tonyb

I was lucky enough to be able to film a show with Aaron again last May. The show will air this coming Sunday at 10:00am and 12:30pm on OLN. We are fishing a week after opening day of trout season with low & clear water conditions and we get into a bunch of fish on roe and the famous pink worm! I even got to do a quick talk about in-stream structure and how/why fish relate to areas...some helpful info I thought anyway Tony

How about that Malkin! He was the one to get the hat trick last night Oh yeah...Sid was feedin' him those gift-wrapped passes

Nope not a set oof ready made plans but you can get those for standard garage sizes (eg. single car or double car) from http://www.rona.ca This is a custom size in the sense that is isn't a single or double car garage but in-between. Materials alone will run you about $9-10,000 for 450 square feet. That's using pre-fab trusses and an insulated garage door w/opener. Something like this always adds value to your property too Tony

Here's some listings for Lake Simcoe: http://www.lakesimcoemessageboard.com/huts.php Tony

Well said Rick. What's more important...looking fashionable sinking to the lake bottom or floating when you go through the ice?

I believe the top of the windshield is 87" from the ground when it is on the trailer...just going to squeak under. My only remaining concern is if the motor can remain trimmed up and on the transom saver. Hopefully I don't have to remove the transom saver and trim the motor down everytime before backing it into the garage.

Finbore III all the way...used the Mora and Swede bore and they require a substantial amount of effort compared to the Finbore. You really don't need to apply much downward pressure with the Finbore as it just slices and eats up ice chips. I have the 8" and it is fairly easy in ice up to about 12"-14", anything thicker than that and a gas auger becomes more practical. If you do go with the Finbore remember to activate both your hands when cutting...the offset handle is designed to make use of both your hands. If you primarily fish for perch and panfish, get the 4" model...it is the fastest auger i've seen.

It's 15' x 30' and the door will be 8'hx12'w...should be plenty of room The boat is a 1900 Pro-V...

Yeah it is surprising, many people have mentioned that they had larger variances from property lines for non-attached structures. Here in this region it is only 3' required. We actually went 3'6" since we didn't have an up to date survey and the city granted the building permit no problem. There are no easements on the property and the 1 set of wires going over the garage may need to get moved ( Waiting to hear back from Cogeco to move it) Good tips on the light coloured interior, not sure about all that metal work though...you offering your services Wayne? And to think we initially were going to not have windows...glad we changed our mind on that...

Good to see some better sized fish making it to the dinner table compared to the babies that were so common last year...

You know you are addicted to fishing when the criteria for purchasing a home is that it must have room to store a boat. Well this past summer my amazing wife and I purchased a house that had room to build a garage (aka Boathouse ) She is amazing because she is always understanding and generous especially when it comes to my fishing forays, I love you babe! Here is the stages and progress up until now, won't be long until it is completed. The next step after the boathouse is complete is ordering the boat...sometime this spring! Making some room...good-bye old shed! Perparing for the foundation of the boathouse... Forms in place and concrete poured...note the addition of conduit into the concrete to be used to bring electricity for lights, door opener, and heat. Some framing... Some roofing, windows and man-door... It's all coming along very nicely, I can't begin to tell you how excited I am. More updates... Insulated garage door w/opener, siding & soffit added as well as eavestroughs. Tony

Go with a pair of Stabilicers or Korkers if you are looking for quality... You can see more types and pricing at http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...sp?id=cat601250 Tony

I like the sounds of Melk better...interesting photo indeed!

Don't bother wasting your time. The only uses I can think of for a cordless drill, would be to drill small holes to use for the spike anchors on those portable huts. Or they have a new attachment for cleaning out the slush from a hole Tony

So true...the driveway that my neighbour and I share is pretty wide, probably 3 cars wide, but I just can't imagine only shovelling down the 'property line' which would just be a single car width on my side, leaving the other double width worth of snow there. It's just so akward to not shovel the whole thing, expecially since I am fairly young and she is elderly, and I could use the exercise... While I was just finishing up another neighbour came over to thank me for helping the elderly lady, he had a snowblower and finished off the walkway up to her front door which was great because I was pretty exhausted. When I woke up this morning, my wife said that the street plow mess at the bottom of the driveway was already cleared out! must have been the neighbour with the snowblower I only wish that people could be more like this ALL the time, but I guess to get there we all need to start with ourselves Tony

Just ask for their home phone number so that you can call them at a more convenient time, like at Lew O'clock...

Ditto!

Thanks for the information...I'm sure it will come in handy sometime soon Those plastic caps seem to always fall off sooner or later...

Very nice...I'm dying to get out there this year and catch some fish through the ice. Hoping to hook up with Sam when the time is right. Tony

Thanks for the link...great resource of shows there!

Again!

Man I am slow today...read that a couple times before catching it

DOH!

I have to apologize to my team for not having logos and measuring tape for all the fish I caught that could have qualified...sorry team! Big Chinook Big Lake Trout Big Steelhead Big Brown Trout Big Coho Big Freshwater Drum Carp! Small Walleye! There's more too...times when I didn't even have the camera..Pike, Bass, Perch I feel horrible... Sorry TEAM! Tony