Steve Piggott

The water in the river is 38F the best temps for cats is 70F to89F the cats are there but they are not going to travel far to get bait.That being said if you get your bait near the fish they will eat Last year at this time the water in the river was 52 F a big difference we need a week of warm weather or warm rains to get the cat moving.

Tiller all the way.heres my 20' Lund, 90 tiller lots of room to fish.The best thing about a tiller is that you are at the back of the boat, a smooth ride for the driver in rough conditions <a href="http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/?action=view&current=new_boat_002.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/new_boat_002.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

I was out on Sunday,first run for the boat,Water temp 39 F current fast ,a lot of wood and logs.Keep a eye on the flow chart http://www.grandriver.ca/index/document.cfm?Sec=2&Sub1=6&Sub2=5 when it get around 200 it should be alright.Water temps around 45F is a good time to start.I'm there all of April so i will post when I start to get fish.

Some browns have been caught all ready.off jordan

I pay 300.00 for a Artic cat 650 cc.

Looks like you had a great year.Thanks for the report.

Here is a 6.9 from lake Erie <a href="http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/?action=view&current=LakeErieAug222010009.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/LakeErieAug222010009.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Congratulations to you and family Pete. I will see you in the spring when the Big cats show up.

I do not tie roe I burn it with a soldering gun.I twist the netting and burn the end.Melts together,very fast.

I switch my F150 over to propane two years a go and don't care about gas prices anymore.I have been paying anywhere From 55 to 65 cents per litre since. I save 30 to 40 dallars per fill up.

My f150 is propane powered and it has to start on gas to warm up the engine before the propane kicks in. I'm paying 60cent per litre compare to gas a $1.12 I think you would have trouble starting it in cold temps.

fujifilm XP <a href="http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/?action=view&current=LakeErieAug222010022-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/LakeErieAug222010022-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Nice going Jeff I hope to get out tomorrow for some great small mouth action Fishing on Erie has been great the last few week.

I know how much musky stink, your boat must smell like a musky sitting in the driveway with all the musky you have caught this season.Great work Pete.Hope you get the 50" before the season closes See you in the spring for the big cats.

I think in Erie there are deep population of bass and shallow population of bass and its all about food.Find food find fish.

Made a couple of trips to Erie this weekend.Caught lots of bass in the 4 to 5 lb range and a few 6 lb fish.All fish caught in 7 to 20 fow on Slammers.We were the only boat out where we were fishing. The way the bass were hitting I thing its going to be a early fall,all the bass were fat and spitting out gobys. <a href="http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/?action=view&current=LakeErieAug222010022-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/LakeErieAug222010022-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/?action=view&current=LakeErieAug222010009.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/LakeErieAug222010009.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/?action=view&current=LakeErieAug222010005.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/LakeErieAug222010005.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/?action=view&current=ErieAug2010004.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/ErieAug2010004.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Great report Pete. I will check out the new boat in the spring on the Grand.

Here is a photo of my 20ft Lund Alaskan 90hp tiller.Best boat i have owned out of 4 boats. <a href="http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/?action=view&current=Boat004-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww137/Anglersway/Boat004-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Me too Bay City

I have the Lund Alaskan 20ft tiller 90 hp four stroke, awesome boat lots of room.Use it on lake Erie an the Niagara river.You will be happy with it.

Were the pike caught on nipigon? I see the back hooks had been cut off.Great photo now its going to be a long wait till May 2011 Planning a trip to nipigon next May. The plan is to camp on the islands for 10 days

Keep on casting,nice job

I was on the river today, the moss was pretty good. I was fly fishing for gar,not to much on my hooks.

Nice report, thats good # considering they are a fish of a thousand cast.How many cast did you make? Great job Pete

Good job.