limeyangler

Great report! Gotta hand it to ya...i cant buy a crappie until the water hits spawning temps.

and i got a stupid Blackberry for my birthday. What a piece of poo...does not seem to support any mainstream apps.

GOBSMACKED! The pinemartin and seagull are my faves.

Hi all, finished my 2 night shifts and wanted nothing more than a few hours in the boat before attending to boring stuff. Jack was not about to let me go without a ride around the bay first. Got the rest of the crew to shore and headed out around 10:30am for some bass, pike and crappie............ <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yY_lczVg8pE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Still no crappie, and not really the will, energy or time to go looking, water temps were creeping into the mid 40s. Bass were in really shallow, not more than 5'FOW and in as little as 18". Pike were all fairly deep, upto 22'FOW, but nothing big. I did see one strike at a twister tail i tried just after seeing the snapping turtle...but failed to connect properly....looked much bigger...perhaps 35" or so. That turtle was big, feet on it were huge, about the same diameter as a small dinner plate! Headed into town and did a few chores.....knew it was gonna be a good day when the guy who swaps my winter/summer tires over says...."dont worry about it Si.....no charge".....awesome! By the time i got home i was ready to drop, but Jack had seen the boat moored at the bottom of the lawn and wanted to go! So we had supper, said goodbye to mum who was doing nights too, packed some snacks and drove the long way (avoiding sceptic field) to the lake down the lawn. At one point we had a discussion about best jigging techniques....Jack thought i should not be using a slip bobber but a 'Cars' rod like his with a jig. About 2 minutes later he was reeling in the only fish of the evening to prove his point about tackle selection and technique! Fantastic...a month past his 3rd birthday and outfishing the old man already!!! I am a little bit proud of the little fella. Fish was out of season so quick release performed ...there will be other photo opportunities. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qP463kJP6g0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> We finished the evening with many discussions about seaguls, beaver sticks and 'quiet motors' (Jack's term for the Minn Kota). Was a beautiful still night Jack got to sit with dad as we drove up the hill with the boat, and was a great help refreshing the minnows in the bucket....although he got a little wet doing it. OH YEAH....THE MOZZIES MADE THEIR DEBUT APPEARANCE.......DOH......LOL.

TOUCHE! Awewsome stuff Shawn.....congrats on the PB! Great contribution to this years winning total!

what happens if he's caught fishing again?

Awesome report! Thanks for including water temps and depths...something to aim for up here

Let us know if ya find 'em Cliff.....i struggle every year until they hit the shallows to spawn....did i say struggle?...i meant to say completely fail to find them!

Those perch are huge!!!! Awesome fishin' BB, i have to say that is the most impressive haul i have ever seen.....ever.

I am old and grey...lol JB...seriously...i was dead against the dog...but he's pretty cool to have. I always thought they were too much hassle, but up here is made for him...no walks on a leash...open the door...he takes off....call him...you hear him bounding through the forest to come in. Like i said...it was his first time in the boat....he went beserk with excitement when i pulled up to shore and jumped right into the boat. He was a bit freaked when the boat was moving but could not go far cuz my wife had hold of his leash. When i was trailering the boat he jumped back in and stayed in while i winched it on...but as soon as it was on land he jumped out. He is a good swimmer but seems reluctant because of the water temp to go too far...time will tell i guess. He is only 6 months old so its hard to say.

GOOD CONVERSATION PIECE

Did you ever see my post for weather forecast on my days off? Well it holds true every time...lol...look at the last four days and look at the next 4 days starting today....you will know my shift pattern easily!

Hi All, Was determined to get out in the boat today. Put off from in front of the house and headed in search of pike, bass and crappie. Took some big sucker minnows for under a slip bobber but was not to be. Got a couple OOS walleye and a whole bunch of hammer handle pike but no big girls, no bass and not a sniff of a crappie anywhere. IT WAS COLD TODAY. 25kmh NE wind when i left...but rather pleasant by 8pm. Best bit of the trip was fnding mum, Jack and Roloff waiting for a boat ride when i pulled upto to shore....Roloff's first time in the boat. VIDEO. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LE8Mx4uYN5w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> WAS STILL COLD ON THE WAY HOME.....BUT AT LEAST THE WIND DIED OFF WAS AWESOME....MUM, JACK AND ROLOFF WAITING FOR A BOAT RIDE WHEN I ARRIVED HOME...TOOK SOME INTERESTING PICS OF ICE ON OUR SHORE WHILE THEY GOT THEIR PFDs ON WENT FOR A BOAT RIDE BEFORE JACK'S BEDTIME, ROLOFF'S 1ST TIME IN THE TINNY!

bon vacances!!!

Like dan said, all lakes here are open.

OMG!!!!.....the lakes i could access! Awesome...thanx for posting vance.

Congrats...cute baby!

Thanks for the replies, topic came up in conversation with a buddy...was just wondering.

I know its a big lake, but just wondering if anyone on the forum has ever shorefished for them and were they successful. Obviously not asking where....just if it can be done successfully, or are all the fish out over deeper water most of the time. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply Mark. Looks like the specs for your unit and the 62s are the same. I have now had you and Bill say that the 1.7GB internal is good enough. The only difference between your units is nautical maps preloaded, outdoor GPS games(whatever those are?)and the fact that the 78 floats. It just so happens that Walmart here in town has those too....so got a hands on look at one yesterday morning. The floating part is what has my interest....lol...with my luck. Couple of questions Mark.....what maps have you got on the internal and what other maps do you use/recommend. I did a bit more research and the Garmin Lake Maps get a really $hitty press, especially for NWO. Thanks in advance.

Its a bit of a tease now its closed, cuz yeah...they are hungry.....those big minnows were left over from my Eagle lake adventures last week, they would go for the biggest minnow you could find in yer bucket! By my 3rd trip out last week i had mostly 6" suckers with me. the crappie and bass are open and i will be trying for pike too, so i can still service my addiction....not to mention lakers....yeah...might take jack up to Thunder lake to shore fish a laker or two.

Your on, we'll head out and get supper while the kids play! Could not upload anything on my work computer last night...so here are my pics a little late. That 21" hit seconds after saying "i dont think i'll get any big ones"......lol...not the worlds largest but she hit like a frieght train and inhaled a 5" sucker minnow....same colour as your shaky head worms! She was hooked deep, but swam away after a pic, hope she was ok. Jack did not join me last night...he was reading books with mum in his jammies...he can see me from the couch though. Roloff was with me, he's a good swimmer and curious about fish....lol. Hope you dont mind me posting here. Cheers <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mL3KVnqSFa4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Yeah GPScity has the 62sc for $399 and the 62s for $379. Walmart has the 62s for $389......so for a few extra bucks you get 3.5GB and a camera. With your endorsement and Danc's its just a matter of price now i think....GPSCity is the best so far...Ebay is expensive on this one...Amazon is ridiculous for this one too.

Thanks Bill, will think about that for sure...especially since my local Walmart actually has that one in stock! At a really good price. However, it just seems that to double that capacity it is only $15 bucks or so more...with a camera thrown in...a pretty $hitty camera granted...but a fun thing to have for not much more. How do you rate the unit? Good buy? Awesome Dan! When i get whatever unit you'll have to show me how to use it.... over lunch? I fell head over heals for the 60csx when i first started looking into GPS 4 years ago...then i got given the old etrex and stopped looking..but now i need one made sense to go for the latest....and all the reviews say it is a good upgrade on the csx...so must be good!

Hi all, I posted some time ago that i was in the market for a GPS. I broke an old one last year, bought another which i though was similar at half price (new etrex legend) only to realise the previous owner had uploaded better maps onto that unit than the preloaded basemaps the new unit came with. With the prices of maps and the memory limitations of the legend series i thought i'd be better off returning the etrex legend and upgrading. Since i gave up smoking and Red Bull energy drinks....i have a bit more cash and figured i only really want to buy a GPS once (or once every 10 years ) so make it a good one while i have the cash. I have $600. I flirted with the idea of just waiting a bit longer and getting a HDS-5 Gen 2/chartplotter, but figured i could use a handheld too, and since i do ok with my trusty X67c i decided to save again and make that my next gift to myself. So basically i looked at the top of the line for 3 top brands....Garmin, Delorme, and Lowrance. I was impressed by the Delorme PN-60w, innovative and lots....i mean LOTS...of preloaded maps (apparantly maps is what Delorme do), also it took Navionics chips. however, the innovative products that went with it (emergency GPS texting service) was expensive, and it quite a few negative reviews. I think what put me off in the end was it had the smallest screen size and my eyesight is getting worse and worse. In my previous post many of you replied that Navionics chips were best, and since i already love Lowrance(my x67c rocks) i looked at their new Endura series...in particular the Endura Sierra. The specs are right up there with the top Garmins and Delorme and also had touchscreen functions and buttons. And of course was navionics capable. However, reading reviews from a large number of sites, this unit faired the worse of the three, lots of compatability issues, software, firmware, customer service issues...etc...etc. Put me off big time. That brings me to the Garmin. Lots of good reviews about 62 series. Only nagging problem was that the garmins wont do Navionics. However looking at the Inland lakes chip garmin has its not bad at all coverage wise, and what i really want on my handheld is not so much lake depths (i'll get a Lowrance HDS with Navionics for that) but the Offroad Mapbooks for Ontario.....THAT ROCKS! So....based on all that i think i have decided on a Garmin GPSMap 62sc. I dont really want a camera, but it was the model with the highest internal memory capacity(3.5Gb) that did not come preloaded with expensive USA Topo that i would rarely use. I will almost be able to afford both the canada lakes Chip and Backroad Mapbook Chip in my budget (i am about $60 over budget) but figure i will have a kick ass unit with lots of lakes and all the tiny trails i need to find my way to some pretty remote ones too. Basically i am laying out my thought process for myself before i spend $600+. Anyone care to add anything here....all comments welcome...even if i dont agree with them