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Those pictures make my stomach hurt. IT IS TO EARLY for white stuff. Thankfully on the map there is enough distance I will be saved the agony of ice and snow for a little while longer.lol Art

well done I love to see craftsman at work. Art

Very nice report thanks for sharing. Hope you get out fishing a few more times before the water gets hard. Art

In August we found out at the lodge our Conservation card was expired however they printed out a temporary one as well as a license to fish. Sure as can be DNR checked me and the temp and license got me thru with flying colors. # weeks later My 3 year card arrived at my house in the USA. Art

This thread is getting out of control and on my nerves with the threats and disparaging remarks. You want to comment on the games, players and hockey related things I am good with that. You want to insult and mock swear take it to a P.M.. Be spirited is fine being impolite is not. Hopefully we are on the same page because alternatives as Roy so politely put it are closer than you think. Thanks Art

very nice report and a good time I am sure. Thanks for sharing. Art

Looks like a good time for everyone who has an interest in this to speak out. Art

Down South they are known as DNR or department of natural resources. For years we had a club on the river that we could set up picnics and etc to make it a real comfortable place for the summer. The DNR would swing by to talk and check a few of the jet skis or boats on the launch. As time went on they started to tell a few of us in the club when they saw someone in the jetski community break a rule and ask us to make it stop before they had to write tickets. This was the turning point where we all respected and understood each other. They would come over when ever they wanted and food and drink were always offered to them no matter who was down at the club. Don't get me wrong they did have a job and they did do there job when needed and wrote tickets to some of the club members when we got stupid but it never felt like they had a grudge. Time passed and three years later they got reassigned and the next DNR crew rolled in and started off with a meeting with the club to assure us that things would remain the same. The good news was the old officers bought jetskis and joined the club. Uniformed or not if you take time to see the person you will find usually they are just as nice as you are to them. Art

I so love fish with teeth when I go fishing that's what I want to catch. Very nice fish for sure Art

I wouldn't know a trout if Doc Sal slapped me up side the head with it. That though I bet is a prime example of a good trout nice catch. Art

I think I am 10 checks for 10 visits to Lake Nipissing in my boats I haul up from Virginia. They have always been polite asked me how my vacation is going and then a check for license and equipment and any fish in the boat. I keep one or two pike for the fish fry but other than that they all go back into the water. Most of the fishing I do is in resort areas so I try to leave as many good fish for the next vacationer to catch as I can. The lodge owner appreciate it and it keeps us going back year after year. Art

Yes pond X has been very very good to me. I was just scouting and didn't stop to fish any of the pods I found which was about 30. Big fish was 15 inches most were 10-13 inches few were smaller than 9 inches. As a bonus I got a few platter sized bluegills and a few nice bass to mix it up. Art

I use a slow troll with a jigs tipped with a mealworm. I try to get down 1/3 the water column so 12 feet water 4ft jig depth. Once I get a hit I drop a buoy and fish behind it 10ft or so . Today I used 50 mealworms and caught 75 fish it was a bright sunny day so don't let the sun keep you from fishing. Art

WE ARE DEVO......

I have a 4wheel drive with 3.72 gears and 4 wheel E locker which tows a 3600 lb boat do you think gas milage was the deciding factor on my purchase??? It still gets an amazing 17 MPG but if you want to play you got to pay. I have had this truck in 2 ft of snow and ice on some hairy places with no one around to help me get unstuck but I have the right equipment to do the job. Buy what you can afford and buy what will do the job. If it needs 4x4 and the price is to high for a new one then get a used on. To buy a new truck that will not do the job is to buy a new truck that will not make you happy or worse not fulfill the job you want it to do. Art

While we wait for Roy to return I will add my .02 cents worth. What the members see on a thread is not all of the information that the Moderators see. We see the reports from members that alert us to a thread that is breaking the rules. We see the comments that we remove that are inflaming the threads. We then have just a few minutes to make a decision on will this thread be corrupted again or will it fly straight without consuming our time. We all have lives to live we get the fact that every one wants to be the hero of the internet and say the right thing and have people hang onto our every word. It will not happen on either end some of the members will always be disappointed with the way the forum is moderated and the moderators will once again ask themselves why do I keep this site open when all we get is kicked in the balls again and again and again. Food for thought folks this is not a money maker for us I make over $100.00 an hour as a Company owner and Master Plumber the time I share with this board and the people are because I love the people and the community it has grown into. If you think it is a power trip for me to lock a thread your world is to small in any given day, the decisions I make at work on one job affect projects with costs that affect both people and business that could buy and sell the net worth of this board 20 times a day. Winter is coming and we allow a little more lateral in this season but realize it does not mean you can break the rules. Keep in mind as you bash the moderators that we are people to and when the last one of us says "Uncle" the light will be turned off. Thanks for reading my rant I am glad I asked Roy to watch over this thread My first impulse was to lock it down, he has taken a better course of action. I am grateful both for his knowledge and tact. Art

I have seen ones with a reversed notch in the end to help dock but this is a new one on me. A good rub down with mineral oil would make it ideal for your mancave. Art

well done and a nice trip. Thanks for posting another one of your awesome reports. Art

And your tag line could be Holy Mackerel as you fish slap'em around.lol Art

Ummm first you all got to get your hands on some pistols.lol You can step into Uncles Artties Weapons Emporium and plumbing parts. Art

It gets fun when a 2WD is spinning the tires and the boat launch has enough angle to it to drag the truck backwards. I bought a 4X4 for the weather and towing of boats for down here in the South I imagine you can get more use and justify it easily up North Don't forget to look at the Eco Boost you will not regret it. Art

Actually I spoke for myself as a moderator in that I do not judge political views in Canadian politics I am not Canadian so I read them for rule breaking not for views. I do rely on the other Moderators to judge things as they see with the insight of the Canadian system as they rely on me to Moderate the ones on US political views. Hope this clears this up. Art

Next time get in the truck Spiel. Art

No actually you were "modified" for breaking the rules. I don't have anything vested in Canadian politics so I judge them not for there views but for their content as they apply to the rules. please keep this civil and fact based and it will continue. Art

Nice of you to offer this. Good Karma to you. Art