Roy

I suppose that you should ask whether the farmer/person in question is insured to keep a boat or vehicle on their property? I don't know, I'm asking.

$80 is a lot of money for that reel.

OK, it's the reference to a "peace" prize that got me.

I wasn't aware of Hemmingway ever wining a Nobel peace prize. Pulitzer maybe eh? 1953?

3am here. Have a great day everyone. Good luck to you Norm....I must say I don't envy you your day.

Very well done, Glen! Some great pics in there. You really make fine quality jigs.

Jacques, I don't know that you can buy the bits in hardware stores, I got mine at luremaking.com. You can easily enough make your own by grinding/sawing an appropriately sized channel in an old socket. For the screws, even the best ones will pull out of softwood if you're after muskies. Best way for soft or hardwood is to predrill a hole just very slightly bigger than what you need for the screw.... shoot a little 2-ton epoxy in there then drop the screw in.Make sure it's facing the right way cause it ain't goin' nowhere after it sets.

Lotsa flossing clips on Youtube.

Here you go, Jacques. Those are both open eyed screws obviously. The two items on the left are drill bits made specifically to screw those eyes in a high speeds. It's a real time saver when you have a bunch of them to do.

It would need a girth of 28" to weigh 50+ lbs. A pretty nice fish. Looking forward to seeing it.

Nice Jacques but you might want to reconsider the use of a split ring on the joint. The split ring will keep the tail too floppy. The two screw eyes need to be connected directly to each other. I buy half and half, open and closed screw eyes. You're doing good!

I suspect that GCD is correct. The fall turnover doesn't last very long before temps stabilize. I think that during these short periods, your best bet is to hit a river system.

Good info in that link, Lew. Thanks.

Tanks, me son. You're on de list also.

This might sound skeery to you me brudder but some of dem tails look good.

Whatever you use normally, upsize your baits and fish SLOWWWWWWWWW.

Thanks for that Wayne. Dan, your suit halfway down and the expression on your face tells me that folks should stay away from you for the next little while. What did it this time? Was it the spaghetti sauce or the osso bucco ? Or maybe that's a fish call you're doing?

Is that the one on the north side of 17 before going into North Bay from Sturgeon?

Ok... I'll be there in a minute...or so...

Yes and he'd be really tired too with 15 hour night shifts every night.

tsk tsk tsk

Wherever you choose, make sure your home is not west of your work. You'll have sun in your eyes for the drive to work and the drive home. Just thought I'd throw that out there for the folks who don't own sunglasses.

You're not paying attention Randy.

Nice fish. White meat, Drifter?

Some even wear tutus...