Wish I had better news, but there were very, very few fish around as of Sunday evening. I had three on, landing two, and my father never had a bite. I think the commercial fisherman working the area has screwed us out of another season of whitefish. :( There was a group in Tawas who worked for years...

capt.dan wrote:...same shape seen on Charity Island a few years back, with a 12 gauge and 200 hundred dead cormorants.

AKA - A good beginning.

I was out today mid-afternoon & stopped by Smith Park on my way home. There were 3 dark blobs upstream and toward the other shore. My dad was with me and said "What kind of birds are those?" I replied "Those are way too big to be birds - they're guys ice fishing, just like over th...

Just wondering if the forum software was written by Canadians... the last button above the edit box is 'Font colour'.

I was up front a few days ago and actually said to one of the managers "Hey look - it's the sun! Look quick before it starts snowing again!" He said he actually took a picture of it a few minutes earlier. Sure enough, it was snowing before I left work...

Here I clicked on the thread, hoping I'd be able to help...

I really wish we could 'like' posts on here... Any fisherman knows exactly how you felt & would agree that you needed comforting.

Has it only been 3 days? Feels like the sun hasn't been out so far this year!

Love the weatherman... fog was supposed to be burnt off Sunday by 10. I was out at 4:30 and it was still foggy! Never did burn off that I know of.

This in between weather is killing me. To much ice to get the boats out, not enough to ice fish. Need mother nature to make up her mind. This warm weather last week kind of got me in the mood of planting stuff. Like my foot up mother natures arce!!! Come on!!!! Sorry, just venting. I've been thinki...

Those two posts are funny, no matter which forum they're in. Must have been someone whose candidate didn't win. I am the one who didn't really complain, but asked why political stuff is in the off-topic forum when we have a politics forum. I don't like politics and reading about it only serves to g...

Where area are you located in?

I've always felt that If you don't vote, then you forfeit the right to complain about anything. I feel the exact same way & have voted in every election I have been eligible for. Doesn't seem to make any difference though - the politicians just seem to continually get worse. It's pretty bad whe...

I don't even know who most of the people are who are pictured. Don't think they'll have to worry about hiring a moving company though - Trump's mouth will sabotage his chances of getting elected. You know, ever since I started voting, every presidential election has had worse & worse candidates....

If I fished with flies, I'd buy this in a heartbeat. Still have the box of fly tying gear I bought 20+ years ago in my basement though...

Shouldn't this be in the political forum?

I personally believe that this is all a politically-driven smear campaign because the republicans know that Trump will not win otherwise because he's too big an asshole.

I was out last weekend and got a bad headache while on the boat. After it started, I had a black dot in the middle of my vision which lasted about 5-10 minutes. Figured it was just a migraine, though past migraines have always had the visual aspect start first. After I got home, I saw a spiderweb pa...

I tried smoking walleye & bluegill once many years ago (when I first got my smoker) and they didn't turn out well. Might try your method Dan.

Knife & position to the side of the door as inside 12', a knife is more deadly than a gun. (I know this isn't your point, just sayin. )

Just saw this on youtube & had to share... it's freakin hilarious! It's video from inside Nazi headquarters when Hitler finds out that Chuck Norris is coming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrHmcpRAZNs

I first received this one in 1996, so it's been around for a while. Still funny. I never dreamed slowly cruising through a residential neighborhood could be so incredibly dangerous! Studies have shown that motorcycling requires more decisions per second, and more sheer data processing than nearly an...