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Thanks Ben....i see you been doin pretty damn good too as per usual. I take it your sled is fixed then....lol

Good to know Mike...thanks. I actaually have the Aero GTE-B which is quite a few years old now.....was state of the art 6 years ago....lol.

hey Worm Dangler and JP.......Shimano do a lot of rear drag reels....but i dont think they sell them all in Canada?US....i have not seen alot of there rear drag models that i could buy in England....check out the models they sell in Europe SHIMANO'S EUROPEAN REAR DRAG REEL LINE UP....got my heart set on getting 3 TWINPOWER XT RBs , one for a walleye rod and 2 for trout fishing on ice... They also do a line of reels called baitcasters...which were primarily designed for carp fishermen....but i found the freespool coupled with rear drag and fighting drag was the perfect pier fishing set up back home when freelining live sandeels for sea bass (stripers). The freespool is also cool to use when lowering your line on downriggers i found out when necessity meant i had to use my XT-RA Baitrunner as it was the only reel i had with a large line capacity. That would be the only drawback with baitrunners for regular fishing....they are big.... the 5000 series being the smallest. CLICK HERE FOR 'BAITRUNNER' REELS

Hi all, was not planning on going fishing until i bumped into a local guy called Al in the fishing aisle in Walmart. As you do you get chatting about this and that and i said i'd heard someone had been catching whitefish right off the landing at a lake where i'd failed to find them yet in the winter(have caught them there in the summer whilst walleye fishing). As it turns out the person who'd got them was him! I said "man...i feel like going fishing now" he says "you going?" ....i says " yeah.....i think i will".....as i say this i take a sideways look to see the reaction on my missus's face, she did not change expression....which means i'm good to go....lol. Al says he's coming along and will show me where he got the whities....an hour later we were unloading my snowmachine at the lake! It litterally is 100 yards out from where you come on the lake, but its a 2 mile rough track in so a snowmobile is a good option. We set up and it was all 6' to 13' FOW. Al said the whities were hitting in that depth the other day....but i drilled a couple holes at the bottom of the drop off and thats where all the fish were today. Did not take long for the first whitefish that hit my Perch Jiggin' Rap that i'd decided to try after finding perch minnows in the whitefish we caught yesterday at a different lake. Second one was a bigger one but snapped me off right at the whole....DARN IT....LOST MY PERCH JIGGIN' RAP....NONE LEFT IN TOWN EITHER!!!! Lost a couple more...they bite so light.....and got 3 in total. It was a little bit weird cuz all Al got was the pike, we were fishing not more than 8' apart at one stage but he did not even get a bite from a walleye or whitefish......but he took it a lot better than i would have...top man! Then the sun started to set and the walleye bite was on fire....nothing over 17" but when the bite is on its great fun....running from hole to hole as both lines were going at the same time. So all in all a great little afternoon session, got my first whitie from this lake through the ice and got a walleye supper each thrown into the deal....SHAAAAAWWEEEEET! Here's the Vid....... GOT OUR WALLEYE SUPPER EACH

Hi All, Finally got out fishing after more than a week, not been doing many reports cuz i aint had anything to report but blanks....not even exciting or informative blanking sessions...had a couple of trout on and snapped off (one real hog....typical). Decided to head to a lake today with my buddy Lew. Lew was running late so i headed off to start drilling cuz i expected to be drilling lots today......we were searching for the numerous Crappie that inhabit this particular lake. I had a couple off sessions when the bite was on fire as they headed to the shallows to spawn last spring, but after the spawn they dissappeared...could not find them all summer or fall. So we decided a while back to come and try finding them on the ice. I read all i could about catching crappie on the ice, and decided given the characteristics of the lake to try around structure in the deep water and look for them suspended. I must have drilled 200 holes today, and we moved locations about 4 times, trying different deep water structure locations (there are only 4 prominent locations like that on this small lake). We did not find or see any crappie at all! In fact we only saw perch, very small perch in all but the first location i drilled. We ended up catching some whitefish....which i'm pretty excited about cuz this lake is pretty close to my house and although i only got 2 i had 2 get off, and many more chasers in a half hour period. Lew caught one on opening weekend last year and we put it down to luck as although they are obviously in the Wabigoon chain of Lakes....they are not so far as i can tell a common or plentiful species to catch...so to see some numbers of them is a pretty cool thing really. There were also a ton of small jackfish caught, and even more small perch...with one nice one at 11". The whitefish were even being very picky today.......we had lots on screen for about half an hour, all suspended around half way up the water column to 5 feet below the ice. I got my biggest one on a plain 1/4 orange/chartreuse jig and minnow, although we tried all the whitefish favourite lures with no takers. I was about to try a jiggin rap in perch pattern when the bite turned off so never got the chance...will definitely try it next time out because when i was cleaning the fish its belly was full of the usual grubs/larvae and snails they eat on Wabigoon but also loads of perch minnows.....check this out...took a pic of one of the perch minnows alongside my jiggin rap..... TALK ABOUT MATCH THE HATCH!!! So a very slow, and tiring day....we did not get what we set out for, but we eliminated some starting points and will try a different approach next time, thats not to say i wont ever try the deep water suspended theory again on this lake....but i'll try something else next time. Here's some video and pics from the day...................... TEAM 5 ON THE BOARD!!!!!!! Gonna hopefully get out for walleye tomorrow...if not some small trout on Thunder Lake. Tight lines all.

Trade the dog in for an auger...

I'm gonna RANT! They gotta nerve really if you ask me! Since this overpriced stuff (which does work...but not as good as live bait as claimed in my experience) everybody has been complaining about the leaky containers. So what do they do...continue selling it in the same lousy container and charge you another $15 to store it properly....pretty clever really I'm peed off enough with Berkely for discontinuing Powerbait Micro tubes and replacing them with those Atomic Tickler thingymabobs (another way to charge you more for less if ya ask me) Oh well....looks good though....might have to invest(again) LOLOL.

Dammit Mike.......you get out more than me! I'm jealous of course....what a laker too! awesome job man.....keep the reports coming. cheers simon

Hey TJSA, this thread was from last year.....some good tips on there. WHITEFISH THREAD

Definitely a nice perch mike....another great report....now go get a proper pike.....lololol...again

Eagle are a subsidiary of Lowrance....the eagle cuda's for example are in exactly the same housing as the Lowrance X67c....just different features. So to answer your question...no....its not an X67c, but depending on which model Eagle it is it could be identical in everything but name. Sounds like someone packed a display model only got mistaken because the Eagles look exactly the same as the x67c...very strange. What model Eagle is it?

Hey motion, i have the x67c, its probably the transducer setting, but also check in 'sonar options' that you have the 'manual mode' box ticked if you have not already.

Great stuff Jay. Dayim....i have to drag my butt off to a good lake soon or i'll go nuts......baby keeping me pretty close to home recently. definitely good to have a few rods rigged as you say......it gets kinda cluttered in my little hut sometimes Real nice eyes....love the lipless rattlin bait in one pic......i have had a trout on mine so far...no walleye seem interested yet....but like the idea off ringing the dinner bell then tricking them to take the smaller hors d'oeuvre...very devious....I LIKE IT!

Hi All, Well its raining ice here today, so cant get anything done outside...let alone go fishing, house is clean...so just spending time with the young boy this morning....he's a real character! Was snapping pics of him goofing around and got these 2 this morning about an hour ago. Just thought the first pic was a classic, lol....that look......watch out ladies! Its just he needs to work on the pucker when going in for the kiss....lololol HE'S GOT THE LOOK NO PROBLEM MIGHT HAVE TO DO A LITTLE WORK WHEN MOVING IN FOR THE KISS....LOL

WOW....$160A MONTH...FOR A FRIGGIN PHONE!!! Do you not realise how many minnows that could buy you, then you could go out fishing without a damn phone bleeping at you all the time....just a thought.

lol...when it comes to fishing i'm the energizer bunny....lol.

Thanks JDS Yeah Jacques...it was awesome to get out with Erika again, and yup...those pike were stuffed to the gills with all the smelt in the Lake. Turns out the Ling was full of eggs. OK...i'll make sure i get some bleeps in on the next one Glen....lol LOL...i like you also get carried away in the moment Mike, dont always get it on film. LOL...you 'veggin' out again you old hippy!

Hi All, I'm very impressed with myself, managed to get this guy, definitely a PB for me....only thing is its a PB smallest ever that was not snagged or coughed up by a pike....lol. I cannot believe how aggressive this little guy was. I was out the front of the house on a supper mission(got some bigger for supper BTW) and was getting lots of 14-15" fish on the screen and biting . This little guy shows on the screen of my fishfinder...now anyone who has a LCD fishfinder on the ice wil know the scenario of the line making a sharp almost vertical run at your bait meaning GET READY TO SET THE HOOK...THIS GUY MEANS BUSINESS! He smacked it, actually felt the bite...lol....could feel it 'fluttering' on the way up but just thought it was my minnow as i had it hooked through the back at the dorsal fin.....lol...after a titanic struggle lasting 0.1 seconds i iced my PB smallest walleye ever. The minnow that was nearly as big as the fish was halfway down its throat, the hook not even in its mouth, which was good as that enabled me to let it go relatively unharmed. I really hope to meet up with that guy again some day 10 years from now, especially if he maintains that feisty attitude. WHAT A BEAUTY! TONS OF ATTITUDE IN A LITTLE BODY

Hi all, the weekend before last i got out with my wife for some fishing for the first time in over a year and a half. Cant wait till this summer now, young Jack is on the verge of taking his first steps without help, so boating should be a breeze with him.....and the way he lets me swing him around now.....he loves it....even my lowly 30hp should be just the kind of adrenaline filled rush activity he seems to enjoy. JACK DID NOT COME WITH US THIS TIME.....BUT HE GAVE MY AUGER THE ONCE OVER TO MAKE SURE IT WAS GOOD TO GO My buddy Lew and his wife Dot also joined us for the short snowmachine ride into Dore Lake. Lew had to use his 4x4 to get in, not the best idea....especially with the deep slush we hit , poor Dot got soaked on the way in, she was refusing to ride back with Lew so i made 2 trips on the way out.....LOL...we abandoned Lew to slug it through the slush in the dark on the way home. The day was nice and sunny but the wind was brutal, luckily we both had shacks, Lew managed to melt part of his with the heater though, and broke a ski off his homemade sled in the slush on the way in....we hoped that the fisahin would make up for that, and we'd done pretty well the last time we went with some nice fat 19" and 20" walleye as well as our regular keeper size. AFTER A FEW MISHAPS...OUR LITTLE VILLAGE ON THE ICE WAS SET UP. We set up on the break in 25' FOW, marking bait fish mid water, nothing fancy set up wise...just 1/8oz jigs and minnows. The stage seemed set for sun to start setting and the walleye to start biting. Well....didn't happen, i got 1 jackfish, my wife caught 2 small walleye (2 walleye more than me...she always outfishes me when we go for walleye) , Lew got a small walleye too and that was it. But the fishing did not matter, we had a laugh with our wifes being out with us , nice also that both of them love to be out on the ice, i know some guys whos wife's would never venture out on the ice. VIDEO OF OUR AFTERNOON ON THE ICE This weekend past Lew and Paul joined me on Big Sandy Lake to try for some Trout and Whitefish. I have done well on this lake a few times, but the last 3 trips were all skunking experiences for me, but i know when you get on the fish...its awesome on this lake....definitely worth another shot. Paul is working for the MNR at present and was doing some fish aging work....he netted that lake and also had high expectations for our day given the size of some of the trout that were in the nets. The day was looking good, weather a balmy +3C!!!! the sunrise that morning overlooking Wabigoon Lake whilst waiting at Pauls house was spectacular too. SPECTACULAR SUNRISE TO GET US UNDERWAY! We had a game plan, basically hit a mid water hump we know...drilling gradually down the slope, if nothing there head to the east shore to a spot i'd done well in, and if nothing showed there, try a point at the southeast tip. We ended up having to move to all three spots. The fish were not biting at all today, we met 2 other people out there and they were having the same experience that day. Well, the whitefish and trout were being shy, but we moved from the first spot because we were being pestered by pike all morning, and there was sooo much smelt swimming around i'm convinced it messed my x67c up, could not get it going well at all , and it worked perfectly the next day on Thunder lake when i took the kids at work out for some trout. Anyway, we tried everything and every combination of lure and bait for the two species, i was the only person to connect with a whitefish...although i lost 2 at the hole. I also had a trout nose my tube jig for about 5 minutes before dissappearing off my screen never to be seen again....lol. All good fun, pike and a FAT ling saved the day! PIKE WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY

Damn...missed this post. anyway...happy 'belated' Bernie!

Great report and pics. I have to say i've seen a lot of final product fry up pics in my time, my own icluded....but that dish you created is by far THE BEST i've ever seen. Presentation is simply awesome!....nothing wrong with being creative....keep watching the food shows...and keep posting those piccies INSPIRATIONAL...looks delicious!

I was wondering when Avery would finally drag you out.....lol As per usual a priceless report. Wow...what an awesome fishing partner you got, i'll say it again....cant wait to get my boy out there. Love the pics...the kiss is superb...but i must be getting old as it took me a while to actually see the perch in your waterproof piccy....lol...must replace the lens in my monacle. Love your reports Ryan.....keep 'em coming. Simon

I'm with Jacques...cant get much better than that. Loving the whitefish reports coming in now....one of my favourite fish to catch through the ice along with Lakers. Thanks for the report....just loading the snowmachine and gear now and heading off in about an hour for whities and trout myself....hope i can do as well as you guys.

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME BILL! I'm heading out in the morning with whities being the target...your report has me really pumped now. done miserably the last 2 attempts at this lake....but when you do find them its awesome on this lake...lots of big lakers too....hopefully i'll find 'em like you guys did.