in that fine misty rain all day. Talked to the oldman and we decided to head north to see if we could put a few smallies and maybe a walleye or two in the boat. Gbay is one of my most favourite places to fish. It's giant, vast and there is fishy water everywhere. One thing I love about fall smallmouth is that they're fairly predictable. Started off motoring around until we started to mark fish. Got a few in the 15-20ft range but they were dinks. A few bigger ones around 25-30ft feet. I know they can be found very deep this time of year so I turned the spot lock off the Terrova and the slight wind we had just kept pushing us out deeper bit by bit. Then this happens. First fish was probably 4lbs, and not a second later my oldman pulls up a monster as well. We found the motherlode. Wolfpacks of giant smallies smashing big bait balls made up of shiners, etc. We couldn't get the lines back down fast enough. We caught them on everything but the giants came on big sucker minnows a few feet off bottom. . As fast as they'd show up on the screen, they'd be gone again. Move 20-30ft and we're ontop of another wolfpack. This happened pretty much all day. I don't wanna guess how many fish we put in the boat and how many were lost, but it might be the best day of smallie fishing I've ever had. The deep fish were brought in fast and released quickly, I didn't take pics of them. I do have a big needle in the boat to fizz them but luckily we didn't have to use it. My oldman is diabetic, so of course he doesn't bring anything with him to eat so we gotta call it after only 3hrs, lol. I'm hoping this warmer weather sticks around a bit longer so I can get back out there. Put two OOS lakers in the boat as well, not really surprised as they should be in full spawning mode once the water cools down a bit (I saw an average of 61 degrees out there). Haven't even thought about dusting off the steelhead gear!

Is Matt still going on about the Sens? lol

Beauties!

Thanks for the correction on the tensioner Dan.

Always have a follow up bait in the fall when fishing bass. Those little buggers are always looking for a free meal when the hooked fish barfs out its dinner, lol.

My buddy is a mechanic for the Coast Guard, said the same thing. Do a visual, if it's fine there's no need to touch it. It's not like it's got a tensioner or rollers like a car has (Which is usually the part that fails and takes the engine with it) timing belts rarely if ever just snap.

He's still a young defenceman. Doughty didn't hit the ice flying either, give him some time There's a reason why the dmen take so long to become good in this league.

Lots of natural reproduction in Lake O. Great vid!

Defense left a lot to be desired lastnight.

Spinnerbaits are usually the first thing in the water for me, while my oldman throws a topwater in the back of the boat. Up front I've got 4-5 setups. Crankbait set, spinnerbait, topwater, dropshot and a spinning rod rigged with a jigging spoon. Usually doesn't take too long to pattern fish out. Although this last weekend the weather has been wonky and the fish seem pretty scattered.

So much doom and gloom. What would happen to the Canadians if Price went down? lol (Actually scratch that, they'd still be in the basement)

I never use senkos to pattern fish out, but once I've found them I'll happily drop senkos on their heads all day.

The refs are driving me insane. They need to stop with these slashing penalties.

I enjoy the big pike while fall walleye fishing. Nothing can resist those big sucker minnows!

Freddy deserves credit for that. If he didn't play good, the score would have been a lot different.

Great game, besides the 5000 penalties they decided to take, lol.

I'm so sorry Cliff

Looks like it's got smallmouth in it.

TELL ME WHERE THE STURGEON ARE NOW RICK

Rawley is on Little Lake which is connected to Gloucestor Pool. I was assuming the OP wanted somewhere closer to Severn Bridge.