Moosebunk

Thanks guys! They used to try and block me at one my jobs. Suckers!!! lol. You gotta get your fix everyday. Even while on the job.

Gill are just a delicious Bruce! Nice day out with the kiddo!

grimsbylander, on 27 Oct 2016 - 10:52 AM, said: WOW...I didn't see that coming! Last trip for the green parka? Heck NO!... But the following years the reports left out the word "Kesagami" in the reports. Didn't matter though, we saw them again. lew, on 27 Oct 2016 - 10:55 AM, said: They just knew how good you were Drew LOL Hahaha! Thanks Lew. And if only I kept my own mouth shut about it. lol. AKRISONER, on 27 Oct 2016 - 11:35 AM, said: lol for real bunk...i think thats more of a situation where everyone knows that you are good and you just managed to run into someone who is very disrespectful. I kinda thought they were dinks, yep! Headhunter, on 27 Oct 2016 - 11:16 AM, said: I remember that report Drew and I can't blame you one bit for being put off. Gotta hand it to them, they wanted to know and they found out. Just could have waited ti'll we left or fished a little further away.

Just starting here in the valley. Taking a break inside from yard work and sorting some Quinte walleye gear.

Two separate planes took off from Cochrane to land on the ice at Kesagami Lake years back, think it was 07 or 08. Knowing a plane out of Moosonee (had to announce on radio... VFR or whatever, to land in a Prov. Park) they came in that day my bet is to specifically find fishermen, not fish. This lake is 30km long and about 8km at it's widest and they landed on Brenda's and my head and drilled spots next to our. I could throw a snowball at them they were that close. They shut down the bite that afternoon with all their drilling and engine warming. When I went over nicely (but fuming inside) I introduced myself. The one old fella said, "yeah, I know you, you're Moosebunk. Knew it was you by your green parka." I went on to tell them it's a big lake, even a big spot, and they didn't need to land on and set up on top of us. This guys response, "we've never fished here before, usually over there, but we knew you'd be on the fish." First experience with that sort of thing. Power of the internet.

Fun times when they're on the go like that. Water temp?

Nice thing with jigging muskies is the later in the fall, the lighter the gear and smaller the jigs you can get away with. Great fish, congrats on the PB PB.

Looked at those boats this past spring plus Alumacrafts V14 and the StarCraft 14. All quite similar really and would have been happy with any of them. Chose the Alumacraft I did because it had flooring installed when all others didn't, and came in the cheapest by $500 - $1200. The 9.9 will do it but you'll wanna keep the boat basically bare boned, especially if two on board. Kesagami Lake had 14 foot Nadens of similar specs to all these choices and those had 9.9's. Big winds some days and waves and they'd still get up on plane and rip enough.

Our wives would never, ever say a thing like that Chris. Anyhow, thanks for this and all your usual witty replies. Figured you'd especially enjoy reading 'bout some char too. And thanks Lex!

That's a perfect getaway right there Simon. Not long now and you'll icing eyes again, good to enjoy these last fall days first.

That was a "great one" Tell me this platform wasn't made for fisherman to stand on.

There! That wasn't so hard was it Dave? lol This was the first year in awhile that it felt like there just weren't enough lake trout in my season. Scrappy greys make happy days!

That was a gem of a post. If it has been awhile, it shouldn't be next time. Brenda and I are competitive too, and I can see it in Tina's eyes and grin that she loves kickin' your arse on the water. lol. Cool stuff. Gives a man an itch to go jiggin' for gold.

lmao! Was gonna say that. My Pops would be drooling over some of those bikes. He's been after me for years to get a bike license of my own so we can ride... and I tell him, my hobbies and toys are already crippling me.

A tonne actually.. and pretty well half asleep the other half of the time. Rat race it is! All good to know. Much has been simplified now though with the new site and pretty sure that most if not everything left from the past, has been recovered. Images from the new site, in the gallery, will be tagged. Other images from posts... well, too late or just going to chance it. Do appreciate this insight though, I'm actually not techie at all and even my uncle within seconds simplified a head scratcher with my truck light wiring today. Last one I caught, some Nipigon brook trout catches ended up in a PQ Outfitters gallery. Goofs! John, I too know exactly how many hours that equates too. The on-call can be grueling, there are days we receive few to no calls while on-call after our 8 hour work shifts, but oftentimes 16 to 24 hours of work straight through comes into play... the max we could reach in the stations I have worked is about 40 hours straight. It would likely never happen that way though, as other members in the team would have to intervene. I have been lucky and only had one 24 hour shift so far. Slept well after that. The previous 6 week contract was 650 hours. I'll tell ya, in 3 months this year it was nice to get about 8 months worth of work done, had the other 5 months to myself. No more begging and bending over to hospital administrations for me. The other points you made were bang on! As for a show... I've tried to get Max (who filmed Bill Spicer and I on Nipigon this past summer) to come along in the boat. Trade off was that I teach him some fishing and he keeps the camera rolling, then we make a show and split any You-Tube earnings. Too busy a guy so far, despite saying he's interested. You rock Rick! Usually read the report that many times too... and edit... and edit. lol Dan... those pics are still around and if there isn't a report to go with 'em, I'll make you one. lol. Funny you remember that. Ole FLOATFISHIN came up to the Moose one time and he actually brought me a new pack of crayons for a gift. lol. Those days on this board and F-H were golden man! Thanks Brian. Offer always stands, ball is in your court. Thanks gang!

Hey! My 4000th post. A NUNAVUT NOMAD FOR ARCTIC CHAR. Read on here... http://bunksoutdoorangle.com/a-nunavut-nomad-for-arctic-char/

Admittedly I have procrastinated on creating a website for several years. It was probably around 2010-11 when leaving one private website, seeing another suffer a crash and watching two others completely fold up, that I found myself racing around the www to sites remaining, trying to collect as many of my online stories as I could in order to save them at home rather than lose them forever. The hope thereafter was to some time finally have a place where 12 years of fishing stories could be archived and shared with any people interested. To essentially have some place to call my own. With the help of our own T.J. here at OFC, now that place exists. Bunks Outdoor Angle. A member of several public and several private forums, formatting and editing between them is becoming more time consuming and rather annoying. Some sites don’t allow certain words typed or things said, while others do. Some sites do not allow more than so many characters in a single post, though some allow infinite. One site actually prefers such big stories to be linked to some place else. I have had moderators even pull entire reports down out of spite. Some reports are being lost, have been lost, taken or misplaced. Some of my content has been found stolen to other sites. Family and friends can’t always view the stories because of firewall settings conflicting with certain forums or, they can’t log on, or they merely lose track of the original link. And even now, with my own site, writing a post there will require some formatting entirely different, which will of course just add up to more time and work. Bottom line, I am a busy guy who parents, works, travels and fishes a tonne, I am simplifying my life at no cost to anyone, but for great gains to me and my own. Moving forward I plan to continue checking in at the websites and writing about fishing as I always have. People on the forums understand that big reports are quite an undertaking, but for me have always been a labor of love. If you have enjoyed them then, you will enjoy them now and into tomorrow. Nothing in the stories will change. A local pioneer of the big report, I will provide an honest and enjoyable reading experience, as I always have. Anglers should fully know by now that a Moosebunk report is the real deal. Currently the site is just finishing up some final tweaks in the gallery. Seventy stories are already uploaded, archiving 2010 to present. The WarCanoe Journals section will see many of the old northern reports dating 2009 back to 2004 return to existence, and to kick this site off the first report linked is one you will not want to miss. "A NUNAVUT NOMAD FOR ARCTIC CHAR." http://bunksoutdoorangle.com/a-nunavut-nomad-for-arctic-char/ Nobody is forcing ya, but visit when and as often as you like at... http://bunksoutdoorangle.com/ Bunk!

It's a back and forth participation between members that keeps forums alive. If that stops it all does. And Rick is OK to ask the question, "are there fishing forums that appreciate fishing reports?" Because yes, here especially, this site can get pages and pages of people coming out in droves to post on so many non-fishing related topics, but some of those same people will view someone's report and never offer anything. In seconds their fishing is on page two because generic home renos and the Blue Jays inspired anglers more. Those kinds of things only serve to crush the "fishing" on a fishing forum. And I do believe it's time that the forums separate into fishing and non-fishing, or that the one page be split in half somehow with fishing topics and reports at the top and the rest at the bottom. Just the coffee, toast and marmie talk this morning.. Maybe muskie this afternoon. Gonna drop a huge report here this week.

It's a miserable weekend Rick and people likely feel the same. lol This is a favorite site of mine to check in on and probably always will be. There's a quality bunch here that participates or at the very least is regularly present. From Facebook too, for friends and family outside of fishing for years I have linked people to here and now some have even signed on. I'll always be around too. But the participation levels on basically all the forums I know have dwindled over the years. The quick "like" elsewhere is easier than offering the efforts needed here, especially with reporting. And it's that same constant quick feed elsewhere that I fear has depreciated efforts in making big, or quality, or even regular reports online. Brian is about the only member here who puts in the constant effort like that which many people seemed to once do. On a personal note, having to format/edit the same text to suit different sites (as I have always belonged to several public and private sites) has long become annoying. Some reports have taken up to 45 minutes to post and repost on just three sites as the copy and paste just doesn't fully cut it. All this comes after the initial labor of love in writing the thing. I can imagine there have been some others who find this tedious as well. For me, it is about to get worse too, unless I change things. Have found overall that many here are accepting, supportive and decent. A decade of my drivel and some of the same still show kindness and thanks every time. The place sorely misses the presence and posts of much of it's moderators and long time members though. The occasional name calling comes my way too and surely there's guys who roll their eyes each time I post, but for the most part this board has always administered a healthy dose of brotherly angler love from whomever is aboard the ship. Don't let the hits and posts beatchya down though Rickman! Although you put in the solid effort to entertain, are proud of your catches or maybe need a "pick me up" post to lick your sickness today, sometimes folks just ain't willing to join the game or they aren't even around. For the record, I liked your pics dood!

SAIL has Judds (usually) and Spros! 1/8 to 3/4oz sizes.

Whoa! Just hit the breakfast buffet of pics! Nice Rick. Feel better dood.

Great collection Joey! Solid season. Time spent for brookies and other back lake gems is something many should do more often. Have a feeling that most of those fish were headed for the pan too. lol Well done.

I think the fish will look at for about a second, then swallow it whole!

Some Corona went up nose. Cool picture. Yes, a rare chance.

That catalogue of theirs (and to a lesser degree Cabelas) was pretty well the only fishing shopping I did for 10 years at each tax return. Still shop at the store in Ottawa more than anywhere as, their prices are almost always better. Agree with ya too Raf, the terminal tackle, line and even most lures really, were cheaper to buy there. Down the road from me 25 minutes now is the new Cabelas here in Ottawa. Le Barons is about 40-45 minutes if traffic is good, SAIL maybe 50 minutes but that's crossing the city only outside of rush hours. For the Ottawa crowd, Le Baron's was the bigger store closest to west end and SAIL in the east once it opened. The fishing/hunting crowd in the west end and Ottawa valley, now that Cabelas has opened, likely won't waste the extra 1/2+ hour time and gas just to save a buck or two on small things.., Surely over the years in Toronto they've suffered too with BPS, Cabelas and SAIL all opening. Same kinda thing in Montreal. Like the store, service has been good and bad over the years but with me, the fellas have always been friendly there. Sucks they're "restructuring" to probably closed doors.