fishboy

it's amazing that they resist such a lively minnow-guess that's why the old dead bait can be the trick

nice work; the ice should be growing quite a bit this week given the forecast

I've been out at Valens 3 times; the largest pike I've landed was about 4 lbs. It's bluegill heaven there...

very cool he says as jealousy sets in... I did have the chance to play at Maple Leaf Gardens though

winter is icefishing for lakers, whitefish, pickeral & perch ice-out is definately lakers later spring is pike and pickeral and some laker trolling summer is bass time with a bit of the laker and pickeral fishing for a change fall is bass

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check the lake simcoe board-they're out jigging for whities in their boats

them there teeth is sharp-nice fish tho

Beauty pike-congrats.

Nice work-congrats & thanks for the pics.

Decent store but as has been said, their bait prices are pricey.

...and I thought I was being a smart guy and winterizing before the end of November...

It wasn't sounding promising from the different reports I'd heard so we've postponed until later in the month.

Just wondering if anyone was out today and had a chance to check some ice or even wet a line...

Nice work and pic-good thing you're better looking than your bro..

Great news-I'll be heading up on Tuesday; thanks for the update.

-gotta like the ice-out laker fishing-as you can see by my av

thanks for the updates-still hoping that next week we'll have some safe ice

Hi All: I know it's been cold overnight the past 4-5 days, so I wondered if anyone had an updated ice report for the minden/haliburtion area. Any info would be appreciated. tightlines

amazing is all I can say

I'm sure they were just rinsing those lures off...

I agree that the most important thing is to back-off on the drag. If the mono is a late season re-spool, then it should be good as long as you keep things out direct sunlight. It's the uv rays that break down the line quality.

I was fishboy on several boards and still am. I do most of my fishing in the Haliburtons which means targeting bass in summer, lakers in the spring and winter and the odd pickeral in those "special" lakes. I also have access to a some pike water and there are muskies spread across most of the lakes now. Of course there's always panfish with the kids. Out of curiousity, do we start back at post #1? I've seen a few guys with big numbers.

A white 4" or 5" tube with some contrasting fleck (black/silver) on a 3/O or 4/0 hook (offset); great for smallmouth on structure breaks/weedlines/sand flats and equally successful in the slop for largemouth. I've also had pike and muskie hit them.