Rich Clemens

Great report Cliff and sharing your pics. Seeing the swiss alps kinda makes me want to go back to Switzerland again.

I've never used planer boards for musky. Typically it is my wife and I, and with one rod per person, we both troll right off the back of the boat. One of us may be a little farther out than the other, but neither of us is out more than say 30 feet.

Sounds great Dave. Loads of thanks and anxious for the first newletter to arrive.

My PB pike came from Wahnipitae bay. Coming down from Hartley Bay (past Bear's Den Lodge) you'll make a left-hand turn into the bay. Just beyond the first rock island you pass (on your right), back in there is a nice bay with plenty of weeds. Caught and released a 37 1/2 Northern. Just an island or two over, a couple days later, my stepson landed a 37 - also released. Spent a fair amount of time fishing around these islands and didn't do too bad for pike. You'll go a short way along the left-hand shore line then cut in through what they call the "S" curves. Thru here, another right down a channel, and you're at FRL. We've never stayed there, but have popped in for gas and snack on occasion. Impressive view from the Lodge out over the water. Pretty wooded area there and the cabins are nestled in among the trees. Of note: Just out frm the 'S' curves in the bay, there is a nice large shoal just under the water. Can't recall if it was directlly out from they or a little further on up. I don't use the work nice in a good kinds of way, we hit the darn thing coming back up through. Fortunately, we were going slow since we we unfamiliar with the water, so no real damage done. When you make that left into the main bay, you can also to right and we've picked up like back in there - back toward Frasier Bay. But - if you do venture this way, take it slow and easy. Quite a few prop killers back in there. Been back to the falls that Jocko mentioned. Didn't catch anything back there, but its a nice place for some photos. Best of luck to ya and let us know how you make out. I enjoy seeing pics from that part of Ontario ... simply beautiful.

Another PM sent. (hmmmmm ... I wonder what juicy information Rizzo sent )

Just make sure you have the right tools for the job and, oh yes, NO verticle holds please.

Sounds very similar to a problem I had a few years back with my 40 HP 2-Stroke. She would run fine with very little throttle. Open her up and she would run a few seconds or so, then die off. Checked the bulb ... FLAT. I could pump it up and take off ... same thing. I took it to a local Marina and they said it was a blocked one-way valve where the hose came out of the gas tank. All this guy did was cut the line and reconnect it without the valve. He said that this one-way value was really only required for an I/O type engine. Since mine was a pure outboard, he said I would have no problems. I was good to go after that. (Don't know if this was a wise fix or not - not being a mechanic, I assumed he know what he was doing). As the others stated, check the fuel filter. I had to have mine replaced last year because of a similar problem. The problem occurred on my current engine being Merc 90 HP 2 Stroke.

How many to post saying they don't have any lightbulbs, but wish they did to help with the discussion.

ANOTHER ONE I thought you quit counting them a while back. Anyway, hope ya have a great day and a whole lot more yet to come.

Great looking piece (or pieces) of paradise there. Great report. Probably took you a long time to put up all of this, but well worth it and much appreciated. Thanks.

Ya call that Little Beauty of a fish. Congrats. I have yet to catch anything trolling a Believer ... but I keep on tryin'

Don't let Greencoachdog see this .. he'll eat the darn thing.

4 Times out and a musky each time. Many on here would love that kind of record (I certainly would). Congrats on a sucessful trip. As they all are ... the trips end too quickly.

Attaboy Pete. Can't wait to see what comes out of those other spots. Must have received some great tips.

We're still with ya as your son and your family goes through this. Very nerve racking times I sure, but we all know everything will work out great. Be sure to let us know how he makes out.

You got it and thanks for letting us know. One simple post and you now have an entire community of great folks with you through all this. The surgeons can do amazing things these days. We're all with you tomorrow Jacob. Keep us posted please.

That's just insane .. but worth a good laugh for today.

Thank goodness everyone is OK cliff. Must have been a scarey moment for the kids.

Great report and taking the kids out fishing. Looks like one of the OFC teams added some inches on this day. Thanks for sharing.

For Bass: 1). Florida rigged 6" worm. (I think that is what they call the rigging). 2). Grass Frog (gotta love top water big bass action) 3). Jitterbug 4). Small spinner baits 5). Small cranks. The first three I use most often. The latter two ... depending on the structure.

Terrible news and our hearts go out to their families. Saw it in the newspaper here in PA this morning.

Sweet. Looks like a great day.

49 is just way, way too young. Sorry to hear that Wayne. Patsy and I express our deep condolences to you and your entire family.

Welcome aboard. A 4-5 LB bass ain't nothing to sneeze at. You'll have more 'luck' and don't be shy about sharing your adventures with the community - whether you caught fish or not.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 - but some have been retired. The old days of 6 footers for larger game have been retired for 7 footers. Different rods set up for different species. Grab and go.