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dang all I can realyl say danng!!!!

Hey Craig think if I take a hammer to my pro xs and utterly destroy it on film yamaha will put me a new SHO on the back lol

I picked up a mojo last week, for the price a very decent stick...

I like your Borat inspired blcok out pics ....nice haul dude

Both are ther pefect stepping stone to get started in competative bass fishing. CBAF being the new one of the two, but the CBAF has grown to pretty much be the second largest bass circuit in Ontario, that is all angler driven. If he/she is a top angler in the province I ll be that they belong to the CBAF, no politics, no hassles and for a 100 or so you are pretty much guaranteed to get into a 50k bass boat and fish with some of the bess bass guys in the province, no 8 boat tournaments here, seymour say close to 50 last weekend. PM if you want more info

what camera did you get I just picked up a pentax w90 and havent really played with it much

building one is complicated but here it goes if your into it, You need to source out a rotational moulder ( there is one in Mississauga ) find the right tank you ll have to build a base of 2x2 to sit it on and fll the cvavity with rigid foam. Cut the top of the tank to fit a hatch of some sort and make sure its supported on all sides, ( if your looking for 30 gallon plus I also suggest some sort of baffle system to prevent water sloshing) 2 500g water pumps and 1/2 inch abs piping secure 1 pump to the bottom and one pump close to where you intend to have a water intake ( it might require a hole in your boat below the water line ) run the power from a battery to both pumps and some sort of toggle switch run the plumbing from the pump out somewhere outside of your boat ( requiring another hole ) source out the fittings for the hull attach them and your good to go. Sounds like a lot of work but a solid afternoon and its done. the cooler though is about 30 seconds to buy

In many causes your completely right on that, I bet a quick google and there are tons of lakes that thats the exact cause, I think Lake E was formed in 1914 or something like that, and Im sure during its drainings over the years habitat was lost and more, I believe it was 88 or 89 when the lake was last drained for repairs to the dam and the cottagers cut the trees down making laydowns not standing timber, but in Lake Eugenia's case again while the age of the reservoir might be a contributing factor I think the invasives, harvest and pressure account for 90% of the reason its in its current state. Phosphate load and res age maybe 10%. regardless it is a former shadow of what it really was. About 5 yrs ago I went to show my kids something foolish I used to do by the dam, ( a precurser so they arent as dumb) and I saw a line up of white buckets with dozens of small ( 2 inch ) fish in it, when I asked whats that for I got " soup " I remember someone saying around the same time, they were glad carp where there so the bass would go away and the carp fishing would start......sad

Lake Eugenia was many years back one of the best hidden gems out there, stumps, trees projecting 20 feet out of the water, hardly a fisherman, and more importantly giant bass. 20 lb was needed to win any sort of tournament there in the hay day, no carp, hardly any rock bass, more weeds then a jig could fish in a day really a dream where pretty much you could guarantee a 4lb bass on a trip and a bonus brook trout could usually be summed up Now, its infested with carp, rock bass are exploding, the weeds are gone, that bass that remain are dinks and the other week I found zebra muscles on some weed, stringers and stringers of anything a hook can land it really is the best example I can muster where internet forums and a choice article took a gem of a piece of water and totally screwed it up

Hey Bill for what ever reason my computer is wacked and wont send a pm can you email me dude

got as far as the timmies above vaughn had a bagel and turned back home...

good on you 2 great read, Bill you really are a tropper

Own a construction company and day trade

all great names for sure but hands down you want erie smallies you want a safe dry ride and you want a lifetime experience no one can do it better for you then simon frost http://www.simonfrost.ca/

I hear ya Johnboth my boays play AAA oba ball and its coming on close to 90 games combined since May 10 to now. Add the twice a week practices and its a long haul. I focus on development from a mechinical aspect to stratagy in coaching I always tell parents that winning is for them. We try to weed out the AA or AAA hockey players as thier in season sport hockey in the winter prevents them from developing problem is most strong ball players are also hockey players I tell the kids that in winter hockey is the inseason sport and in summer baseball is, I had a hockey coach tell one of my kids if he missed a double practice on a weekend while I had a tournament he would be on the bench I called the coach and it wasnt a nice conversation, I think he got the message once ethical decision making processes were explained

the specific livewell for that boat came from a rotational molder in california, but there is a tank supplier in Mississauga just google rotatioal molders and you ll find it ** saved you the trouble Peter** I went back into an old hard drive and found it, I couldnt get the right size to fit but if your going smaller no probs finding one here http://www.plastictanks.ca/category.php?cat_id=029

Who here has Children playing at this level... I have two and am getting tired lol..just curious who else is in the same shoe

I dont know how much fact is behind this Im quoting off a US fishing site The new policy as of aug 1 is: 1. You must have ALL of the rod to get a new one at a dealer and must ship all of the rod to shimano to get a new one. 2. The exchange price has went from $50 to $100. We have alot of people that break their old rods to get a new one. I guess thats why that's the reason for the change? So if you have a broken Loomis you better hurry and get it taken care of before Aug 1. again its a quote not my words just wondering if this is true and the expidator service with a cut blank is now done

1 word really CURRENT find it and fish the breaks

in Mississauga I just finished 2 beers and an awsome swim not a drop in the sky

Charles break 8 lb with 5 fish, I never knew pink senko's can get you that sorta weight I hear though he has trouble climbin on trailers though

if someone can find humour in something very similiar to this then hey I dont get the joke While Im sure it was no where as severe as the video I ll wager it wasnt far off either still funny?

yup 2.0000000000001` I can fell it the senko bite is strong with you

you know what they say...gitter done.......go fish them fro mwhat Im told you ll figure out which one has the largest pretty fast

Mike it truely was an amazing trip, I ll sort of Chime in on the social aspects first. Always a variable getting together in a remote setting with friends both new and old sometimes can be a challange, not this trip it was without a doubt the best experience I have ever had with a bunch of guys, and I really fell as if I made some brother connections on this trip We all have bucket list trips, I certainly know I have them, some I have completed but some are still a long lazy day dream away. The ones that do remain are monster brook trout Alaskan Wild Steelhead, Mexican Bass and giant snakes, or for most monster Pike which this trip certainly satisfied A while back I saw a post on an internet forum by moose bunk of giant pike on the Attawapiskat and the pym, then I saw Krupa do a show on the Pym and it was a location that got added to the bucket list with the I gotta do that for sure Last June my good friend Mike came with this proposal about a new camp on virgin waters teaming with monster snakes and more walleyes then both your shore lunch appitite or arms could handle, on the Attawapiskat with a strong feeling it could have true monster potential I committed to book. I didn’t care if the camp was new, old, or beyond all I focused on was un fished waters not touched by man in years and thats exactly what I got. Well a lot of planning and a few posts and conversations on how Mike fished it in September my plans turned into extreme anxiety akin to are we there yet syndrome, you know the sort of gut wrenching '' is it time to go already'' anticipation. Finally the planning the packing and the journey to Nakina was ahead. After an arduous drive we arrive at Nakina and base, now anyone that has passed trough would know that Nakina isn’t the ideal location for a gourmet meal happily the outfitter was from New Brunswick and was a seafood distributor and brought in some goodies. Go figure we all get treated to a great meal of surf and turf it looked fantastic Well with a satisfied tummy, coors light sleeping pills and after the 13 hour drive it was time to sleep so off we went. We woke in the morning to confirm our flight out was for 11, a quick breakfeast and off we went to weigh our gear and board the plane, I really believe our entire group was on pins and needles to get going, so much so that the theme of Borat ran amuck for a bit, more on that one later....... One of the only group shots of our group Happily we board our vintage otter and off we go, the scenery is unique in the lowlands with many thousands of small pothole lakes and a few larger ones that we all felt would hold the odd snake or walleye some how an excersion would be neat but I dont think doable. ahh the sensation of the plane on the dock and knowing that the bucket list trip is about to come full throttle, little did I know that I was about to begin an adventure with friends that would leave me sitting here as I type this smiling from ear to ear about all the little adventures and laughs of the trip. I knew one thing though, as I planned the trip I established ''goals'' akin to a spot on spot type of deal, I knew I wanted to see a monster pike chase a fish and eat it, sight fish a monster fish in the shallow warm bays, a 50 inch pike was a stretch so I really settled on a 40 plus as the true goal and some personal reflection with a bunch of guys I consider brothers, little did I know what was coming... Back to some scenery, the Attawapiskat I truely thought would be a pristine untouched wilderness, and without any photo manipulation I hope you can capture the surreal scenery that followed me on every single turn and on every single bank even in extreme low water it was a biblical excersion daily to uncharted waters and as a devout Cristian I felt a connection that I believe will draw me back here again and again. with the sun setting around 11 30 nightly I had real pleasure sitting and watching the vista's while enjoying some finely crafted beers a friend brought in Not being overly concerned with the cabins, as long as they were bug proof, while they were rustic and needed some work they were perfectly fine and would more then suffice for the week I was here, as you see the new owner of the camp did spend time and resources to make then clean and comfortable and he has ambitious plans underway to make it a great outpost camp, but again with surreal fishing does anyone really care With the cooking being done in another kitchen cabin I knew that lucky the mouse wasnt visiting me nor was the juvinile bear from the woods so to say I slept like a baby was an understatement Suffice to say my pallette was satisfied daily here, as a group we brought in divergent meals ranging from Butter Chicken to pasta to wagoo steaks, we ate well thats for sure and as you see the kitchen cabin was a great place to just hang from a day of bruisers, share stories about our lives and just bond as friends, somewhere along the line we all began to speak in an extreme borat accent it made for lots of laughs especially when Dan with his heavy french accent tried to speak in the asbeckastien accent killer laughs is an understatement While the camp was recently re opened and by my calculation it was closed for at least 20 years with some walks into the bush we could find the true origins of the camp, we estimated the cabin to be 50 years old at the minimum It was good to see that someone other then us thought it was a great spot. Justin and Dave had the right plan, camp shore lunch consiting of many things but the main course battered walleye fillets, they were dead on the deal and I wished I caught on to it earlier. We did plan at least one shore lunch as a group and with the plan under foot we made good. The beauty of this place is that lunch can be on the deck of the boat in mere minutes in the right location, while they were not 30 inch walleye many were perfect eating size, I remember looking at the fish and thinking how god creates things perfect So with a few stops we had lunch The beach resembled a drive tru with the boats parked I chuckled at it a few times Now Justin has a few gifts ( a borat imitation is certainly one of them as is pitching empty pringle containers ) but so is his ability to batter a fish to perfection and good it just right, it was one of the lunches I ll remember for decades it was that good and that enjoyable Enough of my typing here, you have seen the flights the scenery and the food, but really why did I drive thirteen hrs, fly one and drive a boat for another 40 minutes, I wanted snakes. I saw the earlier reports on the camp and I knew the giants were there, but conditions change, what lure, what pattern and what tactics woudl work to find and tie into the giant snakes, that was the million dollar question. Initially we found hundreds of hammer handles pike, and a few larger ones but the elusive giants just were not there the first few days, at least for me anyhow. Dont get me wrong here, I enjoyed the massive quantity of hammers and the odd 30 plus fish but snakes were on my mind, my other friends found success not as much with pattern initially but with location, but my partner for the week and I once we found the right lure, patterned them quick and the snakes started to appear With some changing conditions namely 35 degree weather the pattern changed quick and the good ole Johnston spoon and the developing patterns started to find bigger fish, quickly the reepers body baits and spinners got abandoned and as Mike said we all moved to one primary bait Well with some cabin talks we all started to as a group tighten the pattern window and collectively started to pick up consistant fish on consistant patterns and we started to dial in the fish, while we all knew the potential of a 50 inch pike existed on every cast, our measurment of success was a fish over 40 inches Sticking to a pattern started to reap rewards Prior to the trip I really thought I would have severe shoulder pain from casting beefy rods and big baits, I really spent time thinking on the right rods for this trip I decided to bring my loomis frog rod with a curado 100 up as one of the primary rods I would use, I honestly can say that I made hundreds upon hundreds of casts and I felt like a spring chicken every night what a great stick! I handled fish like a champ and made me really start thinking more on loomis products in the future, now back to a few more fish pictures One thing I always like to do is take macro's of fish I find the characteristics of fish face as I call it very appealing it also makes me feel connected to the fish in a quasi fashion I really feel like I connected with the animal on a different plane This particular snake really had me under some sort of ancient charm as I was mesmerized by it when I have some time and catch up on sleep I ll take some time to Manipulate the picture and see how majestic the animal really was As the week was going by we saw the pattern slightly change and with some manipulation fish could still go, we found many in a small bay, and we can only assume they were in there resting from current and recovering from the spawn as they were agressive as agressive any fish can get and once hooked it was insane, it was just another glimpse on the pattern, but it sure was neat to see a gator run 10 feet in a wake to chase your lure Dont get me wrong even though its remote extreme wilderness these big fish needed to be patterned and figured out, happily I was with a really experienced bunch and we could all get them dialed in a bit quicker also amungst the facial pictures of fish I enjoy the under water still shot, nothing rivals a top predator though as he rests in current and regains it strength Well as the week was closing I was starting to question things I had a pike chase both a walleye and Pike, I had some great meals and some even greater times with men I consider brothers, I sight fished for monster pike and broke the 40 barrier, but just. I still had to break a bigger hurdle. I finally got the chance to fish with a friend Dave, I respect him greatly and wanted to fish with him so I was happy it worked out, we hatched a plan that was a zero or hero plan, we both knew it and we both echoed the go big or go home god was I glad we did we fished milk runs collectively we bought found over the week. Dave is quite the musky guy so Im pretty excited to get out with him sooner then later to fish for those fish also I finally was able to breach the 43 barrier 2 times while not the trip record of 47 it was more then enough to make me smile as I put my head on a pillow at night FINALLY As we turned the corner I was able to find this behemith hiding at the perfect ambush point Just to put these fish into a classificaion these are larger then average hands on the mouth of a recovering pike Well thats it lots of pike lots of giggles and an adventure on a bucket list with guys I hope Im friends with for many decades to come Thats it I completed a bucket list trip, I have wanted to do since I was a teen I made some new friends and renewed some old ones. Finally I just wanted to chill with a beer and reflect before the thirteen hour drive, but I crossed one off the list but more importantly I spent time with some of the greatest guys one can hope for the next trip .................is in the plan!!