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Great report and congrats on the fish!!! I'm not into ice fishing, so it's great to see open water reports this time of year!

Great intro! and welcome to the board...you'll love it here!

I hear you on hook setting lessons!!! I started trib fishing a few weeks ago...been out 4 times. The first 3 I had some hits...but no fish on. Today I had my first fish on....took about 30 ft of drag, fought a bit, then I lost it. Man...was I pumped! I had ppl to my right pull a beauty out of the water...he also lost 2. To my left about 200 yards there were 7 people on the banks....they pulled out five!!! Man....was I jealous!! LOL. I do know that with each outing I'm learning more and more....you'll land your first soon I'm sure....I hope I will too!

Them some great eyes!!! Your efforts and perserverence certainly paid off!!! Congrats!

It's great to see others pull fish out of the creeks. I started creek fishing a few weeks ago...been out 4 times and have been skunked! I had a fish on today and it gave a great fight....only for me to lose it. Reports like this keep me motivated to try again!

Great report!!! With all that bait fish swimming around, it seems the bigger ones are well fed. Good luck the next time!

Awesome stuff nauti!!! My first fish of the year was a pike too...let's hope that means LOTS more fish in 2007! Congrats!

Great report! AFter getting skunked myself a lot recently, it's nice to see others catchin some!

Great report and congrats on your first fish of 2007! Your hard work and dedication paid off this time! Nice Pike too!

Great report Mike! Sorry about the skunk though. Blyght and I get skunked most times we go out...we just don't post reports about it...haha. I have now tried steelheading 3 times in the past 2 weeks. I went out again today. At least today I hooked into one for about 15 seconds before I lost him. Oh well...we all get skunked right? Looks like some nasty weather coming this week....fishing reports for my will be few! Better luck next time Mike!

LOL...as soon as it hit I knew it wasn't an eye...pike are too cranky for me....haha. Next time I'll just cut the line....

I have his cell number...thinking of "hooking" up with him again sometime soon

Back when we posted our season ending report in November, we really thought it would be!! In any other year it would have been....lol. The finger is healing up nicely....will be ready to hit the trib tomorrow after this great rain! I gotta hook me a nice steelie.

Great news!! I'm sure the other eye will go just as well!!!

Snag....I have a new appreciation for you now that I have caught a few pikes!!! Awesome report as usual...I think I gotta start using a leader on my line...I almost lost my last one!!! Congrats on yet another great report!

Awesome report and pics! BOQ is amazing for those monster eyes. Congrats on your new PB...always a great feeling!

WOW!!! What a great summary!!! I caught a grand total of 10 fish in 06...not counting pan fish!! We keep records of all the sizes and weights too...so you're not too much of a geek...wait...maybe I'm a geek too....lol. Anyhow...awesome report, and I hope one day to be as successful as you!

With the great temps, blyght and I HAD to go out tonight....even though it was raining. It was a nice 11C while we were out there....no wind to speak of, no waves and nice green water with plenty of bait fish swimming around. We were in touch with fishindevil, so we hooked up. We were trying to land some more Walleye, but it was not to be! A few hours into fishing I pulled this pike out of the water....a 32", 14.5" girth, 8 lb 3oz toothy critter. The blood on my left hand isn't the pike's....he got me....and pretty good too! It bled for quite a while and luckily fishindevil had some kleenex so I could apply some pressure to it...stopped bleeding after about 10 minutes. He took the lure very deep and it took a while to get it out, but after about 10 minutes, he swam away....for me to catch another day!

Kim M....as in Kim Mitchell? Wow...that's cool! Max Webster was awesome....and when he went solo, I saw him every year at Canada's Wonderland....remember the $4 summer concert series at Kingswood??? The best show I saw was the Shakin into '87 tour at Maple Leafs Gardens....new years eve concert!

Thanks for the update and hang in there! I'm not sure if I could be away from home for that long....will you be home for the birth of you child? Congrats on your succession thru training! Hope you get back to fishing in the spring.

I love this picture!!! I was trib fishing late last week and ended up looking the same...snow all over me. Great shot!

BITEME...you avatar scares the crap out of me every time I see one of your posts.....LOL.

Yes it does count...that's how I got started....haha

Great news! Please update us when the patch comes off! The next step after the clear lenses is a celebratory visit and shopping spree at Bass Pro Shops!!!

CTV National News said tonight that 2007 is forecasted to be the warmest year on record. With the help of a now very strong el nino, Southern Ontario should see much warmer than normal temps this winter. So, with the weather being unbelievably warm this winter, is anyone thinking of taking their boat out of storage? Fishindevil and I went to the BOQ back in November....this weekend is going to be warmer than when we went hunting for walleye! Long range forecast is saying back up to 13C in a few weeks....