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akaShag

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  1. tagged for interest........
  2. Looks fabulous, Brian. Did you take some back ribs, brine them in a bacon brine (or rub), then smoke? Don't think I ever saw "baby back ribs" for sale? Doug
  3. You have to put ball bearings in reels?????
  4. Yep. There were 2 guys out there the day before. They were sitting on blown-together pack ice that moved up and down when you walked on it.🙄
  5. On the St Lawrence River, 2 days ago. In my opinion, the guy is nuts.
  6. Yep, that was where I got mine, for sure! Doug
  7. Hearst Air Service offers float trips and trips in to Hawley Lake, where Albert's cabins are located: https://www.hearstair.com/sutton-river-specs/ I agree, Cliff, a float trip once would have been just the ticket, but those kind of activities are in my rear view mirror. But the HAS Sutton River prices are north of what the OP was looking for.... Doug
  8. Yep: https://www.ontario.ca/page/guide-eating-ontario-fish I have used this guide pretty extensively over the years. If memory serves me, it started in the 80s (paper copies of course) Doug
  9. Yep, same here! Your pizza and calzone look mighty toothsome! Doug
  10. I am sure this would be the case. same for an Argo without tracks, they just high-centre, wheels turn but the Argo stays where it is. A Wilcraft has slightly more ground clearance, but a much longer wheelbase and yes for sure would be SOL in deep snow.
  11. Less money than an Argo, top speed according to my buddy 40 kph. My Argo cannot do 40 kph. Different machines, for sure, and I agree that it would be a lot of money for an ice fishing machine. My buddy was saying, the Americans are pimping them out, with bow-mount electric motors, power pole electric anchor pylons, etc etc and using them as bass boats but in swampy stuff. Who knows, that would not appeal to me! It was a very cool experience to be out in that rig. Doug
  12. That rig is completely amphibious (like an Argo), all wheel drive (like an Argo), but the rear tires especially provide more power in water than an Argo's wheels do. The chassis is all aluminum and can be raised and lowered by hydraulics. There are four holes in the floor for fishing, a superstructure very much like a pull-over ice hut, and an after-market diesel heater that keeps things toasty inside. (Way too toasty for my liking, but I was a guest.) One can ice fish without stepping out of the rig for anything. It is a VERY neat rig. Doug
  13. I think I know whose it was.........and what a coincidence, I opened up this thread to talk about it. I was out in it today, and YES it does pull itself back up on the ice when it breaks through. We did that twice today. 😲 The ice was a bit sketchy........ Doug
  14. "Track pressure" for an Argo is a lot less than a man walking, AFAIK. But still, with a LOT of experience driving Argos, I do not take them onto thin ice. I DID try this a few times, and the results were not inspirational....not with tires, and not with tracks. Doug
  15. That looks like Colin, who owns Sills Argo that produced the video apparently. Not many people have more experience in an Argo than he does. The Argo in the video has a rear winch installation, which is an option (and which I did get). Moving the winch requires serious effort, and in real life would be much harder, for me at least, than is shown. The one time I was bogged in my very first Argo, and I anchored my spud bar to use as a strong point for the winch, my spud bar BENT. As I said previously, it is hellish difficult to get an Argo back up on ice once you break through. But you won't drown. Doug
  16. I have driven Argos for years. I bought the most recent one because they FLOAT, if I happen to go through the ice in it. But from personal experience, it is VERY difficult to get an Argo (with wheels, or tracks, I have tried both), back onto ice if it has gone through. As I have said a number of times, I won't drown but might die of hypothermia.... And so far this year the Argo has sat in my garage. We do not have enough ice that I feel safe taking it out. Doug
  17. a fellow could probably have taken a stand-up paddle boat out this morning, quite a bit of water on the ice, but one of my buddies caught some nice perch yesterday, so out we went early this morning. And I am having fresh perch for supper!!! 😁 Doug
  18. Finally got out last Saturday, The ice was sketchy where we wanted to go, like 2 to 2.5 inches, so we stayed on better ice (about 5 inches of white ice) and caught one dandy perch and a pike about 4 pounds. Been out twice since, on better ice, and put a couple feeds of perch in the bucket. Fresh perch, yum yum! Now we are having rain and plus temperatures............😟 Doug
  19. Looks like you are not in Waterford any more............
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