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have the 2-piece rapala magnum series 6'9 musky rod. bought it to replace an anoying 1-piece (too long for transport)... good rod for good price, $49.99 at BPS. no complaints yet, seems built to last but we'll see

great fish, as usual. thanks for the pics!

Fished near Dog Lake for a week last year and this one. Mainly spent our days on back lakes and the 2 smaller lakes at the south-west end.. Murray Lake and McMurty Lake I think they are called? We only targetted pike, bass and some pickerel, and did alright. We enjoyed the back lakes most. If you have a chance to fish any, do it, no matter how small they are. The one tiny lake produced some nice size pike, biggest at 14lbs. Lots of water to cover, lots of exploring. Free lodging can't go wrong...

Haven't posted in FOREVER.... but since this was directly specifically at me, figure I should reply, and maybe hopefully get my posting rolling again lol. Homer, overall the trip was a success but fishing was only so so... mind you the weather wasn't really in our favour, so hopefully you have better luck. We only fished Herridge Lake, and one of the back lakes (I think Iceland??). Not sure if you found my report or not - report I do remember the owner's son coming back with some decent size pike...owner's weren't impressed with our lack of fish haha Feel free to PM I'll try to help if I can. Good luck have a great trip we await your report!

5-0 after 2 periods....what a disappointment after such anticipation. was such a thrilling series, gonna miss watchin ovi play. oops - 5-1 now. go caps go

congrats and thanks for sharing...nothin like poppin tha cherry! ...can't wait for my day to come.

definitely a nice one... thanks for sharing.

very nice catch! i didn't think those mumma's existed in that water. beautiful fish, thanks for sharing.

yeah that's a long haul. wait till you need some gear and then go. definitely go check it out at least once though. but i guess if you really have nothing else to do just go for it. you can easily kill 4-5 hours in there and if you're at all interested the rest of the mall is pretty huge. even though you don;t NEED anything, be prepared to spend some cash!

hahaha... hilarious. motor looks pretty decent?

beautiful fish. good news about your close ones.

Oh yeah. I ordered the free map/guide/brochure from SunsetCountry. Highly reccomoended if you're planning a trip out there. A great map is included with pretty much every lodge and their contact info. http://www.ontariossunsetcountry.ca/

Nice link onenortherner. Pretty decent detail, should be great when it's more complete with all the lodges incorporated.

Thank you all. Great input. Everyone's comments have made narrowing down my options much easier...and at the same time gotten me VERY excited for this roadie. Nothing set yet, going to talk things over with my buddy tonight. Will keep you updated on destination choices. Am still welcome to more suggestions if anyone's gottem'. Never driven that way so yeah I am REALLY looking forward to seeing the landscape up there... Sounds like a great lake. I couldn't find any lodges on LV. I'd need at least a rental boat and a camp site. Where do you stay? P.S. - Notre Dame sweater came from campus crew...$20 haha it's nice and warm. No football stories from this guy, maybe a few fish 'tales' and hockey talk though... Bill good luck on your adventure, all the best. I might end up stopping for a day or two at LOTW...JUST because EVERYONE pops a woody whenever it's mentioned haha... it's gotta be worth the stop! Wes this place looks great. Right price, nice boats, lots to explore, narrow waters...only small downside is no muskie. This place is in our top choices so far. We were hoping to conclude the trip through NWO, nearer to Manitoba, with a weeks stay in a cabin, and do all the camping first, but this place might change that plan. You must mean the another Little Vermillion, not the one TennesseeGuy mentioned. The one he talked about is above Red Lake and has no muskie or bass. Are you talking about 'Vermillion Lake', beside Minnitaki Lake near Sioux Lookout? Either way 200+ bass sounds like fun!! wow...i can't wait!!! Thanks for the info, might throw you a question or two. Indian Point looks like a decent camp, not sure if they have any boat caches on other lakes though. I've been looking at a few camps in the Pipestone Lake area...looks very nice. And yeah that would be great if you could send some names over, might throw u a PM to ask a few Q's. Thanks but that place is a "bit" pricey...actually it's about 5x my budget for a week's stay. Even if it does blow the other places away it can't be worth it with my wallet.

Thanks for the report...hopefully fishing heats up a bit for when i head your way in a couple weeks. The reflections on the fish look wild....cool shot.

As some of you may already know, a buddy and I are headed out in less than two weeks and I hoping for some help and suggestions on where to fish. Driving from Hamilton to Edmonton and we don't have any time constraints so I think we'll spend about a week or 2 fishing NW Ontario. Probably 2 nights at 3 different camps (hopefully tenting), and then spend an entire week at a single fishing camp, in a cabin. WHERE WOULD YOU FISH???? Even if I can get some general locations. I've been searching the SunsetCountry website quite thoroughly and I'm really having a tough time deciding where to go. There are just too many places to choose from. I was looking at Ignace/Dryden area but it seems like it's pretty popular, and maybe not as remote as I'd like. Maybe north of there?, farther away from the trans hwy?? or is south a better choice? I'm looking for somewhat smaller lakes, with fair prices, boat rentals, possible boat caches on other lakes, possible tenting allowed. Pike, muskie and bass are what we want. Exceptional fishing is our top priority. I know the main ones like Lake of the Woods and Eagle Lake but I think those are too big of lakes for my liking, and don't want wind affecting if I can fish or not, or me requiring a big boat, or me getting lost. If anyone can offer any suggestions and tell me a little about their experiences I would be very thankful!! I wish I had something to offer in return but I think all I got is a big THANK YOU and hopefully a great report when I return. Feel free to PM me. Thanks OFC.

haha that's awesome... made me laugh. to each his own

Obviously it would be great to see Canada pull in more medals...well at least one haha. But at the same time it makes watching our Canadian's that much more exciting. And when we do finally win one, we can feel extra proud with and for our athlete and country. Plus it's just cool to see how truly amazing the athletes are. I love watching the Olympics (most events). Oh and field hockey is not ice hockey, whatsoever, not even comparable.

got it, looks great. looking forward to the read thank you.

Duuuuude. Don’t mean to highjack your thread but I'm looking for the exact same advice. I’m really relying on the board’s knowledgeable people to offer up some solid suggestions. Come September I’ll be packing up the car, leaving from Hamilton and driving to Edmonton. I’m going to be living with my sister out there and going to try and hook up a job in the oil fields (or anywhere else I’ll be able to make tons of cash). I’ll only be out there until Christmas; I have to return for my last year of school beginning in January. I’ve been thinking how to do this the best I can seeing that I won’t have too many opportunities like this to fish these “remote” waters. One idea that I’m borderline with is buying and bringing a float tube. That way I can jump into any water I see driving by or any water that looks interesting on the map… The only thing is having to inflate and deflate it every time, and I think it would take up a lot of room in the car? Maybe rig up an easy strapping system to the roof or trunk? I dunno yet, any thoughts? I don’t really have any time constraints so I think at least 1 or 2 days I’ll do it up right and rent a boat and kill the day on a lake. But which one(s)?!??? There are far too many to choose from! I’ve never really fished for anything but the usual, Pike, Bass, Pickerel, Muskie…so I’m not really setup for Salmon, Steelies, etc. and I wouldn’t really know what I’m doing. Not sure what Bill is after, but for me, some direction towards some monster pike bass pickerel Muskie would be awesome. What are you doing for accommodations Bill?? I plan to camp most of the trip to save money but not sure where or if that’s be possible. Probably splurge and spend a night at a fishing camp maybe…again no idea which one. Just from looking at Google maps I think I’ll do most of my fishing along hwy 17, in between Thunder Bay and Manitoba…I think haha… It just looks like a highly dense area of lakes. Thanks for everyone’s help. I’m sure everyone can help Bill and I get a good idea of our fishing plans before we head out!

fished balsam all weekend, not much to show for...a few small bass, largest being 1.5lbs. lost what i thought was a smaller musky, only caught a glimpse. tough fishing.

yeah that last picture is verrrrry cool.. nice report, thanks for sharing!

well done and well done. nice lookin fish there.

yeah no kidding lol... great fish, looks like it was a fun day, thanks for sharing

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