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www.spoonpullers.com nuff said

I am not sure why people are considering him one of the "top D's" - he' a soft defensive liability. He can skate and move the puck, but watch him for long and you'll notice the weakness in his game. That is why they are trying to move him.

"media coverage" should not even be considered in on this . . .who cares about the media. It'll will focus on the leafs whether they make a good deal, bad deal, any deal... they are mostly stupid anyway. He should have tried to extract at least some picks. IMO, Burke and co have fallen into the same pattern as other regimes here; try you best to patch together enough talent to squeak into the playoffs.. just to appease the board and some fickle fans. The Kessel deal was a disaster and set them back about 5 years. They lost two 1st rounders plus a 2nd for an enigmatic player who will surely frustrate leaf fans with long spells of goalless games.. he's a very inconsistent player and is far from a complete player. If you're given up that much, the player should be well-rounded. I am a HUGE loyal Leaf fan, but I will criticize them when necessary. Burke's tenure has been mediocre at best so far. I liked the Phaneuf deal, but that's about it. They overpaid for Komiserek, Beauchemen, etc...

Some of you have a streak of socialism in you... so what if some guy promotes something.. don't read it. I have nothing to gain from this, but if someone makes an extra few sales cause of these post, God bless him.

coool

The toronto pike fishery is probably better than most of the rest of the accessible places to fish in Ontario When I used to fish it, I would have days of 12-15 fish over 12 lb in the spring. 5-10 lb would be avg fish - again, that would be a good day... but a few over 10 was fairly common

To be honest, I am a bit surprised you caught pike that big at this time of year in that area. Interesting. . . It's usually a producer in the spring and fall for that class of fish. Good work!

Great trip, loads of fun and beauty park.... but the fishing is tough there. Mind you, we did not fish a whole lot but a few hours and pretty much nothing. That was the 3rd time at that park and I never seem to catch much on Mazinaw. Good times overall - wasn't really a fishing trip as much as male bonding trip!

Can you give us the GPS coordinates for that big boy!? JK!

Wow, with all due respect, is it worth getting that angry? Life is short, my friend

The fihing is very marginal in there at the best if times... it's only a few feet deep

That kind of threw me off too... Gibson in Muskoka should not have sheep head unless someone dumped them in there

I hope to get up there in August at some point to give myself a break from the salmon fishing Is the fishing decent in there? Is it worth the extra trek and dodging shoal? I do have excellent official nautical maps of the area I bought a few years ago.

Spider is a beauty lake.. 2 years ago i saw two guys ina 12' putting around with a 5 hp motor. I am pretty certain it is a motor-free lake lots of pike... and smallies spring is good there (for pike and some lakers)

Thanks... the spot is fairly "remote" for a southern ontario fishing destination... I am will to bet that this makes the Musquash Basin a potentially good spot for multiple species. . .

Good luck with it!

I have always wanted to fish that area of the Bay (Musquash River Delta) but it seems like a long trek. Is Pennetange the closest launch or are there other areas that are closer? thanks

Without bats, we would probably have to permanently douse ourselves in DEET!!

John you and the others might be interested to know this: Of the 50 or so "shakers" I've caught this year, about 75% were wild - adipose fin intact. I would say that if chinooks stalking stopped (which I don't want to happen), the fish are here to stay.

ok, what's up with the music??? i find that more interesting

Thanks, Bigjim.. where do you get the Okuma Blue Diomond?

Copper doesn't interest me. It will require new, huge reel and I am out there most of the time alone.. 75% of the time. Copper is a pain to reel in when it's only you manning the show. I have two rigger rods and leadcore and now I want to add the dipsey. One of my riggers rods will be set up with a SWR this weekend, so I will have a total of 4 potential variations of presentation.

It's a 6' rod and yes, the twilly tip is what I was referring to... Will that rod suffice or is it too short? And as for line counters how about one of those counters you can buy separately? I assume the simply attach to your reel. I suppose I could go out and spend $100+ on a new reel, but I'd rather not.

I also have one of those heavy rods with the cone thingy at the end that is used for metal lines when trolling for lakers... would that be more appropriate?

What do you mean by a "30 size reel"? I have a Penn GTi 320 (in addition to a few other reels). Would that work? I really don't want to spend on more reels. I have to "heavy action" 7' baitcasting/trolling rods that I have used with leadcore. Are we talking the steel line that many people use for lake trout trolling? Is a reel counter necessary? I guess you need one to determine how far back the dipsey is??