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Thank you everyone for your very kind words. It's a real pleasure for me to part of such a great community!! And Joey...as far as All Knowing Angler is concerned....I'm FAR from that. We're just out there having fun...that's it....if it wasn't fun then what's the point right?

LOL...you are right!!! I need an intervention I think...OFC anonymous!!!

I'm not trying to boost my post count...haha...I actually did catch these fish tonight...and apparently missed an interesting thread!! Anyhow, our built-in babysitter is away at camp for the next week and a half, so I wasn't sure how much fishing I'd get done. I'm so used to fishing with Bly, that it never really entered my mind to fish by myself tonight. After we put our little one to bed, Bly said "If you want to go out, by all means go....I feel the urge to go, so I figure you must too!!". She's the best wife ever!!! haha. I got the winter gear out because it was a blistering 7 degrees out there!! LOL. Earlier today, Nipissing mentioned that the water temps in his area dropped DRASTICALLY from this extreme cold front that came through. Now, I know that cold fronts are usually not great for fishing, but I had a thought. I wondered if the drastic change in water temp might knock the Carp off of spawning temporarily and get them feeding again. The spot I went to tonight has been very quiet as of late...a few skunks, but I knew they were there. Anyhow, I got there later than usual...at about 9pm...I gave myself 1 hour to test my theory. I threw my line out to the spot that usually produces and waited. I didn't have to wait long!!! A carp after 10 minutes, took my bait and the fight began!! Bly is usually with me, so I wasn't sure I'd land it with a net. It took me about 15 minutes to land....I put the net out there and got it!! It was HUGE by my standards...a new personal best at 37" and weighing in at 24 pounds!! Here's the pic....and another OFC Tourney entry! I only had enough chum with me for 3 casts...so that was the first one. I quickly threw my line back out there and within about 10 minutes, I felt a few line bumps...then it got quiet. Still, at least there were line bumps! I brought it back in because my feeder was empty. I then put the last of my ground bait on the spring feeder and cast it back out. It was now 9:50pm and I gave myself 10 minutes...my fingers were getting numb from the cold. Right at 10pm, line started peeling from my reel and I landed this little guy...a 27" 10 pounder. This one, even though was smaller was really tough to get into the net...it was pitch dark out and I didn't have the luxury of Bly there with the net and flash light to net him. Anyhow, that's it for today...my theory seemed to work....too bad these EXTREME cold fronts during spawning season are very few and far between!!!

WOW!!! A 28 pounder as her first?? That's awesome! Looks like you're taking a liking to carping...kinda gets addicting if you dont have a lot of opportunity to fish for stuff larger than a sunfish or perch. Congrats on another successful outing...looking forward to more reports!!

Sweet pics Mike! Good on you wearing your OFC hat too!!

I hear your pain....been there and done all that before! What gets me is when talking to the government....they tell you to fill in a form and send it in....snail mail at that!! It's not like the dont have this stuff already on oh...my tax returns, health card, drivers license, SIN, etc... Makes you wonder...

2 already?? ACK! So..you'll give the first ice report in the morning?? LOL

Wow...from humidex to wind chill in just a couple of days!! Scary to read about ice pellets and wet snow on June 5th. Anyone out there camping...stay warm tonight!!!! Here are the advisories!! ======================================================================= WOCN12 CWTO 051457SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA ONTARIO REGION. 10:56 AM EDT TUESDAY 5 JUNE 2007. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..CITY OF THUNDER BAYSUPERIOR WESTLAKE NIPIGON - WABAKIMIGERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNENIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTHWAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWASAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EASTKAPUSKASING - HEARSTTIMMINS - COCHRANEGREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITYCHAPLEAU - GOGAMAKIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMIELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKEMANITOULIN - NORTHSHORE - KILLARNEYNORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING. JACK FROST MAKES A JUNE VISIT..COLD RAIN IN THE WAKE OF A DEPARTING ARCTIC COLD FRONT OVER QUEBEC AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVER NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO THIS AFTERNOON AS VERY COOL AIR CONTINUES TO FLOOD IN FROMTHE NORTH. THE RAIN MAY MIX BRIEFLY OR CHANGE OVER TO ICE PELLETS AND EVEN SOME WET SNOW OVER NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO AN END. A COOL ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AREA BUILDING INTO THE DISTRICT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL HELP TO DECREASE THE CLOUDS TONIGHT AS THE WINDS DROP OFF. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR GROUND FROST IN MANY AREAS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE MERCURY WILL REACH THE ZERO DEGREE MARK ESPECIALLY IN FROST PRONE AREAS. REGIONS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE SHORES OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES MAY ESCAPE MOST OF THEFROST. PEOPLE WITH TENDER PLANTS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT THEM FROM FROST AND MOTORIST SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE SLIPPERY ROAD SURFACES DUE TO FROST PATCHES. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE FOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST. THE NEXT PUBLIC FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED BY 11.30 AM.END/KUHN/LEE/OSPC WOCN11 CWTO 051446SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA ONTARIO REGION. 10:46 AM EDT TUESDAY 5 JUNE 2007. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..CITY OF TORONTOCITY OF HAMILTONHALTON - PEELYORK - DURHAMHURON - PERTHWATERLOO - WELLINGTONDUFFERIN - INNISFILGREY - BRUCEBARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLANDBELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLANDKINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARDPETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKESSTIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENACBANCROFT - BON ECHO PARKBROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLECITY OF OTTAWAGATINEAUPRESCOTT AND RUSSELLCORNWALL - MORRISBURGSMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKEPARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA - HUNTSVILLEHALIBURTONRENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAYALGONQUINBURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET... JACK FROST MAKES A JUNE VISIT.. IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT CROSSING THE DISTRICT TODAY...A SURGE OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IS MOVING IN USHERED BY BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY. AN UNSEASONABLY COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL QUICKLY BUILD IN BY TONIGHT CAUSING SKIES TO CLEAR FOR THE MOST PART AND WINDS TODROP OFF QUICKLY. GROUND FROST IS QUITE POSSIBLE IN MANY LOW LYING AREAS INLAND FROM THE GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. AREAS ALONG THE SHORELINES OF THE GREAT LAKES AS WELL AS LOCALES IN LARGER URBAN AREAS MAY ESCAPE MOST OF THE FROST TONIGHT. PEOPLE WITH TENDER PLANTS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FROSTY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. THE STRONG EARLY JUNE SUN WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND QUITE NOTICEABLY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR STARTS TO RETURN QUICKLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE FOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST.THE NEXT PUBLIC FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED BY 11 AM.

LOL...this was an awesome report!! Loved the play by play commentary of who the cup holder was and the banter going back and forth!! Wow...thanks for the size comparison....6'10"?? Holy crap!!! I top the charts at 5'8" on a good day...pushing a huge 160 pounds...LOL Great stuff...great pics...a great time. Thanks for the post and laughs as I eat my lunch here.

Sounds like a labour of love!! Lots of work, but to be up there, fixing up the cottage and getting some fishing in sounds like heaven to me!! Once again...great report and pics...I always enjoy reading them!

Wow...I really need to find another hobby....2000....I spend too much time on here....LOL. Thanks everyone, this place is rather addicting....I try to add insight or humour to my posts...and not just useless drivel. (Although I'm sure some of my posts were just that!!) I also think of it this way...if it wasn't for the great members and content on this board, I wouldn't be posting very often. Thanks for reading my posts everyone....glad to know they are not a complete waste of time...LOL.

Get tips from me?? More like the other way around!! LOL. Most of what I try out there comes from this board...so I've already been soaking up knowledge from guys like you. Would still love to hook up sometime though...with you and a few others, to get a look at your setups...not that I'm going to buy any of it....LOL

Nice going out there! Looked like a great day for some catchin!! The pics were very candid...and looked amazing. Congrats on a very successful outing!

Very cool pics! I see you got a lot of sun...I'm fighting the sunglasses tan too....LOL. Thanks for the report...always nice to see a lot of catchin going on!

Wow..very cool pictures! It's always great to see species that you cant get around here. Thanks for the report...despite the service at the resort, at least the fishing seemed good!

Funny thing...last night when I looked at home, the fish pics weren't there....I check today at the office and there they are....hmm....oh well...great looking fish none-the-less!

You wont find me topless...but I'll be sure to let bly know....

Congrats on your grand slam!!! Some beautiful looking fish there. Great report!

You figured me out Joey...I told her 10 minutes, but actually had around 20....LOL. She still landed the thing....dang!!! I'll have to get some sabotage tips from you

LOL...love your topic description!!! Check your PM.

Great pics...thanks for the tourney report. You didn't do too badly at all!!

Hey...nice report! Looks like the pike action was fast and furious! Good job on the Heron pics too!

Where are the live fish pics?? That meal could be Captain Highliner on the table....LOL. Just joking...great pics...looked like an awesome time up there...thanks for sharing and taking the time to upload and post!

I dont have a boat, but I hear that many of the Kawartha lakes do not get rough, and you can get some nice walleye in them....up to 5 or 6 pounds....maybe some of the Kawartha contingent can chime in here!

Nice pics...great to see all the reports rolling in now. I already go out too much as it is...seeing all these reports is going to make me want to get a boat even more...LOL. That moose shot was pretty cool!