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I will not let my 11 yr old son read this!

Had the same problem with my 2002 115 Merc last year. Spider web was completely blocking the port. Took it inot the marina thinking I needed a new impeller. A good blast from an air compressor fixed it right away. Compressed ait may not be strong enough depending on where the blockage is. Mine was in the lower end and pretty big from what the tech told me.

Was out driving around today and noticed a big sign out in front of the Holiday Inn on Harvester Rd in Burlington Flyfishing Show April 10th Seminars Displays Exhibits

great article on Ontario Out of Doors, Fishing Annual. Lists the launches. St. Catherines marina, Port Dalhousie are the most common. I think there is also a public launch around the mouth of the welland canal i think. April sees the lakers and chinook salmon with rainbows and browns mixed in. Good brown trout bite in shallow when you can find them. Most tried and true methods early are boards with minnow plugs,spoons in shallow and then head out with riggers and boards looking for the kings. I never got into a shallow bite last year. fished anywhere from 60 to 200 off Dalhousie last year. Great laker fishery and it coughs up some big brutes every spring. The area from the mouth of the Niagara right through to in from of Hamilton Harbor will have fish in the spring. Invest in a VHF as loads of us are all plugged in out there and sometimes you'll get a helpful hint whether fish are in tight or sitting out in 15-200ft.

I think mines a 2000 or 2001. It's in the driveway but all tarped up for the winter still. Will be getting it ready soon. If I can get in her and take the floor measurements I'll send the to you. Is it just the bottom level you need - where the driver pedastals are mounted to

I've used 3 different sets over the years on a 24V Minn Kota First set was Interstate 27's - they were alright Kirklands from Costco - noticed I got a lot longer between charges, maybe I just ahd a bad Interstate. Enegizers (best $ is Walmart) seem alright after first season - no problems. I just could not spend the extra $ on the optimas and feel I was getting that much better performance

When on shopping trips to Buffalo with the family, one stop I always make is inot the Topps right beside Gander Mountain. Bush Beans are sooooo gooood!!! Eat em cold right out of the can! Still have 2 cans sitting on my shelf at home but will look for them a wallyland.

Not really what you asked for but a fun site to browse through to pass the time. Never know what you'll find crashtoys.com

Launch is at Queenston or you can put in from Port Dalhousie and make the run down. Queenston puts you right on 2 of the most popular drifts. I learned a lot from http://www.outdoorsniagara.com/ look for the map to show more popular drifts. I've only made a few trips and still in learning mode. Watch boundaries that put you in US waters and make sure you have everything in your boat for a safe trip. DO NOT ANCHOR!!!!! It's drift fishing with roe, streamers, minnows mostly. Get your bait on the bottom. You'll loose a fair bit to snags first few trips.

I'm in the same boat, looking to pick one up for next years hunting/ice fishing season. What I've been doing is reveiwing kijiji ATV listing's weekly to give me an idea of asking prices. After a couple of weeks you'll see the same ATV's relisted at lower pricing. Auto trader seems to have a lot of dealers and not much private sales Without seing make and model I'd say a 2001 should be in the $3.5-4K range

TMH when are you there in July. My families always up there last 2 weeks. We bunk in with Rick and stay in the little cottage on the dock. If you see a red crestliner parked on at his dock drop by. We'll go terrorize the smallies up in kokoko or obabika. We always do a couple campfire nights and get the guitars and crown royal out so drop by Paul

Aw Brian you had to mention that. Looks like a trip to Fortinos in the morning. I hate getting these cravings. Worst part is my son eats as much as I do with this stuff so it's double the price. I think I can still get 2 pounds of king crab for $18. Oh what the heck it's a four pound night and maybe I'll even splurge for name brand beer as the leafs will extend the winning streak Dynasty of the future Stahlberg Caputi That's just pitiful!

sounds like a bit of inside information. If they did advertise that it would have been a stampede. I'm feeling a little sour just cause I didn't get one. So the $ I was going to spend there next weekend I'll think I'll spend at LeBarons. I'm taking my ball and going home now!

Colts, sun screen and a Rock Star energy drink.

For regular mono line I really like fresh line. I change up every couple of trips I have most of my spinning reels with about 1/2 the spool filled with backing. I like the red or yellow Raven so it's very visible. Then I fill the rest of the spool with my line weight and type needed. A simple blood knot joins the main line to my backing. I usually get up around 3 spinning reel refills out of a single spool of line so changing up is actaully more affordable for me On reels were I might actually get into the backing once in a while I fill from a bare spool but still change at least every season Like Mepps said some of my braid outfits are getting to be 3+ years now. I remember last year finally pulling off some 50lb Fenwick Iron Thread. Who knows how old that stuff was

Head to a dollarama and go down the summer aisle. They sell 2 items for the summer thant might help you. They have a thin closed cell foam bed roll for camping. I think it's a bout 1/4-1/2 thick. Also in the gardening area they have a 8"x14" kneeling pad for working in the garden. It's about 1" thick and I've used a few of these just re4cently to lock in my fish finder battery inot my small cooler so it doesn't bounce around. You also might find small swim boards there too.

Fish predominantly the north end with a couple of honey holes mid to south side. I'm sure the same lures will work Smallies pop r's against the shore, xraps in the small size best colors for me where the clown and the green back. Berkley 3" gulp any color on a jig. and I'd never leave the dock without a good selection of 4" senkos. dark colors have been ridiculous the last couple of years but also white I drop shot now a lot for smallies up there and use the senkos and 3" Gulp Walleye I like to troll up there to cover water. Walleyes can be the hardest to find in that lake and they move around day to day. Bottom bouncers with a worm harness is hard to beat. Get some local advice as to places to start. At that time of year I don't think people fish deep enough. I like 25-30 FOW for trolling and then move up to 15-20 ft breaks/points for the evening bite. Chartruese and orange blades work best for me. If you do get on the walleye for jigging or just still fishing, slip bobbers are deadly. Worms, leeches and 3" Gulp all work under a slip float. Pike Find a good weed bed in 10 FOW. The best ones are close to wooded shorelines. Cross Bay/Lake is really good pike water. My pike bait of choice is a 5" swim bait. Saw the biggest pike of my life last year follow my swim bait right back to the boat. Just as I flicked it to change direction it exploded the water but missed the bait by a foot. My son doesn't want to go swimming up there any more. Lakers Everybody up there has their fav trolling/jigging spots. Off the riggers - Sutton spoons , ripplin redfins, J9 Rapalas, gang trolls with threaded minnows/small spoons. I also like to troll and achovy head rigged with 4" Gulp. For jigging, bad boys, crippled herrings, swedish pimples. Look for steep drop offs into 80+ FOW - or any deep water shoals/structures.

Just finsihed with the Clam. Not too bad for smell but it will air out the rest of the week. All the ice stuff is away now and the long rods are coming out.

had a 25G tank for years and went through the cichlids, snakeheads, arrowanna's and the freshwater gamefish. Moved up to a 50G tank when I moved to oakville and kept Peacock bass for a few years. By far the most entertaining fish I ever had. They grow fast and are always moving around. Went on a business trip one week and something happened to crack the heater and short it out. Temp dropped to 60F and they did not last too long. A shame as they males were getting a nice hump on the head and the colors were spectacular. For those in the GTA area, there was an aquarium place in the Chinese mall on Dundas and this guy was still getting peacock bass every now and then. Too much work for me now.

I did my 16ft Lund with 1" chrome tube that Home depot sells. Same exact layout as the casting deck link. It worked out fine with 1 cross member that went under the supports to the floor of the boat.

Malcolm and I were off the 12th on Saturday out in no mans land. I got a really nice whitefish 6.5lbs early and then nothing for us the rest of the day. Missed a bunch and marked a bunch and that was just the start of the bad luck.3 miles from shore the belt on Malcolms ATV blows. I get a ride back to shore by Orillias version of Jeff Gordon- Wow 60km/hr over that rough ice siting on the back of a pick up tail gate did my rear end so much good. I could hardly walk when they guy dropped me off. I was so thankful for the ride though - great people up there to lend a hand to city folk. To top it all off another group of guys (locals again) heard we were stranded and picked up they're sleigh and pulled the ATV back to shore. They wouldn't take a nickel from us even for a case of beer (which they seemed to have plenty of at their hut). My hat goes off to those guys for their help. Malcolms working on getting a new belt but I think we're done for the ice season now. The best part was having to drive my Expedition down this mudslide to hook onto the winch cable on the first bike and pull that ATV and the the sleigh with Malcolms 600 on it back up the hill in reverse. I could hear the winch cable popping and straining and was afraid it was gonna come flying back through my front windsheild I know it could have been alot worse for us if those guys had not come along. In fact it went pretty smooth and real fast once we got going. My truck a mess with the mud. When I got home I found 2 broken rods, a broken spinning reel (BPS Pro Qualifier), 2 broken rod stands, my seat frame was bent (but repairable) and everything in my sleigh covered with mashed salted minnow slime. Seems my tupperware container smashed into a billion little pieces and those salties spread over everything. I had to set up my clam in the back yard and power wash the inside of the tent out. Hope I can get the smell out. A fatty for sure. Go Team 4

I've flyfish temagami for smallies over the years and found a handfull of patterns that out produce the rest Marabou muddlers in natural and white/yellows (size 4-1/0) big rabbit hair strip leeches (great pike fly too) deer hair poppers dahlberg divers wolly buggers Overwhelming best color has been black with splashes of orange and gold tinsel mixed in on all flies listed above.

betcha it was in the garbage bin

worms and craws in a double wide plastic tote - like a double wide shoe box - holds +100 bags gulp and twisters stay in their store packaging and go in a soft sided tackle tote bag. Bought it $9.99 at CTC and took out the 4 Plano trays to use elsewhere. Holds a whack of bags. Big front pouch for swimbaits, side pouches for odd stuff