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Merry Christmas to all my friends and their families here at the Ontario Fishing Community. I hope Santa is good to yous all.

Hi All, Got back to the spot I got a bunch of walleye the other day for an hour and a half. Lots of fish cruising around, had a couple of nice walleye on but lost them half way up. I lost a lot of fish the other day too, I think i'm going to switch back to braid with a flouro leader for better hooksets. Only landed one small walleye but got a couple of pike too. The first pike hit before I even managed to get my camera on my head, it snapped me off at the hole and then 3 minutes later hit again on my other rod....got my other jig back!

Hi all, Got everything squared away for Xmas by 2:30pm and decided to get an hour or so on the ice. The whitefish finally showed up, but couldn't get them to bite, was fun at first and then just frustrating. Got a couple of decent walleye for my efforts and was able to sight fish a 30" Pike swiping at my bait 2 feet beneath the hole. Happy Xmas and Tight Lines!

And all the best of the season to all the outdoors men and women on here

Sad moment to hear that Chris Rea has passed away, one of the most comforting songs for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDt3u2Ev1cI

Pics are crappy as these are pics of videos on pause off the computer monitor. A couple awesome whitetail bucks, one in particular. As usual the computer is acting up so this is only a few of the pics I wanted to post. I haven't tended to the trail cams lately as for the past few weeks the temperature has been in the -20s with a near -40 wind chill and a lot of snow.

Well I got my hydro bill from November 17 to December 16, $144.08 , that's with the new heat pump and electric furnace. I have to say I am pretty pleased, we've had some pretty cold weather. I have it set to 20 at night, 23 during the day, the fan runs 24/7. The furnace has only kicked in a couple of times In the morning for a few minutes when the outside temperature was-17ish just to bring the inside temperature up to the 23 then the heat pump takes over. The house is much more comfortable than with the old propane furnace, it's been a bit of a learning experience but so far I think I made a great investment.

After two weeks of applying multiple layers of Birchwood/Casey's Tru-Oil daily I have finally boxed and wrapped up the Christmas gift knives I made for my daughter's. There are indeed a number of minor flaws on both handles that I will address going forward on future knife builds but I am overall happy with the end results. I didn't designate either knife outright, I will let them choose between themselves who gets the Red package and who gets the Green one.

I thought you were going to say in your freezer, Haha.

I guess I better not send that pic to my friend that hunts and tell him it’s in my backyard. lol. 😂

I want one of the bucks in my back yards for xmas.

Yes. Tis the season.. the best gifts!

Bibs been hanging out with too many ‘murcans.

I’ve tried all the ‘ice’ lines and braid, it’s a gimmick in my experience and froze on the real the same as ‘regular’ braid I’m just gonna go back to whatever brand braid as I’m not fishing outside my shack as much as I used to, getting old.

The trip is every bit as cool as the fishing. So envious here Simon. I also remember a time when you called them Jackfish, Mate.

Great video, thanks for posting. Unless it's for very specific presentations like topwater (straight braid) or spy baits (straight fluorocarbon) virtually all my reels (certainly spinning reels) are loaded with braid mainline and a fluorocarbon leader (usually 3 to 10 ft long). I attach the two lines using an FG Knot (slimmest knot for passing throught the guides), but an Alberto knot works well too. It gives you the best of both worlds...maximum sensitivity and hooksets, with the least visibility. For ice fishing, check out Sufix Ice Braid...it remains very flexible in low temps, and the coating sheds water so it doesn’t ice up.

That would be my choice, there's something magical about being there that I've never felt anywhere else.

Absolutely beautiful works of art!

Welcome and post a report of your next trip for those that can’t get out. We like pics.

Made it out from 2pm till 4pm, actually made it out by 1pm but had to take some time to check the ice as i'd not been to this lake so far this year. There was 13" in the access bay but that always freezes first so I walked all the way to where it opens out to the main body and there was around 8"....good to go! Bite didn't start till 3pm. I missed a bunch and landed a few in a fun hour, they were definitely hitting the plastics with more enthusiasm than live minnows. We have a storm rolling in here so I left before dark as it was already whiteout conditions and I did not want to navigate 10 miles of unstated lakes in the dark in a blizzard, glad I left when I did as it was 5 feet visibility all the way back.

Thanks again for the kind words . Busy with some new stuff . SQUIGS and HEAVY HITTERS Squigs are made of a soft gummy material the fish will hold on to . Same 7/32 tungsten beads on size 8 & 10 2X jig hooks . Ice grub heavy hitters are 1/4" tungsten glow beads on #8 2X jig hooks More to come . Just getting started on a few others .

Hard to beat the Spanish..

I no longer have to worry about that as of this past September. What I want to know is how do I get my 3.5 months of over payment back.

Cabelas Guidewear. With any Goretex you need to do a bit of maintenance to reactivate the waterproofing. I usually do this once a year, been going on 6 years with my stuff and dry as it was on day #1.