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Keep at it Simon, the 1st musky is always the hardest to get Hopefully you get that 1st girl before ice up & best of luck

Congrats on the hawg Jewell, she's a beaut, and it would appear you've given the walleye master a lesson on his own game

Thanks for the tale Ben, you boyz put some real nice fish in the boat !!

Some nice fish there. Ya gotta love the fall musky fish'n.

You've got a wife that loves you, a new baby, your quitting smoking & you've got a lake at the end of your property........That's about all any man needs. A job is just a "thing" and another one will show up shortly. Life is good for you Simon & will only get better

I bought a new 90 HP Merc 4 stroke back in 2001 and ran it for 7 years on my Crestliner and in all those years it was absolutely flawless and never had a single problem with it......... Never had to touch a thing on it. Fluids & filters were changed regularily and new plugs every couple years. I've got a new rig now with a 150 Yamaha 4 stroke and hopefully it'll perform as well as the Merc, and after the 1st season I'm VERY happy with it.

The exact reason so many folks no longer post fishing reports anymore.

Congrats to Rein & his partner on the win. Rein knows his pickeral and is always in the running.

Thanks Terry It's sad that some don't get it, but fortunate that most do. We owe so much to so many.

I'm leaving the city for good in the spring & moving north Wayne & will become a country bumpkin much like yerself, so perhaps you'll bring your blower over to give me a hand next fall

We were at a house fire one night, and I'd climbed onto the tailboard to grab the hose, and when I stepped down again and pulled the hose to the side of the truck I was hit by a car. We had the street closed off but this moron figured it was closed to everybody but him and as he weaved his way thru the maze of firetucks, police cars and ambulances, he hit me. Guess maybe I shoulda had a flashing red light on top of my helmet too, but then that probably wouldn't have stopped him either.........unbelievable !!!!

I saw the downward spiral in driver mentality over the years from probably a different angle than most of you in that I drove fire trucks in Toronto for more than 30 years. Firetrucks are big & heavy and often difficult to manouver thru heavy traffic & congested streets, but because of obvious nessesity they must go faster than other vehicles and often on the wrong side of the road against the flow of traffic, so it's very important that folks get outta the way to allow them room to move. When I first went on the job back in the 60's people were very aware of the rules of the road that stated right of way must be given to emergency vehicles, and they almost always did everything they possibly could to get out of the way to let us thru, even if it meant driving up on the sidewalk when necessary....(and safe) It made getting there in a hurry much easier for us, plus the fact that the sooner help arrives, the better chance the victims involved have. Seconds really do matter when it's life & death. Over the years though, things gradually changed and folks didn't move outta the way like they used to, infact they often didn't move at all as if they just didn't care. Great big trucks with red lights flashing, air horns blasting and sirens screaming right behind them and they almost seem oblivious and just keep motoring along in their own fuzzy little world. I've been retired from the job about 9 years now but I still see it everyday here in Toronto, where emergency crews are trying to get somewhere in a hurry, but so many people just don't seem to care anymore and have absolutely no interest in moving to let them thru. Not just yeilding to emergency vehicles though, it seems like the whole attitude of drivers is changing drastically for the worse and people just don't seem to care anymore. When your trying to change lanes they'll speed up to block you so you don't get ahead of them, if your exiting a driveway, they'll stop in front of you so you can't get out, almost nobody stops anymore to turn on a red light and stop signs are just an inconvenience to many. Road rage is everywhere now and if you even glance at some of these characters on the road now they take it as a insult and look at you like you just shot their wife. Things were much better on the road 30 - 40 years ago but I'm afraid the good ole days are long gone and things will only continue to get worse.....so sad. Slow down folks, give somebody else a break, and when the odd person does allow you to exit your driveway, give him a wave and say THANKS. If everybody was just a little bit more courtious on the road, life ...and driving...would be much better for all of us. Please, If you see a firetruck, police car or ambulance with red lights flashing, whether their coming up behind you or coming towards you, GET OUTTA THE WAY !! And if your in the country and you see a vehicle with a flashing GREEN light, that's a volunteer fireman on his way to an emergency in his own vehicle and you must also yield the right of way to him just like any other emergency vehicle. Just remember, the life these guys are trying to save may be your own family. Sorry to get off topic folks, but this thread it just seemed like a good spot to remind folks what red lights mean.

There's another bump towards #1 Joey

You've got mine

Great story and an excellent fish to go with it !! Sometimes fishing the lousy weather really pays off.

Great stuff Ben, alot of nice fish there !! That's a tough job you've got up there, but I spose somebody has to do it.

Gorgeous fish & congrats to the angler !! Also nice to see that big girl was released to swim another day too.

And if you've removed the batteries because the detectors go off everytime you burn the toast, don't forget to put them back in when your done eating. You wouldn't believe how many people have detectors in their homes without any batteries in them because they get tired of them going off all the time accidentely. It can be a minor nuisance, but replacing them everytime could save your families life one of these nights. Good reminder for everyone Roy.

It was indeed a great weekend with greater friends, despite the high winds & waves but everybody had good boats under them & knew how to handle them, and I think at least a couple muskies went into every boat.

I'm sure alot of you have seen shows on the tube where they take old Canadian warships, even worn out commercial airplanes, and sink them in the ocean to be used as artificial reefs, new habitat for fish and something new for scuba divers to explore. I also saw another show where they took a 1000' American carrier and sunk it off Florida. Being ex-Navy myself, I kinda like the fact that their giving new life & meaning to old worn out ships, rather that turning them into razor blades. Infact, my old ship from the 60's, H.M.C.S. Annapolis is being prepared as we speak to be sunk off the B.C. coast. I watched another show yesterday where the Canadian Navy used another retired destroyer, H.M.C.S. Huron, for target practice and sunk her and it got me to thinking. We all think it's absolutely disgusting, including me, and we often see posts on this board about the filthy slobs who throw their garbage in the water. Pops can, Timmies cups, worm boxes and just about anything else that some people are too lazy to carry to a garbage can. I'm not really going anywhere with this post but seeing that show yesterday just got me to thinking about how we percieve things differentely. We can take ships that are 100's of feet long, weighing 1000's of tons and sink them in the ocean and people think it's a good thing, but when we see somebody toss a COKE can in the drink, we want him drawn & quartered and fined for being such a slob...which he is. As I said, I'm not really going anywhere with this thread and just kinda thinking out loud, but it does seem kinda strange.........doncha think ?? Is a COKE can tossed in the water any worse than a 40,000 ton steel ship ?? Any thoughts ??

I wondered how long it'd take

Shelly & Courtney are by far the best fishing show hosts on the tube........

You also have to remember that there are different opening & closing dates for the musky seasons in different parts of Ontario.

Fantastic read as always MB, and thanks for a great start to my day.

It wasn't on a T-shirt, but rather a coffee cup my wife bought me for fathers day. ..........Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. ..........Teach a man to fish and you can get rid of him for a whole weekend