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Anything from pike to perch. Favorite fish are steelhead.
Learned a good setup few years back, and been producing crazy amounts of fish out in the east creeks.
Baitcaster reel paired with MH rod, 30lb braid and spin-n-glo rig on the end of 10lb floro leader.

That sounds great usually FishingNoob asks this question but it's a good one...
Keeping it mixed up means more time on the water...
Cheers!

It was awesome. The ministry of the environment F'ed Up. They allowed some construction and river alterations to take place. The specks died out in 2 years seriously they were gone in 2 years, some Browns lasted a little longer maybe 5 years..
I used to be able to catch Specks 20 ft from my front door every day.
 
Alfie.

Yep that is sad... Hopefully things will change in the future and the urban fisheries will improve!

Absolutely . You are well within your right to do as you please . I keep fish as well

Your talk is so cheap I'd like to air mail you to the Barren Lands.. I'm sure you would change a few principles & sleep with Maggie the 7mm magnum!

Thanks. I'll be sure to try it out. Wow, you learn something everyday.

Thanks it's a pretty good recipe which caramelizes the brown sugar & orange juice/zest making it like candy.
I try and get out tomorrow for stocked specks and post Mr. F. Noob.

It must be pretty cool to see that! Before, you guys kill em, save a few so I can train them to fish for me! http://en.wikipedia....rmorant_fishing

You have too admit that they are smart birds and everybody knows we are the most destructive species on earth... Our species has got those birds beat hands down in that regard!

When a body catches fish like you do, they deserve congrats!

 

Sounds like a good filleting technique. I might try it.

Thanks FishingNoob I forgot to mention one last step feel down middle of the fillet as you would for a walleye or pike and remove the pin bones by making a v - type notch.

Usually I cut the fillets into 1 inch chunks so that I can further check for bones as I've had a bad experience in the past prior to using a coating & pan frying..

Thanks... FishingNoob, Rower123 & Jazzy Jessome ...  I first gut the bass using a clamp board then kind of run my filleting knife down the back bone just tickling it, pull the fillet free while flicking the filleting knife around the rib cage to produce bone less/skin less bass fillets in one procedure...

This way my knife remains sharp longer, I get the job done quicker & with less effort sharpening... This method works really well with species that have thick ribs making it easier to fillet them...

Thanks... apz245, Dozzer, river55 & FishingNoob... Those are Fiddleheads like I saw in an earlier post from Dozzer... I've been meaning to try them for some time and they were fantastic with fish & chips...

nice pics man, thanks for the report! makes me want to get out on my canoe
 
do you mind sharing what you use for them from the canoe? I'm guessing you're not trolling

Actually I was trolling using a strip on spinner/ Little Joe Spinner/worm/minnow.. I buy the parts & make Little Joe Spinners/ Strip On Spinners myself using a wire bender it's pretty cheap when you buy the parts and make your own spinners..
Once I find fish I can drift or anchor in one spot like a river inlet/outlet or pocket/hole and use a slip bobber w/minnow/worm...
A fellow my family knows just past away he in his canoe with his dog & was not wearing his lifejacket apparently he has done this in the past and he trusted his dog...
He was a very carefull fellow of 78 years of age so this came as a big surprise as he usually commented on how careless the youth of today are...
I'd say always wear a life jacket when in a canoe no matter if you are alone or with someone else it's not worth your life!
Cheers,Pat

OFF is a nice respectfull site I think you will really like it Rob!

That looks like a cool family fun fishing outing HC...... Thanks for sharing & please post pics of the big ones for those of us that can't make it.

Fancy web site HC...I especially like the under water photo gallery!

Actually FishingNoob is both smart & funny!

Christmas gift from nature!

Merry Christmas & thanks for sharing a pic of a fish in it's natural element...water!

Sweet buddy. I'm looking forward to trying ice fishin this year

I would look at sheer numbers and pressure to figure out where I'd have my best bet @ catching a 5-10lb Brook Trout would be my advise would be Nipigon District.
It may seem unsportsman like but following a hatchery truck full of 5-10lb brood stock about to be put into a stocked lake seems pretty fool proof! lol