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Haha... enjoyed that video... Ashame it'll dirty the lake really...

Right ON bud!!! Congrats. Now... borrow or steal a pair of skates and find a frozen pond to get the 30 years of kinks out.

Solid eye Rob. Good chilly days effort.

Those will be great Dave. If the Skat fish hit'em like they will on the Moose, my bet is the white & red and the yellow & red. You got soooooo much more winter time to tie some more up. Hehe!

http://fish.shimano.com/publish/content/global_fish/en/us/index/products/rods/salmon_steelhead/Clarus_Salmon_Steelhead_Casting.html Great rod. The medium is rated for 8-17lb test with a moderate action. Usually used for casting, I've used it on the rigger, with planer boards on BOQ, for trolling Great Bear Lake lakers, and for casting to arctic char and big pike. Very versatile and they'll serve ya well.

2000 in Attawapiskat I recored every patient seen for 18 months. 1067. Age, diagnosis, treatment. 2002 ... patients out the window... the Fishing Journal began... First entry was my first day on the North French River. Reads like this... 1. Date - Monday May 20th, 2002. 1400-1830 hrs 2. Company - John P 3. Weather - Sun & cloud, around 10C, windy. 4. Moon - First Quarter 5. Water - 8-14 feet, cold, fast, stained. 6. Location - North French @ Trappers Camp. 7. Fish - Walleye 8. Gear - (not gonna say, it's embarrasing..) 9. Tactic - casting bottom bouncer with Floating Rapala, slow retrieve thru large eddy. 10. Catch - 3 walleye. John 5 walleye. The odd time in the journal after the catch, something interesting about the day may get recorded. Last entry in there from December 23rd 2010 reads like... Day 96. BOQ. Mike-P. Walleye. 6 for 7. Baits - yada yada yada. The journal simplified after the move south, rather than give it up. There's only about two pages left to fill sadly... completing 2011 will mark 10 years logged. If people have the time and interest, and can stay motivated to keep up with it... it really helps improve your fishing. There weren't online benchmarks or other online anglers fishing where I lived before. No reports to look back on. Journaling allowed insight, a measuring stick, and the ability to compile cool stats at the end of the year. I'd almost like to revisit the North French after having filled a tackle box with only the things that have caught fish in the past. Then, choose a week period, moon phase, whatever, that has historically proven to be best time and go fish using the tactics that worked. Pictures and online reports do well to seal it in memory somewhere too. And what Mike said... Most times you get an instant mental picture of the day and it's a nice trip down memory lane. Out fishing is our happy place... the more places to visit when you're not fishing, the happier we'll be.

Pretty much same set-ups I used too. Just didn't need the sonar. My buddy up there needs to adapt his fishing to how we know it. He often goes home fishless. 12-13 years I figure the north will be calling me back. You're in a good place Dave and you know it.

Leafs halfway report???? Halfway to the bottom? Haven't they always been there? Are they sinking into the earth's crust now? OK... just fun. Keep yer shirts on!

Incredible stuff man! I didn't realize you had that awesomeness in ya... now I know and won't forget. Solid 2010.

Some great pike Dave. Sleek. Betcha that lake will get another visit, and they should fatten up too in the coming while. Just cause I got a bud out there, I gotta ask a couple... what do you use for bait, or what's best up there? Do you use a flasher at all too? I'll keep an eye out for the annual winter laker tour you do.

Dano the man will be up and doing your dishes again in no time Wayne. Positive vibage sent via the mind wave. All the best in recovery from.... well.... all of it.

Quite enjoyed that man. You sure got out with a tonne of different folks in different places. All adds up to experience. 2011 must be something you're looking forward to. I'll be keeping an eye out for HD reports as always.... good luck.

Jamie. Cool year for ya bud. The show. The atlantics... WOW! Good luck in the 2011.

I love how big kids heads are. Great idea keeping the helmet on during the fishing. My youngests first time... she could have fallen through a 10-inch hole, your little guy would be safe as the helmut would stop him. lol. Great post Limey. Enjoy the rest of the season.

AWESOME!!!

Couldn't be happier with the same choice Al. I know you'll likely go console which will be great on the big water, although for what you're doing in some places, the tiller is really quick to respond on windy days. But that's another thread ain't it?? lol. Anyways... I vote Bunks because of the name alone. But seriously though... I remember buying the WarCanoe off an inlaw up north. When I went to see it the boat had been sitting on the trailer much of the summer and had filled with a little water now and again, dampening the cedar strips. When looking at the boats bottom, the rollers in a few places, (especially nearest to the motor) had embedded themselves, leaving ruts into the canvas and wood, and even denting in one spot so much that a tear in the canvas had developed. This wouldn't have happened to the WarCanoe with bunks, and I immediately switched out the rollers for bunks after purchase. I leave my boat on the trailer all summer long as well, storing it the same... and now trailer it far greater distances and more often than my uncle ever did. I used that boat in 1 month more than he did in 5 years. Had I left the rollers on, I am certain cedar strips would be split by now. And although we're talking aluminum not wooden boats, and a Rebel at 1200lbs vs the WarCanoe at 450lbs, bunks still provide greater weight distribution for the boat, over a larger area of the boat. That has to allow for more forgiving trailering I would believe. And as for getting the boat off and on at the water, I would think it pretty much the same roller or bunk. I powerload in alot of places with no issue and launch in all kinds of places... with bunks. You're going to love the boat Al.

Last night was a blast, this morning even better for these two, and us all. Hope you and yours are having an awesome Holiday Season. Merry Ho Ho OFC'ers.

Fine account of a pretty special year in fishing but more so with family. Good show. Enjoy 11.

WHOA!!! Didn't see the metal coming... Cool collection Jacques. It's great to see the otherside of people beyond fishing. Your hobbies, kids and lifestyle paint a much bigger picture. Thanks for sharing the year and good luck in 11.

Thanks again all. Mike & Dan... yer two lads I'd enjoy fishing with anytime. Mike's passion for steel is only equaled by Dan's love of the speck... it's some pretty powerful stuff for the both of yas really. It is too bad that this year things didn't come together. Dan... I surely hope you don't work your life away, I can't imagine how tough it is to not get at least a little fishing in during a year. ( A YEAR MAN!!!) Anyways, in 2011 will likely be visiting both yer backyards again... Maybe Bren in tow for the west. Would like to see more people here do year end reports. They're always worth a view. Fishin' is what these boards are all about!

Lucky to have guys in my corner online and on the water. Even luckier to have the time to adapt. Enjoy the ice Jacques, I know this is your favorite time of year coming.

Isn't she. Her mind faster than the rest of her too. She's a quick little cookie. And lakers... actually Wayne... I caught 7 of them I think it was this past year on the Temagami trip... but the small fish didn't make the 10 choices... I didn't make a report either. One fish was about 3lbs though and I had a walleye too of about the same weight. Best results on the lake were in a new area for me... but we'll talk privately about that some time. Will gladly have you remedy these little fish for me this coming year. Hehehe!!! Hope all is well for you and yours by then, and please have as Merry a Christmas as you can.

2010 in the books. First Full Year in the South. 31 New Waterbodies. 6 New Species. 9 Personal Bests. More days fishing than I should mention. More time spent with family and friends on the water than ever before. An amazing year. Before settling down in the valley, some gloomy and pessimistic insights passed on to me from friends and online anglers couldn't have been more fun this past 365 to prove... RIGHT!!! Yeah... I say... RIGHT!!!... "Ahhhh, you're gonna have to work to catch your fish now." "Ohhhh, you wait and see, it's not what you're used too, you’ll see..." The naysayers in the end were strangely as correct as the small handful who said, "Bunk, you're gonna love the fishin' here." There were great days this year that equaled great days from years past. Overall... the elements and southern conveniences, probably make fishing easier, more available and ultimately more productive than where and when I had once lived in the North. The only thing sometimes lacking is the greater outdoors, the bigger skies, solitude, some timely trips and the scenery I used to love. More time on the water. More casts. More months a year to fish. More options. More friends to share time, insight and experience with. More miles. More toys for play. More and better fishing opportunities for my girls meant more time than ever with them through the summer. More new places. More LUND. More PB's. More learning. More of my father. More improvement. More appreciation of the past, with even more appreciation of the present. MORE "work” some said... well, I'll gladly have more of it then. "Not what I'm used too,"... well, I'll happily get used to it. The day I popped the new boat in the water with my dad. A morning when I spotted the head of huge gar in the weeds then chased after the 5 foot wake monster through the shallows. The second trip onto Quinte ice when it all came together. Sharing a SteamWhistle and walleye fish. Busting through the deep snowy bush with buddies. Seeing a friend cradle my PB pike and later slipping my fingers under the gill plate of his. Hearing my buddy say... “I haven’t had an adrenaline rush like that in 10 years,” after fighting his first muskie. Filling all our bellies after a long day of fishing. Putting the paint on the WarCanoe then getting her wet. Being a part of the happiness only a week of great specks for everyone can bring. Freezing through a blizzard in Kesagami then taking the walk to safety. Zippin’ on the Bravo and enjoying a scotch with the lads at Bogie. Watching the girls light up with each and every fish..... Knowing that all these were only half the good times spent this year. Ontario is one heckuva fishery. North, South, East or West, in any direction we're blessed! Next year it will be great to share every corner of it with more friends. Some big plans are heating up... Ten memorables from this year and just an ounce pics taken... PIKE. Past PB's shattered... twice. WALLEYE. Like the pike, PB's got trumped. SPECKS. Gems shared with close friends. CRAPPIE. A beginning... can't wait for more. MUSKIE. Long hours well spent. SMALLMOUTH. Found some greats. LARGEMOUTH. Always fun, especially fall. CARP. Thanks to others for sharing these cows. GAR. A toothy favorite to stalk. BROONIES. Picture perfect fish and a rare catch for me. Having others pass on their knowledge, trying old tricks in new places and putting many hours in, 2010 felt like a real solid accomplishment. It was in the plans to fish a tonne this year and test the waters so that next year I can actually fish less. 2011 my hope is to eliminate about 20% of my days out. To put in action a more concrete game plan in favor of improving on fishing what, when, where and how; close to home... while also budgeting more for time away on bigger adventures. I truly love a day outdoors on the water and setting a hook, and as always enjoy sharing it online, on the ice and in the boat. Happy Holidays. Good luck to all y'all anglers in the 2011. Bunk.

All the best for your wife.

Congrats on the PB Stoty. 4 weeks of netting fish... it's understandable it takes an odd sort to handle being a guide. lol.