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  3. Rainy River Walleye Derby

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    Great read Ricardo!

     

    Where the hell is Harvey?

     

    Anyhoo, sounds like a blast...shame i missed it cuz of work.

     

    Thanks for the fishy porn......they certainly grow big and plenty full in the river...you is lucky boy being able o cast for those guys from your porch!

     

    If you get a small boat at all the next few weeks we will have to meet up for crappy and/or some laker action half way or down your neck of the woods....sound good?

     

    Harv actually had a hard time finding a babysitter, so he showed up to the derby about an hour late. He hopped in with someone with room, and in true Harvey fashion, had a good 6lber about 5 minutes into fishing, lol.

     

    I thank god everyday I have this river, lol. Having the opportunity to fish right out your front door sure makes it alot easier then packing up the boat all the time, lol.

     

    We def. have to plan something out. I'm gonna be fishing up the 502 alot this year, I've been scouting maps all winter, lol. Just let me know when and where and we'll try and make it happen.

     

    Sometime this summer I wanna go way way up cedar narrows for a weekend camp. Just bring a 16ft tinny and a trolling motor. So many good lakes up there.

  4. Rainy River Walleye Derby

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    After my amazing year last year I'm so anxious to expand on what I learned this year and keep on trying to zero in on the "big fish" spots and techniques...

     

    Also pumped to get a better spring pattern going...

     

    Sounds exactly like me MM! lol.

     

    My year has started off with a serious bang, and the things I learned last year have me well ahead of the curve.

     

    This is my first year doing tournys so I'm very anxious to get the experience of the first one and just get it outta the way.

     

    I lucked out big time though and have an awesome partner for the year

     

     

     

  7. Rainy River Walleye Derby

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    Posted · Edited by manitoubass2

    With the walleye staging for pre spawn, I was super excited about fishing this derby. I knew it was going to take a big fish to win, and lots of 6lbers would be caught released. I figured it would take 8 or so pounds to win this biggest fish derby.

    I got up early in the morning to some suitable conditions, but it was pretty cold. Around -2, but no wind at the time. With rods/tackle ready, me and my partners hit the water with a plan based on previous experience. I had figured the smaller males would be a little deeper, and the big females would be on the feed shallow, near a current seem off a sandbar. We anchored up and wet our lines...

    Only one other boat seemed to have a similar idea as us. Within the first 5 minutes, an angler in the other boat landed a nice fish, which appeared around 5lbs or so. Phew, it wasn't the behemoth, lol. Within seconds, we were managing a triple header in our boat, and I knew all three fish would call for a net. So we kept line taught while one at a time we landed are fish. Fish one, about 5lbs, fish two, maybe just a tad bigger, fish three was a keeper, I figured about 6lbs, give or take.

    For the next hour, we were pounded by rain, cold rain. But we were landing fish after fish the whole time. It was one of those days where the plan was flawless. Then the wind picked up outta nowhere to about 50km. Are hands were stinging cold from landing fish and the wind blowing, but our spot was actually marking a rise in water temps to about 44 degrees. Then, outta nowhere, the wind vanished and the sun made an appearance, and gave us a chance to warm up a bit.

    The other boats didn't appear to be doing much at all, aside from a few pro's landing the odd sturgeon here and there. The boat beside us had a few more nice ones, and his last one looked to be a potential winner.

    Ok guys, 1.5 hours left to fish, lets fish hard for that one big bite! Oh wait, the MNR decides to pay us a visit, lol. First time thats ever happened mid derby. They checked our liscenses, and our catches, at each boat. They were very respectful and tried to be quick, actually apologizing for the incovenience. We thank them and invited them out to fish when they had a day off, lol. Ok, that took a half hour outta the derby, and the weather turned once again. It started pouring, winds were gusting around 70km. We couldn't hold our spots, nobody could. The last hour we had a 20 minute sturgeon battle, quickly released that fish, and tried for one more bite. It didn't come.

    5 pm came and we made for shore to weigh in. The guy beside us weighed in at 7lbs 11 ounces I believe. The biggest we could muster was 7lbs.

    Some generous folks were waiting for us on shore with some cold beer (which is horrible after sitting in the cold rain/wind for 6 hours, lol) and some sandwiches. Very generous indeed, and much appreciated. We visited over beers, shared some stories and headed home to warm up the soul and relax.

    All in all it was a great day. I managed to snap 2-3 quick pictures between fish, and all involved had a blast.

    My favorite moment of the day was when my partners hat blew off into the river. I had a lipless crank on so it was my duty to at least try to snag it as the current pulled it away. One cast, even with horrendous winds, and I managed to snag it, hahaha. We all had a good laugh about that and I got a few comments on my casting from a couple local pro bass anglers. It was a real bugger to get my treble hooks outta that leather hat though, lol.

    Spinnerbait walleye

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    A nice lil guy

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    This was a decent one caught in our boat

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    Another good one came on a jig/minnow

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    from the boat beside us

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  9. Fishing 'Pepe Le Pew' style.

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    look on the brightside Simon....its valentimes day today and maybe youll get "lucky" and "hit" your "personal best" tonight.... :whistling:

     

     

    Disclaimer- no fishing is involved in my last statement :angel: after all...Pepe loved his pooosey cat :thumbsup_anim:

     

    That is post of the year! clapping.gif

     

    Limey, it's been tough fishing my way as well. I've had a few skunks too.

     

    In fact, I'm heading back to sawbill where the fish are actually co-operating, lol.

  10. Do you remember the Red Fisher Show?

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    Hands down, the best part of his show was that he wasn't pretending to be someone he wasn't.

     

    Of course, I didn't realize that when I was younger, and just thought he was some crazy entertaining dude.

     

    In retrospect, this is exactly what I would love to see in a fishing show...

     

    Too bad though, be tough to follow up that personality

  12. My Day on the Ice

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    MM

     

    The spot I fish alot is very similar on our river. The ice edge near the main channel is 20" thick. I don't have to worry too much about wind/waves though, as it's very sheltered. Always feels odd though standing that close to the open water

     

    Great report Mercman, looks like you had a great time!!!! And don't worry about the being the ice crack scaredy cat, lol. It happens to everyone at some point, lol

  13. Where's Musky Matt now

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    Yeah yeah yeah!!!

     

    I'm here... :stretcher: :stretcher: and a little battered.

     

    Not much to brag or boast about tonight for me. totally beaten by the laffs tonight, hands down. Hats off to the laffs! My sens they did suck bad tonight.

     

    alas...we will meet another day...

     

    :rolleyes::blink:

     

    MM man'd up.

     

    I'm a Leafs fan, but I love how you stir the pot. Kudos to you for being a good fan, even though it is Ottawa, lol.

     

    When they asked where you were, I was gonna say busy, riding the bike, hehehe.

     

     

     

  18. Rainy River Ice

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    That's a lot of ice...

     

    Go get em

     

    Hopefully I can get on them right away. I'm using live bait today instead of plastics.

     

    It is alot of ice, but just a few weeks ago it was 8-12". And it's been very mild, so I was surprised the ice was that thick.

     

    Here is a pic of last night. A few minutes before the storm, and then during the storm...

     

    before

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    after

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  20. Id like to show everyone my other Hobby

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    lol funny..I see your quite a ways away from me or id offer up 1 or 2. treat the sausages just as you would pork. cook them as you see fit. my favourite way to cook them is to defrost them and bbq them slow n low.. another way (my wife's favourite) is to grab a pack from the freezer toss em in a fry pan with some hot water and simmer with a lid over them. When the sausages are defrosted and cooked she slices them on a 45 degree angle and makes home made sausage spaghetti .. its amazing

     

    Oh man, my mouth is already watering. Thanks for the tips!

     

    What should one expect to pay? I'd assume it's by the pound? I'm going to call a few places here shortly, hopefully it's not really expensive.

     

     

  21. Rainy River Ice

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    Well, I've managed to get out on the ice a few times now near home. I thought it was gonna be a tough year for ice fishing, but, although the temps are still hovering around zero, we have lots of safe ice.

     

    I drilled 6 holes last night, as I had time to fish for a few hours. I tried various spots, just checking the thickness. I had 22" near the current, and about 25" in the slack areas.

     

    We had planned to have a few people join me last night. So I went early and got things set up, since we were short on time. Weather network said clear skies and it was about +3.

     

    After getting set up and wetting two lines, I couldn't find any takers. Tried a few different plastics and spoons, but still couldn't locate any active fish. After an hour, I gotta text saying everyone else backed out. Bummer. But I'm already out, so I'm gonna keep fishing thumbsup_anim.gif.

     

    Just around dark, I could see some clouds rolling in. Never though much of it, as those clouds often look darker than they actually are with dimming light. Turns out that was a mistake, lol.

     

    Within 5 minutes, it was pitch black and snowing so hard I had a hard time even finding the shoreline! Good thing I was close to home and know the area.

     

    Caught 6 little walleyes one after another, right as the storm approached. All under 10" though, but at least I got some bites.

     

    I'm heading out again tonight for a few more hours. Hopefully the fish will co-operate

  22. Id like to show everyone my other Hobby

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    Thanks bigugli, those are Cali crossed with Flemish giants. my adult doe weighs in at a whopping 12 pounds! I tried New Zealand's but they were to small and weak. We had something spook them in the hutch last spring and 3 of the young broke their necks scrambling to get away..I imagine they hit the wall in the hutch running..So we are now raising the Californian crossed with the Flemish giants. We love the size of the Flemish and the meat quality of the Cali's.

     

    manitoubass2 the sausages are amazing! go 70% rabbit and 30% pork throw in a clove of garlic per pound of meat, a tablespoon of fennel per pound of meat a teaspoon of salt n pepper per pound grind it all up, then put into pure pork casings and you have the best sausages ever! For burgers or meatballs use the same 70-30 mix but use regular ground beef. You cant use lean as there is no fat content in the Rabbit meat at all. Mix the rabbit and beef after grinding, use what ever spices you like when you make burgers. Thanks again to all for the positive comments!

     

    I'm gonna try that recipe this week I think. My moms coming for a visit so it would be nice to have something different. We have some great farms around our area, so I'll make a few calls I suppose.

     

    Are you BBQ'ing the sausages, or frying them up???

     

    Just gotta remember not to tell the kiddos what they're eating until they're done, lol

     

     

     

  25. Was I out of line?

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    Posted · Edited by manitoubass2

    Mike...i have had 'friends' like this guy too. I have been promised money before only not to see it materialise....i no longer fish with these people and have lost 2 friends.

     

    I understand the point some people have made about not asking or even expecting money if you are already going...but when i hear about how good life on pogie is all winter i think...yeah...its friggin great as long as you have someone like me to ferry yur arse on and off lakes with my snowmachine, my gas, my truck, my bait, my portable shelter, my fishfinder....sometimes even my friggin sandwiches and smokes! MOOCHERS NOT WELCOME!

     

    Give the moochin' dood back his rod and be done with him, but ignore his calls for a month before you give it back :devil:

     

    All of our plans are now cancelled. I was totally relying on your gas....

     

    lol, good points though.

     

    P.S. When you come to Rainy next year, will you please pay my rent??? BWAHAHAHA. Small price to pay for landing those hyyyyyuge rainy river small eyes

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