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My touque & jacket got lost when we moved but I've still got my mug although the handle fell off the 1st time I ever poured hot coffee into it The good ole days sure were that.

I'm just south of Burleigh Falls and although the fields are all bare there's still plenty of snow in the heavier woods so I would guess the Haliburton area will be similar.

I posted a couple months ago about having 5 bucks along with a bunch of does in my yard every day and how one had a great set of antlers. I was out wandering around this morning and found one that had dropped off the biggest critter right at the back of the yard. It's been chewed on a bit but still very impressive. I'm gonna clean it up and put it on the fireplace mantle.

Over the years I bought a ton of Tony's Boo-Tails and they were some of the best and most productive musky baits I ever used. The man makes some outstanding lures....real top quality.

I use Photobucket all the time with no issues and am just curious as to what problems you fellas are having with it ?

Best of luck in your fight against this illness and we'll all be pulling for you.

There sure as heck is this year.

Never could understand why so many can't see the obvious Bernie Always enjoy reading of the Bernie weekends up north.

My brother used to be a member of this board and then he got cancer and died 10 years ago. Him and I were very close and a lot of guys from here knew him so after his passing I put up a small post to tell of his death. Months later my wife and I were sitting at home one evening and Joey and Paul came to visit. Joey was carrying a package and she gave it to me. I opened it and it was this beautiful 18" x 24" painting of my brother and I in my boat down at Quinte. Joey had searched some old posts of mine and found the photograph. There used to be a member here who painted pictures so Joey contacted her to do the work, then contacted other members who volunteered to donate money to help pay for it. I knew nothing about it until that night. It was one of the nicest gifts I've ever received and shows just how nice Joey was and what a wonderful friend she was.

I picked this one up at the local Yamaha dealer for mine Brian and it worked well for the 6 years I had the boat. Forget exactly how much it was but it was somewhere around $40-$50 I think. Just attach to the block with velcro and run the wire back and wrap around a spark-plug wire.

Paul, we just got a call from Barb a few minutes ago to tell us about Joey and it was such a terrible shock and you have deepest condolences from Diane and myself. I was just talking to her on the phone 2 weeks ago and never guessed she was as sick as she actually was. She was a wonderful person and a great friend to us and everyone else who knew her and our yearly trip to Nippissing won't be the same with out her. She'll definitely be missed. So very sorry Paul.

Congratulations on the new ride Brian, sounds perfect and you'll definitely be happy with the Yamaha motor.

Always happy to oblige with a smile TJ

Just get lucky sometimes sterling LOL

Here's a few Nippissing muskies bud

Always great info from you Craig.

Glass is in a different category all together and is far superior to the ride of aluminum in any kind of water.

Seeing as I quit fishing this year I assume your referring to me but when did it become any business of yours whether I post on this site or not.

Sure has been a crazy winter so far.

I'm starting to feel like I'm sitting in a kindergarten class.

Your certainly entitled to your opinion, just as I am.

Well said Art. In the 15 years I've been a member here the subject of seperate forums has come up so many times I get dizzy thinking about it. This site works well as it is and like they say, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

I don't follow any of these political threads Cliff and don't what it was that upset you, but I do recall you saying something the other day about not posting to political threads anymore then right after that you did start a political thread again. Maybe that's what threw someone off ??

Not too bad really, I think maybe we got off OK. We had several hours of freezing rain and everything has a coating but it's starting to warm up. I used a plastic shovel on the back deck and it lifted the ice right off. So far the powers still on but the wind seems to be picking up a bit so if it continues we may see the power go out if the tress start snapping. Weather guys are still calling for freezing rain all night so who knows ?? Right now though my guess would be your place is OK.

Forecasts like this are the exact reason I have an airtight wood stove down stairs in the family room along with 2 cords of hardwood in the shed, a propane insert upstairs in the living room and a stand-by generator that automatically comes on when the power goes out and will run most things in my home. And my propane was just filled on Friday so I've got about 1200 liters of gas if needed. I like to be prepared.