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No didn't get up to Kesagami this season Moose. Trying to plan a vacation there with some buddies from the shop for next spring tho Thanks for the reply's guys, sure made for some fun trips. Now I have 3x the tackle and half the time on the water haha Got to love working in a outdoors store.

Looks like a fun year you had for sure! Thanks for sharing, MTBF

Hello gang, well it's been a fun year so far to say the least. Been busy at it and didn't get to fish as much as I should of but still had a great year, now time to get some Perch for the freezer too soon The first trips out like every year were some Pike fishing with my good buddy. Fishing wasn't even close to as good as last seasons opening day Pike but we still caught a good pair of fish I remember. One bite me while rolling a spinnerbait behind the boat. Here's Rick with another decent fish Not to long after Pike opener I was on my way to New York to fish Chautauqua Lake with a awesome group of people. The trip was handed down from the boss to me this spring, I got to head on a trip with the Shimano reps and higher staff, a few sponsored pro's like JP DeRose and Simon Frost to name a pair as well as a few store owners from shops across Ontario. It was the most fun I think I've had and I learned lot's from these guys. Pro's really are good at they do and they all fish so differently, really something everybody needs to do even as a co-angler in a tournament. Anyway on to the pic's, I got a temp license and was able to fish for Smallies as part of there catch & release season. Water was cold I remember in the 50's so cranks, jerkbaits, dropshot ruled the fishing there. Got to fish with Dave on afternoon 1 in the rain. Showed me how to fish a senko a million ways haha, here's a nice smallmouth Showing off a largie Day two I got to fish with jp and blake. Here's blake with a tank smallie Myself with a decent one Nik with a 6lb smallie on the dropshot. One for me And another, this one was bigger haha. Came from 8ft of water Next and last day of that trip. Here was the departure the next morning...pumped as hell PB smallie for me, have to credit some of it to JP couldn't thank them enough for having me on this trip, I had a blast , the product testing was fun too:P After that I was busy as hell as gear was coming through then but made it out to Sturgeon twice with friends from work. We fished in the wind the one day and the rain the other. Nothing but small smallies the entire time. I wasn't controlling the boat or pounding docks but man didn't figure much out then. Later in the summer we made our trip out east for a short week this time around. And after a dry hot summer I picked the week when it rained every single day haha. Kept the temps down but it was a touch bite some of the time when the storms were coming through. Double header first pair Little brother chillin in the downpours Cranking the rocks and kept catching snot rocket's. Fun fight in 20FOW tho The shore fishing off the campsite is awesome to say the least. Here's my dad Chunky fish using the 4-stroke as a trolling motor pitching plastics Still at Kesagami in my mind I think I was Threw that fish back then worked the stretch another 10' and found this near 4 Froggin at the parking lot Here's the young one with a nice topwater fish, have him a 6'8MH to use for the week and he got a few like this. Was proud and so was he Big largemouth of the week came off the bank in 2FOW. Threw the frog out a mile and this one crushed it, heard the Cumara creek a little but in the fish came Fun times Another shore fish Sunny morning finally, out we went Fish missed the frog on 3 casts to the same spot, 4th time he took it down. Never swung so hard but nice 4lb fish Average fish this year it seemed Crankbait Pike The last morning of the trip was a fun one. I went with my uncle and little brother. Here's a big chunky largie I got off the start My uncle caught a nice bass after that and then we had no luck for awhile...I was frogging this stretch and this fish just made a wake like ive never seen and took my 1/2oz bait down. I had 60lb braid spooled this year so heavier than my 50from last year. I pulled back and this fish came at us in a hurry. I didn't feel it's weight until the last bit of the fight, the pad edge is 6ft deep and this fish pulled straight to bottom about 3 times and the flex in the rod and me leaning brought it up, did the death roll then I grabbed it. That frog was down it's throat and the line was around 3 or 4 teeth. Didn't fray. Kudos to Sunline FX2 froggin braid, cast's awesome has barely any color loss and just was a hit for me this year in the 50lb and 60lb. One last bass and the trip was soon over On to work now and September wasn't far away I rented a cottage for a few days and got to fish during a cooler time of year. The frog went away and out came the 1/2oz t-rigged plastics, shakyhead's, tubes anddirty senkos. Fishing was slow, just had to fish lot's of water between bites but enjoyed the time I spent up there. Going for a week next year in September I think. Action shot bringing in a small largie, mom was quick on the camera haha Little Pike Double header Another nice bass Went over to the shore spot for a fish with the Senko since the cover had moved out and got one bite Working the pads seemed to be key, held the heat a bit and was only cover around 1 small bass 2 small bass 3 small bass Got out for a few hours on the last morning and it was cold out. Worked 2 points with a jerkbait and a tube, then went over to some shoreline with pads in 6 and 8ft...worked a senko on a mile long cast. Was a 1 bite morning, produced a awesome largemouth. Got the net out, fish was ice cold...was a nice taste of fall fishing. Excited to do it a little more next year Next season is going to be a blast. I am planning a trip with some friends to head to hopefully a fly in lodge next spring, a 2 week camping trip in August over the teaser this summer and more time in the fall Thanks for having a look, really makes you miss the boat and the quiet out on the water Now time for some water to freeze up, its Perch time MTBF

Holy crap you two caught lot's of bass! The hook in the hand at the end there makes me sick Got to get my report together now Thanks for posting! Ice time soon buddy

On the 19th we can start issuing the fishing licenses for 2013 at our shop. We got a letter from the MNR with that info, prices went up a tad..84.99 for 3yr sport is what im after..card is still under $10 for the renew. Doing it online sucks, although I haven't done so myself I have had to fix the many many problems that the online way made for fokes across ontario. hope the system is problem free next year, such a stress when trying to serve customers.

Cyber Monday start's at midnight tonight! http://gagnonsports.com/news.html 15% off shimano and 20% off everything reg priced. Should be fun, didn't get to see you today Geoff Just posting this little link, it's new for us but with all the online gear I/we have been putting up it's time to see where the kinks are. And I still like my local shops don't forget. When I'm in Lindsay i stop into the shop by the locks and all my minnows this winter will be from tightlines Anyway good luck this season guys MTBF

Sundays guys The gougers are up the street remember that Well and the noobs that run the place. On a positive note we have lot's of ice gear set up so far and am still waiting on more to come in from Clam, Strike Master, Jiffy, etc...Jigging Raps were done and priced down last week. Stop in, there is new gear coming through every week. I did the Abu Garcia/Fenwick spring order not to long ago. Tightlines this holiday season everybody. MTBF And don't use the word "they" there is a great crowd of experience anglers and hunters that work at the shop and I would fish with any of them and have. I see countless people leave happy, from tying nots to showing a texas rig every day i witness the good in our store....And that's why we offer service that no BPS or Sail could. All the time I am filing special orders, dealing with guys rods and reels etc. When I'm on the floor I try to run from next person to next person when things are busy but park ass behind the counter when I'm not plugging away in the back. The Christmas sale is coming up, Nov 29th-Dec9th...be prepared to save money on some great gear...I've answered some emails here regarding tackle and equipment..don't be shy to send a PM.

I think Gagnons might be doing a cyber monday too...details still to come

Great season for sure! Thanks for sharing MTBF

Unreal report and great story. Must of been fun for sure. Great collection of pictures! Thanks for sharing, awesome catch's btw!! MTBF

Very Cool reel Geoff

Great report, looks like you had a very busy season! Great catches and pictures! Love the couple largies there Thanks for sharing, MTBF

I want to be at his Shimano yard sale now that he can sell all he got over the years. Shimano has lot's of new clothing out and the fact that he chooses to put on the Columbia gear must of been a war between sponsors. Abu stinks

At Gagnon Sports we have our Frabill gear in right now. I'll check back here and let you know if we have Otter coming in again like last season. I know Clam and some Eskimo will be coming too shortly. We have a lot of stock out right now if guys in the neighbourhood want to check in. Otter was the hardest huts for us to build I remember but were probably the nicest one we had last season, just solid huts. Tightlines, getting excited too for the winter season! MTBF

You both mean zone 18 is the best!!

Looked like a great trip. Thanks for posting!! MTBF

Amazing largemouth, Sturgeon gave me one over 5 last September, awesome lake for sure. Yours looks bigger tho Must of been nice pitching baits and locking into that one Thanks for sharing, MTBF Edit* Hope it went back into the drink

Not sure if you are in Oshawa or close by buy I can send you a e-mail when we get Super Slick in stock at Gagnons. Perhaps order you a 1500yd spool?? Just give me a shout, Mike

Streamside rods are very nice, check them out for sure.

Unreal man...i need to take longer trips and well flip a hell of a lot more lol. Kudos on this one, great report. Best of the season largie action right there! MTBF

Nice smallie!

Lot's of Shimano reels favoured here

G.Loomis NRX 7'1" Heavy with a Core 50Mg7...if i had to choose just 1

Awesome report Lew, the day I decide to Musky fish I'll be giving you a call Thanks for sharing, MTBF

Awesome report, man o man. I would love to come up there for a weekend next fall and do some fishing. Hope to get out next weekend for some more fishing. Unreal largies man!