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Has anyone here caught a Gar Pike? I'm asking because I almost cough one on St. Clair Lake. I saw him close to the shore swimming in about 2-3 feet of water and was eating some small fish close to the bottom. I grabbed my rod and since it was very shallow, I cast a Rapala Original Floater but the Gar Pike just ignored it as it would not go deep enough to the bottom. So I quickly changed the lure to the X-Rap Shad Shallow, and cast it in front of him. He saw it and struck really hard. The problem is its mouth is very long and pointy and hard to set the hook into. I caught him on the side of the mouth and as I was lifting him out of the water, he shook the hook off and jumped back into the shallow and escaped. Now, how can this fish be caught using a lure or what is the method used to catch it? Even though he escaped, it was pretty neat experience since I have never seen that fish before nor have I tried catching it.

I prefer corded drills and power tools instead of battery powered ones. The batteries cannot last 40 min. of use before you have to recharge them. The more you charge them, the faster they will lose their ability to store the charge and you have to replace them. Corded tools don't have such problems and you don't have to stop all your work to wait for the battery to charge. The only thing that is inconvenient is the cord, but don't worry, soon they we will have the ability to wirelessly power tools without using batteries, by transmitting power through the air. You can read the article here, it's a fun read : http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19098305/

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You just noticed that they give wrong predictions? They constantly give wrong predictions. I've even seen them saying in the morning that it will be a sunny day, and then 5 hours later it was raining. They changed it to rain after they saw it started raining. If you ask me, that is not a prediction but a pure observation. I can do the same thing by looking out my window. Just by observing the sky at night and watching the atmospheric pressure trend you can in most cases predict the weather better than what they do. You would think that with all the new technology they would do a better job. They also get paid well, so I guess we should all start 'guessing' the weather.

Is it really cheaper to make your own baits? I mean, you have to purchase your own tools and material. Isn't it cheaper if you buy it already made? The only way it would pay off is if you use a lot of baits or want to sell them to someone. I would add that it is much more fun to fish on a bait you made and you can take more pride in it when you catch a fish.

City workers here in Windsor are on strike for 10 weeks and still nothing has been resolved. We have to take our own garbage to the waste disposal facility, and at some places you have to pay for disposal. Basically, CUPE is trying to protect pensions and benefits of future employees which the city wants to discontinue providing.

True. They spoiled all the carp. That's OK, I just have to be more patient. So far, I've had success bass fishing with spinner baits and enjoy it a lot since it provides a lot of action, but I started recently fishing this canal and wanted to see what it holds - just to mix it up a little bit. I fished for a long time on worms with a heavy lead weight without a float and caught some nice-sized white bass, perch, and catfish and some smallmouth bass, but I prefer being able to see when the fish strikes and have a better feel for it rather than cast and wait for the tip of the rod to start jumping.

I read the article and it does help. I may have to look for a new rod since the longest one that I currently have is 7' long and for float fishing it should be around 13' so that the line is not floating on the water. Right now, I cannot cast far away the float or the line has too much slack and floats on top of the water. The 13 footers are quite expensive, they're in the $100-$150 range. For this money you could buy 4x 7' rods. I know they're longer and more specialized, but still. Also, they do not sell 13' rods in Canadian Tire or Walmart here where I live but I heard that smaller specialty shops do have them so I will go and take a look at what they have.

Thank you for the replies splashhopper and Marko. I was fishing the bottom of the canal, but what I did not do was first attract the carp by throwing some food at the spot I want to fish them before going to fish (chum). I know there is carp in this canal since they had fishing tournaments where team USA would compete against team Canada. Here is a link to the page that talks about the tournament and fish that can be caught: http://www.carpecarpio.com/canam2001matchfishing.html There is even goldfish in the canal and Koi from people that let them go in the canal from their ponds, but those rarely bite or maybe I have not used the right bait for them yet. I joined this forum to learn more about the different fishing techniques and find new spots for fishing since I could not find any website that lists good spots for shore fishing tested by other fishermen near Windsor or any other city in Ontario for that matter.

Can you tell me when is the best time to fish for carp (time of the year) and what rig should I use if I want to fish on a float? I live in the Windsor area and I was fishing using a float a few days ago on Little River (canal), but caught only Perch, Rock Bass, White Bass, and Pumpkinseed. I caught most of those on worms and I tried using bread dough and some cheese but did not catch anything on that. I was expecting to catch some carp on the bread dough but no luck. Is it the time of the year when carp will bite or not and can you suggest some good spots for carp fishing in the Windsor area?