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On Saturday I hooked up with Salmon north-east of Kitchener for a morning of fishing. I was going to bring the finesse gear and give it an early season shakedown. The ice was a solid 5"+ and the prey was the elusive Crappie... Not much Crappie on the radar screen, but there was a token OOS Smallie (4 this year
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Yes ladies, his hands are that big.
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and another, look at the bend in that rod...
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The exercise was definetly needed... Thanks!
Today, we decided to hit a small lake near Cambridge. This time I decided to forgo the finesse gear and go Pike fishing. Armed with my patented heavy duty rod holder some of you have already seen (below) and a windlass tip up.
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The good news is that both got fish.
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In fact, I managed to ice three Pike today, only one of which was actually hooked. (Gotta love Pike
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It seems that finesse was not the order of the day. One rod had a pickerel rig with a wire leader to a single hook, the other, an egg sinker to a wire leader with a single hook, and 4-5" Minnows on each.
Thanks for the company and the fellowship Salmon, it was a great weekend to be on the ice.
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