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  1. Nice to have you joining us Rus, you should enjoy it. Lotsa good folks here and it's an excellent place for swapping fish'n tales !!
  2. CDNfish and Huey, thanks guys, your help is certainly appreciated.
  3. Ted and CX, thanks guys !! I was hoping it'd be as easy as you've both explained it. I won't be installing it till about April but it's always good to have things figured out ahead of time.
  4. I planned on going tomorrow but may wait a day or 2 until they get the roads cleaned up after the incoming snowfall tonight and tomorrow. Traffics crazy enough around here without throwing 6" of snow into the mix too
  5. Excellent show boyz !!!! Anytime you can share a boat with Marc for a few days, you know your in for both fun times and a great learning experience !!
  6. Great idea Brian................but now can you lift it ??
  7. Thanks Wayne, I forgot they keep bankers hours at that show....... jeeeeeeez, what kinda business opens their doors at the crack of NOON ?? Wander around the show for a couple hours and then hafta leave right in the middle of rush hour.......great planning
  8. Thanks Harry, same place, different name. BTW, those towers in the picture on the front of that building were built by my son
  9. I'm heading to the Boat Show tomorrow morning, weather permitting, and it's always been held in the National Trade Centre, but I see now their saying it's in the Direct Energy Centre this year. Is this a totally different building or just a different name for the Trade Centre ??
  10. 1/4" on the ground here in Toronto and that's more than enough for me. Let's get back to Global Warming
  11. Thanks Gary, I'm actually going to the Boat Show tomorrow where Lowrance has a booth, but often they are so busy they don't always have time to explain things fully.
  12. I'm reading over the manual for installing my new LCX-17M and it's a bit confusing (to me anyways) I currently have 2 depthfinders on my boat, and will be leaving the one on the bow as is, and replacing the old one on the console with this new GPS / SONAR The bow mount unit has it's own transducer on the electric troll motor and is hooked to the fuse panel under the console completely seperate from the other and will have nothing to do with the new one. The new unit will sit on the console, directly above the fuse panel. As you can see in the attatched photo, the power cable that will go to the back of the GPS has 3 seperate wires coming from it.....a larger cable with 3 wires...red/black/white A smaller cable also has 3 wires......red/black/white The other small cable has 4 wires......orange/blue/yellow/bare. The small red/black/white has a tag that reads.....NMEA 2000.......GPS power The other small cable tag reads.........RS-232 From what I understand, NMEA 2000 is for networking different electronics together, but I won't be doing that. Would that mean the small red/black/white cable would just be left out and basically taped off and ignored. Now, what about the other 2 cables......the large r/w/b and the small one.....o/b/y/bare......do they each have to go to a seperate fuse, or are they put on the same fuse. Thanks for any help you can offer.
  13. Well, the way I look at it, not everything we do in life is guaranteed to be safe, and if everyone just stood back and worried about what MIGHT happen some day, I'm afraid alot of things would never get accomplished. What really pi$$ed me off yesterday was the attitude of a few morons who stopped to see what I was doing, kneeling in the mud, and chopping away at the tree for an hour. As soon as they realised it was "only" a raccoon that was trapped, they just laughed and walked away. I have absolutely NO idea how anyone could just walk past this animal without at least trying to do something to relieve it's suffering. It took me a grand total of 2 hours outta my life to help it, but at least I know I did something to relieve it's pain, while others somehow found it's pain to be amusing. I spose I just think more of critters than some other folks do.
  14. Best of luck on the surgery Gerritt and it'll probably be alot easier on you than your thinking. I suffered for a year after a back injury because I was nervous about the knife, but it was much easier than I feared and I was good as new in a matter of weeks. All the best to ya bud !!
  15. I guess you & me look at life differently ......
  16. Good to hear your trip is going well Cliff. Got some colder weather and snow moving in tonight and then sposed to be below freezing for a couple weeks, so the lakes should start freezing solid anytime now. Take care of that finger and enjoy the rest of your vacation.
  17. Sad news folks, we just got a call from the vet and the little guy died an hour ago. The vet had him at his office and said he seemed to be doing much better, but then suddenly went downhill and that was it. I'll never stand by and watch an animal suffer and at least I know I did all I could for him and his last few hours weren't spent suffering while he was jammed inside that tree trunk. Damn.....
  18. Early this morning before day break, me & the pooch were walknig thru the woods on our daily hike, when Marvin started whining at the base of a nearby tree. I walked over to see what was happening and saw what appeared to be a dead raccoon jammed up inside a hollow spot in the trunk right at groundlevel and between some roots. As I was walking away I heard it make a growning sound so I went back, and sure enough it was alive but jammed solidly in the hole. He was sorta standing and facing me, but twisted around and hopelessly stuck and the poor thing looked terrified. I was able to reach him, so I put on my gloves and tried to twist him free but there was no way that was gonna happen without alot of the root and trunk being cut away, so I went home and got a hatchet, hammer and some big wood chisels, and then my daughter and I headed back down. It took me an hour to cut enough of the trunk and roots away without injuring him, but finally there was enough room to get him out. We layed him on an old towel I had and he was breathing fine but was so exhausted he could hardly move. Alot of the hair had been worn away from the top of his head and on both front feet and legs from him trying to free himself, but he didn't appear to be injured and continually tried to bite me.......ungrateful little bugger From the looks of him I'd guess he was stuck for at least a couple days and was just too stiff to even move, but my guess is he'll make it. We were just kinda standing there trying to figure what to do next, when along comes a man who stopped to see what was happening. Just by a stoke of good luck, it turns out he volunteers for an animal sanctuary / animal rescue group. He used his cell and called their local vet, who also volunteers his services free of charge for injured animals and he was coming over to get him. He said the raccoon was probably dehydrated and was even bringing an IV set-up to use on him while he took him back to his clinic which was about 30 minutes away. He has a seperate section dedicated to rehabilitating wild critters and specializes in raccoons I had an appointment this morning and couldn't wait any longer, so we wrapped the animal up in another blanket and put it on the front seat of the other guys car with the heater going and he was gonna wait for the vet to show up and get him. He'll call me later to day and let me know how they made out. I know alot of folks think of raccoons are a nuisance, and yes they are, but I'm a HUGE animal lover and there's no way I could leave that poor critter trapped like that. I told my daughter that I'd take the whole tree down if neccessary and worry about the consequenses later. Anyways, that's how I spent my morning and just thought a few more of you animal lovers may find it interesting.
  19. Joey, there ISN'T a right or wrong way to do it, just use whatever hand you feel most comfortable with. When you buy the new reel to match your St. Croix, try out both left & right hand retrieves, then buy whichever feels best to YOU. I'm right handed and I cast everything righthanded, and with baitcasters I switch the rod to my left hand and crank with my right, but with spinning, I crank with my left. Don't ever let anybody tell you your doing it wrong, because there's no such thing as a wrong way.
  20. I'll tell you what NOT to do krawler Don't go fishing and tuck your cell phone up under the console of your boat to keep it dry when the rain starts, and not check to be sure it's secured up there, and then find it laying on the floor of the boat at the end of the day with water dripping out of it Yup, I did it, just ask Mr Eh, and it was a very expensive mistake
  21. Winnipeg reported -48 with the windchill this morning. They'd probably luv some of that Global Warming right about now. 3 people died across the Prairies this week too when their vehicles broke down and they tried walking to safety......terrible !!
  22. Yeah, and maybe the jaw spreader too !!!!!!
  23. Looks like some of the muskies that come into Marc Thorpes boat
  24. I bought my Columbia tent at CTC last winter for $250 and TWO MONTHS later it came on sale for $50 off, so I took my receipt to the store and got the $50 + tax handed back to me with a smile and a thank you........no questions asked. Give it a try Wayne, all they can do is say no.
  25. Congrats LeXX, to both you & the Mrs, and welcome to little Max. You gonna bring him to Lakair with you in June ??
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