limeyangler

LOLOL...i chickened out...i couldn't watch the whole thing!

Some of you may well know this little ditty already....but i stumbled upon it while surfing the net tonite. I just found it inspirational and uplifting during a difficult period in my life 15 years ago....and re-reading it now brought the same comfort and hope it did back then. I'm not an overly sentimental/romantic/religious/melodramatic person.....but this just lifts my spirits....thought i'd just throw it out there to all you folks. DESIDERATA Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

barracuda and sailfish.

lol...you might not think this is a problem...lol...but....i have almost the opposite occur whenever i'm in winnipeg...either of the three big stores there. my wife actively encourages me to buy stuff because "we wont be up for a while" . Problem is we really dont have the money to throw around....and i feel to guilty and irresponsible to do it....usually

Welcome new member...from another relatively new member

Hey Rob, I bought my Jiffy Lightning gas auger there last year. Not online but at the actual store in winnipeg. Being completely new to Canada and ice fishing back then i needed no crap advice on what auger to buy that would suit my needs. A lot of the other stores were trying to sell me the big all singing and dancing 3hp 10" blade ones, and were not really answering my questions. The guy at the Fishin' Hole took me through the pros and cons of all the sizes and makes, and really listened to what i was saying. He suggested the 2hp jiffy Lightning, told me not to bother with the other one despite the fact he could've made an extra $200 selling me the other ones he had in stock. So although i have not purchased anything on-line from them....i would certasinly recommend the Winnipeg branch to anyone! Simon

awesome pike! through the ice? must have been fun!

The cheeks from the big girl got eaten...dont really bother with anything smaller than that, i have been kown to fry the belly fins too, but i'm kinda spoiled and usually dont bother with the extra couple of seconds work

thanks for the replies guy. Clampit, i have both red dace and chubs in my bucket at themoment, some of the dace look like they have been painted!!!! the red stripes on them are really amazing.

Holy #@$% That is a big perch. 10/10 for toughin it out in the freezing conditions.

Lakers and Whitefish for me

I measured upto 8 inches, nowhere i drilled was under 5 inches.....all black ice too. Just in case you are thinking of trying....the Burr Lake i'm talking about is in NW Ontario.....near Dryden....way up here near the Winnipeg border

Hi Y'all, Got out for a coule of hours today, went back to Burr Lake to see if there were any bigger walleye to be had than the last time we tried. Within 10 minutes of setting 2 lines down i had two pike on the ice Lots of fish on the sonar, most of it very small perch, but some bigger customers showing interest...but no takers. That s untill i swapped jigs for plain hook with sall split shot 6" up the line and just let the minnow swim around and was rewarded with a small walleye. As the sun started to set the weather improved The perch stopped sniffing the bait and started to bite more agressively....got through a lot of minnows in 15 minutes....lol Not many bigger fish showing on the sonar...so went out further despite convention to go shallow as light fades.......and was rewarded with another small walleye, one 17" and one just under 20". The bigger one was reallly fat, thought it mght have a perch in its gut, but turned out to be full of eggs!!! Was good to see there are plenty of larger fish to be had in Burr.......i'm gonna work my way down the logging road now and try Ingall Lake...followed by Pickerel Lake. Plan to expand my horizons again this winter and get to at least 5-10 new lakes i have not fished, i'd better hurry up and buy a snowmobile!!! Tight lines all!

Thats a grerat fishless report guys...die hard is an understatement.. lol....i cant believe you mananged to launch that boat with just a car in all that snow...CONGRATS...just for that. Great pictures too

LOLOLLOLOL Michael Jackson sold Neverland and downsized

Great fish ya got there. TY for sharing.

Nice report Cliff. Really cool water pics BTW...shame about the 10 or so stalkers out with ya....lol. I cant believe you dont like ice fishing! I have seen so many reports now of BOQ icefishing...i would be out there everyday....lol. I bet ya 35 cents you go ice fishing this year! I'm guilty of that too

AWESOME! Was waiting to see the results of your trip on a thunder bay forum I'm the newbie from Dryden 'vishuscirquel'. Sooooo.....when ya gonna take me out and teach me how to fish for brookies....or are those speckles....or is it the same thing?

Great job sean! the bit i like the best...apart from all the obvious fish porn....lololol....the fish filleting on the back of the truck.

Darn thats looks good......great job Its left me feeling even more useless.....i spend too much time fishing....soooooooooo many jobs outstanding up here. HEY......great idea.....you should visit up here with us Glen I had to laugh......i could not help thinking that bare spot would not be a problem up here in November....hide it with 4 feet of snow

Thats great Rich! I've never even seen a roe bag.....but great idea! Do you use hair rigs as well? I know that is a common method back in england/europe.

LMAO...great post I love the pic of the 'local loser' hangin over the railings.

A lot of the locals i have met here can't believe i'm out on the ice already...lol. I think part of the reason people dont ice fish this early is because the hunting is so good. Another reason i think may play a part is that people use snowmachines or have iceshacks....i would not want to drag an icehut out yet....and a snowmachine might just be ok by next week. Lol....the guy in our bay i noticed this morning has dragged his icehut out this morning......but the back bay has been frozen for nearly a month now.

Hi Y'all, Yup got out again ;D This time we hit Burr Lake....a smallish lake with easy access off a logging road. I was with my buddies Dave and Chuck....first time both of them have joined me...usually one or the other. The guys had been calling me crazy since last week....but I persuaded them it was safe, we had PFDs and ice picks...and I would go first...just make sure ya pull me out if I go through....lol. As it turned out there was tons of ice, up to 6 1/2", thinnest was 3 1/2"......but all good black ice. We had never fished this lake before...but heard there are walleye in it.....that’s good enough for us!!!! We hit the lake about 10:30 am. I went out first with PDF and ice pics, drilled the first hole and was pleased to find 6" of good black ice. I went back with Chuck to get our gear....when we got back...Dave....yeah the guy who says I’m crazy for going out early....this guy is 250lb.....is on a mission half way out on the lake drilling as if he was looking for oil.....not so nervous now eh Dave? DAVE ON A MISSION ONCE OUT THERE CHUCK RELAXED A BIT TOO We stayed at the first spot for about an hour. We did not get any bites at all. I did not see anything on my sonar either. We were almost in the middle of the bay and only reading 12' fow max. We decided to head around the corner to a rock point Chuck had been told about, apparently there is god fishing around the point during the summer. Before we knew it, Dave had picked up the auger and was offski!.....lol....He wasn't waiting up either, mind you Chuck and I were not too upset that he was blazing the trail...we kept close to his footprints. DAVE IS OUTTA HERE!....HEY DAVE....WAIT UP! It was about a mile walk in the end.....but not difficult because there was only around 2 cm of snow, and I coulda walked another 3 miles as it was such a fantastic warm (-2) sunny day. We got to the rock point and did the usual line of holes from shallow out deeper. It was a very steep drop off.....only about 2 yards out from shore it was 16' deep.....gradually dropping off from there to around 25' fow. There was a bay off to one side...which became fairly shallow....flanked by some weeds I could see on the Lowrance...perfect...rock...weed....deep...shallow...sand......GOTTA BE SOME FISH HERE! Wasn't long before I hooked into a small Pike. We noticed there was a track leading up from the shore.....and we could hear when a truck went by and realised it was a short 50yard walk to the road....so I set off back to get the truck. Of course when I got back I had another larger Pike take my other line. GOT A SMALL PIKE RIGHT OFF THE BAT ON THE WAY BACK TO GET THE TRUCK I SNAPPED A COUPLE OF SCENERY PICS>>>>IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY! OF COURSE THIS GUY TOOK MY LINE WHEN I"M NOT THERE! IT went quiet for a bit after that. I was seeing a lot of action on the sonar....looked like perch...with the odd bigger fish swimming through. I had some tiny perch type jigs with me so I thought I’d test my hypothesis...lol...yup....perch.....I played around catching small fish for about twenty minutes before my rod close to shore nearly went through the hole...another pike. Not long after that I got another couple of pike. We were beginning to wonder where the walleye were when Dave hooked into the first...small...but good enough for eating...today anyway. IT WAS PERCH AFTER ALL A COUPLE MORE PIKE FOR ME IT WENT QUIET FOR A BIT THEN FINALLY A WALLEYE....NICE ONE DAVE!!! Dave then started to out fish us....as in he was the only one catching walleye. Then Chuck started catching walleye too....lol......I kept getting pike...after pike after pike.....funny how it goes sometimes. As the sun started to set the bite increased.....I finally got 3 walleye in quick succession.,....as did chuck and Dave......we had to put back a lot of small ones but managed to get our limit in the end. I WAS GETTING PIKE AFTER PIKE <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/k12.flv"> <embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://i263.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/vishuscirquel/k15.flv"> CHUCK HAD A PIKE AND SOME WALLEYE AT SUNSET THE WALLEYE BITE PICKED UP All in all a great day on the ice...perfect weather...good friends and fish...what else can ya ask for(don’t answer that). My wife was really pleased to see me when I got home....so were the cats...but I don’t think its caused they missed me...just that I had supper....and man was it good! ALL IN ALL A GREAT DAY ON THE ICE MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! YUM! EVEN BERT OUR CAT WAS STUFFED>>>>HE JUST COLLAPSED ON THE COUCH IN FRONT OF THE TV AFTER A GOOD FEED OF WALLEYE

men can be nurses too right? wishing you a speedy recovery rick, Best wishes Simon