Joeytier

I'm right handed, and find right hand retrieve baitcasters, and the idea of switching hands between casting/reeling to be very strange. Left hand retrieve all the way.

I highly doubt it will be iced up, but I'm pretty sure they put a chain across the entrance in the winter. Worth a check, anyway.

The French river is a very direct route from the Great Lakes.... The wound on the ling from yesterday was definitely smaller than what I've seen on chinook and steelhead in the great lakes. However the eel was very large and definitely looked like the other sea lamprey i've seen.

Good goin. I've yet to eat a herring out of Nip that I didn't like...

Good eats!

Just think about how much of that money is going into marketing it right back at you. As far as I know, there's only a very small handful of companies distributing most soft plastics (pure fishing and the like) which hold exclusive distribution rights to all the big chain stores, making it much harder for smaller, burgeoning companies to have any real sort of impact.

30 cars parked tight together on 12 inches of ice...what a gong show.

They had some fantastic singles, but they were best enjoyed in a full album setting. One of my favourite bands...

Fantastic. Venison has got to be my favourite game meat, and rainbow definitely among my favourite fish.

Tons of ice out there for pan fishing...

LOL. Everyone seemed hellbent on giving you a hard-time. I bet some folks are bummed to see such a positive report. Good on ya for having a great time and getting some fish.

Jawbreaker - Outpatient

Do you really need to turn this into an issue of government spending?

I can't get over just how many truly huge fish you are pulling in up there. Fish of a lifetime for many, each one of them. You must just be lucky.

I always used to laugh when people would say that, but in many instances it's not far from the truth.

Yeah yeah...I was hoping the video would've illustrated the flasher a little more.

So I had a great day of perchin the other day [plus a decent fleury of walleye at dusk] and decided to try and get a bit of it on film. This being my first official trip with my flasher, I couldn't believe the difference it made in understanding the mood of fish. Given that I spent most of the day on the ice, I was even able to see how the reaction to certain cadances changed throughout the day according to sunlight. Even with the perch, the difference was very noticeable. I hooked an easy mid 20's inch walleye after having to raise him nearly 3 feet off bottom before he committed. He got off at the hole, but that was a fish I certainly wouldn't have coaxed into hitting had I not had my underwater eyes. Anyone know why the screen shows up like this on video? The solid lines seem to disappear on film. My link

Mainstream media feeds on fear and worst-case scenarios, and more often than not their stories are far from 'scientific'. I do tend to agree with most of what you mentioned though, and I'm sure most that spend anytime outdoors would agree as well. People need to realize that warming trends and weather patterns on even a 100-year scale are minute in terms of geologic patterns.

Welcome board. You definitely have one of the best usernames. I wish I would've been as creative...

Next week I plan on getting into one of those greasy my mom hates me. I nominate you and your GPS co-ords...

That's some slow fishing. Usually Shawn's huts are more productive than that. Good to hear you had a good time, regardless.

Now that is truly a family day report. Nice specks!

Just how tiny are these micro guides? I can't imagine them being too small to be able to fit a back to back uni through it (unless you're using thick line).

President's are an excellent bargain. I've been using mine year round for the past 3 years and it's yet to let to me down. The drag and anti-reverse have been 100% flawless, even in the absolute coldest of conditions. It's seen braid, mono, and even fluoro and handled them all fine.