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thanks guys for the reply, the reason i posted ST. CLAIR, on my mind, i was done musky fishing there because of the bad storms & cabbage plugging up the bait, cancelled trips ? BUT BUT, my sister told me last night, her son bought a new 24' aluminium boat to fish ST. CLAIR ? AND he has caught a bigger mukie than i have ever caught on ST. CLAIR ! I'M BACK IN ! i was going to fish HALIBURTON LAKES this summer & fall, NOT NOW. MY NEPHEW JIM, last time we fished together on ST. CLAIR, 54in. & 35 lbs.

only dreaming ?

that is a lunker, great catch & pic !

BillM--the last time you were at denny's dam, did you camp on the flats, or just a day trip ? i just wondered if the HAMILTON STEELHEADERS, were still running the show on the flats, camping permits & putting fish over the damn, fish ladder ?

hi there Bill M-- i'm glad to hear somebody loved fishing the bayfield river. i use to go every spring, opening day, stay 10 days in rainbow valley campground, $ 6 bucks a day ! old joe brandon, that owned the hardware store in town, owned the campground. no hydro, no sewers. 3 outhouses, 2 wells with continuous running water & a dump station ! i called it hobo heaven ? but the fishing, if the water was high enough, was amazing ! i did for a dozen yrs. i knew every hole in the river, right to the highway bridge in the town of VARNA , 7 miles upstream. i caught over those yrs., maybe a dozen yrs., a couple of hundred bows, not a lie. i loved it in hobo heaven, but i really loved the beautiful river & town of bayfield ! i then moved farther north to goderich, bought a 2 bedroom trailer, right on the maitland river, GOD'S COUNTRY, 20 yrs. of nothing but great scenery & fishing ! WOW, THOSE WERE THE DAYS !!!

DJ general --nice fish, i didn't look like you had a lot of water where you were ? i tried the centre pins on a 13 ft. pole, i don't know ? i have 3 daiwa tournament ss 1300's reels, on 9,10,11 ft - loomis blanks. i use yarn, lots of colors & purple sponge balls, bottom bouncing with a few splits above a 3 ft. floro leader. i fish the maitland & bayfield rivers. -- i'm 67, i can't see well enough to tie a # 2 hook on 2 lb. floro leader ? your much younger and should have no problem tying or casting, i couldn't master that either ? the bayfield river, if the water is low, this yr. -i will use 9 ft, 7 wt. looms fly rod with a cheap browning reel on it, works well together. DJ - if you got all those nice fish on a centre pin, that's your story, stick to it .

perch don't get that humungus ? do they. two trophy fish, men !

i heard they are catching lots of bows right now, anyone up there, show us some chrome pics ? thanks.

TOM S & FISHERMAN---thanks for the info. you do not want these smoked fish in your house with women & children ! THEY STINK BAD ! there has to be somebody else on this message board that has eaten lake huron smoked chubs, that will tell you they have to be eaten outdoors ? they are tasty, but they stink ?

thanks DRIFTER-016---boy,brings back memories at denny's dam. the fella opened-up his cooler just like yours, filled with smoked lake huron chubs ! they are high in omega 3 fatty acids, more than sockeye salmon, greasy & wonderful to smoke, that's why they must stink sooo bad. lake huron & michigan don't have very many of them, zebra mussels eating their food source on the bottom ( plankton)- maybe ? ---read some google post.

SPIEL thanks--i just googled, where 2 buy smoked chub in ontario, no hits ? wisconsin usa. only spot ?

DAND thanks, they look similar in size, i would know if i opened the bag, the chub really stink ! the guy that had the cooler never mentioned the herring fish ? he said they were caught in lake huron, he smoked them himself.

SPIEL , thanks--- i was introduced to smoked chub 10-15 yrs. ago at denny's dam in southhampton. rainbow fishing late october. i native guy had a cooler full of these smoked chubs in the back of his pick-up. $ 2 bucks each., about 5-6 in. long, looked like a fat smelt. they really stunk, great taste with a cold beer. the cooler was empty in short time. WHERE'S THE SMOKED CHUB ??

i made a comment last night on a great fishing pic, about smoked chub, tasty snack 10 yrs. ago, i have not seen any for sale in my travels in the last 10 yrs. ? where can you buy smoked chub in ontario ? thanks.

that is no smoked chub, that is a giant, hats off, great catch !

fisherman, great clean chromer, if i was going 2 eat a trout, that is the size for me.

great catch,great pic and a great day !

thanks CANUCK, i'm now looking at the BG 4000 OR 4500 ? not going to use it on st.clair, stick with the bait casters. i'm going to use on my new passion, the lakes up in HALIBURTON. the fish are not as big as st.clair, but it's GOD COUNTRY on the lakes in HALIBURTON. i've fished 3 lakes since the middle of sept., the biggest ski was 40 in., my brother-in-law bagged it, on an eight inch, wooden baby carp on head lake. the other 2 lakes we were getting ski's between 3 & 10 lbs., they were after 6 in. baits. it is a lot of fun in the HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS !

ADEMPSEY---i went to the CANADA FISHING GUIDE website, i've never seen freshwater fish that big ? PIKE-WOW ! when i win a lottery and become rich & famous, i will be back. cheers.

thank you sir, WE WILL REMEMBER, WE WILL NEVER FORGET THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER !!!!!!

ADEMPSEY ---thanks a lot, what a share of valuable information, in that canadafishingguide.net ! WOW EE TIMBER TOM. i will read that at least 3 more times, i don't have a printer on my notebook. i have had one musky shy of 54 in. & one 54 in., 33 & 35 lbs. out of st.clair landed in the boat, a good friend & my nephew landed them, but some those PIKE PICS are absolutely huge ! the only fish i've seen bigger than those pike are muskies from eagle lake in dryden, scott jeager north shore lodge, check out his muskie gallery ? thanks again.

BILLM and GARNET ---it looks & sounds like a lot of fun-----30 yrs. ago. lol.

BILLM--- i looked up the TRANX 500, bait caster & holy cow $ 600 bucks, made of gold ! it should be SMOOTH.

GARNET--it's fun 2 watch on u-tube, i'm 2 old & 35 yrs. later as a brewery worker, hasn't paid off in the strength department ? i have quit fishing wide open st. clair, and have just started fishing the HALIBURTON lakes for muskie, i have a sister on a small lake behind EAGLE LAKE with a cottage. there is some nice muskie lakes in west guilford county & head lake in haliburton. i will keep watching on u-tube what you are doing. ( hard work. )

GARNET----i watched a u-tube on the canal, i guy my age under a highway bridge, throwing out those pencil poppers into the current, wiggling the tip of the rod & reeling slow with the 10 ft. rod. what action with those guppy pencil poppers !