solopaddler

NO, having a current license for both provinces allows you to keep two limits. Please explain in detail your reasoning on why this is so WRONG.

Beauty fish, sounds like a great trip!

Unequivocally wrong. My camp is on the border of both Ontario and Quebec. I fish both sides of the border regularly. I'm entitled to keep limits from both areas and can have them in my possession....anywhere....as long as I have current licenses for both areas. I've asked CO's from both provinces in that region this question and have received the same response from both.

Well at least you have your fly in to look forward to! (Please don't jinx the lake before I get there though. )

Awesome Mike! So which photo does the guy want to use? (a couple are really spectacular).

Thanks a bunch for posting Heather. The camp you stayed at is in a pretty unique area, I was really curious as how your trip went. Obviously pretty good!

Great stuff Rich!

Right on bud, nice fish. I'm guessing Frank's shoulder is okay now the way he's hoisting that pike.

What a great fish, congrat's! How about some details on how it was caught?

Nice video buddy. Wish I was able to join you this weekend.

I love driving it's always been a non issue, and the only reason we could afford to buy something like that. Find me something comparable on deeded land closer to home for under 30K and I'll be all over it though . It's a great area, still havn't even begun to tap the potential. Would be nice to get you up there again.

Glad to have you aboard! It's difficult to find larger walleye in the 10lb plus range on fly ins at least in ON. Sure you'll get the odd one, but there's not many fisheries that I'm aware of that are consistently coughing up numbers of them. On the other side of the coin I know a couple of back lakes that are trophy walleye factories. But they require a whole lot of sweat to get in. http://squarehole.com/squarehole/clients/hudsonjamesbay/aboutus.html

A somewhat surprising post. Glad your dogs okay Lew.

I normally work in the control tower at YHM. 5000 people on Saturday, 6000 on Sunday, I was VERY happy I was up north instead. All the gawkers make life miserable for us.

Glad to see you had a good trip!

Thanks guys! Me too. Easy to go down bud, not so easy to go back up. Poetic justice from the fish gods.

No doubt about that. HEHE, I knew someone would notice that.

We went in a different way this time. Not sure if you've seen this though Billy. Unlike you ( ) when I shot the rapids with my little girl we stayed in a straight line and didn't spin like a top LOL! <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bkCFJIB5RcM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The premise of this trip was primarily a bit of reno work at my camp in Quebec. Since purchasing 7 years ago it's been almost entirely rebuilt with the notable exception of my shed. A huge ungainly monstrosity filled to the brim with all manner of essential stuff, buried out of sight in the brush and trees on a hillside near the cottage. I've yet to be up there this year, just too much going on. My dad opened it up when I was at the Attawapiskat and he warned me the footings on the shed were ready to give way. Not something he was able to tackle by himself a spur of the moment trip was planned to rectify the situation. Joining me was Doug (Skud on the board). I've fished with him a couple of times now at Eddie's. Not only is he a good man to be around, he's also in the construction business. A perfect companion for this particular trip. It was nice once again to see our little hideaway after so many months: After unloading and relaxing for a bit we took stock of the situation. Not a pretty sight: With a considerable amount of sweat (it was 30 degrees out, no wind and the deer flies were swarming ), we jacked up the shed, removed the old footings, dug holes for new ones, intalled them and poured concrete. It's not "perfect", in fact I'm sure Mike Holmes would raze it to the ground, but it'll be solid for awhile now. With that nasty chore out of the way we now had two full days to fish and fish we did. Two favourite back lakes were on tap and it was with pretty high expectations that we launched the squareback the next morning. Unfortunately it was a super tough bite. 'Till the day I die I'll never figure these fish out. Just when you think you have reality bites back with a day like this. (But then that's what makes the sport interesting, right?) Oh we caught fish...oodles of tiny smallmouth bass and a handful of small pike, but nothing to write home about. Doug enjoyed himself though I think. This narrow little strip of rock allowed us to get out and stretch at one point, catching good numbers of bass as well. (none picture worthy) And that was about it for Friday. We still enjoyed the day though, how could you not bathed in such glorious sunshine and scenery? That evening we grilled a couple of thick sirloins on the deck, enjoyed one or two drinks and marvelled at the sunset. Under normal circumstances I'd have taken it easy the next day and fished my lake from the big boat. I left it up to Doug though and trooper that he is he called it: back lake number two. We had zero expectations after the day before and as is usually the case, the fish rewarded our ambivalence with a stellar day. As always the scenery alone on this jewel of a lake is worth the trip. We picked off a bunch of walleye on jigs fishing a deep pool where a mild rapids runs in. When that tapered off we worked some likely structure on the main lake pulling bottom bouncers and spinner rigs with worms. My homemade harnesses finally came through with black, purple and dark blue blades doing most of the damage. Nothing huge, but lots of these little guys kept the proceedings interesting: We were working a 10' channel between two islands when it happened. At first Doug thought he was snagged. Until the fish that grabbed his harness turned and bolted on a blistering run. I immediately turned on the video camera and managed to capture almost the entire battle on film. You'll have to ignore the annoying wind noise, beyond that it's not half bad: <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OE_zuHyUbe0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I could not have been happier for Doug! The fish taped out at precisely 42" and was thick and fat (although oddly coloured). Congrat's buddy, for this particular lake that is a remarkable catch! We kept a bunch of eater walleye and at the end of the day pulled in to a nearby island to fillet our catch and put them on ice. Really we couldn't have asked for a more perfect day! We got back to the camp at a decent time that evening and once again enjoyed the sunset over a few drinks. Doug was a great companion on this trip and a huge help! Thanks buddy I'm looking forward 'till the next time already (sans work project ) Cheers, Mike

When will the video be done? Just wondering.

Not anymore Joe, I'm pretty much a shadow of my former fishaholic self. Glad the trip went well, sounds as though I'm going to regret not being able to make the Sept trip.

Wow you really got the gar dialed in. Nice pic's bud.

Very nice gesture guys, well done.

Don't you have a cottage on Eugenia?

On a side note I've seen plenty of aluminum boat decks built with pressure treated with zero issues. Covered with carpet how would it be anyway? The deck I replaced was built with pressure treated. It was still in decent shape and 9 years old.