SirCranksalot

Nice catch........and the fish ain't that bad!

You mean to say that some of the other stuff on WWW isn't true either???? Well, wait 'till I tell my friends that!(May I quote you?)

I guess I'm the only one here who had never seen that pic before! I'll tell the guy who sent me that---not that it matters. (At least I amused some of you momentarily!. Now, let's all go back to arguing about bass boats!)

Here's a pic someone sent me. This Sturgeon was caught on the LAKE OF THE WOODS , KENORA , ONTARIO two weeks ago. It weighed out at over 1,000 lbs (463.6 kg) and measured out at 11'1" (3.3563 meters). It was 56" around the girth and took over 6 and a half hours, and 4 dozen beers, for the 4 guys taking turns at reeling it in. Any Sturgeon OVER about five feet has to be released unharmed and cannot be removed from the water. They are brood / breeding stock and probably older than most of us.

I've seen quite a few 'head shakers' over the years but here's the one that stands out at the moment: A very popular steelhead spot here in Wasaga is the local marina. The owner very generously lets fishermen unto his property and even unto his docks. Yet, believe it or not, some folks repay this generosity by leaving Tims cups, cig pkgs etc. Unbelievable. One of these days the owner is going to decide he's had enough.

Re the original post---2 expressions spring to mind Different strokes for different folks and To each his own. I glad not every fisherman associates speed with fishing. I give this 2 more posts before lock-up

Teddy bears probably wouldn't wok too well though!

.........................and he don't mean of your hand!!

Check out the Swift, Langford, and Novacraft websites. They all make good canoes.

A plastic surgeon? Really? So do you have to wait in line behind a bunch of women getting boob jobs??

If she likes to paddle(as opposed to the OP who was looking for something stable to fish in IIRC) do not get a Sportspal. Find a place she can 'test drive' a good 14 footer. If she needs light, buy kevlar. It costs but it will give her a more usable and pleasurable canoe.

Big O in the light crayfish pattern, or white. (I've even hooked a steelie on the cray pattern) Hot'nTots when I an find them.

Pelican makes a whole variety of different size waterproof cases. I have 1 for my camera.

I hear there's a big class 6 rapid on that river too!!

I have trouble with the concept of "wasteland"(no such thing IMHO) and the "middle of nowhere". The "middle of nowhere" is where many of us spend time and money trying to get to, hoping nobody got there before us. Check out the first verse! /www.greatbigsea.com/music/discography/songdetails.aspx?songid=43e5c4a9-2f92-465f-8549-f350c7386788

Too true!!

Think vegetarian. Mac and cheese is a veg meal. So is rice and beans. Pasta made with TVP(soy) tastes similar to that made with ground beef. One of my faves is Grace brand rice and beans--it's fairly spicy.

Why not keep the ice in the container to avoid having water in the cooler?

This topic got started on Mike Solo's Dusey trip thread, so I'm posting here rather than hijacking. I have always been reluctant to use steel leaders when fishing for bass or walleye and there are pike around. ( I have never targetted pike). I have the impression that a steel leader interferes a bit with the action of the lure and could be visible to the fish. In the last few years I have not used any special leader for pike and have rarely had a pike bite off the mono. A couple of weeks ago I was in the Nakina area. I caught quite a few pike and had just one cut the line right at the boat. I'm interested in hearing if you use the newer fluro leaders. I understand that they are quite resistant to being bitten off by pike, but I find that a bit hard to comprehend, given that they are plastic. Your comments? thx

I use 1 L juice containers---cranberry etc, squarish so fits well.

I'm not sure who's "more hooked'---the fish or your son! Anything special about those leaders? Looks like heavy duty mono as well as a heavy duty snap and swivel. And I agree ---your report is waay better than that guy solopaddler ever posted!

Find a river mouth at dusk and use flies.

Just for the record, my OOS threads did not get locked down. They got blown away---twice! The first time I thought maybe it was because of my subtitle?

You don't speak 'Southern"

I posted the original thread---twice---and it got deleted both times. I assume it must have been a software glitch because there didn't seem to be any good reason to delete. I know God works in mysterious ways, but there seems to be a lot of that going around.