Greencoachdog

I started drinking heavily... got a pedicure... trimmed off some dingleberries that had been bothering me... ... ya gotta make your own fun wherever you can find it eh!

Glad to see the board up and running again!!! I thought I was going to have to go fishing there for a minute!

The next time he closes his eyes... you grab the beer and I'll take his smokes and lighter!

Not the brightest candles on the Birthday cake eh?

Congratulations on the anniversary!!! I didn't know the 15th year was the Fish Finder gift? Looks like Paul is really tearin' the fish up this year!!! and you aint doin' to bad yourself Hosette!!! Glad to see y'all had a good time out there on the ice!... enjoy it while you can, it isn't going to be around much longer!

Excellent report!!! and Congratulations on catching a real trophy fish!!! You have some good fish karma coming your way for releasing that big Momma fish!!! She was in shallow to breed now! Thanks again for those excellent pics!!!

... and Colorado lows start out as Alberta Clippers!

I like Power Pro! The key to keeping the line from digging into the spool it to really pack it on during intial spooling. This requires tightening down your drag and spooling the line on under tension, I like to use a damp dish towel and pinch the line inbetween it with my thumb and index finger... it should take effort to crank the handle to spool the line! Since you're using a fluro leader I'm guessing you don't have your drag set very tight, which will make the line "loose" on the top of the spool. You can solve this by making a long cast and tightening your drag down to put tension on the spool again, or drag the line behind your boat letting out line until you hit the "hard spooled" line... then reel it back in under tension.

Whew!!! I'm glad that's over now!... it got really, really bad for a while there with accumulations of a whole inch!!!... and drifting up to an inch and a half in someplaces!!! ... making it the worst snow storm in 10 yrs. here! ... but the sun is out, the temps are up to 48*F, and all the snow is gone!!! Heck!... it even made the news! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29453310

This is the portin of the main post I was replying to!

I'll bet y'all think this is real damn funny! ... doncha? Forecasting 2-4" here today and I blame each and every one of y'all Canadians for this!!!! Why can't you keep it up there where it belongs??? ... it can't be that hard!

A burnt motor oil and Tabasco sauce enema will take that cold right out of you Bubba!!! ... it's an old Cajun remedy!

ya throw something out there and hope one bites it... what?

Reckless/carelessness + high powered internal combustion engine = not good

Happy Birthday Coonass!!! Have that Hottie Miss Becky cook you up some red beans and rice for supper!!! Have a great day Bubba!!!

Another great report and pics Erik!!! It looks pretty dang cold out there and y'all are hardcore for enduring it!!! Thanks for posting that!

Buy her some warm clothes Jeff! ... she should know better than to try and run around in the hot pants and tube top in the winter !!!

Congrats on the fish and entry Jeff! I think you really need the Ad. woman out there to show you how it's done though!

That's great Simon!!! Now take her out on a good Ling fishin' trip!

A Musky cradle from Cabelas: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...&hasJS=true ... but like Roy mentioned, a cradle is a 2 person operation. I think you'd do much better with one or 2 of these Lindy gloves. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...__SearchResults Here's the link for the Lindy at Cabelas, they're a little more expensive there but I'm posting it for the product reviews... you should read them! http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...rset=ISO-8859-1

You don't have to worry about all of that if you ship them off to a Nunnery Bernie.

If my guide had a dull fillet knife... I'd be wondering where the real fish were?... and why I got stuck with a sub-par novice when I'm paying guide prices!!!??? His tip would be the size of a Paramecium!

Photobucket is your friend.

Yeah, be a little more kind to the camera angle and hold the fish in closer to your body... if it's a good fish, it'll still look big! Even with the "long arm" pose I can tell that's a very fine Laker!!! ... and that's a heckuva crappie you're holding in your avatar!!!

You'll catch more fish faster with a spinning rod and reel, and at a fraction of the cost!