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Alot of folks have reported slower than usual fishing on the West Arm this year (me included) and in my opinion it's just a temporary thing with the very low water levels and the late start to the weeds. Course I'm no expert either....

This mornings news was talking about a larger than normal solar flare recentely which should give us a good display of the Northern Lights tonite and again tomorrow night. Guess I don't have to tell ya that you need to be facing north to see them

Don't know why the insurance company wants the angles of your pipes changed to go straight up but perhaps there's some kind of safety issue with your current set-up. Just give them a call for an explanation. Running pipes out thru the wall with a 90 and then another 90 going up outside with a stainless chimney is a common & perfectly acceptible & safe practice. I just had a stove installed downstairs in the family room in May and that's the way mine was done. The only other option was to go thru the family room ceiling into the living room above, then up the wall in the living room next to a fireplace then out thru that ceiling and then thru the attic and then thru the roof. I'd then have to box the whole thing in which I didn't want to do. It'd be interesting to hear why your insurance people want you to run the stove pipes straight up. Here's a look at my install, is this similar to what you have ?? The cement pad under the stove is to protect the carpet.

Thanks for the up-date Joey and good to hear the weeds are filling in as they were very sparse a month ago, so things should be good in a couple weeks.

I HAVE been there.........40 years ago One upsidedown boat, 3 guys in the water, and ALL the tackle lost. At least we didn't have to worry about losing an expensive Blackberry though

Link doesn't work here either but I caught part of the story on Global. Sounds like they were near the railway bridge just downstream from the Peace Bridge when the boat sunk. Pretty sure they said there were 11 people on board but they all got rescued safely. As I say though, I only caught part of the story but I think that was the jist of it.

Thanks for that splashhopper, that was one of the best fishing tales I've read in a long time...really enjoyable

I've been using Power Pro on all my rods for 6 or 7 years now and have never had it break. I couldn't come up with a reason to try anything else.

I had a similar experience where I was about 50' off shore casting to a rock when 3 guys in a boat passed inside. One actually asked how my fishing was going and I said "Thanks for asking, my day was going great until you just drove over my line" I honestly don't think they even had a clue what they did and just motored along on their merry way. As mentioned above, moron is a pretty good description.

I woke up one morning about a month ago with a dime sized welt on my arm and dead center was what I assumed was a bite mark. Even now though I still have the welt and the "bite mark" is still visible. I figured it was maybe a spider bite but who knows, perhaps it was an ant Good to hear your feeling better Phil, that must been scary.

Lots of REALLY nice fish in that story, well done boyz !!

Sounds like fun times Joey and your definetely getting the hang of the new camera. Was the eagle picture taken over at Aikenheads where we saw him a couple years ago ?? He was there again last month. We're heading back up again in 2 weeks but staying at Memquisit this time and I was hoping the water levels had come up since last month but no such luck from your report.

The boats coming along great Brian and I was hoping you were taking pictures of the job. It's good to see the progress in action. Your putting alot of effort into it but it'll be awesome when your done. I always liked the lay-out of that boat and now it'll be even better. As for the motor not peeing it could be as simple as a little spider nest in the discharge tube. Run the motor with the muffs on again and push a small stiff wire into the tube and if there's anything there it'll break it free. Exact same thing happened on my new Yamaha the 1st time I put it in the lake. Takes about 5 seconds to fix it up. And congrats on the fish too, a good way to start off with the re-vamped boat.

Hope the docs figure out what caused it so you can be ready for it the next time Phil. Like you, I'm not alergic to anything that I know of either so something like that would really give you a scare for sure.

Great story Kyle !! Congrats to your boys on a great day and good luck to your wife in todays derby.

You'll really enjoy your time at Lakair, it's a gorgeous spot and Kevin & Leslie are great people. His rental boats are nice, 18' cedarstrips with 15 HP Yammies. It's a big area and if you want to explore you'll be able to cover alot of ground in the boat, or if you want to stay close-by, which is also good fishing, the kayak would also work well for you. Have a great trip !!

It's been alot of years since I fished Rice Lake but there used to be a decent ramp in Bewdely at the extreme west end of the lake. I imagine it's still there ??

Wow, that un-expected $8000 make for a pretty expensive fish'n trip Steve, hopefully the insurance company will cover the cost of the 4 new props too.

That's brutal Steve, and also VERY $$$$

So Phil, you really DO grind out stumps, eh ?? I'll be home all weekend

Lakair's a great place & your gonna luv it. We just got back from there a couple weeks ago.

After a few years in the Navy I joined the Fire Department in 1968 and spent the next 32 years driving fire trucks thru the insane traffic in Toronto. I've been retired for the past 10 years and we now live on a quiet dirt road and I haven't heard a siren in months

I'm heading back to Nipissing in 2 weeks Bruce but may be able to get up your way before that, infact it sounds good. I lost my phone book in the move so could you PM me your number please.

Hiya Tony, really good to hear from you, it's been a long time. Yeah, it'd be great to hook up with you for a day on the water and if your gonna be at Lakair next June we'll set it up for sure. Retirement is fantastic, what can I say ?? Only trouble is I'm busier now than when I was actually working for a living Lookin forward to seeing you, Marty & Dawson next year !!

I agree Nancy, several members report terrible service at this camp yet the owner totally ignores them and continues as if nothing was said.