fishnsled

Never mind the muskies, thats a huge pike!!!!

Ill second that! Great report!

Why dont you ask the guy that finished 2nd on day one,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, L M A O

That guy also finished 58th the second day. I'll blame the second day partner for that one. Imagine leaving your partner to go to the hospital.

Great first day finish though! :worthy:

Spilt my coffee on that one! LOL!

Time well spent M or S. Thanks for sharing.

Looks like a great evening to me. Congrats Cliff! And good on ya for getting Cliff out BK!

Thanks for the help everyone.

Thanks Cliff and congrats on your PB Bass!

Nemo - I don't know how I missed that thread. Miss a few days here and miss a lot! Thanks for the link.

Fishboy - We are on for the 25th! Looking forward to seeing you and Chad, Dave I'm not so sure about.

Rizzo - I'll see about a tour over the the bay.

Snag and the others, thanks for yout PM's.

Report to follow!

Some last minute plans have come into place and I'll be heading to Lake Muskoka. A few days of fishing and R&R are on the agenda. Since I've only ice fished there once I was wondering what to bring and what I should be looking for. I've only got a short amount of time for fishing and trying to gather some info to save on fishing the dead water. I'm staying in a place on the Muskoka River and the lake looks to be about 2-3 miles out to the main lake. Will be fishing for anything that swims but will be mainly looking for bass, pike, walleye and some time trolling for lakers. Feel free to pm.

Thanks in advance.

Excellent report Pete! Congrats on your fish for the OFAH Awards.

Thanks Tybo.

A couple of my buddies have gone through that. They did the sonic wave thing to bust up the stones so they could pass them. I've had gall stones and felt that pain, hopefully never get the kidney stones. Speedy recovery Steve.

Time is not on your side.

 

Since the engine was not running it will be OK if you get

the water out fast.

 

First you need to have a place you can hang the engine up side down.

 

Get three cans of ether and two cans of wd 40.

 

when using the ether make sure you are in a very well vented area or

you will have a nice sleep.

 

Remove all cover and flood the engine with ether . Lots in the alternator.

 

With engine straight up spray one can one can of wd in spark and in and down carbs.

Hang engine up side down to drain drain wd.

over the next few day turn engine over by hand spraying in wd.

Let dry, change oil slap in new plugs,start engine and let idle for 15 minutes

and presto you are back in the water.

 

I have done this to a few engines(also a car engine).

Where can he find cans of ether? Name brands? Is there a substitute?

Thanks for the help!

Have a great day Roy!!

Thanks for the info Zamboni, I'll pass it along. Some good stuff there.

I should have mentioned that it's a 4-stroke.

Thanks again!

A buddy of mine had his boat sink with the storm that came through yesterday. I'm wondering what you would do with the motor to make sure there is no water in it and to get it going again. Should he take it to a shop or is there something he can do himself.

Thanks in advance.

LOL!

Tell that to the puddle of oil under the van.

Thanks Brian, PM sent.

Edit - HEY!!! I just noticed that I'm now a fishing icon too! Post 1000! That sure took long enough.

Ouch-hope that doesn't put too much of a cramp in your plans.

I've still got the truck so towing the boat is not a problem. It's just the unexpected repair bill. When are they ever expected anyways??

Thanks HH. Right now it's parked at work, downtown TO. Parliment and Richmond area.

Well just as my luck would have it, on the way into work this morning I blew the motor in the van. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions/recommendations/ for a shop that will fix it in the downtown Toronto to Oshawa area? It's a 1995 Dodge Caravan with a 3.3. I just bought it off my grandfather for next to nothing and figure it's worth spending some money on it. He had the tranny rebuilt a couple of months ago, new exhaust, and the body work done on it last year. The van is mint. Well it was a couple of hours ago.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the replies everyone!

Hey Cliff - we didn't net both fish as we were more interested in getting a few good pictures. Could have been easily done as that pike didn't want to let go!

Some beautiful shots there Nauti!

Excellent report!! Great read and pictures!

That is one nice looking fish!!! Thanks for the post.

Congrats on the new ride!!! It should do you just fine for many years to come!