kickingfrog

Sorry Glen. I don't go for that highbrow intellectual humour.

Thanks for the updates. Tight lines.

"Look weez is on TV!"

Heading to the basement to pull my gear together (one yearolds sure eat into fishin', and fishin' prep time). I know there has been very little rain, but it has been above zero for three days now. Who was out today? What is the ice like today? Any issues near shore? Who's going out Saturday?

Sad how true it is: http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=43088

This question comes up all the time. The answer is..... it depends. Check yours, and get it in writing. In the above article the truck is covered, but the plow and contents are not.

Sustainable?

And I wait until the weekend

Nice job skud

Nice Glen! Why don't we use that one to tow your boat?

English please?

Here is some summer for ya: Looks close! Maybe not? Safe Barrie Baycats and Kitchener Panthers in this years Intercounty league play-offs. Barrie won the series.

Since a few guys posted photos of some old cars on the "speed limit on open lakes post" I thought I'd post some photos of my father in-laws Dodge Dart that he just finished working on. I know squat about this stuff, so your questions will likely go unanswered. Feel Free to post yours, just cause I know squat doesn't mean I don't like to look.

I can't read. I just post pictures.

Ya, but that is September where you are.

Good 'cause I was going to say: Your mailman??? Again??? Good Luck Laszlo and family!

http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2256619 He's considering a dogsled Posted By BRANDI CRAMER, THE NUGGET Posted 8:00am Jan 12, 2010 Paul Lafreniere says he'll continue to ice fish. But after putting his truck through the ice about 1.3 kilo-metres off Link's Beach Jan. 1, Lafreniere thinks he may just change his mode of transportation. Maybe a dog sled -- that would be safe," said the Mattawa resident. Lafreniere was back on Lake Nipissing Monday as Bartlett's Towing extracted his 3/4 ton diesel truck equipped with a plow from 29 feet of water. He recalls the events of that day quite vividly. He arrived at the lake about 1 p.m. New Year's day, hoping to tow his ice hut out to his fishing spot. Lafreniere didn't set out on his adventure without preparing. He called the outfitters, he checked ice depths, talked to bait suppliers and was informed about existing pressure cracks. I followed the flagged road out and proceeded to turn off the flagged road to go around a cluster of huts," he said. And without warning the whole front of the truck curved in and made a crack." The plow on his truck was hung up on one corner of the pressure crack, at which point Lafreniere and his nephew, Eric Bouchard, jumped through the open windows. Lafreniere walked around the truck to ensure his nephew was safe. Advertisement We both stood there and watched my truck disappear," he recalled. The hut was attached to the truck by a flat piece of metal with a hole cut in it. As the truck sank, the shack unhooked itself. I've been coming here for 40 years, it's the only place I fish," said the hardcore 49-year-old angler. It's close, and I know the lake -- or I thought I knew the lake. I guess you can never be too informed." It was the first time Lafreniere has ever been in such a situation or even seen it. When asked if he will move his hut to his regular fishing spot, he is quick to say no". Not a chance in hell to driving on the lake," he said, adding he will hire an outfitter to move it for him or consider buying a snowmobile. As he was interviewed in the comfortable space of a heated Bartlett's Towing truck, the recovery crew worked tirelessly recovering the vehicle which has sat on the bottom of Lake Nipissing for 10 days. Ice fishing is my passion," Lafreniere said of his love for the sport. Lafreniere doesn't regard himself as someone who did not know the lake. I am careful." And though he admits taking his hut out on Jan. 1 may have been a risk, he assumed it was a risk on the cautious side." I cut holes, checked the ice, there was 12 to 12 1/4 inches of thick, blue crisp, nice straight solid ice," he said. But I guess you can never be too safe." His truck and the recovery will be covered by his insurance company, but his plow and the contents of his vehicle are not. The plow is replaceable," he said. But if I had not been insured, it would have been a financial disaster." Lafreniere estimates the cost of the recovery and replacing his truck will be close to $100,000. The worst part about Jan. 1? Lafreniere having to face his wife Germaine. To put it mildly, my wife was a little bit angry," he said. As women can be, in the same time frame, she hugged me and made me realize the best outcome we could have had was the one we did." [email protected]

Not much of a write-up. The link does have a photo however. Maybe it will be in tomorrow's paper? http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2255914 Fishermen land 23-pound pike — PHOTO GALLERY Posted By Brent Roy (Photographer) Posted 12:20pm, Jan 11/2010 Dennis Roy holds a 41-inch, 23-pound pike he and Brent Roy caught at the North Bay waterfront Saturday at about 3 p.m. They caught it on a line with no lead and their own "special bait." It was their first day of ice fishing for the season.

Lots of lies on the net, but the photo you have of a somewhat big pike with a small pike in its mouth is legit.

I still use, and may never change, babyish and ash shoes. They float me well. Consider what you are going to use them for. Breaking trail? Thick bush? Carrying a heavy pack? Work? Sport? 1 walk in the snow every two years?

Speed is relative. I used to have a speedometer on my bicycle that would keep the "top speed". Coming down Blue Mountain during a triathlon my speed hit 91 km/h. Good thing I didn't know it at the time That felt about as fast as any other speed I have attained. Watch the skeleton during the Olympics. Centimeters off the ice in a "tunnel" traveling well over a 100 km/h and no brakes.

I was getting a little nervous there, the prop kept stopping.

The TTC is an easy option. Personally, I usually spend more when my wife is not around, and she spends a lot whether I with her or not.

I think the Sportsman show would serve you and your wife better. Just like you stated "broader range of entertainment".

I use synthetic. It saves me money. I get twice as many kilometres (or hours) per oil change (that's recommended by my mechanic) but it is only twice the cost with less trips to the garage. -Cold weather starts (this is Canada after all) -Short trips -Engines today are much different, so my oil is too. -turbo engine