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Yup, I was surprised it had that much distance but it was interesting to know.

Yeah, I also spent far too many nights working in the bitter cold while soaking wet but it was all part of the job.

I know all about driving convertibles in the winter OI, for many years I drove a truck identical to this old girl and when it's 20 below it's not always fun with no heater, no defrost and wipers only on the outside of the windshield.

I was the same, never could understand why anyone would want a steering wheel heater but it came as part of a package on my new truck and I must admit, it's pretty darned nice on those frosty mornings to get in and the wheel is already warm LOL As for heated & cooled seats, those things are as slick as they come, specially the cooled leather seats on steamy hot days when you turn them on and your butt & back are cool as the proverbial cucumber

I've got a 2018 F150 Lariat and the remote is incredible. Lock the truck with the remote then start it up and it automatically turns on the heater and also the steering wheel heater and in the hot weather the air conditioner turns on. I can also start the truck from quite a distance and just yesterday it fired up from 1000' away although that was in a straight line with no obstructions. Don't know anything about the aftermarket units but I'd assume the better ones will also work well.

Spreaders aren't always necessary, but if your not using them pay attention to where your hand goes LOL

That's basically what Doug Ford said yesterday, the Union Leaders are just spreading false hope to the workers when there's really nothing they can do to stop the plant closure.

It would appear you learned quite a bit along the way LOL I've known your Dad a long time, he's a great guy.

Hey Brian, I bet you were a proud Dad the day your daughter landed this beaut !! Outstanding fish there Girl !!!!

I'm another that doesn't hunt but fished since about 1950 and always loved the sport and spent an insane amount of time doing it. The last 40 odd years was almost exclusively muskies and for alot of years I was averaging close to 100 fish per season and my best year I put 115 in the boat. The last few years though I was going out less and less even though I live right in the heart of the Kawarthas and am only 150' from Clear Lake and the only serious fishing I did for the last 2 years was 3 weeks both years up on Nippissing and the rest of the time my boat spent 49 weeks a year getting dusty in the garage. A bud that owns a fishing camp on the West Arm of Nippissing liked fishing outta my boat and told me he'd buy it as soon as I was ready to sell. I called him one day and gave him a price and he agreed right a way and the boat was his. I listed most of my musky gear for sale on this board and sold it all very fast and kept my best rods for a couple friends and that was it, I was no longer a fisherman and I don't miss it at all. Never could understand folks doing things they don't really enjoy. I still keep very active and among many other things I walk 3-4 miles every day and have never felt better in my life. Here's my boat the day before I sold it and it's much better now being used than sitting in the garage collecting dust.

Some nice fish in St. Francis

Hmmmm, perhaps I was correct after all, I should have quit while I was ahead LOL

I always figured if a fish couldn't catch up to my bait he wasn't worth catching LOL

I was re-reading your post and realized I somehow missed the part where you have no power at all in the boat. I was thinking you only lost power in the motor so my suggestion about the fuse under the cowling will now have no merit. Sorry bout that.

Check under the motor cowling and you should find a fuse in there and that could be your issue.. I think it'll be a green 30 amp.

I was kinds wondering about that too as this critter was definitely full grown. We get lots of young deer here thru the winter and they're far smaller than this one. She wandered out of the woods and was eating the leaves off that small tree right behind her at the back of my yard.

I'm lucky here Brian as we get quite a few bucks and last year was the best with 6 different ones. Here's a couple from past winters Even had an elk about 10 miles from here a couple years back & that was pretty kool

Had the 1st deer of the season show up in my yard this morning and you can see his new antlers just starting to grow.

Your probably referring to HMCS Haida...a Tribal Class destroyer

My Dad said the convoys travelled as fast as the slowest ship.

Very dangerous infact as the vast majority of merchant ships were totally unarmed with almost no defense against enemy subs, ships and planes at all. Alot of them were loaded with gasoline and ammunition and when they got hit with a torpedo they were often blown to bits before they knew what hit them. My Dad spent 5 years in the Navy and for the most part his job was escorting the merchant ship convoys across the ocean to Great Britain and North Africa and doing their best to keep the Germans away from them. Sonar was very basic back in those days and it was often difficult for them to locate submarines until it was too late. Dad saw many ships & crews blown up close by and he often talked about what a horrible feeling it was seeing so many men killed and not being able to do alot to help them. One night Dad saw 3 ships go up within a few minutes of each other very close to his ship. As soon as a ship was hit they'd try to figure where the subs were and start dropping depth charges (underwater bombs) and firing hedgehogs (a type of rocket) but they'd never really know if they got the subs or not and they'd usually just sink to the bottom when the hulls were fractured. They figured they got a few of them as they'd see oil slicks and debris come up but that was also a ploy of the Germans, to release oil and shoot debris out torpedo tubes to make it look like they'd been hit. It was a terrible time for everyone during the war, Navy, Army, Air Force and Merchant Marine but they did what they were asked to do and they won the fight and allowed those of us that followed to live the lives we do today and we owe them more than we can ever imagine. And lets never forget Canada's military was totally volunteer and nobody was forced to go to war as in some other countries. My Dad's brother served 5 years in the Army, my Mom's brother was a bomber pilot and was killed along with his crew when their plane went down, an uncle served in the British Army and spent 3 years in a Japanese prison camp in Burma and the stories he told of the constant torture would make you nearly puke. My Dads father was in the British Army in WWI and fought as a sniper in the trenches of France and in his own words said he killed "far too many men but it was what had to be done". He survived even after being hit with shrapnel and was awarded the Military Medal for heroism. I was lucky and most of those men survived to live long and wonderful lives and even my Grandfather didn't die until I was 35 years old. I tell these same stories every year at this time as I am VERY VERY proud of what the men in my family did when they were needed. That's my Dad on your right covered in coal dust as he just finished stoking the engine room boilers and had just come up for some fresh air. Dad's ship....HMCS Kitchener

That Abu C-3 makes a pretty good basic no-frills musky reel and you can use it for both casting & trolling.

Congrats on a very nice fish, PB's always make an excellent day even better.

I stored my boats, both aluminum & glass, in an old barn for 10 years that was full of mice & rats but I put a couple bowls full of mothballs in the boats and never had a problem with the critters. Don't know if that would work outside though with raccoons and the like when they're looking for a winter home. Forgot to add that it's not necessary to put the batteries on wood.

Any of you folks who don't like trolling need to try trolling for muskies with your rod mounted near the stern of the boat with only 4'- 5' of line out. Not much gets the heart pounding better than a big ole musky hammering your bait within arms reach of where your sitting LOL Only other thing better is a musky coming from under your boat and slamming you lure on a figure 8 right under your nose.