PaulVE64

I grew up on a fruit farm in SW Ontario, we had raspberries, corn, wheat, straw, apples, pears, cherries, peaches, wild grapes and 20acres of strawberries. I had two brothers, we worked all summer and played hockey all winter. I remember watching two guys pull a tank of hot water with a big mop trailing it to water the ice between games. I remember freezing my hands and ears after a full day playing pond hockey. 50 yrs later my youngest daughter played her last competitive game. Her team won the Ontario Midget B Championship. I was just reminded of all those years while watching a PWHL hockey game and I miss coaching alot.

I dedicated one spring to getting better at jig fishing. I dragged a 3/8 egg sinker over a pond bottom for hours. It really helped but it wasnt really fishing.

I think i hand pull the line before every cast as part of my mechanics. I never missed the AR switch.

I've tried that before and use it for ewg × swimjig but i hand tie alot of jigs and those lead wts with the rubber are too long for alot of my hooks. I need more of a round shot

Good thing

Tokyo rig?

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What do you do to keep your pike off these? I lose so many, so quick Xraps are bullets. I can spool out a 6' rod with a Nasci 3000 and 10# hi vis 832 Edit - to be honest there is a backing on the spool

A Split shot that's molded for attaching to a hook shank rather than crimped for line. I'd never super glue my fingers together again

All Time Top 5 smallie lure

Darters / Gobies are fire on my rivers draining into the Great Lakes and it seems to be getting better over time.

Sorry, it only works on my river. And it's going to stay that way

I throw a red worm on Canada Day

Long/short enough that it doesnt get into the reel.

Once the ice gets more than 2" thick

4" texas rigged worm

Black - night Bone - day Clear - sun

50 °F is a magic number. And glide baits are big

Mostly maribou on a jig

I throw in rivers for smallies. A 7' MLF spinning rod is amazingly versatile.

Its walleye and pike (our northern gators) season. These have 1/4 - 5/8 oz weighted hooks.

Call me a savage. I use a split shot

Things happening on the River! All year, all temps.

It flapped around and unhooked itself before we got it back to the boat. Thankfully, I was seriously thinking about the risk of rabies

I think it was Rapala. And for $31 I'd take that risk too.