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with good results? And with a Food Saver brand sealer? Doug

Welcome to the forum. But your first post might turn out to be WRONG.................😉

Thanks! Do you recall the name brand of the Walmart rolls?

Not all "Vacuum thingies" are created equal. I had one years ago and it was temperamental and the bags punctured easily in the freezer. I gave up on them and went to heavy duty ziplok bags. For my venison, I wrap portions in aluminum foil and put them in ziplok bags. No freezer burn, even after a year. But a buddy of mine has had a "Food Saver" brand vacuum sealer for years and has raved about it, so I bought one. It is a good piece of kit, but there is a learning curve to getting the right length of bag for what I am freezing.... I don't think I will use it for venison, bags are too expensive, but it has been good for other stuff and I am dead nuts certain it would be good for smoked fish. Doug

I had two of the Daiwa SS "Whisker" Tournament reels, both from Watson's Tackle House in Owen Sound. The first one came in a box with only Japanese written on it, no English, and it was closing in on $200, that was a LOT of money for a fishing reel at the time! Both mine completely wore out, but they were very high mileage reels........... So back to the OP and his stash of Cardinal 4's!!!!!!! Doug

They were "THE" steelheader's reel when I first started fishing for steelhead. In the era before centre pin reels and float rods.............

any Zebco Cardinal 3's?

X3. Worth every penny for sure. Maybe if you'd paid them a couple more bucks they could have photo-shopped a smile on to the groom? J/K........ A sailor, eh? Doug

"Red sky at night, angler's delight." Thing of beauty, Dave!

aka Snowdrift............which is easier to spell, even if it is not what the residents called their settlement...............

When we went, the biggest weight by far onboard was fuel. We camped at two locations, the second of which was a helipad enroute to Lukotse (however that is spelled). It was a long way back to the dock at YK!

Different lake, as I recall. And the East arm of Great Slave has AWESOME lake trout fishing, I was there a number of years ago. My biggest was 32 pounds, but my one buddy's big fish for the trip was 42 pounds, a real HOG. The guy holding that fish has a 54 inch chest............ Doug

I'll come pick it up, Dave. But I have to quarantine for 14 days after I get there, so can I please borrow your boat and your cottage? 😁

A bit of extra ballast never hurts a boat's stability! 😉 Nice rig, Brian. I bought one of those a number of years ago and never even launched it. It was a good idea at the time, but I always ended up taking the Sylvan out fishing rather than haul fifty pounds in to a back lake.............. Doug

They look like leeches to me, but I have never seen them on a fish.

Unquestionably, fallfish as many have noted. The biggest of the three is a dandy. A fellow who used to belong to a fish and game club in which I was also a member fished for fallfish and ate them. He poached them in water and claimed the flesh was as sweet as trout. I did not try them. Doug

Picnic shoulder, skin on, often used this to bone out and make into sausages with venison etc but yes throw away the skin/rind. I did this cut one time for pulled pork and it was wayyyy too fatty for my taste - but I did not smoke it first - which would render a lot of that fat out. I am overdue to find a good pork butt and make some pulled pork!!! My wife is not a fan, so it doesn't happen very often, like every two years or so. 😉 Doug

You're a machine, Brian! What cut of pork was that? Looks like a winner for sure. Doug

Thanks Dave. I went a similar route for my hunt camp, except no 12 volt lights. I am not smart enough to have both 12 and 110 volt systems side by each. I have a big solar array through a charge controller to two massive 6 volt batteries, then out through an inverter to run the camp. When the solar has been drawn down, I have a small inverter genny to run lights etc, and a big one for power tools. I surely do enjoy being in the camp at night, with lights on and NOT listening to a generator!!! But in November and December, and a few guys with CPAP machines, the solar can't keep up, so we do run the small genny, with a LONG extension cord!

Dave, you probably wrote this somewhere in the last three dozen pages, but I forget............what are you using for power up there? Doug

You might want to check your guide to eating Ontario sport fish for that rock bass (if it's even listed). A buddy of mine was doing sampling for the MNR. Around Kingston, they accumulate more toxins in their flesh than any other species, pound for pound. I stopped eating rock bass maybe ten years ago because of that.

Oh, I have no doubt about the efficacy of quarantine, I just can't imagine hanging out "somewhere" in Whitehorse for two weeks and being confined to barracks. Glad to hear you are on the mend! Doug

Yeah............I was supposed to do a bison hunt in the Yukon this fall/winter. Fly to Whitehorse, and then quarantine "somewhere" for two weeks. Doesn't work for me... Doug

Lee Valley sells an excellent one: https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/kitchen/measurement/thermometers/73812-javelin-instant-read-thermometer and free shipping or orders of $30 or more........ Doug

Eye of round is very lean and cooks much faster than other cuts. It is very hard to BBQ it to a nice rare or medium rare without an instant read thermometer with a long probe. It would have to come off the BBQ at about 125 F to get a foil tent and be served at 140F. YMVYMV