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Yep. Always one in the bag one in the boat now

Oh yeah I forgot. Almost had a 38" pike cut my thumb off lol. Just a bad grab on a fish with some energy, gave a good headshake and i lost my grip, caught my thumb with the gill plate. That whole trip that cut bled. Took 8 stitches to closer up

Hit a few deadheads but nothing serious. Had a hook get caught in my armpit somehow as a child. Ive told the story here before, but we sunk a boat waaaay up in the north arm with barely any suplies, and spent a week in scorching temps on a small island. Spent a few days in the hospital over that one...

They can be deadly on walleye and other panfish. I mainly use them for lakers though. Im sure they work on pike and musky as well

Big one for Casey!

Ianconelli has a chance to win. I cant believe vandam missed the cut

Ianconelli has a chance to win. I cant believe vandam missed the cut

Now thats a MEAL!!! Looks like it would be amazing KF

I enjoyed the few smaller walleye tournies Ive done. Its a great place to mingle afterwards too. But it is stressful thats for sure. And the money. Ive pretty much broke even which is pretty darn good when you factor everything in. Id never be able to tournement fish for a living. but id suggest you try it once. now back on topic, that article is hilarious??

Prerty sure 80% off this board does just that. My complaint is the lack of snow and cold weather. Mind you we did just get a dump and she dropped to -33 so a skidoo ride to the sliding hill is in order?

Frig winter just started it seems in NW ontario. Probably my least favorite winter in the last 10 years. But what can ya do? I think Ive made enough spinners and crawler harnesses to last me about 5 years haha

What would you expect him to say???

Can you punch him for me? ?

Yip, more time for casting When I lay tobacco its not actually a superstition. Its an aboriginal offering to the creator. I just believe its an honourable thing to do. If your gonna take, you gotta give back

Id like to know as well Its never harmed me. We always bring some sanmiches and apples and bananas.

Nonsense lol. Im the opposite. A good first drive and I play good all round. Same goes for a good first put. Thats why i always hit the practise green for 15 minutes before a round. A few chips and flops, some puts. Easily saves 5-8 shots off each round I still suck at golf though. I average about 92 lol. Never bothered to figure out my handicap, always just replied with "very handicap" when asked haha

I baked whities for the first time last year outta rainy lake. Never found them oily at all. And the nw ontario lakers are delicious!

Ive caught alot in the 38-42" So yeah thats kinda my favorite catch. Id love to get bigger but im not even sure its possible where i live. My favorite catch by far. Its hot as hell and im shore fishing bass. Doing well too. I look to my right and there is this shallow sand area. I think I bet a big pike is sunning right there. I put on a jig head and a berkely ripple shad. One cast, its like i casted directly into his mouth. As soon as the bait hit the water i set the hook. That fish took 5 or 6 good runs and I was kinda in shock. Only muskies ive caught here are in the 20-24" range but i though for sure it was a musky. I had to get in the water to land it and I was sketched right out. Handling a fish like that solo, in the water is gnarly. I gotter unhooked without harm. Held her up in awe. What a beauty! Took a minute or so to get her to swim off but she did. That, to this date, is my most memorable catch

My biggest pike came when i was fishing solo and i hade an iphone but no way to take a pic in time to safely release the fish. Great memories but man I wanted a pic of that beast! 47" and the best bite ive ever experienced, and it was an epic fight as I landed it from shore. Never had a fish fight like that outside of sturgeon

What a horrible story. I wouldnt be so quick to judge the parents though unless facts have come out. My kids were outta diapers before one, but my neighbours 4 year old is still in diapers. And from what ive seen they are fantastic parents What a tragedy. I cant even imagine

Tobacco in the water and a quick prayer. My daughter made me a knecklace with some fishing line, a few beads and a custom perch colorado blade, I always wear that

Same here

Wow nevermind. A quick search shows methylmercury binds to thiols, especially cysteine. Thats very bad Thats where GSH is made and cysteine is needed to make glutatione. Thats actually more scary then i originally thought, since glutathione is the bodies main antioxidant

Here is a question for you all. Its always said bigger/older fish accumulate more mercury, and mercury is toxic. But fish actually accumulate a far more deadly form of mercury, and thats methyl mercury. Now, both forms are fat soluble. So what does that mean when you eat white fleshed fish that are almost all protein???

Whoa! Lets hope for the best. Thats horrible