Rizzo

when my cottage neighbour heard I was considering selling my cottage he offered me 60,000 less than what its worth, but offered to pay "cash"...did he think others were going to pay me in donuts? Still can't figure that one out.

you should have to brush snow off it several times and break ice at the launch at least once or twice before its over. Put bag of salt in your vehicle so when the ramp freezes over (from you launching earlier) you can get back out! For me its Dec. 15 - last day of musky fishing

...now there's something you don't see every day, a "king kong bundy" reference. Only thing more bizarre than referring to it would be actually seeing it!

Man what an ugly beast...turtle is pretty unsightly as well (sorry Dave had to do it)

ditto...lets hear the details even if its lure washing

where was your neighbour from John?

wow that is some absolutely crazy footage. At one point I was thinking...ok, climb out window, hop across those skids floating by "a la frogger", and climb the tallest tree around

fantastic! I've been wondering where you were at.

haha seems fair. Man I'd love to get out that way some day, been thinking about it for years, just hasn't happened

did some homework yesterday. Glad to hear the elite 5 has a few promoters because its the one I was considering due to price! Most places seem to have it for around 550-600 plus tax, of course then you still need a chip (it only comes with trent severn)

congrats on the pike...oh ya, and on the marriage! So did you get out on Cooks Bay the day you got married?

so are you telling me not to update my outdated fishfinder yet...if I buy something new it will be outdated again in no time? imagine that

sounds like a successful day anyways...time with family and see some of nature...i wish my musky days were that good!

thanks, thought that might be the case

ya I was really jealous in my buddies boat. He knew exactly where the humps were (like Lew said, you know there's one off to the side). i know lots of humps on the lakes I fish by trial and error, sometimes its just hard to find them back! I assume this will prevent you from running into unmarked shoals as well!

on those separate units will it still show you that you're about to come up on a shallow shelf or drop off?

good luck Lew/Buck! I'm stuck at the in-laws while the wife goes shopping so no fishing for me, I'll live vicariously thru you guys

My fishing partner has been bugging me to pick up a more advance fishfinder, something with a gps so we can map out our spots (instead of trying to find them by looking at shore landmarks!). Having said that, I am NOT a guy who is good with technology. I use a map when driving, I don't know how to text, and I don't download this from that site and put it on this chip and stick it in that hole...In other words, something user friendly, where I can mark off spots I want, and also see what's coming up (I was with a friend once, and he had a map on his finder, he could see that we were about to come up on a shallow shelf). I think his finder had a puck or thru-hull transducer. Are these compatible with an aluminum hull or only fibreglass? He may be willing to sell it to me. If not, is it realistic to get a decent unit for $500? Any recommendations?

those are great, thanks

so jealous. maybe keep a lambchop as the "11th hour bait"...if you don't know what this means check youtube for "musky hits chicken"

hey skipper, doesn't Penny have minnows over at rack and reel?

5?? It doesn't get light until 6:15'ish. Fishing in the dark and cold for perch you need professional help ...or maybe you mean wake up at 5, hook up the boat, read the paper, go to timmies, read paper again (all 3 pages of it)and then go fishing! Apparently 4 degrees tonight so dress warmly, play safe and good luck!

those hellhounds sure are perty aren't they and have a great side to side action. Bought a few of them custom painted ones at the Odyssey in April (Bare Bones)...now the bad news, all I've ever caught on one is a big ol pickerel who thought he was a musky. I set the hook on the thing and it felt like I was reeling in a deflated soccerball. You wouldn't believe how often I am disapointed by a 7 or 8 pound pickerel over the course of the summer. My buddy has seen me catch all kinds of em, he almost comes to expect it from me when we fish together. A big sledge is another great pickerel bait if you can believe it, and up near nogies, I caught a dandy on a 5 oz. nitro glider bait

go get em! Make sure you let us know how you do, I'm hoping to get to Pigeon one or 2 more times this year, things are starting to heat up!

definitely fishing! I passed by an hour ago and things looked fine other than the odd shower (unless wind has picked up since then). As long as you're not in a rubber dingy I'd say go, you can always stay close to shore.