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I'm going out for the evening bite shortly, maybe I can get some more good pics???

FINALLY some pics from you, Manitou! Man oh man you don't disappoint....what an amazing part of the province you live in....so nice to be able to enjoy it with your family too!

 

 

lol, I know, I've been meaning to post some forever, but just finally opened a photobucket account for the tourny.

It is amazing here, I love it. Head out in the boat twice a week, then fish the shore with the kids for the rest of the week. It's so nice to be able to just walk 10 minutes to go do some awesome fishing. Plus all the nature etc, the kids love it. It's almost like living up the lake

Buckets of walleyes! Me and 4 others fished the sand bar for two hours, all these fish were pulled out of 2-3 ft of water, no structure at all

Waiting on baitfish. There were millions of walleye fry here, they were soooo thick. Guess pelicans love walleyes too

For 5 years old, this son of mine can fish!

Dummy hooked lamprey, so gross

Crawfish bait hunt with the kids

Decent river smallmouth, they fight a ton in the current, so fun

Our kids are so lucky, I wish I had it like this as a kid, lol

Heading out on lake of the woods, awesome lake

The dogs come to!

Long souix rainy river fall walleye

He's pretty excited, lol

Nice smallie

View of rainy river from our house. Many of our shore pics are withing a 10 minute walk from the house!!!!

This will melt the stress off ya

Great pics and report!! That 30.5 is a beauty!!!

Thank you! Any walleye over 30" is a true beauty, they never get old catching them bad boys.

Some more random pics comin up soon

Here are some more of the pics of those poached sturgeon

Shore lunch cooked on the fire

Kid approved

Lake of the woods storm

High water manitou rapids

Decent walleye

Here are some more pics...

A lil' spring musky

Tiny eye on DT 10, lol

Suckers in the rapids, so fun!

Monsters in the water! Spawning pike in the shallows

Man that's some beautiful walleyes and from the shore too

Sounds like Rainy river is the place to be to catch walleyes

Thanks for sharing

Leechman

Many thanks Leechman. I'll get around to posting some off shore pics soon as well. Yep, Rainy River is a great fishery, the walleye fishing has to be experienced to believe how good it actually is. It's great for smallmouth, sturgeon, pike and musky as well. If you come here targeting eyes though, its gotta be spring, fall or winter though, its not very good in the summer.

I'm heading out again today, I'll try and get some more good pics. It's -4, sunny and zero wind, perfect day for walleye fishing!!!

I'm decided now...I'm going fishing today! Great series of photos man

 

What's up with the sturgeon? Unattended and tied up... I don't get it. Are they 100% c & r in you area?

Yes, they are 100% c&r here. I think what happened was someone was poaching, and they were either spooked off or they were taking a break??? Anyhow, me and the girlfriend walked to the rapids to take some nature pics/prego photos and we discovered them. So we cut hem loose and tried to revive them. It didnt work out so well, they were upside down in only a few inches of water, and it was out of the current, so the water was real warm and dirty. I got them all to swim away eventually, after like an hour of trying, but the next day 3 of them were washed up on shore. Such a bummer. They were all pretty good size too, they were all probably 40 years old

Nice fish and awsome pics, sucks about the sturgeon though...

Thank you, and yeah, I know, that really bummed me out. We have so many here, but its important for them to be protected. I like catching them, don't get me wrong, but they MUST be released, and respected.

Here is a few more pics...

November 17th walleye, very cold fishing, lol

The ghetto ice fishing trip. No sleds, no power auger, no real sled, haha, nothig stops me from fishing when I have the itch to go

Right by our ice fishing shack, there is a hill. So I shoveled it off and packed it so the kids could slide if they got bored. I should also mention the 3 ft jump I built them! lol

All the kids came for some fun sliding while daddy fished

The shack

Good eaters like this, all day long. My god I love Rainy River!!!

Ice fishing walleye, 30.5" Rainy river

5lb smallie my son caught, its a personal best for him!

I hate these things, notice the gloves? lol

My 40" pike from lake despair with a good friend, ironically all the pics with me dissapeared???

9lbs of sheer beaty

Another fall lunker from the boat

Beauty nature shot of my son

Another one from the boat, Rainy River, November 2010

My 5 year old son with a PB walleye

Last summer some a holes had 6 sturgeon tied up in the rapids, barely in any water. Me and my girlfriend cut the line and let em go

Another, poor fish, I dont think any survived

Bass fishing the rapids with the kids, summer 2010

30" walleye from September 2010, Rainy River

27" walleye Rainy River, early sept 2010

Won the local fishing derby in sept 2010 from shore with my son, lol. Easy $500. Winning fish measure 24.5"

Another nice september walleye, Rainy River, sept 2010

From the boat, my good friend boated this nice walleye

I'm thinking of heading out for some fishing today. Might try and catch some Lings and learn how to cook em up, as we have never tried them before. I hear the river lings are not as tasty as great lakes version though?

Me and a pal went out last night to check the shack, we were thinking of moving it. And we found a hyyyuge crack about a 1000 feet long running right through our spots though, so I'm a little skeptical.

Going to play pool with the girl tonight though, other than that, I'll probably kill time making some lindy rigs etc. Maybe paint some homemade cranks I got in the works

I just spooled up some Sufix 832 a week or so ago for ice fishing. It still freezes, but not anymore than a regular 10lb mono does. The line feels good and sensitivity is what you expect out of a braid.

I'm looking forward to casting this line and see how it holds up. I currently used Camo braid for most braid applications, and was very happy with it(as long as you change out the line every so often)

Just my .02,

I have no issues with Dave offering an opinion on these baits, or any others. But I do see why some would be skeptical. Pro fishermen do this all the time though, and it's a part of their livelyhood, and thats respectable. Until an angler has obviously lied about something, we should take them at their word IMO. Even us anglers do the same thing all the time, right?

Anyhow, about the baits. I think there crafted very well, and the price reflects the product. I have no issues paying a few extra dollars for a bait that cost money to produce in quality.

I've used some of these baits in the past 8 months, and I like them. They definitely have their place in the tackle box. But, for a man that mainly fishes a stained river, they don't produce as good as other cranks etc for me. The realistic patterns are great, for clear water. When I tried them on clear bodies of water, they worked great, but so did about 20 other baits.

One thing I did that worked very well was shallow trolling the perch bait for walleyes, and that was alot of fun

Home, Rainy River. Spring run here is unreal

Nice fish, whats the measurements? I'm guessing 31", around 11lbs???

It's not great to use them frozen. I'm not sure about the scent, but it impairs the action on the bait

pffft, hand augers are where it's at. Yeah right hey?

On one outing a few weeks back I drilled like 25 holes, and I could swear I was one more hole away from a heart attack

weigh-ins starting in a few!

yep, right when i have to take my son to hockey, of course

I bought 8 Lindy Darters at Walmart the other day for $3 each! Only tackle expense in over 2 years.

I grabbed some as well. Those are some great baits

almost time for weigh ins. I wanna see what Ike is hiding

out of all the frogs i've used, i prefer spro. but i will be grabbing some of these live target frogs this spring for sure.

worst frog i've ever used in this style was a matzuo frog, so stiff and akward on the retrieve