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Not true Norm, my Skeeters in the water late into the year.

^^^^ I agree with everything jimmer said above. Just because a guy has a 60 or 70 MPH bassboat doesn't make him a good boat driver anymore than having a 150 MPH Corvette make you safe on city streets.

When I'm fishing for muskies and am alone in the boat I have a set routine I follow to the letter that just makes life easier and safer for both myself & the fish. I cast from the front deck and leave all my tools in the back of the boat along with my opened net. When I hook a fish, I work my way to the back and net the fish. I leave the fish in the net, in the water, and remove the hooks, and while still holding onto the net handle , I lay the rod on the rear deck with the bait hanging over the opposite side of the boat to keep it outta my way. If I want a picture, I then turn on the auto on the camera, lift the fish from the net, get the picture and then release the fish. A few years back I was on the West Arm of Nippissing and hooked this pretty lady. Everything went as planned and worked well. After I released the fish I was putting the tools away and realized my rather spendy Calcutta/St. Croix combo along with my favorite $25 musky spinnerbait was nowhere to be see.....what the heck ?? I look about 20 feet back behind the boat and there's about 4 inches of cork sticking out from the water. Run to the front of the boat, fire up the troll motor and spin the boat around and get back to the rod before it disappears forever. She was definitely a nice fish and worthy of a picture but not sure she would have been worth the price of a new fish'n combo. I'm still not sure how the pole ended up in the drink, but I'm much more careful now when I'm laying it on the rear deck

Those little dink bass are more of a nuisance than snot rocket pike

I honestly don't know why guys weigh small fish unless it's some sort of PB for them or possibly their fishing a tourney. Never understood the reasoning of weighing a 3 pound pickerel, 2 pound bass or 10 pound musky. And I have NO idea why guys measure perch. But maybe that's just me

1st story I read this morning and what a great way to start my day. Sure does sound like a fantastic group of people and thanks for sharing that with us Simon. Also good to hear Sean is coming along better now too.

WOW, that's lousy luck, sure hope they get everything fixed up fast.

I always considered myself the worlds worst golfer and only went out for the laffs and never cared what my score was. Buddy was a member at a club and always bragged about how good he was and invited me out one day. Turned out this doofus was even worse than me and probably whacked the ball 10 times on every hole but put himself down for 3 or 4. I didn't care until we got back to the club house where he started yapping to his friends about his great game and how he beat me by 30 odd stokes. I told him on the way home that he was an idiot and we'd played our last game together and don't think I ever talked to him again. He fell down the basement stairs awhile later and was killed. Everyone including me suspected his wife pushed him and I said perhaps he'd taken her golfing too and bragged to his buds about how much he beat her by...

Always enjoy tales of boys with new toys Brian. Good to hear your enjoying it bud !!

Just curious as to what he said about 4 stroke engines the same age ??

Fantastic holiday Tom with some great fishing to boot. Congrats to Ben on landing that brute !!

I've been sitting out on the back deck watching this system develope Brian and it sure looks like it could get interesting. I spose we could all use some much needed rain, but we sure don't need the storms that may come with it.

Good to hear.

For what it's worth, when I was fishing Chemong the other day I saw LOTS of dead pan fish floating on the surface and I don't recall reading anything about a panfish tourney.

We fished Chemong on Wednesday and the water temps were 80F We only fished a few hours then called it a day.

Negotiating all the extra goodies is a big part of the fun of boat buying

If some of you guys would just learn how to fish properly and crank with your right hand the way your sposed to, you'd save all this hassle of looking for hard to find reels.

And more often than not, the guys doing all the name calling are guys who've never caught a big musky themselves...funny how that happens.

Ivan, that 65 pounder was disputed by many people too. I doubt there's ever been a big musky caught that wasn't disputed by someone and is the exact reason why many musky anglers never even bother posting pictures of their catches.

Years back buddy would spend most of his time out in his garage/workshop/mancave. Rather than come into the house every couple hours he drilled a hole thru the garage wall and stuck a piece of garden hose out the hole and stuck a funnel in the end. Pee thru the hose into the yard beside the garage and never had to leave his beer fridge.

The C4 is a poor choice for cranking large musky baits, specially the big bladed ones and forget about burning them. A good choice is the Abu 7000 as it's inexpensive but does a very good job. Huge spool and power handle makes big baits a breeze and it's also excellent for jerkbaiting and taking up slack in a hurry. Not fancy or smooth, but it gets the job done.

I called Line-X about doing my last trailer and they couldn't give an exact quote without seeing it, but said it'd be somewhere in the $700 range.

I'm right handed and reel with my right hand. Do whatever the heck feels best to YOU, not what somebody says you SHOULD be doing.

I hope so Dave, I've got 1500 sq. ft. of new sod that's beginning to look a bit wilted in all this heat and no rain.....well, perhaps we can do without the tornadoes

You & your buds always seem to have them dialed in Dave !!