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Nothing wrong, and everything RIGHT, about good leftovers, Brian. Tonight was BBQ Pork chops, and yes indeed there are leftovers! Doug

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Those were not bucket mouths, my friend, guess you have been up north too long. But they are very nice smallmouth bass........

Dave I have said it before and I say it again, You are a MACHINE!!!!!!!! Doug

Frozen is fine, we'll thaw them before we brine them. Those northern lakers are not as terribly fatty as the ones down here, if memory serves me. But in general, the smaller fish are better. You do own a smoker, correct? Doug

Put some lakers aside and we will do them up when I visit!

WOW!!!!!!! And I did think my Coleman Extreme cooler was pretty good..............

WHEW!!!!! Six hundred bucks buys a lot of ice...............or gas to run a genny to run a fridge................

My guess, is, so will you, Brian.

Happy WIFE, happy LIFE. 'nuff said. Doug

WELL DONE!!!!!! SACRILEGE!!!!!!! Feed them hot dogs! Doug

Looks very tasty indeed Rick!!! Tonight here it was BC spot-tail prawns alfredo with fusili pasta, yum yum!!! This leaves me with ONE package of prawns left.................. But I hope to have more by the end of August!

You have many gifts, Bunk, and top of mind are fabulous tale-telling and passion for big fish. I really enjoyed reading this report! And yes, Nipigon is now on the Bucket List. I guess it always was, but now it is for sure! Doug

I'm with you Brian. And yes, I always take off the silver skin, they seem to take the rub better that way.

Brian, that beats the snot out of left-over "Venison-aroni"................which is on the menu here this evening. Doug

back to smitty55......... I use the same smoker and really should buy a new power cord, the one I have has a melted plug.......... and BTW those moose sausages last night got a good dollop of Iron Arse BBQ Sauce. I bought every bottle they had at the two "Ride for Dad" booths a month or so ago. Thanks for the steer on that! Doug

amazon.ca has the Little Chiefs too. Not sure about free shipping on them. the moose sausages were quite tasty but so far are being rather coy about getting their picture taken...........

and from Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000ZL182I/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1977604522&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000VYAX2U&pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_r=BTR6FJ1M9PVNRP0W4DM6 in stock and free shipping...........

Luhr Jensen still makes the Big Chief and Little Chief. Know anybody coming up for a fishing trip from Ohio? http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/smokers/ Doug

You're trying to get me into kaka with the missus!

Yukon Moose Sausages (Mild Italian) are going on the BBQ shortly. I made these with a buddy up in Whitehorse when I was up there ice fishing in March. YUM YUM. Doug

.............and there's nothing DIRTY about a feed of fresh fish!!!!! Doug

No I mean you have to wash your socks after you flavour the beans with them...............

yes indeed, you would need to wash your socks afterwards!

Did you dip those toes that are in the picture into the beans to give them some more flavour?

The short rods were basically all anybody used in open water for splake, whities, browns, bows, you name it up on Georgian Bay back in the 80s. Mind you, most were custom tied rods and slightly longer than your average ice rod. And yes, jigged vertically, most often with roe. It was my favourite fishing of the year!!! And that was when I was spending lots of days in the various rivers and streams chasing steelhead. As much as it was a blast to tie into a chromer on the long rods, it was just fabulous jigging the short rods for good numbers of often good sized fish. My biggest whitie weighed 12.49 lb on a grocer store butcher scale. I had weighed it with my spring scale in the boat and it was showing about 14 pounds, which was close to Terry Frook's record of 14.6 as I recall, so we hauled up the anchor and drove to a grocery store to weigh in my "potential" Ontario record. Well, it was a full two pounds under the record.................and we did eat it.................and never even took a picture of it! Good memories, and thanks Brian for that trip down memory lane! Doug