Sinker

Good gawd....we finally get a nice hot day, and people are whining already. I worked outside all day, and came home to cut my 1/2 acre lawn that hasn't been cut for a week, with a push mower!! No AC for me either!! Get over it!! Its only just begun......may as well just get out in it and climatize yourself. Sitting inside in the AC is just gonna make you sick......might want to try fishing.....its actually quite fun!!!! Sinker

I lived in St. Johns for a few years, but I was very young. Hit up George St. for sure for a night on the town, they still have happy hour there LOL. Signal Hill, Cape Spear, Petty Harbour is nice......don't worry, you'll have lots to see!! Have a great trip, and take lots of pics!!! Sinker

Sturg was 62 on tuesday.

Thanks all, glad you's enjoyed it. My great grand mother DELEIVERED over 1200 babies in her day.......LOL. I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that. She'd travel thru any conditions by boat/doglsled/or just hike it on foot to where ever you were when it was time to deliver your baby. Keep in mind, in those days there were no roads or forms of communication. If you needed her help, you'd have to find a way to get where she was......usually by boat. There are lots of stories about her in that area of NFLD. Sinker

Just go man......trust me....it will be worth it. You'll be welcomed with open arms everywhere you go, and I guarantee, you won't want to leave. I haven't even touched the brookie, arctic char, and atlantic salmon fishing yet .....and the seafood.....MMMMMM Sinker

No problem....I"m glad you enjoyed it Sinker

The answer to your question depends on the fish's mood. If the conditions are right, and they are active.....anything will work. If conditions are tough, and they are sulking, a natural presentation is the way to go. I usually try it all until something works, then keep that going. The thing with fishing is its always different. There is always something to learn. Trying different things is the only way to learn what the fish want. Sometimes, their mood will change like turning off a switch.....then you have to change your presentation again. One thing all the time is not the answer to catching more fish. Sinker

Your a lucky man to have a real newfoundlander for a wife. I'm sure she's a great woman!! What is she doing with you Sinker

As far north as you can go.....pretty much. Its called white cape harbour. The huge cliff in the back ground is white cape. The town is Griquet. We're not far from Lanse Aux Meadows......that'll be on the map for sure......as well as St. Anthony. We have ice pretty much all year round. What you see in the pics is nothing. The wind blew it all away. On a normal early june day, there are icebergs as big as highrises within eyesight of the house all the time. I'm sure my dad will be getting some more pics of real icebergs once he gets the boat out. The ice in the pics is just small pieces of icebergs that have broken off when they smashed together, and into shore. When a real iceberg hits bottom, it can cause it to break a piece off. Its called "floundering". Basically, a piece will break off, and throw the piece of ice off balance, and it will roll over. When this happens, it can create a HUGE wave, with smaller pieces of ice within it. I've seen them flounder outside the tickle, and the waves take out wharfs in the harbour. These are HUGE pieces of ice. Much bigger than you may think. That cape is 300ft straight up. Icebergs will still be visible over top the cape if they're really big!! The North Atlantic ice is like nowhere else in Canada. We get some crazy stuff up there......and its got a lot of power! Sinker

Haha....no tip required my friend!! Glad you enjoyed it. Azulu, It really is one of those places you have to go to, in order to understand how different it really is. From the geology, to the people who live there.....there is no place like it!! Sinker

Cool!! Those are great pics!! I've never seen a turtle like that either.... Sinker

Well, my old man made it all the way down to the rock, hauling his big ole boat. Not a hitch the whole trip. He was happy to be back, and see all the snow gone....finally. Nothing left but ice now ......and lots of it!! Heres some pics he sent me today from around the harbour..... This one is taken from my aunts rooftop looking east. She lives up on the hill, and has a killer view of the harbour. I can sit at her front window for hours, and just look around. My old mans boat is the one in the drive....his house is the furthest one straight towards the water. This is a picture of the family homestead, white cape and harbour in the background. My dad will be renovating the house this summer, and be permanently there once he's done. My dads whole family was born in that house. All 14 kids, were born by my great grandmother......she birthed over 1200 babies in her day!! Just for perspective, this is the harbour, looking from the south, from the top of the other hill. My aunts house is the last one on the left side of the pic, my dads place is hard to see, but its the white place, where the road makes the turn.....almost center of the frame. Big town eh..... ;D The ice in the tickle has been jammed solid for days with an onshore wind.....today the wind turned off shore, and most of it cleared out. Its amazing how much that ice moves around with the wind. My dad was saying there was so much ice jammed up against the rocks, the big bergs were getting smashed and rolling almost non stop.....he said it was better than watching a good movie!! My dad has been waiting for the ice to clear. He'll be launching his boat tomorrow morning for its first taste of the north atlantic. This is someone's wharf and stage down along the beach. Those small pieces along the shore get collected, and stored in sawdust for use later in the summer. A chunk of that ice in a nice stiff drink of whisky will last for a long, long time. Nothing like the ice we get up here on the mainland. Heres a boat moored off in the harbour.....Im not sure who's it is. Notice the hole worn thru the ice? Another shot looking out the tickle.....those pieces of ice were in the harbour not long before he took this picture. Should be all cleared out by morning. My dad is excited to get the boat out!! Another shot looking from the beach, out towards the tickle. These pics just make me miss home even more. Its been way too long since I've been "home". My kids have never seen it with their own eyes yet. This summer should be the one we can actually make the trip. I can't wait to just smell the salt air. I think when I get there, I'll go sit on the wharf until I'm sick of it. I think I could just sit there and take it in for at least 24 hours.......I miss it bad!!! Hope you enjoyed, thanks for looking. Sinker

Scugog is hard on engines.......not from rocks....from burning up gears and power heads in the weeds!! I'd never keep a boat on that lake.......Just my opinion. Sinker

I havent been out myself, but the whities are in there all year long. Move around till you find them! I think I'd start around 80FOW off the snake Island shoal Sinker

I"ll do that for sure. I usually hit the area you do at somepoint during the day. As a matter of fact, I'm sure I've seen you guys out there with a fish on......I think it was a sportspal and a kayak that day? Anyways, now that i know who you are, I'll say HI for sure Sinker

Most NAPA auto parts shops have it, or can get it if you ask for it. I got mine at the one in Lindsay. They had to order it in. Sinker

I've had PT lumber in my boat for the last 5 years with no ill effects whatsoever, and I've kept a close eye on it. My whole floor is PT.......no probs. I don't know anyone who has had a problem, and I've never heard of anyone who's had a problem. I think its all a farce to get people buying marine grade ply, which costs 3 times more!!! Besides, its wrapped in carpet on the bunks. Sinker

Its gonna be another couple sleepless nights waiting for the day to finally get here for me. I'll be the guy on sturgeon, with the big one on I'm all rigged and ready to go!! CAN'T FREAKIN WAIT!!! Sinker

Hey Ox.....hope all is well with you and yours down there bud!!! I was wondering where you were for chat last night Sinker

I've fished the kawartha's for the last 20 years, and I gotta say, the last few have been the best walleye fishing I've seen in a long time. The crappie fishing is pretty sweet too......I don't think the slabs have a negative effect on the eyes.......show me some proof. Sinker

I know....but I get sta-bil cheap by the case.....LOL.

I agree. The stuff is awesome. I did the same with mine, and its running better than it ever has before. I still put sta-bil in every tank of 2 stroke gas though. It can't hurt, so why not.

Could have been a mud puppy?

I used PT on mine. Should be good for a long time. Cedar will last a long time, but its much softer than PT spruce. I'm not sure about the engineered stuff your talking about, I don't think it has the same rigidity as normal lumber.....it might be the cats meow though.....make sure you find out before you put the bunk bracket thru your hull though!!!! I put carpet back on, because I don't want my boat sliding off the trailer as I back it down. My normal routine is to unhook everything, and dump the boat in.....it comes off just fine, and goes back on just as easy. Sinker

Killer Cliff....just killer!! Nuff said!!! Sinker