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great report - good times with good friends. Tequila will do it to ya everytime.

nice. very nice.

No offence taken. We each have different experiences. Me, well, I learned solo - didn't have that experience of someone who knew to teach me. Came to the sport really late. Actually, I am still learning every day, and thanks for your observations. Apparently, I even hold the spinning reel the wrong way? Upside down and like a baitcaster. Works for me so that's all I care about. Guess it will help as I teach myself how to use a baitcaster? Still learning stuff at 5 + decades later. When G and I plan to release, we use gloves and minimize contact. When they look like supper, we pose 'em pretty pretty and introduce them to mini Bautista. Can you guess where those ones ended?

Hey man, what can we say... you wanna play, you gotta go where this fish is.. The way we figured it.. almost same as two back to back trips to our usual O launch, and we banged off more fish in 8 hours than we have in the last 7 outings on O New boat........................Nah, it sucks ...You'll see

Hey Michael - G, the fish eater wanted to keep 4, so we kept 4 of the biggest. I'll have to try a taste and see what they are like. It would take quite a few to make a meal, especially if you trim off down to just the white meat? Thanks Iron man - I have my thoughts on Lake O this year - because it certainly is warm enough now for some spring action to be happening. The alewife die off has been really big his year, and I think the fish are full of easy pickings. Why chase a meal when the buffet is always stocked? That's my story and I'm sticking to it - of course,like you, this is the year I invested a few bucks in trying to get more fishing on O - but such is life, we learn to roll with its little curveballs. Hopefully later this month things will turn around. Starting to see good reports off the North shore the last couple days, but the river to Hamilton still seems void of out typical early season fun, that's for sure.

that camping spot looks prime, great way to get tome r&r and some sweet lakers. Really white flesh on those fillets

Nice! beauty fish on a beauty day

Actually, Lake O is, like, HELLLLOOOOOOOOOO anybody in there? .............................no answer I have fished Leamington once, years ago, on a charter, before I had really got back into fishing. But, necessity is the mother of motivation. So, we made the 2.75 hour pull to Leamington this morning, driving under the Heintz 57 sign on the way. Up at 4:14, and on the road just before 5, we arrived, after rest stops and fruitless stops for worms, around 8. Erie being as she is, the run to 35 FOW took a while and we set up - all alone, but with some indication to warrant the stop. We watched the ferry go by in the distance (sorry for the poor quality ---PAS + me at a distance = not too clear) Shortly after - our first of the day, and G's first Lake E walleye said hello He kept wanting to hold it by the gills, took me forever to get this hold...... Then, well, she was slow for a while. So G took some livewell shots after a bit we got a breeze and things started to pickup. G met his first sheep ... Say "BAAAAAAA" and his first silver bass. We ended up with about 20 silvers, 2 sheepies, a couple nice sized perch and 3 walters. All in all, a good decision to make the ride down that way. Thanks to G. Mech for the heads up on the action down that way. Yes, one of them was mine They sure ain't salmon, but it sure was fun. Over 30 fish for the day

a blow out on the water. Bummer. But was definitely a beauty day to be out. Hopefully you get your stuff back and can drift away another day. Pumpkinseed

love those PA fishin days. I always take G out on the last Friday of school. Your man's got the smile and hold down pretty good!

you did good there Bruce. That little lad has grown up into a fine young man

My family was in the UK at the time (before mine), but I went back to school there for a few years. Memories run deep in our family as well. As child I visited the pill boxes on the shores of the English channel and saw the tank traps. Everyone I knew pretty well lost someone; a father, an uncle. Thanks to all who braved the horrors of that day that we may live as we do today. An important day indeed.

Lake O is still not her normal self for this time of year. Very hit and miss. Fish to be had, but the best results seems to be in the pre daylight hours. The water is still very cold comparatively. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=o&ext=vwt&type=N&hr=00 Good luck if you go, and let us know how it works for ya.

Thanks! may be a doubly busy weekend down there!

closed. definitely less drag.

Just wondering if we have anybody down that way that can tell me if the walleyes have decided to say hello to their local Lake E waters yet. Lake O is still taking in all the cold water the upstream lakes are sending her, and combined with the large alewife die off, she really isn't her usual self for this time of year, so looking for alternatives..

Wow - Simon, not sure what to say beyond - YOU ROCK. That looks like the best day ever. So glad to see you could get Sean out again! Glad to see Sean moves forward every day - keep on truckin'

excellent news. Enjoy the blackfiles....

cool. Looking forward to the write up. Enjoy!

Guy at work bought a Kia wagon. Not sure what model. Apparently to change one set of plugs - you have to lift the motor? Tune ups suck up any savings there.. As for that arrangement you got there Brian - just plain dumb. Design dept didn't talk with the maintenance dept,

congrats, nothing like the line peeling sound of a deep water salmon!. It can get to an expensive addiction, though... just sayin'

sweet! Great fishin' partner you got there. Mine always used to swim out to follow every time I threw the line in unless I kept her under constant watch.

beauty esox - congrats

my, that looks relaxing. so, I guess cedar must keep the bugs away? Or do you have a secret recipe for that? May come in handy in July? But seriously - good on ya man. Maybe you can make a play pen for the up and coming mini-rod-caster?