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Thanks Kev!!! Yeah I switch name since I've rediscovered my love for trout and truly only targeted them this past year figured it was proper and logical to me don't you think? You guys sure got into some brutes I'm pretty sure we weren't to far from each other yesterday

Some great recipes in this thread... my mouth is watering right now But I'm old school and prefer my fish cooked in butter with veggies in a hot frying pan no added spices other then salt & pepper Set yourself a good fire pit with a few logs around it (4 of them approximately), a mesh grill on top of the logs would be preferred but you can always improvised... get that pan hot first and then drop a knob of butter to melt... Add the veggies (consisting of sliced carrots, mushrooms, sweet peppers, celery, zuchinnies, etc...) let them zizzle for a minute and then drop the fish filets.... Nothing beats fresh fish cooked over a pit fire in the outdoors... Ummmmmm The other option is to use a one burner butane Port a Stove... Works great Here's a few pics Good luck on your fly-in!!! Tjunkie

Thanks Paul!!! If you ever decide to take it up and come up this way, give me a hauler.... would be my pleasure to share some shoreline time with you

Can't wait to see the pics of that beauty Great job waterwolf

Thanks RFH!!! Sometimes they do nibble at the offering and other times, you will definitely know they are hungry Thing is to keep at it Good luck in perchville!!! I will most definitely let you know! Yes Carl, the 50 bulb limit is what is currently the law and no selling Collecting is legal on crown or private land but in the Gatineau Hills it's illegal to harvest... Signs are posted everywhere and it's a shame cause I knew a great spot to go to and not that far... Once arrived at the spot you can see the plants as far as the eye can see Thanks Terrence!!! Thanks Simon!!! Actually, for better words, was bone chilling out there yesterday I froze my bejesus standing on shore and waiting for the byte my fault didn't have long johns on Thank god I had a deluxe clam shelter that was gas powered and had a great heater As for the skinny fish, that was the first fish I had put in the cooler and got squished when I put the other 2 on top of it Supper was awesome thanks

Nice collection of hogs GbayGiant Congrats on your PB

Good job in switching to plan B Simon Looks like the bass were stacked up in that 14FOW Bronzeback are a riot to catch on a jig I see that it was windy and cold up your way Had the same over here yesterday without the sun poking thru At least there was no ice on the lakes I targeted Again good job and thanks for sharing! Jacques

It was a pretty darn windy & cold successful opener for me up here

Cute little pup Brian! Gizmo, fitting name

Sounds like you guys had fun out there even with the fishes being tight lip... you'll get'em next time Cliff

BEAUTY P.S. Please next time blur the background I recognise the spot

Thanks Chad!!! lol... Good luck this weekend! Thanks Brian!!! I know where to find wild leeks up here but we are not allowed to pick them... Parc de la Gatineau is where there is tones of them... against the law to do so Good luck with the NGL category! Just before rush hour Thanks Paul!!! COOL!!! they hit the mother load eh You got that right Joey!!! Thanks mon chum! Thanks Frankie!!! Good luck with your opener Thanks Dave!!! It sure was Thanks Carl!!! 12 for 17... You guys did great Let's make it happen Would be honoured to go fishing with you in your neck of the woods

Hey everyone, hope you guys and gals are good? Talk about a waiting game fishing wise April 27th 2012 couldn't come soon enough for me was anxiously waiting since late February because our hard water season up here was cut short due to unsafe ice Plans back then was already in the works Had a couple of local lakes I needed to target for trout opener and today was the day Was hoping to get into a Grand Slam this year consisting of catching a rainbow, a laker and a speck but instead got into OOS species at first and then a few specks Mother Nature, made it hard to achieve this goal and proved once again that no one can mess with her It was dead freezing out there with temps of -2C, a North Westerly gusting 30 - 40 Km/h, wind chill UNKNOWN somewhere around -12C maybe more Ask my digits... they are stiff and sore from the abuse they took today casting hardware Left home late... not wanted... but... was supposed to leave at 6h00am and instead left at 6h30am got to the first lake around 8h15am... no one in sight Got the rods out and tied a Black Fury #2 dressed to start with... Whitespinnerbait... get ready... you're going to love this First cast and on the retrieve, get a solid hit At this point I'm thinking rainbow.... fought this fish for a good minute until it surface... not OOS largie Back she goes Got into a few more and decided at this point to tie a Black Fury #5 dressed to see if the rainbows would come out to play.... not OOS pike. Then I hear the sound of an oncoming vehicule They backed out to the boat launch and at this point decided to head to the other lake I had plan to target So I pack up and leave. Once at the new destination, get the rod out that was already prepped with the Black Fury #5 and make my first cast... to my surprise, a lovely speck decide to have the offering for a lunch and land my first speck of the season WOO WHOO Here's what she had inside her gullet Talk about an hungry fish eh Then I tried a few more time casting but the guides on the rod just got ice buildup so I switch to a slip bobber type rig with a piece of worm and got a couple more Went 3 for 6, the last one was 12 1/4" long, a good start for Team 9 on the NGL category After that, it went dead and I decided to call it a day... left and got home around 4h20pm Hope you enjoy the read!!! Tight lines TJunkie

Good god Look at the size of this thing Biggest sucker I've ever seen They sure grow big in your area Good going FF

It's always fun catching them one after the other once your able to locate them Nice going ecmilley

Clean looking tanks Nice going Greg

Nice job Greg Couple of beauties

Great start to your fishing season Bill Some nice fish you guys got into Too bad about missing the big one Sounds like it was a tank Thanks for sharing TJunkie

I have no purpose for old fishing rod but ya should get some video footage of this Dave Pics are great but footage with sound is the ultimate to me anyways

Awesome Art Sounds like you guys had a great time out there Beauty cats

No I didn't From personal experience

That's awesome Brian Chris' work is one of a kind One word comes to mind.... EXCELLENCE

No worries Muskymatt... Good luck in the park

Sun up and sun down are best IMO In mid day... fish fry are awesome

Even though your a Sens fan God that really is painful I'm willing to give you some insights on some additional tackle that you'll require for trout Black fury spinner #2 dressed is killer for speckle trout 3" White power tube tipped with dew worm is killer for lakers also but don't take my word for it... I'm a Laffs fan