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Not exclusively, absolutely not. But when Canadian lives are being put at risk due to another government’s horrible mismanagement...then ya I definitely have a problem with it.

Bigotry, racism, ignorance have all been on wide open display from the most powerful nation on earth, and more related to this thread, blatant horrible policy when dealing with this pandemic. Coming out and addressing the nation that the pandemic was a democratic hoax in March put global lives at risk, and furthermore attempting to cut off Canadian supplies of PPE for our healthcare workers due to terrible internal mismanagement has a direct impact on Canadian lives. All of these things have a global impact and I don’t think too many of us are very happy about it. Thankfully I can pretty much guarantee that most if not all of the American members of this board don’t fall into that category at all. This is a global issue and we definitely need to all be pushing to fix the problem.

This can maybe be taken as a shot at Americans, but honestly I don’t really care, but in my experience significantly far more Americans are completely uneducated about the world outside of America in comparison to Canadians. Some would even go to the extent of calling it ignorance. I.e. if it doesn’t concern America then it doesn’t concern them at all. It’s an unfortunate reality as far as I’m concerned. im also sure a significant component of Americans would have no clue who the British, German or French president/prime ministers are either.

Just try to remember that the people that are self sufficient and can hold it together during a crisis like this are the ones that are carrying the people who can’t. My next door neighbor and family friend in pointe au baril runs a small marina and he’s even closed his boat ramp to me even though I wouldn’t need to use his docks, or touch anything on his property. I understood his position entirely, however others that have places on islands have been yelling and screaming at him about the fact that he won’t let them on his property to dock, Park their vehicles etc etc.

None taken man, I don’t write the rules lol. And trust me I consider myself extremely extremely lucky. A fluke really, and I wouldn’t be shocked if they change the rules even more after trout opener when the gongshows on every tributary in Ontario fire up. Those morons will probably get all fishing cancelled even for those of us who are doing the right things.

Small skeeter, no rear storage. I’ll measure it out this weekend. My charger is already totally out of the way and tucked up beside my livewell against the side of the boat. It’s actually pretty nifty lol if the charger’s cables were any other orientation it wouldn’t have worked! Just a fluke!

No stops for coffees, gas or food either. Straight shot from home to the lake and back. my grocery bill though 😵

Moms immuno compromised and living north to totally isolate. ive been living in their house in Georgetown to avoid living in my apartment in toronto with 10000 other people. I bring her groceries from the georgetown and if I’m making that trip, you can sure as hell bet the boat is getting wet.

nope! still good to go. Just need to find your own launch and not access public parks.

Ive avoided this thread for weeks now simply due to my personal decision to not overload myself Covid related information and content. This thing is scary, and for our neighbors to the south its perhaps really going to get even scarier before it gets better. Rather than us settling into our pattern of distancing to get through this thing, some people are already starting to turn. For republicans in the united states its become a matter of individual rights and freedoms being violated by Covid restrictions. I dont want to dive into the politics even though I have obviously referenced american politics, lets just say im glad I live in canada where from what I can tell >90% of people understand that our sacrifices are making a difference. We are openly seeing it in the statistics that are coming out this week. We are effectively flattening the curve and our positive projections are aligning with our reality. Canada is going to come out on top of this because we are a nation of smart and caring people. Its honestly making me proud to be Canadian again. The difference in dialogue between our forum and the american fishing form is in stark contrast and I am extremely happy to say that we are on the positive side of things. Good on everyone! Dont let the news also twist your outlook on this entire thing. There is very very little content to cover these days with us all on lockdown, hence the small faction of people not adhering to the rules represents a disproportionate amount of the news content. I go for a walk each day, and people stringently adhere to social distancing guidelines, it even becomes the old dance where one person tries to go out to the road to walk by while the other does the same to be polite. How canadian! My visit to the grocery store was even in contrast to the one i took two weeks ago (I have been doing my best to limit trips) Yesterday not once did i feel frustrated with other shoppers not adhering to the distancing guidelines. People were courteous to step back as you passed, people waited for you to grab items from a safe distance and depart so that they could get their own, and people lined up appropriately according to the measures in place spacing everyone out. We all have our individual levels of precaution, but for the most part we all also have displayed a very common sense approach to this and are in my opinion taking appropriate measures. Some guys are getting out fishing still even but doing so in a manner that appears to be very very responsible. Others take a more hardline approach...either way at least I dont see anyone here moaning and groaning about the fact that their bass tournaments arent allowed to run...good grief! 🤔 We are a long long way from getting back to the lives we once knew, but at least I think Canada is on right path to getting things back to a more normal existence at least here at home.

For people that like fishing smaller ponds, they make a ton of sense. Sheesh half of the Yankees down south run their bass boats on puddles. lil different game trying to fish out in the open on the Great Lakes. Lol it can get scary or tough enough to fish on a 20 foot boat some days!

Sheesh, doesn’t look like ice out is coming any time soon around those parts! We’re already boating up in Sudbury!

In my yard once the spring mud dries up a bit. Luckily I’ve got the rare gentle sand beach shoreline on Georgia bay! Heck if the water wasn’t so high itd be super easy. Might need to use a couple of sheets of plywood just to keep the tractor from sinking too much!

I get it for the cost savings, but then I see guys install like $3,000 worth of features on a $2,000+ kayak and I’m like...I literally own a bass boat for not much more than that 🤷🏽‍♂️

The “elite” and the Illuminati Bill...obviously 😅

Hesss bacckkkkk

Shocker...an American right wing journalism agency writes an article aligning with Trump’s point of view that the lock downs need to be removed in order to keep the economy going. if you are going to bring articles into this discussion please ensure that they are bipartisan and written by actual medical professionals that are not lobbied by American corporations. Thanks. in other words, get that garbage out of here

Im running a 1 year old noco genius. I’m good to go! everyone keeps saying group 31 but I don’t think I’ve got the space for one. Thatd take another two inches of length in the compartment which I unfortunately don’t have. My batteries and charger are already tessellated into the compartment with basically 0 extra space. I’ll have to look closely again but I don’t think I have any room to gain.

Lmao yup! Welcome to the 90’s!

Lol it’s probably wrong. It’s from the previous owner, he clearly didn’t know anything about wiring or electronics. Hence the entire re-wire of most things in my boat that aren’t OEM. guy was running the TM on 12 guage and the electronics in the boat on 16. Everything taped or merretted together too.

I also don’t have any more space to fit it! compartment is tight as it is! Older photo but the same batteries. Would be tough to fit a group 31. would love to go lithium and save myself 100lbs but the price is still too high

3! 2 for the TM and 1 for everything else, starting, livewells, electronics. I wish I could have another but it’s a small boat and my compartment is already full.

It’s a group 27 instead of 24, but is basically the same thing. i agree with you in what I’m reading in reviews as well hence the hesitation. I’m also struggling to find anyone that carries odyssey marine AGM’s. Walmart sells all of their car batteries.

Crazy enough...the optima is cheaper than the canadian tire ultra agms at Costco