Rizzo

nice!

if the water just came in thru a seal, and your garage didnt get too ridiculously cold (ie it is attached to the house) it might not be too big a deal. Just my thoughts.

beauties!

zoinks

didn't own a computer back then!

nicely done!

Some serious bass there! Please refresh my memory, when does bass season open in southern Ontario. Is it the 4th Saturday in June?

right on nice haul

beauty!

wow

nice! I have fixed numerous rods....they just keep getting shorter. Between 4 young boys, friends at the cottage and me slamming them in a car door I have at least 1 or 2 a year that need repair. Feel different? Who knows. They all still catch fish. Buddy in Guelph fixes em for a few bucks.

I was up in the Hanover area yesterday. The lake I looked at was fully iced over. Hit it with a sledge hammer...inch and a half of ice.

thanks for the reminder! I miss the old days when they would send you a renewal package as a reminder

when I was 2 my parents would only give me a stick with string on it (no hook). At the time we lived on the shores of Erie. Apparently some older kids would distract me, then one would tie a sheephead (drum) to the line. I would then drag that sheephead around all day. Don't remember any of this but I guess that was the start.

Thanks Lew for sharing. Makes the sacrifice more real when you hear personal stories.

wow those are some old batteries! Got your money's worth on those. In addition to a tester I would be proactive and just replace them rather than have a day ruined due to faulty battery

in those photos is that a weight stuck on the end? I generally fish them weightless, although in the past if I did fish bass later in the year I would throw a split shot 2 feet above the bait. Wasn't crazy about that set up but it got the bait a bit deeper without the wait. This weight stuck on the end (looks like a jig head with the curved part of the hook snapped off) would be a better idea.

ditto...never heard that term before.

I had a bunch of friends (4 boats) out for musky yesterday on a couple different lakes. They went 2 for 4 as a group, so not the worst day ever but not one for the ages either.

so what did you do?

I used to fish our cottage lake with texas rigged (weightless) rubber worm and I caught a ton that way. Then 2 years ago I took some kid out on the lake and he fished a senko wacky. Even though I caught a good amount he outfished me significantly. Apparently an old dog can learn a new trick. I switched the next day and have never gone back. Originally I did use an o ring, but personally I don't find that they help. Without them, you lose baits as they get torn up. With them, you sometimes set a hook and just get your ring back (if the fish has only part of the bait in its mouth you can pull the ring right off the bait and its gone). I have caught pike on them as well as bass (and the occasional bite off unfortunately)

thanks. I had not seen those ads. Also...I don't care. As long as the ads aren't offensive I am in favour of free speech

I am not here that often but I haven't seen any. What have you seen?

nice to see

that looks like "sailor's warning" to me...crappy weather on the way.