Well I finally made it to my mail box yesterday and found my new issue of North American fisherman. I always go to the member Photo's section first but the second article I read was by Dr Scram on fishing myths debunked. I thought the article was very interesting and entertaining. Now I have heard a few of these myths before but to have the explanation as to why certain things are just not so was a nice touch. What did everyone else think? Also the member story on how to make extended fishing trips less costly was nice( I cannot remember the members name and I do not have the mag here at work right now). More of these member articles would be nice.

Brian

Can't really say!  I haven't gotten my magazine, yet.  Probably got mixed up in changing from Life Member to Trophy Life Member.  I did get my 2011 calendar which in my opinion is one of the nicer calendars I have owned.  I try to pay for items on my account as they are posted but usually get items 2 to 4 weeks later with another invoice.  Why do we do such a good job of asking for payments and such a poor job of getting out what has been paid for?  Uncle Tom

I remember when they debunked the myth of that giant pike caught in Rainy Lake.

dident get mine yet!!!!!!!!!

We have a sort of local myth. The myth of giant catfish and sturgeons that live above Taylor's Falls Dam. Fish so big that divers were actually afraid of being swallowed by the shear size of these fishe's mouths. It's a good story to keep people off of resevoir. The counter story is that nobody ever catches any fish of worthy size there. They've all been small. Well I've can confirm that part pretty much. I've only caught mostly small fishes there, but I'm sure It's just bad timing for me.

My magazine is officially late...This wouldn't be the first late October/November issue for me. I'm used to seeing it by mid September.

seems like a few people get their issues late. I am not sure how long mine was in my PO box because I had not picke dup my mail for a couple of weeks. I dont think I have ever missed an issue though.

Brian

i got mine yesterday along with a questionaire to fill out for product testing and a membership extension two years for the price of  one

I've not received mine either, but that 2fer deal sounds great.  Hope they offer that to me!!

Hi, i have not got my sept - oct mag yet!!!!!!!!!!!!sure wish it would get here soon................JOHN

Yeah!  I got my magazine!

Has anyone else received their's?

Nope not me.

Got mine and did like the myths article, also enjoyed the fishing a new lake article.  being I just got a boat this fall it is good to get tips on figuring out lakes now that I am in the water and not just shore fishing.

For all of you that got the article, you'll know what I'm talking about.

I never knew there were people that misinformed people out there.  Pike loosing their teeth in the winter!   I wonder if those people have ever seen pictures of monster pike that were caught through the ice.

Posted By fisherfanatic on 07 Oct 2010 04:47 PM
Yeah!  I got my magazine!

Has anyone else received their's?

Still NOT

Posted By fisherfanatic on 08 Oct 2010 03:46 PM
For all of you that got the article, you'll know what I'm talking about.

I never knew there were people that misinformed people out there.  Pike loosing their teeth in the winter!   I wonder if those people have ever seen pictures of monster pike that were caught through the ice.

That's one of the biggest missinformation out there.

Posted By fisherfanatic on 08 Oct 2010 03:46 PM
For all of you that got the article, you'll know what I'm talking about.

I never knew there were people that misinformed people out there.  Pike loosing their teeth in the winter!   I wonder if those people have ever seen pictures of monster pike that were caught through the ice.

That's funny.  I'd never heard that before!

i've heard that one before.........it's because a pikes mouth seems to bleed around the teeth in late jan. and early feb.. that is why people think they loose their teeth. and that seems to happen during the part of the winter that most guys have a problem with catching pike throu the ice. mainly because they are not fishing deep enough or shallow enough.

This teeth bleeding phenomena I've seen is also shared by largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and catfish. I'm thinking it may depend on their foraging. These smallmouth bass and largemouth bass that are after crayfish tend to have sores along their lips as well like the aquariumed wild fish that swims into glass constantly. Teeth are often dulled or deformed. These pikes that exhibit this may be more of the shallow water structure orientated habitat variety. Maybe they were after crayfish as well. I don't normally target pikes during the months from November onward into the winter ice fishing season. The open water pikes that I've caught that are feeding on open water baitfish have not shown this bleeding or dull teeth phenomenon. They have always shown very sharp teeth like they've never been used. Finally catfish that feed on mussels, tend to have heavily deformed teeth as well. I generally don't look to see this bleeding around their teeth, but I have on occassion notice some very similar characterisitic in some late spring channel catfish.

Posted By ramseyetcs on 08 Oct 2010 03:59 PM

Posted By fisherfanatic on 07 Oct 2010 04:47 PM
Yeah!  I got my magazine!

Has anyone else received their's?

Still NOT

Finally, the magazine came today, Whew