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Someone forgot to tell the bass the season was closed. Kept getting bass on teardrops tipped with gulp maggots today.

`1" white or chartreuse twisters only using the tail half.

Car pool, or hop on the Go

Congrats on a good outing. Nice to hear you're introducing another young lad to the joys of fishing.

Feb 14th is a wedding for me little brother. Isn't that the w/end of the Fishing Show as well as Fishing for Tyler?

I always make a point of getting out on New Years Day. No takers to run out with me to check out some spots, Must have been somethin in the water . Most places in the Niagara area have open water or very skinny ice. L. Gibson is now posted as a trespass zone for ice fishing. Rec canal is too skinny. Shore ice on the Welland R. is still too iffy. Finally found one old quarry pond with 3 1/2 to 5" of black and white ice that has large schools of gills. Unfortunately the fish didn't seem to care too much for the Gulp maggots I was using. Got one OOS bass, and a few sunfish. the biggest being this fella. Not much of a result for 3 hours, but it beats being cooped up inside. Besides it was a beautiful afternoon to get out.

I'd be game for Simcoe, or even a lake in your backyard for that matter.

Looks like you guys had a fantastic day on the water. WoW

Jen, douG, Radnine and solopaddler. I am so envious of you folks at the moment (insert drooling smiley). Such fine table offerings would be wasted in this household. Haute cuisine can only be a dinner for one. With almost every meal they smother the food in ketchup.

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That I'd have to see. Live release you say? "Wuts wrong with the Mitchell set up its just as good as a St Croix or G-Loomis lol" It's how a spinning reel got paired with a trigger grip caster rod. As said before, the sales person saw the kid coming. The kid's heart was in the right place, and in that light I will, of course, use the combo for panfishing. Actually the intent of the thread was not to gripe but to look at some of the odder gifts we receive. I think the Dawg and Clampit got the idea.

I get a 1/2 dozen neighbours showing up News Years at my door. Each with a bucket of olliebollens or appelflappens and the bowl of icing sugar to sprinkle on top. The custom is to share it with neighbours and friends. So I gather you are a klomper. New Years Day is usually a fishing day. Rest of the family can't seem to crawl out of bed.

My old jitterbug works great as a topwater. Probably because I'm the only one around using it. Sometimes it pays to use something different.

Looks to me like you've got it down just right I like to do up a batch only a few times a year. 4-6 hours of kitchen time eats into fishing time, and I refuse to use one of them mechanical bakers. The best breads have got to be worked by hand.

As in assembled by people, not an automated assembly.

That's just the end result

Nice going on the fish. I'm just a little envious right now. Still busy cleaning up the wind debris in my yard before the next storm.

I forget the name of the place, either in Noelville or Monetville, but the pepperettes and the jerky are to die for. One of the Lions picks it up for our annual fishing trip.

I'd need to write a wee novel to explain the "Bigugli"

Those are the best kind of fishing photos. The smiles tell a story than no words can clearly express. A special story tween you and your daughter. I've got dozens of those priceless moments, and I look forward to capturing another similar picture every chance I get. I wish you and your daughter hundreds of these special moments.

Got to watch out fer all the "grumpy old men". I'm putz the neighbour there is moron

Some of the Germans used to go to the St. Lawrence farmers market on Saturdays. Beyond that, nothing beats going to St Jacobs for dry hung summer sausage and peperettes.

After having coated your fish with the fish crisp do not throw it out. Mix a little milk to the dry coating to make a thick batter, or thicken your left over beer batter with flour. Fry it up as a bannock. put some chopped onion in the leftover mix if you like. The result is quite tasty.

Got to love it . Great explanation. I live just over an hour away as well. I love going to BPS for all the "candy", then run up the road a bit to do a little shore fishing.