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I'm sure some of you are waiting for the second half of the LV pike report - it should be ready any day now, we are jsut working on editing some videos! Today Gillian and I decided to head down the street to the river and see if we could catch some carp. There are several spots that I have seen carp swimming around in so I was confident we would find some fish. As soon as we arrived I threw out several handfulls of corn and then we got our equipment ready and started to fish. There were carp in the area within minutes. Despite several ducks stealing the corn, Gillian had a fish on within 20 minutes! Armed with a Quantum 20 PTi and an UglyStik (a combo I refer to as beauty and the beast) she was caught off guard when line started peeling off the reel. The drag screamed as the fish headed down stream. I quickly realized her drag was set really light since I had last used it for walleye up at LV. After a huge run, I looked down at her reel and could see that the bottom of the spool was fast approaching, Gillian was a step ahead of me though and was already starting to head down the shore in chase. She was quickly running out of room and needed to scale down a 6 foot wall to get to the shore in order resume her chase. Being nearly 7 months pregnant, this was not an option - she handed me the rod, and I jumped down the wall as the last few strands of line were about to unravel. I grabbed the line and pulled, turning the carp. I quickly adjusted the drag by this time Gillian had found her way down the wall, so I handed her back the rod. The fish was now in the current and despite a legendary effort, Gillian could not get him to move. After several minutes he charged back up stream and Gillian was able to gain back some line. Finally we had a good look at the fish, a solid 6-8lbs - A very nice sized carp for this area of the river. She slipped on a glove and held the fish for a quick photo and a release as a small crowd watched from the top of the wall. Thirty minutes later it was my turn. I watched a small carp moving straight toward my bait and I held on tight expecting another epic battle. I was using my ultralight rod (5'2 UglyStik) with 10lb powerpro. I set the hook and....nothing . The carp flipped and flopped a couple times and I was able to grab it within a minute. Quite a disapointment after seeing how hard Gillian's carp faught. We called it a day shortly after, but we were both very pleased that both of us landed a fish. This scrappy little guy made it all teh way down to those rocks near the next bridge before we were able to gain any ground on him... The first in-utero fish!! My baby boy has got an ealy start Thought I'd add one more - this was from earlier in the day - further north on the Thames...

Corn Nug: I sell them here and there - there is a wide variety of sizes and costs. They range in size from 6 inches to 20 inches... They have worked great for pike and musky - but ive caught seveal other species on them too. Even the mighty rockbass cannot resist my spinnerbait!

nice!! Its funny looking at the old lures I made, the news one look much better! Next time I see you i'll give you one of the new and improved pike catching lures! I've got a few of those doller store lures, im afraid to use them though! PS, all of my big LV pike were caught on my own lures!

Ouch!!!

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Silver inline spinner and Mepps black fury - the bigger teh blade the better!

great job boys and girl! When are we gonna get out for musky fihsing??

I remember when the world ended in 1999...that was wild.

I've only flown into one plce, and both trips were greats.

I didnt see THAT coming!

well done!

great report!

wow, great report!!

Nice job! I had a huge fish bend my hooks open on my last visit 2 weeks ago. Silver is my colour of choice this year.

Gas was $1.29/L up near Red Lake.

We have a few more 40+ inchers to share once we get some rest. Just finished the 22+ hour drive to Toronto, but i still need to get back to London. John - There is a wireless connection. The range isnt great, we had no connection from our cabin - we went and sat outside near the main cabin and got a strong connection. If you have no laptop, Brett has a computer in the main cabin aswell.

Caught on lures with no feathers Brian, but when I use the feathered lures orange has been more effective then black.

Caught on lures with no feathers Brian, but when I use the feathered lures orange has been more effective then black.

We had one nice day! I'll get that silver pike photo posted tonight. It is a silver blue colour and has no spots on it.

The weather is cold, it has rained almsot everyday, but we still have been spending a lot of time on the water. I'll spare the rest of the details, but here are the pictures of our biggest fish so far! This one was caught on my one of my very own lures! I also caught asmall silver pike, its was pretty wild looking.

Nice Job Phil, good to meet you the other day. I hope the lures I sent worked out well for you and Connie. The weather up here at LV is pretty cold right now. Fishing has been tough, and staying dry has been tougher. Luckily Jon and I have both managed to land a fish near 45 inches (we didnt measure them)

I hope it warms up by friday - we will be passing through TB.

You cant even buy a fish in that boat! What rotten luck - hopefully next time will go smooth! (ps. I did NOT ace the test)

I'll be the part of the entourage catching pike Grant I'm not sure if I have neough time to post pic of the lures before I leave - hopefully I will have pictures of them hanging from the mouth of a TO pike!

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