BassMan11

I've been to Marshall and Wayner with 7 lakes. Brad is great to deal with and the overall outfitter experience is good. Marshall was great, Wayner was not. 2 very different bodies of water your looking at here: Kag would be a less numbers bigger fish lake with lake trout available. Lots and lots of water to explore there but also other outfitters on the lake so you could see boats. Dusey you could break down water quickly and get into a mess of walleyes although the potential for a really big pike or walleye is less. The cabins I have stayed at at 7 lakes kind of feel like an ice shack. Dusey looks a bit better. Cheers, BM

Onboard charger is a Victron 24v charger Plug in all around charger is a NOCO Genius 10 I run 2 100ah power queens for the trolling motor and 100ah for a house battery on the boat. 0 issues. I also have a 50ah which is the one I killed up north on a fly-in that they replaced. Currently the basic 100ah battery is $248. Which is a crazy deal.

Sounds like the battery is now bad and you are a bit out of luck. I would contact the seller and see what they can do for you. I had another budget brand send me a new battery after some troubleshooting to determine it was wrecked after a year or so. DC House also makes Ecoworthy. Both are on the more suspect end of budget batteries. BMS's can be a little touch and go on them and let the battery go below 10Volts. If that happens its tough to come back from. Li-Time, Power Queen, Wattcycle are all batteries that have been reviewed that have good performance. Check out Will Prowse on Youtube and his tear downs. Good info there on budget batteries BM

Great tribute to your friend Iggy. Sounds like a good time. How was the road in? Too bad about the tough fishing.... weather all over the place certainly doesn't help. Cheers, BM

Batteries are something you can't neglect if you expect it last. You can easily kill a flooded battery in 6 months if not maintained properly or abused or froze etc... especially a cheap one. This will go for your Lithium as well. Need to charge with with a proper charger in a timely manner. If they sit to long dead they go bad. I would say this is probably your issue. Good luck, BM

Trip one in the books. I caught a couple big Eye's this week on the French river. A 30.5" and a 27.5" respectively. Also picked up a 20.5" spawned out Largemouth. All in all another great week. Minus the blackflies. Cheers, BM

Yikes... That Yam will be great though!

Yes. Right in the town of Round Lake Centre pretty much. We stayed that the same cottage last year. A beautiful beach and swimming area for the kids and some close fishing spots for pike and bass. Didn't fish lake trout too much, so many smelts.

Burris makes a rifle scope that calculates shot angle, wind direction, and hold over to put you perfectly right on target when hunting. Modern rifles and scopes put your "ethical shooting range" out way further than the old 270 with a 4 power on it. Thermal monocular optics can be used to see animals better in dense forest or low light conditions. Trail cameras send pictures directly to your phone to pattern the exact animal you want to shoot without you even having to get off the couch. A lot of technology is there when you think about it. Also I would be in favor of using drones to retrieve wounded or lost animals.... less waste the better.

So is this just a Musky thing where we get upset about "sharpshooting" ? I really don't get this hate for FFS. It's like being mad at a guide or a pro angler because you only have a 14' tinny with a 15. Why aren't more people mad at side scan. Coming through the water scanning 250-300' across picking up every single fish and piece of structure in that radius. I guess only guides, and people who have fished eagle lake for 20-30 years are allowed to catch the Muskies on a consistent basis.

Hey Weeds, Fish-Online is your best tool for this stuff. Chandos is closed but there are some places around to wet a line. https://www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.ca/fishonline/Index.html?viewer=FishONLine.FishONLine&locale=en-CA&extent=-8689671.910911974%2C5582567.083956182%2C-8671690.10000791%2C5598370.439554121&waterbody=17-7351-49679 Have a great cottage weekend regardless. BM

SI is way more useful than DI. If you can swing it I would make sure to get a unit with SI and the biggest screen you can afford.

As most of us sit around in the "transition" time of the year, I get excited for the the adventures I have booked (and random trips) for the 2025 soft water season. I would say right now is when I do 90% of my fish gear buying. Big trips are: 1. June - French river for a week 2. Aug - 10 Mile Loge QC (thanks Iggy) 3. Aug - Round Lake (family vacation) Mix in some trips for lake trout in QC and Big Rideau as well as some local lakes for bass pike ad walleye I plan to fish as much as possible this year. Anyone else doing anything special for the 2025 fishing season? Cheers, BM

What a beauty! That's a big lake trout for around these parts. Great story as well. Cheers BM

Great report. Always nice to see a fishing report. Thanks for taking the time. BM