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I've always run a kicker, keep those hours off the big motor and sip fuel. Salmon/walleyes/muskies/whatever. Kicker probably gets 10 times the amount of hours the big mill does. If you do a lot of trolling, you'd be crazy not to have one.

Only an ignorant jerk would do that. We have great friends in Pennsylvania who come up here every June and we holiday together, sure hope that crap doesn't happen to them

An ice angler does not NEED all that much gear. A pail to sit on and carry ice rigs and lures (and fish being brought home!), a spud or manual auger, and warm clothing will suffice. I have been ice fishing for a very long time (over 50 years) and have rarely used a shelter. When I hit some of the back lakes, I take a minimum of equipment in a small sled, and a manual auger. No tent, no heater, no power auger, no graph, and I catch fish just fine thanks. Sure, the extra bits make life more comfortable and a graph is a great thing for some fishing, but you don't NEED them. Just sayin'.... Doug

With the tent, Ion ice auger, sled, pack and gear, maybe forty five pounds. Often, fishing with a buddy, one of us brings a shelter and the other brings an auger. For back-country lakes I take a hand auger. I am going for crappies tomorrow, no shelter, minimal gear but with the Ion, total weight probably 25 pounds. HTH

Looks like they have a new model: https://shopfreds.ca/root/rapala-shack-sherpa-m3/?srsltid=AfmBOoqe5T6tTutbDBAmQ5WtjfY339fWJOiNneBmyxDt9ycn3ydE1ywM But it is heavier, at 12 kg...........

For anyone interested, I dragged the deer into the woods behind my property on Wednesday and checked on it today and it appears the coyotes are having a fest on it. About the only parts recognizable now are the head & legs.

Couldn't agree with you more Lew, been visiting your country since 1973, many years multiple trips. Made some great friends. Planning on another trip in May. I would hate to see it come to an end over someone acting like a jerk.

There have been reports of vehicles with US plates being "hassled". Perhaps a "Kamala" bumper sticker would be helpful..

Don't be "tariff"id to come up this way, but you might have to pay more for goods this year.

Plentiful pike and walleye on a big, shallow lake with just one lodge. No brainer! You can't fail on Kesagami... unless Mother Nature intervenes... and she does aplenty. Would have loved this gig when a younger man. Decent money too.

Boy when you go, you sure do go in style.

Lake Kipawa - Quebec - 1 Hour from North Bay - 2000 kms of wilderness shorelines. Lots of Outfitter options - boat in camps, off grid, the operators pick you up. Some Drive to Camps Reelpro Fishing Charters - from Miwapanee Lodge, and Kipawa docks fishing from a fully equipped 21 foot Lund Tyee - suitable for groups of 4 or 5 Excellent fishing for Walleye, Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout

They are very expensive and very slow

That rig is completely amphibious (like an Argo), all wheel drive (like an Argo), but the rear tires especially provide more power in water than an Argo's wheels do. The chassis is all aluminum and can be raised and lowered by hydraulics. There are four holes in the floor for fishing, a superstructure very much like a pull-over ice hut, and an after-market diesel heater that keeps things toasty inside. (Way too toasty for my liking, but I was a guest.) One can ice fish without stepping out of the rig for anything. It is a VERY neat rig. Doug