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  Thread: Crappie from shore?
Post: RE: Crappie from shore?

In a few weeks they'll start staging for their spawn. Fish a shallow shoreline with moderate weeds/sunken timber. Odds go way if you can pick the shores that get the most sun through the day. They don...
Eli General Discussion 4 2,296 03-09-2016, 08:09 PM
  Thread: 4 weeks in Hawaii 2016
Post: RE: 4 weeks in Hawaii 2016

BTW, the Sailfin Tang is my favorite of the bunch. How big do they get? Would be awesome to get a dinner plate sized specimen.
Eli Expedition Reports 10 6,059 02-23-2016, 11:14 PM
  Thread: 4 weeks in Hawaii 2016
Post: RE: 4 weeks in Hawaii 2016

Intense. The colours are spectacular as is the variety. I'll need to find some free time and read up on all the details on your blog.
Eli Expedition Reports 10 6,059 02-23-2016, 06:33 PM
  Thread: 2016 Multi Species Challenge start/end dates
Post: RE: 2016 Multi Species Challenge start/end dates

Does Ontario include Quebec?
Eli General Discussion 10 4,551 01-08-2016, 06:11 PM
  Thread: Multi Species Competition
Post: RE: Multi Species Compitiion

(01-07-2016 04:37 PM)tweedwolfscream Wrote:   (01-06-2016 07:21 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  If you use the word species, make sure you are true to the definition. It makes people who are just a b...
Eli General Discussion 6 2,585 01-08-2016, 06:08 PM
  Thread: Multi Species Competition
Post: RE: Multi Species Compitiion

Yeah I'm leaning towards Ken's perspective on this. Although I might be inclined to allow NATURAL tiger muskies and splake simply because they are extremely rare and occur naturally. Tiger trout, spar...
Eli General Discussion 6 2,585 01-06-2016, 10:33 PM
  Thread: Florida Christmas 2015
Post: RE: Florida Christmas 2015

Looks like another great lifer trip for ya! Happy new year and hopefully we'll cross paths in 2016.
Eli Expedition Reports 7 3,405 01-03-2016, 11:46 PM
  Thread: Walleye fishing banned on Lake Scugog starting Jan 1 2016
Post: RE: Walleye fishing banned on Lake Scugog starting...

Interesting. I didn't know they weren't native to Scugog.
Eli General Discussion 9 3,810 12-15-2015, 07:59 PM
  Thread: Walleye fishing banned on Lake Scugog starting Jan 1 2016
Post: RE: Walleye fishing banned on Lake Scugog starting...

I can honestly see this becoming a very widespread thing across southern and eastern Ontario. The walleye fishery is a shadow of what it was just a few decades ago. The large rivers still hold substan...
Eli General Discussion 9 3,810 12-14-2015, 06:57 PM
  Thread: New Toronto Parks and Recreation Master Plan survey and its website
Post: RE: New Toronto Parks and Recreation Master Plan s...

Yeah, it's unfortunate. Especially seeing as how Toronto definitely has more anglers than bocce and pickleball (whatever that is) players.
Eli General Discussion 7 3,037 12-09-2015, 07:39 PM
  Thread: Ice rod for hard water rookie
Post: RE: Ice rod for hard water rookie

I wouldn't worry too much about ice this season
Eli General Discussion 3 2,067 12-02-2015, 01:43 PM
  Thread: Nervous water
Post: RE: Nervous water

Sometimes you just know. No other way to put it, really.
Eli General Discussion 3 2,222 11-30-2015, 03:43 PM
  Thread: 2 Asian carp found in ponds near Toronto waterfront
Post: RE: 2 Asian carp found in ponds near Toronto water...

Did you know that moose aren't 'native' to North America either? Been here less than 10 000 years and have still not adapted to deal with brainworm that 'native' ungulates are immune to. Yep. Moose. T...
Eli General Discussion 39 19,146 11-18-2015, 06:59 PM
  Thread: I'm gonna be (Shortnose Sturgeon fishing)
Post: RE: I'm gonna be (Shortnose Sturgeon fishing)

BTW, Ken, that third landscape shot is beautiful! It looks like a Tom Thompson painting. You gotta send me a full size image of that.
Eli Expedition Reports 7 3,226 11-04-2015, 11:22 PM
  Thread: I'm gonna be (Shortnose Sturgeon fishing)
Post: RE: I'm gonna be (Shortnose Sturgeon fishing)

That shit is epic. I'm heading back in a year for some more. I can easily see this becoming an annual trip for me as I don't mind the drive at all. BTW, I had four fair sturgeon on day 1, one fouled, ...
Eli Expedition Reports 7 3,226 11-04-2015, 01:46 PM
  Thread: favorite species
Post: RE: favorite species

HAHA Yeah, I forgot didn't I. That's what happens when an ancient thread gets bumped up and the link takes you to the bottom of the page. But yeah, grayling!
Eli General Discussion 14 5,837 10-21-2015, 09:14 PM
  Thread: favorite species
Post: RE: favorite species

Mine's the arctic grayling. They're incredibly beautiful, so too is their habitat, and so is the way they are fished for. They're the wood duck of Canada's freshwater species. [img]https://farm4.stat...
Eli General Discussion 14 5,837 10-21-2015, 06:16 PM
  Thread: Caddy Lake - Winnipeg
Post: RE: Caddy Lake - Winnipeg

Yeah I've heard that the crappie and pike fishing in Manitoba can be spectacular.
Eli Expedition Reports 1 1,366 10-21-2015, 05:56 PM
  Thread: North
Post: RE: North

It's actually quite simple. AirCanada took us from Ottawa to Yellowknife Airport with a short layover in Calgary. Nothing was rented as my buddy has his own boat which was used for the Great Slave por...
Eli Expedition Reports 7 5,102 10-12-2015, 11:29 AM
  Thread: Musky from shore
Post: RE: Musky from shore

The reason most people use heavier gear to target muskie is because they can very easily be over-played on light gear, resulting in fish mortality. They're sensitive to being handled, and will go bell...
Eli General Discussion 9 3,474 10-05-2015, 07:38 PM
  Thread: And we actually fund this ?
Post: RE: And we actually fund this ?

Lol it looks like a website from around Y2K. Personally, I care more about content than style. Every time I needed info from the MNR website it has been readily available. When I call the TIPS hotli...
Eli Off-Topic Discussion 3 1,750 10-03-2015, 07:37 PM
  Thread: Targeting species
Post: RE: Targeting species

Walleye - fall time (now and for the next six weeks); rocky shorelines of rivers; shallow water (<10'); fan casting 3-5" white swimbait on a 1/2oz jig; retrieve just fast enough for the tail to flu...
Eli General Discussion 17 6,418 10-01-2015, 11:58 PM
  Thread: Not all Grass Carp hit the news
Post: RE: Not all Grass Carp hit the news

OldTimer, I'd be a lot more sympathetic to your point of view if the same government agencies surrounding the Great Lakes who are now condemning grass carp, weren't at the same time all smiles and lau...
Eli General Discussion 39 12,924 10-01-2015, 11:46 PM
  Thread: Not all Grass Carp hit the news
Post: RE: Not all Grass Carp hit the news

Last time I called the DFO I got the bureaucratic runaround so thanks but no thanks. I'm yet to read of a single case of grass carp-induced damage, but plenty of angling reports of how challenging an...
Eli General Discussion 39 12,924 09-30-2015, 10:43 PM
  Thread: Not all Grass Carp hit the news
Post: RE: Not all Grass Carp hit the news

(09-29-2015 06:23 AM)OldTimer Wrote:   (09-28-2015 09:13 PM)Eli Wrote:  Grass carp aren't a problem. Neither are bigheads. When they start sampling silvers, I'll worry.. I & many other...
Eli General Discussion 39 12,924 09-30-2015, 01:07 PM
  Thread: Not all Grass Carp hit the news
Post: RE: Not all Grass Carp hit the news

Grass carp aren't a problem. Neither are bigheads. When they start sampling silvers, I'll worry..
Eli General Discussion 39 12,924 09-28-2015, 09:13 PM
  Thread: Ultra Light
Post: RE: Ultra Light

If you can get a hold of it, I'd recommend the Fenwick HMG 5'6" GM56UL-M-2. This is the rod I use for all panfish and small brookies. It'll bend to the hilt and is too much fun. The only downside is t...
Eli General Discussion 4 1,827 09-05-2015, 09:32 AM
  Thread: The rare and the beautiful Blackbanded Sunfish
Post: RE: The rare and the beautiful Blackbanded Sunfish

I'm really intrigued that all four of those micro sunny species live in that pond...what are the odds.. When next we go, I may decide to bring the canoe along. It would open up a lot of shoreline to ...
Eli Expedition Reports 9 4,926 08-22-2015, 11:12 PM
  Thread: The rare and the beautiful Blackbanded Sunfish
Post: RE: The rare and the beautiful Blackbanded Sunfish

Such a sweet catch. I gotta get back to that acidic pond one day. I didn't get a mud sunfish last time either
Eli Expedition Reports 9 4,926 08-20-2015, 08:14 PM
  Thread: Stories of my firsts
Post: RE: Stories of my firsts

Very cool blog feature, Ken. I'm enjoying them so far.
Eli General Discussion 5 2,535 08-20-2015, 08:08 PM
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