bigbuck

Congrats on the new job! Getting in to work is not bad seeing as you leave early enough. The issue will be getting home. Try Steeles across to Meadowvale or even further across. Otherwise, the 407 will become your best friend to get home.

I'd have to re learn the water now. It's been 3 years since I've been out on the Bay. Hopefully next year I'll be able to wash a lure or two on GBay.

Figures, my time on GBay was with low water levels. And yes, so much for the hole in the bottom of the lake. There are some places in the back bays that will now have the swamp out front replaced by waterfront. Property values restored.

NICE ski!!!! No, you do not need 100lb braid to bring one in BUT you put the fish under a lot of stress to bring it in with lighter tackle. Much bigger chance of killing a trophy.

Truck tire aside, it sure sounds like another incredible trip. As hard as it can be, guys like that deserve a kick in the teeth. He was looking for a fight and wanted you to be his huckleberry. You showed you were the better man. He'll end up pissing off the wrong person and will get his teeth handed to him in a little baggie.

Have fun!!! Would love to fish down there for skis!!!

That's the one you spend your life trying to catch. That thing is beyond Supertanker class.

Good stuff!!!! Persistence pays dividends!! GBay has been pretty tight with the big 'skis this year. I have a couple friends who were out daily for the past few weeks and were skunked. They usually get some nice supertankers every year (last years fatty was a 54 out of HH).

My next big acquisition is going to be a bush lot somewhere in the western part of Muskoka. Cutting firewood is fun and great exercise.

That's a very nice Big Buck!!! Haha. Close to 200lbs?? There is quite a bit of meat there. Don't sweat it Bill, you'll get a nice one. Keep putting the time in.

That usually means the catalytic convertor is toast. You are burning oil and that is murder on the cat. Mechanics have a saying...'catalytics dont die, they get murdered'. Something caused it to die, you need to figure it out before replacing it.

Sweeeeet!!!! Yet another fishing trip of a lifetime!!!

3M marine products by far. Starbrite hull cleaner to clean the scum line and you are good to go. VIM to clean the vinyl.

Nice chunky 'ski!!! Great job!!!

Beauty fish. Good job guys!!!

Definitely Dianas!! They are a distributor to many stores and restaurants. The parent company is one of the biggest in Canada. The owners are old friends of mine. You cannot go wrong there.

Mine will wait till after Halloween. Fresh oil and seafoam are on the list. Have to cut the grass here at the cottage and am not looking forward to it. Its cold, damp and windy. Once that is done, the boat needs to go for one last blast then it is getting hauled back out and getting winterized and serviced. So, there goes today....

I would not use fluro as a main line. As a leader, definitely. I use it for pike and musky. The San Diego Jam Knot is a very very good knot to use. Not easy but good. I tried fluro main line a few years ago and absolutely hated it. Braid and mono for this kid.

That sucks for Ralphie. Getting old is not what it is all cracked up to be. I remember going to our property that was farmland out near Port Hope and having picnics and bbqs while the adults tended to an obscenely large garden and then when we built the house there having dirt bomb fights with my brother, fishing in the Ganny which was up the road, swimming in it. Playing with my first dog..... riding my dirt bike all over...the memories are countless and precious.

Nice 'ski!! Just goes to show that whatever direction the wind blows, there are always fish to be caught. Persistence pays off.

This true Lew!!! -45 is just plain crazy!! Put the wind chill in and then what is it??

Congrats!! Another future fishing partner!!

Its considered 'junk down here because we have an abundance of hardwood. If all you have is spruce, guess what you will be burning?

I just dusted off my crystal ball.....I see water, a boat, a big fishing rod with an even bigger musky at the end of the line.....have fun guys. I would have given my eye teeth to get a crack at that end.

I burn a face cord or two in our open fireplace each winter. Sure takes the chill out and is nice to look at and listen to. The stove up at the lake gets a workout at this time of year as well.