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YIKES!!!! WHAT A MONSTER FISH!!!! Congrats on a PB...I'd settle for one half that size. Wow...must have been an adrenaline rush for sure.

OUCH!!! Sorry to hear about your son, but it sounds like he was a real trooper about it all. Nothing is worse for a parent then seeing your kids in pain like that! Then the motor thing....wow...when it rains it pours eh? Hopefully it's a inexpensive fix for you. Better luck the next time!!!

Congrats and welcome to the board! Gotta love it when toothy critters like that are caught from shore. Great job....and I look forward to more reports.

Awesome!!! I'll have to get the issue and read it! After reading his reports, it doesn't surprise me in the least. I'm waiting for the made for TV moving starring Moosebunk!!! Congrats Drew! :clapping:

Well, our annual camping trip with our friends has come and gone. These times always pass by too quickly, and this year was no exception. This was the 18th consecutive year the same core group of friends has made it up there. Others have come and gone over the years, but there is about 8 of us that have always made the trip. Apart from about a 15 minute downpour on Friday and while we were packing up this morning, it was a sunny and warm weekend. Anyhow, we made it up there around 1:00pm on Thursday. We dropped the boat at a local resort to have it slipped for the time we were up there for. We then headed to my buddy's place to set up our tent and get things all ready. We headed up back to the boat to scope out the lake and wet a line for about an hour to get an idea where we'd like to fish the next morning. Friday morning at 6am, we were awake...a 5 minute drive to the boat and we were on the water. The fog from the morning was just lifting....it was quite a beautiful sight. Since this is a deep lake (40 to 60 feet), and we are not really equipped or knowledgeable in fishing those kinds of lakes, we decided to stick mainly to bays, drop-offs near shore and around rock points. We picked up a few small pike and bass....around this size.... This rockbass inhaled a 4" senko! We headed in just after lunch as the bite turned off. We sat on the porch in the afternoon and caught up with friends, and sing a few songs. Here's an excerpt of Teach Your Children (Graham Nash) that I'm singing with a friend. <embed width="320" height="240" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i120.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/ccmtcanada/adefest%202008/DSCN7562.flv"> After dinner, we headed outside for a campfire...the mosquitoes all weekend long were pretty much non existent....what a bonus!!! Saturday morning, our friend Cory came out with us. We were on the water around 8am and tried a different area of the lake....again sticking to shallower bay areas and off rockpoints and dropoffs close to shore. Here's a few fish from the morning.... We were back again at around 1pm and after lunch, we started in on the "work" portion of the weekend. The task was to paint all the exterior window frames of my buddy's cabin. It took a while to prep and paint everything, but we got it all done. After dinner, Bly and I headed back out on the lake to see what the evening bite was like. There was a great sunset that night..... We didn't hook into a lot of fish, but Bly managed a nice perch, and I pulled a real nice smallie out of a rock pile and weeds. The release.... Sunday, we were out there again in the morning....nice and sunny too! We managed a few bass and small pike...all around this size. Saw this interesting sight as well....can you find the bird that doesn't belong in this pic???? LOL Monday came too quickly. While we were packing up, a thunderstorm came barreling through, but we got everything in the car before it all got soaked. Here's a group shot of the bunch that made it up there this year. Notice anything interesting in this pic?? LOL Now...here's what we used for bait...what worked for us..... Bass and pike seemed to love a Mepps #4 Aglia dressed spinner....brass blade. We also had some luck with a Black/orange/white spinner bait. One pike was caught casting into pencil reeds using a plain silver weedless spoon. The bite seemed to turn off every morning at around 11am...and then came back on after 6pm. We had our best luck fishing in 4 to 8 feet of water, with tall shoreline weeds and cabbage just under the surface. We did find a spot on the lake that held a ton of larger fish around the 60 foot mark, but we couldn't get them to bite at all. We used jigs, tipped with leeches or worms. I was wondering if we should have had a nice supply of minnows, but I've heard that Ahmic Lake walleye are hard to catch in the depths in the summertime. We also tried trolling worm harnesses along sharp dropoffs in about 20 to 30 feet of water, but again, had no luck doing this.

Wow...that is a VERY cool pic Mike!

Thanks everyone..... Dan....that winning salmon in your avatar is HUGE!!! LOL Heading out now.

We'll be staying in the town of Magnetawan....the main lake we'll be fishing is Ahmic....maybe hit Cecebe or one of the smaller lakes attached. Just packing the last few things now. Later!

Hope everyone has a great week and weekend. Bly and I are headed up to the Magnetawan area for our annual camping trip with a bunch of our friends Thursday morning....returning on Monday. This is the first time we are bringing the boat. Hopefully we'll get into a few fish! Going to try our best to hook up with fellow OFNer bbnotty as he'll be in the area as well!!

Perhaps, but don't the walleye spend some time out in the big lake during the summer months and then come into the bay in greater numbers as the water temps cool down?

Glad to hear that you went in and are getting treated. Bly was in to see a Dr after the headaches started....relatively early compared to you by the sounds of it. Those hobos are nasty...she has about a 1" scar left as a reminder. She didn't need the intravenous stuff.... Anyhow....hopefully you'll have a speedy recovery! Thanks for the update.

Don't get discouraged! I lost a lot more than 2 last year....LOL. I've been stocking up on cleos over the past few weeks to prepare.

WOW!!! Congrats to your daughter!! That muskie ate my PB muskie for breakfast....LOL. Great job!

Any update on the Dr visit?

We have had them come in down the chimney....if you have a fireplace, check in there.

I'd say the Blue Jays would come and beat on them, but hey, that's just not gonna happen now is it???

Yep...I concur....looks like a Baltimore Oriole.

Happy bday!! And many happy returns!

Oh yeah....they prefer dark areas like crawl spaces, gloves and bedding.

Bly was bitten by a Hobo spider before. It got pretty nasty, infected and painful. Ended up on some good drugs to get rid of the infection, but it didn't heal for quite some time. Hobo spiders are found in Ontario....do a search on pics of these kinds of bites on google....they can get quite nasty. Go to the doctor...

Very sorry to hear this news Ron. I remember when you posted about him earlier this year. Our thoughts and condolences to his family, friends and all who were touched by him. Cliff and Carole

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!! That's about all I can say about that....LOL

Since I'm a new boat fisherman, I haven't figured out patterns yet with the weather and how fish relate to structure etc..... From shore however, water clarity, wind direction, barometric pressure, water and air temps all are factors. I do pretty well when all those things line up.

The skeg on my motor has a similar chunk missing out of it. I haven't really noticed any performance issues. If it were me, I'd just leave it as is. Call it a war wound.

WOOO HOOO!!!! Hey...I know that guy!!!! Congrats again....couldn't have happened to a better guy. Enjoy the prizes!!!