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Some nice fish there Matt Lemme know when your back and we can hook up again, maybe do Chemong ??

We used to stop for breakfast in a little place just north of Huntsville and then it burned down. Then we started going to another restaurant on 11 a few miles north and ate there for a few years and then it was torn down to widen the road. The last couple years it's been a nice little place in South River beside the beer store but I spose now he's gonna lose alot of business too. Looks like I'm gonna start brown bagging samiches for my trips north if they keep getting rid of the eateries.

Thanks fellas, sounds like my info was correct. And yes, it's sad when you think of all the small businesses that lose alot of money when the main hiways no longer go past their front doors. Progress is good for the folks driving the hiways, but lousy for the folks who depend on the drivers money.

I'm heading north on Saturday and someone told me that hwy 11 no longer goes thru Sundridge and South River, but now by-passes them. Anyone know for sure ??

Absolutely Pete

Neither are many of our politicians.

Maybe the same doofus that decided the Christmas Tree at Nathan Philips Square would be re-named the Holiday Tree a few years back so as not to offened non-Christians

Fishing used to be soooo simple

Here's the new boat the OPP will be using in the Kawarthas. 21' Boston Whaler with a 300 HP Merc. You won't be outrunning these guys Ernie :lol: http://www.mykawartha.com/news/article/1358289--peterborough-county-opp-buy-new-motorcycle-and-boat

That wouldn't have gone over too well I'll bet :lol:

You put in some tough years from the sounds of it and now you deserve the more normal life with your kids and it'll be great for both them and you. Happy kids are worth LOTS more than $$$$

Great looking boat and with that full windshield and stand-up top you'll be more than comfortable when the weather turns nasty. Never had any experience with the Suzuki's myself but I've heard alot of good reviews on them.

Your more than welcome to the old mesh, but it'll be a freebee. I'll send you the directions to my place.

Very nice Gerry, very nice indeed !! It'll look good hauling that big white Ranger down the hiway.

Thanks guys, I think this net is gonna work out very well. Dax, I'm wondering if your thinking of the bags without the coating to protect the fish ?? This one has the coating but it's still quite soft, infact it's much more flexible than the Frabil bag.

For the last 6 or 7 years I've been using a Frabil musky net. I was always happy with the very strong frame & hoop but never really liked the bag. It's big enough but tapers to the middle and it often made it awkward getting the fish out. I've fished with friends that use Beckman musky nets and I always liked the big Fin Saver Pen net, but found the handles and hoops to be very flimsy. Their basically a big flatbottomed holding pen and it just makes life much easier when the fish can lay in the open bag. I decided to have the best of both, so I ordered a replacement Beckman bag and put it on my Frabil frame. This makes a great set-up now and will be much better for releasing muskies. 1st pic is the old Frabil bag and you can see how it narrows to basically a point. And this is the new Beckman bag on the old Frabil frame. It's a good sized bag and is wide & deep but you can see how it's square and flat on the bottoms and sides. It'll be much easier on both the fish and myself. I tried all over Southern Ontario and nobody had the bag so I called Rollie & Helens Musky Shop in Wisconsin and they had it to me in less than a week.....great service and it only cost me $12 to have it sent up Priority Mail. I seems as though Beckman is owned by Lindy Fishing but this darned net is Made in China Don't we make ANYTHING in North America anymore ??

None in Nipissings West Arm either.

What a great looking pup !! You'll have a bud there for alot of years.

Hope you can make it down for a visit Guy

I've always assumed the manufacturers tell us to do things for a reason and have always followed the manual. I figure if they wanted us to hammer a brand new motor and run it hard straight out of the crate, they'd tell us to do just that. I always buy everything brand new, do what is recommended and all my gear lasts me a long time, but maybe I'm wrong ??

The price of some of those baits could be compared to jewellery too Paul

Howzbout a big ole wooden box for carrying all my 10" Boo-Tails It's not fancy but it keeps everything in it's place and the air holes let the baits dry out after a day of fishing. I no longer have this box but it was something like 12 x 20 x 12

Just because a guy sells outboard motors doesn't mean he actually knows anything about them. Do what the manufacturers manual says.

Could that be the old Merc's your thinking of ??

Jeeez Bill, that looks just plain nasty. Bad enough when it's in a hand but under the fingernail must have been alot tougher for the Doc to push thru ??