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Thanks guys, there always seem to be (at least one)willing pike in Wildwood.

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Sweet Report & nice slimy Pike!

 

Thanks for sharing

SLIME!!! you should have seen the net!

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Went out to Wildwood conservation area near St. Marys this afternoon for a few hours and all I we could manage was one pike. But according to a few people we talked to "you shoulda been here yesterday"

Beautiful day on the water, with just a few small gusts of wind to keep the heat away. The water was pretty murky since the algae die-off.

Got this guy on a chartreuse spinnerbait and measured him out at 30"

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plenty of wings for everyone I'm more worried about them runnin out of beer!!!

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Did some Google searching and found some sites, hope it helps:

http://www.gofishing.is/

http://www.nat.is/nateng/strandveidi.htm

http://www.nat.is/nateng/angling_in_iceland.htm

 

I also wondered about this fish on this web-site it's in Iceland and that kinda resembles a real huge Goby:

http://www.icelandfishingtours.co.uk/Index_2_left.htm

NM i found out: Not just cod, this "Catfish" is a giant tompot blenny with vicious teeth!

Thanks Patrick, I've seen the second and third sites but not the first one, looks like I'll need to break out the fly rods for Atlantics and Browns. That pic is of an Atlantic Wolf fish, basically a goby on Steriods, nasty critters, hope I get one of them!

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No One???

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And here I was away @ a wedding! Well at least I got to show off some fish porn from this summer to some fishing buddies that I usually only see in the spring trout opener.

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bump

count me in

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I'm planning a fishing trip to Iceland in 2011 to do some trout, salmon and some sea fishing as well. Just wondering if anyone has ever been there or fished any areas of the country. I've found a few websites but they all seem to be based in Europe and are incredibly expensive package deals.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Well done Beats!

I was just talking to another London OFNer tonight about some Thames spots... I really have to get my butt out there! I'm surprised you got into some fishable areas at all. I saw the Nith and Grand rivers overflowing and like chocolate milk tonight.

-Brian

I'm sure those fish were caught in one of the spots I mentioned to you Brian..

Good job Beats I remember that post where you outlined your plan for getting a hold of Mr. Walter in the Thames this year and It looks like you did really well.

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I had some good sucess this year by using a circle hook double poked through the worm in the middle (down through the top then back up through the bottom with the barb poking just out of the top) didn't miss a hookup or loose a worm yet. You can use them while drifting if you have a bullet sinker and stopper about 24-36" up the line. This gets the worm down fast and keeps it there if there is a bit of a wind or current where you are fishing. This setup worked pretty well for me this summer.

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sorry

I couldn't get pass the first picture of the baby in the boat by herself with no life jacket on

and was just too upset to read any farther ..........LOL

I must have been walking on water beside the boat to take the pic???

The boat was beached on shore of course.

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Thanks again Brian for taking us out.

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Awesome vacation pics! Looks like everyone had a great time out there. Charlotte is very cute with her fish and little John is quite the little angler!

 

Congrats....thanks for the report.

Great family show and tell. Doesn't get much better than that. Give the lad a couple more years and he'll be showing you how its done.

Little John has been outfishing me since he was 3!

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Well the annual family "stress relief/not @ work" vaction happened last week and it was a great one. Up north of Kingston is the place I've been going to since I was a kid and now I bring my own. In addition to our family we had my wife's uncle from Holland and some friends with thier daughter come along as well. The weather was unbelivable all week with only a light mist/drizzle on Friday breaking up all the sun we had for the rest of the week.

Where do I get my boaters card??

To start the week off right I boated a 2lb 4oz largie within the first 10 minutes of fishing

and then a decent pike for that lake

Evening was the time to hit the pads with the frogs for pike and largemouth

Dave hasen't fished in years but here he is with his first ever bass and pike.

Charlotte's first fish!

Little John with a nice pike on a spinner bait in the weeds

and a largemouth on a frog

and his big smallie out of the rocks

Big fish of the week was

Dave's big smallie

Double header!

Some call them casualties of war but I call them HEROS! (trailer hooks don't work so well in the slop we were pitching into)

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Combined with the action you had in the morning you had a super day out there!

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looks like a fantastic day and congratulations.

 

but..

30lb is for bass.

80lb flouro leaders + 30lb main sounded good to me we were on St. Clair not Lac seul!

I only use 15lb braid for bass and never had a prob in the heaviest slop.

Never musky fished before and I trusted what "Captain" Slowpoke gave us to use. No regrets

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Went out on LSC with Slowpoke and my wife's uncle from Holland (not Michigan but the country) on Sunday morning. After loading the gear in the boat and driving to the Hwy I realized I left my phone in my pickup @ home, or so I thought.... After a quick search of my truck turned up empty, we called my phone to listen for the ring and found it...... on the bow of Slowpokes boat. Glad he's such a smooth driver!

We ran through a bit of fog on the way from London to the launch, loaded up the boat and headed for the lake

Got some good tips from Mr.Eh who had already boated one by the time we got out to the lake and set up. The first time a rod went we passed it to Theo, who does a lot of sea fishing back home in Holland, Ireland, and Norway, and is used to a bit bigger of a boat, Slowpoke lost his clip-on sunglasses on the landing in some of the confusion. A 48"er was netted and released after a few quick photos

Next up was my turn on the rod

My PB musky was 40"

Finally the captain gets a turn

Nice one just shy of 40" (It's a musky not a guitar! )

Next up we lost one that snapped the 30lb powerpro mainline, would have liked to seen that one!

I ended the day with a 37"er

4 for 5 is a great day musky fishing. Just about everything we put out got us fish 12" jakes, woodies, bucktails etc. We ran everything with no weight since we saw lots of fish up on the surface chasing food around.

Special thanks to Slowpoke for making the day happen

and to Mr.Eh who helped us out on location and baits

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Good job Brian, sounds like you guys had a great time.

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I'll have to pick some up for the wife to use in the float tube!

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didn't they do that once on the lake simcoe board and 1299666836200001 people showed up the next day for whitefish

 

good thing simcoe has lots

That would be tough on the ice!

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What happened to fly fishing for them John???

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