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Are you talking about Suffix Elite? If so I didn't really care for it too much. It's better than Spiderwire and camo braid, but not as good as PP or 832. I still have lots of it around, and only really use it in desperation for a day or two.

This might sound like a horrible idea, but maybe on larger bodies of water and at public access landing, there should be shacks, employing summer students or the likes, where anglers are required to check their catch before leaving the lake/river etc. This could be employed by a government agency in certain places, and maybe by resort/landing owners etc in other locations. Insentives could be given to those that choose to employ this method? Things like that might help We all know there can't be enough CO's on the water to stop over fishing or illegal fishing practices

I shouldn't laugh, but a similar thing happened to me yesterday with an older fellow who had caught a sucker and thought it was a lake trout. Unfortunately around here, alot of those people fishing from shore that keep everything, are status natives and can legally keep them fish. Even though I'm sure he had no idea how to prepare his "lake trout" That being said, I think anglers should follow good moral practices and worry more about how they treat the resource. If every responsible angler takes good measures to protect the fish, that's a healthy start. The problems that arise from new licensing practices etc usually don't work out to be any better than things are currently, and often times makes things worse. One thing I despise about society today is the blatant over complication on everyday things. And complicating this and that just compiles new issues. Just my two cents...

Wow, the color on that fish is absolutely gorgeous! Great catch, thanks for the precise details!!!

Two more nice walleye from later yesterday. I love this time of year.The pics are horrible, but it's tough to get good pics fishing by yourself, lol. These fish were very healthy, and VERY fat. Almost every walleye I caught yesterday had visible signs of lamprey though, hopefully thats not a bad sign? Last year I seen three lamprey, first time in my life. This year, almost every fish has these latch on lamprey marks around the tail and gills. I'm guessing it's not gonna be a good thing?

I've got Suffix 832 on 4 different rods now, and still love it. I did get one box where the line bled color and faded super fast. But the others where fine. I still absolutely love this line though

Thanks for the replies feelas! Much appreciated. ehg, thats just down the road from me. Some big, very big walleye there, we call it the long soue. and lol@the sturgeon comment, you had the right to be afraid. I'm sure many have lost rods to the almighty sturgeon, haha My sons and daughters all love it here, and love fishing. Hopefully this year they can upgrade some PB's! My oldest daughter has a 9lb walleye already that won her the local fishing derby two years ago. One son has a 40" pike under his belt, and my other son already has a 6lb smallmouth! I can't wait to see them when there a little older, there great little anglers!

Momma came to play today! Was a good day, caught some big walleye, some little walleye, some bass, pike, one tiny little musky, one sturgeon and a sucker.

Thanks guys! I'm headin' back out early this am, great conditions once again. I feel obligated after losing that momma walleye, lol. Awesome news about Lac Seul Simon, thats an awesome lake to fish. I miss it. I used to get to fish there all the time when I worked in Ear Falls. Make sure you let us know how you make out.

Fishing has been real good lately, especially pike walleye and bass. Here is a few pics from the last 10 days, been getting out lots with the kids and catchin some fishies. View from morning coffee today. I knew it was gonna be a good morning for eyes. Lotsa teeth! Lost the big momma today, this was the next best walleye. My boys first smally of the season, he's lovin' it! Catchin these guys like crazy, nice healthy bass Thats it for now. Time to head back out for some more fishin' action! Hope all you musky guys are safe and boating some big toothies!!!!

In Northwestern Ontario there as bad as one can expect. After 32 years though it's not really any bother

Great pics! I love the pose with the reel/rod over the shoulder, that killer! That dock spot look like bass heaven!

lol, this is too good! OFC sure has some great families that participate in angling!!! My kids are the same way, never want to leave and want to fish everyday. I love it too, but I must admit, some days we go just to satisfy their needs, lol. That kid of yours is gonna have alot of skills and a ton of pleasure in life, all because his Dad/Mom took the time to do things right. Good on ya. Now bring Jack this way I'm sure my kids would love to meet him! lol

I have to agree with you here. I've used the Sebile for ice out pike and it is a nice bait, it was productive as well. But not more productive than the few kickin sticks I own. And at half the price, I'll pick the Storm lures. As far as durability, my Storm lures have held up very nicely for 2 seasons, still no need to replace them. I think I fish the Storm lure with more confidence as well, just not afraid to lose one, as compared to the Sebile lure. I won't be buying any more magic swimmers

After watching River Monsters last night, maybe a freshwater eel. Looked like a pretty darn good existence in fish terms, plus they live long apparently.

I always buy Yum salted grubs from Wal-Mart as our local store doesn't carry them, however last night I was unpacking them and noticed they went from 25 packs to 15 packs at the same price. OK, still not really anything to worry about. But I look closer, and out of the 3 colors I bought, 2 of them had no salt whatsover. Just a heads up if your buying these, take a closer look at them before you grab em

I heard on TSN that the Jets is still a viable option for the name. I sincerely hope they keep the original name, thats just my opinion though.

Great as always Limey. Looks like the fishing is full tilt in your neck of the woods, it's on heavy here as well.

doube uni knot mainly for attaching line to line. Improved clinch knot for cranks etc. palomar knot for anything I can use it for, my favorite knot.

baitfish info Came across this tonight, and although it's simple stuff, I'm sure a few OFC'ers can learn something here. If you have some good informative links, please feel free to add them! I'm sure I'll learn some stuff as well

Great post! I love the scum frog as well. I'll start tossing top waters at about 60 degrees on the river, about 65 degrees on lakes. Sometimes (mainlydusk and dawn) the action can be great. I won't use top waters for pike in the afternoons very often though, just doens't seem to produce for me. As for the scum frogs, took me a good few days to "learn" the patience before setting the hook, now its just natural. I picked up some chatterbaits this weekend I'm looking forward to trying, never used em before

I'm in the area, I can help out with any questions you might have, just shoot me a pm. I'm about an 2 hours east of Kenora, but fish all over northwestern ontario.

Awesome pics! That one seagull pic is awesome!

lol, I don't think so. But that means I'm that guy, haha. I thought it was a good question and a worthy topic. Better than just a bunch of "uhhh, I don't know" replies

One thing I started doing was what we call "bullying the fish". I've had much better releases of big fish this way, but I'd be interested in getting the thoughts from an avid musky or big pike angler. I use a 7" med.heavy rod (I'd like to use bigger, but need to buy a new rod), heavy braid and I like the drag tight. Once I set the hook my goal is to land the fish with as little fight as possible. I try not to let the fish run at all, keeping tension as tight as possible and reeling as quick as possible . I've done this more with big walleye than Musky, so I'm not saying it's the best idea out there, but it does seem to work quite well when releasing the fish. As in much shorter recoop times and a healthier looking swim off. Any thoughts on this? Wouldn't surprise me if I was completely wrong, but it does "seem" to work much better than "fighting the fish" and letting it run time and time again (which would drastically increase lactic acid production/build up)