Acal57

Well, we did it. My partner in crime and I finally went ice fishing on Simcoe. We stayed with Canadian Trophy Fishing Adventures run by Aaron Farbychuk. We spent four days in his ice bungalows. Not only is CTFA very reasonably priced but relative to other bungalows we saw this was like staying in the Taj Mahal. We had tons of room, a sink, a stove, pots, pans, utensils, a BBQ, comfortable beds and even a TV/DVD/Digital Antenna to watch hockey on. Roughing it we were not. Aaron was great. He stopped by a couple times a day to bring us minnows, propane for heat, gas for the generator and to shoot the breeze. We were fishing for perch our first three days and we didn’t catch too many but according to the MNR survey guy who dropped in, neither did anyone else. But we did catch (and release) a bunch of herring. It was warm and comfortable and we will definitely be going back next year. Since the perch fishing was slow we asked Aaron if we could spend our last afternoon fishing for lakers from one of his day huts. He was happy to oblige. His day huts are top notch as well, roomy, well insulated, well lit and warm with extremely comfortable van seats from the local wrecker. We only got a couple hours of laker fishing in before it got dark but we did alright, three follows and two fish. My pal Dave and I each landed our first lake trout. I got a nine pounder and Dave got a fifteen. What a blast on little ice fishing rods. Also, I have discovered using a Vex flasher is my new favourite video game. I could (and did) play that game for hours straight. Thanks Screwbs for the hookup. The underwater camera we brought was a hoot too. Some neat stuff happens under the ice at night. I had no idea there were so many gobies in Simcoe. Four days later my liver said uncle and we made the long trek back to London. I am really looking forward to getting out on BOQ with Aaron and CTFA this summer to chase big pickeral. What a riot, I can’t wait until next ice season. On second thought, after looking outside today, maybe I can.

Sorry to inform you bowslayer, but Arch passed a couple years back. His shop is now some hippy candle emporium. Riverside sucks, they are severely overpriced and do not have minnows contrary to the sign out front. Go to Angling Sports on Adleaide and Commish. They are moving soon to Highbury and Dundas though.

Depends on what you want out of it. LED has the best picture in my opinion. If you like live sports then think about plasma, 600 Hz keeps the ghosts out of the picture. Make sure you get at least 2 HDMI ports. Stay away from plasma if its going to be used for video games, the ticker will burn in. LG has never let me down, Panasonic is top of the line though.

Glow cleos or reef runner ripstick retrieved real slow.

I usually beat shore lines too but I was thinking that because of the extreme heat the fish will be deeper. Are there any deep holes in the lake? Like near the dam maybe?

Going out for pike with my dad tomorrow. I really want to get my old man back into fishing and for that I need some success. Now I figure the fish will be deep to avoid the heat. Where is the deepest water in Wildwood lake? We don't have a depthfinder. I'm thinking of using worms (or minnows if I can find an open bait shop on a holiday Monday) on drop shot rigs or jig heads. Maybe some soft plastic drop shot rigs as well. Any advice?

The league has been set up, lots of spots still available. Format is as follows: 1 QB 1 RB 2 WR 1TE 1 RB/WR/TE 1 K 1 TEAM D 2 DL 2 LB 2 DB 1 DL/LB/DB Its a live online draft scheduled for Friday Aug 31 at 8 pm, this is right after pre-season but before opening night. Games are head to head. There will be 16 teams divided into 4 divisions with 4 division winners and 2 wildcards going to the playoffs based on wins/losses. Playoffs are weeks 15, 16 and 17. If you have any questions feel free to PM me.

Anyone interested in a free Fantasy football league? I'll run it if we can get enough guys on board. I am aiming for 16 teams. Shoot me a PM if you're interested.

I know Shimano redesigned the sustain and released the FG model this year so I'm hoping some of the old FEs will go on clearance. Anyone know an online source or better yet a Canadian one that's clearing out old sustain reels? I'm hoping to get a bomb diggity reel for cheap.

Looking for someone to split gas costs to Lake Huron Tribs (Maitland, Bayfield, Nine Mile, etc) from London. I have a pig of a chevy blazer and will drive for 50/50 split on gas, probably cost about $50 total, so $25 each. Let me know if you're interested and relatively local. Thanks Dave