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The Shimano Compre rods come with an across the counter, lifetime warranty and cost 1/2 the price of the Avid I use them all for muskies, Avids, Premiers, Compres and Maina rods and can honestly say, IMHO, while the Avid is a nice rod, I can't see where it's nessesary to spend the extra $$$$ on one for throwing large baits where sensitivity is not an isssue. This year I added both a new 7' 6" Premier and 7' 6" Compre to my boat and am so pleased with both of them that I'd never spend the extra $$$$ for an Avid again, but that's just my opinion.

Back then, just like today, we only fished Quinte in the springtime, so we never got into any of the mosters that are caught in the fall, but we always got/get plenty of eater sized fish. Even today though, whenever we make our annual spring pickeral trip to the area, I nearly always take the ferry across, just for old times sake, and just like tinbanger, if I had a dollar for everytime I crossed the Reach on that old girl, I'd be a wealthy man today

Lotsa talk this week about folks fishing around the Glenora Ferry near Adolphus Reach for the recent OFC g2g on Quinte. I started fishing the same area back in the 50's with my Dad & brother, eddyk, and still fish there every May, and thought some of you may get a kick outta seeing the ferry docks from way back then. I don't know the year, or remember who took this picture, but it was probably my Dad, somewhere around 1960. Hope you enjoy the old picture

Thanks Lexx, sounds like you & Jello had a great weekend with a few beauty eyes to go with it.

Uncle B, we had an excuse for getting skunked at the g2g two years ago. It's tough to catch a fish when you can't see the water for the snow See ya'll on Saturday

It's good that we were able to contibute in our small way to help make this a reality. My Grandfather served with the British Army in WW1 and fought from the trenches in Europe for 4 years, and fortunately survived and lived till the ripe old age of 85, even though he was hit by shrapnel and carried pieces of it in his body his entire life. Another time him & his crew were trapped in a dead-end ravine while several dozen Germans moved in on them, but he was able to climb out, circle behind them and kill them all, allowing his men to get out safely. For that he was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery When I was very small he wouldn't tell me much about the war, but as we both grew older he started to open up and told me some things they went thru over there that were absolutely unbelievable. It's hard to understand what some human beings can do to others I spose it's easy for us to say we understand, but for those of us that haven't experienced it, there is NO way in the world we'll EVER understand what those guys went thru, and awarding them all with a State Funeral is the very least we can do for them.

Gorgeous pickeral Bill and congrats on your PB About 10 years ago my son and I were camped on Adolphus Reach when that ESSROC freighter went by and she thru up such a huge wave that it tore my boat from the dock and shoved it right up on the beach Luckily the only damage done was to the cleats that were ripped outta the dock.

Thanks VERY much Terry, that's absolutely perfect !! Your talents are always very much appreciated around here bud !!

Whenever you get a chance, would you be able to remove the hydro lines from the top left corner of this picture please ?? I can crop them out myself, but I want to keep the entire sky in the picture if possible, and you are definetely one of the Photoshop masters around here

Matt, this is where things start to get expensive You'll find that one rod is not always good for different applications and you need different ones for different jobs. $99 is a good price for that 6' 6" Premier and it'll work well as a jerkbait rod, so seeing as the musky season is winding down, why not buy it now, then put a few $$$$ away thru the winter, and get yerself the 7" 6" for next season ?? Course then you'll hafta buy another reel, but that's what makes fish'n so much fun.....playing catch-up

Mattyk, that 6' 6" Premier medium heavy is the exact rod I use for jerkbaits and it works well for me, but the length that'll work best for you is something you'll need to figure out for your self. If it's too long you'll be hitting the water with the rod tip when your working the bait. Depends on your height and the boat decks distance from the water. For the spinner baits and bucktails, you'll find a longer rod will give you better casting distance. Myself, I like 7'6 medium heavy, but again, your the one that needs to figure what works best for yourself. If you don't find a St. Croix in your price range, have a look at the Compres or Maina rods. Their both excellent but a few $$$$ cheaper.

Thanks Phil, that big girl is a definate trophy and I hope she's still playful this coming Saturday

Thanks for that Roger, very nice of ya bud and really great seeing you again on Saturday night !! And thanks to the rest of you too for the early morning greetings My birth certificate may say I'm getting old but I can still cast for 12 hours a day and thats all that counts

If that's your most boring fish Paul, I wouldn't mind a look at the rest of em

Gregs still here but he's another one who changed his name for some reason, but darned if I can remember what the heck it is.

Great pictures Chris, always enjoy looking back at the old stuff. Luv the shot of your Grandmother with the humungus bamboo fish'n pole

OH OH, maybe I really have been loitering around here too many years, I know pretty near everyone there Thanks TJ, lotsa great memories in those pictures !!

It just dawned on me this morning that I must be getting old (er), when I had to ask how to make the print larger so I could read these pages better sheeeeesh.........

Thanks Rick, that solved the problem and my text is much better now

WOW, what a difference !!!! Thanks Jim, that's absolutely perfect !! I never knew we could change the skin color like that, but it made all the difference in the world. Doncha just luv the way we can get help around here ??

Thanks guys, but neither of those tips made any differerence. It's funny though, because on some of the other sites I visit, I can change the text size thru "view" and others I can't. I just find it harder to read the print on this beige background, and actually got a headache from it last night. Oh well, guess I just won't be posting here as often as usual

Thanks Mo, but that didn't work. Must just be something on this new site that's blocking the change, as it works on other boards. I'll leave it till one of the wizards gets up.

Hey guys, I find it a little bit harder to read the posts now that the background isn't white anymore, so I was just gonna increase the text size, but for some reason it won't work for me on this board, yet it works fine on other boards. Would there be something on this new site that would be blocking the text size changes ?? I'm using IE and clicked VIEW / TEXT SIZE / LARGER, but nothing happens.

Yeah Pete, it'll get pretty noisy in here as soon as TJ opens those big doors

OK, all the avatars seem to be working fine now except Joey's, the poor girl's boat looks just like an ice chest