smbhunter

I was there from 98-2002, taking aquaculture and fish/wildlife. Great school, great programs and great times.

Only the 'Group of 7' has a 54 inch limit.

I believe it. I had a similar experience on Pigeon lake a couple years ago. A muskie followed up my buddies lure and was going crazy following it into a figure 8, but eventually lost interest and started backing off. At this point I decided to do some figure 8's as well, and the muskie responded immediately, but swam right past my lure and stopped in front of the trolling motor, stared right at it for awhile, then took off. It wasn't a big fish, maybe 40" at best, but it was cool to watch.

Bring it back with the receipt, and a new rod shall be had within minutes.

I would get a bucktail of some sort for sure, and depending on how much I spend on one, I would get either an 8" or a 10" jointed Believer. They have been around forever and are still the most versatile and effective lure on the market. You can use a believer as a topwater bait and a shallow diving bait on the shallow setting, connect your line to the deep setting and you have a deep running bait, plus you can troll with it on either setting. As others have mentioned previously, it's more important to make sure you have the necessary tools to handle and release musky as quick as possible before you get into buying more baits.

A buddy has a cottage on that lake and musky are in there. He got one last week fishing for pike and seen 2 or 3 others. He usually gets a couple during the season. Very difficult lake to fish for them, except in early and late season, when they move up into the shallows. It seems to me like this is one of those lakes where the musky are open water creatures, making them quite hard to catch.

They should be in spawning mode right about now, which is exactly what you saw. The larger one was a female and the smaller ones were males. Usually lasts about 3 days, depending on the area. Don't expect to catch them for awhile when this is going on. I've noticed in most lakes that the gar will come up shallow to spawn, then disappear for a few weeks until the water warms up enough for them to invade the shallows again. This is when the fun begins. July and August are the best months for fishing them, but some years mid to late June can be hot depending on the weather. When they come to the surface and expose their snouts, they are actually taking a breath of air. Gar have a modified lung which allows them to live in very shallow, stagnant water, but during open water season, they will gulp air readily regardless of water conditions.

It was a great pleasure meeting you at BPS TJ. I hope the rod and the two reels work out well for you.

It's a tough situation to be in for sure. I'm not a fan of leaving a line unattended, in my opinion it should be illegal everywhere to do so, but if this method is legal in your area, then my opinion doesn't really matter. You had every right to have a set line out and it was unfortunate that an unlucky laker had to come by. If the fish was in fact 100% dead, then I would have kept it too, in this situation.

Nice cat! I'm heading down tomorrow, so I hope there is still some big kitties left. It looks like they are moving in good now.

I'm heading down on tuesday to give it a shot. I know it may be a bit early, but I just can't wait any longer. meow!

I've got my ticket. Can't wait for the 25th.

This would be good for certain types of injuries or ailments, especially ones that are related to the joint or bones in the area, but not for impingement. Surgery is rarely required for this condition as it's basically just muscle getting pinched between the joint. Stretching and strengthening work on the muscle and eventually pull it back to it's normal position so it's not getting caught in the joint. After just over a year of not being able to lift my arm up half way, 4 missed diagnosis, and a horrible physiotherapist (I went to 2, this was the first), I've been virtually pain free for 7 years. I'm not saying this will work for everyone, as each injury and each person is different, but before trying medication and various other forms of treatment, try to stretch and strengthen the muscles in the area.

I've got dynamic impingement in my right shoulder which developed after a few years of playing baseball. The pain was almost unbearable at times, but after a few visits to a great physiotherapist, (after the first clowns did more harm than good), my shoulder is relatively pain free. It still acts up on the odd occasion, but usually after I over stress it from work or fishing. Like mentioned previously, the best thing you can do is stretch out the muscles in the area, and work on strengthening them as well. It hurts for the first little while, but keep up a routine every day, or every second day and you WILL notice a huge improvement.

Ok, what the heck, I'll add a tally. A total of 10 days spent on the ice this year, (a new personal low ) was spent like this: 1 day on little lake for pike, 2 days on Nipissing, 2 days on Midland bay for herring, the rest on Simcoe. During these 10 days I caught 4 pike, 12 walleye, 6 whitefish, 19 lakers, with several perch and herring mixed in as well. Had 2 horrible days, one on Simcoe and the other on Midland Bay, but managed to avoid the skunk so far this year.