SirCranksalot

Might be a tad tricky in a canoe, though!

Thx very much, TD. That gives me some ideas for next summer and maybe late spring. I have gone out on Lake O. on a friends boat using big cannonballs foe salmon. It's OK fun, but not the same as w/o all that weight.

TD, I often fish from a canoe. I don't know much about downriggers. I thought they were those heavy cannon ball things that folks use on bigger boats on Lake O etc . I have trouble visualizing how you would use that in a kayak. I'd be very interested to hear more details re your e-way swivel setup. Don't you still need quite a heavy sinker to get down deep, depending on the speed of course.

Holy smoke, what a fish!!! And he has a belly like he's been sitting on the couch drinking beer. How about the story behind it---we'd love to hear it! (Don't say you lost an even bigger one before that!).

Are you saying that some fishermen exaggerate? No, never, at least nobody I know!!

OK, thx. Just got lazy and skimmed thru the text---mostly looked at those beautiful fish!

On the third and fourth pix it looks like you were using a Rapala as well as a roe bag. Correct? How did you rig them? thx

You folks new here? This is Canada---it's winter---it gets cold---it snows---get used to it!

I went thru a whole mess of sunflower seeds anytime I was out at a dance or other social function and having a beer!! I took up an exercise program at the same time I quit smoking. It burnt off some nervous energy and kept my weight down.

Congrats to the OP and anyone else who has quit! And if you are struggling---hang in there, it's worth it. I quit 30 odd years ago shortly after my youngest was born. It was tough but well worth it.

I thought I saw a post announcing this on here somewhere but cannot find it now. Anyone know the details? Thx

So the contest for the 2012 Darwin awards has begun!!

Do you know if MNR is still stocking the lake? If they are, they will stop if there's no public access. I suggest you contact the local MNR office for that area.

Well I was at ________ today and there was nobody there!!

Nice video, Aaron! I watch very little TV---do you have a show on TV somewhere?

Not mail as such, but when your Bell Canada internet konks out and you phone them, 1 of the recorded messages you get says that help is available on-line!!! (As an alternative to hanging on the phone for a 1/2 an hour I guess!)

I know some folks here are opposed to showing backgrounds, but I think I can say w/o much fear of contradiction that's not in Ontario at all!!

Sounds similar to the fiasco a certain gov't dept who had a big problem with their online camping reservation 'system' a year or so ago!! Never underestimate bureaucratic myopia/stupidity---it has a history much longer than Canada itself.

One Xmas we made a trifle with rumpot/rumtopf instead of the regular fruit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumtopf

Nothing new in that list---been doing that for years and have the arteries to prove it! ("Seriously", LMAO, ROFL and a few more acronyms, then forwarded to a bunch of people)

Do they make good bait, for pike for e.g. and, if so, can they be bred in captivity?

FF, Im fairly new to steelheading as well. The technique you are describing sounds like float fishing. Were you using a float? I thought with bottom bouncing most people used 1 bigger sinker rather than several smaller ones to minimize the number of tangles and hitches as the sinkers bounce along the bottom.

Have you thought about buying an electric pump that plugs into the cig lighter? Fairly cheap an C Tire, used for blowing air mattresses.

Lower Notty just peaked about 3 days ago and is now down about 6-8" after rising about 3-4 ft. But it has cleared a bit. Some info is avail on-line: http://www.wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/google_map/google_map_e.html?search_by=p&province=ON Lots of pike and a few walleyes still left in the river.

1 minor mod---just delete the Leafs. Maybe the league an replace them with a real team in Hamilton!?