The Urban Fisherman

Damn iPhone! Can somebody please delete the other 3 posts for me

Was stuck on shore but hit the lake with my dad for 45 minutes while the kids were in nap-ville. Went 1 for 4 on the jerkbait bite while all the live-baiters came up short around me! hehe Lost a solid 20-some incher right at shore! Man I sucked at closing the deal on this short trip but I'm happy with my first little resident brown for 2011! Cheers, Ryan

Awesome bows buddy! Wha'd they fall victim to? Congrats to you guys for getting out! Next time you're in my neck of the woods you better pop in for a beer!

Those mud cats have no problems with the murky water! We used to catch them on them Thames downtown London after big rains all the time! Ugly little bugger but they were always willing to bite.... Especially after dark! Good job man!!! Cheers, Ryan

My beagle got into a garbage in the garage and ate an old spawn sac that hat a tiny hook still in it... I found him vomiting non stop and eventually found the line coming out of his throat and figured out what it was... He ended up getting x-rays, they found te hook in his throat, put him under and cloves through his throat to get it out. He recovered fine, my wife wasn't to happy about the bill but it all worked out. He ended up running off when I was gone on a business trip and after a ton of effort we never found him. Still miss my boy!

Sound Check in London!!!! See You Soon!

I like the idea! John was a great supporter of the Fish-a-Thon and was THE FIRST one actually to make a major pledge ( anonymously ) of $100 to the first event put on a few years ago. That pledge got the ball rolling and quickly led to more folks making donations. I'm going to talk to the gang and take it from there! Once again - we'll miss you buddy! I'll bet wherever you are now they have more cumfy seats than the ones in my boat! ( funny memories ) Rest peacefully and with the excitement of big fish!

Hey bud! Show starts at 7 but if you want a decent seat I'd come by a bit early... Ppl started showing up at six last night in Sarnia.... Say hi to me - I'll be taking donations for the red shimano hats!

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We're Comin'!!!! See you tonight!

I wish I had known!!! My dear friend John offered me a gift for the fish-a-thon only a few weeks ago and didn't even tell me. I'm going to miss you friend!!! Much Love from Ginny, the kids and I! Our last fish caught together... A memory and story I will tell for years! Ryan

Hey Gang! We're all set up and ready to rock! I can't wait t'ilmlater and am looking forward to seeing you all! Cheers, Ryan

Aye boys and girls! I'm packin' my bags as I type this!!! It's as close as I'll ever get to traveling the road like a rockstar! haha I can't wait to see a bunch of OFC'ers out there at Facts of Fishing LIVE! It's gonna be one heck a way to kick off easter weekend with the family! Please don't hesitate to say hi to me! I love meeting OFNER's... even if it looks like I'm workin... the boss is a pretty easy going guy! haha :thumbsup_anim: Cudz - wings and such for sure - we'll figure it out as a group.... I'll have to pack some gear up and help out with some things so I'll likely be a little later showing up but I can't wait to kick it! See you soon! Ryan

Jaques - YOU ARE THE MAN, Mon Friere! Thank you so kindly for donating this very heartfelt gift to our Fish-a-Thon for Cancer. This year is gearing up to be by far the biggest and best Fish-a-Thon to date... much bigger than we ever imagined and we have the support of guys like yourself to thank!!!! I'm at a family dinner and snuck away to post this so I better bounce before I get caught! haha I'll talk to you shortly and Thank you once again this is awesome!

Awesome! I want to get a new camera as well! Let us know how you like it!

C'mon brother you'll miss freezing your finger tips off chasing late and early season chromers to much! Have fun bro.... Keep in touch!

lol that's pretty funny!

Oh Buddy - I just saw this now!! Much love from myself and the family dude! Lemme know if ya need anything man - seriously!!! Awesome shot of him on the boat there... give the little guys a big hug from me as well!

I'm in buddy for sure! I think TJ and a bunch of the OFC gang will be on Barrie!

Can't wait! At the very least stop in to say hi to me as I'll be at all four events!!!

This was my basement before the water problem started this spring.... almost ready for mud.... BOOO Now I have to put my studs back on - re-drywall the bottom 3 feet and almost 2 months later I'll be back where I was...

haha You guys are killin' me. The advice is awesome - I'll get back to you all tonight! As for a little more in depth info: I've already blown my budget trying to finish my basement.... And it's not even close to being done yet... I had the drywall nearly finished then the basement started leaking so I had to back-track and get it waterproofed... so this has to cost me as little as possible... This is what most of my basement looks like now.. So options like re-sodding the entire front yard isn't an option for me... I'm thinking more along the lines of the airating the lawn and putting seeds down/waterering etc? Cheapest option to just make it look a little better? I don't even know what kind of seeds and so on... still have to read through the previous posts more thoroughly though.... As for the weeds in my driveway... I have 2 giant paved driveways and it takes me forever to weed-eat it and rake up the weeds... ultimately weed-eating into my fishing time So I'm wondering about digging out the weeds and filling the cracks with tar or something??? Driveway 1 Driveway 2 Ps. 3 summers ago I swept, prepped, power-washed and sealed my driveway which lasted 1 season....what a waste of time that was...

Hey guys, I'm gonna keep this quick and to the point... My front lawn sucks! What can I do to make it greener, thicker and just all around healthier. I'd like to add some seed or something but don't even know where to start... Also, how the heck do I stop these weeds from growing up ou of the cracks along my driveway all summer. It never stops man... I dunno how some of you guys ..... (Solo haha) find so much time to fish! Once the dog kennel is done its back to finishing the basement and new office so the baby can have a bedroom, putting on a new garage door, painting some stuff outside, planting the garden and on and on and on... Life was so easy when we rented! ;o) Thanks for any tips at all! Cheers, Ryan

That HT Guy sure is a nice dude - and yes his boat restore was top knotch! I've got to get down there for some of this kitty's!

Pure jealousy!