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Thanks....Mepps colours were black, yellow, red....with brass blade.

Thanks! We already have a bigger musky counted for the team....no worries!!!

Hey now!! I catch all my own fish....LOL

Fishnsled called us up a few weeks back and said we had to book our fall muskie trip...as his weekends were filling up rapidly up. Well, today was the day. It was going to be a cold one...with the forecast saying east winds up to 20 km/h. Time to get the float suit out!! We arrived at his place bright and early (well, I suppose we did get that extra hour of sleep!), and headed north. By 8am, we were on the water. The air temp was -4C, but thankfully the winds were calm! The water temps had cooled right off....we were in about 8 to 10 feet of water, the fish finder saying it was only 38F. We were knocking ice off our guides for the first few hours of the morning. We all started casting our larger muskie lures, and for the first little while we had nothing at all, so I decided to downsize...I put on a #5 Mepps Musky Killer with brass blades. Sure enough I feel a strike and I had the first muskie on of the day! We worked that area for another hour with nothing, so Fishnsled booted us over to a new spot. I put away the Mepps spinner and decided to throw out a Suick. I had never caught anything on it before, so I was a bit skeptical about it. I was working it the way it said to on the package...making it dive and then float it up and repeat. About 15 minutes into doing that I feel the strike! This one T-boned the bait...here's a pic of it coming in... Here it is...a nice chunky one.... After this fish, the threats of throwing me overboard began, as there had been the odd follow, but no takers for Bly and Fishnsled. I just minded my own business and kept on casting...changing up lures every 15 minutes or so. We headed to a deeper channel...the waters were crystal clear. Fishnsled says "Here's a follow!! Take a look!!" Sure enough there it was....a nice sized one followed right to the boat and then took off. He follows up with a cast...I wait until he's started his retrieve and I cast to the spot about 10 feet to the right. Just as I start to retrieve, I feel a fish and set the hook. He looks over at me with this look of "NO WAY" on his face. Well...the answer was YES WAY!!! LOL. I have been trying to catch a fish that hit the 40" mark all year. My best salmon was 39.5 inches. My best carp was 38". My best Muskie before today was 39". Well, this one measured in at 40.5 inches...LOL. Not HUGE for muskie, but my new PB. The jokes now were flying...at one point they were going to force me to get off the boat, abandon me on a rock shoal, and not come back until they each caught a fish. I just smiled....you see...I had Fishnsled's truck keys in my pocket...haha. It's a good thing they didn't do that or I'd still be standing out there.... We saw some pretty cool things in the sky. It's kind of hard to see here, but the cloud edges all had rainbows around them. Thankfully, the weatherman was wrong...the winds never kicked up above 10km/h, so it wasn't too cold out there....except when we booted from place to place at 35mph. We decided around 330 that we'd head back to where we started the day for one last kick at the can. I looked around and said "I'll try the Mepps again...it's what worked here this morning". Fishnsled starts the motor to move spots just as I cast out there. I feel a strong hit as we start moving. I say "Fish on!". Fishnsled says "Too bad...I'm not stopping the boat now..." LOL. He lets this go on for a minute or two, stops the boat and I have my 4th of the day...a smaller one....didn't bother with the pic. So....I went 4 for 4...the most I've ever caught in a single day. Bly went ummm.... 0 for 0, and Fishnsled matched Bly's total...although he did get a few follows and one hit for the day. I have no idea why it ended up that way...I was throwing the same baits in the same area...I suppose everyone gets a turn at being lucky. Mine apparently was today.

Wow...some great looking fish there! Gotta love it when you are fighting them in the tribs...great job out there.

Heard this on the news as well!! Brian...try to control yourself on this one ok?? LOL

Way to go Bernie!!!! I keep telling myself that I have to stop as well... I never light up in any car unless I see the other person light up, or ask to light up first. That includes my own car when I'm the driver. Congrats....and I wish you continued strength....

It's not a carving...but my 6 yr old wanted to do this all by herself. She tried to carve it, but it was too hard, so she used a little mallet and pounded these pegs into it. The light on the inside will illuminate them....

Here's one I found on their website.... Click here for ornament.

Great report!!! A beauty eye and a huge sheepie! Last time I was at Quinte, I'd have been very happy with just catching the sheepshead!! LOL. Great to see the big walleye coming in....always love this time of year for those monster eye reports....

I'm a die hard Leaf fan as well....stuck with them thru the crappy 80's when they never made the playoffs, but I have to admit...those are funny....LOL.

Don't give up...I started trying for these guys back in Jan 07....here's a link to how it started out..... I didn't catch my first one until Jan 28th...and was because CANADIANCOPPER took me out and he let me use his gear. He rigged everything up, told me where to float, and when to set the hook. LOL. I caught my first one solo on March 13th. http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.p...ic=2106&hl= Once you get that first one, your confidence will go up....I find confidence is very important when steelhead fishing!!

Nice going Dobee!! Gotta love the feel of steel on the end of your line. Great job!

Anders...he's not showing off....he only showed a few pics of browns...LOL. Great stuff Mike...as usual.... Oh yeah....I still hate you even though you take me fishing sometimes.....

Wow...seeing your bass reports makes me want to target them more!!! Fantastic pics and results....awesome job out there.

Very cool pumpkin! Kudos to Sugarpacket!

Wow...awesome stuff! thanks for posting that....would be amazing to see up close.

Wow...unbelievable report TJ! I don't usually coment on hunting threads, but I'm assuming you kept those animals because they couldn't be released right??? Could have done without the pile of poop picture though...I was eating my lunch at the time..... Great pics!

I'm guilty of doing that when bass or pike fishing...but never for walleye.

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Roger....great report....excellent account of your first tourney! Must have been pretty cool to participate despite the weather and fishing. Nice pictures too!

Awesome stuff Kemper...you sure know where the fish are on that creek! Good luck back at school.

Now that's a beautiful fish!!! Great job out there....esp for just one hour of work!!

Hey!! Congrats! Those are real nice fish you caught there! Looking forward to more reports from you...I forsee another PB in the near future. The fall run has just begun!

Hey Pepe! That's some collection of steel you have there! The Montreal steel is hilarious...LOL. Welcome to the board....the eastern tribs? Well, reports keep popping up, so keep reading!!!