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my wife has got us pretty much moved to Florida...looking at houses there. Ontario has gone berzerk

wow 300 k each way! Hope it was worth the drive...the 300 k back is a tough one after a skunking (been there done that...sometimes muskies suck)

hmmmm....an accident? One that leads to being in ICU? That is reaaally stretching it. I have been on thousands of trips and never once needed a visit to the hospital. With fewer people on the roads this would be even less likely! How many times have any of us ended up in ICU from a fishing trip? I am gonna put those odds at about 1 in 100 000. Far more end up in there from alcohol and drug use...yet that seems permissible Hospitals overwhelmed? When we were in lockdown last year I went to the hospital. I had injured myself playing hockey before lockdown, but I waited awhile to go because the hospitals were apparently overwhelmed. Finally when the pain wouldn't subside I went in. What I saw was a shock! Honestly you could have shot a cannon through the Guelph hospital! I have never been served so quickly in my life. Checked in, met a doctor, had an xray, met a doctor again to get the news, and then back in my car driving away in less than 45 minutes! There were tons of staff hanging out at the nursing station talking to each other. The hallways, meeting rooms and waiting areas vacant. I acknowledge I was in emerg not icu, but seriously...if icu was so stretched why did they not re-allocate some staff or room from emerg? Lakes will still be there in a month - I hope so! And if they are, I hope my dictator government permits me to use them. Even if they don't...I plan on finding a way

better go tomorrow...they will find a reason to pull that from you before you know it

Dave if you released those fish they will be HUGE by now. Great tip!

Tell me about it. So I AM allowed to go fishing, but I am NOT allowed to go to my cottage. What if I go fishing at my cottage? So confused

ya...it was kind of a joke...but not really. The world has gone absolutely insane. As a funeral director I have seen FAR more overdoses the last couple months than covid deaths. What are we doing about that?

pike also spawn really early....gobies might not be too active at that water temp yet.

...of course. How long til military checkpoints on roads?

with a charter it is probably deliberate I would say! Trying to tick people off so they stay away from "their" spot. These guys spend enough time on the water, they definitely know better (and will probably be the first one to criticize you if you don't get out of their way)

agreed...easy peasy. I have no mechanical skills but winterize it myself. Like others said..I change the upper oil and lower oil, run stabilizer through it for a few minutes, change the oil filter and I also pull the plugs and spray some fogging oil in there. Been doing that every year for 7 years and have never had an issue. Going to replace impeller this year just in case, but these are things a 2 stroke would need as well (due to lack of skill I will pay someone to do impeller)

terrible.

haha....seen that one before. What I didn't notice the other time is that "weren't" and "biting" are both spelled incorrectly. Just goes to show, throw a mask on a fish and nothing else gets noticed!

sounds good send me a message if you are coming this way

the most desirable things in that picture are a Dr. Pepper and the chicken carcass in the bottom left corner of fridge.

Good for you! I have the same type of idea, but as a Dutchmen I am too cheap to cut up some perfectly good downspout. Instead, I drilled holes around the top lip of the rubbermaid and just hang the lures from these holes. If you are ever down Guelph way let me know, I have a bunch of lures that I was planning on selling...just too lazy to post them on line anywhere. Will be looking at 50 cents on the dollar (ie double tens for 15-20 bucks, cranks for 10 to 15 etc)

Trucks on ice still? Are people nuts? The ice came on late, it has been crazy warm the past couple weeks and tons of wind. Recipe for disaster. I would be a little concerned about walking out to fish, parking a vehicle on the ice would not even enter my mind.

very neat! Kinda like when you catch a musky with unique markings and then you catch the same one a year or two later! You are happy to see them thriving

Although I do keep my batteries indoors, I thought the "keep off the concrete" rule was no longer necessary. My understanding is years ago this was important, but the way they make batteries now it is no longer relevant.

personally I don't actually think any of 'em should be illegal, but if some kind of tip had to be...I would vote for the one you have to go over and set the hook yourself. I will admit when I was a young lad we would sometimes get distracted (beer involved) and who know how long it was before you noticed the flag up. Good thing pike seem to swim around forever before they swallow it, don't actually remember deep hooking a pike. Largemouth? Different story. I have caught a few bass this winter that have swallowed the bait and I set the hook as quickly as I could get to tip up.

it is the other ones that should be illegal! Quick hookset prevents swallowed bait

I guess when a sponsor paid for the motor you might be less careful with it!

awesome! sounds like a blast

very cool! Never seen one back its way successfully down the ice before.

has been a great winter of ice fishing for me...other than the last time out. All we got that time was one largemouth, all other trips were usually good for 5-8 pike/bass. I attribute it to mid-winter blaws...few more weeks and the fishing should pick up again