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I caught one as well...the fight flight kinda disappointed me though...LOL.

Oh yes....she'll catch up....and big time! This always happens....she'll kick my butt for a few weeks, then the tables turn...

Wow! What a great outing you had there! Congrats on the PB largie....it was a hog for sure! Also...good to see you landed that pike....now your results wont have that asterick beside the pike....LOL.

LOL...pesky Walleye...same thing happened to me out on Balsam this past weekend. That shot (with the orange shirt) is great though....great size and colour....and the fins are all up....

Great report!!! Too bad about the broken rod, but I suppose that comes with the territory. Great pics and write up as usual. You are right though...better to be out fishing, then staying home!

Wow!! some serious HOGS there!

Wow...someone actually caught something on Scugog? Hmmm...I think you are lying...you were never there....figured you out!!! Congrats on the PB!! Nice looking fish!!!

Or it will suck....LOL. Welcome to the board...great intro (loved the "She'll get used to it" comment). Good luck out there...look forward to your reports and pics...dont forget the pics!!!

Great report and pics! Good on percher to take you out there as well. Glad to see some fish were caught...and hopefully you learned a trick or two as well.

Great report Evster....and Fishindevil is a great guy...he took me out in his boat last year for some great walleye fishing as well! He's helped bly and I with some great fishing tips...a great OFNer he is! Shawn...you are a great teacher...good to see you sharing your knowledge!

It did pull us a little bit...definitely turned us as it tried to swim under the boat, but we weren't being towed around.

This was a weekend that Bly and I have been looking forward to for quite a while. Hunting muskie is something that we cant really do effectively from shore, so when fishnsled invited us along, we jumped at the chance! Originally, we were going to head to Sturgeon Lake, but with the 50km/h winds forecasted, he wisely switched up to a smaller Kawartha Lake. Bly and I awoke at 4:30am so we could get ready to be at his place by 5:30. There were NO winds to speak of at this time of the morning. Maybe...just maybe the weather forecasters would be wrong. We arrived at fishnsled's place on time and after a quick trip to the local Country Style, we were on the road. As the sun was rising, we could see the wind in the trees getting stronger and stonger. Damn...that wind forecast was accurate! Fishnsled said that maybe, just maybe the winds would stir up the lake a bit and put the fish on the feed since they have been VERY hard to get over the past week in that area. We arrived at the boat launch...took a look out and saw whitecaps as far as the eyes could see. Hmmm....do we try it? We decided to head out, but if it got any worse, we'd get off the water. As fishnsled was getting the boat ready, I saw these guys looking down at us....Hmmm...was it an omen? Were the thinking it's a dumb idea to head out? At least they were not buzzards....LOL. Ok...so we hit the water and begin our trek across the lake. Here's a shot of the sun trying to peak through the clouds as we headed to our first spot to troll. We started off trolling, but none of us had any kind of action...except for picking up some weeds and our lines crossing at times, there was no need to reel in our lines. We headed to another spot to try casting and retrieving for them. The last time we went muskie fishing with fishnsled, all we caught was bass...I was hoping to change that this time and wouldn't you know it, I land the first fish of the day....a nice Walleye....LOL. It hit a rather large spinnerbait. We continued this for a little while and we had a few follows...man, the anticipation when seeing that is incredible! Fishnsled suddenly says "Hey guys...come look at this!!". We see a nice sized muskie following his lure. He begins the the figure 8 boatside...and it dives down and turns away. Oh well...that was pretty cool to see. Fishnsled sees which way it goes and casts out there right away. As he begins his retrieve he gets a monster hit....he sets the hook and.....nothing. He hangs his head...says an expletive or two, but keeps retrieving. Suddenly it hits the lure again, he sets the hook and this time and it's game on! The fish is a spunky one and tries to get away...lots of splashes, but fishnsled expertly handles this fish. Here's a few shots of the fight and landing. We finally get it in the cradle and the measurements begin. It's an impressive fish at 45" and weighed 17 pounds. Here's the classic hold for the picture. What a rush it was to see him catch this one!!! Here are a few release shots. Only took a few minutes before it swam off very strongly. We then decided to have a little lunch. As we were making sandwiches, fishnsled throws a twister tail on a hook and sets his rod in a rod holder. He's getting a few nibbles, but he's busy making his sandwich. Suddenly, his rod tips heads down rather violently!! He runs over, picks up the rod and looks down. He's caught a perch, but a small muskie thinks it's his lunch instead!! I took a few picture, but they didn't turn out. The muskie holds on for a few minutes before abandoning the perch. Fishnsled reel in his perch and I take a quick pic of the slices from that bad boy's teeth. We tried a few spots after lunch, but the bit really turned off...nothing was biting...not even bass. Bly take a little break from casting and throws a small plastic with a jig. She breaks her skunk on the wate by pulling in this perch. Fishnsled...thanks once again for taking us out on the water. We've learned a LOT from you this summer in the outings you've taken us on. It's always a great day out there with you...always lots of laughs and some fish to go along with it. As you mentioned, we'll give it at least one more try this fall...and maybe bly or I can experience catching one.

Very cool...almost looks 3d!!

Hey Dan! Congrats on the first one! Some beauty fish there. All the hard work that goes into it...can be daunting at times, frustrating, wondering why he heck you are out there. You think about the cash you've spent, the tackle you've lost, and the time you've wasted. Then...one smashes your lure, it takes you on a ride, your adrenaline kicks in, you think you've lost it...NO...it's still there...more adrenaline....then worrying about a break off, it comes painfully close...you can almost touch it....it goes on another run....then finally it comes in. You land the Salmon, you're hyped on adrenaline, you cant sleep that entire night...replaying it over and over in your mind. All those thoughts you had just minutes before that last one hit are gone...you are thinking "what else can I buy". If any of this sounds familiar, then you're hooked on this sport....once the salmon are gone, you'll obsess about steelhead this fall, then heck, give ice fishing a try, then steelies again in the spring, bass in the summer....hope you have lots of money....LOL Congrats on the first one...it's always the sweetest. Enjoy the feeling.

LOL Brian...I chose that back when Walleye was all I caught. I really do try to connect with the fish...imagining the line as my communications conduit. I talk to the fish I'm trying to catch (if you dont believe me, ask bly...LOL), so I figured since I seem to understand how they are feeling, I now consider myself a fish whisperer.

Nice pic! While fishing for muskie yesterday, I pulled in one of those too....hehe....must be an agreement the muskie and walleye have....

Fish always look smaller in the water like that...I'm sure there were lots of decent sized ones swimming around! Great pictures! Thanks for posting them duckdog. You did fine on the posting of them...I could see them here.

LOL...nice report and congrats on the bass. Yeah...when I get bored, I'll put a small hook and worm on and catch gobies too....if I'm good at it...I can catch them, bring them out of the water and in one smooth motion, swing the line and hook around, smash it on the ground, and off comes dead goby....LOL. Glad you had a good day!

I learned my lesson about a net the hard way with a nice steelhead this past spring!! Great report and congrats on your first carp in a week! Great pics as usual.

Great read sugarpacket! Sorry to hear about the break in, but at least you got out there for a fun filled day of fishing with the family. You have a knack for entertaining writing...hope to read more reports from you in the future!

Wow Joey! What an amazing report! I'm very happy to hear you and Paul had such a great time out there. Your pictures were incredible. My favs were the rainbow, early fog on the water, and there's that one shot of the fall colours...reflected in the water...you have a wonderful eye for photos. Maybe your should start a thread in the photography section about fall colours. Great looking smallie and pike you got there....oh yeah...I guess Paul did good too...hehe. Trolling for muskie and got pike? Bly and I were out with fishnsled on Saturday (report later), trolling for muskie and all I got was Walleye....LOL. Thanks for this report...must have taken forever to pick, resize and edit photos to post...it was a real treat to read.

LOL....what a great report....very funny read! I pound the shore mostly for salmon as well...and you described to a T what shore fishing is all about. My wife and I have said "You know those reports you hear on the news....Dead body found by local hiker/fisherman? That'll be us one day"....LOL. Welcome to the board...looking forward to more reports from you now that the salmon...I mean work keeps you in town...

Well, I believe the last report was about Bly's first ever shore Salmon. We went out a few more times over the week and here are the results. With the piers and mouths of tribs so crowded these days, we decided to try a few different tactics. After our success on the tribs with Bly's Salmon, we tried again, and this time I hooked up with a nice Chinook....weighing in at 19 pounds and measuring 37.5 inches!! This one put up an awesome fight...took about 15 minutes to bring in. The release.... We went out one other time and got skunked....went 0 for 2 in that time. Finally, we changed venues and headed out in our canoe....looking to hook up with our first big fish in it! It didn't take long...about 20 minutes into casting and retrieving, this very well fed male smashed my lure! It hit very close to the canoe and shot straight under it. ACK!!! Had to somehow manouvre myself around to face the other direction while fighting this fish without tipping the canoe...LOL. After about 10 minutes, with Bly ready with the net, he finally came into the boat. This one wasn't as long as my other one, coming in at 34 inches, but it weighed the same....had some pretty good girth. Anyhow, that was our rest of the week summary...hope you enjoyed!

Great job out there Brian! That's one great looking muskie! Congrats on the first of the year. Since I'm assuming you typed this at home, it must have been a disaster free outing. Maybe the hex is finally off of you! Hope I didn't just start it again by mentioning it....hehe.

Woo hoo!!! Crappie check! Walleye check! Great job out there...this quest has been a real treat for me to follow this year. Thanks!