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I'm saving this vid for lunchtime today!

Glad you got out buddy! And glad you put fish on the ice!

We had a horrible day lol, but it beats chores lol.

Glad I inspired ya! I've been having a blast after a year hiatus! Pretty funny fishing on crutches ???

I agree! 

But today was the rare exception lol. 

Whatta nightmare of a day! 

Still better than not fishing though!

Thanks guys!

Round two today!!!!

1 minute ago, DRIFTER_016 said:

 

Epic photo ???

22 minutes ago, grimsbylander said:

Toronto clearly outplayed them and still lost. Can't complain too much though...how many times this year has Toronto been outplayed and won?? Thank you Freddie.

Ok, regardless of the outcome....was Matthew's(second) goal not awesome????? Coming out on his next shift after the disallowed goal, scoring, and POINTING AT THE NET!!! That was a Jose Bautista bat flip moment!! 

Yep that was sick!!!

That's friggen epic Joey! Unreal fish!  

I really need to do a trip and just go back to the old methods for a day just for old time sake. 

My brother in law caught a pretty nice pike on a stick this weekend. 

Congrats on a beauty! Sure makes the leg work worth it!

Lol Brian. Tulibee is the common term round Deez parts yo!

Mmm whities!

Good going Brian!!!! I need to fish whities again but it'll have to wait till next week. It's walleye and perch all this week, maybe some crappie too

well a plan was sorta put in place to fish lake of the woods saturday, and all went smoothly...NOT Partners bailed, an auger wouldnt work, my auger was unavailable as I called my dad to pick it up, only to find out he had just landed in hawaii, d'oh!!!!

after abit of scrounging i found an auger and a partner to fish with! weather was amazing! which was very welcome after we had been punished in NW ontario for 2 months of -30 to -40 weather. anyhow, saturday morning and all is ready to go, zero wind, sun is out and its -1 at 5am, PERFECT!

i pick up my buddy and as hes loading his gear into the truck, i get a txtx from my lil buddy payne. he wants to go fishing, perfect. its 5 mins outta the way but he just woke up. so i tell him hes got 10 mins to get ready and we will pick him up. arrive at his place around 630 and hes all ready to go! thatta boy payne(kids only 17)

hit the ice by 745 and the ice road is good enough i can jump a snowbank and drive right to the spot I wanna fish. awesome...

drill our first holes, 30'" of ice easily. rods start firing right away and it turns out we are on a school of jumbos and sauger. sauger were all dinks but we got some really nice perch right away. the action was so fast we barely snapped pics, but its was one heck of a way to start the day! this continued for about two hours before i decided to move 60 yards and hit the hump near the island and look for our walleye. oh, i also lost a jumbo at the hole that would have definitely been a PB, but i wasnt too bummed because all rods just kept firing.

we move to the hump, catch a few pike and hit a half hour lull. at this point some random dog shows up. musta strayed off from a cabin or perhaps another angler? anyhow, looked like a pitbull mix with awesome tiger like stripes. the camera didnt do it justice. super friendly pup, shaired a few sandwiches with us and decided that at least for the remainder of the day, he was with us.

the bite pics up again, lots of small walleye at first, then eaters. this continues for anothter few hours and its just insane! triple headers constantly. so fun! but thats lake of the woods for ya!

then a few friends/family show up outta nowhwere, right on! the more the marrier. everyone is catching and it seems we can do no wrong. live bait on jigs, frozen shiners on jigs, spoons, hair jigs, all working.

we are all having a blast and joking around, fish after fish the catching and laughs continue.

the sun starts to set, and our company leaves. I make the call to stay as we have no trophies up to this point. plus its only me second time out and i just wanna enjoy a full day of fishing.

with my knee injury, im also just stoked im off crutches! walking the ice was a careful task but my leg is finally healing!!!!! also, I quick booze about 2 months ago, and its just fun to enjoy nature and take it all in without getting drunk.

back on topic. The decision to stay pays off as I get a huge bite! yes!!!! everyone comes running as I ask for potential assistance to land whatever this is.

get er to the hole and land it. yep, shes no trophy but easily the best fish of the day, and a great way to end the day as well. weird walleye too, probably around 27" but fat as all heck!

we sat in the truck and outside to watch the sunset, so beautiful!

a great time was had by all, and that ended another adventure on a lake I hold very dear to me. LAKE OF THE WOODS RULES!!!!

i hope you enjoy my rambling, and arent to bummed at the lack of pics, but hey, when its that hot of a bite, who wants to be the photographer??? am I right or am I right?

Tight lines fellow OFC'ers!

9 hours ago, Toronto_Angler said:

They were detected in his blood stream doesn't mean he was currently under the influence. If he was using them to sleep they would still be detected the next day.

True, but they'd also have ppm and know exactly how much of what and when was taken.

Wow that's alot of serious drugs. Zolpidem +morphine???? Probably sleeping

I blame this loss on Geoff.(Chris, you probably know why, lol)

And I agree with everything you said.

I'd love to see Mathews/marner on a line and at least SEE what potential is there

Our grocery store had frig all for produce so I just improvised, made a few small changes but cooked the walleye exactly how you did the ling. I also made oven bannock too

My hats off to you Simon! The fish is unreal good!  Everyone loved it.

I had no chilli sauce so I used franksredhot in mayo with dill lemon zest and mustard, amazing! Used the left over on a baked potato and it too was awesome!

In trying this tonight Simon but with walleye.

Made some oven bannock to go with it too this am.

Looking forward to it!

Wow! Thanks Simon! I got what I asked for only in video form

Def. Giving this a try and I can already tell it's amazing!

And Jack is hilarious as usual???

Nice!!!! And that recipe idea sounds amazing!!!

I'm all packed up to go fish LOTWs this am. Looks like she'll be a tad warmer finally. This -30 -40 for a month can frig off!

Post a pic of the ling dish when done please!!!!

50 minutes ago, chris.brock said:

I am watching the habs/ bruins basically hoping players get injured, preferably seriously Gardiner an injury too please? Or better yet traded???

 

Hey Chris ya wanna wish 

56 minutes ago, AKRISONER said:

matt

 

sens losing "has house renos"

Sens beat leafs...makes 100 posts in a day

Im surprised your computer wasnt "too far to get to" to post

Hahaha funny because it's true!

2 hours ago, grimsbylander said:

 

I thought Craig Anderson was going be out for last nights game with an upper body injury??? Apparently, he has 2nd burns on the back of his neck from the goal light after the Chicago game! 

 

????

I have to laugh because we lose to the sens Everytime it's not a playoff game.

JVRs goal was pretty slick 

1 minute ago, muskymatt said:

That's actually pretty witty!!!! Almost like you've been thinking of it for 50 years!!!

What's that about 1938???

I'd have to clarify with MNR but I do believe it to be illegal bill

That's exactly it. Same with soft water too. Drop trees, mark a way point.

Idiots

2 hours ago, AKRISONER said:

 

Are you saying some idiots are throwing christmas trees in the lake to make "artifical" structure and then going back and trying to find them come winter time?

5 hours ago, chris.brock said:

Yes, that's the 3rd one and there's one more coming for All Star weekend late January. I don't like it, bums me out. HNIC Saturday night Leaf game is part of my weekly routine and something I look forward to. I won't even bother watching the Habs or Sens games they show when the Leafs don't play.

Yep, part of my sons and I routine too.

I'm always super bummed when HNIC isn't on with the leafs.

And scuro, if the leafs aren't on, I'd def. Watch winterpeg on HNIC. I think that's a far better idea