splashhopper

This past weekend I fished my favourite small inland lake and was ALARMED at how much of the lake was covered in the blue/green algae. It covered half of the lake . Is this the kiss of death for this lake? Can the ministry do anything about this?

i always wondered what a "drum" was.... now I know... it's a poophead

It feels like a second childhood to me too Only this time I have to pay for it

\welcome aboard faster...

take pics... we love em welcome aboard

that's what friends are for

great report.... addison must be proud of her daddy's tattoo

More stuff for my knapsack.... and i was just starting to thin it out

sounds like it was a fun day

great report..... I am glad to see another beat up canoe,like mine, on the roof too

Thanks for the heads up Bill..... should I wait till sept then ?

ada boy Jacob.... now if u can get dad to smile

awesome...... she will never forget it.

What an interesting long weekend. Went out Friday night with dutchy for some bass at a local reservoir. It was slow fishing. We managed a few small ones and think it is a matter of putting time in on that body of water till we find the big ones. No worries, we have all summer to get em. Early friday morning I set out for the last trip with my truck. This was the first time i took my canoe in that vehicle and quickly realized how much more covenient my old van was for this type of tripping. The canoe is 12 feet and the truck box is 8 feet.. therefore I couldn;t close the cab. Since I usually sleep in a Walmart or Tim Horton's parking lot when i do this type of tripping, I had to sleep in the cab. I may be a little guy, but i do like to sleep on a flat surface. Friday night was also the first time an officer rapped on my window and told me I had to move the truck 50 feet to sleep there. Apparently I was on private property, with two tractor traiers, next to Timmies. No Ticket though Early saturday morning head to my favourite lake in the hopes if a great day of bassin and possibly a pike or two. I "woke up" a little groggy and absolutely aching from "sleeping" ( see tossing and turning every half hour or so). Got to the lake and headed out. The first 50 yards looked good... but then.... the dreaded green/blue algea bubbles started appearing... massive balls of it throughout the lake.... I don;t know what causes this, but the fishing was TERRIBLE except for the one pike I caught. I was trolling with a red/white Daredevil when mr rod started bouncing It was hooked deep so I trolled back to shore and gave it to a dad with his 3 young sons that were shore fishing for pike. Around 3 pm I could barely keep my eyes open so I called it a day and headed to a small town where there was an informal wedding reception that I was invited to the night before. I knew there would be good food and fellowship there... and possibly a better place gto sleep in the truck for the night too. The food was great,.... the music was awesome... and i had a great sleep in the flat field in my truck. This morning came early.... my phone alarm works quite well when its time for fishing. I had heard rumours of brookies a few kilometers from this place and decided to check it out. Driving SLOOOOWWWWLY DOWN THE DUSTY ROAD ( with my cap window only half shut due to the canoe)seemed to take forever to find the little creek. Good thing I was driving slow.... I would have missed the creek for sure. Using m trusty weedless #8 hook with a worm and a split shot on my ultra was just the ticket for this little stream. First drift and voila A little guy.... put scrappy as heck. Next drift... fish on ! I put another half worm on and FISH ON ! three drifts... three brookies ! I couldn't believe my fortune.... This was just my second effort at targeting brookies..... What a feeling to find the right type of water and then to be rewarded with these beautiful little fish. This one had a cool little yellow stripe at its mouth.. The next 50 minutes were pure heaven... lots of hits and some more fish caught. Here are a few more. This was the biggest one , As I mentioned in my previuos brookie thread a few weeks ago,....Thanks Dutchy for introducing me to this elusive gift of a fish. I think I will try for them again soon.

GREAT BEARD.... nice fish

looks like fun

thank you for all the replies..... I appreciate it.

No frame... Uni-body I don't trust tieing to the roof racks only.... it is mere glue that holds most of those down A good gust of wind from a passing transport truck and.... hey is that my canoe in the windshield of the guy behind me

I went to the dealership after work to look... all that was there is the L-Brackets...

One of the percs of my new job is a new car. I will be receiving a 2011 Kia Soul any day. I went in to the dealer where we bought it from and asked how I was going to tie my 12 ft Sportspal canoe to the roof. ( Foam pads for the canoe are already bought) There is a hook at the front, but NO BUMPER in the back ! :blink The canoe is super light and I am thinking that as long as I secure the pull straps across the canoe from door to door and have another pull strap at the front that a decent bungee chord should suffice for the rear. There is only the plastis bumper back there with two plastic l-brackets holding that to "the body". What a dilemna? lol And as I type this, I realize that it will be even trickier with my 12 foot tinnie up there ( with cross bars to hold the boat off the rails of course). Any thoughts ?

very nice Richard... might be up your way this weekend

looks like fun

persistence pays off.... fish at all costs...