all this fishing talk...

[jason_ladouceur]

..makes me wanna share.
went on hoildays in northern Ontario a few weeks ago, and got a chance to do some fishing. something i haven't done in years. well i guess it's beginers luck because i pulled this yummy 8lb trout from the lake in less than 30 minutes.

[frenchy]

Thats a gorgeous trout congrats man
Ill share some pics too lol I used to fish for a livin doin tournaments till the real world caught up w me

52lb white seabass


Baby sturgen


Dorado



Lake record steelhead 17 lbs


25lb channel cat



14lb rainbow trout

[mainbutter]

Wonderful fish! I absolutely love fishing in Canada and am jealous of those who live there

How deep were you when you got that guy? All the trout lakes here in MN get real difficult to fish at the height of summer, cuz they go way down deep.. and I don't have the electronics to effectively find 'em.

[jason_ladouceur]

Wonderful fish! I absolutely love fishing in Canada and am jealous of those who live there

How deep were you when you got that guy? All the trout lakes here in MN get real difficult to fish at the height of summer, cuz they go way down deep.. and I don't have the electronics to effectively find 'em.

we were in about 60' of water. but the lake drops off to over 200' about 300 yards from shore. but the water around Manitoulin has so many fish you could just about catch them by droping a bucket over the side of the boat. we had about 7 or 8 hits in 4 or 5 hours. one of the locals told me they pulled a 56" pike out of there the summer before.

[mainbutter]

Jeezus christ I've never heard of any pike APPROACHING 56'' in north america ever.. muskies, yeah maybe one or two every year pop up in issues of Muskies Inc's newsletter, but pike are so slow growing.

I fish a lake called "Manitou" (with the north and south often referred to as "Upper Manitou" or "Lower Manitou"), any idea if Manitoulin anywhere near there? I've gotta assume that the name is Ojibwe or some other native american language in origin.

[el8ch]

Nice looking fish fellas! Fishing is one of my hands down favorite things to do!

Here are a couple I caught up in my neck of the woods

One of the many Muskie we catch up the Kawarthas - This girl was about 14 lbs with a nice tiger stripe pattern



Nice looking Large Mouth



Some of my fav's - good ol' Bluegill! YUM!

[jason_ladouceur]

Jeezus christ I've never heard of any pike APPROACHING 56'' in north america ever.. muskies, yeah maybe one or two every year pop up in issues of Muskies Inc's newsletter, but pike are so slow growing.

I fish a lake called "Manitou" (with the north and south often referred to as "Upper Manitou" or "Lower Manitou"), any idea if Manitoulin anywhere near there? I've gotta assume that the name is Ojibwe or some other native american language in origin.

ya I think I would have passed it off as a "big fish" story if it hadn't of been for the 48" pike he had mounted over his front door. as far as lake Manitou I’m not sure were that is. I know there is the Manito islands up near north bay. Manitoulan island is about 2 hours by ferry north of the tip of the Bruce peninsula (a great place to see eastern Massasauga rattlers btw ) or about an hour south of Sudbury. it sits on lake Huron and Ontario bay.

[purplemuffin]

I actually went bay fishing in the gulf of mexico near Padre Island for the first time since I was about 5, and I caught my first 'big' fish!

Though honestly i'm sort of embarrassed to post about it as it's nothing compared to what you serious fishermen are always catching. It was my first though so I really want to share! I actually caught the second biggest king fish of everyone on the boat which was kind of cool for a first experience fishing! (of course the one who 'caught' the biggest one was a 6 year old kid! But he did need a lot of help reeling that thing in!)

These pictures of me are horrible, it was a hot day so I am making the most terrible face..so uh, just look at the fish!





We also caught a ton of whiting and trout and it was sort of exciting because it was the first time I was able to eat something I caught myself!

[BallsUnlimited]

Lots of pictures but this is some of the stuff I caught this year. If you couldnt tell I love to eat fluke

[frenchy]

Darnit why does my thread have a thumbs down at the top of it