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Enjoy the time; it won't be long before his interests may change? His fingers will smell the same; but it won't be from cutting bait. LOL Dan.

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I am off to vertical jig, but not for bass. Good luck to Gussy. GO CANADA GO

My last trip took a skunking. Had to happen. Plagued with snowmachine issues this season. One issue after another. As for lockdowns. Well, for all I know I could be dead next year for some reason or another. Life is short and unpredictable. I’m living today. Your mileage may vary.

It will be interesting to see if that smallmouth pattern holds up?

Just a heads up to you tackle junkies who are looking for cheap tackle treys to store your lures and tackle. Dollarama is selling these new tackle treys for $4. They’re similar to the Plano 3700 and the latches on these are very solid. I recently picked up a bunch of used lures and just had them organized.

16 FOOTER! Your Grandson will be a true fisher. He'll talk about the one that got away for years to come. Good on you for getting him out! Dan.

Looks like Grandpa lost it LOL....a bit of excitement though hey?

My wife makes me socks from Icelandic sheep wool. Could try that

A local posted on bass boat central that there’s always fish there. They are clearly wintering there and stacked up. You gotta hope that something catastrophic doesn’t happen to make the fish disappear on him on championship Sunday. a 7lb lead helps a lot that’s for sure

Thanks all for the replies everyone!!!!! Lefroy. This pic is exactly why I started this thread! My Son Is now in his mid thirties and busy with work and his kids. The look on your son's face is everything I remember about taking my son out. Thanks for sharing. Dan.

did one of the scariest things I have ever done while working on my boat. new trolling motor and a big foot pedal it was time to go recessed. Taking a circular saw to the casting deck of your boat almost made me sick to my stomach. It’s going to come out incredible though. I’ve “dry” installed it and it looks really good. I was about to fasten it down permanently but realized that wiring the livescope that was in the mail would be a hell of a lot easier to do with a giant hole giving me access to the entire front half of my boat 😂 i only almost started a fire....while cutting through the floor with the jig saw initially I didn’t realize there was a cross brace coated in fibreglass that was longer than the blade on my jigsaw. I got a bit stuck and it basically ate the blade on the saw. What proceeded to happen was a hell of a lot of friction. I looked up and noticed smoke billowing out of all of the wire access holes throughout the boat. I began to panic thinking there was a full blown fire in the hull of my boat. all is good though. Seems like every time I get close to finishing the work I add something to the mix ive got installing my new transducer on my transom, installing the livescope system on the bow, which includes running some new power cables down the boat. A new auto bilge, and to stick up my new compartment lighting that’s all wired and ready to go once things warm up...maybe sunday? amognst all of this work I’ve managed to get out a few times on my new stomping grounds, a “newish” (I’ve fished them before but not consistently) species to figure out has been really fun. A few rookie mistakes, learning how they want it, how to fight em, how to land them has made this season really interesting. Coolest of all is just how pretty this fish are.

Glad to hear SOME success stories coming out of this. Never been madder in my life than when I went through this process. Although we never got all our $ back from xwrp (only a portion), when the dealership changed hands we got some repairs done for free...repairs we DELIBERATELY had not done because we didn't want to void the warranty. Either way...keep at it all of you. For each of these success stories I bet there are many who just lay down, give up, and let these people (xwrp/car dealers) scam them