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Great report and pics Cliff WOW talk about getting into a frenzy Real nice steels!!! Congratulations to both of you Your daughter looks very happy on that pic and want to wish her Happy Birthday pretty soon she'll be able to join you on those epic outings!! Again excellent job you guys and thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report, pics and videos Simon Now your talking..... got to love it when you can go out near the house and get into sudden action.... it's a good thing that you can catch small eyes..... means that there is a healthy population of them Loved the videos and want to thank you for that Even though them eyes didn't make it in the pan..... you can always go to Matt's house and get a chicken LOL Your son is so adorable on that video.... thanks for sharing Again great job Simon.... keep it up!! Jacques

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Great report and pics floatfishin Got to love it when you get the favor returned!! Congratulations on those beautiful chromes Thanks for sharing Leechman

Don't own a gaz auger and other than adding fuel stabilizer to your gaz tank and running it till empty, might want to make sure that the blades are free of rust and apply a coat of oil to it before storing over the soft water period. Leechman

Great report and pics Bruce Got to hand it to ya.... them guess you have in the bucket sure will be good table fare Great job you guys and thansk for sharing Jacques

Your too kind Simon :lol: Are you sure you didn't have a chicken salad sandwich with them eyes

Bernie sounds like you have a great crew working for ya and that all you guys have a bond for what has to be done on a day to day basis.... Congratulations Just can't ask for any better than that. It's sad to see a good person leave and at the same time rewarding. I'm sure he will bring the same level of professionalism that he showed in your shop to his new environment and lucky that he can commit some time to you on his days off What a guy!!! Thanks for sharing Jacques

Yeah I've seen those before and got to love Bill Dance.... one of the finest bass angler out there and he can get into some of the funniest situations there is Thanks for sharing Leechman

Don't be sorry.... It worked for me when I clicked on it and what a great video of them trout trying to swim up the barrier Thanks for sharing Leechman

The cat got out of the bag Good looking gator Grant!! Congratulations Great job and thanks for sharing ehg Leechman

I only eat fish that I catch because I know where it came from and second, I'm the one handling the meat.... Call me finicky but I still won't change my mind over it.... The species targeted is walleyes, barbotte (catfish) and brookies.... this year got my first white fish and truly enjoyed it. I release the fish that I catch all the time except for the bleeders and those that won't make it. My wife won't eat them but my daughter does and makes for a real enjoyable moment. Leechman

Great report and pics Mike Can't beat a day like that!! Congratulations to both of you Thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report and pics CANADIAN_COPPER Nice steelies!!

Great report, pics and video Simon OK... in the video department.... that was somewhat better J/K LOL Nice eyes and great job you guys Loved the last pic!! Awesome!! Thanks for sharing Jacques

Great report and pics Joey Beautiful browns!! Congratulations and thanks for sharing Leechman

Great thread, love it…. so many memories Here is mine, my first big gator….. It’s a long story but worth the read and wish I had a net and camera back then.... It was back in 1977, July 1st long weekend. Dad had been invited to a friends cottage and as soon as we arrived that morning, I ask dad to open the trunk of the car, grabbed his tackle box and rod (cause back then I didn’t own one) and the way I went to the lake for some shore fishing Spent the better part of the day there, caught a few fish and got back to the cottage for supper. After supper Pierre (9 year old son of dad’s friend) wanted to go for some late night cats so we gathered the gear and the way we went. By that time, day light was diminishing real fast, got a fire going so that we could see our lines but most importantly attract the cats. Since it was Pierre’s first time going for cats and dad had shown me how, was my turn to be the teacher. Showed him how to setup the line, hooks, sinkers and all. Told him that when you see the tip of the rod move, to set the hook and reel in. Well Pierre did that on every hit he got and at some point I told him to wait before setting the hook….. I could see the tip move and knew it was a fish nibbling at the worm…. Then all of sudden his rod bends in half and almost ends up in the drink but Pierre was fast enough to react and grab the handle, set the hook and fight this fish. He ended up catching a pike that had a bluegill in his mouth. I released the pike and then the bluegill and surprisingly unharmed. Just could not believe this one. The next day, we had access to an old wooden boat and wanted to try early morning bite. We woke up at 5:00am and headed out. Didn’t have a motor so I paddled out across the bay to a spot. Started fishing and caught a few cats then the bite slowed down. At around 6:45am I said to Pierre that we should go back to the cottage, have breakfast then come back but he replied that he wanted to go to the red boat house at the other end of the lake that was about 500 meters away and that he would paddle. So I said DEAL. He proceeded to paddle his way over, I tied on a red devil spoon and cast it behind the boat and set the rod down. Then all of sudden BAM the rod bends in two and yell to Pierre “ STOP… STOP…. BACKUP I’M STUCK IN THE WEEDS “ at least I thought I was, he starts to paddle backwards and then feel a headshake…. I yell to Pierre “NOT STUCK IT’S A FISH AND GOOD ONE”. When the boat got over top to where the fish was, I looked over into the water and could not see the fish. The line was straight down and the fish was under the weeds keeping bottom. I immediately grabbed the line (20Lbs Stren Original), set the rod down and started to pull it up by hand…. (This is when I wish I had a net) Got it over the boat and the tail hit the side of the boat got unhooked and fell in to the bottom of the boat I don’t know about you guys but at this point I was shaking and so excited…. Looking over to Pierre, his eyes grew so big looking at the beast, he immediately started to paddle towards shore. Got there in a record time Left everything in the boat except the pike and went to the cottage. Now this was at around 7:30am, everyone is still sleeping, I walk into the kitchen and the pike twitched and dropped him on the floor. Needless to say everyone got up to find out what the commotion was. Dad measured it and this beast was 47” long. Don’t know how it weighed (did not have a scale) but all I know is that it was a bigun. When it came time to wash my hands, my right hand little finger hurt a lot so I looked and was cut to the bone from pulling on the line. This is a moment that I will never forget cause July 1st 1977 was my birthday and turned 14 that morning.

Great report and pics Mike Got to love the helping hand in landing that awesome buck!!! Congratulations That was a well spent couple hours and thanks for sharing it with us! Great job! Leechman

Great report and pics Ben Must of felt good to be back on familliar grounds!! Man that is so beautiful up there You guys sure got into a good mix bag of fish and some real fat ones!! Congratulations Thanks for taking the time in putting this one together and sharing it with us!! Great job!! Jacques

Happy Birth Day Norm!!! All the best to ya

Switching it up definitely paid off..... Nice steel

Awesome aniceguy Great way to recharge and spend quality time with family!! Thanks for taking the time to put this report together and sharing it with us Leechman

Happy belated birthday Wayne

Great report and pics Bicephalic Nice slabs!!! Not the results you guys had expected but looks like you had fun..... I'm sure you'll get'm next time Great job you guys and thanks for sharing your adventure with us! Leechman

Great report and pic CANADIAN_COPPER Beautiful!!! congratulations Thanks for sharing Leechman