Dwight Hottle

38 lb lake trout 32 lb pike

Yes just add a leader if you feel line visibility is a problem.

His first name wasn't Fred by chance.

Sorry to hear Brad. I hope it works out for all involved.

Largemouth from Japan. Smallmouth is very unlikely to be broken. I wouldn't be surprised to see Simcoe cough up a 10lber. Spot from California.

Yea those banjo minnows never worked. Watch babe Winkleman smoke some pike up at Lac La Martre in the NWT. Sight fishing in a shallow bay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5JUzoWgrvU

Bad Parrot A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary. Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John threatened the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even more rude. John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior." John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird spoke-up, very softly, "May I ask what the turkey did?" And you thought there were no clean jokes left! Happy Thanksgiving _____________

Nice write up Clayton. What were the specs on that rod?

'I Do' and 'You Did' Congratulations to both of you Mike.

. That is a good reason to belong to IGFA so you know the rules. If you do not become a member you can still research there records & protocol. It is imperative if you are a trophy hunter like basin don.

We were fishing the adolphis reach where lake Ontario flows into the bay of quinte. We were marking schools of migrating walleye down 45-60 over 80 to 100 fow. Once hooked we bring them up slowly but some off them have their air bladders blocking there mouths past the throat. These fish are coming from 120+ fow into water that gradually gets as shallow as 20 fow. I have caught walleye elsewhere as deep as 90 feet jigging.

You are not going to last very long. Your last few posts are a little questionable.

Catch & release formats often go by length rather than weight to facilitate quicker release of the fish. I personally just weight them if I want to know. But I do carry a measuring tape in case I want to know length & girth for a replica mount. If you weigh & measure enough fish you get a pretty good idea what the relationship is between weight & length.

I have been caught without my license in my possession twice while in Canada. The first time was in Quebec. I left my license in my wallet which I left in our cabin located on an island. When the dnr checked us on the water I realized I had left it in the cabin. He told us he would follow us back to the cabin. We were about 5 miles away in a small boat with a 15 hp motor. Once we got back he confirmed my license & then proceeded to check out the freezer/refrig for fish to make sure we were not over our possession limit. Second time I did the same thing, left my wallet with license in our cabin this time in Ontario. This time we were on a hot bite with really big walleye. We released a 10lber which swam away but subsequently floated up. The dnr were watching us with binoculars. They picked up the fish & came over to our boat. They asked if the floater was our fish & I responded honestly that I did not know. He said it most have been ours & handed back to me. He said since it was dead it was considered part of our allowable limit. Then he asked to see our licenses. I reached for my wallet & realized I had screwed up again. Since I did not have a license we were over our limit. I told him my license was back at our cabin. He said he would meet us back there since my boat was faster. It was a 20 mile run one way. We got back first & then waited on him. I had my wallet with license when he came to the dock. He told us we were at our limit & if we fished anymore that day we would be in violation if we caught a fish that died even though we were releasing them all. He said if we wanted to fish anymore we should give the fish away to someone else & then we would be legal. We found some locals guys cleaning fish & they were happy to take our two fish. We were fishing with conservation licenses which only allowed to have one walleye in possession per license. Hopefully I will not forget to have the license either with me or in the boat. By the time we got back to our fish they had moved and we had a slow bite for the rest of the day. We were fishing deep & the walleye suffered from air bladder problems. We had fizzed the one we released but it did not make it.

First time I ever saw a two legged spell checker.

Great news. Sue said to celebrate thanksgiving big.

Welcome aboard.

Great looking pic of your new pb. Congrats.

Very nice bass especially for a young guy. Congrats to you & your brother.

I don't know for sure but I see less of it as fall approaches through November.

Silver buddy. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/146408-fall-basin/

I tie 10lb, 12lb & 15lb mono leaders to 10lb braid all the time using a back to back uni knot without any problems.

I like to use the owner twistlock light weighted 6/0 size with 3/32 oz weight.

Here is another one. For what it's worth I notice the black spots are much more prevalent in the early spring on Erie after the bass congregate for winter.

Old age ain't for wimps....but it beats dying young. HELL TO GET OLD... Two medical students were walking along the campus street when they saw an old man walking with his legs spread apart. He was stiff-legged and walking slowly. One student said to his friend: "I'm sure that poor old guy has Peltry Syndrome. Those people walk just like that." The other student says: "No, I don't think so. The old man surely has Zovitzki Syndrome. He walks slowly and his legs are apart, just as we learned in class." Since they couldn't agree, they decided to ask the old man. They approached him and one of the med students said to him…. "We're medical students and couldn't help but notice the way you walk, but we couldn't agree on the syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is?" The old man said, "I'll tell you, but first you tell me what you two fine medical students think." The first student said, "I think it's Peltry Syndrome." The old man said, "You thought - but you are wrong." The other student said, "I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome." The old man said, "You thought - but you are wrong." So they asked him, "Well, old timer, what do you have?" The old man said, "I thought it was GAS - but I was wrong, too!"