razmatazz05 
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Quebec 09
Returned sometime this past Sunday morning. The result of some 1,700 miles round trip was way worse than any jet lag has laid on me. Left Mrs. V's Grille in Brentwood around 11am on July 24th. Arrived at Pavilion du Lac Berthelot at 6am the next day. Crossing the St. Lawrence. Not as dramatic as i had hoped.  The reason i was nearly detained at the Boarder...  The last 3 hours were on this stretch of unpaved road... 3 hours in dark and rain.  Napped an hour in the car then we were flown out to a lake, the name of which escapes me. Arrived at our castle for the week...  Hadn't done the #2 for about a day and a half at this point... though it would have to wait a few more hours.  My workstation for the week.  Ok a couple fish. 27" Walleye. My best of the week. Fun stuff on medium action 8# test.  30-something" pike. also on the Medium set up.  Caught a ton of pike off the dock at dusk and in the early morning on top water lures. That was probably the most fun part of the trip. Though most were 24"-30" they all hit with fearless agression. Caught a ton of walleyes in the 1-2 pound range, perfect eating size was 16" inchers. Some of the Walleyes up there had a deep blue hue to their backs and fins. Not sure why, thought I will research that. These guys were our best friends... Apparently they can eat 10x's their own weight in mosquitos in one evening...  Scenery shot  The rod that i would later break. With the fly that worked best, and hopefully makes his way to Minnesota.  Playing with the underwater settings... water was tea colored from all of the pine needles. you can see a few baitfish just off the dock.  After long days of fishing, it was time to hit the sauna/steam room then have a hot shower with lots of soap to scrub off all the bug spray, dried pike slime and sunblock... not so lucky.  Hope you enjoyed. Raz
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 09:11:53
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Good pics Raz.... looks like a sweet trip.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 09:18:56
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Wow I'm jealous. Looks like you had a great time. Nice pics.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 09:45:23
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Nice walleye, did it speak French?
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 10:13:33
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Nice walleye, did it speak French?
oui
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 10:19:55
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nice fish but you went to canada to drink"the beast ice?"to each thier own-looks like it was really nice up there
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 10:22:38
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nice fish but you went to canada to drink"the beast ice?"to each thier own-looks like it was really nice up there
Trust me, i didnt drink the Beast until i was out of the two cases of Labatt that i purchased at the boarder. reason i got some more than stern words is because the old men thought we only had one case of beast plus a bottle of crown plus two cases of labatt in our vehicle... when we had two cases of the beast. "Son, would you like to spend sometime in our holding cell, eh?" "Does it have a view?"
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 10:33:33
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nice fish but you went to canada to drink"the beast ice?"
Hehehe...'twas what I was thinking. Labatts? Molson? Moosehead? La Fin du Monde? (brewed in Quebec). Anyway, nice pics...it looks like you had a nice trip. I used to go up every year to a place called Long Lac on the Ontario/Quebec border...good memories.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 11:08:38
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No big Canadian Brookies ?
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 11:34:05
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No big Canadian Brookies ?
that was the first question i asked when they said Quebec trip this summer. there were rivers and some small streams in the area with them. would have had to take a serious trek on my own. about a 5 hour boat ride, 2 mile portage, then another boat ride. no big deal, but i was with my uncle, who's got very limited use of his legs, and i couldnt leave him for that long to go play with brookies. sometime in the future though.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 11:34:12
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Caught a ton of pike off the dock at dusk and in the early morning on top water lures. That was probably the most fun part of the trip. Though most were 24"-30" they all hit with fearless agression.
I LOVE THAT.
I don't always snag fish, but when I do... I choose Little Cleos I'm the best looking smartest snagging poacher alive...
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 11:50:56
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i wish i could have video taped it. i had this propellor looking thing on. crank it, stop, crank, stop. i had pike coming full out of the water to hit it. but they missed it a ton since there was just a single hook on the back. the baby bass zara spook has got some nice scars.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 12:18:49
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NICE!
very cool!
pike on the fly is not a notch most belts have... congrats
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 13:47:03
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Lets hear the back story on the broken rod.... 
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 14:03:30
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Nice pics broski. Looks like a blast.
the canadians just couldn't handle the beast, those sissys!
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 15:01:57
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Lets hear the back story on the broken rod....
Well i had been trolling and jigging for pike and eyes all day long, everyday, then taking a boat out solo after dinner in back bays for some quite alone time with the 8 weight and some of KJH's moster flies. none the first night, just a few follows. second night they were slammin but missing most hooks. got two small ones then one good one. third evening out, i went to this huge bay infront of a beach. same white with red fly as was previously successful. had a few swipes then a big boil and wham! i set the hook like i had been setting the hook on walleyes and pike all week. (not like i should have been while fly fishing, strip set the hook to the side...) Cranked the rod up like Roland Martin, and Crack! thought i was gonna be picking graphite shrapnel out of my neck. right below the second stripping guide. wet noodle break... if there's nobody there to hear it, does a screaming, swearing, fishing banshee in the wilderness make a sound? after about 30 minutes i took the positives. i had busted it on a fish and not by means of my hind-end like i had at Lake of the Woods... I had landed a few Before i broke it. I hadnt paid nearly top dollar for the rod, so it wouldn't be a complete smack in the wallet... and i was on vacation, so i was determined to allow Mr. Labatt Blue easy the suffering.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 15:06:20
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Too bad about the rod, but good story. The thing I hate most in those situations is not getting the fish in...
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 16:25:30
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WHATS WRONG WITH YOU!!!! YOU SHOULDA TOOK ME!!! just kinding, it looks like you had a great time and caught some big fish. Nice pics
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 16:31:24
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haha great story... to bad about the rod.. good memories though
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 16:33:08
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you know your hands go on the cork.... right?
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 17:50:04
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Nice Pics! Gotta get back to Quebec soon myself.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 19:40:35
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raz , great pics and stories. Glad your trip was a success. minus a rod  but memories for decades to come , awesome.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/06 21:44:55
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Great Raz! I love to hear the stories and the pics!
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/07 11:52:36
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thanks guys. just feeling much better about breaking that rod now... called St. Croix. it was a 1995 made Imperial. sending the busted rod with check to their place in Wisconsin. they're sending me new Imperial Model. i may need to go break some other old rods eh?
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/07 16:32:49
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Nice pics, Raz....was that Lake Gouin? Looks familiar
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/07 16:56:50
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Close... definately in the area. started with an M. I have the map somewhere with all my gear i'll dig it out sometime.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/07 19:45:39
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Great shots, really enjoyed them all!!!
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/07 20:05:29
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Man that water looked like prime pike and walleyes. Yum! That is great to be with a realitive. Never know when that will never happen again. You make me cry with the rod breakage. Did that with a 5wt. HMG. Never did send it back but may see. Its only 30 years old. 
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/07 20:14:53
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Chris... if you do this evey year... I'd be down for goin up next year.
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RE: Quebec 09
2009/08/08 01:02:59
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Razz, Broke a rod many years ago, in Canada, 7 wt Wonderrod presidential. fishing for bass with a popper and was just messing with some small fish at the edge of some grass when the grass parted and bam, bam, snap. We think it was a muskie, and we think a small bass hit the fly first and he hit the small bass. Weird thing was I was turning to say something to my buddy and just idly stripping the bug in when the hit came. Never saw much but the splash. We used to just jump in the lake with some soap and freeeeeze!
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