The Urban Fisherman

cool! I live in the sticks and go through woodstock at least once a week so I'll have to stop in next time I go through town!

I've never used any St. Croix sticks so I can't give you any comparison, but I was in Alabama last week using a 7'2" Cumara flipping for largemouth all day and it was pretty awesome. You can feel everything on the bottom. It was paired up with a Core - what a light combo. As for casting I can't help ya dude - but the Cumara is a pretty sick rod. Which ever way you go I'm sure you'll enjoy your new combo out on the water! Cheers, Ryan

Have a good one Bly! it's a good time to be born - t'was mine yesterday! I'll have a drink on your behalf tonight! cheers, UF

COOL MACHINE DUDE! Not to keep taking this off topic but this thread reminded me of this scene in armageddon! lol Cheers, UF

1) Small silver (Orland) inline spinner 2) Silver xrap - slowly cranked back rather than slashing it 3) Live Shiner under a float. The live shiner works best, but the problem with that is sometimes they get hooked deep and as I'm assuming you aren't keeping them you'll want to at least pinch the barb. Cheers, UF

If it were a matter of life and death and I had to catch fish for food - Jig and GULP Twister tail as most others suggested! But for flat out fun - I'd bring an x-rap! I love fishin' them. I have way to short of an attention span for twister tails, tubes, etc. no doubt they catch fish, but I need to keep moving! Cheers, UF

Yeah I was thinking of setting up some sort of clips for the rods, last year I used to just strap them down to the frame with travel straps. As for flipping backwards, not a problem,I did many balancing tests prior to doing the mods. Even with the additions, the boat is only about 70 lbs, so the motor mount at the back does make it lean back a little in the photo but once you add my weight which is situated closer to the front of the boat it'll even out fine. The seat also has the option to slide forward and backwards on rails which will allow for more balancing adjustments. Once I get it on the water I'm going to move around the battery until I get the balance PERFECT, than bolt the bracket down into place and I'm good to go! I won't be using it in rapids of any sort, mostly resevoirs, shalow water back bays and slow streams/rivers. I stood up on it all year last season without any balance issues also, so now I'll just be fishing with a little more comfort. Any ideas for making rod clips? The chances of the boat going down are slim to none but possible as anything in life! Cheers, UF

Yeah good call hookset - last season when I was fishing twitch baits I'd end up going in circles from the pull! haha Hey Snag - I had it up for sale for a while, and had a small boat lined up (all before the house came along) but the small boat deal fell through, the tuner didn't sell right away because it dropped in price from when I bought it...yadda yadda the rest is history..... Got some PM's about the original boat - I paid close to $500.00 for it just over a year ago, and saw it on sale at BPS last week for around $250.00. It's a solid little boat - and considering it's big brother is $800.00 you can't go wrong.. Cheers guys, UF

right on dude! Thanks for the report as usual Snag! I'll be sure to post any reports I can come April when your season is closed and mine is still open on erie! heh Cheers, UF

The baby's already16 months old, walking and talking so no crib needed there! we did it all backwards...baby then house, then marriage! lol I'd love to test it out in the pond but it's still frozen over - cept for the small hole I keep in it to add oxygen for the bluegills... nope, can't say I've fished Harcourt Park...don't even know where that is! I mostly fished a small conservation area near my place last summer, but I'm going to venture out into long point bay this season.... port rowan is just down the road... A couple people mentioned graph's.... I'd rather not get a portable as they're a little more pricey than the non-portables, and besides i'm going to have the 12v battery already for the electric motor. The only reason I MIGHT get a portable is so I can use it on the ice in the winter....still trying to figure that one out! thanks again all!

Just getting a 30lb thrust Minn Kota endura - had one for my inflatable boat back in highschool and was pleased with it. Mostly getting it because it's dirt cheap and i'm on a budget! haha cheers

Thanks for the worries guys! I went without marine grade plywood as I already had 3/4" plywood at the house which I had used last year for the rear platform and it worked out great! I also doused it in tremclad rust paint which helps keep the water out. As for the seat ripping out, it ain't going anywhere as the bolts go through the plywood and into the pre-existing steel runners that are welted to the steel frame... And yepp, you need your pleasure craft operator card with this boat, and that black pouch on the right pontoon holds all the necessary gear! LIVEWELL: I wanted one, but I rarely keep any fish except for panfish so I might just bring a small cooler along if I plan to keep any. Lights - great idea, I'm hoping to add some as soon as they fit in my budget! Camera Stand - I'm thinking of adding something to my net holder! Thanks for the ideas and all guys! Muchly Appreciated! Keep 'em comin' Cheers, UF

Well I had high hopes that 2008 was going to be the year that I buy myself a new boat, but.... 1 Wedding + 1 new to us house = No new boat! We're buying this house off of my in-laws, the deal closes in a few weeks! We're pretty stolked as it's our first house... We put a pond in last fall to add a little scenery to our backyard wedding this summer. Still have to finish it off. Anyways, down to the real project..... I decided as a consolation to not buying a boat this season I was going to make some additions to my personal pontoon. This is the boat PRE-MODIFICATIONS In short here's the mods.... - Front to back platform - room to stand at the front (made from plywood I had at the house) - New Seat & Adjustable Pedestal - 3 rear rod holders made from leftover ABS pipe I had at the house - 1 Net holder at the back made from ABS - 1 Front Rod Holder - 1 cup holder made from 3" ABS, cut to be just the right size for a large double double... - Made a motor mount on the back by soldering 1" copper pipe onto the existing steel frame, and bolting a piece of plywood to it. Don't mind the basement - it's a work in progress... What's left? - Minn Kota Electric motor - Battery & bracket to hold it in place - Inexpensive graph Does anybody else have any suggestions? Cheers, UF

I'm going to give Trilene %100 fluorocarbon a try this spring, read some reviews and it looks like it'll be a good product... Other than that, power pro and trilene XL as usual... Good luck this spring - it's comin! Cheers, Uf

pink xrap works great in the thames river - downtown London for smallies....I've also had great success with the dollarama pink jerk bait in the thames!! lol Also, the purple taildancer is a great walleye bait in the bay of quinte.... Cheers, UF

All great advice from everybody, not that I can add much, but I'll tell you about Efexer (not sure if I spelled it right) It helped my fiance in a hurry, but the down-side is some of the side effects, and getting off of it is like trying to get off of crack! She's slowly been lowering the dosage, but it's tough to get off of the stuff. If she can get through it without any drugs, thats the way to go! Good luck to you and your wife! Cheers, UF ps. one major side effect issue I have with efexer is that it lowers your wife's sex drive!!! STAY AWAY FROM THE STUFF!! haha

Thanks clamp-it gets it from her mother.... Yeah thats the river, but I never really fished it. My uncle had a cottage on the main lake and I spent my weekends there as a yougn' Fished smallies in the boat docks, pike in the back bays, and lakers out in the deep water. It's a Deep cold lake. Many fond memories there man! My biggest fish for years was an ugly old ling that I caught ice fishing a good solid 15 years ago. Cheers, UF

Nice lookin' fish Cliff! Congrats on the PB! I just got out ice fishing and your steelhead reports are starting up again...geez I can't keep up Thanks for the report dude! UF

Well I haven't done any hardwater fishing since I was about 10 years old, and fished lakers with my father on Lake Wanapetei. So I did some reading, had some free time and decided to hit the reservoir down the road from my place. I also managed to meet some well known OFC'ers BBR, Sugarpacket and SledEd! I knew of a weed flat that I fished in the summer, so I poped my first hole near the edge, dropped my jig down poped it up once or twice a wham - first perch of the day - and first one through the ice for me! Managed three more in the next 15 minutes, missed a few and then they shut down. All we managed the rest of the day was OOS Largies, and a whack of gobies - BBR was the gobie master of the day! Didn't get any group photoz as we were to busy getting our butts whopped by the fish! thanks for meeting up guys, we'll have to get onto some better fishing this summer. Cheers, UF

awesome fish bly! bring on spring! Cheers, UF

great report dude! welcome to OFC! Cheers, UF

Gerritt I don't post as much as I'd like to these days because i've been swamped with work - but you always seem to have the answer with the most common sense dude. I always get a kick out of your responses...lol cheers UF

Hey one MAJOR MAJOR plus they have going for them is that their prices are in Canadian $$$!!!! You can convert BPS prices into canadian funds all you want but that doesn't factor in shipping/border fees etc. It blows me away that BPS doesn't ship from their canadian store - by the time you get through ordering online the price goes through the roof! I was looking at personal pontoons on the net last year, picked one out that was on sale for $300.00 - I knew it would be more in Canada, but I drove my butt all the way out to vaughn to find out that not only was it NOT ON SALE in canada, it was $500.00 Anyways, I like 'em both but I say cudos to home-grown companies.

Hey Hookset, I live in the sticks to and need high speed for work. Yes, Sattelite is expensive, but if you need high speed it's MUCH FASTER than dial up, and just as reliable as bell. I never had very good service through them. I upload huge video files on a regular basis and aside from having to sweep some snow off the dish from time to time it works like a charm. I use Xplornet - and I believe it's about $700.00 to get up and running, and I have one of the higher end packages which runs me about $100.00 a month.... Good luck with the move! Cheers

saweeeet - very jealous! Nice going - gotta love warm water outflows! Cheers, UF