tjsa

I was going to find out today, but yesterday I decided to give both of them to my neighbor, since he has cleaned my driveway 3 times this year when I have been at work, getting home at 7:30 pm or later. He also accepted of a couple of packages that were delivered to me when I was at work. Gotta tell ya, its nice to come home to a cleaned driveway at that time of night in the dark hours from late fall to mid winter, and nice to have a neighbor like him, our driveways are basically shared, no divider. Sometimes I do his and mine by myself also, but he usually gets it done before I get the chance. And, he is 78 yrs. old, so he deserves it.

NO, no, no, you made the mistake others have made. I am tjsa, from the Great White North, Thunder Bay, TJQ is the guy who owns OFC.

No we don't, not many people up here do on the inland lakes, mostly and incidental catch. But they are targeted on lake superior in 3 or 4 places. We keep saying we should try for them, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

I am suddenly feeling so inadequate, lol Nice fish, and great report.

Who said KD, damn, gotta go eat now, lol. nice catching btw.

LOL, I was of the same thought pattern, Spiel, out fishing, cannot compute, lol. Chris, care to comment??????????

Pics are slowly loading for me, but for sure, absolutely, unconditionally, that fish that Terry caught is a Rainbow Smelt. the largest I have ever seen btw, and I have seen some big smelt up here from superior, and a few inland lakes where they have been introduced and proliferate. We occasionally catch them when fishing for lake trout, on set lines, with 4 inch minnows????????

I prefer to call them "flutterbys", cause thats what they do, flutter by, lol.

LOL, to add to my above post, I did a google search for Salmo Chubby Darters, and what did I find??? a post in the buy/sell section of ONFC from Troutguy. http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15026

The chubby darters are Salmo brand lures, bought them locally, but first heard of Salmo lures on this board 2 yrs. ago. I doubt CTC or other like places have them, but the more specialty shops will. The one I was using was a number 9, chrome blue on top, opaque sides, and bright red bottom, and it seems they cost pretty much like their number, lol. Have a couple of other smaller ones for other species in different colours. You have to twitch them hard up, then let them settle. If you get the chance to see their action below the hole in clear water, they have an amazing action when slightly twitched, or hard jigged. But, they are not cheap, thats for sure. I cringe using them jigging for walleye when I know pike are also present. Have been lucky so far.

Nope, no slot size for lakers in our immediate and neighbouring areas fishndevil. Just a 2 fish daily and possession limit inland. It is 3 fish daily and possession limit for lakers on lake superior, but since it is not freezing over like it used to, haven't fished it through the ice for some years. Used to drive our trucks out on the big lake 20 kms. in the past, now, its open water in the areas we used to drive to fish. Even if the ice will not support vehicles, we don't drive our snowmobiles out there now also, its just too risky.

Great report and pics, my buds and I are contemplating a perch trip up our way also, only one lake up here we have found that produces good catch numbers.

No, they are not made any more, too bad. I own the precursor to it, the Enticer 400T, without the rear suspension travel though. Closest thing anyone has to it is Yamaha's VK 540, but that machine is another 100 lbs. heavier, and longer, and wider. Or the Skandic WT or SUV. but both those machines are also much heavier. And yes, get yer butt out on the ice, we need a "bunk" report, soon,

Nice perch, walleye is good also, makes for a nice feed for sure, congrats on you're first Scucog walleye.

I fixed the pics Mike(they were thumbnails originally), took me a bit to remember how to post properly, lol.

Buds and I decided to go for lakers. They are not open in TBay district, so we had to go where they are open. Up at 4:30, meet at buds place at 6:20, on the road at 6:30, park at 8:30, fishing by 9:15. Right away, our bud Gord(the only one with a Vex) has fish following, but they would not commit to anything he put down. Tubes, chubby darters, mini-airplanes, scent impregnated smelt imitation, etc. all were followed, but ultimately ignored. Shortly after, I got a hard hit on a white tube tipped with a minnow, but no hookup. Still amazes me how a fish can hit that hard and not get hooked. Not too long after my bud Gord did get a fish, about 2.5 lbs. but it got hooked in the pectoral fin, so back it went. A bit later I got one pulling on my set line, but I missed it. It was a nice, light wind, cloudy, lightly snowing day. -7C morning to -4C afternoon. Perfect day really. Not to long after, while my bud was switching between jigging rods, and dropping his presentation down, a chubby darter, he notices a blip half way up(we were in about 55 ft. of water), he stops it, and gives one twitch of the rod, fish on! His first fish, about 5 lbs. Shortly after that, I get one on my set line with minnow. Sorry for the Art Garfunkel look btw, Snapped a couple pics of my buds, first one is of our bud Mike, who hasen't been out fishing for anything for over 2 years, he has been working out of town for all that time. Gord, watching the Vex intently while switching rods and presentations. The sleds, if anyone is interested, 1995 Yamaha Enticer TR, and a Polaris 340 Touring. A bit later, I get my 2nd laker, on a chubby darter, a whopper of a fish, What was it thinking that lure is 1/3 its size???? Then, at 10:40 am, my limit is complete, 2nd keeper laker, its the top one in the pic, bookends basically, 2 nice 2.5 lb. fish, perfect. We stayed at this spot until near noon, with Gord having a few other follows, Mike losing one on his set line, and possibly missing one while jigging. Gord is showing Mike how to interpret the Vex. We moved to another spot for an hour, but with only one fish showing on the Vex, we were just starting to pack to move, and Mike gets a hit jigging. Caught him off guard cause he just started to reel up, and didn't get a good hook set, and lost it. We moved to our 3rd and final spot for the day, and it was slow for a bit, but Gord got his 2nd keeper of the day, another one near 5 lbs. I had continues to jig with a chubby darter and white tube jig. I lost one at this spot right under the hole, and a bit later landed my 4th laker of the day, another one same size as my previous 2 keepers. It went back of course. What a difference a year makes, we went to this lake last year, and I lost everything I hooked, this time, I only missed 2. And last year, we did not catch anything on the set lines. Different day, different results. We called it a day at 4 pm, and got back into town at 6:30, got home and everything stowed at 7 pm. Another usual long day for us. But it was an enjoyable day out with buds, especially to have Mike finally out with us after his long hiatus from fishing. Tom p.s. I just previewed my post, and have no recollection how to make the pics bigger, I have been out of the loop for too long to remember, actually suprised at what I did remember, Sorry for the small pics. OK, the squirrel in the cage(my brain) finally started to run, remembered how to make them bigger.

Tell me something I don't know already Phil, lol.

I only have two that fit my sleigh, shorter than the normal 5 gallon ones, and if I could have found another in short order, I would have froze it and chucked it in the garbage, but, ..........................................................

So, I haven't been around much recently, work issues, mom issues, life issues, but did get out fishing just before christmas and the weekend just before new years. Caught squat just before xmas, caught a couple of walleye just before new years. On to my topic. Got home, packed everything away, and dropped the minnows in the downstairs bathroom(unfinished, basically brick walls, with a laundry tub and a toilet). Got sick, bud called about going out again, but declined, and made mention of forgetting about the minnows, so they are probably all dead. Still sick into the new year, totally forgot about the minnows, still in the bucket, with the lid on. TODAY..................getting ready for fishing tomorrow, go to get bucket,.................??????????? the lid is still on............squirrel in cage starts to run,..........OOOOOHHHHHH CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD!!! Grab the Febreeze, pinch nose, open bucket...................................................................................................... Now you know what my topic title means. That was the most vile, putrid, smell I have ever come across, and the visual of the morass in the bucket did not help. I gotta say this, Febreze works, lol. Between standing over the large garbage can in the basement, choking back the urge to hurl my cookies, the Febreze did its job. I was able to go back in, and flush the putrid morass down the toilet, clean the bucket, flush the putrid morass down the toilet, along with blasting the downstairs toilet area with Febreze profusely again, and finally cleaned said bucket, with a very hefty dose of Comet bleach, twice, rinsed down twice in hot water, took the chance and took a hefty sniff. Didn't have the urge to upchuck my breakfast, and thats a good thing, lol. Forgotten worms and leeches in the fridge cannot compare, lol. I now have a new respect for our law enforcement people who have to attend decaying bodies, corpses, etc. in certain situations. The smell is just unreal. Oh well, live and learn. Hope to have a report on Sunday of my buds and my adventure, going for lake trout just out of our district, where lakers are in season. Tom

One word,.......................OUCH! Hope it heals OK Peter.

I am in agreement with Cliff on this one, lol. I do know who is playing, and will watch it, but I remember a few parties with buds where the Chili and drinks, along with cards ahead of the actual game was way more enjoyable. Sure, we watched the game, and some of the guys were rooting for one side or the other, but the food was probably more important. And, it was always someone's rooten' tooten' super hot, gastrointestinal attacking, type of chili, with hot peppers added on top, just for the heck of it, lol. Oh, and beer, to wash it down nicely.

I, for one, am glad I logged in later. I just did not want to see, approach, or be otherwise involved with Glen's "lizzard"

We had two channels, CBC and OECA(Ontario Educational Communications Authority, now TVOntario), milk was delivered to our doorstep in a wire basket in glass bottles, and you could order your groceries over the phone and someone(almost always the store owner) would deliver it to you. I remember helping my mom mix margarine, you got the coloring in a separate packet, otherwise, margarine was white. And, party lines for phones, someone else using it, you had to wait, or listen to them talk to their other party to find out when the line was free. Only a couple of years in my youth that happened, but I wasn't calling anybody then, my mom was trying to order groceries, Thankfully, I never got subjected to Cod Liver Oil. I am not quite 50+ yet, but I remember a lot of the stuff others have posted.

:lol: be careful of where those balloons are indicating lakes. I looked up my area in Thunder Bay, and only one lake was indicated, Perch Lake. I already have the hydrographic map for it btw. It shows on the site it is on the mainland between a big lake, Loch Lomond, and the Lake Superior shoreline, BUT, in actual fact, it is on Pie Island...........................11 kms to the east, surrounded by Lake Superior!!!!!!!!!! And those maps are not charts, they are maps that the MNR techs made quickly, they are not for navigational purposes. TRUST ME! I have discovered a few shoals and rock outcrops on some of them not on those maps on a few different lakes up this way. My skeg has the blunt force trauma to prove it.

Look below here for info, 12" of ice in most areas, last time I was out, and the slush has frozen up as of a couple of weeks ago. http://fishingboard.thunderbayfishing.com/index.php Ya beat me by 3 minutes Mike, lol. I'm still waking up.