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Solid southern pike Rich. For sure.

Lake Erie is glass and Doug's kickin' aaaaaass. Nice eyes.

You said besides a fly... and that their lost it. It is sooo amazing how sunning pike will ignore EVERYTHING, but if you have a rabbit-strip fly that you can leave sit in front of it's face, it will hit it twice. lol.

Gord it is a solid idea if looking to easily put everyone on the same page with info gathered. Personally though. in an email or letter you could simplify but just stating... Boois.... blah, blah, blah, blah... Kesagami.... blah, blah, Quetico... blah, blah, blah. Your Kesagami info is a little off Gord. Drive 9 hours to Cochrane, fly... maybe find other options other than the lodge and prices may vary. but that said... I think this spreadsheet is simply an idea you're looking for input on right? I don't know about some of the other places mentioned, but I'd have a hard time believing ya Mike that the experience isn't "even close" to the other places. Although, remoteness and being away from others on less pressured waters does come into play if choosing the lodge and their open months, I guess.

Thanks again guys. Gimme a buzz soon Tyler. Appreciated Alan. For Nipigon and specks nothing tops your online site. Missing the girls right now as they're away at camp, but keeping busy at work (17 hour shift yesterday).. blahh), a long "Honey Do" list at home and preparations for the next trip. No, not Nipigon... but that will almost immdediately follow and just working out details last week. So if we can share the boat great, but if we can't share the boat lets at least share a scotch. Hopefully your blackflies are long gone soon. Absolutely the worst I've ever experienced. lol.

He'll be kickin' himself for not getting a kicker with this boat I think. Available or not. I'll pass this on to him guys, thanks. Good info.

For many folks, weighing fish was never even been a thing of their present. lol. That's total choice though eh? It used to be more of a pet peeve what Rich is saying, until realizing that in the game of angling, egos trump truth 9 times out of 10 with fishermen, and if you're in the minority, then you're actually the oddball. lol.

True fisherman will turn that 326 into a 652 by 2014 Will. Sure it wasn't 328 when the counter actually slipped off your belt buckle, fell in the muck at the bottom of the boat, and when rubbing it clean you actually set it back a couple fish??? Huh??? Remember that part? Just messing around bud. Glad to hear you had a fantastic trip with Hearst and really pounded yourselves a couple tonnes of fun out there.

Summer 2007. On my way home from work in Moosonee I stop to shoot the shiznit with some workers from the hospital in Moose Factory while they're out on smoke break. Fella asks me how the fishing has been. Told him I had been in Kesagami and caught a near 40 inch pike but wished I'd had found that 50. Guy of course says, "nice fish" BUT, one time when I was at Kesagami, while fishing off the dock at the lodge I caught a 72 incher that took about an hour to reel in. It was so big we needed two guys to roll it up onto the dock where I then shot it dead in the head. I replied, "Ohhhh, so you caught a fish probably two to three times heavier than the world record and there at the Lodge in front of a group of paying customers from all over the place, quickly materialized a gun and put a hole through the fish and probably the Lodge's floating dock. You're an idiot and a liar who must actually think I'm an idiot. Next time don't ask me how the fishing has been if you're just looking for an opportunity to one-up me with some complete bullstick story dood." Nah, didn't actually say that... probably said, "nice fish." lol.

Thanks for posting this article Spiel. Nice to see the good guys win one now and again... for round one couldn't have been won by a better fella. Great fishing Tony.

Boy ohh boy that boy is gonna have himself one great lifelong memory of that first ski of his. Great fishing......... Hmmmm, Lower Buckhorn eh??? Thanks for reporting.

Enjoyed that Adam. Great write up, the camp appears to be well maintained, the area quite scenic and yes, those few walleye do look like your better than average fish. Great show dood!

He'll have it by next friday after they've transferred a few things off his boat onto this new one. Sharp looking rig I think. He went home from work today a pretty happy camper. lol.

It's odd but back in May it did cross my mind that you hadn't popped up your annual Gonk tour report... and as this report started I thought, well he's explaining why. But then ya made it there anyways, pounded some specks and we got the show afterall. lol. Quite the spring to deal with, had to cancel out on a trip as well due to late ice dates. Great, great work on the boat. Quite the undertaking but you've done a helluva job with it. Hope to see more reports with you and Bluey.

For the sake of competition some lakes get beaten every single weekend despite any and every kind of weather. What can ya do eh? Leah asked me one time if I'd put one of my mud minnows in with her goldfish. I said, "sure, but watch what happens..." From a cold water pail to a warm water tank the fish ripped around bashing it's head on the glass ti'll it turned belly up within about 30 seconds. "Dad, those minnows are crazy," she says. lol.

Storm is upon us here in Lanark County. Hoping to not have to pick the gravel out of the ditch again after another driveway washout. Too much rain this year... but the grass has never been greener.

Busy lake one day when I went midweek in the summer. Only stayed 4 hours in a heat wave with my girls in tow, largies were non existent and smallies were tough for me. Walleye guys where trolling through the narrows about midway through the lake that morning. Closer to the S.W. end in the basin are some shoals and one smaller island. Smallies found around there on sonar in good numbers with a few dinkeroos caught... water was very clear. If fishing there again I'd try dropshotting...

He's too fast and just signed off on it. Onboard charger, cover and bimini top, stereo, slightly upgraded sonar, keeping the PowerDrive for now, trailer with all accessories and had the tire thrown in. Comes with a 150 ETec. He's having a feel good day. Now he needs to just get fishng.

Good call guys. It is a full console. I'm calling him downstairs now with that. lol.

The minute you say "trophy" anything, whether it is or not, the eyes of some will just roll for different reasons. You or someone mentions "record" breaking and that's even worse. Heck, I've known people that will end friendships over such things. Big ole ski this one is... to him it's both a trophy and his record I'm betting.

Co-worker here has gotten bit by a serious fishing bug this year. Well, in truth he has a play boat that he's been putting all sorts of fishing upgrades to this spring. IE, 55lb new Powerdrive with Auto-pilot, riggers, sonar. Now he's looking to buy a fishing boat today. 17-foot SmokerCraft. Nice looking boat but, he was about to call the Marina to sign off on it yet he hadn't thought to ask for any extras or upgrades to be included. Told him... Dump the PowerDrive you're looking to transfer over to that new boat and go with the Terrova 80lb. Transfer your sonar over and have them upgrade the cheapy with the deal and put it on the bow. Ask for galvanized trailer, bunk guides, spare tire, transom saver and tie downs. Ask for safety kit, fire extinguisher, bumpers, ropes and life jackets if needed. Check what seats are in the package, if there are higher end ones, get those. Anything else to consider???

If a tree falls in the forest...? Agreed, this thread is a good one. FishNWire... good question though... feel your pain man, gotta suck more in the city though. Ottawa mall cop busted me once for pizzing off the sidewalk into a storm grate. Some boys in blue are mental man. Takes about 3 - 3 1/2 hours on the riding lawn mower to do my yard in the country along a busy road. On a hot day, little food in the belly, lotsa water, pretty well every tree gets a uric acid shower. Keep on wizzin' on man... legal or not the world needs to understand that taking a leak is natural and you're just giving back.

Bren told me she bumped into ya Smitty. You kinda surprised her. lol. Good no one was hurt but this is about the strangest trailer circumstance I've ever read. Hopefully insurance will pick up the costs. Solid reminder for people to check their shiznit out regularly.

Three weeks Roy!!! Man, hope the heat fizzles down to about 24C for ya, little mix of sun and cloud, full moon for 3 weeks, and hooks setting into anything with gills every minute.

Some great eyes Dave. I hope in 40 years I'm still sharing the boat with friends, beating on walleyes and sharing old stories.