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Thanks for the tips Ed, much appreciated. Tying on some fluoro now.

Hi all, I do most of my fishing on the Rideau, but will be spending some time on the St. Lawrence next week hoping to target smallmouth and I had a couple of questions. 1) I'm planning on exploring some back bays in my canoe, or staying close to shoreline in the main river if the winds are low. Will...

Steve Mandanda wrote:What do you do if the fish swings around to another side of the kayak?

Choose a rod that's long enough to pass the tip around the front of your boat. I fish from a 13' kayak, and I like a 7' rod, but can definitely get away with 6'6. Depends on your kayak though. Have fun!

CN wrote:because of all the water this spring bugs will be bad all season.

Yep, definitely a "bumper crop" of mosquitos with all the standing water around this spring.

Mentioned previously that MNR have shown up after a picture was posted to the internet. How do they determine when the fish was caught, couldn't defence always be that it was years past? Or is it usually that the poster mentioned the date of catch in post? EXIF data. When you take a picture with a ...

Check out the search feature, this topic comes up every year and has been discussed at length. Bottom line about pictures is it's going to depend on officer discretion if you got caught. I know someone who had conservation officers show up at his house with some pretty serious fines and seizures bei...

I met Gunther last year at a KAAO meeting, what an inspirational and funny guy. If you have a chance, I highly recommend checking this doc out.

Out4trout wrote:Dead bait can still transmit disease, eg VHS... unless the dead bait is properly preserved / sterilized with salt etc

Like RJ said, if that's the issue then why is it ok for part of the year?

Very cool report, and some great photos. I do most of my fishing from a kayak, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to get me out there in the swells in an inflatable! Thanks for sharing.

That's a good point Maverick, the amount of product information available online now compared to even 10 or 15 years ago has probably reduced the demand for shows like this.

As someone who only started fishing regularly about 3 years ago, the best advice I could give you is to take a few techniques and become proficient at them. I was overwhelmed my first year, and always switching lures convinced I was throwing the "wrong one". Remember that location is one o...

Mav,

I've never met you, and I unfortunately didn't have the pleasure of ever meeting your father, but it's clear from the outpouring of support that both of you have been great contributors to this site, and to the fishing community in general. For that I thank you. Take care.

Wow, some great fish in this thread! I can't compete, but here's my first ever musky, and coincidentally my first ever fish in the kayak.

Wow, everything looks incredible. And your meat processing room looks absolutely pristine. Sometimes these "other" posts on FH are my favourite, something outside the norm. Thanks for sharing.

NOT IMPRESSED. Staff not very knowledgeable in fishing dept Are you surprised? It's the same no matter what industry we're talking here. I used to work for a mom and pop hardware and lumber store when Home Depots starting popping up everywhere. The owner always said, "I may not be able to matc...