Fisherman

Ha, that second photo has the right smile that says, mind your manners. Good to see some young ones are getting the proper training.

I wonder if it's only the LED indicator lights that quit, if you use it for 24 hours a day for 180 days x 3 years would be just over 12K hours, some LEDs are rated for l;onger than that, but who knows. If you charge the battery(s) for 24 hours, then unhook them from the chargers and let them sit for 12 hours, not hooked up to anything, a fully charged battery should still read 12.65 volts with a good digital meter.

I spent about 24 hours over the last 2 weeks up there fishing at the northern end of the derby area, catching was pretty dismal, but, the fish finder says they are there, just picky eaters. Most of the guys I know caught them on blue/silver Silver foxes or pink/pink dot or purple Lymans. Fish were found anywhere from 35/60 to 110/150 FOW, preferred temps were all over the place, every time you get a day of heavy winds, it seems the whole bay gets stirred up.

That looks pretty much like a right off and total rebuild coming, could have been a tragic ending for someone. Hope they had some insurance. Kinda makes me glad my old trailer is a little further away from the big trees.

Well there's always the option of coming up to Barrie, fish right at the foot of Bayfield St, there's parking right nearby and a couple of picnic tables at hand. Shore fishing will get you a variety of panfish with the odd bass and pike thrown in if you are lucky. If you get bored of that, you can take a quick walk or drive around to Centennial beach, about 1/4 mile around the bend right by the water fountain. Bait is available at Simcoe Bait and Tackle at the corner of Innisfil Rd and Tiffin St. Good luck.

Donny is only doing his job, however, I would question his sneekyness is wearing other non uniform clothes over his assigned work clothes.

If you have a a car, come west on highway #90. about 12km west of Barrie, upon entering the village of Angus(sometimes the "G" has tape over it), right at the first old steel bridge, you'll see the Salmon fest trailer on the right. About 100 meters further on the left side of the highway is the entrance to the old conservation office parking lot. Stop in there and watch. Essa township requires you obtain a Township permit, $20, but if you enter the Salmon fest for a bit more, it's included for the year. I believe the permits are available at the library in town or the Home Hardware.

Well hope it works, at home there's no problem, at work, I developed an awsome twitch that would be ideal for jigging walleye, could only get 2 threads at a time, the rest wouldn't show, Oh well, have to wait until after labour day, holidays started at 6pm today.

Hmmmm, a little lost in the "post" zone.....

Are the slotted ribs on the inside of the lid?

Country music is the root cause of of wind in the west...it sux,(country muzic) I'm tired of diluted beer from all the tears, dam dog keeps running off with the witch of a girlfriend and she's even cheating on him, etc, then again c-rap is no better,

I just heard of two lucky ones that managed to make it to shore on boogy boards, 17' bass boat that was leaking sank in about 2 minutes, 2 miles off shore in 150 FOW, where were the life jackets, locked in the storage locker, now that's a real smart pair that survived, hope they don't have any offspring.

Looks like Lake O must be in a different day zone

That's no different than a an Austin Mini and a transport truck approaching each other on an undivided 2 lane highway, maybe they should outlaw big boats and keep them in the St Lawrence and they can get run over by freighters.

Berkley Micro Ice, 4 or 6lb

Ya, mine at work still has the same problem as Hooked and Steve, shows about the first 4 or 5 topics, and then will only go to the first 2 posts to that topic. Can't get past that and get to reply or any of the other features. Does it under all the subcategories of Main, classified, help, etc. RRRRRRrrrrr.

We did it in about 5 hours, leave very early in the morning, about 0200, drive X crountry, Barrie, Anus, Alliston,Guelph, London, cross at Windsor, trhu Detroit, back home late that night. Should have stayed another day, maybe next time or wait and see if the store in Montreal is going to be built.

People do the darndest things to save a minutes extra effort of adding a ground wire, I guess thats one of them, same for running a proper ground wire all the way back to the light bracket on trailers.

So what if he likes to eat a few fish, it's part of fishing, don't see anyone lamenting about all the cows that get eaten or chickens that get their arse kicked by some "handlers. Like Danbo said, he's done quite a bit for the improvement of the sport.

There is a boat launch about 300 meteres east of the park right across from the lights at #26 and Grey Rd 19(?), you may have to push/pull a bit, a little shallow right now. How far out, oh gawd, nothing that close right now, maybe a few bass hanging around the shoals....did I mention PROP biting shoals, you'll see what I mean, all sorts of little "islands" popping up, made of rocks that bite props. Be careful with a shallow 14' boat, it can get extremely rough out there in a hurry.

In general it applies more to boats with downriggers because the steel cable takes the charge all the way down to the ball, although I did measure a bit of u/amp current flow from +12 to the water around the back of the boat. Best thing to do is totally avoid using an aluminum hull as the return ground to battery, use an actual wire to complete the circuit, isolate all electrical contacksts from any other metal surface. Protroll has some good info there.

I would tend to believe your diagnostic is correct, alternator is going FUBAR. Take off the battery cables, positive and negative, slacken off the belt or serpentine belt, remove the alternator. Draw a diagram to show where the wires go, something like Murphy's Law will make you forget how to reinstall them correctly. Take said suspicious alternator to your local Canadian Tire, for NO Charge, they will put it on the test machine, give it a spin and tell you within a minute or less if it's still up to specs. I had to replace one on my '91 Jetta, $69, my long gone POS '94 Chev, $160, and they come with a good warranty, KEEP THE RECEIPT...Like Hop Singh says "No tikky, No laundry" Installation costs, a couple of dirty hands, bruised knuckles if you're a real cave man with no finesse, go find a buddy that can play with nuts...and bolts. And lastly, RTFI, it says, install ALL the wires on the alternator BEFORE replacing the battery cables, there's a reason for this. You may well fry the diodes if you don't, and that's not covered. Go forth and wrench...

Nice pic's, and what is that second "fish head" or is it something else? Looks like more teeth than I'd care to have bite me.

A lot of mfgr's don't recommend doing that, a sure way to screw the alternator and the other electronics. You might be able to do that with a 1960'70's car or truck, but not the newer ones.

Man, that's a looooong hump. Drove it a few times, learned that the best time to drive it is night, it's like watching paint dry. Rule one, never let the tank get below half, rule two, when it's at half, fill it up. Even though there's a lot of little "dots" on the prairie map, they may just be 2 grain silos and a gas pump that's not open. If your not into stopping in Calgary/Edmonton and want to save a bit of road time, once you are west of Winnipeg, take #16, Yellowhead highway, from Portage la Prairie westbound. Have a good trip whichever way you go.