David Chong

It is a Fastach from Stringease! Twist on, no snap to open!

Some good does come out of these crazy times! I managed to get back to something that I have not done for probably decades and that was to fish out of a canoe! A truly peaceful and serene day on the water, at least it was until the fish started to bite! As much as the roar of Yamaha 250 excite me, there is definitely something to be said about stealthily paddling around in a canoe. It was a memorable day with some beautiful fish and great company with good friend, Wil Wegman. BTW never mind the delicious fish afterwards!

If you missed it "LIVE", the "Hardbody Topwater Bassin'!" webinar that I did, it is up on the Navionics YouTube channel. Check it out if you're a topwater fan and who isn't? https://youtu.be/6shoMzbNi4g #TopwaterMagic #NavionicsPro #FunWow #DaiwaCanada #YoZuri #Sunline #VigorEyewear

They're in Simcoe and they're in Quinte so chances are pretty good they're in the Kawartha's! Surprised that they're as far in as Chemong, sure it wasn't a Sculpin?

Here you go! LOL

In my youth I worked at the Outdoor Stores in the old Birk's store at Yonge & Temperance! Fun times and great stores! Yup as soon as Collegiate bought them it went downhill but I was no longer there after that! LOL

Looks like their restructuring is going to involve the closing of their 4 Sportium stores in Quebec which has always been a burden from the moment they bought them! Also they will be closing the Vaughan and Etobicoke locations in Ontario leaving them with 4 locations in Ontario & 8 in Quebec! Hopefully this will allow them to focus on their profitable locations and continue on!

Sad to see but hopefully whatever their restructuring plans are work! Competition is good for the consumer! Fingers crossed that they make it!

Nice Report! Good stuff!

Don't see why they wouldn't adjust the dates! But it is government so you never know! LOL Good luck!

I've had it on several motors and it does definitely help keep weeds from wrapping around your prop & trolling motor lower unit.

Big news in the boating industry! I do believe that what most people don't understand when it comes to these big block engines how you break it in and maintain them is everything. I was never a believer in not having to break in an engine, I put in the full painful 10 hours of break-in every year with my Yamaha's and my engines ave been super reliable. The thing that I don't understand about this is, "they're going to focus on their boat brands?" which they only got into recently?

For those of you who might be curious about the Navionics SonarChart Shading feature and are looking for ways to be productive with your time in CO-VID 19 hell, check out this webinar by Travis Huckaby! He details about all the different layers & overlays available on your Navionics Boating App & Chips, how to access them and how to use them to help you catch more fish.

Most of the 3DB & 3DS lures now have top quality black nickel hooks on them!

Nice job, although the middle hook is standard! The hooks that come on today's Yo-Zuri lures are top-notch, in fact the rear hook is the one that came with it, I just added some feathers!

Here is my pimped out Yo-Zuri Pencil, this latest member of the Pencil family is 5" in length and weighs in at 1 oz. It is a "BIG FISH" catching machine! There are 4 changes that have been made to it out of the box, what are they? For more cool mods that you can do to your topwaters to make them more effective and learn more about "HardBody Topwater Bassin'" make sure that you register for my FREE Navionics webinar tomorrow evening (Tues. May 26, 2020 at 7 PM EDT) https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6470295383013328909?source=David+Chong

So in the case of this what was originally a Bulldog Popper (They're no longer around) The 5 mods made to this lure were: 1/ Replaced the original rear trailer with a Short Shank Wide Gap treble with longer feathers and crystal flash in it! 2/ Added Suspend Strips to the rear section so that the bait would sit tail down at rest. 3/ Replaced the front treble with an up-sized wide gap Red treble. 4/ Painted the mouth red for higher visibility. 5/ Added a split ring so the bait would have more action.

In this case it was! Some poppers do come with a split ring!

Bingo! That's another one! LOL Still have ice fishing on my mind!

You got a couple of the mods! Might hold a contest during the webinar!

Join me for a FREE Navionics webinar next Tues. May 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM EDT where we'll going to be talking about probably my favourite way to catch bass, on topwater! Great time to be learning more and we'll try to cover as much as possible about "Hardbody Topwater Bassin'!" as possible, if you have any questions in particular, please comment on this post and I'll try to answer them. But leading up to it, here is a pop quiz : How different modifications can you spot on the popper with this post? You can register for the webinar at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6470295383013328909?source=David+Chong And again totally FREE!

They'll be available from https://www.canadiantacklestore.com/ shortly! They just getting their shipment in and will get it up on their website soon!

JB’s can definitely order them in! Let me see what I can do!

I do! Where do you usually shop at? They all have access to it!

Vicious strikes! Love how aggressive they can be at times and how timid at others!