lew

Talk to anybody that knows anything about quality boats and you'll always see Crestliner listed as one of the better aluminum boats on the market, but I don't ever recall seeing Legend boats on that list. I'm not knocking Legend, just stating a fact.

For burning large musky baits, or working jerk / twitch baits like Double D's, Suicks, Sledges or even your Magnum Dogs where fast line take-up is required I use a 7000 Abu. It's a big reel with a large spool that takes up line incredibly fast, but with the power handle it's basically effortless. It's especially good for cranking large double bladed cowgirl type baits, infact I've got a couple with double 13 blades and you can crank them all day long with no problem. Abu doesn't make the best reel on the market anymore and all of my other musky reels are Shimano, but for this application their pretty good, although I don't know if their available in left hand crank or not. As I said above, it's a big reel, but not un-comfortable to use and I often use it all day without any problems. It's matched to a 7' 6" heavy Compre and makes a great combo. I have no experience with the Diawa but this is just something for you to think about.

Happy B-Day Bernie and all the best to ya !!

Ya got that right Spiel, my 1st boat, waaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day, was a 6' wooden punt with a 3 HP motor, but boy, did me & my bro, eddyk, ever have some great times in her

He who turns the other cheek, prolly gets beat up alot.

Not many things purdier than sunrise over soft water Or moonrise either

Your right Jer, Shimano in P'Boro is a great place to deal with and their service is 2nd to none. I dropped off a Calcutta 2 years ago that wouldn't engage when I turned the crank and they fixed it up within 24 hours for FREE. They've also replaced a couple broken rods without question. Excellent product and excellent service !!

Not being an ice fisherman Cliff, I'll take all the warm weather we can get Actually, we've had a very tame winter down here in the Smoke so far this year with almost no snow, infact I've only shovelled maybe twice and both of those times was only an inch or 2 and even now there's only a couple inches on the ground. I'm heading to Peterboro this morning to take care of some business then stopping into the local dealership to purchase a new snowblower & riding mower for my up-coming move north, but right now I'm thinking maybe I'll just order the mower and leave the blower till next year.........wishful thinking I spose

That's a great story and good to hear that everything finally worked out OK for ya, even though it took 9 months. I've usually found CTC a good store to deal with, infact a couple years back I bought an item from them and FOUR MONTHS later it went on sale for $50 off. I took my bill down and they never even hesitated in refunding me $50 + tax.

C'mon Wayne, I'm ALWAYS happy when you & me are fishin together

You having a booth this year TJ or just doin the tourist thingy ??

Your boats coming along beautifully Brian, lookin forward to seeing the finished product.

Incredible job on those flies Spiel, very easy to see why the fish grab those things

And you DO make quality musky baits Art, that's fer sure !!

Back in the spring I was at a seminar in Peterboro Jos was giving about setting up and operating Lowrance marine electronics and I couldn't believe the knowledge the man has about these units. Couple days later I was out on Pigeon Lake and was trying to set-up a couple of the things on my GPS that he talked about, but couldn't figure one of them out, so I called Angling Outfitters hoping Jos was there and could help me out and explained that I'd been to his seminar earlier in the week. Turned out he was gone for the day, but the employee I was talking to said he'd help me out, even though I explained I'd bought the unit elsewhere, and infact had never even been in their store before. He spent 15 minutes on the phone explaining how to do the set-up and told me if I had anymore problems, to call him back and he'd help me again. Fantastic service to a total stranger and not something you'd ever get from a Big Box or even alot of the smaller shops for that matter. Angling Outfitters seems to have an excellent reputation from those who deal with them on a regular basis and it's easy to see why.

hmmmmmm, I haven't been to the show in a couple years and was planning on going on Monday, but if it's that bad perhaps I'll save my $$$$ and do something else. Sad the way these shows have been going downhill in the last few years. After the last couple Sportsman Shows I said I'd never waste my $$$$ on that one again either.

Sonny was a great guy, an asset to this website, and will be missed by many, and it was our honour to offer a bit of assistance to you and your family Jennifer.

Yup, the rear wheel drives are nice trucks, but not very good in the snow as you have zero weight over the drive wheels. Get yourself FOUR winter tires and put them on dedicated wheels and your set to go and then just switch them up in the spring. Winter tires are different than all seasons as they have a different rubber compound that stays flexible when the temps get very low and give better traction in the snow. Now, if your interested in 4 nice 16" polished aluminum wheels for the truck, lemme know

I've posted these pictures before but what the heck, I'd rather look and boats, motors and soft water than snow and ice Bought this one last spring and it's a fantastic boat that runs 50+ MPH (about 82K) on the GPS and makes an excellent casting platform on rough water 1880 Skeeter with 150 Yamaha 4 stroke with an SS prop & 80 pound, 62" Fortrex bowmount Lowrance 7200 Globalmap GPS on the dash along with a 510C and another 510C on the bow When it's cold & wet outside there's a fully enclosed stand-up top

Jeeeez Terry, you carry more fish'n gear on your Ski-Doo than I carry in my boat

I'll be heading down too, probably Monday. Don't need anything but it's always nice to look at the new stuff.

It looks good Jamie and I'll be watching for the show in June. Nice to see you making the big time my friend. BTW, not sure now if I'll have time for the Ottawa visit, but I'll let you know if & when.

It's been a fun ride TJ and all the best in the next 10 years too.

Actually Roy, I think you'll find 17 degrees works better

Definetely good meeting up with you Ian...........small world eh ?? Congrats on that Raptor and as you say, it's a beast fer sure and looks like it belongs in one of those Baja multi-day desert races Best of luck with the new ride Ian and hopefully it'll be everything your lookin for, but from the things I've read about, I'm sure it will be. Thanks Blaque, it's good to hear your positive comments about the 150. Sorry I can't help you with the info on the monthly payments as I didn't finance mine, but they've had some fantastic incentive packages lately that were hard to pass up, but if I'm not mistaken, some of the deals were ending as of today. Don't know what deals will be availabe next June but hopefully you find something good.