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Nice meeting you as well Cliff and I'm glad to see the bracket going to someone who'll use it! Hard to say how I did this morning....a lot of the questions were logic based and psychological in nature. I'm a completely illogical loon, so hopefully I pulled the wool over their eyes . And now it's time for some much needed sleep....

I can explain the who, what and when, but the why? No idea! (I'd hazzard a guess that Mr. Thorpe could offer an opinion on this)

That's classic Lew, gotta love it when the fish follow the script!

Sometimes I go barefoot, sometimes not depends. What I can't believe is how many people wear crocs. My gawd they gotta be the ugliest shoe, and fashion fad in general in the history of mankind! (I don't care how comfy they are, they're gross )

Right on Lew! Be on a high percentage spot, and if you can smell the ozone in the air you're golden!

You never really hear anglers at large mentioning this, but when I was a young lad my uncle told me the fishing would always be good when you saw a sundog in the sky. Being a weather specialist and an angler this kind of stuff facinates me . For those who don't know what a sundog is, it's an atmospheric phenomenon caused by sunlight shining through high level cirrus clouds and refracting off the suspended ice crystals, usually observed right next to the sun. They can look like this Or in rare cases like this Over the years I've watched for these things, and I can tell you truthfully the fishing is usually better when they occur (at least in my experience). Why is this? well, I can only guess. Usually indications of vapour or ice particles hanging around in the upper atmosphere is a pretty good clue that weather of some kind is approaching within 24hrs. which usually means a front is on the way...so the barometer may be affected. A falling barometer will usually mean fast and furious action if you're on the water at the right time. Another more common, similar visual indicator is contrails from planes hanging around in the air for a long time. So what do you guys say? Does anyone else out there watch out for sundogs?

I guess it would help to check these things . For some reason my brain was telling me Aug.15th was the opener, but it was actually August 1st. Hope there's a few left when I make it over there...

Like TJ said, fish 'em like specks. Good chance you'll see me there as well when it opens .

I've experimented with the Gulp crawlers and Powerbait crawlers on my spinner rigs. They do catch fish and they're definitely more durable. Worth a shot during the summer bite when the fishes metabolism is at its highest and they'll hit a faster moving bait (more of a visual thing). For most of my spinner rig fishing though nothing beats a nice big fat juicy conditioned crawler!

Wow, awesome responses guys, thanks! As far as the tite-lock bracket goes, I use one on my 16' aluminum at the cottage. I totally agree, they work great. Probably will just go with the suction cup though as this unit as mentioned will be used for canoe trips, fly in trips, etc., where weight and bulk is a factor. cheers

Wow!

Not sure if road access is restricted, but if you're able, Aston Lake and Eagle Lake off the Red Squirrel Rd. are both great lakes. Good walleye, pike and smallmouth. Even if you can't drive right to the lake if it's not far you may be able to wheel your boat in....

Thanks Deb

We left Dundas at 11pm Wed. night which put us at Huntsville roughly 2am Thursday. So....my guess is not possible unless of course the lineups at Wonderland are so bad now a midnight departure to get a spot in line is required .

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but that's some interesting info there Muskieman. It's not very often you hear about guys fishing for deep suspended walleyes.....at least on inland lakes. Not many people do it, I believe they're pretty much untapped fish. On my cottage lake there's several large deep, seemingly featureless basins over 80' deep that I've just recently started to fish. On my lake there's no doubt these fish are schooling up and chasing big schools of shiners... What are the suspended fish on Nip feeding on? In any case, very interesting!

Nice walleye! You are now officially the night-time dam fishing walleye master of OFC . Those are some serious numbers for the Kawarthas in the height of summer!

That's 2 out of 3 responses saying the Humminbird's suction cup, well, sucks . Guess I'll take a real close look at Eagle.

OMG, that's hilarious ! (my daughter is 4, I can relate)

I know exactly what you guys are saying, but not everyone who fishes has all the lingo down pat you know . Anyhow, what'ya say jedimaster, what exactly did you mean anyway?

It's a bit more coin than the others, around $220 at lebarons. Thanks for the feedback I'll take a close look at it when I'm there on Thursday. cheers

Actually, jedimaster didn't specify exactly what he meant.... To some people "spinnerbait" could have a more general meaning and could easily refer to these which happen to be deadly walleye catching rigs fished in a variety of different ways....

Welcome, and congrat's on the new arrival .

Years ago when I lived in Port Carling my friends had an annual "goodbye tourist" party on labour day on their front lawn. Sat there on lawn chairs drinking beer and waving bye bye to all the summer people

Nice bass, but awesome boat .

Same here