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That would make a good chowder. Got's me thinking.

This thread is funny!

Not bad for a three-freak-fingered sloth.

I drain the gas and put it somewhere out of the way.

Epic... absolutely NOT!!! Pretty amazing though. 8 for 11... great job in the dark.

As I said this morning Chris... so interesting. A great read and really cool experience you're trying to share in this post.

June 13th, 2001. Attawapiskat River. A rare chance to travel up river by boat with work friends Abel (Epen) Mattinas and Jeremiah Hurtubise. Both fellas I shared many great days with. After a full day on the river trying a number of fishless spots it was dinner time when Abel pulled ashore and got a fire going to boil some water for tea. Jer and I worked a narrow eddy off the river bend, me near the front and him towards the back. I watched on as Jer caught a few small pike before moving right to the head, and I cast a rusty ole' Red Devle in tight just over top of a boulder. The lure slid down in behind the stone and in the slack water there got smashed by a big pike. I instantly lost the fish. Reeling in I was quick to change that spoon out for a brand new Len Thompson and I recast to the stone. Third try and I got smoked again by the pike. It was a tank that shook and leapt and ran the shallows of the eddy as I stood above it and watched on while it's massive back thrashed through emerging weeds, stirring up muck. It went from the stone to the head riffle back to the stone to the riffle and all around before finally stepping out of the eddy to just beyond the other side of the rock. It hit the Skat's heavy spring current and just before getting spooled I tried crimping the drag tight when it snapped the line. Jer and Abel acted almost oblivious to the whole thing, not being close enough to really see the fish. Jer went on to release 8 snot rockets while I caught nothing. I skipped the hotdog dinner and tea and kept casting for probably an hour behind that rock. As great a catch the fish would have been, it is still probably the most vivid and influential moment of fishing I ever lived. Some days I think I want it back real bad, other days I could consider it to be just the way it was meant to be. Left to right - Me, Abel and Jer. The eddy we fished was just there in the direction we were facing.

Some interesting pics. Good fishing... yes, it does look better than diaper changing.

Thoroughly enjoyed that!!! Great stuff.

Steve's mad you used the word epic to describe your report. He said it... I'm just the messenger. I thought, OK... epic enough report for me. Nice going.

I was gonna try "bonerifficabular." I'll try it in a sentence... My right ear pointed west heard the faint jingle dingle of a bell. I turned, squinted into the setting sun, when I saw the silhoutte of my rod tip pointing down the hole. I ran like a samarai cheetah and giver'd a big biceptual hookset. A monsterous pike screeled the reel on many powerful runs before coming up the hole in one most bonerifficabular moment.

Last year I was in a place fishing for big pike and big walleye. By day two my heavier pike spinning rod had a broken tip and, my baitcasting reel for my other set-up broke as well. Not due to fish. I was left with an old Bob Izumi 6.6' medium spinning rod (rated 8-15lb line) I threw a 4000 series Shimano reel on that rod (it had been on the rod with the broken tip) and fished that outfit all week. You wouldn't believe how well it performed handling a number of 40' pike and many big walleye in the 5-9lb range. So... a good medium spinning rod of 6 1/2 to 7 foot with a quality 2500-4000 series reel spooled with 20-30lb test superbraid such as PowerPro... that's a single outfit that will handle your big pike and allow you a little enjoyment with smaller walleye.

See what happens when ya leave "TERRY" at home. You guys slay 'em and don't get stuck in the snow. Great stuff Wayne and Co. Lots of good fish in the mix.

Unbelievably upsetting to hear these kinds of things every year.

Mudpouting in the Bayou... Yeeehaw!!! Thanks for the report GCD

Here's a good few I'd like to catch... Atlantic Salmon... George River. Tarpon... Boca Grande, Rio San Juan, Barra Del Colorado. Giant Trevally... Seychelles Steelhead... anywhere West Coast. Taimen... Mongolia Peacock Bass... Brazil Yellowfiin... say... Cabo Some notables... grouper, lake sturgeon, gar, striped bass, bonefish, inconnu, yellowfin, shark, halibut, tiger trout and aurora trout. Would like to tangle with another marlin, but not one 400+ pounds... about 150 would be perfect. Like to catch more sailfish and sturgeon. I'd give up every other fish for a lifetime of arctic char in Coronation Gulf and the Tree. Not a week goes by the Tree doesn't come to mind.

Don't think there is a steelie river you can't fish Mike. Good outing guys.

Fun times guys. Cliff, you'll get 'em eventually... just don't fall down in the hole trying too hard.

No, no, no... maybe that's it. I think you're right... I have been in the cupboards a little too often. Perks of being the keyholder, the gatekeeper and the master of the Moose. Hahaha

First of many more. Congrats

Absolute pleasure reading and viewing this one Al. Your trailer is one superb idea. Glad to see you and the bros spent some quality time and put a real beat on those halo'd gems of the Nipigon.

Little fish sure had big appetites. lol.

Found what you were after... good show.

Must be the nightshifts but I think I had deja-vu with this post. Have you caught a nemo before? Anyways, good city piking for ya as always.

Enjoyed the links. Thanks. Good and informative, plus the pics at that site ain't too shabby at all.