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Nice looking bass. Like the others said, theres nothing wrong with a day like that!WTG!

Sorry to hear about your experience, singingdog. I guess you won't be making that trip again.

I think that some of the pike that are in the Kawarthas could have made their way downstream, not up. There are pike in some of the lakes in Haliburton that perhaps could have followed the current toward the Kawartha lakes. I've been doing my best to keep them out of the water, but can only have so many Pike steaks. I take any I get under 30in. I think I caught my first Tiger Musky this past weekend. I've been trying to get the pic loaded up, but my PC isn't allowing me to get any pics off my camera. Water birds could carry eggs over as well, seeing as pike eggs are sticky. The eggs could get picked up in a spawning bay and transported to another waterbody when the bird brushes up against some weeds or branches.

Nice looking fish indeed. WTG!

GBay, You'd just have to drill a hole right through the bait nose-to-tail so that theres a flow going through there. Saw it on a bass bait once.Don't know how it would affect action, though... Silverado, I'm really glad I'm not alone. I've heard its a pretty common affliction. How far does it go?

Driving into work today I saw a cloud that looked like a Magnum Bulldawg. Then it changed to a big Marabou spinner. Later on in the day, my boss and I were having a conversation about something or other. I think it had to do with marriages or some other real-life thing when I chimed up that I thought maybe soaking some garlic powder in vaseline might make for a good scent to rub on cranks this fall. I thought the garlic would add some scent, while the vaseline might aid the cranks to avoid snags on occasion. I love the fall season. I just wish I could concentrate on life as much as I do fishing

Nice smallie, joonmoon. That 'ski has some cool markings, too. Sounds like great birthday fun to me!

WOW, thats a concert of a lifetime! Congratulations man! How many tickets were available? Again, congrats. Thats awesome.

Nice dumper on that musky! Some real nice smallies there, as well. Congrats!

I'll be fishing 12 Mile Lake up near Haliburton all weekend looking for some bronze footballs. If/when the mood strikes, I might go to another lake for 'skis and/or pike. Looks like its going to be a beautiful weekend!!!

Smart fishing Lew. Real nice looking 'skis for sure. Congrats!

If its been posted, I didn't see it . Thanks alot, man!

Beauty 'ski. It doesn't get much better than that! By the replies to this thread, it really sounds like you put in alot of time for that one. Congrats!

Report of the year candidate right there. Congrats on the nuptuals, sturgeon, pike, bass and ,of course, your first musky!!! This one gets a huge ATTA BOY!!!

Nice fish, no doubt about it!!

Nice chrome, jdmls.

Hey JB, is the gas in your tank fresh? It could be a bad batch of gas. I had a very similar situation with my engine earlier this year. It only took one tank to do it in. I filled a full tank before I got on the water and maybe 20min of runtime later the motor was stalling/revving real high on idle/not getting full throttle when in gear. Turned out to be bad gas. By itself the gas was fine. But as soon as there was some agitation, the gas and oil would separate. The mechanic that worked on the motor suggested using mid-grade gas and stabilizer everytime. Also suggested using premium oil. Something to do with ash clogging jets... Hope this helps. Good luck.

Congrats to your old man, Pete! I love seeing all the pics of big 'skies around right now! Congrats again, thats a real beaut!

I give that a 10 on the !DANG! scale. Very impressive for a first fish. Congrats to you! What did you catch it on?

Nice report, Johnny. How are the weeds looking? Water Temps? Nice looking 'ski, congats!

Nice fish man. Indeed.

I'll second what Nemo said, although smoke is my goto colour in a grub. Can't miss with a light spinning outfit, some 1/4oz jigs and 3-4in grubs. Good luck!

Good morning, great strory. That guy is going to feel bad once he realizes the kind of $$$ he could've got.

A lady got a 10lbr out of a small lake in Muskoka last year. I think Karl Kalonka also caught one last year, it was up on the Extreme Angler website at one point.

Was up in Haliburton again fishing this last weekend. Fished the "home" waters, Boshkung and Twelve Mile. Caught a good number of fish, but the camera was out of batteries for the most part, so pics of Saturday are non-existant. Loaded up for Sunday, though, and didn't get quite as many, but fished a few different lakes as I had to take my daughter to camp in the afternoon. Sunday morning saw this decent smallie eating a Pop'R for breakfast before loading the boat up... My darling daughter with a jigworm largemouth... And a largie from the pads... After dropping the girl off at camp, I wanted to hit my "secret" spot. Just for a couple of casts. Second cast on the lake with a JigNPig sees a big musky come out of the timber and inhale the jig. Set the hook and broke the clasp on the 50#leader! Dang! My luck is just no good with musky and Jigs. The previous weekend, I was on another lake and had a nice'ski sever my line with a Jig and another was hooked for about 5 seconds before spitting the lure right back at me. So after the leader broke, I wasn't feeling to good about my choice of lure. Sure the skis wanted it, but I couldn't for the life of me hook and land one ! So I cut the clasp off one of my 80# fluoro leaders and tied direct fluoro to Jig. Nothing. The Jig just didn't seem to fall right. So I put down that rod and started pitching a black and blue Stone jig hoping for a good sized largemouth to take it when an old friend came to say hello. Last year I brought Lucid and his brother-in-law up to this spot hoping he would catch his first musky and we had a good day catching pike and bass. Had a few follows and break-offs but not one landed until Lucid finally tied into one on the last cast of the day. It ended up coming to the boat after a good battle(funny enough he landed it just like cityfisher in his report, 8lb test and a Senko. No net either). The one thing I remember about this fish is that when we brought it in the boat we noticed that it was bleeding from a cut in its head. On closer inspection we noticed that it had obviously been hooked before, because it had some line wrapped around its head. After a little sugery, she went back in to swim a little more. Fast forward to last Sunday. I'm fishing the Stone jig and feel some weight and set the hook. Peeling drag! I know its a good musky. It comes to the surface and I notice its got a funny looking mark across its head. Its a scar! One I know well, too. I got her to the side of the boat and took this pic. You can't see the scar, but believe me, its there... Feels good to know that CNR works, especially when you see the same fish again with your own two eyes! When I first saw that scar it made me smile like few fish have before. Even now thinking about it puts one on my face. She was released at boatside. The jig was right in the corner of her mouth and I didn't even think about the length. She was 42.5in when Lucid landed it last year. I just wanted to watch her swim away again. Cheers