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we used some on a countertop and it was total [email protected] its not meant for that. Ended up ripping the whole countertop up.

yes and no. That is a small large mouth bass

So he says 8kg's but the female newscaster calls it 40 pounds? I like her. Any woman that can give a guy that much credit is ok in my books

here I thought I was the only guy crazy enough to fish musky barefoot! Great video

How about up near Parry Sound? I have weed free swimming at my cottage. Sandy beach on part of the lot, deeper water to dive into other part of lot, only 9 cottages on the whole lake! Although i like Kawarthas for musky fishing, I find cottaging WAY better up that way. Shoot...we've debated selling for the last year or 2...make me an offer I can't refuse

awesome! congratulations

ditto. started with 80, thought I'd try one rod at 65...lost a lure on a backlash...back to the 80

if the wife is with me, we'll be in a cottage. If its just the boys, who cares about the rain...go fishing!

that's Balsam for you...some days I love it, some days I hate it.

we take a few days the last week of October for musky fishing and it hasn't disappointed yet

wear that lifejacket much longer and he'll be angry again

Have a second rod nearby. I caught a musky last night, getting the hooks out of the net took me longer than getting them out of the fish. I bet it took 10 minutes (but felt longer)...so I fired up the motor and did some open water trolling with rod 2 while trying to get #1 untangled. "Fortunately" I didn't get another fish while still tangled...would have been hand-bombing that one!

I have a down easter...but actually just wedge my rod in the boat seat when I'm trolling. I often troll at 8 or even close to 9 mph and I feel more comfortable having the rod wedged into the seat (my down easter is just a clamp on, not mounted)

welcome to the board. I have a love hate relationship with Balsam. Some days it feels like the best lake around, and then the next day a big skunkeroo

That was one big Shawk

I'm real close to that Timmies as well, down Windfall Lake Rd. I've fished Crane a couple of times. Caught a nice big incidental walleye (6 pounder), a few pike, and raised a big musky - head like a shovel. Enjoy your place up there!

Where did you buy? I have a cottage up that way and I know a piece of land near me for sale...maybe we are neighbours now?

Thanks for the report Brian. Hope all works out well with your eyes. I still can't believe your youngest is in his 20's...geez how old are you! By the way, picked up some pressure treated plywood today, turns out home hardware doesn't sell oil based paint anymore though

great job! Your season is going a lot better than mine!

about 2.5 feet in length, 6 inches high, and 2 inches thick (was going to glue 2 pieces together if I could find it 1 inch thick). Using it to raise a transom 6 inches. In other words, I'm turning the plywood into a 2x6 that's about 2.5 feet long

Anyone know where I can get some?

thanks for all the advice

Its hooked into the same battery as the motor, not the trolling motor

Since OFC was quick to solve my prop nut woes, thought I'd try another issue! My finder (Lowrance elite 5) never seems to mark fish while the motor is running, only when drifting or when trolling motor is on. All the cables are wrapped snuggly together. Could this be the source of a problem or would that have nothing to do with it? Would it help if I put something between the fishfinder cable and all the other cables (ie put a rag or something in between?). I already tried adjusting ping speed and that didn't help. Last time out sometimes it didn't even read that well, would tell me I was in 2 feet when it was more like 30. Would be like that for a minute or 2, and then all of a sudden would start working again.

Bing Bing Bing we have a winner, OFC to the rescue again. Couldn't take the suspense...pulled the pin back out, tighten another revolution or so and NOW its tight. You guys were right, was just shifting I guess...maybe that's what Cliff's motor was doing too!