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headed out after work to hunt down some browns like usual and pulled this little hen up about a week ago bottom bouncing the oldest, stanky roe i had in my vest (had nothing else left). shes a real pretty fish, just thought id share

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i dont think anyone fishing gbay wants to give up any reports, or the entire GTA will be crowding up our water, and judging from the turnout in tbury this morning, theres not much water left for the locals

never underestimate the curiosity of a puppy, my hunting dog once ate $260 cash when he got a hold of my wallet, i managed to piece togethar $40 with all the shreds of paper, hes also eaten my roe on several occasions, and chewed up some of my prized antlers. My buddys puppy also ripped my fog light and cables off my truck.. stil cute? sometimes.

i have some incredible sets from this year and last, i'll have to put togethar a post so you can see these sheds, some of them can make a grown man cry.

keep lookin and you'll find them. stil looks like theres a bit of snow up there, but your in a race against the rabbits and mice that feed on sheds antlers. Ive had a dry spell the last couple weeks, only finding a few here and there, but ive managed to find 50 sheds so far this season. keep your eyes on the ground mike

ive gone up to temagami to work several times as well, but work is no excuse not to fish on that lake, its like a fishing sin or something.

the rivers are a mess up here, especially the notty. If your comming up this way, i recommend bringing your boat and anchoring off the mouth of the river are casting or roe bagging for bows. The whitefish are now comming in real strong of the mouth of the notty, so bring some light action gear and try for some whities if the bows arnt hitting. Every river along the south shore of geogian bay is completely mudded out, hope this helps cheers mike

Lots of birds up my way misfish, just starting to see the big groups again popping up everywhere. The winter was fairly harsh in the pretty river valley and i found quite a few dead birds while shed hunting and theres still 4 feet of snow in places or more. Coyote numbers are up your way which could have alot to do with the decrease of birds and flooded corn and soy fields mean less food for the deer and turkeys to compete with. Give it another two weeks and hopefully you'll start seeing the birds grouping up, and get rid of that fisher and shoot the coy dogs. cheers mike

nice fish ryan, good to see the weather didnt completely ruin your plans.

right on brandon, excellent action shots. the wood duck photos are incredilble, I'd say the hours drive was worth it cheers mike

what about the fish?? you cant go to temagami and not give a fishing report.

great photos once again, the close up of the goose is real nice. keep em comming cheers mike

way to rub it in. im not jelous or anything.

i use purely Daiichi 1150 high carbon, size 12 shipped up from from a kentucky fly shop thats the only one that carries them anymore. i always use #12, even while floating a 8 inch worm down the river or roe bag or a single egg. any bigger hook, i feel ruins the natural presentation of a bait, depending on how many GPM the river is pushing. Oddly enough, i use bigger hooks like #10 B420 while floating or bouncing for specks, unless im fly fishing for specks, than i switch to #14, #16 dry fly. everyone's different, you'll find what works for you with time. cheers mike

so i finally quit shed hunting long enough to go float my local river, and after all the city folk stopped crowding up the bank, i finally was able to land a few nice chromers fresh from the bay. The water just started to clear up, and i was able to get 4 nice fish on the bank in less than an hour. the first of the evening few drifts later this nice hen hit this little guy was the hardest fighter of them all a few drifts later and its only the start. keep your tip up. cheers mike

if that was my shed dog in that boat that goose wouldnt have lasted the first round. great vid, certainly made my day, especially since ive been attacked by geese on many many occasions. cheers mike

bubble gum worms work great, pink isnt the only colour that works, orange, chartruse, and orange with a chartruse tinge work real well. Dont rule out single cheese eggs. I find that when the bite slows down, switch to a single cheese egg and lethargic fish will move to hit it. and never forget about floating flies, egg sucking leeches, wolly buggers and flying ants work great in the mid afternoon sun when the fish tend to hide. mike

Glad to see ya got out for a walk with the mrs, misfish! I was out today for a few hours with the pooch scouring cornfields and fence crossings, but didn't find a thing. thats just the way shed hunting goes sometimes. And thanks joe for the pictures of your dog with some sheds, Looks just like my little fella. That shed in the top picture is defintally a nice buck, any luck on finding the other side?

beaty brown, great catch. im not jelous or anything

There is a big market for any kind of antler art, infact ive sold quite a few pieces. I make everything from knives, coat/hat racks, and desk pieces, and currently working on making some prety cool lamps. Some of it I sell, some i make for myself; here are a few pieces ive been working on the past couple weeks hat rack

Maverick, they are all found in orchards in heathcote and thornbury.

Leechman, I do indeed use antlers for rattling while i bowhunt, and let me tell you the results are explosive. Ive done everything from hard rattling to light tickling and had bucks charge in my direction faster than i could get by release clipped on the string. This year i tagged one of my bucks by rattling him in, and the other i tagged grunting and rattling him, shooting both bucks within 6 yards. Some people strongly disagree with rattling, such as my hunting buddy, but i never leave home without them during bow season. Mike

well folks, its that time of year again, the snow is melting making it possible to get into the woods and track the deer that eluded me during bow season. Looking for something to do with the kids this weekend? Or just want to get out and get some exercise? Hit your nearest deer woods and keep your eyes on the ground. So far ive found 47 sheds this season, including the racks from a few bucks i stalked all bow season and never got a crack at, just thought i would share some of my nicer finds;

made my day a little better also... nothing wrong with fingering a cow though. kidding. mike