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very cool JB and that the only way to do corn!!!!!

All of mine seem to be Temagami bound I've had the pleasure of seeing Northern lights more than a few times while up in Temagami. I hope and pray that there will be many dozens more for me. One time in particular was driving back from New Liskeard, in September after wings and a movie. Northern lights were absolutely out of this world and by luck I was driving. I almost put us in the ditch several times on that trip. Second one that stands out is fishing with my son up in the Kokoko Bay arm. He was about 10 and was on the back deck talking about how it has been a long time (maybe a month or so from last trip)since he has seen any wild animals. As if on cue out of the movies we round the next point with me on the trolling motor and come face to face with a big bull moose standing knee deep in the water. I turned to him and said "What, like that one?" We sat and drifted a little closer and watched this moose for over 15 minutes. We got so close that we could see the hundreds of flies buzzing around his head as his antlers were still in velvet. My son was getting a little nervous and we drifted into about 20 yards away but I knew the water dropped off to over 20 ft deep right in front of where the moose was standing. I was feeling a little cocky and gave a small bull grunt. The bull moose took 2 steps and launched himself into the water and swam right at our boat. I circled the moose with my trolling motor and for the next 10 minutes had him swimming within 1 rod length away from us. I reached out several times with a 7ft spinning rod and touch the top of his rack. He stayed with us for a bit and then swam back to shore, up in the cedars and gone. My camera was on the kitchen table back at the cottage so no pictures. What I think I'll always remember is my son trying to climb up on my Merc as the moose swam around the back end of my boat no more than 3 ft off the gunnels.

My Expedition has been an absolute dream to own. No real repairs in almost 10 years other than normal wear and tear on parts, 250,000 km and other than it's a thirsty boy at the gas pump I could not have had a better truck these last few years. It's getting a little long in the tooth and I've started looking at an Explorer and the Honda Pilot. If you want to spend a day and test drive a few different truck head out to AutoPark. You can drive a Dodge, Ford, Nissan and anything else they have in the lot in an afternoon. I was at Burlington location last week just to do my first walk through and probably be getting something new to me this fall. Also like the possibility of the Buick Enclave but need to do more research. My Expedition came from there and we bought my wife a GMC Envoy from Autopark Barrie a few years ago. Both have been great. It's a fine balance between gas mileage and power and after 8 years of the V8 Expedition I'm looking more at a V6 now. I pull a 1750 Crestliner Fishhawk and could get away with a smaller V6 now. It's the 3rd row seating that I can't give up. With temagami trips, friends coming along with my 2 kids and hunting and fishing, having that extra room is so hard to give up. Good luck in your search and be sure to share your test drive results. FWIW, we test drove the Cadillac SRX's when we bought my wife's Envoy and broke 2 on the test drives.

I bought the Sunburst version for my '02 Crestliner 1750 Fishhawk and ordered it with motor and trolling motor hoods. Door to door delivery was quick and I use mine year round on my boat in the driveway. After 3 years I'm seeing a little bit of color fading but it does get a ton of direct sun. In the winter I run a full blue poly tarp over it to help shed any snow Mine has tie down rings every 3 ft around the boat and I have 4ft sections of 1/8" rope that loop around the trailer frame and then can snug the tarp down for a tight fit No complaints on the one I bought. Much better performance that the one size fits most at Canadian Tire. I went through one of those in one season.

If your closer to the west end of the city I do recommend port Dover. Lovely shallow water beach for small children and such a neat little town. We've been taking our kids there for day trips for years. We were there on Thursday and had a great time

For big smallies keep an eye on Erie starting mid September. It's probably better mid October but loads of 4's and 5's are possible out of eastern end.

Ok since you put Rice lake in the post I will assume you'll be jigging weed lines and most likely be in that 8-14 ft of water that these edges occur in. For that depth I prefer a 6-3 or 6-6 rod. Mine right now are BPS Extreme and St Croix Mojo. Bucktails rule on rice followed by thin plastic minnows like Gulp and swim baits types. I also throw a lot of Power worms in 4" on rice for walleye. Black and blue and pumpkin/chart work well. I probably wouldn't be jigging though without using braid as main line. A small brass 3/16 worm weight on the 4"worm turns more walleye for me

What BB said. I tie up a 2up drop shot rig on 8lb flouro tied then to 8lb braid. One hook for each 24" above the weight and just enough weight to get it down. Been more comfortable with 3/4 oz and bigger fish are more like spongy takes that add weight to the line. Don't forget the jigging spoons when perch are a little more aggressive. Electronics are king to finding the perch schools. WP them and then go back and sit on them till they move. Minnows are best and I always go minnow on bottom and a small plastic like gulp up top

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Here's a link from my post about the Spring Fishing show Larson If I was buying anything I'd have a long look at this and try and go for a water test

Notice he never threw it to the right. I guess it's true they only know how to turn left

Arrived at 7 to a full parking lot. Grabbed a spot in the park just down the road. Sky opened up and it started pouring. Made it inside to a line up at cash about 50 ft long. Wandered through the fishing section, signs all over the place for 15% everything. Saw a few nice new salmon spoons/colours that I definitely will go back for. Very nice selection of salmon spoons/tackle and plastics. Like the Set the Hook stuff way too much!!! A number of "pros" on the floor helping out customers. Was really nice to see interaction. Saw Mark Kulik right helping out a several guys and was going to say hi but he was always busy. Good guy! Left the store without buying anything due to line up. It's only 10 minutes away so I'll be back. Only complaint was with a "pro" who was wearing a branded shirt from a high end rod company. What a jerk!! He had to share his knowledge with me as I looked at the Alabama rigs. I guess he figured no one knew what these were. I'd bump into him a couple more times as he continued to "educate" all the other customers. He spent most of the time at the end of the counter talking to a couple of his buddies. I was 2 aisles over and could clearly hear the swear words mixed in and noticed several other customers look too. Glad I don't own any of those rods!!!

Very nice rods mentioned so far at those prices. For a great value have a look at the BPS extreme and carbonlite series. I own several extremes and find they compare in sensitivity to much higher $ rods

When these first showed up at Costco a few years ago I bought one as a back up - same grey colour too! It's been through all the crap outside jobs and trips over the years and is still 100% waterproof. Fished a week in Manitoba a few years back and it rained every day. Not totally breathable but it's better than my Columbia which I get almost as wet inside as out when it rains.

Like this site for the bigger speciality flies. Good prices never had a problem with orders but you do have to buy by the dozen. The bass bugs are a great deal at $9.48/dozen http://www.albrightflyfish.com/flies.html

Nice one Johnny, I never left the island up there all weekend. Took a while for me figure out that trolling route but then I saw which way the North arrow was pointing. Never fished in that spot before. Did you manage a few trolls for walleye. How were the bugs??? I'm still scratching bites as they were brutal back around Spawning Bay at the place I was staying

Dave524 was the way I started to do it when I built my first mast. Fixed length of line and I attached to coat rack hooks on each side of the mast and wound the line back in around the hooks.At the end of the day put the boat into neutral and hand line the boards back in. I've seen another neat system where they used galvanized cloth line pulleys, mounted on a cross bar attached to the mast. They drilled out a hole on each pulley spool and fastened a handle to each to wind the line back in. To lock down the pulley when line is out they just put a hook and eye type system in around the pulley openings on the spool.

Nice one Lorne, I actually drove into the parking lot late (5:15 ish) in the day and saw you (recognize the hat!) Decided to check one other swim down the lake and head back if it looked empty but all parking spots were jammed solid. By the time I got back here looks like you had left. I wet a line for a bit and had a couple bumps but only had about 20 minutes before I had to leave

OK Roy wins!!!!!!!

That is a sweet boat but it's my buddies. He picked it up from the US last fall and has it running like a charm now. I still have my lady (crestliner) and she's headed for the first test run this week John. Will be out very soon for salmon and trout. My smoker is started to feel neglected

While we seem to be on the topic guys, I was at a fly-in a few years ago and the guides did up bean each day we had a shore lunch. Maybe it was the whole fly-in, fresh walleye, good company and cold beer but give this one a try In a standard pot add 1 big table spoon of real butter. Dice 1/3 onion for each can of beans and simmer onions lightly in the butter. The key here is not to reduce the onion down but keep them slightly firm in texture Squeeze 1/4 lemon per can of beans onto the onions Add 1 tea spoon per can of your fav hot sauce (I add the Thai Sweet Chili sauce and triple it up to 3x) Add your beans and heat through The guides called these BAD A** BEANS

Heck Brian I have several cans in the overhang cupboard at my desk. Nothing like eating them right out of the can while at work!!!!

They were CDN residents. We only had a couple of hours so no long distance trip across to Sturgeon Pt area. From where we launched we just had it up on plane for 2-3 minutes and then shut her down again. Hardly got the motor warmed up when the graph was showing some good schools out 50 FOW. I'd love to hit that area on the south shore next trip though. and yes Mongo likes candygram!

:clapping: Another Bush Bean lover!!!!! Always have the cupboard stocked