Whopper

Well now , welcome back Dustin

Roger I don't believe Dustin returns until this weekend, I'm looking forward to his report also always a good read

A yellow marker buoy! It does better than catch fish it catches fisherman....more meat!

The Jen system works the best! Good advice Jen

Good report dawg! bout time you got off the couch

Lew shouldn't you be musky fishin? Must be aweful rough if your not out there

Just trying to help a brother out! I'll edit mine so there is no evidence

Great report & pic's! Glad you had a wonderful time! Congrats on the wedding and Good Luck! Whopper

mattyk I'm with you on this one! Remarkable fish Congrats Matt to your bud!

Good report Matt! Any day with Lew in the boat is a good day! Lew's partners did well this weekend

Good report Pete! Thanks for sharing!

Mmmmm fresh walleye.... I share your pain!

Good pics Dan!

Atta boy GCD

I don't plan any trip around the wind. As far as the east bite the least deal...., well I know about ten people that proved that one wrong last Sunday. Go Fishing period! lol Lew we were typing at the same time

Good report Jason! Been there done that with the trailer thing so I know how ya feel. Glad you had a good time! Whopper

Don to answer your question about cost for winterizing, here locally (Southwestern Ohio) it cost anywhere from $85 to $150, and for that you get the engine fogged, block drained, oil changed and outdrive fluid replaced. I do my own cause I like to tinker with it and besides my time it probably cost me $35.00. Cheers Whopper

Here's a link to a report from last weekend. looks at the pics and you may be able to figure out the program http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10530 Good Luck! Whopper

You'll get more room inside a 17ft boat with an outboard than an I/O and you can run the outboard in much colder weather because you won't have to worry about water freezing up after you pull it out of the water, where as an I/O you'll have to drain all the water after unless you have a closed water system that has anti freeze. Another advantage is depending on the size of the motor is that I/O's do not like to troll at low speeds without some modifications. Fuel I don't know about, I probably get better fuel consumption out of my 4cylinder 130 horse Volvo Penta I/O than I did with my 75 horse outboard on a smaller/less weight bass boat. My next fishing boat will have a 4 stroke outboard

Thanks for the kind words folks!

Jeesh Lew go ahead keep rubbing it in will ya

LOL Ah young grasshopper welcome to my world Cheers

Great report FHR! Bluefish are my fish of choice for catching off the piers in FLA. Although they don't get as big down there as they do up north they are great fighters. I had a 3 pounder about five years ago try to remove my right thumb while trying to unhook it, it was like a pitbull. I never kept them for table fair until someone asked me to keep a few for the BBQ, bled them right away and kept them on ice, fired them up on grill a couple hours later and they were delicious. Thanks for sharing! Whopper

Good Luck DK! May the fishes be with you Whopper

Well finally found the time to put our report, first of all I would like to thank everone in attendance. My son and I had a great time and hopefully we can do this again. Pulled in to Lakair Thursday morning the 16th about 6:45am and was greeted a few minutes later by Lew. Lew had a nice campfire waiting for us. Set up camp and off for a couple hours fishing. I was really anxious to have my son PJ experience the West Arm of Lake Nipissing and what it had to offer. The first morning fishing session was kind of slow and I wasn't on my game missed the first three bites and had a pike bite off, my son had two fish on (bass) in the first fifteen minutes and lost both, come to find out he had left the hook protector on his spinnerbait After a couple hours we went back to the campground to greet the Mistyriver clan and to get a nap in. Next trip out on the water my son and I took Corey with us to hunt some fish, things started a little slow but then I managed to put about a 30" pike in the boat then shortly there after Corey says I've got one. Turns out to be a first for my boat ever, Corey cry's out "It's a musky" too cool. I help him land the fish and I get the honors of the release. I can not believe at this point I do not have my camera in the boat, the dam thing has been attached to my hip for the last two years None the less it was a nice small ski that was well marked and was off to fisht another day. Friday weather was real interesting, got ran off the lake three different occasions with lightning, thunder and rain. Friday afternoon also brings Cory, Heather and Jess to the festivities, great to meet them and hope it's not the last. Next up it was Corey's younger Ben to share the boat with us. Ben is like the engergizer bunny and handles himself well with a rod and reel. Ben has a small problem though his rod tip keeps coming off so it's rod repair 101 and I show the boys how to repair a rod right on the spot, ten minutes later and the rod is as good as new. Had a good time with Ben in the boat even though we had a little mishap that I'm still try to recover from Saturday bring a couple more people to the dance in form of Raf and JP. It was great seeing them again and they were awesome with the young men of the group. Who's says this guy never smiles JP putting on a casting clinic at the dock for Corey and PJ Saturday also brings Don & Ruth Fast forward to Sunday, I get the pleasure of having Jim fish with me on Sunday morning and after some great advise and finally listening to Cory (as you can tell Cory I can be a little stuborn at times ) Jim catches his first ever sheepshead. I was a little reluctant to net the fish for him because I told Jim it's kind of like the banana thing, at Erie we don't like the sh..head slime while fishing for walleyes and at this point I didn't need any bad luck if we were going to boat some fish. Well the exact opposite happened Sunday ended up being out best day on the water. While fishing with Jim I caught numerious walleye and a few perch that were returned to the lake. Back in to get my son for the catching because at this point he had not landed a fish and that was my whole goal of the trip. Sunday was an awesome day spent in the boat with my son and kind of made the trip for us. One of a few slot walleye I caught that returned to the water My son and I had twice had doubled up on the walleye er "pickeral" then a little double on some small perch on the same rig. PJ and Corey with few small walleye and some perch for a snack. A few senic pics This trip was more than a quest to catch fish, it was a chance to spend some quality time with my son, to enjoy the great outdoors, to spend some time with long distance friends and to meet some fine new people. We ate well, the beer was cold and the campfires were warm. Again thanks to all that share this experience with PJ and I we had a blast Cheers Whopper PS A special THANKS to Kevin & Leslie! They run a very nice lodge/camp, one of the nicest I've had the pleasure of staying at!