wallyboss

I always have a small bottle of Anti-bacterial gel in my tackle box. We all know how geting poked by a catfish hurts like hell for a few days. Well just use the anti-bacterial gel and the pain is gone instantly. So it would probably do the same with other fish.

I tip my hat to you Gerrit, you are a great grandson, father. Enjoy your time with your son, your time spent with your grandparents. That's what Family is all about.

Those wipes are the first thing I pack for any hunting or fishing trip.

Half of the HVAC probelms are fixed by cleaning them. Make sure that if you bent some fins on tye unit outside that you try to straighten them out. That'll also help.

I picked up a Bradley Smoker at CTC yesterday they are on special. $100.00 off. Can't wait to try it.

If I was to buy a Bradley smoker is the Digital one worth the extra $100.00 compared to the Original Bradley.

Get some slow death hooks by mustad and give that a try.

And the smoke will keep the bugs away.

If you get lost, you start playing Solitaire and somebody is ound to come up behind you and say "That one goes there" then you pack up and follow him out.

A deck of cards.

Unless you keep pushing it in, you could be flooding it.

I got rid of my steering issues by lifting the motor on the transom to the right height. I had to hold on for dear life before doing this, now when I am on plane and trimmed properly i can (but don't) let go the steering and I go straight. I had tried to adjust that little fin but found that it only made a difference when I took off. Cause I don't think that the small fin touches the water when on plane.

I heard a couple of guys say "stop here it shows a nice hole on the sonar." After being anchored for a bit the guy says " We must've drifted the hole is gone now"

I always reel with my left hand baitcaster and Spinning reels. But i find it awkward, but the reason I do it, is because I have a lot better rod control with my right hand. I can't seem to be able to get used to jerk-pause, jerk-pause using my left hand and it seems natural with my right hand.

Google it, I am sure that there are videos available.

I would like to thank everybody that mentioned Glucosamine in this thread. I have been using it everyday since I read about it and I tell you that is was a godsend for my rhumatoid arthritis. My knees,shoulders and hips will be forever thankful. Now if I could find something for managing my fibromyalgia pain, then I can start icefishing a more often.

I buy them at Total Battery in Ottawa. There must be a Battery store where you are. I would not pay more than $25.00 for one.

I don't have a Core but I also think that going with a Crucial with TC4 would be better than the GL2. Those crucials load up really nice for casting crankbaits, you'll cast them crankbaits a country mile. I have a Citica on both my Crankbait rods loaded with 14lbs mono and they are really smooth so I can just imagine a Core. I am pretty sure that Shimano still has a Compre with TC4 for crankbaits. I have a Compre for small crankbaits and a Crucial for my heavier ones.

Or buy a Vexilar and you won't need to send it for repairs:)

I live out of town a bit and last Winter I noticed that some weeks I would receive no mail in my mailbox at all, then the week after I would get a load of mail. One day that I was at home I noticed the mail delivery man show up and I asked him why. He said that he doesn't deliver mail when it has snowed because he doesn't have snow tires on his car. I told him that I follow the rules et out by CP and that I keep the access to my mailbox cleared of snow every morning. But he said that he doesn't even come out when it snows. I reported him to CP and by the next week they had cancelled his contract. I ahve not had any issues ever since.

I just started using a heating blanket at night and it sure helps me sleep well. and I get up in the morning and my muscles and joints feel much beter than they used to.

I use circle hooks on all my set lines so 98% of the time I will not deep hook a fish even if I don't run to my tipdowns as soon as I see action on them. The other 2% will have just stolen my bait. As for being asleep with a line in your shack you can use bells or a rattle reel.

I also have Rhumatoid Arthritis and fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed with that for about 6-7 years ago. I have tried everything prescribed and some that are legally illegal. The only thing that I found that helps is heat and massage therapy, just spent a week in Punta Cana and felt good the whole week. You will have to try different meds until you find a good mixture for you. Hopefully it won't cut down on your fishing time like it did mine. Good Luck and keep up posted.

If I call somebody to come fishing with me I expect nothing from him and won't accept anything. If somebody calls me to go fishing with him I offer but they usually don't accept it. But if he calls to go fishing with me then we split. I leave with full tanks in truck and boat and when we come back we top up everything and split the cost.

Bought the house in 2010, but your getting ready for your 2011 tax return.