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life's yin and yang touches us all; a superb spring report. Thanks for taking the time to put that together.

sweet ride. Love the rod storage ideas they have in the new editions. Me thinks you'll be slimed in no time

wow, looks like a great time. Fantastic photos - that one of the Cedar Waxwing givin' her - awesome.

nice shootin' Dave. Early corn on the cod season the year

launch at Glen Morris, run down to Paris. Takes 2 - 4 hours depending on where and how often you stop (and the wind). Easy stretch and no special regs. Done it many a time and had a blast.

nothing like a quick outing with a high score ; nice

sweet. at one a day, you can head back in on Friday for a refil

get a ceramic tile and a cutter. cut strips to fit

Wow. Great news on the tower climb, but the rest - I really was hoping that wasn't the reason this post was back up to the top again. My family's thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Nice fish. Hoping to meet a few like that on my trip up to Nipigon this year.

best catch of the day ... the smiles of our kids as they display their catch - cool report

They're still there........ It was a blast actually - lots of hooks on the screen, I thought for sure with the rain coming we would have had a cracker jack day - but that's the way it goes some days. I had a blast watching you (I've got bottom.... no it moved... oh that's a BIIIIG fish, slow the boat down...), and listening to you show G how to work the knuckle duster with that pig down there was funny, - a slight quiver in the voice.... and a firm hand on the pin . How did you like that trick release? It randomly releases until you put an elastic on it, then, it wont let go for the rest of the day, not matter what. They're special order from Scotty So, what was that secret scent that made the fish bite your rod, but not mine even when we had the same lure at the same depth? Some Newfie kiss that gets passed from father to son?

that looks like a great day. Looking forward to some multi species days starting soon

Great to finally meet you Brian - and thanks for taking the time to show us your waters on a wet and windy Sunday . Sure am glad I had that stand up - sorry its about 2 feet too short for the third man in the boat : Now your turn to come down to our lake and see what we can show you. Hopefully G will be a bit more of his normal self - usually he is pretty well non stop chatter box. Those sleepless sleep overs do it to the guy every time. wasn't sure if this was the one you landed or last, until the give away

I've had a lot of success with the Rebel crayfish. A real deal at 7.99 for a few inches of plastic with hooks , but I can't say how it fishes compared to the live target one. I struggle to pay their prices, even with the CTC cash

Congrats, can't say I'm surprised you got published - that was an awesome report, filled with great shots. A trip for my ever growing bucket list.

awesome trip. but man if I ate that much everyday for a week I'd need to bring another set of clothes to travel home in. "And this year's feature: The Culinary Angler On Wabakimi Lake"

Cool start to the season. That one pic where you're holding the sign - looks like one of those "boat control PITA days". Great fishing, but man fighting the wind and waves all day, just a pain.

G and I headed down bright an early Saturday to be greeted by some of the freakiest weather I have seen on the big lake. Despite how it looked, there was no hint of the humidity that usually warns of something undesired coming We set up and started our search, by 10:30 we had been on the water four almost 6 hours and had nothing in the boat. We had several hits, some that came halfway to the boat, some that came all the way along side, and even one case where we got a double header - one spit it out half way and one along side ??? We decided to hit my fave spot and shop over the lunch break - a time we almost always tag something. I saw a few pieces of debris on the water and some fish feeding on the surface. Headed in, and as the core went through it some 300+ feet later the rod bent. G brought our first fish aboard, a small Coho. We sailed back through and got another hit - this one sailed clear of the surface by a couple feet, looked over at us waved, and spat the hook. We went over one more time and hooked again, and another small Coho came aboard. We ended the day with three small Cohoes out of 13 hits in almost 9 hours. If we were ball players, we would have been sent down to the minors after a showing like that. As we were finished putting one of the hooks away and getting ready to set up again, I looked at the screen and saw the biggest hook I have ever seen. Took up almost 1/2 of my split screen on the Elite 5. After waking up at 3:00 on Saturday and racking up some pretty low numbers, we decided Sunday would be a more leisurely approach. My internal alarm struck at 5:00 we were on the road by 5:45. Looking at the weather I said "G, this is gonna be a whole different game today - different colours, different speeds, different rods are gonna hit" (only the lead core scored on Saturday). By 7:30 we were on the water and set up. By 8 the first fish was having his teeth cleaned ; The weather was indeed a different day - a comparison shot G and I proceeded to go 8 for 12 in 4.5 hours. We had another double header - I was bringing in the dipsey and a rigger fired. By the time I passed the dispey to G the rigger fish was gone. Then the dispey fish spat it as we switched back? AGAIN? WTH? including this one G brought in. This one fought at the back of the boat for more than 10 minutes, running each time I came close. G forgot the lesson from last years tank he brought in: "Dad, my b***s are sore, I had put the rod between my legs to help fight that one" - We got an eater or two and saw a beauty day on the water. All in all - a great weekend, and hopefully the sign I have been waiting for. cheers.

big fish