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Anglers have huge economic impact
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« Reply #1 on: Jul 26th, 2004, 8:36am »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
bout' time somebody told your tree huggers to climb the tree.......
 
I was raised in Sarnia on the weekends most of my teenage life....and have fished Muskie with my SF in Mitchell's Bay and Belle River often.......(Lake St.Clair) We .....family and me were life mems of the Sarnia Yacht Club......but have't been there in over 20 years.....and I sold my floating vault in 1996.......good thing with the price of fuel, eh?
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« Reply #2 on: Jul 26th, 2004, 8:58am »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
Sarnia eh?  Grin  I've not had the pleasure of hooking into a giant muskie, just huge pike. Thunder Bay is where I call home, NWO is known for world class fishing. I'm supposed to be packing right now for a 3 day fishing trip, Mrs. DC is just getting up and if she finds me on the puter instead I'm dead. I have a 17' Grumman square stern with 4 hp Evinrude, not too bad on fuel, but filling up my 4WD is going to cost a lot. Happy fishing. Oh yeah, I'm bringing my chainsaw so if any of you treehuggers would like me to bring you back a tree... Shocked
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« Reply #3 on: Jul 27th, 2004, 12:42pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
Grin - make mine a very rare tree, with a couple of owl nests in it - no sense in having something just like everyone else!
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« Reply #4 on: Jul 30th, 2004, 1:41pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
on Jul 26th, 2004, 8:58am, DC wrote:
Sarnia eh?  Grin  I've not had the pleasure of hooking into a giant muskie, just huge pike. Thunder Bay is where I call home, NWO is known for world class fishing. I'm supposed to be packing right now for a 3 day fishing trip, Mrs. DC is just getting up and if she finds me on the puter instead I'm dead. I have a 17' Grumman square stern with 4 hp Evinrude, not too bad on fuel, but filling up my 4WD is going to cost a lot. Happy fishing. Oh yeah, I'm bringing my chainsaw so if any of you treehuggers would like me to bring you back a tree... Shocked

 
That's where I started out: Large Northern Pikes......hammerhandles, too........I always run for one of the boats when a thunder storm is imminent.......throw out a giant red/white daredevil......guaranteed hit everytime....even in July when their teeth are missing.......they don't need teeth to swallow.......hell, one time a small 37" incher hit the lure so hard I had to take it out through the gill.....suppose I could of waited 10 min. til' i cut off the head....but I was younger then.....jd Smiley   have a good trip.......btw!
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« Reply #5 on: Jul 30th, 2004, 1:42pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
on Jul 27th, 2004, 12:42pm, Ian wrote:
Grin - make mine a very rare tree, with a couple of owl nests in it - no sense in having something just like everyone else!

 Ian....get down..you look funny up there Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: Jul 30th, 2004, 2:22pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
What? And lose all that cash I'm raising for the 'Save the Owls' trust?? Grin Grin
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« Reply #7 on: Jul 31st, 2004, 8:13am »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
on Jul 27th, 2004, 12:42pm, Ian wrote:
Grin - make mine a very rare tree, with a couple of owl nests in it - no sense in having something just like everyone else!

 
on Jul 30th, 2004, 2:22pm, Ian wrote:
What? And lose all that cash I'm raising for the 'Save the Owls' trust?? Grin Grin

 
 Cheesy ROTFLMAO, oops fell out of my chair again, should have put my seatbelt on before reading your post. Ian that's a pretty tall order. Two eh? I'll keep looking but if I can't find one would you perhaps settle for one with just an eagle nest or maybe only one owl and a wasp nest?  Wink
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« Reply #8 on: Jul 31st, 2004, 10:12am »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
on Jul 30th, 2004, 1:41pm, phoenix22 wrote:

 
That's where I started out: Large Northern Pikes......hammerhandles, too........I always run for one of the boats when a thunder storm is imminent.......throw out a giant red/white daredevil......guaranteed hit everytime....even in July when their teeth are missing.......they don't need teeth to swallow.......hell, one time a small 37" incher hit the lure so hard I had to take it out through the gill.....suppose I could of waited 10 min. til' i cut off the head....but I was younger then.....jd Smiley   have a good trip.......btw!

 
Thanks jd, we had a wonderful trip. Ended up staying four nights. Caught lots of walleye, pike, and smallmouth bass. Northern Pike are called a lot of things including hammerhandles, gators, jackfish, and grass pike. I don't know why fish go crazy and start biting like mad just before a storm but I've experienced the same thing, except now I head for shore when a big one blows in. Call me a chickensh*t or whatever but sitting in a metal boat holding a graphite rod in the middle of a lake during a lightning storm isn't my idea of a fun time. Did someone tell you that pike lose their teeth? Cheesy They have real nasty teeth including a velcro like strip that runs down along the top jaw into the throat. I've been cut many times while taking out the hooks with needlenose pliers. Last year I had a pike slip out of my hands and set one of the treble hooks into my finger. After the pike finished shaking, the end of hook had come clean through my finger making it easier to cut off the barb and slip it back out. Happy fishing.
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« Reply #9 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 12:04pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
on Jul 31st, 2004, 8:13am, DC wrote:

 
 
 Cheesy ROTFLMAO, oops fell out of my chair again, should have put my seatbelt on before reading your post. Ian that's a pretty tall order. Two eh? I'll keep looking but if I can't find one would you perhaps settle for one with just an eagle nest or maybe only one owl and a wasp nest?  Wink

 
I suppose a chair qualifies as a tree.....if it's not a maid from a synthetic.....like plastic.....
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« Reply #10 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 12:13pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
on Jul 31st, 2004, 10:12am, DC wrote:

 
Thanks jd, we had a wonderful trip. Ended up staying four nights. Caught lots of walleye, pike, and smallmouth bass. Northern Pike are called a lot of things including hammerhandles, gators, jackfish, and grass pike. I don't know why fish go crazy and start biting like mad just before a storm but I've experienced the same thing, except now I head for shore when a big one blows in. Call me a chickensh*t or whatever but sitting in a metal boat holding a graphite rod in the middle of a lake during a lightning storm isn't my idea of a fun time. Did someone tell you that pike lose their teeth? Cheesy They have real nasty teeth including a velcro like strip that runs down along the top jaw into the throat. I've been cut many times while taking out the hooks with needlenose pliers. Last year I had a pike slip out of my hands and set one of the treble hooks into my finger. After the pike finished shaking, the end of hook had come clean through my finger making it easier to cut off the barb and slip it back out. Happy fishing.

teeth: yes they do lose them....but you may not notice.....it's the time of year (jul) that they replace them....not all at once mind you......
as to the storm....you can grab yer fish long before the storm strikes and head in.....if you know the bed and/or hole....shouldn't take more than one or two casts.......with the grapplin hook attached (daredevil).
 
hammerhandle defined:  14" and down
grass pike:  weeds ......silly
 
never heard the gator or jackfish ......
ever heard them reffered to as the fresh water barracuda?
 
a sure fire way.....i know.... i know......not macho...so what?.......put a pair of suede work gloves and a 2#prop wrench in your box. No prop wrench?  Hammer, blackjack, or a .45.....scratch the .45.....ballbat works, too :!
 
no slime and no twisting around.....one blow toi the top of the head....
 
remove hook and place on stringer....
filet and eat.......speaking of which......sure wish I had some of those walleye.........mmmmmmmmm.....mmmmmmmm
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« Reply #11 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 6:06pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
Ahh! Pike steaks! Had a good few of those - my dad runs the fishing club were we both grew up (him first, mind you) - Ripon Piscatorial Association - he's been Match Secretary for longer than I've been breathing (which puts that at over 1/3 of the RPA's existence - established in 1904). We were netting and clearing an old pond since it was being filled in. This fish went off to the racecourse lake the had just finished being a gravel quarry and had been liberally treated with 'organic matter' (ably provided by the local cattle) a while before hand to get weeds and stuf established. Biggest fish we transferred was a 32lb carp (mirror, IIRC) that had to balance nose-down in the trash-cans we had on the trailer for the half-mile transfer.
 
Biggest pike that we netted was 20lb or so - but that didn't make it to the new lake Wink
 
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« Reply #12 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 12:46am »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
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teeth: yes they do lose them....but you may not notice.....it's the time of year (jul) that they replace them....not all at once mind you......

 
I haven't heard that before, they must grow back fast, I've yet to see a toothless "freshwater barracuda".  Grass pike, snakes, hammerhandles... are some of the nicer things they call the small ones eh? Especially after they scissor your line when you're using a ten dollar lure. LOL.  I haven't tried using a .45 yet, I'm guessing that it would work real good though.  I have a hardwood bat but I don't always bring it, turning the pliers around and smacking them right between the eyes while holding their heads to the bottom of the boat works for me. Most of the pike I catch go straight back into the water, I hate having to spend 15 minutes untangling the hooks from the net so I usually grab them by hand. If you grab them and squeeze the tops of the gill cage together they usually go dormant. For bigger ones you can lift them by the jaw just don't put your fingers anywhere near the roof of their mouth. There's a slot size now so you have to release everything in the 6 to 13 pound range. There's one lake I go to that you catch so many so fast that your hands get sore.  Hey, what do you make of this?
 
 
http://floridafisheries.com/Fishes/pickerels.html
 
 
Only in Florida eh?    Walleye...it's cheaper to go to the supermarket but it's way more fun to go fishing. What kind of recipes do you have for fish?  I like a beer batter, pancake mix with beer, and like to season it with cayenne, seasoning salt, lemon pepper and sometimes a little dill. Smiley
 
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« Reply #13 on: Aug 2nd, 2004, 11:27pm »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
on Aug 1st, 2004, 6:06pm, Ian wrote:
Hey! Were's my tree? Amazon would've had it here by now... Wink Grin
 
 
How much money did you say was in your 'save the owls' trust fund?  LOL.  I suppose I'll need some kind of special permit, I wonder if a regular tree cutting permit will suffice.  
 
on Aug 1st, 2004, 6:06pm, Ian wrote:
Ahh! Pike steaks! Had a good few of those - my dad runs the fishing club were we both grew up (him first, mind you) - Ripon Piscatorial Association - he's been Match Secretary for longer than I've been breathing (which puts that at over 1/3 of the RPA's existence - established in 1904). We were netting and clearing an old pond since it was being filled in. This fish went off to the racecourse lake the had just finished being a gravel quarry and had been liberally treated with 'organic matter' (ably provided by the local cattle) a while before hand to get weeds and stuf established. Biggest fish we transferred was a 32lb carp (mirror, IIRC) that had to balance nose-down in the trash-cans we had on the trailer for the half-mile transfer.

 
I've read about people using manure in planted aquariums. I've used soil and clay for twenty something years in mine, works real good.  Have you been back there to do some fishing?
 
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« Reply #14 on: Aug 4th, 2004, 10:31am »		 Quote Quote  Modify Modify
Not recently - one of the problems of moving away from home... I haven't fished that lake for over 10 years. However, I have jetski'd it - once - but didn't hit anything big. There's an island at the far end (well away from the racecourse stands and the 'recreational' users) and this is where the bigger stuff lurks. It's pretty windswept, though, because of the need to give the punters a clear look across to the far side of the track. Apparently the big carp is now nearer 40lbs, and has been caught on several occasions (club rules are to play fair and return anything live - with the possible exception to zander or anything else with a vicious streak). Pike are okay now since they've grown with the lake stocks and are not out of proportion - size or numbers - to what's there. Zander are not native and have a tendancy to wipe smaller stuff out - bad news - keep them away from the lake (which is isolated - not fed by any water course) and maybe only the river will be affected.
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