splashhopper

Some of my best days of pike fishing have been on topwater lures. My favourite is the Scum Frog. Black, yellow, glow in the dark white and white/green combo work well for me. I also like Matzuo poppers and really big Jitter Bugs. The reason i love fishing the Scum Frog is that I can toss that baby in to the thickest mess on the water or the ugliest mess of trees that have fallen in the water. I have NEVER hung a scum frog up. The key is to feel the fish BEFORE setting the hook. I lost a ton of fish before I learned to count to about 3 or 4 before setting the hook. Thanks for all the tips from other OFC'ers. The EXPLOSION really gets the adrenaline pumping and it takes PATIENCE to NOT set the hook upon seeing the strike. Make sure u have the lightest wire leader that u can find. I like a 10lb wire leader and am going to be trying flourocarbon this year to see if I get even more action . Good luck.... it takes practice and patience... with patience being the biggest challenge. But once u get the hang of it and u are fishing with a friend that "hates top water " fishing and hooking fish and he isn't.... u will appreciate the practice time.

Yep. Those are some nice fishies. Congrats.

beauties

a real fishermen doesn't get too hung up on his ride... he just fishes... wtg Terry

Good luck...

thanks for sharing the adventure in the fog

I lov catching steelhead on lures..... just a tad more exciting than watching a float go down to start the battle..

sounds like a fun day

that carp was a hawg

awesome report

u can see his confidence grow on the boat from the first pics of him gripping your legs to sitting on his own

that would have been a great experience...

yep.... kids can sleep anywhere... when they want to

awesome

looks like it was fun

Thanks for the call Dan.... see u Monday afternoon ....

great story... makes me want to drive up there

Two hours driving in the city of Toronto is NOT going to be good on gas.... on the highway is reasonable for this truck and motor.

Tried hooking up some trailer lights on my "new to me " truck this afternoon and got nowhere with the 7pin connector. ( 2003 Dodge ram 1500 2 wheel drive with the 4.7 V6 ) There was another 4pin set underneath and that didn't work either. This truck came from my wifes work and is a very well maintained truck. They used to pull a small trailer with it up until I bought it in late december. We put a tester in the 7 pin and it read fine on all but two of the pins.. Is likely the issue... we are hesitant to pull the wires off the back of it to look for corrosion. The 4pin one is dead, period. We then took the truck to the U-Haul centre where we are getting the trailer from and they had the same result. Any ideas? I need it to go to Michigan on Tuesday. Thanks Splashhopper

I renewed mine at Canadian Tire... in/out in 15 minutes.... Now if they could just install a Timmies kiosk behind their counter

Awesome.

:clapping: :worthy: to ALL the great smiles.. thanks you for sharing the journey

awesome.... the pics of their mouths wide open with a row of of RAZORS makes any trout look like a bluegill

A good friend of mine moved to Thompson Manitoba in January... Journeyman Millwright... I could contact him to see if they are looking for apprentices? The ice should be off the water there by now too for some fishing .