Joeytier

People seem to be missing the bright side of the situation.

 

This man is living proof that crack builds winners!

My 'set up' is valu village sweaters and socks. Lol The only IMO thing worth shelling out big bucks for is bibs and boots. I splurged on Helly Hansen bibs and don't regret it for a second.

Wool is great if you have something to break the wind with over top of it. I wear wool sweaters and plaid coats often in the winter and will usually wear a summer rain coat over top to break wind.

 

For ice fishing, i highly reccomend bibs/overalls as opposed to waist height snowpants. And if youre interested in purchasing a floater suit spend the extra money and get a two piece!!!

Yeah flood advisories everywhere today! Huge systems rolling thru everywhere with high water already pretty well everywhere!

The last paragraph kills me.

 

Cant help but think that is a marketing ploy for the movie, and a brilliant one at that.

Thats just ridiculously funny...cant help but doubt the legitimacy of it but absolutely hilarious nonetheless

So i need hunters safety to snare rabbits?

Yeah, you'll need to take the hunters safety course and pass the test afterwards.

Dont think you need hunter safety?? Just a small game permit from what i understand

Sounds like an excllent trip. Very nice photos and story.

 

...and your canoe is friggin gorgeous

youtube.com/watch?v=G8VIXnTL6O0

 

RIP Lou Reed.

Ohhhh that bites. A CAA membership is worth its weight in gold. At least you got out!

Very interesting show, and the only one of the sort thats even remotely watchable. Seems to be 'relatively' unscripted and authentic, unlike all the other junk programming.

Gotta love the river walters!

 

 

 

Hey! The 'round' lake haha. Never had much luck to speak of in those little brookie potholes. I DO know they hold fish though.

 

Were most of your bows that silver? I dont fish that lake too much but most of the fish seem to be much more coloured up.

 

Good to see you guys had a good time

Bunk - That's the old man's boat and yes it is the same.

 

Nick - Of course! You've set a tradition for yourself with the NB ice fishing trip. Maybe we could get out for some trout as well.

 

 

The trout fishing has been heating up, even though the weather is as dreary and cold as ever.

 

 

 

Just finished up an incredible local surf n turf dinner. No time like fall time...

Terry, i just peed myself. Thanks a lot buddy!

It must be nice to experience such incredible speck fishing from the comfort of a rig like yours.

 

Theres no place like Nipigon...incredible stuff

Still snowing here too. Ill be ready in a month.

I have an Fl-18, and i love it. In my opinion the vex and Marcum's are far superior to the humminbirds. The only feature my fl-18 doesnt have is zoom, which can be handy for certain situations but is mostly an overrated feature imo. The tri beam transducer is the most important feature for me.

 

A good quality graph works great, but the battery life isnt nearly what you get from a vex from what ive seen. I can usually get 6-7 full trips on a single charge no matter the weather, and are typically a little tougher than a big lcd graph, especially if youre taking it out 5 months a year like me. Just my 0.02

Ron - i can only imagine

 

Simon - big rivers that hold spawning wallys in the spring should definitely hold whitefish from what i understand

 

Pidge - i havent seen another soul fishing since september. Probably the one and only perk of not having a PAL

So do most keep the clipped fish and let the wild ones go? I have never caught a whitefish (maybe this year!), you can't pan fry or bbq them? What do they taste like?

 

Burt

Whitefish taste worlds apart from herring, and are delicious fried. Herring are way oiler and terrible when cooked conventionally. I imagine they would be good smoked though.

Yuck those little grease balls are terrible. Come up to nipissing and get yer fill lol.

Well, it was a hectic summer. Between my new job, new town (moved to the Temiscamingue area), new place, and an endless list of truck problems i honestly didnt get out much aside from some shorefishing (spitting distance to the ott. River) and a brookie hunt or two. Things have slowly ironed themselves out and I can usually sneak out in the bush enough to keep me content.

 

It's been great exploring the Ottawa river and reaping the bounty it has to offer. It is an amazingly productive stretch of river and would rarely have a problem taking home my limit within a km or so of my backdoor. September and early October were killer and i look forward to getting out at least once more to see how their patterns have changed with the biiiig drop in water temperature.

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of blues and saugers too...

 

 

Even a bonus whitie! I hope i can begin to pattern these fish.

 

 

 

 

 

But as fun as that is, it's the inkand trout that i truly love to chase. Given that i have upwards of 25 to 30 stocked trout lakes within under an hours travel from me, the fall is a pretty special time around here, although it has very much been a case of boom or bust for me. The brookies have eluded me the two times i have tried, and the splake bonanza is hopefully upcoming this weekend.

 

But whats really been fun and rewarding has been figuring out the local rainbow trout lakes and patterning these fish, which behave so very differently from the local char species. For anyone who has tussled with great lakes steelhead you can imagine how fun these fish are (averaging 14-17") on ultralights and trolling hardware. These fish are among the tastiest specimens out there, so the 5 fish limit is appreciated haha.

 

There is also a stocked, year round lake trout lake nearby that sometimes yields tasty results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

Looks like a rezzy? If so thats an absolute monster. Congrats

Youre hooked on the gopro now! Some awesome footage of course