blue pickeral

Yellowknife eh? You'll need your hair when it dips to 40 below around Xmas and warms up to -20 c at the end of March. Spent 5 years there....As far as driving goes, remember carrying groceries home and having them freeze on the way, or driving, after warming the vehicle for 20 minutes. If you're new to there, highly recommend all synthetic lube productsl!

Received a 92 Camry from brother in law, drove five years, returned it to him last year as his kids were then old enough to drive. The 92 was a new model year and with any model year, bugs needed to be worked out. Get a 93 or later if possible, although the 92 served us well. Good advice on changing the timing belt, although belt changed out at 145K was in good shape. No problems whatsoever with engine (4 cylinder) and tranny. (automatic) Car was hard on brakes-4 wheel disk. This car was fully optioned when new and these were the things that went out-electric window drivers side, sun roof motor, that kind of thing. Be prepared for a rusty fuel tank - new spun plastic fix was $359. Wiper arm mechanism needed re and re 3 times - gutter under windshield collected all kinds of dirt and leaves, despite our best efforts to removematerial. Needed intermediate shaft in steering column replaced. Power steering lines rusted and needed replacing. Four struts replaced. Average cost of running over 5 years was about $1000.00 per year. Got about 35 mpg (Can) If it were me in your situation and wanted to go Toyota, would look for an Echo, standard transmission with A/C. Have owned one new since 2004 and all it has needed is oil changes. If driven easily, gets close to 50 mpg. Car was built in Japan and absolutely flawless in terms of engineering, fit and finish. Only dislike is brakes seem 'fadey'. Would also look at used Corolla, 2003 being the model change over year..to 2008. Some problems in the early years with ECU and a rusty raw fuel canister rusting up by fuel tank, but mostly good and gas mileage approaching 45 mpg. A visit to www.toyotanation.com or www.tundrasolutions.com would give you more information. As the Echo has only a speedometer and gas gauge, I found this tool very helpful: www.scangauge.com. Has real time read out of most ECU functions, tach, and reads and clears CEL codes on most vehicles.

"Buy a set of cheap booster cables CTC or Princess auto. Cut the ends off. Wala!" Do not under any circumstances do this. Made this mistake with 0 guage booster from CTC and while opening up parts of boat a year later to chase mice, found every bit of insulation flaked off! Could have been a real shocker on an aluminum boat. I went to a marine supply store (Port Whitby Marine) and got the proper guage with marine type insulation.

Related - for future projects...A good source for metal products in the Whitby - Oshawa area is Metals Plus...industrial area not far from Home Depot south of 401. (Google for their web site) This week I built a transom addition and bought a couple of 1/8 inch 12" X 15" aluminum plates ($30)which I sandwiched over marine plywood with stainless steel bolts. Excellent service and they have samples of various thicknesses/ types etc. right in the office so you get a 'feel' for the material. They also have sheets of lexan and other plastics that would make good outer layers for the project in this thread. Just mentioning as previously a forum member here helped me out by suggesting Peacock Lumber in Oshawa as a source for marine plywood on my pontoon boat project...never knew they existed! Thanks!

Recently completed construction of a small barge like pontoon boat, got a good deal on a non-current motor, reached the end of my budget, but would like to install some pedestal seats and accessories. Brand new is too costly at this point. Does anyone know where you can source used parts at a marine 'scrap yard'?Thanks!

Have also an SSV16 but with side console midships. Tried the Canadian Tire cover two years ago...cheap rope, did not fit well. Took it back.

I don't want to spoil the party here, owning two Toyota's myself, but a little internet research on Toyota internet forums like this one, or other automotive sites, you'll see that Toyota has routinely turned down customer warranty work as well. A bad batch of engines in 1998-2000 which sludged due to poor design weren't replace or fixed if customers didn't have oil changes done at Toyota dealerships and it took a class action suit to get this straightened out. On two of my vehicles, I received no mailing of a recall and if I hadn't kept up on research, would not have found out about them. As it was, I had to badger the dealer. News last year was that Toyota didn't hire enough design engineers over the past few years and may be expecting millions of recalls on recently designed vehicles. Consumer Reports in the States will no longer automatically recommend a Toyota as a good buy, as they did in the past. Myself, I'm finding their sales departments are worthless to work with...recently at Whitby Toyota, they wouldn't even talk about price for a new vehicle until I gave them a Visa deposit! Can you imagine the greeter at Walmart wanting to swipe your credit card so you could find out their prices? Do your research, don't trust the advertising, and get the best price you can.

As one who has learned most launching techniques by trial and error - mostly error, was sold inappropriate used trailer by boat dealer for brand new boat - I am always watching various launches to learn. Smoothest launch I ever saw was at Longlac....family backed up and slightly down ramp, all gear was in place, all but one got in boat, backed down ramp further and boat was off and running in under 20 seconds! Picked up the driver and off they went. A trolling line went out about a minute later. Since then, each spring, I take a black magic marker and write "plug, tie downs, lights" just under the winch. After a long drive it helps to focus on task at hand. When aquiring better trailer, got the side guides even though sales person said they were a waste of money. Never regretted that decision. A couple of 1/2 inch PVC pipes fastened with cable ties and topped with reflective tape helps seeing where trailer is behind high truck.

River through Ft. Smith is very cloudy with sediment and has fluctuating water levels. (clay belt area) Pike will bite almost anything shiny...find a pool of calmer water with a few overhangs and let current carry shiny spoon or red devil into it. Depending on bug tolerance, would recommend mosquito hat with mesh. Bugs were so numerous they would find their way into vehicles through fresh air vents. Mosquitoes come out first, then black flies - reverse of in the south. Good opportunity to determine which one of your favourite repellants works the best!

Thanks for the courtesy of your replies! Marine grade plywood it is! Where would you source marine grade plywood? Any place close to Oshawa?

Recently put in an order from UFab pontoon boats for pontoons and framework for an 8 by 14 foot platform. My current idea is to sheet the top with 3/4 inch plywood after coating both sides with roll-on truck box liner for ease of maintenance and long term durability. I would add some kind of grit to create a non-slip surface. (saw this in a product display at one of the shows) Open to other 'coating/surfacing' ideas if anyone has any?

Another novice here who does more reading than posting, but will pass on a trick told to me by staff at a Thunder Bay store while on holiday. He suggested placing the spool of line in a sink filled with water, then loading the reel this way. Apparently the line will come off as it is supposed to. (might try hot water next time) Seems to work so far....got a Pfleuger Prion bait caster...now if I could just learn to cast with the thing!

I was wondering why some people would buy a boat with a shorter transom as opposed to one with a taller transom. (short shaft verses long shaft motors) Is there an advantage to the lower transom in terms of being able to fish over it? Would appreciate some opinions as may buy a new boat soon. (maybe) Thanks!

Thanks Joe! Looking forward to it! In our little northern Ontario school, it was hogsheads and leagues, until the government decided everyone should go metric....you can understand my confusion.

Hello All: Just a quick note of introduction as my dialup connection is running pretty well tonight....I picked the name "Blue Pickeral" ( as seen in my avatar) as this is the first fish I caught while figuring out 'structure' etc. on my own with the help of a fishing book. Not a large fish (3lbs. or so) but it was blue in colour and blind in one eye. Tasted good though. It was caught in the Montreal River around Twin Bear Camp a few years ago and if you're going, PM me and I'll tell you exactly where to tie up your boat and how much rope to let out! My wife and I are fairly nonchalant fisherpeople....we like being out in the boat and having a line out for the atmosphere. Catching a fish and getting a picture before releasing it is a bonus. We think that having a fish finder is sort of 'cheating' however as the lakes contain fewer fish these days, might just have to save up for one. We usually get out for a week a year, sometimes two, at a lodge or resort. Now my mice story....we have a Lund SSV16 utility boat which over the years we've added things...bimini top, mooring cover, side console, auto bailer etc. and when we upgrade from a 25 hp four stroke to a 40hp four stroke, I moved the battery midships from the rear to evenly distribute weight in the boat. I used 0 guage booster cables to connect the battery to the motor in about a 10 foot run. Worked well, or so I thought, for the past 3-4 years. After no problems with mice while storing the boat outdoors under cover of a tarp over the winter, this spring for some reason, the boat was inundated with mice. About 15 were collected on those large sticky traps. Needless to say, there was quite a large stinky mouse mess in a few tool compartments I built in. Nothing to do but rip everything apart including seats and wiring runs, whereupon I discovered that the insulation have flaked off my 0 guage wire! (no the mice did not chew it) In an aluminum boat, we might have been in for a shock. Well, this week was off to the marine store and got some marine grade battery cable and this weekend's job is to put it all back together. I could almost forgive the mice, except for the stink they left behind!

Sorry to bring back an old post....would like to replicate this recipe exactly and unsure of what the '17' stands for in the recipe? Many thanks for the pictures and directions...heard about chicken done this way, but until now couldn't visualize how to do it!

According to the product safety data sheet, Sea Foam is comprised of the following: 1 PALE OIL 40-60% 2 NAPHTHA 25-35% 3 IPA 10-20% (isopropyl alcohol) You might want to think about your piston heads, exhaust valves, cat converters, O2 sensors and other things down line. Getting fuel injectors cleaned by removal or by a tank connected under pressure to fuel rod of engine is a better alternative to adding solvents to the fuel tank.