Moosebunk

That certainly has crossed my mind Mike. Hard to resist the tastiness of trout around the 9-12 inch mark. They're the best by a long shot. None kept this year.

Superb Doug. No better way to put it. Great fishery and outfit by the looks of it. Thanks for that report.

Hey Old Feller. Be careful out there. Break a hip and that could be the end of ya. j/k. Great report Mike. Your personal paradise with the family. Perfect.

Quite enjoyable 15 minutes TJ. Man!! You two have fun out there.

Great report. Thanks

I had dace last 6 weeks in the fridge and they were still going strong when I used them. Put 3 dozen in one of the bags most baitshops use, they were packed on O2, and only 1 in 12 dozen went belly up. Again, keep on O2 and keep cold. Otherwise, in a cooler with cold water and add some fresh water from the lake daily.

Sucks to be you Matt. A Sens fan and member of the 50" club. Pfffft. j/k. lol.

Weeds are a little slower up here this year Lew. Ya still managed a few ski's for yer troubles. Good show.

Great report CCM. Rockin' in the outdoors... cool stuff.

Still waiting for part 2. C'mon maaaaaaan!

Great shots, good fizishin' for the kiddies.

When two fellas with OOD go fishing... LOOK OUT BIG BASS ALERT!!! lol. Nice job gents.

You got the Hobbit cabin for sure. lol. The bumps on the head likely helped you're fishing too. You must have rebooked?

Down on my chip stack about 3 to 1 heads up against my neighbor Bruce, the flop comes two clubs and a spade. A spade jack and a two and three of clubs. In my hand I’m holding the four and six of clubs. Bruce comes in betting strong and I call it. The turn comes the queen of clubs and I’ve hit my flush, yet Bruce throws in another big bet. I wonder if he’s hit a flush too, and his would likely be higher than my six of clubs. I call. On the river comes the five of clubs and Bruce calls all in. Pot committed and with a flush I have no choice and make the call, not even realizing yet that I just hit a straight flush. Bruce and I turn up the cards and the onlookers are quick to say, Bruce’s eight beats your six Bunk. I’m about to shake hands with Bruce and congratulate him on a good game when my buddy Ron says, “Bunk... I think your straight flush takes the hand.” “Holy 'fudge' Ron! You’re right.” (might of all drank too much, lol) I’m the chip leader now by a smidgen and about five hands later Bruce goes all in before the flop with a queen and jack unsuited. A good enough hand in heads up, it wasn’t quite up to snuff before the flop to take my pocket sixes. And after five cards were down I held a set and won $240. ‘Bout time, it was my turn for a win... Calling for thunderstorms and northwest winds today, and having been out on the river about four days ago in similar weather, figured the Moose would be a poopty fish. The season on a whole has sucked. Honestly not even really motivated to fish it, as it’s just a 1 ½ hour skeg burner to places where the fishing is only even mediocre right now. So today, packed the vest with some worms, spinners and little bucktails and took off to Moosonee for some resi-troots on Store Creek. The honey hole is about 2.2km through some pretty thick bush. An old trail exists but much of it is overgrown. Cobwebs hanging in the tight black spruce along my route were really no help at all from keeping the blood thirsty mosquitoes and blackflies from nipping at anything exposed. I had to soak myself in Deep Woods. Got to the spot drenched in sweat and panting now too, the bugs were just nuts. I had like 15 on my kneecap alone at one point. More Deep Woods and some settling down they did finally back off for a little while and allow me to get some casts in. Seven brookies in the hole. None wanting the small black bucktail, silver/pink Bluefox#2, Mepps BlackFury#3 or orange bladed and yellow bodied Panther Martin #2, they all wanted the homemade simple all silver spinner tipped with a worm on the silver single hook. It was kind of weird in fact. Nothing trophy for a resident speckled troot today. The best the creek has ever coughed up was a gorgeous 12 incher I caught three summers ago. The past years the fish seem to be getting smaller and smaller, but, the numbers are staying up pretty good. Today maybe an 8 inch specimen took top honors and four other fish were around 6-7 inches. All went back relatively unharmed. Love the speckies, they sure make ya work for them. Here they are... along with the last pic of the 12 incher I caught a couple years ago at the same spot. Good few hours out today. A little more exercise than just sitting in the boat too.

Working within a specific niche of the Canadian system I can tell you it sure has it's pros and cons. I will say though, that my experience shows me that it is quite like the American in the sense that, certain peoples get preferential treatment. Here in Canada it's generally the poor who benefit most advantageously while in the States it is the rich. Who's is right or wrong in an ethical sense......? I have my answer.

Cut the travel by a third and go to Outdoor Canada Magazines 2005 #1 Pike Lake in Canada. http://www.kesagami.com/contents.htm Don't say I never did anything for ya.

Now, had that been me I'd be grinning from ear to ear in most of those pics. But that's me. Couple old pros like yourselves appear to take it as just another day at the office. Must be the "Fury" in your fishing. Two thumbs up doods. Great report. Great success on the pike. I too am a big fan of the inlines for pike, and hope to show ya's in the coming weeks with a couple pike of my own.

Catch and Release mostly. But do keep about 100 fish per year for the family. Walleye, trout, pike... it's not nice to discriminate so they all see the table.

Superb Sandy.... and Adam. Tough conditions out there and you picked up some really great fish. Sharing any secret baits that put the monsters in your boat???

Nice big goldfish CCM. WTG.

He summed up what I think too. Can't even think of the name of the stuff I use for light applications. Picked it up in the fly fishing shop at BPS. WindRiver maybe..? Anyways, stuff is fantastic. Only one kind out there that's better, but that's nearly double the price.

Pike and eyes. No real choice otherwise.

Okuma Epixor has really disappointed me. Lasted 1 week trib fishing nooks then quickly fell apart. Shimano Symmetre has really impressed me. Fish everything big with this, including using it on the ice. Always smooth and durable too. Quantum PTi is so far fantastic. Have an ultralight and no complaints. Abu C3 (new reel, old design) is so far disappointing me. Any tension on the line seems to make it harder to reel. Excluding the tension of a fish tugging. All these reels are around $100 give or take.

Have a fantastic Summer Wayne.

Point #1. Make sure where you're going is LOADED with fish and it's 99% garunteed you'll be SLAYING those BOHEMUTHS. then, To Point #2. Make sure the person you're fishing with is someone you can fish with in any and every way. then, The Fly-In Outfitter you have chosen won't even really even matter. You'll be having too much fun to care that you're sleeping in a bears den on a mattress of bat scat and eating pounds of maggots through your nose in an exhausted slumber after a day of the best fishing of your life. And always remember you have an instant fix to all things bad. I call it Scotch, but others have their preferences.