Rod Caster

hahaha after I read the post I looked at your photo closer...that is funny! Good job guys. Must be nice and quiet that time of day on the ice.

WTG on the crappie...looks like a good time man.

Cool fish tv and good song.

Great post! Awsome year

So cool to see smelt through the ice... I was just thinking about the upcoming smelt season. Are you just marking the baitfish (smelt) and using small bait to catch em? Are they aggressive?

looks like fun! I got out today for the first time today...felt good to be on the ice!

Those are registrations, not accidents

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Holy buck! nice fish

I suppose I should reiterrate and say major accidents. From what I've seen most hwy closures that are due to collisions involve tractor trailers. For example the four highway closures on Hwy 11 earlier this week and the one I'm cleaning up right now. If you include all, minor or major accidents, then yes, there would be a whole bunch more non trucks involved. But do they have to follow the Quebec snow tire law?

You gonna bring ten dozen minnows Blair? Bring one 10" sucker incase there is a big pike hanging around.

In quebec do they make Tractor trailers use winters?? There is the bulk of your accidents.

Black electrical tape works wonders to fix that problem

Come join our get together in Feb!! your more than welcome and will get lots of tips. I'd suggest buying a basic ice fishing rod and reel setup for jigging and one or two tip ups for live bait setups. Any simple tip up design will do for Nipissing walleye. 6 or 8 lbs test will do just fine for Nipissing as well. I've done really well jigging with 1/4 oz knuckleball jigs head with 4" white, chartreuse or pink twister tails. Hook and minnow work well for tip ups. Don't forget the warm clothing!

Nice try man. You sure like a challenge. Good luck with the steelies.

Perfect! I've got a 4x4 now ( I feel so darn special ) so i'll volunteer driving people to the holes from shore if need be.

zero visibility is zero visibility no matter where you reside. I got caught in a high speed wall of snow in Alert Nunavut a few years ago and I know that there is nothing you can do but wait it out. I feel bad for the people caught on that highway near Sarnia. The only thing I'd blame "southern ontario people" for is cutting down all the trees on the side of the highway....It's called a wind fetch people...trees are good for many things other than building stuff.

Dallas could probably score the whole Marlies team if they present the trade to Burke with a good powerpoint slideshow loaded with strong fonts and cascading words.

+1

Calling all perch and walleye fans!

Looks like a nice day out there! You're lucky the ice was thick enough on that lake. In New Liskeard, lake temiskaming is still open, but like you said the bigger lakes stay open longer, especially with the strong winds we've had.

Not as dense as lead or tungsten but a great idea none the less. I considered making these a while back but got distracted by non-rock things.

Why Simon? Why? You sure are maximizing your ice fishing time! I like your drive. I use a Trilene knot sometimes for fluorocarbon...seems to hold quite well.

Are you kidding?

Nice fish and great report!! Do you (or anyone else) keep the fish out of BOQ to eat or do you consider them too big and possibly over-contaminated?