solopaddler

Croasdell Lake is amazing. IMO their best lake. No cabin though, it's a mini cabin (plywood floor and frame covered with canvas). Only problem I believe they're resting it this year. Wouldn't hurt to ask though.

Thanks a bunch everyone! Albert it's a 4 horse 2 stroke with an integrated tank, so not big at all. If Dave buys the motor that would save me a trip out there and back. Dave you'd best start pm'ing these fine gents and making arrangements. OFC is great

I asked Dave to post this 'cause I'm a bit too far away to go for a look. It'd be great if someone could have a look at it. If it pans out I can pick it up for him when I have the time.

How about an emoticon that's falling over drunk jabbering at a keyboard? That one would come in handy.

A week or so ago it was absolutely on fire.

The girl or the guy? That could apply to either one.

Cliff you look like Tattoo in that pic.

Unreal Aaron, nicely done. I was on Simcoe Friday perch fishing. No wind, brilliant sun, it was a very comfortable day. The fish were biting as well. But all I could think of was "I should be at the Niagara right now!" Guess I should'a.

I know, I know it's a big word Shayne. I'll dumb it down for you next time. Pretty much any quality reel will suffice. The only relevant thing I can add, if you're fishing outside a lot in sub zero temps, open up your reel, remove all the grease and lubricate with a quality oil. Quantum hot sauce is good. Reels with a lot a grease get a bit sludgy in cold temperatures.

That's quite a feat Wayne. Obviously it's not an impossibility, but more of a fluke than anything else. By fluke, I mean no one in their right mind would purposely target 40lb fish through the ice with a micro rod and 4lb test. You want to know why a stick and line works so well? Even with larger fish if you set the hook fast and haul them up a bunch of feet quickly, many times they get for lack of a better word "discombobulated". Oftentimes they'll come in much faster on a handline because of this.

Regarding the use of small reels for bigger fish, I've been using my 750 Daiwa Whisker for a long long time. It works great for whities and lake trout, most of the time. For smallish sized fish it's just fine. A few years back I was actually spooled by a big laker (110 yds of 6lb test..gone). 99.9% of the time the smaller reels are okay. But if there's just a chance for bigger fish I'll use a larger reel now. Once burned, twice shy. Bill has a point.

Sounds good, let me know when you want to get started.

Jason I can't help you with the materials but I'd be happy to help you build it and fish out of it. Where are you going to put it?

Unreal Jay! Glad to see you and the missus are embracing winter.

Living in Manila was an eye opener. The streets were a battlefield.

Very cool, thanks for posting those pic's! (next time use photobucket ) I've fished Big East a couple times in softwater and always had to work for our fish. I've gone winter camping/ice fishing several times N/E of Whitney. There's some excellent lakes there adjacent to the park.

Pretty impressive secondary the Jets have. Sent Manning and Brady packing in consecutive weeks, not sure if I'd bet against them.

Build a snow cave, light a candle and huddle up with your husky.

Don't need snopes to tell me that wasn't legit. Don't need snopes to tell me that was funny as hell either.

Hey, you did a lot of salmon/steelhead fishing back in the day! Some nice memories there Brian.

Preparation is one of the biggest keys to success in angling. Taking notes and analyzing them are a part of that. Been doing it for years. Not only does it help in obvious ways but it's fun to go back and read old logs. Most times you get an instant mental picture of the day and it's a nice trip down memory lane.

I can appreciate someone who takes the initiative to master multi species, well done. Nice array of fish!

I must be blind, how'd I miss this? Nice vid buddy, here's to an even better 2011.

You must be reeeeeealy bored.

According to the regs TJ posted what he did was illegal. The Mississipi river is not lake Michigan and catfish aren't salmon.