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Hulbert is a highly respected musky guide, kinda like Indiana's version of Lew

Hey Phil, does that mean I shoulda charged you some $$$$ for that fish ??

Dustin, good luck on the trip with your dad, sounds like you guys will be having an awesome day and hopefully you'll both grab a biggun

The best gift I received was having my 84 year old Mom around to share Christmas with us for yet another year, and it don't get any better than that

As for goodies, it's almost embarrassing to see how much loot I got

Musky baits, tools, a LARGE bag of $$$$, enough nice winter clothing to keep a small country warm and the list goes on.......

I hope everyone else is as happy as me this morning

Right now I can smell sausages & french toast calling, so I'll see y'all later .......

OUCH !!!!

Sorry to hear about your hand bucktail, the E.R. isn't the nicest place to spend Christmas Eve, but hopefully, all the goodies under your tree this morning will cheer you up :santa:

No little kids around here anymore so we always open our gifts on Christmas Eve.

I hafta tell you, Santa left so much stuff here last night, that there may not be enough left for any of the rest of youz

Have a great day everyone and I hope the fat man is as good to you as he was to me

What a place ONFC is, that can make someone feel like you are lifelong friends, but have never met.

Thanks everyone, and Tom, I think you summed up OFC perfectly

Merry Christmas to you & yours too PF, and all the best in the NewYear

Beautiful family picture too

Merry Christmas all, from my family to yours

I hope everyone has a fabulous day and that Santa is good to y'all

And last but not least a special daughter of one of our great OFNers (but that might have to be a secret )

Yup, I saw her sneakin in the back door with a couple BPS bags, but don't worry Roger, it's still a secret

Sheri said she had another great conversation with you, as always

Thanks Glen

Great to hear Miss Bubba's gonna be OK now, and hopefully, she'll adapt nicely without any real probems and go on to live a long and normal life.

Must be a nice for you guys, knowing everything is good now and you have her home in time for Christmas.

Marvin sends his luv too

For about 37 years I worked either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, or on alternate years it was New Years Eve or Day.

Couldn't complain though as I knew what the schedules were going in, but it was always hard when the kids were young and I had to miss so many fun things with them at Christmas........setting out the midnight snacks for Santa and the reindeer, watching them staring out the window to see if they could see the sleigh arcing thru the night, seeing their expressions when they came down the hall on Christmas mornings........

Yup, lotsa great memories, but lotsa missed moments too when your working the Christmas shifts

There's only a few years when your kids can REALLY get into the magic of Christmas.......the elves loading the sleigh, Santa and the reindeer up on the roof, coming down the chimney, eating food left for them after they unload all the goodies .........

You miss those few really incredible years when your not there.

How bout you, do you have to work over the holidays ??

Mike, I haven't figured out how to post a link on the new board yet, but have a look at www.lostlakelodge.com

It's n/w of Temagami, up near Gowganda, and we spent a week there a few years back and really enjoyed the place. More like a bunch of cottages than a resort, but well maintained and clean. They have a restaurant if you like, or do your own cooking in the cabin.

It's on Lost Lake, but he has boats on about 6 other nearby lakes and you portage between them and carry your fish'n gear, along with a small outboard and gas can, but the walks are all short and easy.

When we were there, the only access to the other lakes was thru his property, so basically the only folks you'd see all day were others from the same place. We were there in June and pretty well had all the lakes to ourselves.

We mostly only fished for bass that week, but it was incredible and about the best smallmouth fish'n I've ever encountered.

Have a look and I'm pretty sure you'll like the place.

Good stuff Terry, always fun looking back on a successful season !!

In picture #4, it looks like you've got more fish'n gear strapped to your ATV for that one trip, than alot of guys even own

Merry Christmas to you, J, and all your kidlets Roy !!

Your a good man for all you do for them and I'm proud to call you a friend

Merry Christmas to you & yours Glen and all the best in the New Year

Perhaps for next years card though, you could put the spiffy white fish'n sweater back on ??

Not fishing related, but I did buy myself a Christmas present the other day.

I was wandering around the store looking for a present for Diane when I spotted a set of pliers/cutters marked down from $40 to $10 and what self respecting man could pass up a deal like that ??

I came home and stuck them under the tree and just promised not to use them till after the BIG day

Happy Birthday there old timer, and here's to many more

Happy B-Day pal and all the best to ya

I had a 6 HP Merc long shaft for a kicker on my 16' Crestliner and it would push the boat OK, but if there was a decent cross wind it was almost impossible to make a turn without cranking the motor wide open.

I'd go at least 9.9

Have you checked Gagnon's yet ??

I haven't been in there since the re-build, but they used to carry a huge assortment of pickeral baits and may have what your looking for.

dang, I'm sitting here eating a cheese sandwich while I read this

Enjoy your roast Peter, it sounds great !!

Happy B-Day Raf, all the best to ya

Any fish'n report by Moosebunk from the land I'll probably never visit

Years ago I saw people netting smelt there (as well as at the mouths of the Humber and the Rouge).

Yup, we used to fish for smelts around that bridge ourselves many years ago turtle.

That entire area used to be excellent for smelt back in the day, but sadly, those days seem to be gone forever

The new camera seems to be working well dsn, and the pictures came out very nice.

Very nice Jim and good to see you finally got it.

Now you just have to hope for snow, and then you'll have to hope the boys let you drive it once in awhile

Nippissing, here's a couple old pics you may be interested in.

I posted this one recentely but you may not have seen it. This is a 15' Peterboro Boat that my dad bought back in the mid 50's and kept for about 8 years.

Interesting to note that my dads boat had the steering wheel on the left side of the boat, as compared to the right side in modern boats, and it was also located in the rear seat, which was quite common back then.

And this one was owned by a family friend, also in the 50's and I think it was 16'

Both excellent boats !!