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That's a great video TJ, thanks for posting that.

Looks good Mike, I like it !!

Yeah, it was nice to see that owl as there doesn't appear to be many around this area. He actually sat in the tree and watched me as I walked up to within 50' of him to take the last picture.

Good news to hear there's some positive improvements.

I looked out the kitchen window 15 minutes ago to see a big ole owl sitting in the tree just above where those deer pictures were taken. Don't see too many owls so it's always good when one shows up....to me anyways

I lost a Shimao V-rod and Curado reel over the side 10 years ago. I hooked on a large "5 of Diamond" spoon and was dragging that around the bottom trying to snag it. Never got the rod & reel back but caught a 4 pound pickeral on the spoon instead.

You got that 100% correct George

Thanks folks, glad you enjoyed the pictures and thanks for adding some more pictures too Bill & Dan. We've got a vegetable garden at the back of the yard Brian, right at the edge of the woods, and have never had a problem with critters, not even rabbits. Actually, once the snow is gone so are the deer and we almost never see them during the summer, but when the snow returns in December, so do the deer.

I live on the edge of some heavy woods that are loaded with deer during the winter months. A couple times a day some of them wander out into my yard and there's anywhere from 6-10 each time. Mostly doe's and a couple younguns, but the odd buck wanders out too and that's always great to see. The last couple days I've had a large buck in the yard with only one antler, so I assume that one will be falling off soon too. Anyhoo, I decided to take a couple pics of them today. These were taken from about 150' away but you should be able to see the missing antler. Here's a couple doe's And here's the buck Maybe it's just me, but I like this kinda stuff.

That's fantastic TJ, really great stuff Congrats to the happy couple !!

My grandparents had a water front home on Simcoe many years ago and "ole gramps" used to get alot of big fish back in the day. Biggest pickerel was 18 pounds that he caught and I netted. We measured it on a couple different scales. That was way back in 1961 and I doubt there's any like that left today.

There was something on the news last week where a 15 year old boy playing house league was slammed into the boards from behind and ended up with 3 broken vertebrae in his neck. He's gonna wear a brace for a few months but will evidently be OK, although they say he'll never be able to play contact sports again. He's definitely lucky though, it coulda been a whole bunch worse. Good to hear your daughter's OK too Matt, that stuff is scary.

I was just having some fun with ya, guess it didn't come out right

600,000 KM and you never cleaned the engine, checked the engine or tranny fluid or even added windshield washer fluid ??

Thanks for that Roy, some interesting stuff there.

I've got 20" wheels on my new truck for the summer tires but run 17" winter tires on steel wheels. I just ordered a new set of very nice 17" chrome wheels and am having the winter tires installed on them this afternoon. If anyone is looking for a good set of 17" steel wheels with a 6 bolt pattern for your winter tires I'll be listing them in the classifieds in a day or so.

Lotsa cheap alternatives for carrying big baits. Plastic storage box with wire hangers works well An old bag with pieces of square downspouts cut to length You can even put the downspouts in your livewell. Or if you've got some lumber laying around it's pretty simple to make up a cheap box and rig it with some wire to hold baits. You can even hang them on your boat

I always use winter tires, they definitely make a difference.

Nice job, very impressive work !!

Outstanding MB !!

That's fantastic Pete, your really doing well.

About the only time I need to worry about my phone is in the boat and I just toss it into a dry bag if it's gonna get wet.

Congrats to Avery on landing the dream job TJ, he'll have a ball. Lookin forward to your Jiggy reports too, as always.

For anyone looking for rods at SAIL, just be sure you know what the other stores in the area are charging for the same thing. I bought a St. Croix Legend Tournament musky rod from Gagnons last summer for about $65 less than SAIL was charging for the same thing.

Best of luck with the up-coming treatments Mike, we're all pulling for you.