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You have to go back in time to when they sold Bayliner's with Force outboards to get a real horror story

I had a fishing buddy Scott and we sure fished a lot. Our fishing did halt but it was none his fault. My dog had just died and for weeks I had cried. It was a bit of a rough ride so I made excuses to hide. See I had lost all my pride so from friends I had shied. That being said..... I've had a bit of a rough life but not as rough as my dear old wife. You see they wouldn't let my missus on the ride at the fair. Sun of gun told me it's cause she's five foot square. Well enough about Hough! You came here to read fishn' stuff So let me tell me something to you It's about ice fishn' with Lew. My grandpaps used to get dickerd on rye. Then the stories about fishing they started to fly He told me bout these big cats they used to call mudeye Caught them on top of a mountain up high. Even showed them pictures to me, my oh my! I got a little something I'd like to share I once bought something from a guy named Jer. It was a horse that he told me was a mare. Looked under the hair and saw little something extra there. It turned out.... The darn thing was bear! So when my buddy said Hough the the trout fishn' has been tuff. I grabbed him by the scruff and said enough is enough. To hell with those trout we'll going fishn' mudpout. I'll take you to the lake that grandpaps told us all about. So we loaded the underwater camera and fish radar-sonar-jammer. Jumped in the truck and put down the hammer Hope your keeping up, my momma says I've got a bit of a stammer. But as long as you do I'll continue to yammer. Like about that time I dated this girl from the Hammer. The girl was straight out the slammer. If she was any hotter it would have melt her. Turned out she worked at the smelter. img bb We got to the lake and set up near a quarter past two. I said watch this Lew as hooked on a big dew. The worm made a squirm but was stuck on there firm. I lowered it down deep next to an underwater berm. My lure dropped in the mud with a fish calln' thud. I stirred it around and kicked up a couple scud from the crud. I knew this would surely call in a big stud. Now all I had to do was sit back and wait for the tug. Although the tug is the drug nothing beats a good ol' fish hug. I once dated a girl with blue eyes and I sure hope my doctor tells me lies. Because of her he says its like I slept with a hundred guys. Whoops! Were was I, ah yes we were fishn' mudeyes. The sonar flasher was purring like my cat I named Irving. Turned out the night crawlers weren't the only thing stirring.. Lew was outside the hut writing his name in the snow with his urine. Did I ever tell you bout the time I tried learnin' I believe its something that they called french immersion. All my words came out like I was into the bourbon, so decided to move on to this other one called german. Turns out for this fella speaking is a bit of a burdan. The first fish up the hole stared at us like some under water mole or vole. Lew clubbed him between the wiskers and it made his eyes roll. A couple more fish and we'd be close to our goal So I set up my pole over an 100 foot shoal. My lure dropped to the bottom like it was weighted with coal. I packed in my mouth a big wad of mint Skoal. When all of a sudden there was a commotion at Lew's hole. It turns out Lew had set the gears into a tank. It was a big ol cat and Lew was struggling to crank. His rod bent over like he had hooked the river bank And I didn't think he'd get it to hole if I was gonna be frank. Then the line went slack and my old beat up heart sank. That's when Lew dove his arm down deep into the drank. Well he grabbed that fish by the gums and he gave it a yank. Out of that hole came a big fat and greasy two foot plank. He held it up high and the fish gods he did thank. Then some random youngster yelled out "Yo that fish is dank!" After that Lew picked up his club and gave it a spank.

I'm back in the GTA for the last few weeks but pretty much all of my fishing buddies have either left the city and/or have left the sport! I'm also partly guilty because I've been travelling a ton the past few years, living abroad, and fishing sporadically... How time flies... it seems like it was just yesterday that I was posting pictures of my pike and carp catches from the Toronto Islands ...

I don't have one yet but my buddy bought the 10" slice at PA, I'm borrowing that tomorrow to slice it up and will probably get one down the road, always wanted one anyway.

I do a cold smoke for side bacon. 3 pans of maple chips in my Big Chief, each pan takes a bit more than an hour, so four to five hours in a cold smoke. For me, a cold smoke is one where I don't put the box over top of the smoker........😁 and back to MJIG, I cut mine with a knife, but I did once use a buddy's meat slicer and it did a dandy job. I freeze the chunks unsliced, and slice them when they are going into the pan. Doug

Well Saturday on Simco was a much slower day. As I had expected that cold front that moved in Friday made a big difference in just one day. We worked hard and tried a variety of baits and techniques but best we could do for the day was 6 keeper perch. It was still wonderful to get out there and I am really loving having someone else worry about maintaining the hut and all and me just being able to relax and fish 😊. Thursday we caught a burbot and decided to try it, OMG was it ever good! We went on Youtube to research cleaning and cooking them and got some great ideas. We decided to try a couple of variations for cooking it and our favourite was cut into chunks like scallops, tossed in fishcrisp, and pan fried in oil. Never again will burbot be released 😁

She's out and resting, once it's cooled down I'll slice into it and cook some to test the final product.

Is it this? https://roadshow.com.au/titles/movies/roadshow/2020/rams

bacon is on the smoker, see you all back in about 3hrs

A few years back my neighbour bought a legend with a Merc, first day out had to get towed off Lake Simcoe, put another merc on it and didn't get much further. Then he went with an Evinrude.

I'm the outlier in the group.......90Hp Etec

I have a 2011 Yamaha 115. Absolutely no problems. If you've ever been to the Caribbean, they mostly run Yamahas and occasionally you'll see a Honda. That should tell you something.

Quarantine is when you restrict the movement of sick people. Tyranny is when you restrict the movement of healthy people. In my opinion.