David Chong

Looks yummy! LOL

15 hours ago, GBW said:

The lack of parking and the huge line turned my wife and I away.  We BOTH wanted to see everyone and what the vendors had but I was not willing to waste 1/2 a day in line to be pushed out for a 3PM clse time so we left after seeing the line and tring to find ANY parking for 20-30 minutes.  

Wish I was able to walk in and see some folk but sadly not today...  

Sorry to hear that, you were not alone! Too bad we didn't get to see you!

Yeah, I talked to many who waited in line for 1-1 1/2 hours in order to get in! I guess they should look for a larger venue next year! I was insanely busy in there all day long, never had a chance to wander around even which probably was good for my pocket book! LOL The North GTA Tackle Swap on Sat. April 2 in Newmarket will have quality vendors and shouldn't be as crazy busy! Hope to see some members out there! Only a TOONIE or a donation of a non-perishable food item for entrance fee!

Hey OFC members, if you're planning on coming to the 1st Annual Peterborough Tackle Swap & Fishing Show, please drop into the Tackle Swap area and say hi! I think that my tables are #8. 9 & 10! Mention that you're a OFC member and I've got something for you! Looking forward to chatting fishing with people in person!

17 hours ago, wkrp said:

Just returned from the show. Pretty poor for the fisherpeople . I cannot speak for the hunters as I don't partake in hunting.  Waste of $15 for me. I will not be attending in the foreseeable future

How crowded was it? Was it not $20 to get in?

On 3/15/2022 at 12:27 PM, GBW said:

Not going to this BUT I am planning of going to the PTBO swap this Sunday.  

Look forward to see you there! I'm have tables 8, 9 & 10 in the Swap Area!

2 hours ago, Crashman said:

I talked to Conner at Lynac, and you are right, he is a great guy and answered all my questions about batteries.  What size battery were you running on your trolling motor?  60 or 100Ah?  Trying to figure out what I need, I am not a tournament guy, but I spend a couple weeks up north every summer and sometimes can't charge for several days so I need capacity to go 2-3 days between charges.  My old boat had two group 27 lead acid batteries, 24/80 Terrova, but it was an Alumacraft 165 tiller, the new boat is a 185 tiller, bigger, wider, heavier.  Any input is appreciated!   

Yes, Connor is great! I ran 100 Ah Lynac’s last year but you will not need any more than the 60 Ah model - https://www.lynaclithium.com/product/12-8v-60ah-true-series/

Two 60 Ah batteries will be more than adequate! You won’t regret switching over to Lithiums!

Beautiful GIANT Ling!

Last summer, I ran Lynac Lithiums for the entire summer and cannot say enough about them! I never came remotely close to running out of juice even though we did run out of gas LOL eh ARKISONER? They charged up real quickly, I don't believe that it ever took more than about 4 hours to fully charge them each evening. If you do the math at $642 a battery and you'll probably get 10 years out of them.(They come with 7 year warranty) it makes sense to spend the extra money now and never have to worry about power. BTW I also noticed more power with my trolling motor.

Anyway a great Canadian company out of Thunder Bay with great customer service! If you're looking for new batteries, check them out www.lynaclithium.com 

Yes, that is correct! All pernament huts including outfitters' must be off the ice by tomorrow! So that would be the day!

Nice Laker!!!

Due to most of the consumer shows being cancelled again this winter, I got to go ice fishing a lot more this year! I didn't really think about it in the past but I normally spend about 6 weeks of my winter at trade shows! Now I spend it on the ice LOL! Still a few weeks more!

It was very sad to hear about the event being cancelled! I'm going to talk to Doug Bunker from the Orillia Chamber of Commerce to get the real scoop. Hopefully they're good reasons!

They look great!!!!

They look tasty! YUM!

Will probably drop by to check it out! It will defintely be interesting to see how many vendors would be there! Smaller tackle swaps are becoming very popular like the Hamilton Bassmasters Tackle Swap, Peterborough Tackle Swap and if you're in the GTA the North GTA Tackle Swap in Newmarket! I'll be at all 3 of these events, hope to see some OFC members there!

1 hour ago, pics said:

Does the town of Orillia still restrict non-residents from using the boat ramps and parking ??

I do believe that is still being discussed at town council and possibly during the current "Stay at Home" order, hence the change of dates. Because of the virtual format of the event you don't actually have to go up to Orillia to partake in the event. You can fish and enter a perch anywhere in Simcoe County and all waters and shorelines of Lakes Simcoe & Couchiching!

As an industry sales rep, I have seen the shortages already! If you see something that you want, I would grab it!

Once again I'm totally humbled and thrilled to be asked to asked to be the Honorary Chairperson of the 2021 Orillia Perch Derby which happens to be the 40th Anniversary of this awesome grass roots event! I have had lots of ties to the city of Orillia and have been participating in this event for probably over 35 years. It is a great event designed to get everyone out fishing, kids , families and drew many visitors from far & wide to the "Sunshine City"! Due to COVID times there are plenty of changes, the most recent one is the change of dates to May 8 - 29, 2021 to comply with province of Ontario's "Stay at Home" order! For the first time it has also become a virtual event:

• Boundaries for the event now include all the waters and shorelines of Lake Simcoe & Couchiching plus any other bodies of water located within Simcoe County!
• Once registered, you will receive an link to download the "Orillia Perch Festival" app onto your phone!
• You can entered 1 fish each for the duration of the event! Size doesn't matter!
• There will be a guaranteed "tagged" fish caught each day of the event along with many other draw prizes!
• Each day that you enter a perch earns you a chance in the draw for the "tagged" perch of the day as well as the Grand Prize boat at the end of the contest!
• You don't need data on your phone in order to enter a fish but you must connect with Wi-Fi within the boundaries of the festival to download your entry as it is geofenced!
• Fun inexpensive time for all, only $5 for a child and $25 for an adult!

I hope that everyone takes advantage of these new changes and enters this awesome fishing event, this may be your year! Best of luck to all!

Boy, what crazy times we live in nowadays! It's been insanely busy trying to maintain a living in these COVID conditions but luckily I was able to maintain my sanity with a fair bit of ice fishing! Missed the Toronto Boat Show, Spring Fishing & Boat Show, Ottawa Boat Show, Barrie Sportsman Show and all the other spring consumer shows. So I ended up spending more days on the hardwater than I have in a few decades, definitely helped me through the winter! Whenever I went out on a foray onto the ice with friends, we always travelled in separate vehicles, had our own huts, gassed up at home and brought whatever snack we needed to make it through the day! Had many stellar days but of course some tough ones as well, that's why they call it fishing & not catching!😂😂 Lots of hi-lites though:

• Got to fish some new bodies of water but of course spent lots of time on Lake Simcoe!
• Was able to test and use some great new baits and equipment - Grumpy Bait Company - HT Enterprise - Garmin Panoptix LiveScope - Erie Secrets Sled just to name a few!
• Got fish with a bunch of great people and guided 6 friends to their PB Yellow Perch!
• Took part in a fun on-line tournament - HT Ice Fishing Classic finishing 8th for the largest perch and 3rd for the best 5 perch! This event was open to anyone across North America!

Anyway, glad that open water season is here and I hope that everyone had a great ice season! Here are a few pics from this last winter!

Fisherman's suggestion & solution is great! Bolt the wires together and apply multiple layers of the liquid tape! I've used this before and it works great!

Are you connecting the negative feed from your batteries to the negative on your troller? I would just use a shrink wrap connector!

Humminbird – press the Menu button twice, go to the Chart tab, press the down arrow to Chart Select and choose SonarChart (FishN’Chip on older models).

11 hours ago, Hack_Fisherman said:

Not sure how detailed the stuff is you are looking at but I found the Helix7 Navionics was nowhere as good as the free trial i put on my iphone. I was disappointed to find the Helix wasn't able to do the same thing (super fine contour etc)

You have to select the SonarCharts under your mapping options! Or it used to Fish N Chip under the old Humminbird menus!

2 minutes ago, 410001661 said:

David,

Thanks for the information but I decided on the Nav + card.  I bought directly from Navionics as they have a $50USD rebate going on until the end of the year. 

Not to be that guy..........but I do not shop at Bass Pro unless it is a last resort.  

Great to hear but just FYI for anyone else who is buying a card, the $50 USD REBATE is available as a mail-in if you purchase it from Navionics dealer!