manitoubass2

I can import to photobucket no prob.

It crashes when im trying to post and its slow as heck compared to before.

Might just be my phone too as it crashed when I was out fishing today. My phone just turned off and I couldnt use it at all. Then it miraculously started working the minute I got home and plugged it in(while at 46% batter life???)

Tough conditions today! Water temps 59, 22km/h winds gusting to 36, from the south(or right into my face?)

Laying tobacco offering

Keeper?

Lotsa sturgeon visible today in the rapids. Look at that tail!

Nature selfie?

Fish on!

Not too long but pretty fat

Shoreline frogs are a good sign for walleye opener

And just as I got home I gotta txt. "Made it to emo"!

So off I went to meet and greet with OFCs own wormdunker! Welcome to NW ontario bud!!!

Pretty good day. 7 pike. No big ones but good action. Ill take it

Cant handle it anymore.

Cant even post a report without it crashing every 10 seconds.

Also, lots of pics ai have on photobucket Id like to save to my dropbox or photos.

Any idea how to do this painlessly on a samsung galaxy s5?

Migwich!

Thanks ehg! Probably woulda looked happier but the sun is right in their eyes???

Time for some new specs?

Thanks can u fish! Amazing fish to be around eh? Even just watching them is fun!

Thanks akr! It was too bad as I caught some cookie cutter bass earlier, maybe I shoulda took more fush pics lol.

Gonna head out here soon and try again before the water rises.

Wormdunker should be here tomorrow night so hopefully we can fish some walleye for opener on saturday!

I will for sure but if he cant I dont blame him as its a 20 hour drive at least lol

The government should mandate this. Might thin out some of the weasels. Only the strongest will survive. I wish i could afford to disappear into the woods.

 

S.

Thats our plan?

Contnd...

Daddy daughter shot! Hahaha her zen like focus!

Nice one a holes. Rotten sturgeon 15ft up on the bank, still tied up smh

Closer look, you can see the rope???

Beauty sight?

Do your thing beauty dinosaurs!

Blessed to have this spot! Miigwich

Mirror mirror on the wall...

Hopefully the fishing is better tomorrow, and if it isnt, OH WELL!

Thanks for reading?

We started out here

Brother and sissy photo op! See all the pelicans on the american side?

Closer up!

Nice lil pike in the bay!

Hmmm, what kind of print could this be????

Another print...

She handles it like a pro!

Nice!!!!

I had our daughter out today too but she got skunked.

Love watching the lil ones fish!!!

Our HR department is advising me how/what to do and Im passing that on to Geoff.

Unfortunately I missed their call earlier today so Ill know by tomorrow.

Just keep biting that tongue buddy.

Great post and photos MB2!

Fishing reports are too rare on this fishing board. Thanks for this!

 

Had an aunt that lived in Stratton way back. Was real young when we did 24 hr. drive up there.

The river was slow and milky there. It scared me as child i thought a sturgeon would pull me in the water.

Thanks man! Just uploading some more pics from the second trip.

Stratton is right by us, farm town lol.

The river there is nuch dirtier than in manitou, its gotta lot of farm run off. Did ya ever watch the sturgeon jumpin at night as the sun goes down? Its amazing! Thousands of them!!!

Ck, ill have to ask my pops, hes in charge but i will let ya know! Thanks again btw!

OI, yep shes a beaut! My favorite place to fish or just chill out!

Pt 2 was pretty chill. I brought my brother in law, my youngest girl and oldest boy with.

We ended up heading out earlier than I wanted wife the wife having plans so...

A few pike, couple bite offs. Lost one really nice fish at shore right at the end of the day, grrrrr.

Was a beaut if an evening thought! Lotsa laughs, great scenery and just a relaxing good time?

Well I planned a shore fish today, figured id look for pike. Couldnt sleep a wink last night just knowing the conditions were gonna be nice.

Anyhow, head down around 9am. Its already 16 and sunny, no wind. Water sure dropped though.

Few cast in started getting some dinks. Good fun though.

All the sudden MNR and Ontario gov shows up. We chat. Turns out the water drop shut off the sturgeon spawn. So I helped them out for 45 mins or so doing some rudimentary measuring etc. In turn thwy showed my some cool equipment to look at the eggs on bottom.

After we finished they stuck around and asked me to look for some bass. So I did. Caught a bunch of lil guys 12-14", again, good fun. After a chat, off they went.

So I move from the rapids to a sandbar. Nice clear water. Lotsa follows on the white spinnerbait, big fish!.

Landed 2 around 32" but man I had tons of follows right up to shore, including a few over 40". Fun to watch but bummer they wouldnt bite. I tried alot of baits/lures with the same results.

So I just took a few naturd pics and chilled out. Beautiful day out!

Im heading back out around 6 and see if we can get some big bites with the kiddos.

Gotta try now because they are gonna open the gates and rais the water at least 97cm to try to get the sturgeon spawn going again.

A few pics. And hopefully more to come later?

All the bass were around this size

Old sturgeon net stakes now high and dry

Rainy river is not this clear very often!

Bike washed up with the driftwood during highwater during the start of spring

Nice set up spot

Always love the rapids!

Pelicans, they are right around where I had some big fish follows

The view up to RRFN

Nice view to the east of the river

Homesweet home!!!

Ill follow up pt. 2 tonight, hopefully with a few 30" + pike!

I shared my thoughts with geoff earlier.

Hes got a good idea of what to do for now.

Hahahaha. Those polls are hilarious!

I love canadian sports fans!

I don't have the background to argue yea or nay on the issue. Even scientists disagree. You know they can skew data to support their hypothesis. All I know is what I have seen.We created a micro climate at the plant years back. You didn't know if it was day or night, if the sky was clear or overcast. The city would be covered in smog, same looking across the lake at times at Toronto. Now multiply that by the thousands of manufacturing and highly populated urban cities across the globe. Is it enough to change the global environment? I believe it is. Could we see the polar ice caps years ago from outer space, nope. But we can now but there is not much to compare it to in the last 10,000 years.

 

I believe what I experience.

Yeah, but what you experiencing could be minute, or it could be huge.

You are experiencing the effects on a human, not on the earth itself.

As I said all we can do is guess. And ponder what the cost of that guess is

Who plays god and makes that decision?

If ontario goes "green", does that remove one drop from an already half full bucket?

IMO an effort would have to be grandious in scale worldwide, and we cant even co exist peacefully as humans so good luck with that happening

I dont know man, im not convinced.

Global warming exists,as does global cooling. Its nature running its course.

Scientist cant confirm anything other then anecdotal because there is NO MODEL to test.

Yep, I love guys like him

He is in might great shape and is playing 150%.

 

I confess, back in the 50's as a kid, I kept a Painted in a galvanized laundry tub and fed it earthworms , lettuce and raw hamburger all summer letting it go back in a pond Labour Day weekend.

My son found a pretty big painter turtle on a dirt road near the river. He ran over and picked it up.

It pissed all over him.

My confession is I laughed hysterically at my own son

Lyme is serious.

Hard to detect and even harder to treat once set up.

 

Go figure Cannabis oil kills it!

 

http://www.naturalnews.com/043834_cannabis_Lyme_disease_medical_marijuana.html

My boys grandpa has it. Wreaks havoc on the system thats for sure

 

I didnt either. Still would be a cheap shot. Let the two fight it out. I never stepped in for a buddy no matter if he was losing or winning. They wanna go at it, let them go. Buddy grabbed batista and took him away. Never threw a punch at him. Just tried to settle things down. Smart move IMO. Now if he cracked him too, then it,s a free for all, but he didnt. I give that guy credit.

Ive never stepped in a buddies fight either but I will if someone interfers maliciously.

But yeah, I can see your point.

 

That would be a CHEAP SHOT where I come from. Maybe your into that.

I didnt say hit him from behind

Pick a guy and go at it

 

 

that hovers

Preferably yes!

I get like 30 a day at the height of the season. Dont bother me one bit. Get home, inspect, remove, dispose of with a lighter.

I noticed a weird trend up this way the past 3 years however. They come out earlier and are gone much earlier. I wont see any now by about 1st or 2nd week in july.

Same with deer ticks.

No idea why however???

It used to be spring through fall

We have it already, it's called Nuclear.

Im down to drive a nuclear powered truck