cptpronin

Rods for sale:

Browning Medallion GT spinning 7' UL/F, 2-piece. Hardly used, new condition. $50

St. Croix Mojo Bass casting 6'6 M/F one piece, "jerk bait".  Well used, minimal boat rash. Good condition. Still under warranty.  $50

St. Croix Mojo Bass casting 7' MH/F one piece, "spinner bait". Gently used, used only one season. Very good condition, still under warranty.  $50

Browning Six Rivers casting, 8'6 MH/F 2 piece, salmon/steelhead. Mild boat rash, still in good condition. Friggin' tough as nails.  $20

TFO casting 8'6 steelhead casting rod, M/F, 2 piece, some boat/shore rash, still in good shape. Very nice blank. $50

TFO casting 9'6 steelhead casting rood, L/F, 2 piece, some shore rash, still in good shape. Very nice blank. $50

--Reels:--

Abu Garcia Orra SX pin brake casting reel, 7:1. She's fast and perfect for burning spinner baits. Casts smooth. Really good casts. Why am I selling this one? Well used. $20

Abu Garcia Winch (similar to STX line), dual pin and magnetic brake. 5.3:1. Just slow enough to get the right retrieve on cranks. Extra mag brake makes throwing jerk baits a breeze. Smooth and very light. Was also very pricey.  Very well used. I mean a lot, but still has lots of life left.  Cleaned and rebuilt.  $100.

Abu Garcia C3 4600 level wind, used, a bit of rash, still in good shape.  $50

Abu Garcia C3 5600 level wind, used, a bit banged up, but still in good shape. $40

Abu Garcia C3 5600 level wind, used, in great shape, almost new.  $80

Shimano Sedona 2500 spinning, in good shape, a bit of boat rash, but in very good condition.  $30

Pflueger President 6925 spinning, in good shape, smaller (200 yards/4lb line) for light/longer UL rods.  Excellent condtion Almost new. $40.

----Pick up is in oakville.  Please contact for photos/details.  Thanks!

Lol I'm dieing at all this in depth review of the length, I myself weighed the fish and my brother used the same measure board I use in tournaments to measure both. I really don't care about all the science behind it and I do not mean to be disrepctful at all lol but I had a blast and caught 3 hogs so far with my brother who was off his shift rotation for the week! Couldn't have asked for a better couple of days.

Don't worry about it.  Whether your measurements were a tad exaggerated or not, it is not like you were trying to intentionally BS us.  This is just a simple case of jealousy.  A two anglers who take themselves way too seriously and have to suck the joy out of good fish story.

First off, nice fish regardless of actual size. Good couple hours of fishing.

 

Now I'm going to rip it apart...

 

 

Hence crackpot science as rybak stated. His method of estimation is only believable if and only if you compare two objects that are within the same plane in the photo. For example...measuring a segment of a finger that is held against the body of the fish.

 

But...it does prove a point the fish was over estimated.

 

Certain common objects can offer some estimate of the fish...regardless of how big or small the person in the picture may be. People often claim they are such and such height and weight and grossly overestimate fish size. I just had to look at the size of the ball cap visor and say BS because an unbent ball cap visor is usually 7"-7.5" wide. When bent, it ranges from 5.5"-6.5" wide...depending on the size of the "roof top".

 

Otherwise...to prove a point...I set this experiment up...

 

2 American pennies (Don't have Canadian pennies anymore ) set on a piano bench exactly (measured) 12" away from each other in "depth", and 1" slightly offset with each other laterally.

 

First picture was taken with the camera lens set exactly (measured) 22" above ground, and exactly (measured) 12" away from the closer penny (and exactly 24" from the further penny). This is a fairly unrealistic situation where the object (fish and angler) is so close to the lens...but use here to illustrate a point.

 

 

In this case, the closer penny is 191 pixels in diameter, while the further penny is 101 pixels in diameter. If we use the further penny as comparison for "actual size", then the penny that is closer is enlarged 89%...it almost doubles in size! I don't really need to tell you that. You can probably see that the penny that is further away is 1/2 the size.

 

OK...let's bring the camera back from the pennies.

 

Second picture was taken with the camera lens set at the same height (22"), and exactly 36" away from the closer penny (and exactly 48" from the further penny).

 

 

In this case, the closer penny is 68 pixels in diameter, while the further penny is 51 pixels in diameter. Again, using the further penny as comparison for "actual size", the penny that is closer is enlarged 33%! Again, I don't need to tell you that the penny that is further away is about 3/4 of the size.

 

So...as you can see, the enlargement factor is quite severe. I don't think I need to tell anyone that holding a fish closer to the lens makes the fish look bigger...but I don't know if people are aware just how much "bigger" the fish looks.

 

The further you set apart the pennies, the bigger the discrepency in size. I love how people always mention how big they are in the picture. If you claim you are taller and wider in built, it also implies your arms are longer and the fish is held out further...which means the actual size of the fish is actually smaller than it appears. It works against you...not for you.

 

But still, rybak's estimation has merits. If we take my measurements and enlargement ratios to what rybak has measuered, assuming that the photographer was 36" away from the fish and the fish was held out a reasonable 12" from the face (which I'm being generous...because with arms from a 6'1" body it is more than 12"...after all, a ball cap brim is about 5" long)...then you have an enlargement ratio of 33%...or flip it around we should shrink the fish to 75% of the apparent size...

 

That means the first fish is 19.8" (round up) and the second fish is 19.7"...Which is what I estimated without doing all that silly photography and calculation anyways.

 

Again, I'm being generous here assuming that the fish was ONLY held out 12" from the face.

 

All that to say...the smallies looks to be 4-5lb fish...and people should not overestimate an Ontario record breaking fish length without a tape measure...because that estimation certianly looks fishy. A 31" smallie it isn't unless you can show some pictures of the fish beside a tape.

 

BTW, if you really claimed the smallie is 31" long, then your forearm must be 24" long. You must be an orangutan..

You need to get laid.

Starting a new report thread for Lake Kelso.

Used to overlook this spot because the lineups at the entrance were always long and turned me off of fishing there, but I wanted a bass spot that was closer to home than my usual haunts, so I gave it a try.

The battery had died on my fish finder so I had to use the Force.  It would have been nice to get the depths and bottom structure.  I know for a fact the middle of the lake is at least 20' because my anchor did not touch bottom...

I was not disappointed.  In an afternoon of fishing, 7 bass, 2 decent sized perch and 1 hand-sized crappie all caught off a 2" roundbill mid diving crank.  Of the bass caught, most were chunky enough.  I heard there are some real nice ones in there.

The only qualms I have with this lake is it is very busy and the 401 is right there... The moutain/escarpment is beautiful to look at on the south shore though... but the noise and inexperienced canoe paddlers make it a bit of an obstacle course... so it is more like a week-day type fishing hole.  But the fishing is totally worth it if you got a bass tooth.

Chubby chunkster

Jr. chunkster, second class.

Found this handy calculator for figuring out line diameter capacity for reels.  Saves a little time crunching numbers.

http://www.accuratef...ort/linecal.php

Pain in the butt when a manufacturer rates line capacity with only one diameter.

You'll survive and it will taste great.  Just wouldn't eat Lake Ontario fish every weekend.

36" is a nice chunk of fish!!  Photo?

Since you got it chilling in the fridge with the guts out (first thing you did when you got home...), can I suggest baking the fillets wrapped in tinfoil, seasoned with butter, onions, salt, pepper and some dill weed.  350 F in the oven or BBQ for 5 - 10 minutes or until the flesh flakes off with a fork.  Your household will eat like royalty!  p:

Green mono all around.  Nothing against braid.  I've experimented with braid and realized the advantages immediately, but I prefer the bit of stretch of mono when chucking lures.

Med bass/pike spinning: 8lb (smaller rapalas, mepps)

Med bass casting: 12lb (cranks, jerks, spoons, topwaters)

Med/Heavy bass casting: 17lb (spinnerbaits, spoons, weedless frogs)

Med/Heavy pike casting: 14lb (medium - large jerks, spoons, big cranks, spinnerbaits, big mepps)

I caught ONE stocked bow last year in my first time trying. I'm sure it's laughable to most of you experienced river anglers, but I'm looking forward to finding a quiet(ish) spot at a conservation pond and honing my skills a little more.  All the stories I read about busy opening weekends has me too nervous to get out there 'in the wild' lol.  Good luck to everyone and be safe!

Lol half the riverside stories are exaggerated.  I have encountered people who have forgot their manners and a few little punks who think they're tough, but in all, I've never had any real conflict.  I don't have a posse and I've survived each outing without getting gang beaten or ran off the river.

As long as you fish like you know what you're doing and sport a good attitude, you'll find that a busy river is a great place to do some social engineering and pick up some juicy tidbits of information and make friends.

Personally I like to bring home a pike for the dinner table every now and then.  I will keep a salmon or two in the fall.  I love bringing home stringers of crappie, but I never take more than my household can eat in one or two sittings.

I think its important to exercise conservation, but it is ok if somebody wants to bring one home for dinner.  Its when people bring home more than they can eat and the fish sits in the freezer wasting away.  That is a waste of a resource.  Want a Sunday fish dinner?  By all means go out there and bring home a couple good sized walleye for the family, or a couple rainbows you caught at the cottage.  Just do not bring home more than you can eat.