bigugli

In the forecast every day for at least another week. When the ground dries I'll be planting by the light of the moon.

It's 2 in the morning and here I sit reading up on a few fishing reports on the forum. Great time to read up on the "Moosebunk:, Misfish" and "Freshtrax" while I finish boiling up the last few jars of pickles. Started brining the cukes back at 6:30 yesterday morning. Spent the rest of the day bulk casting jigs. Once the last jars are done I'll be back in the workshop trimming the new jigs.

Nice whities.

There is no "proper" way to hold a fishing rod, just the right way. Whatever feels "Right" for you

That's a fine looking fish.

Last coated metal roof I did was 25 years ago, fastened straight to wood, no strapping. Still does not leak.

Can't work the ground while it is saturated. Got in 5 rows of peppers in the last week, but now I go back to waiting

Living the dream.

! I'd like to see some pics!

Photobucket is no longer user friendly,and Picasa has beeb d/c'd

Made the annual trek down to Windsor to partake of the silver bass run on the river. We had a crew of 3 this time, Drove through some wicked storms out by Chatham and got rained on all day. Some parts of the river were just shoulder to shoulder. Sort of reminded me of the good old days of opener on the Ganny.

Regardless of all that the fishing was great. Lots of big silvers this spring. By noon the arm felt like it was going to drop off. Mo walleye this time though.

How big is your boat?? A west wind could give you a BIG surprise when you come out of the Green Island channel and try to turn towards HH in the middle of the Sound.

Cutting across the sound in a good west wind can get real dicey

I've stood in the pouring rain, snow, freezing rain more times than I can count, and suffered the consequences on more than one occasion. I think I consider myself wise enough to know better. Of course the weather man could get it partly wrong????

Ifit's wet I'll be fishing somewhere, but if the ground will dry a bit I'll be desperately planting.

They're nothing fancy, really. Painted ball jigs with painted eyes. I am glad you like them Cliff.

Non event so far in St Kitts

I think we are on page 3 of the directory.

http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37871

We have not put up any ads, but have been answering a couple of ISO's in the fishing classified

email sent my friend.

Jordan has a launch at the Beacon. Have no idea what they charge now. In the harbour, the old Campbells marina is now a NPCA park with a passive launch for canoes and kayaks, no motors.

gotta love a good feed of bluegill. Been getting them steady for the past few weeks.

Your best fishing buddies should always be your kids. Just say the magic words and my kids are there in an instant.

Always happy to see your videos. That's why I subscribe.

Looks great. Kind of place I want to run to.

Love using salties. WIth fewer shops having minnows available, I always have a supply on hand when travelling.

You guys are a bunch of wild men. Isn't it a bit early yet for the Detroit River? I have heard good things about Kyle Moxon but that had to be a tough fish with the single digit temps Bruce. When we fished it I remember crystal clear water being key and warm spring rays on the face. The key was you guys had a good time. Is this son the Dad of that beautiful baby I met at the tackle swap? I don't know what I was thinking I should have bought many more jigs from you than I did for those prices. Maybe I'll take a ride one day and meet you close to your place.

The bite had started a week earlier but shut down with the rain. That little girl belongs to my daughter, she was also at the show. Rob has 3 daughters from 1-6 years old.

Looks good Simon

With the son's wedding coming up in a couple of months, we had decided we would have a boy's weekend. Beer and strippers just ain't our thang. We opted to book a charter on the Detroit river for spring walleye with Kyle Moxon. It proved to be a good choice. The weather screwed us. The 2 days of heavy rain really messed up the river. On Saturday no one on the river caught walleye. Kyle knew it was going to be bad so he already had a plan "B" We would start hunting for canals that had warmer and clearer water and chase panfish. Plan "B" was a blast. Not many canals were productive as the water was too cold in most, but we found a couple that had water temps in the mid 40's and that's where the action was.We started pitching to dock posts and walls with bucktail and marabou jigs and the fish started flying. Four solid hours of float fishing with a fish on every other cast. No monster white crappie, but lots of respectable 9-11 inch blacks and incredible numbers of slab bluegills and pumpkinseeds running 8-10 inches long. By 5pm we were glad to call it a day.

Sunday we were on our own, but Kyle gave us a couple of decent shore spots to check out. Morning started slow with next to nothing for crappie and the odd decent blue gill. Walked and pitched a long the one bank until I found a good hole loaded with perch. Spent 3 solid hours on that one spot weeding through dozens of dinks, but for every 5-6 dinks there was a decent keeper. Sadly all good things must end and we called it a day at 2pm. The bite was still hot but the 5 hour drive was not going to get any easier if we stayed later. We were home by 7pm and were cleaning perch until dark.

Despite the lack of walleye it was a great fishing trip. One we will probably do again. Kyle worked to get us on fish and we caught lots, and we had a blast.