NAW

What lake did you catch the Herring in?

I've never seen anything like that before.

I GUESS IT'S A GOOD TIME TO WEAR THE MUSTANG...THEY ARE GOOD FOR WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR BODY...YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE REALLY GOOD UP IN THE AIR.

Mine's a Salus, and it's bright yellow!

I was cautioning some guys on shore before they went out. One guy says, "Isn't that a floater suit, what have you got to worry about". I told him it's the $1000 worth of gear in my sleigh that I'm woried about.

My wife would kill me if all my gear sunk to the bottom.

I was off the 4th on Sunday for abit.

Tons of guys. Few sleds and quads. Crazy crazy people on sleds.

I measured 1" of black, with 3" of frozen slush.

Figured I'd sit on it for a while cuz I was marking fish. Decided to head in. Spud my way back. Old bud went thru with one poke more than once. Scary out there.

One of those things I guess You see a few groups of guys way out there, and a well beat down walking path going directly towards them. You set up near the group, and then realize you're in a very un-safe spot. Walking back, you get more then 10' of the walking trail, and your in deep trouble.. Ice was crackin under my feet. My foot went thru once.

Never again.

Great report man!

Wow. No kidding that's a hog!

I've stopped watching that show after the first 5 minutes of watching it.

Just the shown in general is brutal, morality aside.

Good thread! I would similarly be interested to know how some of the top bass guys would approach this spot. Like, at what GPS mark, depth, what lure, etc.

Funny guy!

20 or a 25.

I ran a 25 on my 14. I've also run a 15, and 9.9 on the same boat.

You can alway back off the throttle if you need to. But when it's calm and flat, it sure is nice to have the extra top end speed.

Also, I camp a lot. With a boat loaded down, it sure is nice to be able to plane out. Specially when you're racing for a spot on the Thursday of a long weekend!

great to have you aboard!

Welcome.

Awesome report Wayne!

A little Temagami G2G

Beauty Laker you caught too!

X3 for Die-A-Wa

Good little read there Solo!

"The only anglers who will admit to not being all they should be as fishermen, oddly, are the ones who are actually very good, and who study and work to continually improve as well as broaden their horizons and seek out new experiences."

This is the part that doesn't make sense to me..

I'll admit, I need lots more work on several different types of fishing techinques. I'll be the first to admit that to anyone. It's a never ending learning experiance.. So if the above statement where true, that would make me "very good" fisherman.

Bass fisherman

Personally, I think if you have issues with the way someone is running their fishing board, you don't need to bring it up for discussion on another board.

If you have a question for the mods on how they would handle a certain situation, them PM them.? No?

I might be totally out to lunch, but it seems to me that you're fishing for ammo to use against the person you're disagreeing with on another board.

I get that if it go heated it may be locked down as is the norm here.

Then why bring it up on OFC.

Debating this on one fishing board is enough.. IMO.

Good luck man!

Get all fixed up for the summer fishing season!

That's cool to see. Thanks for posting that.

What did you do with the herring? Toss it back down the hole I'm assuming.

I didn't completely enjoy the Nipissing Herring as tablefare and found some big worms in the meat. My parents couldn't stand the flavour and said "this is the worst whitefish we've ever eaten" haha. I no longer keep them. If I had a smoker, I'd reconsider.

Two of them that I tried to eat a few years ago where full of worms.

The two from this winter did not have any.

A couple NAW caught last year at the Callander Bay GTG

 

They where real good eats for sure!

Have you tried to tighten the rivets yet? I only use sealant on rivets that have been pounded flat, and can not be tightened anymore. At that point, it's either replace the rivet, or seal it.

If your only option is to seal, then I would try 3M 4200 or 5200 marine adhesive. You can get it at Canadian tire in the marine section. The stuff that I used takes a good 3 days to cure. But once it's set up, it stays flexable, and doesn't leak a drop.

As for the foam.. That's preference. I would like to have it for safety purposes. But my boat doesn't currently have any foam in it at all.

I want to catch some really big pike.

The plan is to fish G-bay as much as I can.

That's not open water behind you is it??

Nice job icing those whities!

Maybe next weekend I'll have a poke that them.

I've been craving perch all year. My usual spot is still a little sketchy.

Some good eats there.

I'm just guessing, But I have my doubts that a new reel with fix your problem

Welcome aboard man!

Always good to introduce yourself with a little fish porn.. And one my favourites too. Pike porn