Lunkerhunter

Hey Mike, i have a daughter less than 1 year old and this report truly gives me inspiration to make sure i do things like this with her as she grows older.

Your report are always top notch and i really look forward to reading them. that seemed to be an experience both you and your son will never forget.

thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

what horsepower do you have on your boat terry? and what pitch is that prop?

sorry to side track your thread but how does one know what pitch to get?

i sure hope buddy who decided to stay in the boat is replacing the combo for you. pretty dick move on his part.

i have a winch paired with a sling blade and use it pretty much strictly for twin 10's etc. i find it to be very easy to bring in the big stuff and i can still burn the bait under the surface with ease.

that being said i only use it for that and not much else so if you wanted it for more than that the NaCl or calcutta may be a more rounded out reel for your needs.

and lew, hahah! easier said than done

on board battery charger for terrova?

snap on cover?

stereo?

solid fish for sure! and from shore!!!

its good to see im not the only one but what a pain in the ass. I was hoping to get a low profile reel and I didnt want to end up with a round reel in the lower end of the market.

I can sort of reel both ways but as many of you i hate switching hands when casting and have much more power holding the rod with my right hand. i would much prefer to use my left to reel with.

I have several set ups for different baits/styles of fishing. the reason i wanted a reel to pick up the line quickly was for a single application. just like bass guys who have different combo's for each application of fishing.

If anyone who is a lefty wants a reel for twin 10's and big baits the toro winch is the ticket! and they still make them in left hand retrieve for now anyway.

i will definetely be picking up a 400 lexa when they come out in Canada and check out the Avet reels as mentioned above. i would LOVE to see the tranx or similar in a left hand model but im probably dreaming.

so apparently reel manufacturers have started to forget or ignore the fact that there are still musky fisherman who reel with there left hand and like high end reels. I am currently in the market to pick up a new muskie reel and i was hoping to get a high speed reel for my jerkbait rod. I was hoping to get a low profile reel with a high gear ratio.

i have several Abu Garcia Revo Toro's in the winch model and the original Toro model. I was really hoping to get a Toro High Speed to round out my set ups. well i was in for a surprise when i started to look for a tackle shop in GTA to pick up a high speed reel.

I called everyone from JB's to Gagnons including the big box stores and nobody had a high speed reel in muskie size! shimano makes the tranx which is right hand only, and the curado EJ which is also right hand only.

Abu Garcia as i mentioned makes the Toro High Speed but its right hand only.

so i was left with one option the Daiwa Lexa 300 HSL which is left hand retrieve and reels in 32 inches of line per crank. the only downside is it is still a bit small(comparable in size to the curado 300) Thankfully fellow musky nut Stacy at protackle sorted me out and i think i have found a suitable replacement.

Since when did left hand retrieve get left in the dark with no reels/models? is cost/profits steering reel manufacturers to just simply stop producing high end reels in left hand retrieve? how many fisherman on this boar reel with there left??

I did a bunch of research to see which reels pick up the most line per crank so if anyone else is looking for a high speed reel, here is the line per crank for the following reels. I thought i would share it with the community.

Revo Toro 60 High Speed - 30.9 inches

Revo Toro 60 NAcl - 26 inches

Revo Toro 60 Winch - 22 inches

Shimano Calcutta 400D - 27 inches

Shimano Curado EJ - 32 inches

Daiwa Lexa 300HSL - 32.4 Inches

Daiwa is also going to release a 400 series Lexa with a power handle and it brings in 37 inches per crank!!

i order from luremaking.com all the time and so do a bunch of friends. awesome service and fast shipping. and canadian!

good to hear a positive experience resulted from the initial negative one.

awesome report!

try not to hold the fish vertical. not good for the fish and will lead to lots of negative comments

HDS units and Minnkotta Terrova with I-Pilot

makes things much easier out there!

hey bill, just noticed that. no reason really .hahahaa probably didnt realize it was up that high.

i havent been getting too many on my dipsy's. would that affect it?

Last year I bought a new boat and started to learn how to fish out on lake ontario for salmon. With some help from some awesome friends i was able to pick it up pretty quickly. This year has been shaping up to be one heck of a year with 2 fish pushing 30 pounds already. I can only hope this pattern continues throughout the derby and I can get my name on the board.

it is pretty awesome when you have a fish peel close to 500 feet of line. Lake Ontario has one hell of a fishery thats for sure.

here are the pictures.

incredible. and i thought i was having a decent spring this year.

thanks for sharing the stories and pictures

rich im pretty certain the OP lives in quebec. not haliburton

amazing report! i definetely have to get up there one day. thanks for sharing

i had stopped watching this show for reasons others have already mentioned but i may pick it back up once the episodes start to air with you in them. hopefully he leaves Barb at home. haha

copngrats dude!!!

Dude, that's insane! Great report as well. Some beasts in there for sure

my biggest pike so far.

I managed to get out for walleye opener on a kawartha lake on saturday. i got got to the launch for first light and on the second cast my fishing partner brought in a 20 inch over slot walleye. We knew it was going to be a great day as we finished the year on this lake doing very well last year.

After he brought in the first one we didnt hit another fish for 30 minutes and began to wonder. started to move around again and found some nice weeds. rip jigged bucktail jiggs for a an hour and landed another 3 or 4.

We were still not satisfied with the numbers so decided to run to the opposite side of the lake. glad we made the move. landed 22 walleye in the next 3 hours. biggest was 21 inches. many double headers.

ended the day with some quality numbers and a few big fish. very successful walleye opener

some things to keep in mind.

- make sure there is no lay up period. many of the main auto insurers will have a lay up period in place for your policy.

- make sure there are no boundary restrictions. again many of the main auto insurers will put boundary restrictions in place for your policy.

i recently switched from Intact as they had both of those clauses in my policy. Joey you may want to check that out if either of those are an issue. my boundary restrictions on my old policy were for southern ontario and great lakes. if i wanted to add northern ontario it was an additional cost. there was a lay up period between Nov 15 and mar 30. after speaking with many people at both my broker and the carrier i was informed this was Intacts policy on boat insurance. a majority of the other main insurance carriers also had a lay up period.

i found that Optimum Insurance Company offered me the best price with no lay up period or boundary restrictions.

good luck with finding something for your new boat.

i have placed 2 orders. one was for 400+. i was charged duties. the other was for 100 or so and no duties.

both were usps.

Some of their prices are pretty good too.

 

I bought another musky rod from them a year ago and it was around $60 cheaper than the SAIL store just across the hiway.

from what i hear its because gagnons sold them much cheaper than SAIL that st croix will not allow them to sell there rods anymore

i used to get terrible service there, when SAIL opened up i thought no way im going back to gagnons.

i have to say i have purchased wayyyy more from gagnons than sail since they opened up and the customer service has been amazing! not sure if it was just coincidence or they picked up there game because the big player moved into town. i always go there now first to see if they have what i need and then go from there if i cant get what i want.

its too bad st croix wont sell them rods anymore, they used to have the best deal around for legends.

i figured it was still frozen, my question should have been more like how much ice is there still. hahah