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Mike, call Gagnons in Oshawa and see if they have any left. 905-725-5798 If not, call Chris at the Shimano warranty center in Peterboro and he may have a number for you 866-491-529 As said above, when I called Shimano they transferred me to their California office and that's where mine came from. Funny too as it cost less to have it shipped from California than Oshawa. Just be sure they send you the one for a TE as they sent me the wrong one I I had to exchange it in Peterboro. Lots of messing around but well worth it. If for any reason Peterboro has one but can't ship it let me know and I'll go get it and send it out to you.

I use one for really big blades too Mike, certainly not in the same class as the TE but I good strong reel for cranking very big stuff.

This is the one you want.

I ordered mine from Shimano in Peterboro but I think you can get them from Gagnons in Oshawa. Just be sure you get the one specific to the TE or it'll throw everything off balance. Shimano made a mistake and sent me the wrong one so I just drove down to their place off the 115 and they gave me the correct one.

Good idea to loosen those wheel lugs at least once a year and re-torque them just so you know they'll loosen up when you need them to. Lucky you found out now rather than on the side of the hiway.

Thanks, I'll try that.

Your pictures are always so darned clear it's unreal and that's a great shot of that plane. I see them low over my house sometimes too but my pics never come out anywhere near yours. Course I spose I'd need to upgrade from my little point & shoot Oh well, it's good enough for me.

I've got a power handle on mine and it makes all the difference in the world.

Pretty sure your gonna find that's the absolute best musky reel you've ever casted with Mike . It's so darned smooth you won't want to use anything else. I've also got some CT's that I used to keep rigged with baits for change ups but now I just switch baits on the TE instead. LOL

No sense spending big bucks on tires if you can get away without them

I've got a swing-away tongue on my trailer and carry and extra retaining pin in case anyone decides to wander off with mine.

20 odd years ago my wife had never caught anything bigger than a sunfish. Early one morning while I was out in the boat she took one of my fish'n poles down to the dock hoping to catch a pickerel and surprise me for breakfast. On the 2nd cast she hooked into a 43" musky and landed it all by herself. Unfortunately she couldn't get the hook out and the fish died. We had a friend who was a taxidermist and mounted it for her and it's still hanging in the garage. She still tells the story to anybody who'll listen

I with you Shane and am sure happy I don't live in the same world as some of these guys.

I also carry a small set of booster cables in the boat so that if the starting battery dies...which it did this summer...it's easy to get a boost off one of the deep cycles. Also a good idea to check the lug wrench for your truck wheels and see if it fits the lugs on your boat trailer, because they often don't. You don't want to be sitting on the side of the road with a flat tire on your trailer in the middle of no-where with a wrench in your hand that doesn't fit.

Actually Phil I was hoping you'd volunteer to come up and do it for me LOL

Thanks boys, the jobs all done and everythings working perfectly. I contacted the manufacturer this morning to verify my bulbs were indeed dimmable and they checked and said yup, your good to go. Went into town and bought the dimmer and it took 5 minutes to change everything. As mentioned above, I've changed many switches over the years but never swapped a switch for a dimmer when there was a 2nd switch involved and wanted to be 100% sure it would work.

I agree with you absolutely 100% Simon and have always said the exact same thing. I lived in Toronto for 60 years and never once did I ever feel threatened, harrassed or even worried about walking anywhere in that city. My wife worked downtown at Queens Park for 2o years and took the subway and she feels the exact same as I do. Listening to some folks talk about the need to be armed for protection you'd think they live in Bagdad or downtown Afghanistan. I read alot of different American boards and the guys talk about how they carry their handguns in the truck when their out driving around and many of them even carry the guns in the boat when they go out fishing. I just couldn't imagine having to live in that kind of fear. And no, that's not anything against my American friends on this board as I've talked to them about the exact same thing.

Only my opinion but I'd just go ahead and replace both tires then your starting out with a fresh set. Replace only one now and then in a couple years you'll be replacing the other one and before you know it your playing catch-up. As for the spare, hopefully your ALWAYS carrying one on your trailer.

I guess you could call it semi retirement from fishing now Rich and I'll leave all those pretty girls for the new musky fishing generation

I checked my bulbs yesterday and there's nothing written on them to indicate if their dimmable or not so how would I know ?? I'm actually going into town this morning to buy the switch you recommended so maybe I'll just buy 3 proper bulbs to be sure.

Those rocks also hold muskies and are definitely worth casting to.

I seldom fish any more Johnny, 3 weeks a year up on the West Arm of Nipissing is about all I do now.

I love trolling a bait in the prop wash right beside the motor. They come up and hammer it so close you can almost reach down a grab them without reeling in any line LOL

Nope, just too much time on my hands LOL

Nope, no idea Johnny, I used to somewhat keep track for around 10 years and was averaging 80 -100 a year but that got to be like work so I stopped recording everything. Best year though was 115 in the boat and best day was 9 fish in 2 hours. Been chasing after them toothy critters over 40 years though so yeah, I guess I have your 3 beat