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Very creative young couple. I think the little one is off to a good start with parents like this.

Have fish done this way all the time. As far as freshwater fish go, Bluegills done this way are my favourite. We serve it on Basmati Rice...really like basmati with any kind of fish. Debbe is not a fish eater...but she likes it done this way.

Never saw pictures Beansie...where they on here or did you email them to me? I was in Caygeon Sunday anyway. Debbe and I did a road trip and stopped in town for a while. I was surprised by the amount of open water on the lake. It won't be long

When the ice is gone...you still have me on speed dial don't you Beansie?

X2...it's all I have used for years. I like the green line myself.

Three Piles you say...lol..sounds like a good system Cliff...but the LOL refers to a past experience of mine. When I was working in our Mississauga Plant our very busy specialized department went from 5 people down to just 2 of us. It was far and away the most stressful work environment I have ever experienced in my life. Everyday as soon as you came in at 6:30...and sorted through the enormous pile of work orders..you knew a large portion of it had absolutely no chance of getting out the door in the promised time frame. It is absolutely no fun starting each day knowing that despite your very best efforts you are going to disappoint most of your customers. Then at around 9 the customer service reps started calling if they where offsite... or standing at your workstation demanding a revised timeframe so they could let the customer know. You spend a good chunk of your day dealing with THEM instead of doing your job. For a good 6 month stretch the phone ringing in our work area would actually give me a little panic attack. It was absolutely brutal. We had a 2 pile system at the time. Pile #1 was stuff that got escalated to that pile. Pile#2 was stuff that didn't. You never even looked at pile #2.

It sounds like you made your own bed Brian. I was on the same road 4-5 years ago. Then like a light switch something clicked in my head and I said to myself I will not do this silliness anymore. If you wanna stop or cut down all you have to say to the boss is I'll do my fair share...but I physically can't take this pace anymore. If you are a good employee and have a decent boss that will be all it takes. After I told my boss how I felt things didn't change immediately...but 4-5 years later he knows to ask the other lads first for overtime and they usually take it. So now when we are crazy busy I get 8-10 hours of overtime a week instead of 20+...and everyone is happier. Learning how and when to say enough is enough is the best gift I ever gave myself. The fish within 1-2 hours of my house however aren't real happy with me being at work less Sucks to be them somedays Edit..We are now talking to Victoria's Secrets to print magazines/catalogues..whatever. I just might have to take some extra OT for that..you know...just to make extra sure our print quality is good

Great advice here. Especially the 10 x10 area. I have had many trips in the spring where if you where not right on the spot you would get nothing. Don't be afraid of going real shallow either. If it is overcast or there is a good chop on the water...or the water is colored... you can have some real fantastic days in under 3 feet of water

Agree or disagree with me...but I have felt poor old Mr Cherry has been out of touch for years now. Truthfully I don't watch alot of hockey anymore...but if I do have a game on and he comes on I use that time as a pee break or a chance to get on the PC and check out OFC and other things. He should have been put out to pasture years ago.

I really like longer rods for fishing perch and panfish....but I fish with floats all the time. I also find a little heavier rod is a better choice if you are casting floats. Also if your rod is longer but real light...you may have some trouble with control when lifting a big slab out of the water...which is another reason for a little heavier rod. None of the rods I use are under 9 ft.

X2.

Being a wine drinker. I would 100% agree with you on this. I have sampled...not bought...some god awful $30-$40 dollar a bottle wines. I would put my home made wine up against some of them and it costs me less then $4 a bottle to make. But I will also freely admit that my homemade wine isn't really high end stuff...just comparable to some wines out there that people are really getting hosed on.

Tried them out of Nip and Simcoe. Might be Ok pickled or smoked but they where gross and bony. I love fish..but you will never catch me eating another herring...EVER.

I think its all relative Cliff. I fish plastics 12 months of the year for perch crappie and bluegills. I get my Fin-s minnows and shads from Mark in Bobcaygeon and spend less then $6 a bag. I think I go through maybe 5 bags...100 bodies....in an entire year. So $30 for an entire year and you know I get out alot. I could easily spend $20 a month on live bait, so I actually think plastics are a hell of a bargain But you are right...somebodies getting rich....it's just not you or I

Still doesn't cut it for an ice bungalow experience as far as I am concerned. The only reason I would stay in one of those sub par things is if I had fish right under me. That's what the whole experience is about as far as I am concerned. If you have to get up in the morning and jump in your vehicle to go searching for fish you might as well stay with another outfitter in a nice COMFY ROOMY cabin on shore with a shower and all the other conveniences... and have them drive you out to there fishing shacks with fish right under them. Thanks however for taking the time to post a report.

Good on you and him. When I first moved to Oshawa I lost my wallet. I had just moved here and all my info was still for my parents address back home. Some women found my wallet and phoned my folks after hunting down there phone number. She mailed the wallet to them at her own expense and would not leave her name and refused any reward/cash from my father. I got my wallet back from my folks the next time I visited them and there was nothing taken out of it. I sure wish I could have met this woman and thanked her. From your story it is good to hear that there are still honest people out there.

The lazer is the way to go Billy Bob....worth every cent extra you will pay...trust me on that. The curved blades cut through a million times better. If you are running it on electric it maybe won't make a difference to you but it might make a difference how many holes you could drill.

Welcome aboard Kris. I have met some of my best fishing buds off this board. Lotsa good people on here. My wife refers to this site as my internet dating site and it's members who I have fished with as my internet boyfriends Good luck at hooking up with some new fishing buddies.

You Sir have read my mind. I have never ever seen another place get even close to the number of bad reviews I saw this one get. The OP is aware of this and still decides to throw his hard earned cash in that direction. There's just no figuring some people out

Agreed... all situations are not equal. Just try telling my brother that

My brother has sold both of his houses private and saved a ton of cash. He will tell you to your face that your an idiot for giving real estate people your money. He says it is so easy it is comical. And when he explains it to you it really is no work at all. I have sold 4 houses in my life and always went through the normal real estate channels. Yes he calls me an idiot. But I'm thinking when we sell this time I will make that little bit of extra effort to save myself some serious dough. You can only let your little brother call you an idiot for so long before you have to do something about it

I was going to save my GPS waypoints on my computer in case my handheld goes for a crap. Now I'm sacred to do that

Pretty much how I feel. Won't change how I live my life one bit.

So sorry for your loss young man. That was a great post you made. It sounds like your dad was a great father and I'm sure we would be very proud of you.