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That. Is. Awesome!

I declare it to be the trip report of the year thus far! Now that's my kind of fishing!

I agree, I have a cabelas model and find it to be excellent. It was $200 plus shipping and tax.

Met two CO's out smelting last Friday night, they seemed like nice fellows.

That house is so ugly it's offensive.

I think we have it pretty good here in the Soo, fishing, camping, canoeing, hiking etc. was actually the primary motivating factor as to why we moved here. The other place I would consider would be Vancouver Island, which is where I used to live, but the real estate there is insane.

Nice house worm dangler, I hope it works out for you. I wanted to buy a house out there but wifey wouldn't go for it because there was no cell phone reception, I think there is now though.

TDunn said everything worth saying on the subject. But, just to throw my two cents in, for flies to troll behind the williams warbler I use brown or black woolley buggers, black nose Dace, Black ghost, or muddler minnows (occasionally) in sizes 6 to 8. A selection of representative nymph patters for around the beaver dams can also be good. Early seasons brookies are the most fun you can have while fishing (in my opinion)

You are going at a really good time. Lots of the rivers in that area have a steelhead run of some kind, although the water level is very low this year. My suggestion, as you drive up hwy 17, you will see rivers, and you will see cars parked by the side of the road, they're not parked there to go bird watching. Those cars are your indicator that there is good fishing to be had in that trib. If you feel like going for a bit of a walk, shoot me a pm and I'll tell you where one of my favorite holes is.

And on the fly too! My utmost respect to you sir!

My only advice is don't rely on fish for food, you can't control nature, and sometimes the fish just don't bite. It's a sure way to ensure an empty stomach and a miserable trip. Bring all the food you need, fish or no fish, seriously.

Don't pay attention to the haters, your reports are great! You're right that anybody who can recognize the river based on a picture of it already knows there are fish there. Also, anybody who would send you a critical e-mail without identifying themselves isn't worth listening to in the first place.

It can be great and it can also be dodgy. There are a bunch of lease hold camps north of town here that are in real trouble with there lease holders. Camps that have been in the family for generations, spent all kinds of money on building and renovating their camps and now they are basically getting kicked off the land. A deed of ownership is the only thing that's certain.

I don't know how much it weighs, but it's a real nice fish.

Welcome to the forum! I used to live in Hamilton, if you like trout fishing, the Grand River is where you want to be. There's tones of articles about it in The Canadian Fly Fisher Magazine.

My standard laker set-up; 6'6" medium action rod 2500 reel spooled with 8 pound clear mono small to medium sized williams warbler spoon followed by 12"-18" more 8 pound mono and either a plain hook and worm or a small streamer fly at the end. In spring, fish it weightless behind the boat, as the season progresses, add weight to get down to where the fish are.

I also find this behavior perplexing. Around here people bag it and then hang it from the low branches on trees. What's that about?!

That's awesome! Them are some big catfish!

I don't think your insurance policy would cover something like that.

In this case I think the tree huggers are all on this website, and good for us!

Beauty fish! Some guys at work were telling me they did really well last weekend up in the park too. Now I'm definitely going up to the park this weekend, suppose to be be -14 in Wawa tonight, should tighten everything up pretty good!

Shallow dark bottomed bays, and floating Rapala, leave it sitting out there for a while before you start to pull it in, slowly of course.

I used to love going when I lived down there, not even for the fishing stuff necessarily, the dogs were my favorite. Unfortunately it's way too far to go now.

I'd fight it because I can land any fish on any tackle.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. St. Croix Premier rod and a Shimano reel, preferably a Stradic, if not, the best one you can afford.