BassMan11

Just awesome Bunk. Those pictures are just unreal!

That is a monster.

Exactly, I rarely go anywhere to purchase something without doing a little research on the item. I don't want to rely on someone else who could have no clue about it. Nothing but good things to say about CTC though. Never had an issue. I find when you take stuff back, the way you present your issue has a lot to do with whether the help you out or not. But maybe that's just me.

Very cool

Awesome report. Thanks for the great read.

Right now its my Humminbird 571HD DI portable. She's a beaut

Nothing wrong with eating a couple largies. Great report

Yes I will be launching out of Round lake Center. I am staying at a nice little spot on the west side of the lake so the trek across will have to be on a nice day. I like the look of those bucktails.. I have some but not 1 oncers... I will be heading to sail this afternoon. I see the spot you are talking about with the 2 small islands, I will start there and see what happens. Hopefully I will come back with a successful report. Thanks again guys!

Thanks for the responses guys. I am really banking on a calm day / evening to try this. Its a big lake and I am not in a very big boat. So any rough water will put an end to my experiment. It sounds like if you can find them, you've got a pretty good chance of hooking up. And yes I have seen the "video game" on the fish finder... looks very cool!! Bob Izumi does an entire show on this technique.

Hey Folks, I am headed up to Round lake (near Pembroke) this weekend for a little R&R with the girlfriend and of course some fishing. I will be fine catching bass and pike but I wouldn't mind trying my hand at jigging some Lakers. So where do I start? Its a deep lake that has some really deep holes (180') and I just don't have a clue what to look for on picking a location. Deep drop offs, a certain depth, structure? I have a quality sonar unit with DSI along with Navionics so that should help some. Any help would be appreciated. Don

Leafs supporter here... He's not worth much yet.... has had 1 good half season. I will get back to you on the worth after the upcoming season

hahaha.

ALFIE rules out returning to Ottawa..

You really like talking about the Leafs eh? Don't worry. Your secret infatuation is safe with me.

2 odd ones. A telephone line off the bottom of the lake. Was able to pull it up to the boat and unhook it. In Florida last December I was fishing for bass in a small pond I accidentally snagged about a 3 foot gator. Thankfully he got off after about 30 seconds. Not sure what would have happened if I would of got her in.

Wow. Mike your reports are always epic. This one is no different. One day. One day Cheers Don

Save a little up a bit more money and go new. I just went through this recently and ended up buying a new instead of used. Lots of factors to consider when buying. If you know these waters well enough then a gps combo might not be needed. Colour is nice but if you want more bang for your buck, black and white might be the way to go. For example I just bought the humminbird 571 HD DI portable for my little boat. I fish small bodies over water where getting lost isn't really and issue. Just wanted a good sonar to find fish... the down imaging was a bonus and looks like it will be an awesome tool on small back lakes. The NO TAX sale at sail also had something to do with the purchase. Price around $350. Also the navionics app could help you out in the gps department on those bigger bodies of water.

Hahaha that's what I was thinking.

Well considering the world record is 14lbs6oz. I see what your saying.

Wow

Believe me, we made lots of noise as we went in. Just in case it was taking a nap on one of the beds.

This is the second time in 25 years a bear has broke in. First time one has actually got into the cabin. The camp hasn't been used much this year so it has been quiet up there. Also there was moose droppings on a near by trail as well. I will find out what has been done about it when I head back up there in 2 weeks

Hi All, I don't post much but thought this was interesting. I was up at my uncles cottage on the french river a couple weeks ago for a family vacation weekend. I head up there every year in sept for a week trip for some hard fishing, but this trip was more cottaging oriented then fishing. I did manage to talk my father and my uncle into heading back to a lake that my uncles family has a camp on. It has some decent bass and pike fishing so i was excited to get back there. It was a cold day with the fishing a little slow so we decided to head in to the camp to get out of the wind and rain. As we got out of the boat I noticed the screen was ripped to the front porch. As we unlocked the door and went inside this is what happened. Those pesky bears. It looked like someone had left pop bottles and some dog treats in a garbage bag on the screened in porch. I figure thats what got his attention. We actually went back the next day as well to look at the damage again and there was bear scat where it wasnt yesterday. The bugger had been back again to see if he had missed anything.

Would this be the second time they went up there? I have Seen an episode this year where the were Fishing spring pike on the attawapiskat river. Can't recall the date I saw it though.

Nice report. Love the area and some good fish there. As for your question about the Musky, not a lot of people actually take the fish to mount it. A picture and the measurements and you can have a very nice replica made. Further more if i am not mistaken the regulations say it has to be over 48" to keep a Ski in zone 11.