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Hey guys, I've got 3 lights on my back deck and all of a sudden they no longer work. The switch is inside the house. The circuit breaker for the outside lights also handles the kitchen lights and was the 1st thing I checked and it's fine. I changed the bulbs and their all good so I figured perhaps the switch is gone so I replaced it with a new one and still nothing works. While changing the switch I checked all connections in the box and everything is tight. I don't have a tester and I'm not an electrician. Where do I go from here ??

There's a very good reason that everyone recommends Spiels custom rods.

What a crock that is if it's true. It was a Legend Tournament that I got from Gagnons too, maybe for my next rod I'll go back to Shimano.

Some of their prices are pretty good too. I bought another musky rod from them a year ago and it was around $60 cheaper than the SAIL store just across the hiway.

And always remember, you don't need to catch a fish to have a great day of fish'n

Good to hear I'm not the only one

jeeez, I don't even remember sending it

If it was me I'd just wrap the bottle in a towel and put it in the boat where it's easily accessible if need be. Only takes 30 seconds to hop up on the boat fender and undo a couple clips to get the bottle if need be and it eliminates any worries or hassle with having it in the truck.

Cute little guy you've got there Nick and a great bunch of pics !!

Nice boat there boyz, congrats !!

Dad, son, a couple pooches and a bonfire...excellent

They were some good times back then Gerritt !!

I know a lady with Lyme Disease Gerritt and it's a nasty thing. I'd go see the doc and have it checked just to be safe.

When your putting new line on a spinning reel, just crank on a few layers, then drop your rod tip down till the line goes limp. If it twists up like crazy it means it's going on backwards, so simply flip it over. If it just basically lays limp when you put the tip down, your doing it correctly.

Lemme know if your gonna be up this way again this year Matt, we can hook up again.

Great pictures Shaun, I crossed over that bridge a few days ago and could hear the roar of the water. If you don't mind, I'll add a few pictures I took yesterday in Lakefield, a few lakes downstream from Buckhorn. This is the Lakefield dam at the north end of the Ottonabee River where it flows south from Lake Katchawanooka . Most the water from the Kawartha Lakes has to pass down this narrow channel all the way to Rice Lake. I think the guys looking after the system do a pretty good job of controlling the flooding. These waves are prolly 5' high. Here's a couple osprey sitting 30' above the rapids wishing all the noise from the rushing water would end. I took this picture of the Youngs Point lock last Sunday showing how high the water was Same lock yesterday but now the water is another foot higher and is up over top of the concrete sidewalks. I've been around this river 40 years and don't recall the water level being this high before.

WOW, what are the chances of that happening ?? Great find Joey !!

There was a big change-up in '06 Davey and we basically all started over fresh again on the "new " board.

Up on the West Arm of Nippissing you can't keep the little snot rockets off the big baits and they don't care how big they are. Here's a little dink on a suicide mission that tried to inhale a "double 10"

Sunset on the West Arm of Nippissing And if you want to fish near sunset on the West Arm, specially when the full moon is rising close to sunset, you can catch the odd nice fish too.

On my last boat I got 8 years out of a pair of "Walleye 1" deep cycles. They were still good when I replaced them but I didn't want to push them too far. The cranking battery also lasted 8 years but my old brain can't remember what make it was. Keep the fluid topped up and recharge after every use.

I may be wrong, but I think BPS carries the Guest charger.

Peterboro news was saying it's expected the Ottonabee River flowing towards Rice Lake will rise 1/2 a metre over the next few days so that could cause some serious problems for the waterfront homes. Last thing anyone needs is this rain that's coming today.

I've always thought there should be some sort of regulation where if you leave your dock, raft or anything else in the water over the winter, you should have it secured to shore somehow to prevent it from floating away in the high water of spring. Ice fishermen have to have a registration number on their permanent huts and remove them at a certain time to prevent them from sinking when the ice melts. I don't even know if it's enforcible or not, but I sure don't ever want to hit a 20' dock floating just under the surface of the lakes.

Looking at the other side of the coin, if the booze stores are closed, it may just make the hiways safer...just sayin.