wormdunker

That's a hawg! Congratulations to U & your partner.

Nice walleye! We get the black ones in Gogama as well. Not too much yellow in them.

Good luck, keep us posted as U progress.

Thanx guys for your input. I do have a Garmin 72 hand held Gps, with the Navionics on my iphone, I think I'm good to go. As I am of the older generation I like to ask the the experts - usually the younger folks. If it's new & worthwhile U younger guys have the edge! I was looking to get a newer GPS but $500 bux is not in the budget at this time. Feel free to offer advice, cause I don't know the newer modern electronics. Thanx

I purchased an iphone in June still learning all the ins & outs. I recently bought the navionics app which cost $15.00. Works great. If U were to purchase the navionics chip for a chartplotter the cost is $300.00, other maps R $170.00. Over the week end I saw Italo advertising a GPS app that is free. Go to ufindfish.com Looks good. I haven't loaded the app yet. Does any one have experiences with ufindfish.com? Please comment. Thanx

Doesn't matter to me as long as I have a fish on!!

Lake Erie for hawgs!

Thanx Randy. Makes me reflect on the little things in life!

Awesome video, thanx for sharing. I'm envious cause I've been sitting in front of the boob tube all week end, 1' of snow & blizzard conditions yesterday & -23 today. Too nasty for me!

You've done a great job! Thanx for sharing with us. I'm new to Sudbury, & already thinking of a permanent hut for next season. Your post has given me several good ideas. Thanx again

In 3 days I'll be on Nipissing again!! Gonna be 0 degrees. WOO HOO!

Where can I get some pink gloves? - oh yah a ladies clothing store.

Nice fish! I'd like to add I just bought an Ice 55, love it. U can see suspended fish, reel up to that depth, wham fish on! Also watched a Cisco come right off bottom to my bait, wham, fish on!! Never used electronics on the hard water, but now it's a must.

Nice fish, love the pix.

Heading to the hot spot Sat AM. No need to go too early, too damn cold. My luck the fish will have moved!! I noticed alot of the locals don't even go out till later in the day. The evening bite is good!!

I'm new in Sudbury, never fished Nipissing until this winter. I've been out 5 times to explore Nipissing coming home with little to no fish. Not knowing which area to target I just stopped the Atv near 2 other huts. I augered 3 holes, got set up & almost instantly the bite was on. I didn't move all afternoon, at times I could only manage 1 rod, cause the other rod was basically feeding the fish! I fished from 1:00 - 5:30. I was fortunate enough to land a limit of wallys, 30 perch, of which 4 were 12". The other perch were 8-10". Also landed a Cisco (lake herring) approximately 2 1/2 lbs. I was advised by a fellow fisher that Ciscoes on Nipissing are full of worms so I released it. I recently purchased the new Humminbird Ice 55. Amazing how the flasher showed the Cisco coming up from the bottom to chase down my bait. Twice during the day I caught 2 walleye that were shown to be suspended at 24 fow. I was in 40 fow. I raised my bait to 24 fow WHAM, fish on! I have never used electronics during the hard water season until recently. Without the flasher I would not have seen those fish up in the water column. Really exciting.

Now just get some fish & it's all worth while!!

My new Polaris 500 with a 3500 lb winch was $6500.00, Marsh's Marine in Waubashene same price, Sturgess cycle in Hamilton $6,200.00 no winch. So for $12,000.00 you can almost get 2 & the 500 is ideal for me as I am an older, gentle rider, I don't use it for mud bogging. I mainly use mine to get on & off the ice & some trail riding while hunting partridge in the fall. 30 MPH across the ice is plenty fast for me. Hope this helps with your decision.

Thanx for the tips. For walleye (hogs 8 - 10 lbs) on Lake Erie I use 30 lb power pro main line with a snap swivel, I tie my own worm harnesses with 36" of 20 lb fluoro carbon with a barrel swivel at the end to quickly attach to the snap swivel. Lots of fish in the freezer!!!

Hey Spouph Nice story. You'll remember it for a long time. Im heading to Nipissing tomorrow. Hopefully do better than my last 3 trips. How do ya pronounce your handle??

I just bought a brand new Polaris 500 HO. 1 million Liability, comprehensive & collision with a $300.00 deductible $330.00 premium for the year. With TD Canada Trust. If U call TD be willing to wait & answer a gazillion questions.

Loomis IMX 7' with Shimano Spirex 1000, 8lb Trilene XL for walleye. Been using this unit for the smaller walleye for 10 years. Love it. I also use an older Browning 6' Cardinal 3 spooled with 8lb XL. This unit is 20 years old. I can't give it up - it has caught me more fish than I can remember. For the "hog" walleye on Erie I use a 7' Shimano Clarus with Ambassadeur 6500 spooled with 30 power pro, & 5' flouro leader. I really like the Clarus rod, so I purchased a spinning version as well, mounted a Penn 4500 on this baby! I love them all - now which one do I use???

We lost a great man. I had just met him & Alex at the G2G, now he's gone. Hard to believe it has happened. RIP Tony

Welcome to our site. During the cold winter months this site has alot of interesting reading. Just like an addiction. Repeat after me Hi my name is Wormdunker I'm a fish a holic

Hey Skip thanx for the info. Please show us how u make the minnow trap. Nice looking shop, can I come & PLAY!! U must be my twin. I do ALL my work myself, forever tinkering in my garage. Right now I'm putting the finishing touches on my portable fish hut that folds out in less than 30 seconds (ready to fish)! It even has retractable wheels for running down a dry road. When I get to the ice in less than 1 minute the wheels R retracted, the hut is now on skis WOO HOO!