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I use 65 and 80 # braid + fluoro on all my musky rods, but on my pickeral rods I go with 30 # PP but use an 8 # mono leader about 5' long. Like fishndevil, I also like the sensitivity of the small diameter braid, but the less visible mono for a leader. Works well for me anyways

Nope, all done for the year Musky closes at midnight tonight and I've been busy all day getting all my gear cleaned up and put away for the winter........gonna be a long time till June 2nd

You've got it Dutch, and if alot more people followed your advice, we'd sure have ALOT less problems on our roads every time it snows.

Thanks CX, I have a feeling the original dealer maybe scraped the white paint off, then repainted it black without a primer, and that's whay it peeled off. Pretty sure their normally powder coated ??

Everybody knows it's a Yamaha head, that's not what I asked

, Marv's not lookin his best in that picture as he just climbed outta the water and he's not all poofed up like usual

Hey guys, question for the prop experts.....My motor is a 2001 Merc, 90 HP 4 stroke. I bought it new from Boatland Canada, but when I went to pick it up, it didn't have a prop and they said it was on order and I'd have to wait another couple days. Seemed strange but not a big deal and I picked it up a couple days later, but after 2 weeks all the paint came off the prop, leaving it just the bare aluminum color. Didn't make any difference to me, I figured just a poor primer was used and the motor ran excellent anyways, so who cares what color the prop was. Anyways, this past summer I hit a rock and messed up the blades, so I took it into a local prop repair shop near Buckhorn to get it fixed, but when I went back to get it a few days later, he'd painted it white, rather than Mercury black. I asked why he didn't paint it black, and he said that all YAMAHA props are white hmmmmmm I know it's my original prop because of a couple distinguishing marks on the hub. He claims he can tell it's a Yamaha because the blades are sort of elongated, whereas the blades a Mercury prop are more of a rounded shape, yet either one will fit on a Merc shaft. Take a look at the blades in the picture and tell me what you think......is it a Merc or Yamaha prop ?? And if it is indeed a Yammy, would I notice any difference going with a Merc prop ?? I'm wondering if Boatland stuck a Yammy prop on because maybe they didn't have the correct Merc prop ??...........I've heard alot of rather un-pleasant stuff about them in the last couple years and now it's got me curious, not that I could do anything about it now. I honestly can't remember the size or pitch of this one, but the boat get's up and goes great and top speed is about 46-47 mph

Were all thinking of you guys Rob and wishing the best for Chris. Diane & Sheri sent their love too.

Your having a great month Joey !! 1st you get a T-shirt from your secret admirer, then you win a new musky rod, and now your gonna become a TV fish'n star.........nice things happen to nice people Knock em dead tooday kiddo

Hey Marc, that's probably the most famous bow rail ever built

Here's the 1st boat our family owned, a 15' cedarstrip that my Dad bought about 1955 and the boat I learned how to fish from. It had a 25 HP Johnson SeaHorse motor that was considered a darned big motor back in the day. That's my Dad back in the 50's loading it up for a fish'n trip somewhere and I'm sure I wasn't too far away getting my gear together too This one is a 14' Starcraft tiller that I owned a few years back and that's my Son and me pickeral fishing on The Bay of Quinte. Actually, it's 2 years tomorrow that my Son died and this picture has always meant alot to me, infact it's one of my favorites of him & I together..........nice memories.

WTG Roger, the un-planned buys are the most fun !! Boys & their toys, you gotta luv it

WTG Peter and congrats on the new home, it looks like a fabulous location !!

And to think I shared the Niagara with you only a couple weeks back when you were just a mere OFNer Don't forget us Joey, when you reach stardom with Izumi & Cronze

Yup, it woulda been nice to finally meet up with you too Paul, but the high winds really screwed up our fishing plans down your way this fall, but hopefully it'll be better next year. We were down last month but the waves and very muddy water pretty much shut the fish down, then we planned on coming back 2 weeks ago, and the same thing happened, so we had to cancel our plans. It was so nasty on the water, even the 2 guys gang trolling 8 baits couldn't snag a musky So you boyz keep feeding the poodles and we'll be back down next year and give it another shot

Red to positive + Black to negative -

WOW, what a crew Good work guys. I've shared a boat with nearly 1/2 that crowd and would luv to fish with the other 1/2 some day Great job Jr & Sr

WTG Roger, that was awesome and thanks, I can't think of a better way to start my day

Now you've really got me interested, but it just keeps on loading, but won't open for me OK, I've got it going now Blackfish and that's hilarious, but I hope the Mrs. doesn't see it or she'll expect me to take her out dancing on Saturday nights

Great lookin new ride there Remo, congrats !! Boy, there's just something really special about those 1st few days in a brand new vehicle that a man remembers for a very long time

Brian, that was hilarious

That was strange, I logged off, then back on and it automatically returned to the Christmas skin, but everything is good now.....thanks lads

I'm back to the original grey & beige blah

Lookin good TJ and nice to see the Magnum Jumla front & center

There closed on Sundays now Chris and I think thru the week they open at 10:30