Rizzo

I bought a 8hp nissan last year. It was lots of fun always checking on kijiji etc. One thing I did find is that used outboards aren't cheap! I was shocked how much guys thought they could get for a 1982 merc. Another thing I noticed...anything that IS a good deal will be snapped up pretty quick, then some of those will be back on the site a couple days later for $200 more. I actually called about one of them that I had seen and the guy acknowledged that's what he does...buys any good deal then turns around and flips it. That guy happened to be out of Beamsville, but I am sure there are others out there doing the same thing. Good luck and happy shopping!

Good luck on the sale!

We have decided to rent our cottage out to help cover some of the costs. The cottage is on Habermehl Lake about 5 minutes north of Hanover. The lake is approx 100 acres...so not huge. Gas boats permitted but no jet skis. This is a great family spot, not a great "fishing vacation spot". The fishing is actually great in the lake (pike, largemouth, rock bass etc) BUT because the lake is only 100 acres you would probably tire of it after a couple of days. But if you are good fishing a couple hours in the morning, then a couple hours in the evening this is a great spot. Better yet...if you get a thrill watching your kids tangle with a bass then this is definitely a good place for you. Kids can catch largies and king kong sunfish right off the dock while parents enjoy brown pops on the shore. Rate is $1100 during peak season for a full week. 3 bedrooms, 1500 sq feet, maximum 7 people. Lots more info and pics available just shoot me a pm if interested.

Ridiculous. What is wrong with just driving your own car?

Just saw Wonder...my wife cried like a baby...I guess that makes it a good movie

ya this is common in any retail (and other environments as well). Highly annoying for sure but what you gonna do? You never know when that annoying tire-kicker will finally make a decision (if they ever do). Either way, its a fact of life. Some people are what I call "time burglers".

wow you can see how big it really is in that scene when its on the log looking the other way

wow that looks like a gorgeous day! Gonna have to try and get me one of those whitefish some day

Never tried! Only ice fish once or twice a year and that's almost always for pike (the other times it might be for perch)

haha...that was a borrowed sled from the neighbour's daughter...man I miss that thing

When a last minute decision was made to go to Muskokas to target Lake Trout the other day the first thing I did was come here for a bit of advice. Never having tried to catch a trout I needed all the help I could get. After the long drive up from Guelph it was nice to have some success! Although this is a pretty teeny trout, it was a gorgeous fish. As it neared the hole I was really disappointed...saw those spots on its side and actually thought it was a dink pike rather than the fish I was trying to catch. I tell you a tiny little trout is a very pretty fish. I did catch a bigger one a short time later, but no picture of that one...it was bigger, but not by too much! Either way...a personal best first laker and then another personal best to beat it. Speaking of personal bests, why stop at two in a day? Fishing with me isn't fishing unless an incidental walleye is caught. I am notorious for catching walleye when going after some other species. Since I rarely eat fish, walleye can be more pest than anything else to me. Well did I ever get one this time. I regularly catch big walleye (7-9lbs) while musky fishing...but this one out did them all! I got a super-tanker of a walleye (30 inches long, 19 inch girth) fishing an emerald shiner in around 35 feet of water, one foot off bottom. Not sure what this brute would have weighed but I am thinking over ten pounds at least. Being so fat it was a challenge getting it both up, and then back down, the hole. Had to top the day off with an incidental walleye, and for once I am happy I did!

I haven't been able to get pike minnows in the KW/Guelph for a couple months. My buddy was able to get some about a month ago at Bill's in Hamilton...not suckers, big shiners

haha ok Brian. I had a feeling someone would want proof so I actually took a couple pictures. Will start a new thread later

Thanks all! We had an awesome day. Buddy wanted to target walleye first and we got a few of those (including my pb!). Eventually got a couple lakers too. Even tho they weren't huge thats a couple personal bests in a day. For me the emerald shiner near bottom was the best...I didn't have much luck jigging

Right on thanks guys. I have some of that 8 lb blue mono stuff. Will spool that up and give it a whirl!

That is unbelievable! Why the heck would someone do that? Setting himself up for vandalism in my opinion. Is there more to this story? (ie is it a private road and nobody is supposed to go down there? or is this truly as crazy as it looks?)

A friend is taking me up to the Muskokas tomorrow for an attempt at Lake trout. I am an absolute rookie when it comes to this. What do I spool up with? That blue mono stuff? Braid? And what pound test will I want? He is providing the lures, but I plan to bring my own rod. Advice needed!

coupla real beauties!

luckily she fell into boat and not out of it or Cindy would have been bull shark lunch!

so what ends up happening?

I bet its stupid hot in Florida in July. As far as bass, they are in every ditch, canal, pond, lake you see. Get yourself a telescopic rod, go play a round of golf, cast rubber worm in ponds as you wait to hit your ball. I have caught ridiculous numbers of bass in golf course ponds in Florida

very cool. I miss my saltwater fishing days

just started draining what was the kids' skating rink.

Great memories with the little ones helps lessen the disappointment of the fishing at least! Need to rob a bank these days to take the family to disney

too funny. Don't worry I am always half in the bag when I am ice fishing too.