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Awesome fish indeed, but Ben, wasn't that fish actullay caught a year or 2 ago ?? Seems to me I recall seeing that video clip quite awhile back.

Don't give Terry any ideas Dave

I don't really need anything in fish'n tackle or rod/reels but will probably pick up a couple Double Cowgirls with the #10 blades anyhoo. Be a shame to go to the show and not donate at least $50 to somebodies pocket

For small waters around Ontario I like my aluminum boat, but whenever I'm fishing BIG water I prefer my welded steel hull as I find it provides a much more stable casting platform, specially when the waves exceed 30' Actually, that picture is some of terry's handiwork that he did for me a couple years back, but I still think it's hilarious Back to the original question though, we stayed at a camp up near Gowganda about 10 years back and they had steel boats on a bunch of back lakes that we had to portage to and they were just too darned heavy to move around, specially pushing them into the water and then dragging them back onto the beach, and they also rode terribly when we got into some waves, plus as mentioned earlier, you have to keep them painted or your gonna end up with rust. Definetely go with the aluminum.

I slept in till 3:30 today , but so far it looks like you got the problem solved and things are running very fast. Kinda nice not having to wait 5 minutes for each thread to open. Yer a good man TJ & thanks for looking after those of us who don't like to spend all day in bed

So very sorry to hear that Ron, and deepest condolances. I know exactly how your feeling though Bud, I just buried my own Mom 3 days ago.

Good hearing from you Steve, it's been awhile

Good to hear I wasn't the only one.

I'll be up there from June 22--29 and lookin forward to another great week as always. I don't have a schedule here, but I'm asuming musky opens on the 20th ??

Nice lookin ride Bill, congrats !!

You may already be familiar with these folks skeeter, but if not their a snowmobile dealer/repair shop on Kennedy Road. I used to buy all my snowmobile clothing from them years ago, but never had any repairs done there. They've been around for alot of years though, so they must be doing something right and would possibly be able to help you out if your unable to do the repairs yourself. http://cdn-9.psndealer.com/e2/dealersite/i..._image_both.jpg EDIT>>>>> That link I posted doesn't seem to work but just type Snow City Cycle into Google

And what's really sad with all this, is that when these lowlife are caught & charged, the courts probably just turn them loose with nothing more than a slap on the wrist, and off they go with all OUR hard earned money still in THEIR pocket. I think until something seriously changes in our court system (REAL punishment) there is absolutely no deterrent for these types of crimes.

My wife tried to use her Interac last week and the transaction wouldn't go thru, saying the card hadn't been activated, even though she'd used it for years. She contacted the bank who informed her that someone had tried to access her account, but the bank somehow picked up on something odd and immediately disabled her account. She had to go to the bank and get the account re-established but that was a small price to pay to have her money still intact, and it's nice to know the banks are on top of this stuff and are looking out for the honest folks. Now, if she'd only tell ME where she stashes all the loot

Wouldn't know about late night problems Paul, I have enough trouble staying up till 10

It's actually pretty funny that you posted that, cause there's a Honda dealership close to me here in Toronto that plows their snow with a Jeep Cherokee and they also have the dealership name on the side of the Jeep. Chrysler should definetely jump all over this opportunity

Good mornin to you too Paul I've been up for a couple hours, but this board loads soooooooooooo slow for me in the early mornings lately, I don't bother posting much anymore.

WTG Ernie, that's fantastic !! I've been off those filthy stinking things for 18 years now and often wonder how much $$$$ I wasted in the 30 years I was addicted to them before quitting.

Retired from many years of fighting fires in Toronto & now living the good life !!

Thank you very much Dave, that's more than generous and kind of you, but Mom was an extremely well organized person and all her funeral arrangements were made and fully paid for many years ago.

Thanks for all your kind thoughts folks, their certainly appreciated. I was busy getting things organized yesterday and never had a chance to get back here till this morning.

My dear old Mom has been very ill for several months and passed away peacefully in her sleep last evening. She was a lovely lady who lived a very long and wonderful life and will be missed by all who knew her.

Thanks Ric, that's a great idea !!

And that water was pretty darned cold too, Wayne

Marc, I guess it all boils down to $$$$ and those that would cheat for it. You'll recall a few years back when Adam and I fished those couple musky tournaments. They were online elimination tournies that ran for 5 months each and all that was required were photographs of the fish and we were on our honour as to the actuall measurments of them. The first year there were 45 teams and we came in 1st place and won the tourney, and then the next year there were 60 teams and we came in about 5th place. The big difference though, was there was no money or prizes of any kind and it was only for bragging rights, and throughout both years there was never any controversy at all and everyone of us were taken at our word. Just take the measurments, photograph and release the fish, then submit your numbers Alot of tournies, for all species, have some very serious prizes, and some folks would do anything to win, so I spose an official weigh-in is the only way to go in order to keep everyone on the up & up. Live release & honesty would probably work for most, but sadly not for all. At least that's the way I see the fish'n world

Excellent job Ric, that's pretty impressive work !! They appear to have a thru-wire set-up, so how did you attach the belly hook hanger ?? Is it all one piece of wire, and if so, I'm assuming you cut the lure in 1/2 and bent the wire down thru the bottom then glued the pieces back together ?? If it's a trade secret, I'll understand