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Trying to look at this on a cell phone with old eyes...is that a VW Westphalia? Doug

Wife and I are up in Oddawa looking after grandkids, and doing gluten-free stuff. The pantry and freezers are full to overflowing with ultra-processed stuff, hard to find anything I actually would enjoy eating. I did hit the grocery store yesterday so I could put on a brunch today with bacon and eggs, hash browns and other good stuff, plus some yellow and orange peppers AND canary melon and Santa Claus melon. Not that I ate any of that stuff... Doug

I have been meaning to do this for some number of years, but never got a round tuit. But now I have one. 😉 Doug

Just reading this now........what are you using for the soil? Doug

I have two of them but I am in Kingston, ON.....

"bass fishing" in the Minas Basin? I am guessing striped bass? I do not think I would want to be in a kayak, hooked up to a shark.....😲 Doug

Where are you located?

Venison lasagna here tonight, no pics. But we all know what lasagna looks like, right? It was very good, even if I do say so myself! 😉 and oh yeah, fresh yellow beans from the garden, very toothsome. Doug

I HATE IT when that happens! 🙄

There has to be a word for awesome awesomeness, but I can't think of it right now. WOW!!!!!!!! Brian, you are my hero! Doug

Once again, adding to my education, never heard of this before........looks delicious!

and who would omit THEM!?!?😉 Doug

looks like a perfect 30 yard bow shot!😉

So I am going to have shoulder surgery on Thursday and by all accounts will be spending a minimum of six weeks in a sling. And it's my right shoulder..... So I have been cooking up stuff from the freezers to have food put ahead, given that my wife does not cook much. Today's project was a seafood chowder: bacon, celery, Vidalia onions, Yukon Gold potatoes, 3 largemouth bass, a bunch of winter-time perch fillets, a couple cans of baby clams, a bag of bay scallops and a bag of jumbo shrimp. It is delicious! Doug

But are you taking orders? Doug

or an ARGO with tracks! 😁

too bad Chuck Convery is dead and gone. He called his shop (North Shore Marina on Loughborough Lake) the home of a million parts, and I don't think that was an over-statement. And he knew where stuff was in that boar's nest of a place!!! When the North Shore road ended, and all you could see was a thousand outboard motor covers, you knew you had arrived. 😉 Sorry I can't help, but the reminiscing was pleasant. Doug

I know this is a fishing board, but some of us are also hunters. FWIW, PayPal is anti-gun. I refuse to deal with them. Sorry for the hijack. Doug

It was a pretty good week on Loughborough. Some days the bite was pretty tough, other days it was magical. We caught good numbers, and generally good size, largemouths. The smallies were smaller and not that plentiful, where we were fishing in the east end north of the marina. By far, the most productive presentation was a wacky worm, on a weightless hook, in neutral colours. We had three LMB in the four pound class, but (without a scale) I do not believe we broke the magical five pound record. Doug

Right. I tend to stay home on real windy days. And in moderate winds, I put the motor on spot lock so I can cover an area. But I catch your drift, and thanks for that. Doug

Interesting. I have had a LOT more success with an unweighted hook.

Thanks for the report!

You might call a Chevrolet a Chevy, or call a GMC a Jimmy, but there are actual names, and names in common usage. Who cares?

So we were up at 4 and in position 10 minutes before first light. And............we waited........and waited.....and finally a crappie, then a largemouth came in on a ned rig. Much later another largemouth on the wacky worm. It wasn't a banner day but I probably landed 15 or so. Lots of boats out, as usual.....

For many years (like 20 or so) I would be up before dawn to hurtle down the lake to my opening morning glory hole. A Texas rigged 7 inch Berkley Power worm with a VERY light worm weight would go into a small pocket inside a shoal. 14 FOW on the outside, maybe 2 FOW on top. Almost always, one of the biggest largemouth of the season would come topside soon thereafter. On a good morning we would take five or six largemouth from an area the size of a living room. For a couple magical years, it was a 10 inch Power Worm that would call in the big fish. BUT! Whether it's zebra mussels, or educated bass, a Texas rigged worm has not been all that effective the last few years. So I am thinking it will be a wacky worm, on the small side, on a non-weighted hook, in a natural colour. About 21 hours from now, but who's counting. 😉 Doug