Hi there folks,

I'm LarryB from Ottawa, Ontario and I'd like to Thank You for landing on this tiny little piece of web real estate to-day. This little page was built just for YOU if you are the type that enjoys this wonderful sport and or wants to know more about it. This page is my answer to the comment that I've heard more than a few times over the years, Larry, Take Me Fishing! :-)

If you are lookin' for some Cool fishin' stuff and some good fishing related links, I think you've landed yourself a whopper here to-day. Some of the hyper-links will keep you busy with neat stuff for hours. If you enjoy your adventures in bite sized pieces, this page could be a good "jump" spot, so be sure to bookmark it or add it to your FAVES to make it easy to get here, quick-like the next time, when you have a little more time on your hands and need to relax and unwind a little...

I have been into fishin' just about all of my life and have always found it to be a very special sort of natural medicine. It is a large part of what has kept me sane in this, what I've come to call, wild and wacky world of to-day. ;-)

Although I have caught almost every type of freshwater game and panfish that swims, my favourite fish to pursue most of the time is the bass. Largemouth or small, I love 'em all. I grew up on the small jawed variety that lived in the clear-water lakes in the Sudbury area of Northern Ontario. There were plenty of trout to be caught in the streams up there as well and THAT was my finesse fishing, learning curve, at it's best. Trout possess the four S's essential to their life. Trout are Smart, Spooky, Skittish and Shy. :-) They are a real challenge to land usually too, unless you pretty well know what you're doing. Native Brook Trout are also very fragile as well. They do NOT handle pollution at all. I always feel very privledged to fish for and catch these beautiful little fish in their native environment. As in all my fishing, I release over 95% of the fish I catch but I must say here that I have certainly eaten my share of impaled on a stick, open campfire cooked, Brook Trout, over the years. Each spotted beauty seeming to be flavored even better than the last. Right down to the cooked crispy, bacon like fins. So beautiful, so healthy and oh so tasty...Can't you just smell them broiling over that little stream side fire?

Some of the very best and easily the most exciting fishin' encounters I've ever had, have been battles shared with brawling, slashing, crashing and thrashing and absolutely wild and violent, Largemouth Bass. Especially the ones livin' in those thick shallow weedy and stumpy areas of the lakes I fish. The thicker the weeds get, the better the little Moss Boss performs. This wicked sultress and her seducive sashayin' about and flippin' her skirts act, will Blow any Big ol'Bassy's wee mind! ;-) Trust me... You see, at certain times these wild creatures can and will hit this lure like a freight train. Huge hogs can sound like someone threw a three hole cinder block in the lake, beside the boat, when they bust a surface lure only ten or fifteen feet away from the tip of your fishing rod. Lily pads, duckweed, old leaves, gucky moss and gooey gobs of slippery slop fly everywhere, including on yer bassin' cap and in your face, half coverin' yer shades! I mean like, Watch Out when those big, brutal, battling bassies get into attack mode, at close range! Talk about getting in your face! :-)

Here's a real secret for you. A very large part of catching fish, consistantly of course, is having a good positive mental attitude about it all. In fact once you attain a lot of experience, and your mechanical skills are up to snuff, a positive attitude is EVERYTHING. Don't let negative stuff mess you up. Ever. Do not dwell on negative things. They will only get bigger. Turn everything going bad, into a positive thing somehow. You might want to hang with positive people, especially with folks that seem to always catch a lot of fish at tourneys! Keep feeding your knowledge banks everytime you are out there on the lake or river. Keep sharpening your skills and maintain your attitude about getting better at everything all the time. Keep learning. Always. If you are fishing and don't learn at least a dozen things a day, maybe you'll want to take up chess instead...Apply what you are learning to what is at hand and remember what worked before. The more you know, the better your chances of scoring a bunch of fish. Positive thinking creates positive results...