bicephalic

He beat it outta me

Didn't hear you complaining while they were serving you fresh laker breakfast Great report that's certainly become a mainstay of my early fall reading....and this time I got to be in it Glad to see you guys managed another great summer!

Mike..Bill...hats off. Admittedly I haven't read every word yet because I couldnt stop scrolling through the pictures. Truly a trip of a lifetime. The bear thing would mess me up a little bit I think..lol. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us! EDIT: You're getting lots of good press over here too: http://forums.oodmag.com/showthread.php?t=48554

Lots of smallmouth of willing to bite. Plenty of baitfish off the dock for the kids. Most of the walleye I saw were VERY close to the slot, so measure carefully. They bite almost exclusively at dusk/after dark in the lake for some reason, but I managed a nice shore lunch on an overcast afternoon. Also a good chance at some brute musky. My dog chased a good sized one through the shallows at the boat launch/dog beach.

x 3. Excellent park, and great fishing. Definitely do the fire tower hike if you get the chance..

The last 2 weekend episodes have been repeats of the "lead up" shows...perhaps next week is the announcement. The site says "winners announced summer 2012"...It's still summer guys...

x 2!!

Wait? You sold your boat? But I asked you to email me pictures, and now I want to buy it..???? Seriously though...sorry you're in this spot. Sucks to be going into the bulk of the season without a rig ready to go. I would probably pick the 2 stroke on that rig if it was me...and try not to be too hard on the dealer - I'm sure they hear 'I'll be back' 10 times a day. Sadly money talks...

I've been watching for this report since JB and I got back from Temagami. Looks like the type of trip that dreams are made of.. Can't say I would have been as calm as you with a wolf following me down a trail like that Thanks for sharing PS 5:38 - #YeaBuddy!

At first when I saw the topic I thought.."That's an awfully personal question..." ... Excellent tip - going to have to try this out!

Spent Sunday fishing without a jacket on...pushing 14 degrees. Thanks for showing us how it's done!

Thanks! It's the 'Makobe'...she's a PIG to haul, but the lap of luxury to fish outta!

Was feeling off yesterday, and woke up sick as a dog today...guess being wet and chilled for 2 days will do that to you, but it was worth it. Just posted this too - didn't see it here LOL. Thanks for adding it up JB. Thanks for the congrats too guys!

Oops..JOhnnyb beat me to it: http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=57854 Delete please!

Nice pair of fish, and pretty awesome filming setup to boot. Good job!

Thanks for the feedback guys - hopefully have another report in a coupla weeks!

Nice bucket!

After many failed attempts, and only one other trip out on open water this year, Johnnyb and I *FINALLY* managed to get out on Canada day. Target species, large and smallmouth bass with the possibility for some laker action in between. As usual I was about 30 minutes late, and was trying my best to make up time as I headed towards Minden. Opted to trust a shortcut offered by 'Miss Lola' the GPS, and while bombing along a dirt road near Norland, I came around a bend to see a big black shaggy head poke out of the top of 6' bushes beside the road about 30' ahead. Hammered the brakes for a closer look, and watched as a big sow black bear sprinted across the road in front of me and actually laughed out loud as not one, but two cubs clumsily followed her lead. Tried for pictures, but they were moving so fast the camera hadn't even booted before they were gone. OK wildlife show over; I rambled the blazer back up to 'rattling tin can warp speeds' and met JB in his in-laws driveway only about 15 minutes behind schedule. A quick grunt in each others direction and we loaded the boat with gear and snacks and off we went. I started out with a home made Jika rig and JB was chucking a wacky rigged sinkworm. He was getting more attention with the worm at our first spot, so I switched up, and whammo: Not to be outdone, he followed up with a solid bucket of his own. I wasn't happy with the Jika's action once we started fishing deeper cover, and ripped the weight off. Man was THAT fun to fish. It could either be slowly crawled under the pads on bottom, or ripped across the top like a wake bait/frog. It was equally effective either way. Any missed fish got a follow up with the wacky rigged sink worm. Really solidified a few new techniques for me. Really happy with the setups. A few fish for JB later (sorry I missed the pictures trying to get a fish of my own...oOps! ) we were on the move. We headed down to the far end of the lake, where I picked up one more for fun: Then, just for the experience, we jumped over the rollers into the next lake...we threw a few casts in the current here: but were too intrigued by the weedy channel heading into a culvert to hang around lone, so off we went On the other side... Bass paradise Only took pictures of a fraction of the fish we landed, we were simply too busy setting the hook on aggressive bass - sure was a blast. This tank took JB's top-prop HARD and almost took his rod and rod holder with it while we trolled along a weed edge! Gettin a little peckish... A few more this size: And even more about this size: One avec le Solo pose: On the way back to the cottage we spent a bit more time on the middle lake of our tour, and noticed a few hooks on the finder in a deeper channel. Down went the rigger as I sent out a deep diving crank on the line counter. 20 seconds after JB threw out the cheater spoon...yes the cheater again - Cousin Larry came to play. We trolled the channel a few more times changing baits on every pass, but no further hits or fish, so we jumped the rollers back into the big lake, and trolled home with a dipsy and the rigger but no more of our burping friends of the deep felt like playing! And the end result for the table: Well Bro-migo, we did it again! Pleasure as always! Hope you enjoy the pics as much as we enjoyed catching them peeps!

Meh - at least I manage to catch some fish on the soft stuff every now and then. Getting tired of this stripe on my back.

Sorry for the late reply...just stumbled across this report. Was a great day Thanks for the kind words everyone. JB really is a great guide

Miss that back lake Great report, thanks for sharing

Very nice! Always nice to keep a few eaters too - Good job

Wow. Lately I'm guilty of not keeping up with this site...let alone posting. My log-ins are limited to when Johnnyb sends me a BBM or text saying, "Hey did you see...", or when I'm looking for something on the classifieds. I've logged in 3 or 4 times, just to re-read this report. Excellent work, not only on the trip itself, but the write-up and pictures on here. If it wasn't for the insanity posted by the likes of you and Moosebunk, I'd have nothing to aspire to. Great thread - thanks for sharing!

You're the man Lloyd! Great bunch of fish guys!