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Please send address, I will be there tomorrow for lunch.....😋 Doug

I love the hull design of the older Starcraft boats. They can take a lot of water.

Starcraft?

A stout cardboard box should be just fine. I use a thick cardboard box over top of my electric smoker when it is really cold or really windy (or both of course). That is a hot smoke, so there would be less moisture than a cold smoke but it should still work just fine. I sure as hell would not use plastic. Doug

Well, m2b2, I actually had pan-fried WALLEYE for supper tonight! 😁 Youngest son called me this morning, a buddy of his had caught three nice walleye but did not have time to fillet them because he had to go to work. Would I like them? HELL YES!!!!! Three lovely eater size walleye, I froze three fillets for later and cooked the other three fillets and the six cheeks for supper. OMG!!!!!😋 Doug

Fabulous! There's a hundred bucks worth of halibut on that table, if a fellow bought it up here. Beauty job on the filleting! We ate our last package of halibut a couple months ago from a trip I did to BC. That one weighed 55 pounds and it was a dandy! Doug

Is that halibut? Doug

The asparagus points are a nice touch. I make a killer cream of asparagus soup, but I puree the whole soup. Doug

These: https://www.quick-german-recipes.com/pork-hocks-recipe.html

I would buy a boodle of them at that price! One of my favourite German dishes is schweinehaxen, although that might not be the right spelling. They aren't smoked, but man are they tasty! Doug

Thanks for taking the time to put this up! Doug

and if it's silver and curly, guess who snuck into your kitchen while you were out............😉

I'll give him $4000 for it..............😉

Thanks Smitty! I was in the woods a lot all spring, but was either turkey hunting or cutting trails. Not foraging like I should have been! Doug

attaboy Smitty! The bugs have been crazy here as well...........and when we were doing some fence repairs a week ago I found a stand of fiddlehead ferns on my property I had not seen before. It was too late for this year, but I know where they are now! I probably have wild leeks here somewhere but have not found them yet. Doug

You did not like the look of that 18 foot Starcraft Holiday? Doug

and I'm having left-over roast chicken, gravy and whipped potatoes...........🙄

and the Helix graph is worth some coin as well. NICE boat!

There's the rig for the OP, and at his price point!

I had a Starcraft Holiday 18 footer and it was a fabulous boat for big water. Exceptional hull. I had that one out in twelve foot swells off Bluffer's Park one time. But it was a bit big for back lakes and I swapped it away when I moved to Kingston. Good memories!

I have a 16 foot Sylvan Super Snapper with a 40 HP Honda TILLER. It meets all your criteria. I bought this one because a buddy had one in Owen Sound back in the 80s and it was perfect for two anglers downrigging, even in bumpy water. He had a smaller engine, maybe 30 or 35 HP, and could troll on his. The 40 is too fast for trolling, so I put on a kicker plate and a 7.5 Honda when I was still downrigging. All that being said, I have no idea what prices are these days, and it sounds like stuff is more expensive than I would have guessed. The Sylvan has a nice hull and can take heavy water, but there are not a heck of a lot of them around. Good luck on your search! (and mine is not for sale...😉) Doug

LOTS of rods and reels. Access to keeper walleye, not so much. I don't care for Bay of Quinte walleye, and the slot limit on the back lakes seriously restricts what a person can keep.......most fish caught are over the slot limit. About a two pound walleye or bigger goes back into the drink. Nice eaters aren't eaters around here. Thankfully, we have good numbers of decent perch! And crappies, bluegills, pumpkinseeds, and bass....................I am never hurting for a feed of fish, but I sure have a hankering for a feed of walleye! Doug

Rick can you please send me a case of frozen walleye fillets? 😉

I say again, Colour me GREEN with envy!!!!

Colour me GREEN with envy, Brian! Did you pick them yourself? Doug