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Yea I fished Kipawa for close to 20 years. One year at Corbeau my bud got a 10.5lb Laker mid afternoon and I got a 11.5 lb Walleye 10:30 at night. We took both biggest fish that week all out of my little 14 ft tinner beating out all the rich yanks in their big fancy boats. That felt good.

@CrowMan You're on Crow lake connected to Bobs lake right? My ex SIL has a trailer at Browns up for sale as increasingly strict regulations there have him fed up.

Just happen to be watching this atm. We really did have some of the best music in the 70's

What happens is the ethanol gradually breaks down the fuel line and the minute particles eventually gum up the works in the carb and filters. When changing lines in your case some good preventative maintenance would be to give your carb a good cleaning at the same time and replace the fuel filter.

Here's a how-to on creating a youtube channel. Once done you just upload your videos on to your channel and then you can copy the link and paste it here in your post. Cheers

Great pics. As for the videos you could easily load them onto youtube and then post the links here like I did with that elk soccer. Cheers

I used to have several outdoor subscriptions, even though some articles are more US based InFisherman is the only one I still have. They have the best videos by far as well. Dumped Outdoor Canada after noticing that the main editor was a flaming climate change alarmist, don't know how he kept his job there. Then I decided to go down to one and didn't renew my OOD sub. There's a good article there as well on how largemouth bass are getting harder to catch and studies done to prove how catchability rates are a heritable trait that gets passed on to future generations. A great article on ned rigs too and I'm not even half way through the mag yet. It's worth buying off the shelf IMO. Cheers

So I'm reading the June edition of In-Fisherman and there's an article titled Walleye Baitfish Patterns You Can't Pass Up by Gord Pyzer. One of the patterns involves using Cisco presentations and not always around the thermocline. "In Wabigoon Lake, Ontario for example, he's found Ciscoes feeding on schools of shiners in shallow waters along shorelines". They also talk about using large swimbaits for lunkers in areas where the thermocline intersects with main lake structure that attracts schools of Ciscoes. Another section talks about huge schools of shiners congregating in shallow sandy beach areas after long periods of calm weather and nailing Walleye all summer long early morning and late afternoon when no one else was fishing those beaches. Soon as the winds picked up however the shiners were gone.

I'd never heard of that 10 speed tranny before and after looking it up and seeing all the issues including class action lawsuits I'd never buy a truck with it regardless of how good that 5.0 l is. Hopefully the Op won't have those problems. https://www.vehiclehistory.com/articles/ford-10-speed-transmission-problems-to-be-aware-of

Forked tail indicates Fallfish https://foodjustify.com/creek-chub-vs-fallfish/

Agreed, if in doubt change it out.

I worked in the aviation industry as an avionics technician for over 35 years. Many of the instruments we did had a requirement to be tested for insulation resistance on a "Megger" tester which tests the insulation properties of wiring will under higher DC or AC voltages to see if the insulation breaks down. Some Instruments often had breakout boxes that would plug into the connector and every single circuit would be tested against every other one. This was also done to test the integrity of the wiring in rotors, stators, commutators and windings in transformers, motors and generators. There were also some tests that could be done using older analog ohm meters like a Simpson on the higher RX1000 scale that had higher voltage outputs that could detect insulation breakdown. I've even had motor stators test within tolerance but on the low end that barely passed speed tests, so I always replaced them. We also had a tester called a growler that you would place a rotor on and slowly rotate it to find shorted coils in the windings. So what I'm getting at here is that even though the windings on that rheostat could test out ok with a digital multimeter once power is applied there could be insulation breakdown that is causing your issues. Insulation can also break down at elevated temps as coils heat up. Here's a couple of articles on insulation resistance. Also keep in mind that any continuity test testing grounds should have less than 1 ohm readings, anything higher indicates poor ground. https://www.instrumart.com/assets/Megger-Guide-to-Insulation-Testing.pdf https://handtoolsforfun.com/how-to-check-insulation-resistance-with-a-multimeter/

I follow the Fish Ecology and Conservation Ecology Lab from Carleton University on FB and they just posted a link to this research article that they agree with. Some nutbar countries including Britain have passed legislation recognizing fish and even invertebrates as sentient beings that require protection under animal welfare regulations if you can believe that nonsense. Here's a link to the complete article. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23308249.2023.2257802 Here's a link to the Cooke Lab. http://www.fecpl.ca/

Specially where you work up north. Polar bears can scent humans from amazingly long distances and they are definitely on the menu.

The worse the black flies the better the trout bite they say. Enjoy your trip, should be a blast.

Right now any of the local locks like Edmunds or Kilmarnock will be busy with folks looking for Crappies.

Totally agree, on some sites that photo would get you booted. If you want a pic with a musky fish for them in season, simple as that. Or else get a pic taken as you land the fish.

Hmm, it lasts 2 years as a stabilizer and also prevents phase separation for all those E fuels.

It goes on sale regularly for under $10 at places like Napa And Home Hardware, I always stock up.

Yea I got my first pick of fidleheads in yesterday, just under a pound for now. Back out to check my other spots on Thursday. The ones right up against my foundation are up, that's my signal. Leeks are well up but not swelling yet. This pic is from April 13.

I use Sea Foam for everything, it's clear.

Very cool for sure, does anyone know how that happens?

Don't start regretting now. Get that engine fixed soon and you'll never have to worry about it blowing up on you. The boat looks real nice.

Heya Rick. Your old cooking thread is still hanging around.