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Dave, you're better off retired...lol.. the place has gone for a complete crap....

I've heard some PEI radio.... he's not far off...lol

I recognize some of those locations from a trip I took a few years ago. Man do I ever want to go back....

If you have any pictures of yourself with the rod and reel that would help.. it's not a common combination....

wow, how did I forget Monster Truck... awesome band and great guys..

I love listening to music from the hammer on a road trip.... junkhouse, redlight king, arkells, teenage head, the reason, maybe some crowbar ....

I'm sure they will have a few interesting items the other stores don't. It will be interesting to see it... I tend to buy most of my fishing stuff at one of the two tackle stores here in Hamilton but I love to browse through the big box places....

I'm on my 6th 12 hour shift in the last week so the weekend is a write off... however, I'm having a fish fry Tuesday, then heading to Temagami on Wednesday morning for one on one time with my daughter.. we will be camping at Finlayson and hopefully fishing a back lake somewhere in the Sportspal.. I want her to experience a bit of the wilderness and a shore lunch...

The average pike we caught was around 30+ inches. They are thick with a good weight to them and yes the first few seem huge. We trolled for trout and in the shallow bays you can sight fish..just look for the logs near the surface...lol...

A fire tiger spoon catches a lot of fish!! You really don't need much tackle up there.. just make sure you have good line and a stout rod...

It's a tough go these days.. you're also competing against fellows that are new to the country and are willing to work for peanuts just so they have a job and can get themselves established..

Get a guide to take you out on nipigon.. you won't regret it.

A good way to teach young ones about water safety is to lead by example..I admit that I rarely wear a pfd but its always close by...With these incidents I will be wearing mine from now on, especially when the boat is moving..

That's by design... the locals don't want the public to fish the lake so they have the town put no parking signs up...

Sounds like a good day.. I'm on nights so I only had a brief time with my daughter and no time at all with my dad....story of my life..

Sounds like a good spot to me... fun times

I used to think the same thing until I started to go up to jelico for the moose hunt...lol

For someone from thunder bay it is...lol.. the guys from Southern ontario would beg to differ...

I also work shifts and the foam earplugs help me sleep.. living just outside the city but not on the quietest road.. mostly people coming to the door and getting the dogs barking wake me up.. why do they pick me to save?.they don't want me to answer the door after I've had a tough night..

A River Runs through it...

Poplars either get cut down or they fall down.. I mostly re plant maples in their place..

I take trees down on my property every year..no permit.. soon I will be rid of all my poplars.. and I won't miss them.. I don't know anyone who has ever gotten a permit...

That ad has been up for a while.. they don't look big enough for anything other than firewood. The guy doesn't want to pay to have them removed.. I don't think the city has any bylaws against cutting them down...

me too.. three 12 hour nights

Here at a certain steel mill in the hammer it's all about limiting company liability.. break one of their cardinal rules and you are fired.. problem with that is you need power to most machines in order for trouble shoot. That's breaking a cardinal rule... we have a procedure for everything including how to remove your safety glasses, making coffee, getting into a vehicle .never the companies fault if you get hurt.. some instances result in guys being sent for drug and alcohol testing .. yet when I send them a list of deficiencies they don't get attention.. companies based out of the state's tend to be afraid of lawsuits from their employees...