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Congrats on the great showing Brian. Great to see the boy so proud too, must be a blast in the boat with him. Thanks for the report.

Glad everyone made it in safely, nice job Iceguy.

Good luck this weekend Brian, looking forward to the report.

Sorry for your troubles Matt, hopefully they get fixed up soon by someone capable of providing good service. Thanks for sharing this with us, helps all of us out down the road when looking at our next boat.

Very sorry Basskicker, had to put down 2 of my pets in the last year and it is so hard. It was the same thing though, it is what is best for them so they don't suffer anymore. Sorry for your loss.

happy birthday cliff, have a great day and go land a big one as a present to yourself tonight

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Congratulations. Great looking little man there Clive.

Nice job Cliff, congrats on the first one.

Amazing report, thanks for sharing. Glad you had an incredible time

Nice job smokin, great to see the kids out enjoying the fishing. Sounds like your daughter is a true fisherperson already with the size stretching Nice report, thanks.

Nice job JB, thanks for the report

I'm in CH. Good to see you already tied for first place too, any predictions this year on your finish??

I had never seen a water bomber in action until the Civic Holiday weekend at the French River. There were 2 fires burning around our island there and this water bomber was flying right over the cottage getting loads and going and dumping them. He did about 8 or 9 passes in total. It was quite amazing watching this pilot as he seemed to be missing the trees and roof of the cottage by about 5 feet every pass. We had a little scare though as our aunt was coming back to the island - she came around another island headed to the cottage as the pilot was beginning his run to load with water. Fortuneately, she saw him and was able to quickly get out of the path. Here are some of the videos we shot of him. This is one we took as we were on the water, we thought the air show was over and went fishing. He reappeared as we were heading down the river. Hopefully they can do some good over there and help get the fires in control.

Congratulations Kirk. Looking forward to the pics.

Once bass season closes you have from November to Late June every year to practice Brian, don't give up on your dream. Anatz - like others have said, if you are addicted to something, fishing is a great addiction to have.

Clive, I really have no idea but if the Queen does own the land my house is on, I wish she or Chuck would drop over once and awhile to cut the grass. Would free up more time for me to go fishing

Nice job JB, thanks for the report.

Wow, that is horrible news lunker. Deepest condolences to you and your family. Also, our thoughts and prayers for a quick and painless as possible conclusion to this for your uncle.

LOL, yes. I have pretty much resigned myself to being outfished by them but still a great time anyways. Its fun now just sitting back and watching them do their stuff.

We took him to the Dominican in January and he came back whiter than when he left so tanning is not his strong suit LOL

Nice job CC. Great to see reports from ya again, thanks for sharing.

We had planned to spend the long weekend in Rideau Ferry this year but some business issues with my brother prevented that. We decided to make the best of it, make some alternate plans and head back up to my aunts cottage on the French River (I am very lucky to have these choices of vacation spots to pick ). We loaded the truck and boat, hit the road at 2am Friday, were in Noelville to pick up groceries at 8am and on the island by 10am. Time to relax, fish, enjoy some beers and spend time with the family. Typical day: Get up, wake up kids, go fishing, come in and eat breakfast, go fishing, come in and eat lunch, go fishing, come and in and eat dinner, go fishing, come in and eat something (yes I am big and fluffy), lose at some type of game to the kids, go to bed. Next day - repeat. Sadly no big toothy critters to report but we did have an amazing time. Trip pretty much went like this: I spend alot of time fishing with my son Ryan but also with my daughter Jess. This year things have really come together for her and I think for the 2nd trip in a row she outfished all of us. She has developed the patience to be a good fisherman, enjoys the time in the boat and is landing fish Her first pike that she got her hands on and a picture of (she was very very proud) Ryan again took his buddy Tyson with us and they landed some nice fish too Ryan doing his best Johnny Bass (he has an incredible Lew ready for his first Muskie picture Of course being 15 and self appointed King of the Fishing World, he still has his moments such as catching his hat And, well, um, very nearly something else (His sister seems way too overjoyed at his misfortune) He and Tyson with a nice shore lunch He and I after him giving me another fishing lesson The kids decided that they wanted to learn to clean fish this trip - was very nice to have the help Jess just realizing what she volunteered for Ryan getting right in there Spent a ton of time in the boat just admiring the beauty of the French River, pictures don't fully capture it but it is truly amazing. It was great having the kids pointing things out and seeing them just sit and take it in. We are very lucky to live so close to such beauty. Good to see other things thriving up there as well - here is a loon family out for a day on the water, momma, poppa and 2 little loons - looks like momma was getting ready to feed the kids with a little Bluegill lunch. Finally we also had a little excitement on Sunday with our own private air show. There were 2 brush fires burning around our island so this fella made an appearance He certainly made his presence felt as he went over the cottage 5 or 6 times, seemingly only about 10 feet above the roof (I don't know how to imbed a video but here is the link to him flying over - sorry about the rambling commentary) Hard to capture the full effect of him flying that close over head but it was something to see, hear and feel. Finally, tried to vary things up a bit and did some kayaking with Jess who had just returned from a 10 day kayaking trip around Georgian Bay. To sum up, I suck at kayaking and ended up, after leaving camera range, tipped right over and had to swim back to shore towing the kayak and carrying in my hat, sunglasses and pride (sorry for the language and yes those are my girly screams) It went downhill after this, I tipped, I swam and towed, I kayaked back hauling about 100 gallons of water inside the kayak and I have vowed never ever to fish from one of those (I now have a much deeper admiration of those of you who do) That is probably it for my trips up there this year (unless a last minute fall trip is thrown together ). Had another great time with the kids and wife Cindy and they should have some great memories of it like I do.

Great job Sam, very nice fish and congrats to Laurie on her first bass.

Nice job Maureen, sounds like you had a great day with the boys.