bigugli

Looks like you boys did alright.

Put simply, there are a few thousand registered members and 100 odd regular contributors. Being the weekend, the regulars are out fishing. I'll be out there shortly.

Never fished Rondeau, so I can't help in that area. Can't be too much different from Long Point bay. Well sheltered, fairly shallow, with a soft flat bottom. Wide range of pannies, bass, pike, coarse fish. If you want walleye you have to leave the bay.

You certainly didn't offend this immigrant son Beansy.

To me it's just a part of the variety that keeps things different and interesting. Just like every other species I target.

Different time, species and tactics. The lighter the tackle the better. Oh, and 1lb. bass are a perfect side to a big plate of bacon, eggs and homefries for brekkie

Bass opener also marked the real beginning of summer when I was a kid.

Searching the web it all looks like regular charters. Maybe there are no walk on boats available.

The only party boats I know of on Erie run out of Presquile Pt. in Pennsylvania.

Nice job today Bruce ... thanx for leaving that one off the point for me this morning

 

 

 

Except for all the fresh geese droppings

Looks like you 2 did O.K. up there. Had a couple more after you left.

Just remember, in nature, a meat eater's prime source of food is a vegetarian.

Had to stay close to home, but there are some real good spots in Niagara, so no complaints. Started flogging the water at 6 and proceeded to have a most enjoyable morning. A few victims:

And what is a day of bass fishing without a few WGSF in the mix. Seems they really like 6" twisters

Now its nap time. Got to rest the legs for tomorrow's adventure.

hmmm.... there is editing going in here....

 

I just tried to say...b-i-t-c;;h slap ... and it comes up as carp slap !

 

what the hell is a "carp slap"...lol

The system has a built in language filter that modifies and corrects potentially contentious language.

Nothing like hitting the water at the very crack of dawn on the first day of the season with no wind and the thick morning mist softening the loons call and the splash of jumping fish. Rowing out in near silence to your starting point with only the odd creak of your oar rubbing the gunnel to disturb the tranquility and keep you grounded in reality. As you prepare for that first cast, you survey the surroundings and tie on on your choice of weapon. All the while sipping on a steaming hot mug of half and half while you take in the beauty of it all. And then, it begins.

So, I assume you are eating bannock, wearing buckskins and typed this in English because your keyboard doesn't have all the Ojibway characters? Oh wait...you mean all the other cultures, not yours. Not interesting at all....just typical.

Surprisingly, yes, I still eat bannock (not necesarily aboriginal food stuffs) I usually wear mocs most places I go. I speak English because that was the language of the country that my grandparents came to. We assimilated, do not speak Finn or Swede, and we have English sounding names ( which I do regret).

Been discussed a few times recently. Look threough the archives.

http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33401&hl=polarized+glasses

On the wish list for the future will be a Zwilling J.A. Henckels fillet knife. Only thing I dislike is that they don't come in a case like the rapala knives. Im pretty sure they are all lifetime warranty too. We have Zwilling knives in the home that are almost 20 years old and still being used. This site actually sells them for half the price compared to what I saw in the mall.

http://www.unicahome.com/p47431/j-a-hencke...a-henckels.html

The Henckel filleting knife does not have the flexibility in the blade I would want for the task. Beyond that they are fine blades.

Fish4Eyes Posted Today, 09:42 AM

Jocko: Im still not picturing how you manage to cut yourself. When filleting pickeral, the only time I risk cutting myself is when I go to cut out the rib bone, as the blade is facing me, the rest of the time the blade and the tip of the knife is always away from me.

I always manage to catch a finger tip once or twice a year. Usually when I'm working on the annual fall perch catch.

2 roots to the 'Big Ugli'. As a teen, I had a bit of an explosive or "ugli" temper and was known by some as the ugli Finn. It stuck. Now pan forward some 20 years to father and son.

Rob was heavily into fishing. Wanted to fish tournies, and we started to make tackle. He wanted a name that would stick out, for the fishing team we were gonna be, and for the tackle we were making. I guess because he had more of my temper and other bad attributes than I realized I threw up the Ugliboys, being like father like son. Although everybody calls me Bruce, the son and I are both Robert B. So Big Ugli was a way of differentiating tween the 2 of us, and it's been a good description, of sorts , ever since.

Civilization is what keeps the weak links in the gene pool alive and well. Who cares what some weak link thinks.

it took Raycroft 72 games to hit the 37 win mark, where it only took Belfour 62... take it or leave it, that's still 10 more games! LOL.

 

if you think about it... Raycroft's 37 wins is barely over 50% of the games he played... not the greatest stat in my books!

If you want to go by percentages, he does not meet up to the best years of goalies like Bower or Plante.

MNR has a listing of fire bans and current burning fires

http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/AFFM/...age/240351.html

I'm thinkin the 'Dawg' needs to give JP the shirt off his back after that response

Glad to see your young lad isn't letting that danged cast get in the way.

The "Big Ugli" has been a nickname before I started using the internet. Went hand in hand with UgliBoys Baits. When I was a teen the nickname was the "Ugli Finn" ( had a very bad temper back then ) Some nicknames are as much a part of us as our real names.

It's all about depth , current, cover. Depending on the situation I use jigs from 1/8 to 1/2

MF ?

The old Massey Ferguson that went bankrupt after the government cut off the 15 year supply of subsidies. The brand name was kept alive by those who bought up the assets.

I cheaped out and bought a pair of polarized wrap arounds for my glasses. $40 rather than $750 for a new pair of polarized script lens

I don't think our boarders are as open as your's but I have been told we have over 10 million ILLEGALS here already and more coming everyday and I think I may have a solution.

 

If someone wants to be a American/Canadian good but first you have to come over legally and then you have to serve in the military for four years. Now you have just earned your citizenship...........what you think ? ? ?

Most people have a hard enough time understanding what a Drill sgt is saying. Imagine the chaos of the parade gorilla barking at his recruits in 20 different languages

I do, however, like the notion that citizenship should be earned ( wouldn't hurt those born here either seeing as only half of the voters bother to turn out federally, and only a 15% avg in municipal elections )

Seriously, why would you start a thread with the belief that it might get pulled? I would think that the best people to ask would be the folks at WFN.

I wouldn't rely on them for a straight answer.On the few times I have written to WFN I never got a straight answer. Why would they. The business is there to make money. To do that you have to air programs and advertising, A saturday filler makes sense. Anglers are busy fishing, and viewership is down at those times. That means cheap ad spaces. The network will, however, tell you that "this is part of [their(sic.)] effort to bring you, the viewer, the best in outdoor programming". That was the company line for keeping Charlie Moore on the air.