Rod Caster

Thanks, I'm really loving it here, workdays cannot end soon enough.I'm on a dead end and have one neighbor within 500 meters and none to the east, north or south of my house. I saw three cars pass by my house last week haha.

Gorgeous morning y'all! First witness of frost for me. Great morning view from my 'man loft'. That's a speck I caught in my back yard last night...she was full of eggs and swam away without concern.

Looks like fun haha

Great update. Best of luck to Mr.Jack @ school...wow!!!! You've got a great looking place there, hope you got the roof done before any rain.

Great catch indeed. I'd love to get into some of those...

"Can you please post a picture of your "rubber boat""

A Nipigon brookie on a Nipigon spoon...NICE!

Oh man, that must feel great getting out there! Looks like another great trip

Can't believe you missed that Triploid Bass! Since I've been trying hard this last year, my 'big' lake trout comes to mind. Get on the ice, drill a couple holes, drop the line, line stops at 10 foot mark...huh????... reel up slack line, huge weight, rolls a few times, fish gone. Fish for 10hrs catch nothing, come back four times, catch nothing. I lose. haha.

Tell the wife you 'call' top bunk. Looks comfy, but I'd have to trial one first before I'd commit to such a bit change.

We could be onto something here guys. I suggest some early spring PM's to get this rolling.

Bring your waders and or insulated water boots. I think the best way to cover water on this river is by foot. Lots of liftovers and rocky areas.

Great intro, welcome aboard. That looks like one heck of a good breakfast!

Thanks for the kind replies everyone Brad, where would the big ones go during the summer/fall? The closest lakes are many kilometers away both upstream (much smaller lots of dams) and downstream (more natural dams). I was thinking I'd just have to work hard to them, or find the deep holes. There are definitly a lot of small ones in there, I seen at least a dozen jumping out of the water hitting flies....oh, and there is lots of room on the bank for fly casting!

Smashin brookies with the Abu Specialist! Nice work, great catch

Great day for sure! I found it so funny how out-of-touch we both were with our fishing.... I sort of felt like those people who get bored after not catching for 10 minutes...hence the jig/worm combo hanging off the boat for the last hour hahaha. None the less, I had a great time and FINALLY seeing a fish from that lake was a BONUS!

yup, that's something else!

great scenery indeed! nice find

Swimmers itch in Nipissing too. Drying quick or showering quick might stop them from burrying into your skin. A couple days of pain and it's over. No see ums are my worst enemy!!!

Hey Team, I haven't been posting as many summer fishing reports this year due to acquiring a new house/property, but I still visit the site often; there's been some great posts and topics lately! The learning curve is steep and things are getting done. My firewood is essentially complete and I've started many projects such as next year’s garden, recycling the various metals on the lot, maintaining a bear-feed station, organizing the shed (I might need a god to pray to for that project) and cutting trails to my river, which is at the back corner of my lot. That doesn’t include all the house stuff I’m getting done like seamless eavestroughs, new carpeting (preparing the floor) and sealing my basement door. In addition to the things that NEED to get done, there is a list half a mile long that is headlined by 'to do'. I'm also doing some kooky stuff like making Birch Bark Tar and collecting mushrooms. So far the #1 lesson I've learned, moving onto a large acreage, is to take things step by step and enjoy the 'wins'. There are so many things to be done and often things don't go to plan. I can easily spend a whole morning working on something (like fixing ATV's) only to spend double that time putting things away half-complete to meet other obligations.... its ok, I'll just pick up where I left off and keep gaining. Here are some photos of us making Birch Bark Tar. I plan on making a bunch of it and using it to stain the base of my garden fence-posts. The photos should be self-explanatory. I ‘cook’ the bark for about 2hrs. Hard to see, but there are about 50ml of tar in the tea pot. System gets better each time I do it. Yesterday was a good day. Me and a friend visited the newest trail and flattened out some the large divots. I'm working my way to the river, but the land drops nearly 50 meters in elevation over a length of about 150 meters. It's not easy work. The terrain is rough and wild...but I'm gaining on it. Eventually I want a hunt cabin near the 'falls', but I first need a trail to bring in materials. For exploration's sake, we walked to the River where we saw trout jumping. My instincts kicked in and we immediately changed plans and decided to hit up the river where it meets the road several kilometers down to try to catch tomorrow’s breakfast. On our walk back, I found some Oyster Mushrooms and gathered them for dinner, which my Wife then turned into a fantastic pre-fishing meal! The Oyster Mushrooms are white, the Chantrelles are orange. We launched the canoe into the River, which is fairly wide and fast-flowing, but quite shallows in many spots with a very rocky/gravely bottom. Shallow riffles ended our passive journey upstream after about 500 meters, but we managed to find some good water within that span. I pulled out 9 speckies, averaging 7 or 8 inches in a couple hours and our canoe totaled 12 fish by the time we finished our journey. Biggest was approx 9-10 inches...as shown. After the fishing, we went for an ATV ride. Just love my property and its surroundings! Today should be just as good of a day. I’m meeting Dana for a belated fishing rendez-vous up north to a lake that has kicked our butts a couple times. Really looking forward to hanging with him; he’ll talk about his son and I’ll talk about my property, I’m sure. Hahaha. Thanks for reading. Time for me to feed on speckled trout and farm fresh eggs and then ATV to the back nine with my chainsaw and shovel.

See you in...couple weeks??? Season opens soon!

Lots of birds on my property too. Near North Bay. Seems like a good year

another great outing. Hopefully it isn't too long until your next!

ELEPHANT TROUT!!! Seeing that just makes me laugh. A 15" brookie is "big" to me. haha. Nice catch for your buddy!

Very sad and my heart goes out to the family From what I understand, they were netting with new gear and the combination of weight (from fish and new nets) and weather was too much for their small boat. The man was wearing a lifejacket at the time but the waves were likely too powerful. Very sad; they are good people from a good family too.