Mike

Thanks Mike.

Looks thicker than 6lb test.

That is correct Mike. I am not actually on a lake either, I am off of Lake Ontario.

Welcome to the site Mark! Thanks for dropping in.

I dont know what the laws are in Michigan, but in Ontario you are supposed to kill them and leave them onshore.

Looks like you had an interesting trip that day.

LOST on the Water

Note the double lighthouse's

This is the type of fishing I enjoy. No downriggers needed here, just dont spook the fish as they see you before you see them. And when you walk thru the river and creek, you see lots of these. Mike

Hey guys/gals. I did not mean to leave abruptly last night, but there was a power outage. I will see you in the chat next weekend

It certainly is Port Dalhousie

Thanks for the intro cap'n. Craig.

Thanks for the intro cap'n.

Lake Huron - Manitoulin Island Weather Conditions - Breif showers/overcast/with sunny periods. Bluejay Creek - Water clarity clear. Rainbow trout visually seen all thru creek in 1 fow to 6 fow. Brook trout were caught as well. Manitou River - Water clarity clear. Rainbow trout visually seen all thru river in 1 fow to 6 fow. Some pools held 40 to 50 trout. Hens have already spawned aproximately 2 weeks prior. Trout are dropping back to Lake Huron. Average size for hens was 25 inches to 28 inches,and weight was in the 3.5 lb to 5 lb range. I went 8/9 on 6lb test. I think my brother was 6/11 Dave and his buddy were 9/23 including a 25 inch Northern Pike

Here are a couple of pics of Manitoulan steelies. I went 8/9 on 6lb test. I think my brother was 6/11

Welcome to the site Kayle! Thanks for dropping in.

Thanks Mike!

entering at swift current. Staying at south baymouth and will be fishin bluejay creek, manitou river and michaels bay.

Came across this site and article. It is live streaming video of an eagles nest. site is here hxxp://www.infotecbusinesssystems.com/wildlife/default.asp It is a very exspensive site to run: "We had to cap it at spending 5,000 Canadian dollars (4,500 US dollars) a day for bandwidth article: Eagle nest webcam a huge hit VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - After the last egg of a suddenly famous family of bald eagles vanished before a worldwide Internet audience, a Canadian conservationist has begun setting up more wildlife Internet cameras. For weeks, a camera pointed at a nest of eagles on Canada's west coast has streamed their life-and-death drama to as many as 10 million Internet watchers each day, becoming one of the worlds most popular websites. "Its absolutely bizarre," said David Hancock, who put the eagle images on line. In a lifetime devoted to nature issues, the 68-year-old biologist and book publisher said he has never seen such a huge audience enthralled with wild animals. The web camera's owner is David Carrick, an accountant who retired 15 years ago on Hornby Island, in Canada's westernmost province of British Columbia. "We had no idea it would catch on like it did," marveled Carrick. An Internet site was the last thing on Carrick's mind when he decided he wanted a close-up view of an eagle nest in his back yard. In 2004, while the birds were away on their fall migration, he obtained government permission and had a tree-climber install a small camera beside the nest, connected to Carrick's house. The camera, which the birds ignore, provides an intimate view of their aerie. After Carrick shared video recordings of the nest with community, school and naturalist groups, Hancock happened to see them, and offered to put the nest live on the Internet for Carrick. At first the camera, linked from hancockwildlife.org, drew a mere handful of viewers. There were more Internet hits as the pair of bald eagles laid two eggs in late March and spent the next month tending them, and traffic steadily increased. By early May, when one egg mysteriously vanished and the fate of the second hung in the balance, the website's popularity spread like wildfire. The popularity may be due to the mystique surrounding bald eagles, creatures so striking with their white head, piercing yellow eyes and an eight-foot wingspan that the United States made them a national symbol. Bald eagles mate for life, and live as long as 50 years in the wild. But Hancock thinks there is more to it than the birds image. "Were all fighting two jobs, two computers, two careers and half enough time to deal with any of them," said Hancock. "And there, sitting on your desktop computer, is this bird that doesn't give a damn about it all, but just gets up and rolls its eggs over." Hancock had originally offered to pay for the computer resources through his publishing company, but was soon shocked at the cost of running such a popular web site. "It was just donations from my end, with my daughter and a manager running the publishing company," he said. "We had to cap it at spending 5,000 Canadian dollars (4,500 US dollars) a day for bandwidth." A Vancouver company, Infotec Business Systems, offered to donate computer resources, the project drew some donations, then Microsoft phoned and offered 1,500 Canadian dollars per day in bandwidth. The nest is being streamed live each day, but this week it is a sad home after the second egg disappeared. Internet viewers watch the birds constantly rearrange the moss on their nest, as if looking for their lost young, and continue to sit as if on eggs. "For all these millions of people, it just ends," Carrick worried. Hancock said it is a mystery why the chicks failed to hatch. "This pair is exemplary, they are the perfect parents." One theory is pollution. Hancock said that like other long-lived animals at the top of the food chain, bald eagles accumulate heavy metals and man-made chemicals like pesticides as they feed on fish from the ocean. "The Pacific Ocean is contaminated. Every part of the Pacific Ocean is contaminated. Probably these birds level of toxicity is pretty high. Maybe that's shut down their reproductive systems." Hancock is now setting up webcams at two more eagle nests, and plans to install another camera to observe large so-called "spirit bears" on the coast.

Welcome to the site Tom!, be sure and tell all your fishin buds about us..

Welcome to the site John!, be sure and tell all your fishin buds about us..

I will be fishing on the island this weekend of the 12th. Rainbow season opens on saturday morning, I have respooled with a wopping 6lb test and ultralight combo. It is always fun trying to land those rainbows in the creeks with the ultralight. I will post pics after the weekend. No Leadcore Here!!

How many of you guys/gals fishs rivers,streams,and creeks. After fishing lake Ontario for a couple of years by boat, I personally enjoy the river fishing more. Speak up all!

Welcome to the site Murray!, be sure and tell all your fishin buds about us..

Welcome to the site Dan!