Rizzo

ya horseshoe is a nice lake. Couple of shoals to watch out for. Fished there years ago the guy at the marina (at that time) gave me a rough map of lake showing shoals. There are some big pike in there too. I will send you a pm

nice looking deck Dave! Had a change of heart last night, will spend the couple hundred bucks more and do the metal balusters. Yours looks sweet...gonna do one like that (just 10 times bigger tho

Very sorry to hear that, my condolences.

Thanks guys. I have successfully gotten deals in the past when doing a big project. Plan to do exactly what G Mech and others have said

Contractor is a buddy from Barrie, so he doesn't have any local contacts or accounts. But whichever one is more likely to give me "contractor pricing" will probably get the business! Heading up there Saturday. Hoping Rona will let me do a "scratch and save" if I open an account, and then add items to that account over the next week or so as the material needs become known. I know this much...crapload of 12 foot deckboards and a wack of 6x6x12's too! Anyone want to rent a cottage next year for their family let me know. Gotta pay for this fancy new deck somehow!

Its a crazy big deck Brian! I am going lower cost materials like pressure treated and basic wood spindles vs cedar and metal balusters. Been a bit since I did the measurements but I think its close to 700 square feet...oh ya...and its a good 8 feet off the ground too!

drugged up rock bass...great. I guess we need to bring back shock treatment as a means of treating depression

Earlier this year we got a cottage up near Hanover. I did a couple small projects myself (couple of floating docks) but didn't really check around on price, just used Home Hardware for all the materials. No clue if I got a good price or got fleeced. Now we have a significant task...replacing a pretty big deck. I have been told to expect material costs to be around $5000. Much more than my $300 swim raft! Anyone have any thoughts on these two potential suppliers (HH or Rona) with respect to price or quality of lumber? Rona has a scratch and save this week-end but I am not quite ready to place the order yet as my material list isn't here from the contractor.

We used to have a cottage near there on "Windfall" lake. I never fished Roberts because it seemed way more populated than many other lakes in the area. The spots I went to (and they had easy access) all offered great pike and bass so I never needed to bother with Roberts

doesn't work on braid...forget it...I will just troll then!

cant say I have ever casted thru a birds nest but it would make sense. Every once in a while you get one where no picking is required, just keep pulling hard on line. Now this video is something else. That I will have to try some time....almost excited for a backlash to happen

fun little twist to make fishing even more enjoyable!

Awesome! One heck of a fish. I have a buddy in Barrie who always casts a dang believer when we go out (for me I just use it trolling as well). So you are not the only one (even from Barrie!) who likes to cast em.

Sounds like a lot of work. I would just buy more minnows next time

ys its a lot of fun out there, I tried the salmon thing for the first time last year and the fish seem pretty accomadating even for us rookies! well done

awesome. Now I wish I had spent some time targetting those when I lived up that way!

rotten bugger. I live in Guelph, have never been to an economy lube and sure won't start now!

that is crazy. Tons of negative publicity for him on his facebook page. He is lucky nobody got hurt because that was absolutely deliberate

I would say 4.5 lbs or so...unless all the other guys laying around it are 3.5 pounders! It certainly dwarfs the others

Bingo! I would love to catch a fish 50 feet down under slip float...the thought has crossed my mind more than once

That's awesome...although your netting skills remind me of a buddy I USED to fish with! In your defense I suppose that net is a little small for that beast

Great stuff! And that musky looks more like 36-38 inches in my opinion. Fisherman usually don't sell themselves short on a fish tale but you may have!

you never know...I squatted on Big Island on Balsam Lake once before and regularly had cows walk through our "campsite". We released all cows

by the way I am joking

oooo son that's a big'un. No idea on weight. Once bass get too big to use for musky bait I stop paying attention