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I was in Toronto for Hazel and it was definitely nasty.

My daughter called last night and said it was nasty around her area too (QEW & 427) and the power was out and according to this morning's news there's still around 35,000 without power in the west end. I'm up in the east Kawarthas and we only had about 15 minutes of very light rain last night, hardly enough to wet the ground.

Thanks for that Brian, made for a great read !!

Fantastic day on the water Doug !!

Good to hear you enjoyed your evening and got to see a couple fish.

If you go over to quintefishing.com you may be able to get the info you need as their very familiar with the area.

My MinKota does the exact same thing if I have a very long day on the water and the batteries drop below a certain level. I then need to hook up a regular portable charger to bring them above the low level, then hook up the on-board again. Pain in the neck because what good is an expensive charger if it won't charge low batteries. I called MinKota and was told that's a normal thing. My last boat had a Guest charger and I never once had the problem and next year I think I'll go back to Guest again.

Excellent 1st day on the water Roger and congrats to your bud on a real nice fish.

Their definitely gorgeous birds and you got some great shots of them. Here's a couple I see around my place quite frequentely.

Maybe the kid didn't offer him the right kinda samich

Sheeesh, their just big pussycats George, ya just need to know how to talk to them

Monsters ??

About 15 years ago my brother and I spent a week up in the Gowganda region and there was a heavy Mayfly hatch that year. There were alot of overhanging trees with branches drooping right down into the water and the branches were completely covered in Mayflies where ever they touched the water. The bass were underneath the Mayflies gorging on them, so we started casting Chugbugs (topwater bait) into the mix and I've never seen bass fishing like that in my life. We spent days working the lake and everywhere we found drooping branches with Mayflies, we found bass galore. I'm not a bass fisherman but must admit that was alot of fun.

Perhaps it's time to try a different bait

Never fished there in the summer Roger so can't help you with fishing locations, but for boat ramps, the one at the pier in Belle River is definitely your better choice if you end up going to that area.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you guys Bruce.

I'm surprised you couldn't hear me laughing all the way over here

I can't get the videos to play Brian, but the still shots are excellent !!

I hate to admit it, but I ALWAYS forget to clip on the kill switch. When I'm alone in the boat the auto-inflator is the 1st thing on and the last thing off but that darned kill switch never enters my thick brain.

Be sure the lug wrench for your truck will also fit the lug nuts on your trailer, cause their not all the same size. And loosen them off & re-torque before you hit the road to be sure the nuts aren't seized onto the threads. You don't want to find that when your stuck on the side of the highway in the middle of nowhere.

Thanks Steve, but I prefer REAL meat in my burgers

Take some musky baits and you may change your mind Pete

I'd have done the same thing too, but I'm just an old softie when it comes to injured critters.

HAHAHAHA....that was a great day guys Here's another one from that party but we need the picture of Roy's gift

Well done, the 1st one is always the hardest to catch.