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One Chuck Norris leech will deplete the walleye population in any lake otherwise go with Roy's guess.

This had me laughing

I can see it now, Chuck Norris signature lures, "spinkicking fish into submission since 1983"

I don't want to find out, lol.

Maybe make a phone call in your area and see if you can find out that way?

Might be a great way to save some big bucks

How many leeches would you buy for a week of walleye fishing?

Depends on where and how your fishing them?

If the lake is full of good size eating walleye, I'd buy lots. If your targeting larger fish, well, I'd still buy lots, lol.

Buggers are expensive though, at least in my neck of the woods.

Maybe a mix between real leeches and some Gulp Alive leeches?

I totally understand the regs for status members. its jus the map that i get caught up on, since most co's don't consider the treaty area that big or don't really know themselves where the boundries are.

Yeah, I see what your saying.

If it was me, I'd only fish what I know. If I chose to fish on the bounderies though, I'd have my map handy. At least in that case you can use it if charges are laid.

Again though, that brings up what you said about still having a license. Which is obviously a good idea for your own protection, as well as contributing on other levels.

its hard to go by the mnr and the band council for where to fish for status natives. as each have different understanding for fishing/hunting treaty areas and boundries. so jus tell your buddy to keep getting the license and stay within the regs to jus be on the safe side.

It's not that tough. Go get a map of the treaty area, put it in your tackle box.

The only other concern is how you plan on fishing? If you use normal methods, all is well. Even a status indian cannot use methods that damage the fish or the system, it's stated in the laws on the MNR website. Now, I'm not sure what that means exactly? Because most areas allow gill netting or other netting techniques. Maybe they are referring to using electricity or dynamite??? I have zero idea.

I fish locally with a few status indians, and for the most part they all use a rod and respectful methods. They also choose to fish within the species guidlines as well, which I pay them alot of respect for.

I'd imagine that this card gets abused quite abit, so it's nice to see them take this approach

It's worth the cost once you find out what works for what species on what lake, lol.

I usually just buy the packaged version though, and put in a resealable zip lock to prevent leakage.

I love the 3" and 5" shad in a few colours for walleye. The leeches and crawlers work well also.

The Chart. 5"minnows work well for me on 3/8 oz. jigs for bass and pike.

A few of the products haven't produced too well for me, but you gotta give em a chance to find out.

Now, if only they made the 3" minnows with a paddle tail, those would be absolute killer on Rainy river.

yes im sort of following it on facebook,those guys are the best of the best walleye guys for sure !!! they predict some very big weights,based on the pre-fishing results do you have a link or you just going to their website,im following on northland tackles facebook,their pro is right up there so thanks for the heads up...and of course im following kieth and gary from the next bite go guys go !!! cheers

Totally agree, some of these guys are crazy good! I'm watching again today on FLWoutdoors live feed. I'm cheering for Gary and Keith as well, but also for my buddy Pete Harsh.

The bags weren't as big as I expected, hopefully they hit em hard today though. Looks like Keith is in 12th, Pete is in 26th, Parsons is in 38th, Brosdahl is in 38th as well.

Ted Kakasaki is tied for last???

beauty

Just a heads up if anyone wants to follow, or is bored at work, lol.

Awesome! Always nice when your in need and someone helps out!

Great fish to btw!!!

Addiction sucks. Having an addictive personality sucks even more.

 

Good luck with that...Have ya started yet?

 

 

I love all the non addict comments...They should have a seat at a meeting sometime....

lol, these "meetings" sound interesting.

My point, from an addictive standpoint, the drug nicotine is fairly weak.

Whether you quit or not, will depend on your mind frame and the decisions you make.

Want to quit, quit. Will it be tough, maybe? It's different for everyone.

But honestly, just don't question your resolve, stick by it. You'll be just fine

Just a few thoughts Limey, no idea if this helps or hurts, I guess it depends on how you view it?

Nicotine is not nearly as addictive as many people believe, and in fact, it can be a useful chemical at times. Using chemicals and smoke as a delivery method however is very harmful to ones health. For this reason, nicotine patches can be a great idea to help you quit "smoking tobacco".

The "Act" of smoking is probably more addictive than the actually nicotine, thus referred to often as a habit, not a drug dependancy. a good example is to think "what would I do for a cig right now? Would you steal from your wife/child/mother". I sincerely hope the answer is no, and as long as it is, shows a difference between nicotine and other chemically mind altering compounds.

The "Act" of smoking is similar to alcohol in a way. It's a risk/reward type of compound, and this aspect of the drug in question is fairly easy to break. But it will be the toughest part of this "habit" to kick.

Simply reward yourself in other ways, and develope new, healthy "habits", just like you probably unintentionally did after quitting alcohol use.

Anyhow, lol enough blabbering

"Learn em young" as someone once said, lol. Seems a few around here are keen on jumping to conclusions.. Just a few though, overall the OFC community is absolutely awesome in many ways! I totally agree with anyone having any issues with a member the first attempt to bring up an issue should be via pm.

Good on you for being prepared in that situation. Your on a role with the monster fish!!!

i was pretty sure he would not cover me

I think he is 6 nations and no clue what they cover

There is a website that shows different areas for different bands. I can't think of the addy though, I'll see if I can find it for you to pass on to him

My link

He can fish for, and keep any type or amount of fish within his status area. Ie. if he is Rainy River first nations, he can fish, and keep any fish located on that area of his band.

Status cards do not help anyone they are fishing with, only him. So if you fish with him, make sure YOUR fish are located on YOUR OWN stringer, separate from his.

But.... I'd still tell him to contact his elders and or the MNR office to clarify any issues to him.

As for the weight gain associated with quiting tobacco products, it's because nicotine is not only a stimulant but also exhibits strong nutrient partitioning effects(effects how calories and macronutrients are dealt with within the body).

A good dose of fish oil daily will help resolve that issue, and help you become healthier in many facets anyhow.

6 grams per day, in divided doses with food. This can be bought at a health food store, or Wal-Mart, for about $10/bottle. Look for a product that contains 1 gram per softgel, with 180mg EPA, and 120mg of DHA (should be easy, this is the normal numbers for most products)

Simply amazing, looks like one heck of a trip! I'm very jealous

Out of all the reels I have, my Stradic CI4 is my favorite, but I choose not to use it for shore fishing. Instead I've searched for a reel that would take heavy abuse and still perform day in day out with tons of use. So far, the best I've found is a Okuma Avenger ABF40. Very nice reel, very cost efficient (scored mine for around $40).

When I bought it and tested it out for the first time, it felt like a much more expensive reel, performed flawlessly and just felt great on the rod. Only thing I did was take it apart and oil/greased myself to prolong it's life.

How long it will hold up to heavy use though I can't say because I've only been using mine for about 3 months.

I'm sure members will chime in with some good options as well, but I am very happy with this reel, and at $40 it can't hurt you to give it a try

Woot Woot! Lac Seul is an awesome fishery!

Looks like some good times Limey!!!

Looking for some feedback on this lodge if anyone has either visited the lodge, or fished the system themselves?

Looks to me like some really good walleye, pike and perch fishing.

Anyhow, any help, thoughts, experiences at or near this lodge would be greatly appreciated.

Nice!!! Great fish

well you would think there was

 

but the US side of Ontario and Erie seem to do real well with no closed season

 

in most cases it seems there is no scientific proof, they just arbitrarily set dates..it's like speed limits they just pick numbers out of the air with no reasoning behind it..

 

 

 

in many cases they use to have catch and release of the sturgeon, it was that new endangered species group that stopped the sturgeon fishing , no the MNR. even though all evidence showed the catch and release was not hurting the numbers

Oh really? I never knew that, thanks. Maybe the MNR doesn't enforce the regs in this particular case because it wasn't their doing? For the record, its doesn't bother me to see people taking photos of sturgeon, and practising C&R, but it is stated in the regs you cannot do this in zone 5. I myself have caught 4-5 sturgeon, but I've never targeted them however.I would hate to see people keeping them though.

Last week I seen packaged smoked sturgeon at the grocery store? I'd assume that maybe someone has a certain license to do this?

I tried Sufix 832 in 80 lbs for the first time Saturday morning. Line snapped throwing a 5 oz lure, line broke above the knot. One hour later line snapped again throwing a 3 oz lure, line snapped at the knot. Trip got kind of expensive at $30-$40 a lure.

 

Also, I've never seen another braid loose its color as fast as 832, almost all its color was gone after few hours of fishing.

 

I was afraid that Gore fiber might be a hype to lure us in, I guess they "Caught" us. Be forewarned.

I guess it's give and take. From everything I've read, experienced and heard, seems inconsistency might be the issue. My experience has been great, and I've had zero issues with breakage. Haven't broke my line in close to three months.

Sounds like your experience is horrible though

Locally, I've seen CO's turn blind eyes to people targeting sturgeon here, even though it's closed ALL YEAR.

That had me confused, at first I actually thought a person could target them, based on what I had seen, Of course I have the regs so after I checked I knew better(this is when I very first moved here).

But still, right down from my house there is a place locally dubbed as "sturgeon alley", and it gets fished all year. A nearby tackle shop has literally hundreds of photos of sturgeon all caught in a small area here????

This has me more concerned then bass in all honesty, because sturgeon numbers are pretty low, and it takes along time for these fish to grow in comparison to bass.

The CO's come through frequently and seem to have a handle on people drinking in the boat or over limiting on walleye, I wonder why they don't enforce the rules in regard to sturgeon????

I should also mention that this happens on the American side as well

Don't put any muffins near your butt

That would be one awesome party trick