Joey

Snowing big puffy white flakes in Richmond Hill right now, just after it pelted us with freezing rain. Gonna be a fun drive to work in the morning. Joey

Yes, Yes and both Joey

Thanks Joe, you promised and delivered. I'm going to use those for this weekend at my sister's place for her 25th anniversary. Great seeing and chatting with you again bud. Joey

Yes, I appreciate your feedback Kevin. It shows you care. Can you elaborate on the booking of a cabin and then the cabin not being available due to one of you "not writing it down." I appreciate the compromise you worked out for us, but what if another cabin had not been available? My holidays would have been of to a very bad start. Thanks Joey

Great report, and once again, congrats on the Pickerel. Did you eat the cheeks yet You are welcome in my cabin any time bud. It was a pleasure. And thanks again for breakfast Joey

Great report Carole, I enjoyed seeing you again Great pics too. Joey

Yep, got my own bloody towel from the weekend before last. Love it!!! Nice fish Joey

Dang, did it AGAIN, twice in one night. Gotta get my own puter Joey

Your a dead man Wayne It was actually 25 bucks a beer, notice he tried to get away without giving me the fiver Very nice report and really great pics. So no skunkaroo for you Nice Sheepshead Terry, did you mount that Joey

Thanks for the heads up dsn. Joey

So my parents abused me? Can I sue them now? Joey

Quote: "I'll post pics of that fish with the rightful owner as soon as I get them loaded." Ah, I missed that part, thanks Cliff. Joey

I'm confused What's this, chopped liver? Joey

Lew and Paul, both of you have a wonderful day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! And Many more........ Joey

Great report Shelley. It was fun hanging out with you and sharing a cabin. Thanks for the laughs and the "leeks" Beauty fish you two got. Joey

Nice seeing you again Dan. Have you signed up for knot tying 101 yet I think our motor's swapped some paint this weekend. Wonder if we'll have a baby merc on our hands soon Nice pickerel you two got first day. You left so early you missed getting your T-shirt from Dave Mercer. I'll hang onto it for you and give it to you next time I see you. Joey

Hahahaha, that's hilarious TJ. What on earth do you need 4 screens for. Lets see. 1 for OFC 1 for Porn 1 for Family Pictures Ummmmmmmmmmmm What's the fourth one for? Joey

Man what beautiful fish. Very well done I'm kinda starting to like the month of November myself Great report and awesome pictures. Joey

Super report and pics Mike. It was great seeing you again. Until next year....... Joey

Blah, blah, blah..... Hahahaha, all kidding aside, congrats to him for his achievement. He was certainly on fire this year. Quite an accomplishment. Joey

Great report and pics Cliff. Its great to see the weekend you just had from another person's point of view And kudos to Sam from Carra Outdoors for his generosity. That was a nice surprise I bet. Joey

Congrats Chuck, well deserved win. Glad you got it all straightened out. Joey

I think that some of these problems were brought up last year and we did consider going somewhere else, but gave it another go this year. What bothers me the most is just their general lack of customer service and laxadaisle additude toward any of the problems that were brought up. You just got the feeling they didn't give a rats behind whether you were unhappy or not, and why should they, we go, we pay, we leave. They get what they want. This needs to be addressed by Merland or they will definately be losing us next year. Joey

Well after a wee nap, I think I have the energy to write our report. Our BOQ trip this year had a few problems in it due to Merland Park, which will be mentioned on here, but other than that, what a great trip this year. It started off with me calling Merland Thursday morning as we were packing ready to go to see if they had a coffee maker in Cabin 10 so I didn't have to pack one. I was told yes, there was a coffee maker in every cabin. I thanked her and said "See you in a couple of hours" to which she replied "Cabin 10 already has someone in it for tonight." I politely told her that I had reserved Cabin 10 for months now and that I specifically told Kevin we would be arriving Thursday afternoon, not once, but twice. She said "Well I guess he didn't write it down." She said she would accomodate us tho and would put us in another cabin for Thursday night, but we would have to move to Cabin 10 on Friday Better than nothing I suppose. Anyhow, we arrived and were put in the Pickerel Palace, and yes, it was definately a palace. Don't know what the going rate for this cabin is, but it certainly was nice. Here was our view for the afternoon. We unpacked and headed out for a fish but we had motor problems and it ended up being our spark plugs, which Paul had some spares so by the time we replaced them it was 4:30 or so and we fished til just after dark but no success. Chuck, Shelley and Bassmaster Mike showed up later and we hung out in our palace. Mike was a good suzie homemaker and kept the coffee flowing for us in the bitterly cold winds and weather we had this weekend. Before we went out fishing we moved to our Cabin 10 and reorganized. Then Paul and I headed out and I removed my BOQ skunk Finally!!! Mike showing off his Dr. Death that he bought at Carra Outdoors on the way in. DouG stopped in for a visit. Mike hooked into his first pickerel ever. He was pretty happy and I showed him how to do Pickerel Cheeks 101. We hung around the campfire nightly, which is always fun and the one thing Merland Park has that staying anywhere else wouldn't. Dano, Terry, Corey, Bill Parker and Ted & the Gadget. I feel Pretty, oh so Pretty...... Gerritt Whatchu talkin bout Willis Percher Roy showed up Late Friday night and joined us at the campfire. Here he is with Mike the Pike. GCD never looked so good and kept his clothes on the whole weekend Saturday Paul got into a nice one and we thought we had the trophy, she came in at 28.5 inches, but alas, Chuckie beat us. Congrats Chuck. Saturday night was the Pot luck dinner and before we ate, I revealed a little surprise. Dave Mercer really wanted to come to our G2G this year, but prior arrangements in his schedule wouldn't allow it, so he wanted to do something special for the OFC and arranged and sent me 40 Fact of Fishing T-shirts for us. Everyone was thrilled and we gave out proper sized shirts and then piled in together for a group photo of us wearing them. Not everyone could get in the pic as some had to man the cameras, but we did our best. Thanks so much Dave, that was top notch for sure and you are an A-one guy in my books The Pot luck was some of the most delectable food I've ever tasted and I personally want to thank everyone for all the effort they put into their meals. Some of the best food I've had in a long time. I think Cliff bought a pop at the machine and then realized he coulda had a V8 in this pic I always love going over the bridge here on the highway. Looks like your going to go off the ramp to jump Snake Canyon A view from the top on our way home today. Some sunset shots. I'm looking forward to next year already and thanks again for the great company everyone. The problems we had with Merlands this time, including the reservation problems and boat slips being assigned and not patrolled, were definately annoying. Nothing worse than coming back at night and going to your slip to find someone else in it, especially when we had to pay $10 a night for them . Maybe if we bring some of these problems up to Merland, they will fix them for next year so we don't have to find somewhere else to go. Cheers Joey

See you tomorrow bud, let the games begin Joey