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Glad to see you still gave it a crack. Beautiful area up around there, I used to go every weekend almost to some buddies place in Maberly. If working in Perth in the future I'd maybe build or buy out that way. Like I said Wayne, it's rumoured to be a tough fish. Driving by it that many times though I'm surprised you're only stopping in there just now. You'll bag one for your efforts next time I bet. I don't recognize that spot in Perth. Likely cause I was a good kid and never around that neighbourhood... much. lol.

Great report Roy, you really slayed 'em all this weekend. lol. Chores that is.

All the best to your bro and you rickster.

Very popular topics are Leafs and Sens, and, Leafs and Sens fans. Vertical muskie holds and several pictures of the same bow go over really well too. Keeping trophy fish for the wall. Gill netting and spearing always get too. We should have one thread started today to discuss them all at once. Civil-like of course.

Plenty trial and error will help with set-ups. I fish tonnes of time alone, don't carry a tripod as it's cumbersome to move around in a canoe that I fish out of bow to stern when alone. Afterawhile though you'll know where you can place a camera without zoom and where you should be in the boat to make it all work out. Try it without fish a few times first. If there's a flat surface in the boat that you know will provide you with a good angle for photos with catch try placing there and work with it. As far as the big muskie goes... if you're not set-up you likely be too slow. If you know how to set-up quick as you've practiced keeping things handy then, I'd suggest removing the lure, giving the fish a little to breathe while setting the timer, then, quickly hoisting the fish for the shot. I've done this with pike a few times but, with practice and a fish that co-operates with hook removal you can usually have the fish in the boat for under 30 seconds and have everything accomplished. To summarize, PRACTICE and work out photo scenarios ahead of time, then you'll be ready quickly and efficiently.

Exactly what it does Dan. Opening the world of fishing up to a whole bunch of new possibilities. I missed out. Should have been thinking brookies instead of pike.

Thanks guys. Chris, Kesagami report is in the making. Some hitches this year in the plans but it will arrive in the coming weeks. So far so good. WallyB. Everything that comes out of the dirty Abitibi is freakish in nature. lol. You know that. The clarity turns everything pale... real pale. Yes, the road was a benefit to the community this year. First time ever having that kind of access to south. The local hockey tournament weekend saw 253 vehicles cross the dam at Otter. I hear Hydro didn't like that much. New hydro lines are pretty much in now so next year it will likely be back to the same isolated normal. I didn't take the drive. I hope the community finds funding to open it themselves in the coming years as it seems to be harder to reserve space for vehicles on the train now that development in the area (DeBeers and all other things DeBeers) is booming. About the MNR... yep, you'll see and read more on that in my winter Kesagami report to come. It's great seeing them out there protecting Ontario's trophy fishery.

Bought a Frontier 7 foot M-H spinning rod last year and liked it very much for pike. I'd use this too for deep water laker jigging if I was ever in the need, and, it pulled a few bass through the slop OK.

I'D ONLY WISH SHE'D WANT TO COME OUT MORE. This year it'll happen. She'll get bitten by the same bug the rest of us have.

Great vid. I was a couple lakes over camped on Red Cedar Lake that same day. Part of a 100km canoe loop in the area. Wished we had those kinda fish on the line.

Spring 2003 was fishing with a bud. Kept telling him I was going to get a 9lb walleye. Cast a 1/4 jig and grub tipped with a piece of sucker into a foot of water at the shoreline then cursed when I got a snag. No snag though, it moved, and I told the bud it was the 9lb'er. Fight started slow until the fish decided it was hitting the current. Up came the anchor and we laid chase a few 100 meters down river to keep up with the fish. Then, it turned into the current and swam back up river to where we started. My buddy did a good job staying on top of it and when it surfaced off the back of the boat we saw we had about a 15-20lb sturgeon on the line. RIGHT ON!!! But I was trembling with adrenaline, only with a marlin have I shook like that since. The fish dove again heading down stream a little then turned fast going under the boat heading up. I was using a modified (broken and repaired) 4 1/2 foot light spinning Rapala rod with 6lb XT, and I tried to sweep the outfit quickly around the bow of the boat but the line just knicked the anchor rope knot and the fish was lost. I've sat for a number of hours over the years since, waiting in sturgeon infested waters, and never had another one bite. Places where a sturgeon jumps somewhere around you every 10 minutes. These great fish are totally on their own clock, living fossils that can certainly try any humans patience. But about the great whites out in BC... yeah, different story with better results. If you're going to try for them I'd suggest trying in a river before lake. That way the scent of any baits will carry better to draw them in.

Heaven on wheels. All it needs now is that BBQ on the back of your truck, some fuzzy dice and disco balls, a stocked bar and a few high priced plasticized escorts.

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And Bly

Fish much do ya?? Another good round of bows Cliff.

Actually, you did say for ice fishing. Go SLED. 250 Bravo all the way - YO!!! Fan cool if it's just ice yer running (no overheating), workhorse, climbs, light weight for getting unstuck, two guys can lift it into a truck cab, it'll run water pretty darn good too for those days you find the shoreline is 10-20 feet across water from the ice. I hope to keep mine running forever. There are few places a sled won't go in winter, but get deep snow in the bush or on the lake and the 4 wheeler has troubles. Too big a sled and it can make for troubles in deep stuff.

Get both.

What he said. Maybe a Wabler in the mix too. Tip yer Johnson all grubby-like too.

I pictured ya Chris at the comp for hours going over Google Earth Cayo Largo with a fine tooth comb, maybe even trying to spot bones swimming in the flats from satellite. The flies , the ground work, the learning curve... job well done. Check a bone and jack off the list dood.

Plump eye there TJ. Seems you and I pretty much do it up the same. And the 4:10 bite... damn man, did these fish not pay any attention to daylight savings time. it was 4:10 in February, they should be on 5:10 now.

Hey Cliff... good job with da PB man. What was that fish anyways... 10 inches in your wee hobbit palms. j/k Nice bow dood.

Living with the fishing, dying with the Survivor. Haha. Nice pike.

My guess is this response is too late anyway, but... I'll agree with Tangledlines here I think. Reason being, with 40,000+ lakes in the province do you really have to be a nuisance on one little 100 acre lake. C'mon... these people are doing what they want to do peacefully with their priziks and booty out. Do you guys really feel the need to just be priziks over a few pics? Nuthin personal, just my $0.02.

Great adventures Wayne. Another enjoyable Temagami report.

Great day off I'd say. Nice haul you two.