Joeytier

 

I've seen my favourite band In Flames from Sweden, going on 13 times since I started listening to them in grade 9, they are going on 24 years as a band and have 11 albums, they've gone from a very specific sound/genre they helped pioneer called melodic death metal to a lot more easy to listen to music in public... sometimes lol

I would have gone to see them in the mid-90's (Jester Race era) but now...yikes. I used to like Soundtrack to Your Escape when I was a young gaffer, hasn't aged so well hehe

first show was pink floyd in the mid-late 80s i think i was about 14-15 at the time. remember it being quite the spectacle

after that i got into fairly underground music and i could propably count on one hand the arena/stadium shows i've been too since then, just a crappy vibe compared to small venues

some highlights i remember are queens of the stone age at the el mocambo before they made it big, suicidal tendencies/napalm death at the concert hall in the early 90s was propably the most energetic show i've seen. dri and sepultura at the apocalypse club (what a hole!) -- must've been 89 or 90. gwar (hahaha), a lot of hardcore bands (sick of it all, agnostic front, madball etc). seen a lot of bands.

Do you like bass fishing?

First concert I ever attended was Judas Priest and Queensryche, saw Judas Priest once more after that, both incredible sets.

Best show I've witnessed was Iron Maiden on their 'Somewhere in Time' tour, I think 2009? Saw them twice more after that and they're always mind-blowing.

Saw Motorhead at the OHL arena in Oshawa few years back. Lame crowd, sound sucked, band wasn't into it. Very disappointing, wish I could have seen them in a bar, where they belong! Seen Megadeth twice, mediocre as hell both times...YAWN

Used to attend underground metal shows frequently...most memorable was Absu at the Annex Wreckroom a few years back...oww my neck

Saw a few shows at Massey, Matt Good (great set for an arrogant prick), Deep Purple (sans Richie Blackmore, Ian Gillan in a cast still sounded fabulous well into his 60's), went to see Colin James a couple times there when I was young, never liked his music but he is a great live performer and excellent guitarist. Kyuss reunion at the Sound Academy was amazing!

Michael Gira and Swans was the most loudest, most spell-binding musical experience I've ever witnessed, and I doubt very much that will ever be topped.

The fish of summer! Always nice to be done before the heat kicks up. I have that same stringer and it's excellent!

Make sure you bring jigs and twisters tails. Fish in 15 - 30 feet. Obviously go deeper if you can't get any at those depths.

White twister tails are an underrated trout killer!

Make sure you have a graph, look for steep breaks, 2.5-4 oz weights with wabblers, cleos, Cyclops, lucky strikes, jointed raps. Start in 40 feet, shouldn't have to go more than 80.

I do it through my performance programmer, but I don't see why you couldn't go to a shop and get it done.

You'll be fine, like others have said you will have a slight speedo discrepancy and your alignment will be slightly off, but the difference is fairly minimal there.

My 245/70/17 winters are at least 3" shorter than my 33" summers, so I recalibrate my speedo in the fall and spring with my programmer.

Awesome morning, you made a good choice. When the waters warm, my trout stay in the water unless I plan on keeping them. If I really want a pic I'll do the 'hold hour breath' rule for keeping g them out of the water

Wow, that bigger fish has some amazing colouration! Gorgeous fish, guys.

Both killer bands. Great stuff man

Unreal wisdom on this track

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Chunky laker! Was in North Bay shortly today, wouldn't be a fan of dodging all the jetskis and bowriders out there on trout!

Hell of a start, nice dark fish too!

Did you stay at Opimika again?

ice fish with my dad for a day and you will see the techniques they used in the 60's lol

 

happy to say ive learned them though, just for the laughs I am sure to show my kids some day...

 

Im sure some of the old timers on here know about using thin twigs with a bell as a tip up.

You may see an elk...

Awesome report, amazing trip. Next year you will find your white whale.

Jet's and Dipseys require heavy gear, a 1 or 1.5 oz keel weight or bottom bouncer is all you need on a long lead. Jointed Rapalas and various wabblers and lucky strike spoons should all work. Lakers usually arent that picky if you can present it properly in their strike zone.

Shouldn't need to go deeper than 40-50 feet, may even find them shallower than that. If you're on a new lake you may have to troll to find them, and they may not even be schooled up enough yet (full summer mode) to have a whole lot of success jigging, but who knows. I would suggest finding a way to troll though.

They're all good, and they're all pieces of junk

I have a 13 Sierra, 64 k hard kms (harder than what most trucks see in a lifetime) and all I've had happen is a blown lightbulb. I don't give 2 craps about anything other than reliability and 4x4 capability though, which my Sierra has in spades. There's no clear winner. If you're coming from a highlander, then your lifestyle probably doesn't require an overly tough, rugged machine so just about any of the models out there would fit the bill for you. Try em out and pick what ya like best.

Put in at Thorne, they have a nice launch built there now. Since you will have live bait, I suggest you stick to the Ontario side or don't bring the bait, the Quebec wardens are handing out $400 tickets like candy right now to people fishing on the QC shore with live bait fish, as ridiculous as that may sound to you. This time of year you really don't need it if you're competent at jigging plastics. These first couple weeks after the sanctuary lifts is typically good fishing, but you won't be alone, and you may have to wade through a bunch of dinks. Never caught many bass or pike in that stretch oddly enough, just lots of walleye and sauger

Incredible guys. Your enthusiasm for these trips really shines through in your writing!

Very cool, pike and lakers definitely love a burbot snack. I once caught a big burbot full of pike fry, too lol.

They're not 'freshwater eel' like the guy says though. There's tons of species of freshwater eel, and burbot ain't one of them.