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I would likely go with a MH baitcaster like stated...something 7'6 give or take, with some backbone for some bigger fish u might run into. You could do the same with a spinning outfit if thats what your more comfortable with...But the BC set up would likely be good for launching big baits out there. Good luck with your trip!

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Thanks guys! Yea it was a blast for sure, Woulda loved to try for atlantics but we just didnt have enough time. Here are a bunch more pics from my camera so there a bit better quality Cody's first pike Louie Moose track Dave with a pike Another pike of codys Nice little pond stumbled upon in the woods. Me with a small pike Daves nice pike Dinner Dont mine the hold, these two were dinner as well! A good pic of my big bass! hope you enjoy!

Well were back after a few good days up on St Joesephs island... Fishing wasn't spectacular but it was still enough to keep us busy. We left at 11:30 pm Tuesday and a very tired cody drove the whole way till we arrived at camp Wednesday 9:30 am We quickly set up camp, and realized we were the only group of campers using tents, and cooking over the fire lol. We fished hard everyday, and were exhausted the entire time. The first day we didnt get into any fish, the wind was howling so we didnt stay out there too long. The next day was different... We worked our way into a little bay off the st marys, and tried for perch at first...no real bites until i land a decent 1lbs smallie on a perch rig for the first fish of the trip. crawdad got a smallie about the same size shorly after, then we moved into a shallow weedy bay. I got into two pike in this bay in only 4-5 cast, both in the 4 lbs range. Craig got into another right after and we kept a few of these fish for dinner that night, which was excellent btw.... navigating the rocks We returned to this bay later that night and me and Dave were both rewarded with a few decent pike that we released... The next day we fished hard all day, crawdad got his 1st, 2nd and 3rd pike of the trip on this day i believe...Dave got another one, and pete hooked into a nice one as well....This was a tough day of the water for me, only landing a 1/2 pound bass right before heading in...and missing 2-3 good hits earlier on in the day. Not sure which day it was but dave was able to land a 5-6 lbs bowfin that was likely the largest fish of the trip...was pretty cool to see one up close for the first time! Day 3 me and cody loaded up the canoe and headeed deep into the bush looking for some back lake brookies....we were driving up and down trails looking for the lake, we eventually got back to the lake, after a half hour canoe portage. And we didnt catch squat....was pretty neat getting way back to fish the lake, and saw a set of moose tracks as well. This was the lake u suggested Dr. S(If u read this), was quite the adventure getting out there ill tell you that....it seemed like a perfect little lake but the fish were just not interested in what we had to offer. The last few days we did alot of drinking/swimming/tubing/cliff jumping...but did get a few more fish as well....We did some perch fishing as well....although the bite was nearly non stop when we did target then, there was only a handful of keepers all week so they all went back in the water. The last morning turned out to be the best for me, landing my PB smallie, somewhere between 4.5-6.5 pounds, didnt get a real good pic of it as my camera died earlier that day. I got this beast in 3-4 FOW in thick weeds on a weightles white texas rigged sluggo. It hit like a ton of bricks and provided a very exciting few minutes of fight! The rest of the day we got a few more small fish here and there, but was mostly spent doing some swimming and cliff jumping...and dave actually got into about 5 perch on a spinner bait! Most of my fish came on a #5 Mepps bucktail, with a small pike on a CL spinner, and the sluggo bass...Other peoples success came on spoons, bluefox spinners, and small spinners baits... We were planing on getting up near the sault to go after some atlantics...but didnt realize how much extra driving there was invloved....we had enough fishing to keep up busy for the few days that we were there... Good trip for sure, and there are many more pics the share, but i havent loaded them onto comp yet.....these are just from codys blackberry so the photos arent the greatest quality!

Will do, we'll be etiher in a red Astro bass boat, or a brown Princecraft! We have six coming up now instead of just 3, so hopefully will have a big fish pot i can try and win!

That is a beauty! Congrats!

Incredible report! You hooked into some real monsters out there, good going!

There are so many sucker species to keep track of, but that is a hog for sure! Here is one of mine from earlier this spring caught while Steelheading, was a blast to get on the Centerpin! Weighed in at 9 lbs! I think this one is a type of Redhorse or sumthing...my PB from the sucker family was nearly 12lbs caught when i was about 12 lol!

Im heading up there tomorrow morning bright and early Shawn, first time up that way....four days of fishing the river...and some back lake brookies! Just had to check in here to see if you had posted another report TDunn, good to see there still hitting! Cant wait till tomorrow!

Beauty's Tyler, Next week i hope to be finding some of those monster eyes! And hopefully figure out some Atlantics as well!

Good stuff, we'll be giving them a shot or two for sure...i think ill still get the pin, would love to try out the rapids if i get a shot....maybe some residents! Thanks again everyone.

Thats the most mushy sentimental thing ive ever read on a fishing board! lol Hopefully our wifes and girlfriends dont read this post! I am just kidding! I completly know what your talking about! I have a real hard time thinking of anything other then the first cast...do way to much scouting, way to much google mapping, and spend way to much money on fancy new gear the weeks prior lol. Great post!

Great idea, I pm'd tyler asking a few questions about targetting them, so hopefully he can give me hand with them. Ive never caught or targeted an Atlantic yet but they've been on the list for a bit now! Ill be bringing the centrepin set up so hopefully there are opportunities around town to find an easy access spot and try it out, I understand it can be a dangerous place to just hop in and start wading around when you've never fished the river before tho... What kind of bait work up in that neck of the woods, i see that walleye cranks get em so thats something to give a shot lol. Ill have to some some roe bags up, and ill bring the spoon collection to chuck some hardware at em as well. All helps been greatly appreciated Dara Tyler and Dr S. Starting to get pretty excited bout this little trip now! We'll be in the area Thursday afernoon, and will likely leave the campsite early sunday morning, with one more mini trip to a back lake before making the looong drive home for sunday night( and back to work monday morn )

I have to ask my brother but somewhere near gawas bay? not sure which campground tho...

Hey guys, My brother and a friend are heading up to St joes island for the Canada long weekend and ive decided to tag along. Were going to be bringing up the boat and trying for some pike, walleye and in the river and areas around the island. I'm wondering if anyone could give me some pointers to try and get some trout up there, brookies/lakers/splake... i know how good of a fishery they have up there so im going to wanna try to find some new spot., Weather it be the Soo rapids, some little creeks, or some stocked back lakes we can carry the canoe back to. Spots right on the island would be great but were willing to do some driving/bushwacking if the oppourtunity presents itself. Any info you could share would be greatly appreciated, Pm's are welcome. Never been to the area at all so hopefully we can find some fish! Thanks guys.

Found a whole bunch after a failed day of trout fishing. First time Ive been picking them, and eating them last night. They were fantastic.

I also got out to fine tune my centerpin skills...got about 10 suckers about 1-3 pounds then this 10 pound hog....Its no chrome bow but it still gave me a fight on the pin! Two days!

Skunk is a good pattern! These are a sweet lure using a skunk pattern...lots of cool patterns. Made in ontario

Firefox blazes ahead of other browsers... IE is garbage imo, chrome is decent, and may be just as good as firefox, but i like the look and feel of firefox much better. The new personas add on is very cool about firefox...lets you customize your browser, very neat.

Either a Taimen trout center pinning day in Mongolia...or maybe Jurrassic lake in Argentina for some freakishly large steelies...

Always a sighting or two in and around the native reserve near Bothwell ontario, along with pictures of tracks in the local newspaper. My parents sat in there house and watched a large cat walk across the laneway from the forest to the field one day, two days later while fishing i was startled as another large cat jumped out of some bushes while on my way down to the river. We assume it was the same one both similar descriptions....but it wasn't in as large as a cougar....but way to large to be a house cat of any kind. in the 60+ lbs range 3 feet high and 4 feet long. I did not continue to fish that day lol. Also had a wolf stare me down while fishing just three weeks ago...he was curious but ran off after a few minutes, must have thought my rod was a gun.

Thank you sir!

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My new love the steelie! With the rod and reel in the photo!