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Still voting for ya Joey! Every day I might add.

That's just what I needed. I love the look on your other bird. Kinda says "What the hell is wrong with you??!!" Thanks for the laughs.

Great looking boat buddy Gary! Congrats.

Some beauty fish there Shawn, that bow in particular is hugh! Good luck with the 30+ fish.

Great report Jer! I stayed at one of the cabins at Tumblehome Lodge a few years ago. Nice place with a 9 hole golf course as well. Good to know that things worked out OK for Bear.

WTG Shawn!! That is a sweet surprise for this time of the year. Congrats

That's some great news there Lew. All the best to Diane for a speedy recovery and some well deserved R&R. Enjoy your time at the trailer.

It seems like a great unit but I'd have to agree with Barnie's Band of Gold. I don't know how many times I've been with someone and the li-ion battery had died in the camera. Either because they forgot to charge it or bring the spare. At least with double A's you can grab them at any corner store if necessary. My present gps takes 2 AA batteries and I get a couple of days off of them in the summer or 1 day in the winter. My camera takes 4 AA batteries as well and they seem to last forever. I'm not totally sold on the lithium batteries for certain items. Mind you the one in my cell phone gets about 3-4 days of light use before it needs a charge.

Have a great and safe trip. Looking forward to the report.

Great report! Very informative and inspirational. You've inspired me to go fishing this weekend. GCD - That tip from the In-Fishermen seem like a good one.

Happy Belated birthday Roy!! I hope it was a great one!

Have a great trip! Looking forward to yout report when you get back.

You may want to check this out. Manitoulin

No Cliff, it is a musky but it has been put in with photoshop. A little less on the blur effect and I might have believed you Bill. I guess it wouldn't count anyways because your were bass fishing CONGRATS MAN!!!! Nice to get that monkey off your back. And yes, it counts!

Hey I know that spot!!

First - I'm very glad that everyone is OK, it could have been a very bad situtation. Second - Thanks for the heads up on this . I'll be up that way in a couple of weeks for my first West Arm trip. I will keep an eye open for him and a camera as well.

DUDE! That sucks! If I was close by I'd be out there driving around with ya. Try what all the others have said before my post and hope for the best. As Blaque said, Our hearts certainly go out to them. Here's hoping for a safe return home.

All fixed up, just have to put the hose onto the pump tonight. Funny thing you mentioned the big lake, Joe and I were planning to go but decided on some smaller water do to the winds. Somethings happen for a reason. I would have hated to been out on Lake O and had that happen. That would be why I have a VHF radio.

What a great way to spend a week! Thanks for the report!

A couple of beauties there GBW, great to hear the week went well. I'll be up there in the fall for a week myself at a cottage I have rented. Should be fun exploring some new water. Thanks for the report.

Great report and some sweet fish for having a tough go at it. Congrats on the PB walleye, nice looking fish.

And yet another PB - OK - Yes I'm jealous. SWEET fish! Congrats and I'd say around the 3.5 pound mark + or -. Good thing Cliff didn't come over to help with the pump, you obviously needed my photographer for the evening.

Just a quick up date - the pump is in and working. The craft will be seaworthy for the weekend. I'm beginning to wonder about the 2 of you.....This is my second outting of the year with Joe and my second boat problem with him, first I banged up my prop and then this last trip a leaking boat. The previous weekend with you Cliff I had trolling motor problems...... Thanks for the offer to "help out" Cliff but I got it done on my own.....probably better off knowing how you are with electrical stuff. On the other hand if you need some help with yours I'll be glad to lend a hand Hey JB - We wait what seems like an eternity to get our boats out after a long winters nap and we all hate any down time but poop happens. This is my second weekend in a row as well but was able to fix the trolling motor problem on the lake the previous weekend. I sure was glad to have my tool kit aboard. I hope your boat is in great working order come the weekend and that the repair bill isn't too bad.

HH and I decided we'd head out for a morning fish on Sunday. Joe get's to my place around 5:30am after his tour of Tim Hortons trying to find some donuts. It took him 3 places before he could find the donuts but only to find they didn't know how to charge him for his thermos of coffee. Oh well we were on the road rolling by 5:35am. It was a great drive up for spotting wildlife, first a skunk - not a good sign?? Several wild turkeys and a very large coyote. We were on the water and fishing about 6:45am. It was a bit cool, overcast and some showers mixed in as well. After about an hour or so I get into the first fish of the day - a bucket of about 14". Oh well it's a start. A couple more casts and my second fish, a smaller 10-12" bucket. As we are making are way around I notice that the boat is not sitting quite right. Joe and I our standing on the same side and the boat is sitting a bit lower then normal. I've had three guys standing on one side in the past and the boat hardly moves. I start thinking that Joe better hit the gym and loose a few pounds , hell I better do the same . We made our way out onto a flat and I picked up a nice perch. It's at that point Joe says...."There's water coming up threw the floor drain!" I turn around in a heartbeat and can't believe my eyes. I jump to the back of the boat and lift up the rear storage compartment to find it's full of water. Joe askes if I put the plug in and I tell him yes, I checked it twice. I hit the bilge pump and idle our way back to the launch. We get the boat out and pull the plug, it only took about 5-10 minutes for the water to drain out. Well we could fish for a while with the bilge pump going or we can look into getting this fixed, Joe suggests we call it a day and get it looked at. With my up cominig vacation it seemed like the right thing to do. Off the water by 9am. It appeared that the water was coming in around the livewell pump and after getting a buddy of mine to take a look it was confirmed. My pump wasn't working but he said it never should have leaked like that. The only thinig that I can think of is that Cliff after not being happy as my photographer last weekend had sabotaged my pump hoping that this would cause the boat to sink. Very nice work there Cliff, it almost worked. The final score at the end of the end was 3 fish boated for me and Joe, well, had a great time all though be it a short time thanks to Cliff. A new pump has be purchased and will be installed tonight and should be good for the water next weekend. We'll get out again soon Joe, thanks for the great morning and the laughs. OK, I really don't think, nor do I blame Cliff for my leaking boat. After last weeks report showing me "cutting off" another boat. I had to get a little revenge in. All is good Cliff and we'll get out again as well. The real reason for posting is of this. You may remember that last fall Wayne had showed how he had winterized his livewells so he could be comfortable in using his boat without the worry of lines or pumps freezing. He had capped the inlet for the pump so water couldn't get in. If I had a cap for the livewell inlet on board I could have saved the day and stopped the leak. For less then a dollar we could have been fishing. So you can bet I'll be keeping a couple of caps and some plumbers tape in the boat from now on. It might save the day if the pump should go like that again. And that is your OFC tip of the day.

On our recent flyin trip, scented baits out performed nonscented by a ratio or 3 to 1. Berkley Glup and powerbaits seemed better then the others we were using. And no I'm not sponsored by them but I'd like to be.