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Congrats on your wife's catch, nice walleye and a dandy pike, team work, I love it!!!

Very nice catch there Battlehammer, congrats to you!! PAP.

You can buy them at most tackle shops. They mostly sell them like #2,3 and so on then there are ones that are 7 1/16 and 9 1/16 the only difference is they are much heavier built but not nessesary

Good one Les!!! Now that's funny!

My wife is a school teacher also and every year the do a dissection of trout. Every year there are 3 different hatcheries that donate 5 trout each they want to know what's going on inside there fish also, usually the trout are fine and the kids do a great job (5thgraders) but this year they found a white in color, odd looking spots on the stomaches of the trout from 1 of the 3 hatcheries. The kids dissected the stomaches and put the spots under a microscope, they then learned it was a stomach parasite that can be contagious to the rest of the fish and if not treated can cause growth problems and eventually death. They contacted the hatchery with their results and he was glad they found this, it can be cured by adding some sort of "medication" LOL. To the water. The hatchery owner was glad the kids did this and found what could have been a real issue. In return of their findings, the hatchery owner also has a fish & pay lake he invited my wife's entire science class to fish his lake for free with a 3 fish per student limit, they were jumping for joy, most of the class went and it was a great day!! What he lost in fish to the kids was nothing compared to what he could of lost had this parasite gone unnoticed.

I use the #8 SPRO power swivel to attach the fluorocarbon leader to the main line which is usually the length of the rod and a #2 duo lock snap at the busness end to attach spoon, these swivels will fit through the eyes of the pole, so you can reel the fish to the boat, no need to walk back or handline the fish to the net. The SPRO #8 is rated to 65#s and will fit through the line guides on some makes and models of reels so best to keep leader the length of the rod. Fatboyjack1 this site is awesome and a wealth of information, but you can read and watch all the video's you want, there's nothing like actually doing it yourself, the gratification you get when you land that fish is awesome!!! Good luck on your trip, with this goofy weather we are having there's no telling what the month of June will be like. Pap.

Nice job guys, glad to see you finished with a full box!!! Great story also.

Yea, the big guy in the sky was defiantly looking over us that day!!! We will be back, waiting on parts for the lower unit, tore the lower shaft off. The mechanic I deal with thinks I should drop down in gear, as the boat originally had a 305cid, that was junk when I got it since then I put a 350cid in its place. The motor was built by my uncle who builds dirt modified race engines so it's got more HP than the original 305 rated at 185hp, he figured it to be 260 or better.

Nice going there Choo choo, hope this warm spell gets them going again!!!

You got my wishes, let us know how you make out!!! PAP.

That store was awesome, we used to stop there and get supplies on our way to our Canada Trips walleye magic do you remember the jig head assortment they had? And the Walleye Delight worm harnesses? I caught my first ever eye on the chartreuse and Orange beetle spin bodies, they also had a net assortment like I never saw before, I actually bought a rubber Ranger net which I still have to this day. This store was way ahead of the times. The water temp on the surface was 56* as of last Wednesday and out at the last set of buoys at 15ft was 54* but I'm sure that has changed since last Wednesday, there was a SW wind so it was blowing right up the river. The north shore was colder and that water has made its way into the bouy area. I don't know the outcome of that as that's when I powdered my lower unit.

Fleet the pics of the trout are really nice!! But the one with little fleet is priceless, what a handsome young man you got there!! They grow up fast. It seems like yesterday we brought our daughters home and now they are 10 and chomping.at the bit to hit lakeO, I just wish I could get onto a banner day like you had with the girls, about 5 years ago we had a similar experience with the smallies between sunken isl. and Galloo isl, we must have caught 100 fish and that's no exaggeration, it was late in the evening and just about dark till we got the boat on the trailer. Went back the next day with my cousin and couldn't buy a hit, funny how that works. Just happened to be at the right place at the right time. Tight lines to you and stay on those eyes I might need some advice next time up. Pm me your cell # so I can get in touch with you!! Thanks PAP.

Well maybe till I get stuff put back together things will have turned around, it's funny how some say they are catching eyes while others are struggling?? I remember years ago I had my girl friend up and she is now my wife and our girls are 10 so it must be 15-18 years ago, at Memorial Day week end we caught well she caught a 2 man ticket around the bouys, I had a 18ft Troller open bow center console and the waves were coming over the bow and it was non stop action, that following weekend I brought my buddy Danny up and we did well then again, I wonder if this is going to be the case this year? Oh ya I remember we went over to Fay's for some supplies that's how many years ago it was.