Giving Cookes history I would probable think he did it on purpose. Your earn your reputation.
- FrankDrebbin

You have to admit, he has cleaned up his act to this point.

So thanks John for giving me the night off of the blog. I hate these debates.
- dbell646

Ditto. I just stay out of it.

My obsession with monster Muskie and Pike has caused me to forsake all other types of fishing. Last year I thought I had a decent pike on the line and when it got close and I saw it was a 30"+ Walleye I was genuinely disappointed.
- Rawdog9755

I was up near Senneterre Quebec last summer. I was up in some rapids and had a 18 inch Walleye on a stringer over the side of the boat. All of a sudden the chain started to smack the boat and I look over and a giant (estimated 50+ northerner) came up and ripped the Walleye off the stringer. It was probably one of the craziest things I have witnessed in real life. I caught a few 42+ inch pikes and some giant walleye also. I would do it again in a heart beat.

I was up near Senneterre Quebec last summer. I was up in some rapids and had a 18 inch Walleye on a stringer over the side of the boat. All of a sudden the chain started to smack the boat and I look over and a giant (estimated 50+ northerner) came up and ripped the Walleye off the stringer. It was probably one of the craziest things I have witnessed in real life. I caught a few 42+ inch pikes and some giant walleye also. I would do it again in a heart beat.
- kgrpitt

Look at the video I posted a few pages back. Some guy has a similar thing happen only he has a 25" Northern on and a 50" muskie comes up and t-bones it. Last year was my first year on the Muskie trip and I am addicted. I keep counting the days until our trip this year.
One day last year I caught a 25" Northern on a bucktail and the fish had swallowed the lure. By the time I got it out, the fish was bleeding bad and went belly-up when i threw it back. A seagull lands on it and keeps trying to pick it up but the northern was too heavy so the bird floated around with the northern under it and just kept pecking at it. 5 minutes goes by and im back to casting only to hear a huge WOOSH as the bird takes off screaming. Northern was completely gone. Had to be a huge Muskie/Pike to come up and take a 25" Northern and almost take the gull's leg with it. Def bringing a camcorder this year.

Look at the video I posted a few pages back. Some guy has a similar thing happen only he has a 25" Northern on and a 50" muskie comes up and t-bones it. Last year was my first year on the Muskie trip and I am addicted. I keep counting the days until our trip this year.
One day last year I caught a 25" Northern on a bucktail and the fish had swallowed the lure. By the time I got it out, the fish was bleeding bad and went belly-up when i threw it back. A seagull lands on it and keeps trying to pick it up but the northern was too heavy so the bird floated around with the northern under it and just kept pecking at it. 5 minutes goes by and im back to casting only to hear a huge WOOSH as the bird takes off screaming. Northern was completely gone. Had to be a huge Muskie/Pike to come up and take a 25" Northern and almost take the gull's leg with it. Def bringing a camcorder this year.
- Rawdog9755

do you have anywhere you go out regularly on your own? or do you just save up and wait for the big trips?

This is the only part I'm crying about. Typical workday for you military-types

I will recover in time to go to the Canes/Rags game later tonight though!
- akane13

Lol my plane broke.... And it was nice out so I played 18

do you have anywhere you go out regularly on your own? or do you just save up and wait for the big trips?
- stayinthefnnet

I used to go out regularly before I moved to Stl. I dont know anybody to go fishing with down here and dont have my own boat. At this point, ive been relegated to the big trips. Im trying to go up to Lunge 2x this year; 4th of July week and early september for the muskie tournament.

I used to go out regularly before I moved to Stl. I dont know anybody to go fishing with down here and dont have my own boat. At this point, ive been relegated to the big trips. Im trying to go up to Lunge 2x this year; 4th of July week and early september for the muskie tournament.
- Rawdog9755

yeah i can definitely relate to the lack of opportunity and not having anyone to really go with. most people in their 20s, particularly in the city, dont really care for fishing. and not having a boat really limits the options, although even if i did theres not really anywhere to use it close to here haha. so stream and pond fishing for me it is! getting to go up there twice in a year must be incredible.

haha i definitely feel bad for flooding this blog with fishing related stuff, but it seemed slow in here anyway and fishing is something i get to discuss with people even less than hockey so i jumped at the opportunity

haha i definitely feel bad for flooding this blog with fishing related stuff, but it seemed slow in here anyway and fishing is something i get to discuss with people even less than hockey so i jumped at the opportunity
- stayinthefnnet

Don't feel bad about it. I would say half the time I'm in the Sabres board hockey is the furthest thing from the discussion.

Don't feel bad about it. I would say half the time I'm in the Sabres board hockey is the furthest thing from the discussion.
- Gunner Staal

if one of the main things i had to discuss was the contract of leino, id probably want to discuss other things too haha. although on a series note they made some really good trades this week. they may have thrown around some bad contracts this past offseason, but if you have an owner with that kind of dedication things can change for the better.

haha i definitely feel bad for flooding this blog with fishing related stuff, but it seemed slow in here anyway and fishing is something i get to discuss with people even less than hockey so i jumped at the opportunity
- stayinthefnnet

I'm just laughing at it. I fish and camp all summer and I love catching Northern Pike or Jackfish as we Albertans call them. Reading other peoples stories is fun.

I'm just laughing at it. I fish and camp all summer and I love catching Northern Pike or Jackfish as we Albertans call them. Reading other peoples stories is fun.
- Ben37

yeah it must be nice to live where all of this stuff is commonplace. haha the wilderness is but a myth down here

yeah it must be nice to live where all of this stuff is commonplace. haha the wilderness is but a myth down here
- stayinthefnnet

The wilderness is in my backyard. I grew up in a town where we commonly had "Bear Days" at school because there had been a bear sighted near the school so we couldn't go outside for recess and we needed to be a certain age or have a chaperone to go home.

I have a 48" northern on the wall in my basement if you gents would like to see it....

The wilderness is in my backyard. I grew up in a town where we commonly had "Bear Days" at school because there had been a bear sighted near the school so we couldn't go outside for recess and we needed to be a certain age or have a chaperone to go home.
- Ben37

haha yeah definitely didnt have that here. a snowday was big news

I have a 48" northern on the wall in my basement if you gents would like to see it....
- Emperor Filonius

haha i am starting to get the impression that i am the only one on this thread who bothers with fish under 2 feet long

haha i am starting to get the impression that i am the only one on this thread who bothers with fish under 2 feet long
- stayinthefnnet

Well for bait fish right?

Look at the video I posted a few pages back. Some guy has a similar thing happen only he has a 25" Northern on and a 50" muskie comes up and t-bones it. Last year was my first year on the Muskie trip and I am addicted. I keep counting the days until our trip this year.
One day last year I caught a 25" Northern on a bucktail and the fish had swallowed the lure. By the time I got it out, the fish was bleeding bad and went belly-up when i threw it back. A seagull lands on it and keeps trying to pick it up but the northern was too heavy so the bird floated around with the northern under it and just kept pecking at it. 5 minutes goes by and im back to casting only to hear a huge WOOSH as the bird takes off screaming. Northern was completely gone. Had to be a huge Muskie/Pike to come up and take a 25" Northern and almost take the gull's leg with it. Def bringing a camcorder this year.
- Rawdog9755

Yeah it was the first time going up north for fish. We had small walleye or pikes on and about ten feet from the boat another pike came up and nailed it. We actually got a 36 inch pike into the boat without actually hooking it, the thing just wouldnt let go of the smaller one that we had on the hook. That's what is fun about doing that kind of fishing, you never know what the hell you will catch when you throw that daredevil, Johnson silver minnow etc out there.

haha i am starting to get the impression that i am the only one on this thread who bothers with fish under 2 feet long
- stayinthefnnet

Mine was by accident...fishing for smallmouth on Lake Champlain, lol

Well for bait fish right?
- kgrpitt

haha uh yeah... i mean why else would you get all worked up over a 14 inch rainbow

haha uh yeah... i mean why else would you get all worked up over a 14 inch rainbow
- stayinthefnnet

When I moved here I wasn't aware that trout season opened two weeks earlier then the western side of PA. Now I have two opening days of trout!!! I go to the Warren PA to a camp we have for opening day. Alot of drinking and not much fishing goes on however.

haha i am starting to get the impression that i am the only one on this thread who bothers with fish under 2 feet long
- stayinthefnnet

It's rare to catch monsters like that up here. The Alberta record is 48.5in and weighed 27.2lbs.

Normally they are anywhere from 12-24in. There are the occasional monsters though. I strictly fish on a catch and release approach.

if one of the main things i had to discuss was the contract of leino, id probably want to discuss other things too haha. although on a series note they made some really good trades this week. they may have thrown around some bad contracts this past offseason, but if you have an owner with that kind of dedication things can change for the better.
- stayinthefnnet

It really tested me and my patience to write a blog praising Darcy Regier. But you have to give credit where credit is due sometimes.

When I moved here I wasn't aware that trout season opened two weeks earlier then the western side of PA. Now I have two opening days of trout!!! I go to the Warren PA to a camp we have for opening day. Alot of drinking and not much fishing goes on however.
- kgrpitt

haha yeah. i am going to try annd hit more than one opening day this year. i dont know how it is near you, but if you miss opening day in philadelphia you are s.o.l. for most of the year. you may get an odd one here or there, but its practically the only day to max out on your limit because it gets fished out so fast.