Rebel- I feel you provide a wealth of quality information to those looking to try the waters you fished or new techniques you shared as productive. I am confident you have helped many fishermen land many fish due to your postings.

It is unfortunate in this day and age ($4.44 a gallon at gas dock) that any of us just burn fuel and don't reap the reward of filling the cooler or landing a trophy to photo and release to spawn or be landed again. I have stayed home more this year than before when the bite is soft due to fuel prices.

I learned a few years ago that it is near impossible to balance the cost of fishing/hunting with the market value of the fish or game we catch. It just takes some of the fun out of it for me as I was constantly calclating money spent and what I bagged. If I did it for food, I would buy fish and game at the market and save a fortune.

I fish now more for fun than anything. I do catch and consume and even freeze an occasional fish however I havn't frozen a fish yet this year. I am all for any law abiding fisherman to catch, keep and freeze his household limits. I have fished with too many that kill, keep,freeze and throw away what eventually ended up freezer burned and waisted.

One individual is no longer welcome on my boat. I heard too many stories of his icefishing trips where he filleted fish on the ice and packed his snow suit pockets, inside and outside, with bags of fish and made it through a DNR check. He was cheating us all and I'm sure he still is.

Anyway. Cheapeep had a tough day on the water and somebody may have benefitted from not doing the same thing he did. My humble oppinion is it was a worthy report.

It sounds as though you two are a little at odds and thats ok. The beauty of this site is you can take what you need and leave the rest. We will all do better to stick together and help each other catch fish, tow each other in, lobby to lower fuel prices etc. I am certain you have each others best interest in mind.

I will end with a fishing report. Near Sherradin Point of Pelee Island, limits of 3-5 pound eyes are being caught. I am heading there tomorrow and Wed. An unusual bite inside of H can on the impact area was also hot last weekend. Many limits were caught there in 10 FOW just offshore. Perhaps they moved in to gorge on the recent hatch of Mayflies????

Good luck to all,
Spoontang