Rod Caster

wow! great fish and great shots! I think I'm going to try that slip float/spinner trick in my local brookie river next time

Hahaha. You can always try plentyoffish.com

For conservation related work, try applying to various regional Conservation Authorities, for example the North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority... although their work isn't very cutting edge, it's still in the industry. Insurance related environmental work has great potential for good money, it's a bit difficult to actually find the jobs though, they are not posted very often and are typically lucrative or fleeting. This type of work would be more client based and less research based. With your finance/environmental law background, you might fit right in. (although insurance work usually requires a certain personality type) Going out west or far north would probably give you the best head start in a career and it would pay good money. This is what I did and it worked out very well for my career. Apply to jobs in Alberta, Sask, BC or Nunavut and I can bet you'll be suprised how many responses you get. As an example, try the www.wbea.org website... might give you ideas into interesting genres of environmental work you'd typically find in industrialized areas in Northern Canada. Have you considered bio/soil treating-remediation companies? There are many cutting-edge companies in your area of Ontario working on very interesting projects. This could easily lead into projects all over canada or the world....this is still a lucrative and growing market. Check out the Toronto waterfront project. As someone in the soil-remediation business, soil recycling will be the next big thing in Ontario if it ever gets started (like they have in Halifax). They always need smart guys like you with good credentials. A half hour on google will lead you to many company websites; ones you would have never heard of otherwise. http://news.waterfrontoronto.ca/2010/06/waterfront-toronto-unveils-plans-for-a-pilot-soil-recycling-facility-that-will-set-new-environmental-sustainability-standards/ Laboratory analysis/interpretation might be another avenue; be it for companies like Maxxam or consulting-type firms. Even oil or mining companies who have in-store labs...Refineries for examples... Good luck! (move west, move west!! hahaha)

Beautiful lake and super nice owners!!

I'm mostly free this weekend, send me a text

Awsome Luc! Good to see back on OFC. Congrats on placing in all those tourneys!

Don't wanna take away from what sounds like a great place to stay, but its not a private lake, very few of those, if any, along the Hwy 11N corridor. No public boat launch and under-fished may be a better way of putting it

Its a bit more upscale than most fishing resorts which can be a good thing. The fishing is pretty good in that lake, huge walleye and pike in there and not very much pressure

Quality fishing is certainly in the eye of the beholder

No prob, I'll take Trouty's idea then. The wife will get a laugh out of that.

This is from a Fenwick Highlander. Any worth to you?

I keep hearing about a "cork shortage", and it seems to be reflected in the reduction of full-cork rod handles on the market. Does anyone on the board have use for old cork handles from broken/used fishing rods?? This goes for for any rod/reel parts actually. I'd gladly save a few of these and ship them out. I'm not sure if cork can be refurbished or recycled, but I'd rather save someone $ and reuse something that is potentially useful than just keep throwing things out.

love the sunset sequence, and those bows look like bullets with their small heads and long bodies. Nice outing Will et. al.

Heard the same thing about walleye limit changing to 2 fish sport license on Nipissing this winter.

... Et ca commence... Haha I know you know where to get blue walleye (whistling)... I think you may have already caught one! My" realistic" list: Big laker (10+lbs) Any musky, when I get the right gear. Gar from nipissing. Aurora trout. Inland rainbow

Really enjoyed that... Thanks!

Sounds heavenly! An 8lbs walleye is a beast in my books. Nice stringer by the way...never seen one like it. I always reach for the coldest beer in the fridge, unless it's a budweiser

great catch. Looks bigger than 10lbs to my eyes.... man, your cottage is in an ideal location!

Wow, nice fish man! I can see that lake treats you well

Thanks for all the replies! I was hoping you'd comment on the painting. Thanks Yup, I'm happy to have things back to normality, even with a relatively small wedding it took a lot out of us. Your more than welcome at my fishing grounds Joey, you usually practice catch and release anyway Thanks! Haha, thanks!

I'm gonna guess and say that those rainbows were actually speckles?? I've never heard of any stocking of rainbows in creeks/rivers in this area.

Thanks! What's your schedule like this week? My canoe is already loaded and ready to go...maybe meet near Temagami? Send me a PM. She is the best catch of them all. (the wedding and reception were loaded with fishing jokes like that haha)

Well, it's over. Not only my life as a "single" man, but the various wedding activities have officially concluded. To keep it simple, everything went extremely well. No America's Funniest Video moments, no bridezilla and a relatively low amount of stress for those in the wedding party. My dad made me a painting which he gave at the wedding ceremony.... cue the man-tears of gratitude. The honeymoon had two parts. 1- Sir Sam's Inn Haliburton.-----what a place. The food was something to behold, as was the scenery and the general ambience of the Inn. Pampering ourselves like this is not something Sarah and I will do often, so it was a real treat to get fancy food, water spas, massages, tennis etc etc. Not only is there a fantastic selection of lakes and fishing in the Haliburton County, but the County roads are a real pleasure to drive, especially with a car with decent acceleration, grip and good tires (not so good anymore). I had a blast carving the roads! Here are a few pics Even got into a few nice bass, even with my very limited fishing. A couple people at the Inn told me that Eagle Lake had bad fishing. 4 bass near or over 4lbs, right off the shore (one in the boat looking for lakers), in a total of 1 hour of fishing says otherwise. 2-Cutting a trail to a remote lake------ I won't be seeing anyone on/near this trail anytime soon. On the last day of the honeymoon after coming back to North Bay, Wifey and I blasted our way through the bush looking for a suitable camping spot, something we can use in the future as well. We pinpointed a very quiet and VERY dense area of the bush that was perfect for a secret camping spot. We cleared, raked and shovelled a tent pad, set up and then launched the canoe into this small walleye lake. I've fishing this lake twice before, the results being some very nice "blue walleye". After our trip on Friday, it is now my favorite lake!! To say it exceeded my expectations is an understatement. Everything about this lake speaks to me.... I will be be back. As we slowly drift over "the spot", I say to Sarah: "my jig is hitting boulders". She replies saying she's snagged. "Honey, that snag is swimming away with your jig". This was the first and biggest fish of the evening. Caught in 12 fow, lots of boulders on bottom in a saddle that spans with width of the lake and drops off to 20 fow on both sides. As the evening progressed, the action was steady with a few big fish mixed in. I was catching walleye on husky jerks, large grubs, spoons...and if I had my topwater popper (Dana!!!!) I'm sure I could have hooked into a topwater walleye. I could see them rising all around me, very slowly, but clearly very hungry. All the fish were very dark, with bright yellow bellies and blue slime. This lake is a gem in the rough-bush. We left the lake early yesterday morning and made our way back to reality, were we had to attend our fairly large reception. We got a ride in a 1937 Packard from a family friend!! Awesome car.... for some reason he would not let me drive Anyway, that's that. I'm probably taking a couple days off this week, so I should have some more fishing tales to share before I'm back to the grind of work. Cheers Chad

I fished some Haliburton smallies for the first time last week and also quite well. A few 4 pounders and I was a happy man. All caught using 4" grubs with jig heads, very slow retrieve, lots of pauses.

I did well last night too, but nothing close to 32"!! What a catch.