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BARE, I'll be heading to the show on Thursday and will be there for the 1:00 opener

Good to have you home Wayne, sounds like an excellent trip , inspite of the frigid temps. Purty country up that way too !!

Except for a few minnows we used on the Lower Niagara last winter and a couple ice fishing trips, I haven't used live bait in probably 40 years and I usually do pretty good.

Hey Roger, good hearing from you Pal !! I figured you'd be posting your famous musky "SMILE" picture

Sorry Rick, HONEST !!!! I didn't mean to nuke it

A new thread just appeared at the top of the page called "boundary waters" I clicked on it, and it disappeared...... jeeez, did I hit a nuke button or something ??

I'm with you Dan, I've seen enough and I'm ready for springtime Sunrise at Lakair This is from our campground on our annual May 24 pickeral trip to Quinte The boyz planning the stragedy for getting those Quinte pickeral Only 3 months to go

I just typed matzuo.com into google and it came right up, but a box opened saying something about a security alert before the site opened. Give it a try

Willie came out of his hole last week and declared that we were gonna have an early spring this year. Well, this afternoon, me & ole Marv were hiking down in the woods when I heard a very familiar chirping sound, looked up on a branch just 10" above me and spotted my 1st robin of the year, just sitting there and enjoying the sunshine yeah, yeah, I know, some robins do spend the winters up here in the frozen barrens, but I'm still gonna take it as a sign that were on the downhill side of winter and springtime and warm weather is just around the corner

snag, why not just call Toronto Police, Marine Unit, and ask them. Their job is patrolling those waters and they should have an answer, or at least tell you who to call.

Do that, and you'll get skunked alot, just like me kennyman, it's great to see you taking such a keen interest in muskies, their a fish that become very addictive once you catch a few. Alot of the advice you've received has been excellent, but it's extremely hard to narrow your bait choice down to one lure, when your gonna have so many different conditions to contend with. Trouble is, musky lures are very expensive, compared to other baits, but you can get off to a decent start without breaking the bank. Depending on many different things, your gonna find the fish all over the water column, so try and get yourself a couple baits for each depth, with a couple different color combos for each one. For top water fishing, I personally like a Bucher Top Raider. It's a prop bait that's easy to use and their pretty good at calling the fish in. Crank baits are good for different depths. The 10" Believer that Raf mentioned is an excellent bait that will do alot of different tricks, it can be worked very slowly on the surface and is great for night time fishing, it can be twitched, and can also be cranked just under the surface, or made to run deep just by changing the place you clip it on. It's also an excellent trolling bait, even at high speed. Jakes or Grandmas are another very versatile bait than will do many different things, including twitching, diving or trolling. Bucktails are one of the best baits around and will always catch you a fish or two. Black with orange is good and so is yellow with brass, but there's 100 other colors that work well, depending on different conditions. Spinnerbaits were mentioned several times and for a very good reason.....their one of the best casting baits around and will always get you a fish. You can burn them fast just under the surface, or you can slow roll them way down deep in the thickest of weeds where the fish often like to hang out. Go BIG on the spinner baits though, you want lots of flash and vibration and again color will depend on different things. Just don't buy cheap baits, cause they won't take the beating from a decent fish. You can figure on spending at least $20 - 25 for a 1/2 decent body bait, and upwards of $100 for a good one......or even more for very good. Same as bucktails and spinnerbaits....buy good ones and they'll work much better and last a whole lot longer. If you cheap out, the bait will be destroyed after the 2nd fish. Take $100 to the show and buy 4 baits......a topwater, a big crank, a GOOD bucktail, and a BIG spinnerbait. That'll get you started and then buy a new bait each payday. Like was said earlier, TEP & Robin are both making some of the best baits you'll find anywhere and they'll have a booth at the Odysee in April. There's nuthin better than musky fish'n, but it's also one of the most expensive fish to target, so start small and work your way up. Sorry for rambling on like that, but like I said, it's impossible to narrow it down to just one bait.

Congrats on the new boat kennyman, sounds like you and your family are all set now for the summer. Nuthin better than building memories for your kids

I used to have a Jeep Cherokee and I blew the water pump. The mechanic replaced the pump, but then I had a similar problem to what your describing, when I was ideling, the temp was OK, but as soon as I accelerated, the temp gauge would head into the red zone. He said it was an air bubble that had gotten into the system and was restricting the water flow, so he "burped it" and everything worked fine after that. Pretty sure he said it was "burped" by removing the top heater hose and that allowed the air bubble out and the water to move freely. Just a thought ??

Sam, it's good of you to keep the boyz updated on what's happening on Quinte

Doug, the last organized OFC g2g on the ice that I was at was about 3 years ago. Here's a picture of the group, is this the one your thinking of ??

Thanks for the invite MO, but I'm so far removed from ice fishing now, I even sold off all my gear a couple weeks back, so now it's official

Yup, JB's will have a booth at the Spring Show as well as the Odyssee in April, and usually is at the Sportsman Show too. Best place around for buying musky tackle.

Some more great prizes for your table Mo, but sorry, it still won't do it, my ice fish'n days are getting further behind me as we speak Sure hope your day turns out as good as always though

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Yup, same thing happened to me too, infact, I even had poor ole Roy blocked out

Married 14 years ??........dang, I can't even remember that far back !! Happy Anniversary to youz two, and all the best in the future !!

Let's be realistic here folks, we all know these punks will receive as light a sentence as our terrible excuse for a justice system will be allowed to get away with, and chances are, that stupid, ineffectual community service crap is about all their gonna get. Until this country starts giving out some serious punishment, the crooks and punks will continue to prey on whoever they want and know that very little punishment will come if their caught. Brian, your bill for repairing, storing and towing your vehicle will probably be far worse than any punishment these thieves receive, but that's just the way this country operates. It wouldn't bother me in the least to see these punks put away for 20 years with NO parole.

Nice haul Brian, you've got some good baits there.

Awesome pike, definetely the best I've seen thru the ice this year !!

Wayne, perhaps you shoulda went north 2 weeks ago when Global Warming was being such a nuisance