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yup...living up here is definitely...i mean INFINITELY better than the England football 'team?' dooood! where ya been? you out on parole ?

I thought it was just general knowledge Thats gonna be an interesting match, i was very impressed by the Germans....although its easy to look good against England at the moment. NO...we absolutely should not give England any credit...they were a steaming pile of dung from the beginning. What we need to give them is a pay cut...these bozzos on average earn over $150,000 A WEEK! not very good value for money. England have been out in the 1/4 finals before....but at least those times they played well and treated us to some good football in the group stages...this world cup was just embarrassing. I wish that the disallowed goal incident never happened because now they have an excuse....when really there are no excuses left. Anyhoo...good luck to Germany...they deserve to go all the way!

HI All A MUCH BETTER WAY TO SPEND 2 HOURS THAN WATCH FEEBLE ENGLAND PLAY FOOTBALL <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

The plano liquid bait container is very good.

Hey Shan &jay, I'm not quite sure about all the wire stuff you mention, but usually the transducer reads temperature , already built in, no need for anything 'extra'.

Sorry for your loss Jer, very sad.

Welcome to the board rigged, look forward to your reports.

Hey Sudzy, dunno whether you saw my recent report.....but i stopped using downriggers and mostly anchor up in 50-60 FOW and vertical jig them with jigs and minnows or jigging raps/spoons/swedish pimples/white tube jigs etc....basically the same lures and techniques i use when icefishing. I have certain spots marked now on my gps...but i found these by picking an area and slowly trolling a grid pattern with a constant eye on the fishfinder...as soon as i see bait fish ...anchor up and jig....you'll be able to watch the trout on your sonar come up and hit the bait...really fun way to catch them...and very effective when your'e not in too deep a lake. It also gives you an up close and personal view of what lures they like, really like and outright reject on any given day as you are watching in real time their reaction . Here's a sample vid of me using the technique in on Sunday. <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

Good luck on your new venture Aaron...if its as good as your last show its a win win situation for us mere mortals.

WOW! You are an inspiration. To have you as a mentor is a godsend, i work with children in care and get to do a lot of 'mentoring' too in a way. your time spent with this young boy is priceless....WTG! Really touching report, the pictures and story gave me goosebumps Thanks for sharing.

Really nice fish instructor...beautiful colors.

great job...try and try again.....makes it so much more rewarding. I dont know about anyone else...but the more i fish lakes with deep water...the more i tend to go deep.....lol...my new catch phrase is becoming GO DEEP OR GO HOME!

i almost felt sorry for you until you mentioned you manage to fish every night off the pier/dock....lol...j/k Dan. awesome pictures....the wildlife on the highway alone on your way up there from dryden never ceases to amaze me. Hope to see the laker pic....that is a beast of a fish.

That is freekin' incredible! i'm a little bit dizzy/confused/jealous right now after seeing those pics...lol...AWESOME JOB TD...AWESOME...up north is where its at bruv!

Great stuff Bushy....lol...ripping weeds is overated. GO DEEP OR GO HOME!

LOL...love the part about your son sweetening the deal for himself...great initiative shown right there!...damn i wish i was that smart at his age...damn...i wish i was that smart NOW! anyway...great story...sure he'll get the musky bug now. Great report and great pics....that last fish looks very clean...nice fish.

Thanks Jacques, the only real challenge recently is 'Limey' finding time to fish! darn....you guessed right...my secret is out! A lot of people asked why i was not in the Walleye masters...my excuse...no live well.....lol...the real excuse....i dont know where the big fish are on the goon yet...and i dont want to pay a $300 entry fee to prove i dont know...lol. Thanks corvette, yup...it certainly made up for the lack of fishing recently...mind you i would have settled for no fish too....just being out in the boat on a beautiful morning (by myself) was worth the wait. Thanks Bill...the bass were on fire...but i was already an hour late so had to draw on every ounce of will power to drag myself away from a hot topwater bite and get home reasonably on time and actually be a father on Father's Day. Thanks JB...will do!

Hi all, Finally got out fishing again, manged a few hours early Sunday morning....fun times. FATHER'S DAY FISHING <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....curried goat....that is good stuff!

Hi All, Last Monday was an awesome day, started off a bit poorly with my young son waking at 3am screaming because his teeth are coming through thick and fast now. managed to sooth him to sleep with the help of infant Tylenol and some warm milk, but i could not get back to sleep, sooooo, with the sun coming up i decided i might as well grab the fishing rod and head down to the lake........ WHAT A GORGEOUS MORNING! RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WAS EVERYWHERE <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> EVEN CAUGHT A FISH! <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Not soon after i got back up to the house my boy was up and in a much better mood, i was also in a great mood to see him so obviously delighted and interested in his fishing rod....... THATS MY BOY! <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> After getting all my chores done, mum and baby decided they were gonna nap together....i decided to stay awake and hit the lake for 2 hours....came up with a neat little challenge for myself/ catch Bass, crappie, Pike and walleye in that order, failing the challenge should i catch any of those fish out of sequence, so i headed down the lawn and took off THE LIMEY CHALLENGE! <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Successful in my challenge i was given a hero's (cough) welcome when i arrived back at shore triumphant. My boy and wife joined me in the boat while i replayed the highlights of my marvelous victory...lol.....but i don’t think they were listening and my boy certainly seemed more interested in the minnow bucket..... <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object> Spent the rest of the afternoon with the family then headed out at 8pm for an hour, the bite was terrible...not one fish....but some great rainbows with all the storms today, and a nice sunset to round off a really nice Monday of family and fishing.

Great stuff Blue Lk. certainly the way to do it...small boat stashed on a puddle somewhere sounds good to me. great pic of the Loon nesting

Hi gang, Went out yesterday for a few hours of fishing. We were actually out for way longer but most of the time was spent carrying a 14' deep wide tinny some 400 meters through the bush to a lake, not an easy task given the rain we have been getting here, also the reason why I have no pics or video as I did not want to ruin another camera. Our efforts were definitely rewarded though, and we had ridiculous amounts of walleye within moments of arriving. It was truly a day that makes me love being where I am even more than i already do. Being stuck under a stoopidly too big boat to be carrying through the bush with a good friend in the pouring rain, a young spruce tree half way up your nostrils, knee deep in a bog pretending to be a 'trail' unable to go any further because you are laughing to hard at the situation you find yourself in and then hit the motherload of walleye whilst watching moose feeding in the creek your fishing next to....AWESOME! Like i said, the fishing was legendary. a fish a cast really. Once we hit the back end of the lake where the weeds were (cabbage) in about 8' FOW...game over...lol....not even fishing...just 'catching'. Jigs and minnows were what we started off with, but the amount of minnows we were getting through catching small ones before we found the bigger guys we decided to start to use artificials. So much for gulp outfishing live bait. i have found this time and time again, particularly when walleye are involved. They will bite it, but fished next to someone of similar fishing skill who is using live bait, the live bait wins hands down. In fact...the artificial that worked best was an unflavoured/scented Mr. Twister brown/orange shad thumper tail. We decided that this was in part because that bait had a wider profile, and the wallleye were definitely liking the larger live minnows. I did try some Gulp1 thumper shads in dark blue/white silver but after sitting there for 10 minutes watching about 20 fish caught between live bait and Mr.twister i gave up. PS...the thumper part of Gulp! dont thump, they are out of shape...guess its due to the texture of the organic fish stuff they are made out of. This is not meant to be a Gulp! bashing thread...just relaying what i have found to be the case time and again when using it next to live bait fishing for walleye. I actually like the product a lot, otherwise i would not carry it with me, absolutely nailed the smallies with it this spring....but i just dont agree with the 'outfishes live bait ' claim...as this is not my experience. When we hit the wind swept bay, although it was 8'FOW you only had to drop your jig one or two feet below the surface, wait for a couple of seconds...and WHAM!...fish on. To actually watch a 23" walleye come up and swallow your bait right at the boat was a rush...sight fishing walleye is something I highly recommend! I only wish I had my camera or had the literary skills of a freelance outdoors writer ( nods in Ben Beattie's direction) so i could have shared the experience more betterer like...anyway...days like yesterday for me are what living up here is all about.

i'm just a little envious of your stash of wiggle warts darn i love those lures...wallies also luv 'em

very likely whitefish eating the flies...saw an excellent clip of flyfishing for whitefish once...cant remember where...maybe youtube.

some really nice bass. i got my first ever lmb on Erie....good memories Thanks for posting. (ps....loved your other post about your son's 1st fishing trip)