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Here is an excellent link that explains why you should change your oil on a regular basis Hydroscopic water contamination Shorter runs (where an engine does not get a chance to really warm up are the worst) As for the "You can pay me now or PAY ME later" you have to belong to the old timers club, that goes back to an old oil filter add 😊

Where the hell are you fishing??? That is something I don't need to ever see, let alone on the river while fishing! lol

Wright & McGill was the original owner of the Eagle Claw brand? https://www.eagleclaw.com/about-us/our-brands/wright-mcgill

I had shared a while ago that I had bought a fishing kayak at the end of summer There were two big motivators - to get out more and to access some lakes I haven't ever fished Last weekend my brother and I made our way up to the cottage - plan was to hang out and enjoy the quiet, the fire and a few beers and get up in the AM to a small lake we know When we got to the lake we realized that we were going to either need to get really muddy/wet to launch or we probably had to trespass. Mulling the decision my brother said "You know there is another lake 10 minutes from here that is similar but it has a launch" So off we headed This lake is a small bowl - about 30 feet deep in the middle with mainly sharp dropping shorelines. Generally on these lakes we have had the most success finding tapering flats with cabbage beds and getting to the deep side, basically just outside of the weed growth. Paddling around we really didn't get far before my brother hooked into a beauty smallmouth sitting off a fallen tree. Within 5 minutes of that I hooked a juvenile muskie casting an Xrap around some lillies. Moving around the lake we didn't really get anything for about 35 minutes - nothing around fallen trees or cabbage beds. Moving around the lake my brother hooked into a nice largemouth. He had been casting a wacky rigged worm just outside of the lillies. About 3 feet deep. I moved over to the far side of the bay and we started really getting into the bass. What was interesting is we caught almost a perfect split of large and smallmouths. Also interesting that it was in about 3 to 5 feet of water. Overall we caught around 9 good sized bass, a few little guys and a 25 inch muskie - not bad for about 3 hours of fishing on a new lake. For the two of us it was a resounding success! I am still getting used to the yak - I have fished in it around 4 times now - I struggle a bit with boat control (especially compared to my bro who has a Hobie Angler with the Mirage drive) but I feel like I get better each time out. A big part of the allure is ease and access - where we went in you would have been hard pressed launching anything other than a small car topper - but with the kayaks - no problems at all Probably going for one more trip at least - will post a report as always Cheers Andrew (aka Gordy)

Susan Dale Bignell Sept. 17, 1946 - Oct. 4, 2017 😥 She started each day with an “I love you!” and she meant it I could tell. Then her face would light up with a mischievous grin, It was a look I knew so well. She would look at me with her big blue eyes, you could see the laughter there. Then she’d shake her head and the sunlight danced, from the streaks in her golden hair. She always had time for a hug and a kiss, she always wore a smile. No matter how busy her day became, she’d listen to me for a while. She always made me feel like a king, or at least let me think that I am. But one thing in this world I’ll never doubt, and that is that I was her man. She ended each day as it began, with one more “I love you!” Then she’d cuddle up and I’d hold her tight, you see, I loved her too! Forever in my heart! Clifford S Bignell

Seeing lots of ticks at my clinic in dogs. Ticks like cooler weather. Spring and fall. Take precautions out there, Guys. For yourselves and your dogs.

Pair of good looking dogs you've got Dave

I definitely wouldn't be spending $57 on oil for an ATV. Figure out the specs and buy something without the Honda label on the bottle. As it was mentioned before, Honda doesn't make their own oil. I'm sure there are a tonne of oils out there that meet or exceed the requirements that are a 1/4 of the price.

What are the extra precautions to take? Both our dogs have what the vet suggested. Is there more we can do? I know the long grass thing and checking the dogs for hitch hikers before they get a chance to dig in; but what else? Just asking for advice and any would be well taken in. Thanks Dan.

Tie could still kick his butt!! lol

Good cover, auto bilge & a solar panel to keep the battery topped up if you don't have power available. Back in the day Dad used to just tie the boat up to mooring posts driven in the lakebed, no cover no pump. My first job every Friday evening was to wade out & bail out the @##$%#!*&^%$ er! Try that in May! Michael

Put a cover on it. My boats sat in the water all summer long for many years with both an automatic bilge and quality covers and I never had a problem

Our Gorgeous Daughter making my freshly restored '69 Bee look good !

man...people really like to take all of the fun out of fishing dont they lol

Hutch didn't look very solid in the 3rd.

You can ignore maintenance for as long as you want however you can be sure that it will catch up to you eventually. I prefer to do maintenance and put the odds of failure in the worst time or place at a minimum. One of the reasons to change the oil is to see if you have metal shavings, water, or other contaminants which will tell you before a catastrophic failure. Art

Such an iconic drummer , one more

I’m starting to get into it, I’m kinda just casting for pike or anything, went out today for 6 hours in the pouring rain and got 4 musklettes(small ones... lol) , like you say, it’s nice to be 30 seconds from Wabigoon and 20 minutes to Eagle Lake.

So did my brother

This is one of my favorite ones. "play stupid games win stupid prizes" notacajun.mp4

LOL.. Im just the message deliverer.. id didnt fix anything.

Ya.. we had a bit of a database problemo.. this sites been around for so long the database is huge, managed to recover , but looks like we may have lost a bit.

It was a cool experience for sure, i've been trying to replicate it for the last 2 weeks without catching one, but i'm learning all the time and fishing areas i've never fished on Wabigoon, feels like a new lake some days. That's awesome, thanks for the history lesson, will investigate that further.

I assume you're talking about the car! The motor it was born with on the assembly line. This has been my car since I was 17 (1979) and my Father's before that! 4.5 years and 3000 hours of work in the restoration. EVERY bolt came out of the car.