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Looks good Jacques!! I look forward to watching the video of you walkin those dawgs!

Wow, you are an optimist man! First of all, they've been in "rebuilding" mode for what seems like forever. That phrase is getting REALLY old. Second, if they are in "rebuilding" mode (for two seasons you say) why did Burk just trade away two first round and one second round draft picks? He must be hoping to get to the playoffs this year but if they don't pickup a win soon it's gonna be an aweful tough uphill climb. Go JAYS...I mean ARGOS !!!! HaHaHa Sports team in this city SUCK right now. P.S. I was at the game last night (don't get mad at me the tickets were free) and it was great to see the standing ovation for Tucker! Now that guy knows when to draw a penalty...this goon Orr just comes out his first shift every game, picks a fight and opps were down 1 nothin early folks!!

Congrates on the new PB I'm sure he's glad to have had his cling-on removed...that's one nasty mark it left.

Awsome fish man! You guys never seem to have an off day over there in QC hey?

Great weekend on the water man! Those are some nice smallies with an awesome bonus musky Sucks about the jerk at the marina but if nothing else, it makes for a good story!

Great report Cliff!! Way to be a good sport when badly out fished. I think that's two weekends in a row? lol Congrates on the nice muskies Bly ...thanks to the expert guide of course.

Nice smallies Cudz! Three hours with the girls, that's impressive! I was thinking you'd be lucky to get 1 - 2 hours out there before they were beggin to go home...I guess the constant perch helps keep'em occupied Good luck on the smallies tomorrow, wish I could go P.S. You and JT hang on to those rods...it's much too cold for swimming.

Wow, that sucks...guess they don't Winterpeg for nothin Nice boat man!

Goin for Skies, buckets & brownies in Buckhorn! Hopefully the weathers doesn't suck too bad.

Those are some nice smallies guys! Congrates on a great weekend

Congrates on the PB Awesome fish! It's not often you get 3 chances at the same fish.

Pike taste great and are really easy to clean boneless. Check out this link: I have noticed people don't seem to have much use for pike as well and this thread is clearing things up for me...I'm happy to keep the ones I catch!

Awesome day on the water guys!! Two double headers in a row...that's sweet! Back in August we would get lots of nice bass in Simcoe night fishing for a few hours but they seem to be a much tougher catch these days. Is that a fairly shallow lake or they just seem to be feeding in the shallow areas still?

Great report, beauty fish!! That is quite the lake for bassin!

Those are some nice perch...14.5" is tough to beat! I was out there this weekend too but didn't keep any for some reason. I look forward to getting out there again soon but this time I think I'll bring home supper!

Wow, you got your work cut out for ya. Nothing like taking the little guy fishing and landing 100+ perch (ok, well I can imagine there's nothin like it). I need to take my little guy out once more this year and try and duplicate your day...I'm kinda craving some fried up perch myself!

I wouldn't waste your time on the Holland River if your shore fishing around the hwy 11 bridge. I tried night fishing there for about 4 hours a few weeks ago...looks like prime bucket/pike territory but we didn't get so much as a nibble. I drive by it a few times a day and determined it must just be way over fished as there are 3 - 4 guys there at any given time...even at 1am. P.S. If you do decide to go there let me know how it goes.

Oh ya, I forgot to finish that part of the story...another 9" perch! (I may have embellished the hook set a bit). LOL

That's what I was wondering. lol Pike, Muskie, or even Bass I don't care, I am just trying to get something over 5lbs this year! Those are some great looking Pike man.

Although I didn't buy one, CTC sells a nice Shimano suit that is regularly $140 but has been on sale for $100 this summer and maybe will be again as an end of season sale. It looks like a great rain suite but was out of my price range for this year.

I'll try and keep this as short and sweet as I can as there are no pics to go with this story but it's defintely worth sharing. I think a lot of you will know Cudz the Simcoe bass master from this forum. Well I get out and fish with him quite often and yesterday was one of those days. To set the scene I need to start about 5 weeks ago when Cudz and another buddy Jimmy get out for some late August early morning bass fishing on Simcoe. They had a pretty rough morning but did get a few nice ones leading up to the noon hour. Around 11am Jimmy manages to toss his rod in the water (about 15ft deep) and Cudz is yelling "go get it dude" so Jimmy dives off the back of the 16' tinner after his rod. It started as a cold morning so he was wearing a ton of clothes which now weigh about 100lbs and now had to swim quite a ways back to the boat with one hand (his rod in the other ) as it had pushed away when he dove off the back. I wasn't with them that day but, did get a good laugh about this when Cudz told me as you can imagine. A few weekends ago, Cudz, myself and James (another fishing buddy) went up to a lake just north of Parry Sound fishing for a few days. Late into the second day we are fishing in a little bay with a road running just along the edge with some hydro lines that overhang the bay 20 - 30'. James begins to cast towards the shore and Cudz and I yell at the same time "watch out for the..." but it's too late the cast has been made and the lure is heading straight over the wires. James, in a split second (after remembering what happens to hot air balloons that hit hydro wires on TV) decides to let go of his rod which bounces off the side of the boat and you guessed it, into the water. James reaches for the rod but to no avail and sure enough goes for a dip while managing to hang onto the boat with one hand but still not able to reach his rod . Now soaked, he climbes back into the boat while Cudz and I are killing ourselves laughing. He quickly realizes this was not worth the swim and in fact not even worth letting go of his rod. Even if monofilament fishing line was conductive it wouldn't be when it's wrapped around a heavily insulated wire and besides the water was only about 5ft deep. Before James is even back in the boat I have snagged his line with the end of my rod as it hangs about 3ft in front of me and lift his rod out of the water and hand it to him. When we returns home, Cudz who has been fishing all his life and has yet to see anyone dive out of their fishing boat after a rod before this year, finds it quite amusing (as did I. ) and is quite eager to tell the story to Jimmy (and everyone else he meets). Well yesterday, Jimmy, James, me and Cudz decide to have a small fishing tourney on Simcoe for the afternoon. Cudz and James in one boat, Jimmy and I in the other. The afternoon shapes up to be pretty nice weather despite some lousy forecasts as one big storm dodges us to the east and then another a bit later to the west. We are pulling perch out like crazy and also a few bass. At about 4pm the weather does get a bit nasty as the rain starts, the wind picks up and the temperature drops several degrees. By 5:30 we are a bit chilled and our hands are getting pretty cold, especially Cudz's apparently. We are just about to wrap things up for the day and Cudz decides just one more cast. He's pulling 6 to 9 inch perch out on every cast and this time thinks he's got a big one!! He feels the bite and sets the hook like its the biggest badest bass ever and... you guessed it, his rod slips out of his half numb hands, bounces off the boat and into the drink (30' deep drink that is). He's not using his dollarama gear in this, one of the years most serious tourneys so of course without a second thought (oh yes, he said later his first thought was "I can't believe this is actually happening") he dove into the water after is $300+ rod and reel and he got it!! but now has to buy a new camera and cell phone . Needless to say, we all had a good laugh and couldn't have asked for a better way to end the day...well at least 3 of us Well it's October 4th now so if I'm going to follow suit I'd better do it soon or it's gonna be a cold one for me...na, I think I'll pass! Oh ya, in case you're wondering, despite outfishing us about 4:1, James and Cudz are buying me and Jimmy wings tomorrow night as we won the tourney for the 5 longest combined perch as well as heaviest bass!! Should be a good time to reminisce about a great year of fishing/diving...and to schedule the next outing of course!

Wow, the action on that baby was pretty impressive (who cares if you need to keep the tip up). Gotta say, that thing seems to run a lot more like the real deal than I would have guessed. I've never made a lure, but I can imagine it's a pretty good feeling when you land a fish on one of your own! Great report!! BTW Did you know there were snot rockets in there, if so, that's pretty risky fishing your homemade lure without a leader don't you think? Imagine this post if it was just a story about "the one that got away"...with your lure. It just wouldn't have been the same.

Looks good Jacques! I look forward to hearing about the test results!

Welcome to OFC!

A couple of very nice fish there! Congrats to you Bly on the beauty Salmon!!