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Thanks guys for the input. I tried West Marine a while back for a different project (console) and they told me they didn't stock it in that store but since they moved I haven't been back in. Will be driving by there tonight on my way to the ball park. At the same time I'll check if they have marine carpet but I'm afraid of the price they want.

Looking for a source to buy real 3/4 inch marine plywood around Oakville. I have some deck hatches on my booat that need replacing and when I went to look was told all I will find is green pressure treated at Home Depot. I always believed that the green plywood does not have the lamination strength or tightness to compare to real marine playwood. I guess it would do in a pinch but looking for the right stuff. Thanks guys

Take those back. Small Senkos do not catch fish. Especially in Temagami

I bumped into a long lost fishing buddy last year and it would be nice if we could work out a trip up to his family cottage. Private launch for cottagers only and you could fish the whole lake without starting your outboard. My other 2 times on this lake about 10 years ago were very memorable. First 3 cast I had 3 smallies on, smallest was 21". The lake is hardly fished as most cottagers are non anglers and being a smaller lake there's really only car toppers or canoes out there. South side of the lake is all rock, cliffs and shoals, top end is 1-2 miles of floating logs, duckweed, lily pads and undercut willow bushes.

My votes go for the Mojo and BPS Extreme. I have several Extremes purchased when they went on sale for $69 and have never felt the need to go out and replace these. Have both trigger and spinning and they perform flawlessly beside more expensive St Croix, Fenwicks and Diawa's. Last year I picked up 2 of the Mojo's to replace some older Team Diawa finesse rods (try and find these if you can) that were finally beat down and could not come back to life. The 6'8 Mojo drop shot is a really nice rod. Another light to medium series I like for similar money is the St Croix Premier

What sites did you find useful to find this style of boat. I've been searching but have only really found Walleye Inc and then tons of bass boats

This post is killing me. I'm stuck in the city all summer with work and a basement reno. Malcolm leaves on Saturday for that exact spot. Was there last year for a week and did well on lakers and walleye end of June. You could kind of say that place is kinda home as I married into the family that owns it. Been moose hunting in the fall there for +20 years and have 10 or so fly in trips with buddies plus all the day trips in to help Rick with guests. Boy I miss that. Nice lakers and boy is the water level high this year. When the dock lays flat like that you know the water level is up. The narrows into Lady Evelyn (first pic)is our picnic spot and we always lay in those rock and drink beer. The rocks on the left side under water is what you normally stand on. Thanks for the pitures and report. Will make getting through today a little easier

My biggest carp ever came this way. 1/8 oz jig tipped with a leech off Rams Island in Hay Bay. It was long weekend in May and I was sure I had the biggest Quinte walleye ever. Never saw it for the fisrct 5 mio nutes or so. Took over 15 minutes to finally come in on 6lb test and I didn't have a net big enough. Never got a tape or scale on it cause I couldn't get it in the boat but I'd say in the 25 - 30 lb range Had another similar instance when I hooked a 15 lb sheephead in the niagara. Saw a quick flash of silver down deep and figured I had a monster bow on but knew something was wrong as all it did was sound back down to the bottom. Still an awesome fight I won't forget in both cases.

Try starting with the free spool backed off a tad more than for basic casting and start with a heavier weight say 3/4 oz. Get a decent 10 yard flip going and work on getting the lowest lure level off the water and a soft landing. From there you can work on distance and backing the free spool off a little more. If when you flip the lure keeps raising higher off the water then that's a sign your free spool is still a little too tight. I do a lot of practice in the back yard walking around and flipping to the base of trees, planters, under lawn chairs. It helps get in the groove before hitting the water As said your thumb is your best control.

There is a maximum length for goods so check with your airline. We flew into/out of Winnipeg a few years ago and did the 4" PVC tube with the threaded end/duct tape with no probelms. Managed to get 8 rods packed in easily I used to use a Plano travel tube but when it came out in the baggage claim in Florida bent in half, pretty much ruined my vacation. Sad to see 4 one piece rods in 8 pieces.

Make sure you check your fuses too. On my ford there are back up fuses for trailer brake, turn and hazard signals. I had a problem a couple years ago like this and rewired everything only to find a 5 amp brake fuse had blown on my panel. In your manual find the fuse panel diagram and check for any that are trailering connectors.

Started out early this morning to check in around hamilton bay for any carp activity. Spot #1 - nothing, Spot #2 - nothing. Although I did bump into Viktor and Frozenfire, nice chatting with you guys, hope you did better than me at that spot. After a quick Timmies break spot #3 was just as barren. When I mean barren it was all cold water, very clear and no other local carp angelrs to be seen. When no one else is around I know that's my cue that not much is happening. Spot #4 did change for the better though. I walked to the shoreline and the water was alive with bubble tracks in front of me. I've never seen anything like that before. There was also nice dirty green water from the creek run off and every now and then you could see a carp come up to the surface. Hooked and lost a small one within the first 5 minutes. After that it was pretty steady with a bite every 20 minutes or so. Mostly smaller fish around 4-5 lbs but pretty feisty This one was 24 inches but fought great on 6lb and a steelhead rod Went 5 for 9 over the next couple hours and then got a good one. Funny not much of a fight on this one at all - 30" The rain was off and on and finally got too much so packed it up and headed home Final tally 7 for 10 (mostly small ones) 4 broken waggler floats 1 soaked folding chair (it fell in the water) lost most of my egg sinkers when the case tumbled out of my bag and spliied into the water and not the least 1 broken 13ft steelhead rod, snapped clean on the first guide above the ferrule. Strange very strange. Gonna see what the warranty on the Steamside rods are. Bought it at fishing world last fall but who knows where the bill is.

Loads of us that live and fish out of Oakville contacted the city last year when this was being pushed through. I had several emails responded to but honestly it was a futile exercise as the yacht club was putting huge pressure on city council. There's still a few salmon boats with mooring spots as you drive in and the one guy I happened to stop and chat with last year was getting out. They had pushed him from a river spot several years ago to way back up towards the entrance off River street. Told him that they needed the channel spots for bigger boats. I agree, I sure miss the old Bronte. I moved to Oakville 14 years ago and launched out of Bronte until all the vandalism started. Although nothing has ever happened to my trailer. I've seen flat tires and clean cut signal wires a few times. Last year I pulled in to do some peir chucking and the boat guys were cleaning up nails that had been left all over the boat launch Started using the 16 mile launch but it's gotten crazy busy down there too and never any parking because of that yacht club. Last year I paid my fee and launched at 6am - came back around noon to find my truck and trailer blocked in as there was function on at the club. Took over 30 minutes to find the idiots that were illegally parked. I was trying to look up the parking enforcement number when they finally came out - not one word of apology. too many inconsiderate rag bags on the water now for my liking.

you're ????? fly looks like a version of a muddler minnow As much as I ever tried I could never catch anything on those san juan worms

was waiting for that reply Wayne small orange blades in the spring work for me, plus I do a lot of drifting with worms on small jig heads and floating and lead head. Sometime they want them on the bottom sometimes up a few feet off.

Have made my own for years. #2-4 colorado blades, varied colors, a few small silver/gold beads and a brass body weight Only ever buy branded ones if I need bigger than #4's and then it's Blue Fox and a few left over old Olympiques I have that are used sparingly

Oh Boy! this is the number 1 spot on my bucket list. I've got locked out from holidays at work from April to October as a new computer system is going in live for Sept 1. Wife is miffed as it means no summer plans can be made. Plus I just dropped a boatload getting the foundation dug up and waterproofed. Have a great time guys! Be sure to take lots of pictures. For fun I just might pretend I'm going and pack up a tackle bag with several rod and reel combos. Now where did I put those Johnson spoons, bucktails and swimbaits Solo, Grimsby tackle had some very cool large plastic baits in bulk when I was there last. All I thought was big pike way up north. I had to buy a bag of 8" white sassy shads. Very jealous guys - enjoy

For shows at Massey I parked at Victoria/Richmond St E. Google Massey Hall and there's parking 1-2 blocks south on Victoria. 2 nice tavern style restaurants right there, Had a couple good meals at Duggans but that was a few years ago. Enjoy the concert

Electric hot plate from CTC $20 3 BBQ trays CTC $5 each untreated cedar boards from Home Depot ~$50 It did let out a bit of smoke between the boards but fixed that up with silver furnace tape Around 4 ft high and all sized to fit the BBQ trays. I add a couple hot charcoal briquettes to get temps up to 170-190C Finished product

Not a great start to trout season. My son and I left Saturday morning a little bit before 5am. It was cold and no rain but that didn't last long. 10 minutes down the road I had to turn the wipers on high. When we finally got to the river, the water level was very high and totally mud. We stuck it out until first light, trying to muster up a few bites only to find the river rising and we were getting colder and wetter by the minute. Plan B kicked in and we headed back to the truck and looked for the closest Tim Hortons. The trail on the way out, Clearest water we found all day What a difference a day makes. Watched the local creek and there was defintely signs of clearing later Saturday. My son wanted to sleep in on Sunday so it was just me on a solo trip. Water was perfect and the river was back down to fishable levels. On the first bend I stopped at, it was all little guys just hammering the roe bag. Must have hooked a trout on 10 successive casts all around 7-8" long. Good sign for the future. Moved to the first deeper pool and didn't take long to hook up - bottom bouncing a whole worm Note to self, don't rely on my phone for a camera. Quality on high res is still horrible Bounced around between a couple of pools and ended up 9/11, most on worms. Biggest landed was 28.25" Now here's the fish story, Late in the morning I stopped at an old favorite pool. Years ago, my buddy Brent and I had a stellar day here, landing over 40 nice steelhead. At the end of the drift there was a dead deer floating in the river, stuck on the log jam. From that day it's been the "dead deer hole". Second drift through the pool I had my rod slammed as a big, a really big trout crunched my bait. Over the next 5 minutes this fresh silver charged through the pool, jumped several times and had me wrapped up in a couple nasty sticks. I can't remember ever having a bigger trout on in the river. My guess is 15lb and my hands were shaking trying to will it to shore. On the last jump it hit the water like a fat kid doing a belly flop and proceeded to wrap me up in the biggest root system on the bend. My last glisp of the beast was it's head shaking just above the water line about 3 feet back in the root system. I can't really remember the line breaking - just standing there trying to figure out what to do next. Oh well re-tie and hook up another worm and back tomorrow!

I shoot with my BB and under camera options set up to save the image to the card and then just remove and plug into the computer, Just another option for you.

The 120 applies to any minnows you have in your possession, live or dead, store bought or self caught. MNR were actively checking the salties on Simcoe and letting evryone know it is part of the overall count. Try Google search with preserving cut bait using laundry bluing. The recipes are primarily used for salmon fishing but I've seen these preserved baits and boy do they shine. Scales don't come off and they don't go all white and milky.

It is a mess for sure. I'm about 10 minutes down the road and even our little creek was roaring all night long. Went out to pick worms and it was too cold for them to be out. What a difference from last year but that's fishing! I was taking Monday off to extend my weekend and do some quiter stream fishing but looks like I'll delay that day off till Thurs/Fri next week

I love my expedition too! As much as she loves the gas! Been looking at a new to me purchase maybe this year if gas continues to rise. Like what I see and hear about the pilot but also going to look at a GMC Acclaim and I think the Torrent too

Sitting down to dinner and look out across the road to see a wild turkey hen on the grass. I'm in dowtown Oakville though just a few blocks from the lake. They're everywhere! UPDATE after dinner Still walking around the neighbourhood like it hasn't a care in the world. I know my beagle is about ready to go through the front window.