Bassaholic

Picked a large ziploc bag of them last night when trout fishing. Amazing how fast they come on, same stretch of river I fished opener and they weren't even showing then. Yesterday most were over a foot and a half high! Took a lot of work to find the smaller ones that were just sprouting. If you're in SW ON get out and look for them now or you'll miss out.

No difference in the spools???

Glad I'm not the only one...To me Lampreys look like something out of a sci-fi movie!

Was at the game today...Jays played like a bad AAA team. Dickey and Bush seemed to think they were throwing BP for Boston, so many taters down the middle, it was a joke!

That's a chunk! 3 nickels on one trip is an epic day.

Don't see the point in a more expensive reel with a "short line" application like flippin', drags gonna be locked down and you'll probably be using big weights so casting abilities not an issue. Would rather spend the extra $ on a good quality stick that can handle the strain of flipping with big weights and hauling bass out of the slop and if you do it'll probably come with a good warranty. Buy a cheap one for something like this and it'll probably let you down sometime...be a shame if it was with a 5lbs bucket on the line.

Buddy was telling me they were putting huts out and I can't believe it...anyone heard anything or been down there in person?

Evil is evil...men like this have been around doing things like this long before video games. This puke obviously had a SICK mind, did violent video games help...probably not...but there's no doubt he would have found "inspiration" somewhere and still done something like this regardless. Prayers go out to the parents.

Dont go to Burwell! The channel is very low and needs to be dredged. Was there about a week ago and got stuck on our way out!

Looks like a bull to me too...they are notorious for entering freshwater rivers too, one of the few sharks that can.

I live in the same area as Rich and I also cant believe the amount of people I see fishing these small lakes/ponds anymore...With all this new info out there on the internet/forums I think the fishing regs need a SERIOUS update for small bodies of water. Very low limits or even strictly catch and release otherwhise these bodies of water they wont be able to handle this added pressure.

And my girlfriend gets freaked out when there's a snapping turtle by the dock...LOL

Shoot Ah-long a PM...guy seems very skilled in taking apart and tuning reels. He has a bunch of vids on youtube as well. From what I've seen and heard Shimano always seems to over grease their reels so if they dont seem as smooth as they should thats probably the problem.

Funfishing this is exactly what I'm talking about. Yes I did watch the video, a few times. How can you not see the problem with it? I know they were "steelheading" and I know its a legal grey area to film/photograph an OOS fish. And yes these guys seemed to be continually filming so thats not even the problem. The problem is and its been discussed here numerous times, if you continually catch OOS fish its your responsibilty to move away from the area or change your presentation. They didn't and they named their video "bass fishing". Not saying they need to be locked up and the key tossed away but we shouldn't be making excuses for them. And yes I am comparing "deadly weaponry" to this and its not a big stretch. A fishing rod/hook is just as deadly to a fish as a gun is to a duck. You cant tell me with absolute proof that none of those bass were hooked in the gill and thus died after being released. So in both incidents someone is harming our resources illegally. And the only thing thats unfathomable is that you cant see how incredibly harmful releasing fish into a great lakes trib could be and how that should be treated as a severe crime deserving a harsh fine and maybe even some jail time.

The point is the duck hunters rallied together by keeping the thread at the top of their forums and by passing on the video to everyone they know in the hope that someone would recognize one of the shooters and contact their local CO's. But here all we get is excuses and posts locked/deleted in the blink of an eye. In these cases Chris the incidents are clearly illegal and have nothing to do with any ones ethics.

I'm not much of a poster here, mostly just read and like many others live vicariously through "solopaddlers" reports. But after seeing the "OOS Bass fishing video" and the "flipping lesson" thread and a couple other threads(that are now locked down) the last couple weeks I can't help it. A couple years ago some dumb posted a video on youtube of him and some buddies driving around some back roads shooting ducks and ducklings on potholes with high powered rifles. This video was absolutely disgusting and outraged the N.A. waterfowling community. It spread like a virus on both American and Canadian hunting forums and even made some news programs. Eventually with help from hunters in the area where the incident took place these morons were caught and charged. Now this OOS bass video is not quite on the same level as the shooting video but its pretty close...but in my opinion T.J.'s live fish dumping report is even worse. With that being said I'm shocked at how apathetic the fishing community is and how many people come to the defense of these individuals. It's always the same lines too "inexperienced anglers", "maybe they dont understand the regs", "different culture", blah blah blah...or its immediately locked down and swept under the rug so it doesn't offend anyone. Why??? Ignorance isn't an excuse! The waterfowling community basically formed an internet lynch mob to help find these guys and they had every right to. Not once did I see someone making excuses for them. Can you imagine..."Maybe they didn't know you're not allowed to shoot ducklings with a rifle". Canada's fish and wildlife are a valuable resource that we should all protect any way we can. In this day and age that means flooding fishing forums and websites with these videos and reports to get peoples attention why not? How else does someone deal with this kind of a situation? How many times do we have to hear the MNR tip line is a joke? So one person calling in might not be enough to warrent an investigation. But maybe after reading about it on a forum it gets a few more people upset about these crimes being committed againts our resources and they call/email/write the MNR. Maybe those extra complaints are the push they need to investigate. But if we keep locking things down and making excuses and not pulling together as a community things are going to get much much worse. Anyway I felt proud to be a duck hunter when I saw how everyone rallied together and that tips(not excuses) from fellow hunters helped in the arrest of those punks but I feel slightly ashamed at how indifferent the fishing community is to these things.

Saw some pink Shimano reels at fishing world a couple weeks ago cant remember the name but they seem to be based on the Sahara or Sedona models. They would match up perfectly with the St. Croix Avid Pearl.

:wallbash: Are you serious?!?! How can you compare harvesting a farmed tree to possibly destroying an entire ecosystem??? How much are our great lakes fisheries worth? Billions? I agree with T.J. these actions are a form of terrorism and these people should be treated as criminals not just lightly fined!!!

Try a Dobyns Champion 735...awesome frog rod and also really good for flippin. Fishing World carries them now but I ordered mine from Tackle Warehouse.

They sum it up pretty well...I've owned every generation Curado so far but dont plan on buying a G... http://www.tackletour.com/reviewshimanocuradog.html

In the same boat as Pete, looking to spend a weekend on Nip with some buddies but dont really know when to book with all this warm weather we're having. Whats the latest you local guys have seen the operators get their huts out for the season? We're thinking about going Jan.13th...

Have had nothing but positive experiences with TW. Unbeatable selection and great service IF you happen to have any problems.

Going the inexpensive route with a baitcaster is a bad idea. A cheap baitcaster will perform a lot worse than a cheap spinner no matter how skilled you are at using it. My advice is to always spend the most you can and then a little extra on a baitcaster. Because then you know if you cant cast its your skill and not because its a cheap pos walmart special.

How big was that hog in the 4th pic? Looks like a nickel for sure...

Thats awesome Ryan! I Listen to Tucker and Taz every morning at work but I'll be sure to crank it up tomorrow.