kickingfrog

You predicted the seat or seat mount breaking?

There they are! Nice fish!

Big tease.

How low do I keep the flames on the BBQ??? You may regret the offer of advise via pm's, but I'm sure I'll be in touch soon.

You mean I'm not going to save money doing this???

Sounds like a good way to start. Anybody got an old GTA phone book their not using? Maybe I'll just use two Barrie ones.

Yes "she" is.

Quite a career. Remember those commercials with the other Bo.... Jackson? What will happen to Lucile?

So I've pretty well made up my mind to try and build my own fishing rod (I know I should wait for early winter, but my timing has never been spot on). I have tons of newbie questions. I could jump in with both feet, but I'm more of a one step at a time on the ladder type of guy, when it comes to this stuff. I've looked at the rod kits that Cabela's has and think I'll start there (but open to more local suggestions). The main questions I have are: What is the minimum "bench" equipment that I need to get started? I'm thinking in the way of rod holders/turners? Do I really need a motor if I'm not sure about this new endeavour? What are some of the mistakes that first timers make? Thanks for the help.

Being two feet tall, how did you get those fish in the sink???

MMMMM beer battered crappie and perch.

Nice feed of fish there.

From the tv news it looked like the docks right in down town Midland.

Just looking at some custom knives.

And here I thought it was going to be an OOS musky with a OOS bass in its mouth.

Considering buying a fillet knife on-line from the states. Is this possible? Is it a PITA?

It looks to me that Balsam lake is in exceptions, for walleye, if that is what your asking about. http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR_E001336.pdf

I've seen that picture of you with a nice warm sweater on with a nice northern eye... at the end of June!

The water was 8o degrees??? My soup isn't that hot sometimes. Nice to see that your patience/ persistence was rewarded.

I didn't know that they had a tent area!!! I should have a vehicle that I can put my canoe on by then too. I may be there after all. No more hiding behind my keyboard.

I'll be sure to pass that one along. Preferably in front of many of his friends.

Yep, same bay. Thanks for the up-date, that really makes me feel better.

Hi Joey, I only read the first couple of responses so I might be covering some of the same ground here. Don't go with the bank's option. The basics are the banks owns the policy and you pay the premium (good for the bank, bad for you). As stated the bank (if it does pay out in the unfortunate circumstance) will only pay off the balance of the mortgage, your premiums were based on the full amount borrowed(good for the bank, bad for you). A term policy through a life insurance company is owned by you and is based on your health at the time it is written. If your health situation changes the policy is still valid. If your bank owns the policy they may not allow you to continue when your mortgage is renewed (or the new premiums will be based on your new heath situation (good for the bank, not good for you)). Term insurance is cheaper than permanent insurance and is best used for temporary situations (mortgages, business loans and raising young children). In many cases you can switch all or part of your term policy to permanent at a later date and again it is based on you original health situation. Disability is much more grey. Get your life insurance situation taken care of first and foremost. If after that, if you think you want/need/ can afford disability insurance get it through an insurance company, not the bank and talk about the options. Insurance is not a fun topic, no one likes thinking about it. It is necessary however. In short: get term through an insurance company. If you include house, car and mortgage through one company you can save some cash as well. I would have responded sooner, but I was fishing. Rob

I got up to Lake Nipissing's south shore for an all too short fishing trip to start this week. Not much traffic on the highway. Getting close. The windshield was clean when I started. Almost the last turn. My uncle's place is a few small bays west of the Walltonian Inn for those of you familiar with the area. The conditions weren't ideal (when are they) but they could have been a lot worse. My brother and I mostly drifted with bottom walkers and crawler harnesses. We never did find a group of fish that we could sit, on but we did alright. My brother's first walleye of the season. This one was almost out the other side of the slot. (BTW my brother runs about 350lbs) Close-up We got a few for the pan and brought a small package home for my wife. No "blue" ones just some northern gold. After this one we figured it was time to head in for a bite to eat before we started on the bait. Power bait that is. Because of the limited time and the weather I really only used two presentations. When I was fishing with a bunch of other family members including small children we anchored and still fished. I used a power minnow on a jig. Did really well with that. It out fished the other three adults in the boat who were using minnows, the 10 year old girl who was also using minnows kicked my butt however. I will say that I was the one who tied up her rig, sharpened her hook and baited it. The other option was crawler harnesses on bottom walkers when it was just me or me and my brother with the big rollers moving us along. No real colour stood out although in the end we were both using brass blades, I with dark purple iridescent beads and my brother with chartreuse beads. I grew up in North Bay and still have lots of family that live there. My grand parents had the forsite to buy a small piece of property after renting a cottage for the summer back in the late 1950's when my grandfather worked one summer in North Bay. The area and the lake have change quite a bit in the 30 plus years I've been around. My personal observation on Nipissing is that the fishing is better now then it has been in the last 10-15 years. I caught and saw other boats catch more fish in the slot (40cm-60cm) and out the other side of the slot then any other year since its inception. Take that for what its worth. Thanks for taking th time to look.