mike rousseau

Keep in mind the water is still cold... Water temps on the Larry were 31 on Saturday.... That's cold as ice...

Can't this get pinned? Mods?

Unreal how a small group can devastate a huge fishery... And Just cause they wanna eat carp...

I use a shipping/recieving store... Some companies won't ship to a po box...

You would think they would have a closed season for sauger then... Considering they are thought of as extinct...

Happy birthday BB... Have a good one...

Sweet fish... Congratulations...

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Thanks for the inspiration superdad... And after figuring out the pattern... Did it ever help me understand winter walleye migrations... This single day of fishing I probably learnt more important things then any other day this year... To apply to ice fishing that is... It would have been amazing of we landed the musky tho

I thought so... I don't know much about sauger cause we don't have many around here... I've caught thousands of walleye and this is my first sauger So at 19 inches this might be a PB that I won't likely beat...

We actually saw 2 other boats from 2 other launches... 1 was fishing and the other was breaking in his brand new bass boat...

Hooples is a bit thinner then most years... But still trucks out there... 12 + inches everywhere I punched holes last weekend

Well with all this warm weather and reports of others getting out in their boats this January I figured I should give it a try... So last night I shoveled the boat launch... Then today chiseled a bit of ice... The boat was in the water around noon... Since I never fished open water in January I figured we could try some fall and spring patterns and see what happens... So we tried a couple of spring spots without much luck other then a musky bite off... Then I figured we should try a spot where I was catching in the fall... As soon as we showed up we were marking fish... Drop our lines... Bam... Instant fish on... Nice chunky walleye... After that it was non stop action for about 2 hours... We ended up boating at least 25 walleye averaging about 20 inches... Biggest was about 25 inches But the bonus fish of the day was the sauger I got... I've never caught a sauger or seen one in my area... It was 19 inches... Is 19 inches a big sauger? Anyways a few families had a fresh fish fry tonight and we had smiles on our faces... What a day for jan 28th in the boat... Here's some pics and video clips from the day... Sorry about poor quality... All done on iPhones... http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee516/roosnutz/d4a01029.mp4 http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee516/roosnutz/00cd7add.mp4

If you like to run and gun... Get a flip over sled base shack If you drill and sit in one place... Hub/pop ups are nice for the extra room...

Try living in my area... Instead of a coffee cup and worm container... It's cases of cigarettes and garbage bags of tobacco One day I found about 40-50 full size garbage bags full of tobacco... A couple days later my brother found a dozen more...

Heading out for some walleyes today in the boat... Pumped... I got my brother coming as well as another local guide who's a good friend of mine... If we catch... I'll make sure to get some pics...

Epic battle on the big trout... Thanks for the pics and vids...

I changed the parts provided by you... But it was something else... And after seeing my frustration for 4 hours and not fixing the problem... My mom decided to call the repair man...

Very cool... There is a "clean" launch here on the Larry... I'm thinking about taking the boat out this weekend. Here's to diehards

He just helped me out with parts for my washing machine... Great friend to have... He's the kinda guy that would do anything for ya...

Well that warmed me up...lol

Things change from time to time... A little patience goes a long way... And as far as I know the MNR database shows if you have a valid licence... And friend and I got checked one day and he forgot his licence... MNR officer called in buddy's name... Good to go...

There are some good ones out there tho... I got pulled over cause all my trailer lights were out... I told him they were working the day before... The cop said he had a boat as well and understood how often lights can go out and wiring harnesses come loose... He asked how far I had to go... I said 2 blocks... So he followed me home so I didn't get rear ended... So it can be one extreme to the next... You would think there should be consistency... Like ISO for coppers...

Brutal...