Sinker

Hahaha......I see we have the same system going

I like the fluoroclear too. I always used Trilene XT ......for as long as I can remember. I tried the fluoroclear last year icefishing, and have been using it ever since. I only use braid on casting reels, and mostly for musky/pike. I tried it last week on whities in simcoe, and it worked great, great hooksets, and feel.....but my bud using fluoroclear outfished me 2:1. I changed rods, and caught up using the fluoroclear. Sinker

I've got 15 years on a starcraft 16 WB. Not a hitch either..... Sinker

My marine mechanic told me the same thing about stabil. I run it in everything I own, from weedwhackers to my outboard. Anything 2 stroke, gets stabil in every tank. I've never had any problems. I've never heard of adding it to 4 strokes before though......any reason why? I'm assuming just because its a marine environment, and the ethanol attracts water? Sinker

I have good luck on the kawartha's with a good ole Zara Spook Magnum. Especially for the opener....I dont' find you need really big stuff. Sinker

The poll is asking for line choice for pike fishing. I voted braid. I run 50lb with 80lb fluoro lead. Sinker

I lost mine 2 years ago. If it wasn't for my birth certificate, I don't know how I would have done it. I got my license first, and went from there. It took a long time. Outdoors card is easy.......go to service canada and get a replacement. Drivers office for license. Its gonna cost a few bucks and a few grey hairs to get it all back. It sucks. Sinker

As far as I know, yes, but I haven't launched there for a couple seasons now. Used to be $20 to launch and park. Its where the boat runs for the islands. Sinker

My thoughts exactly DanC! I think there was a young angler tourney on sturg this weekend as well. Sinker

Me and my old man built a 16 ft wooden boat years ago. We called her "Hand Job" My boat is nameless, but I call her Betsy. Sinker

I think they call it addicted. I also suffer the same sickness. You'll get used to it....don't worry Sinker

Hahaha.....ya...I haven't used one in a long time. Our vessel wasn't equipped with a proper livewell....so we just had to make due I suppose we could have just let him swim around inside the boat.....but he would have been too noisy. Its so quiet up there, the electric motor was making a racket!! Sinker

What Lew said will get it running straight. Have you ever ran anything thru the motor to de-carbon it? I'd get some seafoam and run it thru the motor. It will clear a lot of the carbon build up out, and make it run smoother. Should help with the hard to start problem. Mercury power tuner does the same thing, and I find it easier to get. Just be prepared for a ton of smoke when you do it. If you've never de-carbed it before, she'll be smoking like 90!! Sinker

Hey Brian, Nice rig for sure. I'm not sure you'll be happy with the 50 on it though. I've got a bare bones 16 footer with a 40, and I find I'm always wanting more. I don't have any of the accessories like that one either.....mine would be much lighter .......the 40 does ok, but if I fill it with decoys and gear, I'm a little underpowered. Just my thoughts on it.....otherwise its a nice rig and a fair price. Sinker

Yup, you either have a leak, or it was full of water when you put it in? I fished in this boat yesterday, with this leak. Even if I had a bilge pump, it wouldn't have taken 15 mins to bail it out after fishing for 8 hours straight. I used a large butter container and bailed it twice in that amount of time on the water. Maybe 2 gallons of water each time. 15 mins, with a bilge pump that pumps at least 600 GPH equates to 15 gallons of water.......thats a lot of water!!! You could have a split livewell line......make sure and check those out real good. Something is not right there, thats for sure. Sinker

Its either a really good thing, or a really bad thing.......this time it was the latter Sinker

There is also a skinners marine in Port Darlington. I highly doubt they came from there though. Sinker

Where ya headed Rich? Might be able to provide a little more info if I knew where your gonna be. PM if you want. Sinker

Nice! I'm thinking he's gonna enjoy that fish fry!! Sinker

I'd say your prolly right GCD. This lake was stocked with 400, 4 years ago. These 17"ers are from that year class. I really don't think there are many left in there. The good news is there are 3 more year classes that we caught......and they're naturals. Next year those 12"ers will be 14"ers.......and so on. I've never seen anyone in there either.....so their pretty much all mine I know for sure there is one big ass male in there though. If there is one, there has to be more.......just gotta be in the right spot at the right time. The high barometer and bluebird skies didn't help this trip. I might give it one more shot next weekend. Hopefully we get some better fishing weather. Sinker

Try a Thermacell. Bugs just seem to dissappear when you turn it on. They don't cover a large area, but a couple around a camp fire makes a BIG difference. Sinker

Hahaha.......Pigpen.......I think Todd just got a new nickname I called it before we got to the lake. I told Todd I'd prolly get skunked this time because the camera was workin. Oh well.......a great day is a great day. Fish are always just a bonus! Sinker

Well, I went back to my brookie lake today for a shot at the one I lost last weekend. No go on the big one, but we had a good day up there. Got to the cottage around 10pm friday night, and set up some spinner rigs, and pounded a few cold ones. It was colder than last weekend up there.....had the fire going full tilt this time. The woodpecker was right on time again. 5:00am I was up making coffee and cooking a quick breaky. On the water before 6. I got some new batteries this time.....that's prolly what jinxed me. Heres our first glimpse of the lake on the hike in. The sun was just over the treetops. We loaded up our chariot for the day. First pass on "the spot" and Todd hooks up. Another 17"er. What a beauty.....I thought this was going to be "the day". He was hooked deep, so had to be kept. I put it on the stringer, and couldn't stop admiring it.....man they are beautiful fish. This is when I noticed some water in our "chariot". She sprung a bit of a leak......LOL. We carried on anyways. Just had to bail it once in a while. No probs. We trolled and trolled and trolled. Not much doing. We got a few small ones in the 10-12" range, but released them all. We actually caught 3 different year classes, so thats a good sign for the future. Near the end of the day, I got a fat 12"er that was hooked too deep, and had to be kept. I added it to the stringer. Lots more bugs out this weekend.....WOW......they drove us nuts. Most of the time the wind was keeping them down, but in the lund side of the lake, they were THICK!! You can hardly see them, but look close and you will notice the swarm around Todd's head. Some scenery shots around the pond. So, no revenge for me. I guess it wasn't meant to be. Oh well.....it was still great to be on our own little lake with nobody around for miles. Great way to take your mind off other things in life. Me and Todd have been going to this spot for almost 20 years now. It was great to get out and shoot the breeze about days gone by, and trips we've done in the past. It seemed like every little spot had a memory from one point or another. Just a great all around day on the water with a really good bud Sinker

You got that right!! A friend of mine has bee hives up on Mosport Rd. He shot a 300lber last fall that was into his hives. I've got permission to "protect" them now . Hopefully, I'll get my first this fall! Also have buddy who ran into a 200lber in Pontypool. They're all over this area now. Sinker

Congrats!! Way to put the sneak on him Brian!! What time is dinner? Sinker