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Agreed on the line for sure. Like I said I would only go a bit lighter on the reel if I needed to save somewhere. I look at it like this. It costs me 80 bucks to fill up my truck and that tank is usually gone by the time I get back from fishing not counting what goes into the boat. With all the time and money I have invested in just getting to the lake I like to know I have given myself the best opportunity to catch a fish. Cheers

Your all business man. Grab a coffee, walk down to the river, 4 casts in nail a nice Walleye, go home rod slung firmly over shoulder. Nothing to it. lol. You can't beat an evening like that, even if it only took you ten minutes.

Because musky and chinnies bite so light they are hard to detect? The rod is what you spend money on for walleyes because they bite light therefore you need the sensitivity. Since walleye don't burn your drag like musky or chinnies you can go a bit lighter on the reel. Always no matter what spend good money on quality line.

St Croix Avid is a great walleye rod for jigging,lindy rigging, and even trolling wally divers or small crank baits. I would go 7'0 medium light or medium with a fast tip. Once you get into trolling bottom bouncers or bigger cranks you will need a trolling rod. A bait casting combo works well also with a Rapala line counter added on. A jigging rod needs sensitivity that you do not get with a cheaper rod. Walleye can be very stealthy and sneaky and get take a minnow without you feeling it. The new Fenwicks are a really nice rod as well. Of course the Loomis GLX is the Ferrari but I do not know many people that could justify the money. I do not normally support people trying to up sell people into expensive equipment but for the light biting walleye you need to feel them. Shimano's higher end jigging rods are impeccable as well.

I like the Chronz's fish batter as well. The substance in question is lead. I guess watching hunting and fishing is worse than watching MMA or COPS or some crappy show which a bunch of back stabbing social climbers vote each other of the island or out of the apartment or whatever. LOL. Healed thumb just in time for the best fishing time of the year. Excellent.

Awesome.

Richard Peddie is a wiener.

Well done. What a beauty.

Excellent. Hope you get your 50.

On my 2nd one in 4 years. Would have been more if my dad wasn't so handy fixing them.

Great report and a cool idea.

That fish is a built like a bulldozer. I agree with solo. Write up a report for us. I can't wait to see the other pictures and hear how the week went. Cheers

Wow. What a tank. Congrats on the day.

Really cool thread. I am happy to see how many there is.

It was the liberals in 2002. He is right. Schedule 2 was suppose to account for the lakes that had already been used as toxic dumping grounds in the past (legally or otherwise). No lakes that were deemed to be healthy lakes would ever be used. Harper has now twisted that into whatever lakes are deemed convenient, hence the free for all the last couple of years. Schedule 2 sat for 6 years pretty quiet until Harper sharpened his claws on it in 2008.

Thanks. Great bunch of fish. Look like your having a great year.

Steven Harper started allowing all this crap in June of 2008. I posted this link here then. I will post it again. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/16/condemned-lakes.html?ref=rss I also posted worry about the changes to the navigable waters act here, and was told it would never pass. Well it did. Money.Money.Money.

Jiggernaut tackle, Cornwall, Ontario http://www.jiggernauttackle.com/

Walker Downriggers is in Michigan I believe.

Hot spot lures and flashers http://www.hotspotlures.com/index.php

Not tackle but Princecraft boats would be at least fishing related.

Way to go. Looks like a great time.

Nothing beats a good dog. Thanks for sharing.

The instruction from the members here is right on the money. The line weight 8 pound or 10 pound or whatever.. you will be fine. Stiffness of rod will not matter much, I mean if you want to buy a new rod for every trip you take by all means. Whatever rods you have, match them up with the advice here. Whatever you have that feels the best with the 3 way rig will do. Good luck man. I hope you slay them. I always liked the snap weights or leadcore with a williams half and half hammered. 30-50 down are the biters. If you are marking hordes of fish 80 feet down and you can not get them to bite target 30-50 feet down. Not as many fish on the sonar but many of them will be biters. Good luck.

That is fantastic. Well done. I like the paddle shots.