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That last shot is just awesome!

Right on, chad. that's 3 more trout than i caught this weekend.

You'd need snowshoes to go smelting tonight

The full moon was helpful Go get em while they're hot!

Those big dark males are beautiful. nice shootin

Are you talking about North Bay outfitters? I was checking them out as well a few weeks. They seem like decent blanks, but nothing I'd choose over a St. Croix or Shimano. Their spoons are killer, though.

Sounds good. I was scooping them out this time last year, but it was a far earlier spring I suppose.

A general location might help... I'm going to look tonight. Haven't come across any yet.

Nicely done! All 3 of my April speck trips produced a big donut.

Why is it absolutely neccesary that you have a steady stream of walleye on your plate? Also, who's fault is it for not ice fishing? Seems prefectly reasonable to me... my 2 cents

You are truly in lake trout heaven. Awesome report.

Still a decent bit of snow up north. I'd imagine levels will at the very least be an improvement over last year.

Were you out Sunday? We may have been on the same lake. Got quite the sunburn haha. Nice splake. I'll be back at 'er friday

That's some incredible scenery. Some huge dollies too.

Nice shootin. It's been awesome weather to cap off the hardwater season.

awesome looking baits!

Great report! The ice gear goes away for me after tomorrow.

I would've been all over this had I not just landed a job in town.

That steelhead clip is awesome!

Great report! You've got me all riled up for the weekend

Livin' on the Ste. Marie's river and you only just now scored your first bow? Beautiful fish! One more steelie than me this year.

Didn't want to confuse people. Probably look like 2 different people with and without the hair

I'd be surprised if he didn't get the rest of the season, at least. One of the worst repeat-offenders in the league right now.

Gotta love those footballs!

Well, I've only got maybe 1 or 2 more hardwater trips left this season if i'm lucky, so i thought i'd put together a little photo essay of my catches this winter. Not a spectacular year by any means, but I did manage two PB's and a healthy amount of bent rods, so I can't complain. My first hardwater trip this year was out on Quinte. Got out a couple times in mid/late december for some chunky, early-ice eyes. Managed 6 walters over 2 trips, with an impressive average size, including a monster 10 + pounder my friend landed. A nice quinte snack The majority of my January and February was spent out on Nipissing. Fishing was typically fairly good, producing plenty of 10-14" walleye, a few herring and excellent jumbo perch fishing. My most productive perch and herring days were in 13-16 FOW and all of the walters came out of 28 + FOW. Slightly worrying that I wasn't able to scrounge up at least a couple slot-sized walleye, but apparently others were finding them just fine. One of the more interesting trips of the year was a trip up north to a small trout lake with a natural population of brookies. I managed to land my first ever brookie through the ice, even though he was only a baby. Still a beautiful fish. We landed another one around 17" that hit a tip-up right before dusk. Also managed to make it down to Simcoe in early March to give the whities a try. After hours of running and gunning in the morning we ended up hitting a nice school of whities in about 100 FOW. Iced one, lost 2 more at the hole, and missed 2 more hits in about a 30 minute time span on a foxee. Marked schools steady for the rest of the day, but they had a serious case of lockjaw. Despite the insane wind, we perserveared and stuck it out for a few jumbos on the way in. One of the more memorable trips this year was spent out in the boat chasing after brownies on the big lake. Had two great days, landing 35 + brownies and two incidental walleyes, one of which being a personal best, or at least very close. This little bullet was an average sized fish Sayonara, winter...