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to try to perfect using what i have now before buying loads more.

every day this week 4 hours each time.

a chin strap or a simple lanyard around your neck works great

lol this is a replacement camera for the one I lost when I flipped my canoe in the river.

Hey everyone I recorded this video earlier today just to show you how to make a hatcam for some awesome hands free fishing. If you like it feel free to rate it and leave a comment on youtube. Thanks all

congrats brokeju

Thats some good looking footage, wish I had days like that lol.

btw when I was night fishing I was on a dock, still landed my pb smallie though.

jitter bugs work wonders in the dark, i caught my biggest smallie during those times.

To say that, you have to be a virgin. As much as I like fishing, even after 44 years of marriage, fishing is a distant second. Someones got a healthy relationship.

personally i would toss my Rapala DT04 bluegill, those bass must be feeding on the, toss one with really erratic movement your bound to get hits.

should be taking a trip to round lake tonight.

Decided to take a trip to one of my favorite shore fishing spots on the Ottawa River in North Eastern OntarioOttawa River today. I really enjoy fishing this body of water, it has a nice slow current, but on most days its not quite enough to have an effect on topwater fishing. The Ottawa River is 1,271 kilometers (790 mi) long and drains directly into the Lake of Two Mountains and the St. Lawrence River near Montreal Quebec. The species found in the Ottawa River range from fish as large as Muskie, Northern Pike and Sturgeon to medium sized fish like Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Catfish and Brown Trout down to pesky Panfish like Sunfish and Perch. Ottawa RiverToday i was fishing a remote area of the river only accessible through CFB Petawawa, I like fishing on the base because there isn't a lot of open access to these shore spots, meaning fishing pressure is slim to none, enabling me to catch more, bigger fish. I showed up to my spot at just after 7 pm, two people were fishing the area I usually wet my line so I reluctantly faced the west directly into the sun. Knowing this wasn't going to be very productive I decided to toss my Rapala Minnow Rap a little bit and tighten my technique a little bit. After about 25 minutes the shore was clear and I was able to pick my spots, I posted up on one of the rocks that taper down into the river. The rock platform I was standing on lead out into the river about 2-3 feet before a steep 4-6 foot drop. I changed over to my Clackin' Rap with the exaggerated front treble hook, second cast, FISH ON! Put up a nice little fight, got him in, measured him, 19 inches and a hair over two pounds. I decided to changephoto up and throw on my white, chartreuse spinner. After working the visible structure for about 20 minutes and not getting anything I decided the water was calm enough to use a hula popper, which just the other day I caught a nice sized walleye with in this exact same place. A good friend of mine that was with me, Jim, had never fished top water before, I gave him a 5 minute crash course, lent him my 06 Frog Hula Popper and sent him on his way, I attatched the 05 Perch and walked about 15 feet into the water to cast, about knee deep. After about 3 casts I turned and noticed Jim watching me work my popper, when I reeled he reeled, when I popped he popped. The only problem with this was when Topwater fishing diligence is key, you have to watch that lure every step of the way. Of course, while he's watching my lure his gets hit, luckily he was able to collect himself and land his first topwater bass, not a monster by any means but a small victory for sure. Following his fish we decided to pack it in for the day, although we only got one bass each i consider it a successful trip. In my mind when you base the guage for success on numbers and not the enjoyment of the actual experience you've lost the passion of the sport. All in all the Ottawa river has been a pretty productive source for me, only being skunked once (last night). If anyone out there is considering a trip out on it I highly recommend it, but as always a detailed planning is needed.

How about weight difference?? Any chance you got some updated info?

I was out at the local river tonight (Ottawa River), haven't done my research on it yet but I had to get out of the house so I grabbed my gear and went for a walk. I arrived at a nice opening in the river, all rock with a fairly steep drop off about 10 ft into the water. Like I said I haven't done m homework on this area, but knowing there are bass here I started with a scumfrog, tossing it into the thin weeds popping stopping popping reeling, one gentle hit later I decide to change up to a texas rigged senko. The sun was disappearing fast and I was having zero luck with this too, tried a weedless craw, slowly dragging the bottom, nothing. All of a sudden a huge splash to my right, fish started jumping for all the bugs on the surface, I ran and grabbed a large black hula popper. Tossed my popper, pop, pop, pop, pop pause, pop pop pop pop WHAM! big hit. Fought hard, I originally thought it was a pike, couldnt even see the waters edge at this point. Dragged the fish out and held it to the ground while I grabbed my cellphone from my pocket (poor planning) Turned the light on it and was presently suprised. This is my first ever walleye. Taking a hook out with one hand on your cell phone one hand on your pliers and zero hands on the fish is not easy. Got the hook out and took a few pics, keep in mind it was night and they are from my cell. The first pic is him flopping away while i try to snap a shot. I would estimate it at about 22" 5 lbs, but that is an uneducated guess as this is my first. Im pleased with the day though will be going back tomorrow a little earlier for some more action. lol this site wont let me post pics, but it was a decent fish lol.