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musky/pike all the way turtles are pure gluttons, a snapper would've taken both fish and very strong jaws, no problem pick pocketing a stringer I've had walleye attacked many, many times on the stringer off the canoe, a pike or musky will attack it a few times, head shake and then realize they can't swim away with it and then do a death roll and rip the jaw open on the walleye those teeth marks don't look like the work of a racoon or mink cool story and pics

you won't be disappointed with Spiel's work, that's for sure if you're near bass pro check on the bps rods, carbon lite (not with micro guides) or the jonny morris series, great rods and good price

if you're not overly familiar with boat mechanics get a marina to look it over, might cost a small fee but worth it in the long run things that I got "burned" on my first used boat purchase -livewell and bilge pump didn't work, had to lift the floor, easy enough but still a pita -wiring, previous owner must have re-wired at some point and didn't use marine grade...in the process of rewiring now, marine grade ain't cheap -i bought from auction, decent deal but couldn't water test...needs a new teleflex cable or the steering box needs some love -the throttle remote is pretty touchy in the mid range, will get a friend to help me with that -trailer lights didn't work, rather than mess around i re-did the lights and wiring, cost a little over 100 not advice on the US import but I would think calling customs would give you the straight and quick answer

legal is 4 hooks max...a treble is considered 1 hook...spinnerbaits, spoons, spinners, cranks with 1 treble would be legal http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/LetsFish/2ColumnSubPage/STDPROD_097331.html when I finally try mine out i'll be chucking swim baits and spinnerbaits/spinners....I think it might have potential for offshore structure, deep water and schooling fish

haven't thrown one yet myself...curious what baits people are rigging up on the A-rigs? has anybody tried running 4 spinnerbaits or spinners or spoons? from what I've heard most are running plastics on the rig definitely going to give it a hard fish next time i'm out

not familiar with the lake, but next time i'd check the water temp, bass get sluggish in the heat of the summer...look for structure around deep water, target the thermocline and when you believe in a spot sit on it and work it over suspending a chub below a float always works for the big boys

the walleye carcass works well on remote trips if you're harvesting around home a big coffee can with some nail holes to disperse the scent with a string attached to it...dump in wet cat food and fold the lid the together and kinda fold it down, so they can find their way in but won't flow out when you pull the trap in or you can go skiing and dump down in some weeds, pick them from your body when you climb back in the boat

try finding a cannon warranty centre closer to your area or contact the company directly you could try mike's reel repair out in chilliwack, bc...he warranties scotty's and penn, minn kota, motor guide, and i'm pretty sure cannon, he knows his stuff or he could definitely help you in the right direction maybe ebay?

PAB - we were on hilmer, i'd highly recommend it http://hearstair.wordpress.com/about/hillmer-lake/

heart air has good options, they put us on a good numbers lake last july, just can't remember the lake name right now, flight was about 45 mins

if a 3 hook jerkbait, the belly hook 2 hook jerkbait the head hook Why? interesting question

those power shads got me hooked on bass fishing, deadly on a gravel pit i grew up fishing...i'll buy that bag off you for 10 bucks, sentimental value lol

I had the same problem, used to use a pencil case until i sat on my wading jacket on my tail gate and crushed/cracked a few floats and broke some shafts I took a plano container (about 4x8" - not sure what model size it was) and I cut out all of the walls inside, so it's just a box with a lid...works great, holds a days supply easy or you can carry a couple of boxes with differernt styles in each

CT isn't always the best for selection (aside from Lindsay location) but I always check the fishing aisle for clearance stickers, seems to be inconsistent store to store and sometimes get some great deals...got some rapala DT for 5 bucks and max raps for 9.99 (usually 16-20 bucks) IMO fishing spinnerbaits is like fishing plastics and getting tails bitten off...you're going to lose skirts and blades sometimes, just how it is, good thing is swivels, split rings, blades and skirts are cheap to replace,,,20 bucks will give you the basics to replace things for the season

one of my favourite spinner baits is the KVD in bluegill, deadly

smallies will bust spinnerbaits just as hard as pike, wouldn't feel too bad about that...I think it's a balance between too thin and too stiff wire used, too stiff and it detracts from the vibrations, in theory, I have a friend who ties musky bucktails on what I would consider bass guage wire I've never had a terminator spinnerbait break on me....and i like their skirts, the one piece design, no elastic band

it's very easy to make your own dressed trebles, especially if you're paying 10 bucks for a 3 pack of dressed trebles a few times a season, something to consider and let's you customize them however you want

They do have opportunities, I went to college at sir sandford fleming in Peterborough, there were plenty of native students going to school and it is government funded with highly generous living allowances. If they have an education they have the opportunity to work in their field, whether it's engineering or they want to take paid time off work to go to school for heavy mechanics and come back to finish their apprenticeships. I grew up in London, ON, went to school in Ptbo, bounced around TO shortly, lived in Vancouver, lived very remotely north of Whistler and now northern BC near the AB border....I think many "southerners" or city folks have a completely naive idea what actually happens up north in natural resource industries, you need to live it to understand it. It's not what the tree hugging lobbyists plaster in the media, this is exceptionally true in Canada, it is regulated. Greed....that is an interesting concept...the people that harvest the resource and sell it are called greedy...but who do they sell it to? hypocritical maybe? do you take public transit to work? do you walk? do you enjoy everything that makes your daily life easy? it's all connected, as long as there is a demand there will always be an industry to harvest natural resources the only reason this issue is getting attention is because of the huge financial potential...how many logging contracts exist in northern ON, do those get attention? clear cutting the landscape doesn't get much heat, but clear cutting and then digging up the ground..oh no, we've crossed a line apparently...but why, oh wait, what they're pulling out of the ground is worth a lot of money the money is the only reason this is getting attention, moonias knows exactly what he is doing, he's drawing media attention, public awareness, crying wolf....he will get his piece of the pie, mining will continue

I just ordered a few new releases online, can't wait to see how they work fishing vancouver harbour and gulf islands spiny waterfleas are't a problem like back home, not even sure if they are in the waters out here? plenty of sea lice on fish but no issues collecting on braid

great posts with pictures ranger guy, been following your boat, nice rig I bought my first decent sized boat back in feb, a used 17' lund pro angler ss...i'll be upgrading to an hds next couple of weeks and been looking up tranducer plates, my lund manual says not to drill any holes for the plate below the water line, but from what i've researched it seems nobody actually follows this??? I'm leaning towards going with a larger transducer plate to screw above the water line and just wondering if i should use an adhesive between the hull and plate? and whats the best way to seal the old holes? I'm thinking a rivet or anything else would create a gap between the hull and plate, maybe just some good marine silicone? here's a few pics

10 or 15 lb PP is the way to go...a lot of guys preach mono for the stretch when fishing cranks but soon as I switched to braid I didn't look back, I'd take the sensitivity any day over mono...with technique specific blanks I don't think i'm losing any extra fish because of lack of stretch, i usually tie a leader with a 12 wrap improved albright, perfect crank setup for me

or being trainged to operate heavy equipment making min 65-75K starting, and easily 80-100K within a couple years after OT and double time, plus very good benefits.... my last employer landed two contracts in northern ON (matchewan area) and both contracts stipulated that only 10/15% of the workforce could be on a travel schedule (reserved for senior engineers and mine managers), the rest had to be local(long term) employees and 25 or 30% first nations, they don't start with this on day 1 but they do strive to get there as fast as possible perhaps I need to admit my ignorance to Cliffs business ethics, but they sound very different from what I've personally seen first hand....my comments here were directed more towards the "why must we rape and pillage dear mother earth"

I completely support the need to protect the environment, but it's about balance, for example I am strongly opposed to shell's idea to frack the methane beds in northern BC, directly in the head waters of the skeena...so perhaps I've missed the ecological importance of this proposal, but there are ten's of thousands of other square kilometres of muskeg country across canada...with and without first nation impact the chromite proposal provides infrastructure to the first nations community/northern ON long after the mine has consumed the resource...roads, airports, power, etc...every mine site on first nations land requires that a certain percentage of the work force be first nation...it provides long term employment for all Ontarians (regardless of status)....most mine plans are forecasted at minimum 15-20 yrs, many last 50 or more, as long as there is more resource in the ground....it boosts Canadian/North American economy, why do we need to rely on supply from asia when we have it in our own backyard? or does it not matter that we are support the demand to destroy the environment across the other side of the globe where we don't see it? I work at an open pit coal mine, it's been here 11 yrs already and the current lease is 13 yrs with an option to extend to 20....the surface is scraped, drilling, blast the mountain apart, shovel out the coal, fill in the pit, top soil, grass and tree...the wildlife is still booming, moose, grizzlies, blackies, cougars, elk, white tail, mulies, wolves, yotes, i see them all every week (maybe not cougars, except at the pub ha)...a concentrated area of the mountain is being destroyed and will be naturalized has the pits are fully mined Canada has a weak economy, our natural resources are our largest asset, we need to balance the act of protection and utilizing our resources....the pipeline is huge controversy about the environment and "adversly affecting" first nations culture and heritage somehow....IMO the biggest issue is why do we sell our resources to other countries and then buy the refined product back at 5 times the cost

too funny, grade 2 was a good year....my classroom fight was about who was going to use the good hockey stick at recess...we both didn't get recess that day man, thinking about this reminds how fun mini sticks hockey was back in the day

When will it end? hmmm....do you drive a vehicle? do you have a boat/outboard manufactured from aluminum, steel, etc? do you enjoy shopping at a grocery store from which the building is constructed from natural resources? the logistics involved to deliver food involve vehicles manufactured from natural resources? do you value the advancements in medical services in the last centuries? the high quality stainless steel tools used by doctors? the paper kids write and learn on in school? do we see my point? everything on this planet is connected, if you don't want to continue to "rape and pillage" then feel free to sacrifice all of the above, catch your fish with a spear you carved from a sharpened pice of limestone, build a house of mud and fallen sticks (not timbered wood), grow your own vegetables and harvest your own game meat with a hand made bow...but wait even then you're consuming natural resources....and so is a deer that eats forest vegetation and so is a beaver that builds a dam and destroys a brookie stream it's not about what we don't do....it's about how we do the things that support our daily life...and mining/producing any natural resource in an efficient and responsible manner, accountablity, reclamation projects after mining is completed, advancemnts in heavy equipment to run cleaner, improved environmental design and testing of the production process I don't know where/how to find the facts but I guarantee that 95% of households do not recyle everything they could possible recycle we can't deny there have been ecological disasters from natural resouce industries but lessons are learned and things do improve....ie the recent BP spill or any other similar situation, the company surely did not want to revenue from the inventory lost during the spill and the associated costs of the aftermath mining won't stop, logging won't stop, fort mac won't shut down over night because a pipe burst caused by a local indigenous resident who took a pot shot at a pipe I will keep my opinion to myself about the first nation issues.....but I think people need to really take a good hard look at EVERYTHING they use in their daily life and really think about where did this come from? how was it produced? am I willing to give this up?