Joeytier

To the OP, it may have something to do with the fact that Stren Fluorocast is TERRIBLE. I've never used such a brittle, terrible casting line in my life.

Wait, who's complaining about boots again? I love fishing for them in the estuary water when they are staging, puts a steelhead to shame with the way they fight. Now if you're ganking them in the back while they are in 3ft of water, that's a different story. Great way to spend a fall evening if you ask me.

Agreed! I was speaking more about the breed of steelheaders that will gawk at you for simply targetting a salmon or wearing less than $1500 worth of gear. I wish I was being hyperbolic.

 

Why do they call it a BOOT?...looks like a salmon

It's a term that elitist steelheaders created to separate themselves from the hordes of snag-happy idiots that come out when the salmon run starts, even though a big staging chinook will likely fight better pound-for-pound than most other fish on the face earth.

True, but you can always swap out the real deal for a Gulp minnow.

hah! No thanks. Gulp minnows work fine with an active presentation on a jig head, but free rigging on bottom? Wouldn't even think about it. Give me a big lively dace and hold on

Ya got that wrong Roy its not Northern Pike that lose their teeth in the fall , Its northern women from Kapuskasing , lots of people make the same mistake but take it from someone who knows ,not Pike its the Kapuskasing babes .If you see a Kapuskasing women with more than 4 teeth in the fall ,shes not a real northerer shes an infiltrator from the south ..

Just tie on a williams with a snelled cigarette butt.

Beautiful fish!

 

That is a true trophy specimen and in my eyes worth a dozen 10lb'ers caught in the trib's.

Exactly.

And we only a few small niblets of raw meat on crackers, nothing a semi-healthy immune system can't handle.

Easy livin! Those snapper look delicious

My dad runs his 60 Yammy 4-stroke all year with no issues, and no additional maintenance. Just make sure your water outlet is not frozen over (have seen it a few times).

I have an FL-12, and I definitely love it (have no problem getting a read in any depth), but sometimes I miss not having a zoom feature.

The inland rainbow trout of Ontario have been a tough nut to crack for me, but having an understanding of them thru great lakes fishing and a fair bit of reading have left me wanting to spend more time on the water to figure them out and ultimately put more of these unbelievably delicious fish on my stringer.

As luck would have it, Mr. Rod Caster was also game to give it a try, being equally green as I when it comes to the Northern Rainbow specimen.

After a painfully slow and arduous trek down an ATV trail (which was no place for a truck, but we managed to come out unscathed), and a decent portage later (complete with Minn Kota and malted beverages) we had arrived.

No more than 15 minutes into our initial exploration of the lake Chad hooks up with a nice trout in the 16" range only to have it spit the hook on a jump. Disappointing, but encouraging at the same time.

A dead period ensued, leading to both us scratching our heads wondering what our next move should be. We trolled a better park of the lake covering extensive depths with nothing to show for it. With the first phase of dusk approaching, and the past week of frosty nights cooling the surface temps extensively, we decided to keep it simple, and keep it shallow.

Casting a no. 3 gold aglia towards a log jam dropping sharply into a rocky twenty foot flat, I had an absolute freight train of a hit. Discouragement was starting to take its toll by this point, so this was the equivalent to an electroshock. Within seconds the massive trout was four feet airborne and putting my light and overwhelmed tackle to the ultimate test. After a 5-6 minute tussle which included many chinook-like drag-burners and insane leaps, she was finally in my grasp.

28 inches of perfectly healthy rainbow trout.

Having split the fish with RC, giving a quarter to my neighbour, and having a sushi feast with whatever left we could scrape up, I am still left with more than enough for a delicious meal for myself. This awesome fish went to great use. You will never see flesh more brilliant orange than that of a northern rainbow.

awesome! I was lucky enough to spot a few on the Ott river last weekend.

I'm especially glad he didn't catch that fish if it was over 60 cause then he'd have to be the first to catch 100 over 60

Haha! Ole' Bob's gotta be the biggest tool on WFN. Can't stand him or his show.

You've got many options. All major rod manufacturers will have multiple rods that fit that description. Bring your reel into a shop and try a few out!

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For those that ask if "you eat pike"! They wouldn't be able to tall them apart from walleye if mixed together on the same plate.

I've done that, and can definitely tell. Pike usually aren't as firm, and don't have as nice a flavour as a walleye or a perch, in my opinion.

I slow it down, and if I'm not hitting fish, I'm constantly bringing up the inclement weather to justify my poor results!

Awesome. I just caught myself saying 'Mmmmm catfish' in a homer simpson-ish voice.

Rod manufacturers are slowly drifting farther away from what most northern walleye anglers are looking for, and are catering more to bass anglers (understandably) with heavier rods with faster tips. I use mostly 10+ year old medium power, medium action rods in the 6'6" to 7'6" range for walleye jigging. Have a look at St. Croix Wild River and Fenwick Elitetech Blanks. They'll fit what you want to do.

at least 2 of the 4 pictures are from Wawa, and here we call them camps, not cottages, and if we hear anybody say cottage, they are definitely not from here.

Another good one..

Heard 3 separate groups of people talking about their moose tags today...'tis the season

looks great!

I've never been too fond of pike. Don't enjoy them nearly as much as walleye/perch or even smallmouth.

open-water jigging = braid

ice fishing = mono

cranks/moving baits = mono

Stiff, fluoro leader material on everything.

If you want tunes, you might be lucky to get some American radio station from the Upper Peninsula. But often, the only damned thing you’ll be able to get is the CBC. So enjoy listening to some pony-tailed tortured intellectuals read poetry while you drive between Marathon and Rossport.

That was awesome, and almost entirely true. Especially the part about the 500 series highways.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

I've had nothing but awful experiences with Okuma Bill - thought I haven't tried a pin from them.

 

Bought a very expensive baitcaster that was repaired on warantee once, and replaced completely twice. It never lasted more than 3 days on the water between these failures, complete rubbish.

x 2 on the Okuma baitcasters, have had/and have heard nothing but bad things about them, but their centerpins are a great reel for their price point.

The Raven Matrix is also an affordable pin, but are very heavy compared to something like the Aventa.

Should definitely still be around their summer haunts. Green weed if you can find it...rock flats if you can't.