jedimaster

I think the moral of this thread is when you have a skunk in a box...Don't miss the opportunity to totally ruin someones day that deserves to have there day ruined. ANd don't forget to take the photos.

Irregardless of what you require. If your goign to be out on the water in the dark, you should have a green and red bow light and a white stern light. It is extremely dangerous not to. I often boat at night fishing for walleye and I can't say how invisble you will be to a powered boat going at any rate of speed. That goes for any boat a 12 foot aluminum or a 23 foot cuddy. Make sure your lights work, and are ON even if your anchored. ESPECIALLY if your anchored.

Help save your own life and get the lights.

As for what exactly is required. See the following page...You should note that it states kayaks, canoes and rowboats are classed as pleasure craft and are required to have navigational lights if they are going to be operated in low light or night conditions.

The only acception seems to be if your within sight of navigational markers you don't require a compass.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/marinesafety/TP/TP511/boat.htm

I won a nice trolling rod there one year in those derbies.

Take it to Bass Pro and tell them you have a skunk and they can have it to mount in there store, then drop it off on the front desk, open the cage and run like HE##

Have had more misses on a jitterbug than anything else but I love he little blub blub blub.

I wish they would stock that lake with pickeral instead of pike. I mean heck if they can live in scugog they could thrive in Island Lake.

coruier it to Andrew Raycroft......

Put a dog collar and a leash on it and let it loose in the Eatons Center.

Nah, I have a canoe, but I prefer something that goes vrooooom.

Where does the kayak fit in? lol I don't even have a kayak.

I was also going to say put an arrow through it in the upper half of its body. It will go through and through and it won't spray. I would say your almost certain to get sprayed. How hard is it to just open the trap and let it out?

If you do try and move it. Make a suit out of garbage bags and wear a face mask.

Don't forget to take pictures.

My heart is still racing when I go over the whole thing in my head. We were in my Bowrider fish 'n Ski. I woulda died on the spot if I was in a kayak.

Hey folks, I hit the bog last night for some Muskie action and what a crazy time.

When I launched the boat there was a giant musky dead with a big prop slash in its back. Had to be at least 45 inches.

We headed out at about 6:30. I made a dozen or so casts with my buzz bait and about 50 feet out from the boat A big musky hit my lure. It never took up slack and threw the buzz bait immediatly.

I kept reeling going fast and slow and about 5 feet from the bow of the boat it hit again. This time comming straight up clear out of the water with the buzz bait in its mouth. It was close enough that I probably could have grabbed its tail. I could see that the buzz bait was hangin in its mouth upside down and it was so close that there was a bucnh of slack in my line. When it hit the water the buzz bait was thrown again. The guy in the back of my boat nearly falling in the water was now on the casting deck with me screaming.

I circled my buzz bait in the water and it hit again. This time it had the leader in its mouth and I tried to set the hook but it missed again.

Very exciting but nothing landed.

I should say that this was a fat musky. It was easily in the 40"+ range, and very very fat.

Anyway, Is this normal? What did I do wrong? Should I put a trailer hook on the buzz bait?

Or maybe thats Income Tax I am thinking of?

You can own land and not pay property taxes if you live on the water.

Spiking your hair is a bad analogy. I would say standing on your tip toes would be more equal.

But I think we are splitting hairs here.

Your land can only be expropriated for roads within a certain distance of the edge of your property and depending on how your land is zoned that is different.

Also it is possible that when you buy property unless you have the water and mineral rights written into the dead your land can be used for test drilling and mining if the goverment deams it warrants that. If you own an acre or less likely they won't strip mine your backyard, but if you own a couple hundred acres in an area that is common to be mined then its a good idea to have that written in.

At least thats what I know from friend having had roads put through there property(some were able to block roads. One case I have seen first hand 4 lane paved divided roads just ends in a dead end.

Also when people refer to "The Narrows" where exactly are they talking about?

So would you guys say then to plan a weekend trip near the end of october and start trolling in the Glen Island area out towards adolphus reach would be a worth while trip?

Just wondering when the big moma wally's head back into BoQ? I heard usually the first couple weeks of Sept?

Better off with a deep cycle as long as it has the juice to crank your engine, than with a normal starting battery and run it dry all the time.

I know with my Deepcycle trolling motor battery on 80 percent charge they wil barely kick over my engine. My engibe is a 3 liter inboard though. Anything less and forget about it.

Your 40 would probably start with a handfull of D Cell flashlite batteries.

Just use the deepcycle with a 40 it should be fine. No worries about your electronics, as long as you have circuit breakers and fuses. If your starter acts up it can surge your fishfinder etc...

A true Starting Battery will provide high amperage for starts, but will sulfate quickly if deeply discharged on a regular basis.

A true Deep Cycle will not provide ample starting juice on a regular basis in the cold.

The alternative is as someone mentioned is to buy a hybrid battery. Most cheap Marine batteries are actually a hybrid they provide a good mix of both. Get a cheap Marine Deep Cycle and you will be fine.

True Deep Cycles have solid Lead plates to hold a charge for a long time throughout the thick plate.

Starting batteries have thinner porous lead plates to maximize the acid to plate contact area.

If you deeply discharge a starting battery it will sulfate much quicker than a normal deep cycle.

Like I said they sell hybrids for people that don't want to have two batteries.

They are a thicker less porous version between the two.

The biggest advantage of having two is if one dies on the water you have a spare you can re wire to get your motor started if you have an issue with the other.

Me thinks the gortex will be out in full force.

Gonna be hitting the water tonight in search of muskie for a few hours. This being the last day before the end of the cold front(up 8 degrees tomorow), any tips? Is the last day of a cold front typically a productive day?

If your going aluminum Lund is definatly the way to go.

Are you completly against fierglass fish 'n Ski's?

Ther are some reallyt nice ones on the market now by Rinker, Glastron and Four Winn's

I have a Glastron bowrider I have converted to a Fish 'n Ski and I was in the market for an alluminum, but the gas savings going with an inboard are so huge that I don't think I will ever go the route of an outboard.

I can fish and tube with the kids all weekend for 2 or 3 weekends on a 90 liter tank of gas.