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I did this in my backyard for a few years. Have 7 big maples and got a jar or two out of it. Was mostly for my kids when they were small for fun. They still remember and talk about it. very easy set up. Take 2L clear pop bottles and a 4ft section of 1/2 PVC pipe Cut the pipe in 4" length and then carefully drill a 1/2 hole into the pop bottle close to the top. Cut a thin notch in the pipe so the bottle has a notch to sit in. On the trees less than 18" diameter I only put 1 hole and in my two bigger trees I put in 2. drill 1" into tree about waist to chest high. Push the pvc into hole and hang pop bottle. Check each day and empty into larger kettle. I'd empty and boil off every couple days and left it up my kids to check the bottles. They'd run home each day after school to see how much was collected.

Looks like the face I drew on my mom's fireplace mantle when I was 4. It's still there 45 years later

I've got a crest liner 1750 w/115 Merc and towed it with a few different class vehicles. Do some research and try to keep to vehicles with a 3500 lb tow rating. For several years I towed with a Safari van, then a ford expedition and now a gmc envoy. When behind the ford you'd never know you had a load, the Gmc does a fine job now as long as you don't want to set any acceleration records. Stops in good distance too. I just traded the ford in and looked at 3 vehicles that would easily do the job. Acadia, Durango and Pilot all will do the job. 4x4 is nice to have but I've been driving an AWD for the last month and I think as long as your at decent ramps you shouldn't have any problems

I have both the Johnny Morris and last version of BPS Pro Qualifier and several reels for both model The pro qualifier came with extra metal spools which was a good deal but I found in about half the spools the drag was really sticky, so much so that I took them to Aikmans and got the washers all replaced with what he had to fit them and they seem fine now. I bought 3 of the JM spinning and 3 of the baitcast last year at the spring sale. All spinning were the 750 size and they have performed flawlessly. Used them for steelhead in the spring, light lining for carp on waggler floats and they handled the load fine. I normally have run Daiwa SS tourney 700/1300 and didn't miss them at all. I don't run anything heavier than 10 braid on these The baitcasters are still in the box so no review on them I see the JM spinning had a 2500 size reel and that would be my only thought on these. The 750 size was on the small size for a general purpose reel.

We see numerous deer along Rebecca west of Bronte as we head over to House Of Wings!!! another visible herd is on south side of 403 extension, past IKEA going into Hamilton. Just west of King Road underpass there is a large open field on the south side. Have counted many in that field while out shopping

2 different types for me when rigged weedless on a worm hook or as a trailer on a jig I have a few that seem to get used up faster than the others Berkley Chigger Craw Gambler Ugly Otter Strike King Rage Craw For more clear water finesse (shaky head, jig head) type waters for smallies TUBES!!!!!! and zoom brush hogs

Hit post before I finished my thought I built my first one out of 3/4 white PVC water pipe With t's, elbows and 45's I made one to do 2 rods for maybe 40 bucks Used picture on the web to come up with a basic plan. Probably would still work for me today if I hadn't left it on the bank down in Hamilton one day. Hope whoever found it is still using it

Carp kit is located in Milton Rich. There should be a number on the site. I've placed a couple phone orders with him in the past The other one I use is New World Carp in Hamilton, they usually carry a different line of products My pod is the pro logic 3 rod, I've been happy with it being a bit more stable and heavy to suit the longer 13 ft rods Last time I looked bills bait and fishing world both had a couple pods lying about, can't remember price or brand Seen a pretty cool rig last fall that used the basic camera tripods from XS Cargo for $15 each but you still need bars and rod rests

May is a perfect time to go as the winds offshore tend to be lower in the spring. You'll probably see a lot more deep water trolling opportunities but do not overlook the shallow flats fishing. If you want to tackle bonefish and have a really good shot at a permit or cuda, the top end of Cozumel is a hidden gem. Search Cozumel in the reports and you'll see my 2 posts from 2012. The ferry goes from Playa Del Carmen to Cozumel starting at 6 am every hour and costs about $12 USD one way The guys I went with are tops in Cozumel and can be found if you google bonefishcozumel (all one word). They can pick you up right at the docks and it's a bit 10 minute drive to their boat and a bout a 15 minute boat ride to the flats on the north end.

Staged? Not all all. On Lake Michigan there are a number of harbours with commercial piers and in particular Wisconsin. Public access to the best piers are not allowed. The winter harbour fishing down there is awesome and very similar to our niagara river fishery but without the current. Typically anchor and dunk big roe bags along the break wall and piers produces big winter steelhead and browns. As a twist some of the guys have you tube videos where they cut large chunks of ice and tow them out to the break wall or piers. Cut some holes and ice fish for something different to tape. Saw several shows like this with in fisherman staff over the years. You can see the boat middle of the video. There is one video on you tube where the host starts swearing about having to tape all over as they should be wearing life jackets on the ice. Not new to those that follow or fish steelhead a lot.

Still guys selling that body with trebles and weed less on eBay See them once in a while, not too often though. They don't call them rapalas so somebody must be copying the original out of china. I've got several big gold weed less ones still. Great pike lure

More rig set up as rod length and power does change for me depending on the actual lake My flipping system is totally different for say Scugog versus up north This is for ugly/weedy water Flipping rod with jig/craw combo Heavy worm rod for punching mats Pitching combo with worm/plastic baits Frog rod 2 multiple purpose MH/M that I can cast anything with ( spinnerbaits, buzz bait, cranks, jerks) Never go out without a MH spinning set up I use for slugo/big seniors So I need 7 not six. Most tourneys I had 9 systems but that would include at least 1 back up flipping that only gets used if something breaks and most times that would be the frog rod. If its smallies and clear water better plan for 6 completely different set ups. Biggest tourney weights over the last 5 years are almost 100% smallmouth. Light line and finesse style - tubes, swim baits, jigging spoons, jerk baits/spinnerbaits, top water

casting performance and overall weight are probably the 2 biggest features that go into a spool design for all sized spinning reels. A wider diameter spool is one but not the most important feature in maximizing casting distance. If they can deepen the spool and reduce weight, it also shows as a better spec on the side of the box nowadays. The other item that goes into spool design is drag force. In species specific reels larger drag washer for higher pound drag force require a bigger/deeper spool to get the bigger wider drag washer systems. Since I've gotten into carp fishing you see these design function much more prevalent in the long distance casting/pit reels. Big 8000 and 10000 sized reels with comparatively shallow spools vs the same sized saltwater models. I use 6000 sized reels that have tremendous line capacity and I probably average less than 40 yard casts.

Loads down here in oakville, all except salt they brought in a few pallets on Saturday and sold out in a by early afternoon. They had a full shelf of 1lb propane tanks minus the 3 I bought

Mine was with an Abu Garcia Ultra Mag. Took a lighter and x-acto knife to clear it

Got to spend a whole weekend on Lake Temagami with these guys, from breakfast to late night campfire. My job was to drive my boat around to show them some key spots and then make sure I stayed off camera Pretty hard not to be impressed by the guy on the left. As down to earth as they come

I'm enjoying 9 days off work. Stress free, relaxing days with family is actually strange to get adjusted to but it's working wonders. Oh yeah and a new IPad air, frogg togg wader jacket, aqua vu micro and hopefully 2-3 of ice fishing over the next week

Just picked one up from BPS. I've been playing with it and it is very sharp and clear. Will hopefully get it wet over next few days. I bought it for scouting structure and not to have it on all day. I had an older aqua vu and it was just way too big for me to haul around

JB1 If you can get over to fishing world in Hamilton they have a very good selection of ice rods this year. St.Croix's, fenwick's and a few of the new brands They even had a couple of buckets of Ugly Stik ice rods on sale

Mine would say Yes I was cathcing trout but now that your standing on the opposite bank staring down in the pool I might as well go for Tim Horton's

I believe that would be an old Rebel Arrowhead spoon and it looks like you flipped it. Wide part was the original bottom. I have some old weedless ones still Good spoon and hard to find

Coming full circle on this one. Bought one of the original Aqua Vu units and yes it was big and clunky, small screen, hard to see in the sun and I finally sold it off a few years ago. Boy do I miss it!!!!! Have been looking at the new units and will be buying a smaller more portable unit this year

she is a he guys, by photo's you can see the start of yearly antler growth in behind the eyes on a few shots. I'd guess this might have been spring time from the growth and that is a pretty tall body. That animal would have much greater mass in the fall Good job by that crew

Mike, find a good pair of gloves that are warm and functional and don't worry about it being waterproof. I've been playing with this new product from Rustoleum. It's $25 for the kit and I just did my two pairs of winter gloves and did the same demo in my garage the other night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoKXTlqmUb8

I blew out my cover on a rough ride on Joseph and was faced with replacing it. #1 the price of the Clam product was high plus #2 no one had any in stock. I was in SAIL and was walking by the Normark ice fishing hut and noticed one of there 2 man was laid out exactly like my Clam Nanook. Took a chance and bought the Normark and it fit like a glove. Normark sells a single Cruzer hut 60"x45" so check your dimensions and maybe it'll do at much lower price I made a cover for my single Frabill and it was way too much work for what they are worth and still doesn't fit that good