Pete Maina

Thankyou Roy! Your hospitality is awesome and nice to know welcome! Pete

Hi All, And Happy New Year to you! Thanks so much Roy ... Marc was in fine shape? ... and you cooked for him? I sure wish I wasn't 1000+ miles away from you guys. Happy birthday to you Thorpie ... glad to hear you are in such good shape too! Pete

Hi, Thanks for posting up TJ ... I have no idea how they missed you; they should modify the list to 21 ... thanks for the kind words guys

Great stuff. Gosh, I hadn't heard of HR in ages

Hi, Heard some comments on Vent here. As others as have mentioned, this is all in fun. (FYI I don't dare complain to or at video editor, as it's my wife ... if so ) My humor isn't funny to all, I expect No worries ... wasn't really intended as any challenge (and frankly don't really want Kevin getting all competitivey with muskies) ... actually be nice if we could just find time to fish together. If he's retired be easier. Anyway, all meant to be fun and generally unprofessional (who wants to be serious all the time). Kristen Landahl had a good idea and we're rolling with it. Esther takes part in the next vent, coming soon. Heading to Ontario for one more shot at the hard water Be well all!

OK, well be sure to holler at us

Very good. Glad to hear you watch and mentioned TNB. Hope to see you at the show next weekend

I have a seminar? No worries. My wife will make certain I'm there. Seriously looking forward to getting up there and spending time with OFNers!!!!

I never eat honeybuns ... those things are disgusting, yet they may be better than porkchops for bait. TJ, forgot to comment ... love the pic. Relaxation

Sorry to hear the hockey game went poorly at the end. Glad folks enjoyed the show ... the cast count was a great touch! Superdad ... yeah, sadly I do need the mask these days. The glare makes me very ill ... too much exposure over the years, apparently, and I've lost my tolerance.

Very cool Paul! Lucky bugger getting to fish with Roy. I expect those things are all good Omens. My wife Esther just got back from the exercise class she teaches (I know everyone is surprised I wasn't there ) ... DVR'd the show, so I can brag to her about catching a fish

Hi, Happy New Year! So how'd we do? The Ninja Had a great time with Dave and Schram ... certainly never a dull moment with Dave. I have to say I was very sad though, that I'd forgotten to bring the pink hat. WOuld have been awesome with the Ninja Mask. Thanks all!

Thanks for the kind wishes all! It is a bit scary about Thorpie and I having the same birthday A Happy New Year with many fishes to ALL!

Hi, Thanks Tb ... pretty interesting stuff to think about really, and can have some interesting effects. Water that gets blown to one side and stacking in narrow areas - has to return for lake to stay level. Wind has many effects and DIck Pearson is actually the guy that really got everyone thinking about it. Best, Pete

The quickest guy gets the beer. My wife Esther is the holder of the pink hats ....

Ha! Great to see you're coming around to the pink hat Roy. You just can't wait to get one can you

Look forward to being there and seeing everyone again ... certainly Saturday afternoon will be the highlight of the show. Gosh, TJ and Monique sure look great in those pink hats! Pete

Hi Folks, Roy dropped me an email RE this ... unfortunately I don't know any more than you. Haven't been involved in management for a couple years. As noted here, previous issue was quite late, so possibly that's the case. Have to contact magazine directly. Pete

Hey guys, Thanks again Roy, appreciate you letting me know on this. Thanks Bruce ... and thanks for the invite man. I hear John ... apparently they don't think there are enuf of you lefties (when I ask about that - they say really don't sell enuf) ... how many are you willing to buy Pete

Thanks Steve and Roy. Hopefully they can get some of those low profiles in soon Pete

Hi All, Hope OFNER's doing well out there ... and catching fish, and getting ready for the seasons ... muskies upcoming pretty soon. My buddy Roy alerted me to this issue here (thanks, oh tall one ). Seriously, appreciate you letting me know on this friend. So here's the deal: The current round reels are being discontinued. I found out in early April at a trip to corporate ... it's really about me being a bit persnickity about what my name is on ... the round reels have been tremendous - and still are really, but last year there was a bit of an uptick in complaints and problems, as compared to near none, previously. I reported some of the stuff to corporate, and asked them to look into it. Apparently tooling just getting old and tolerances poorer, were the findings - And, the source not willing to retool; so rather than let things get to the point of lots of troubles, it's cancelled and looking for new round reel (or something more large line capacity) source. There's likely some left in some places, and I'd say grab 'em where you can find 'em ('cuz honestly still think best quality reel out there for the price - no doubt), but for now gonna be low-profile only until we get something I & Bass Pro are comfortable with. As I see a couple have mentioned here, the low profile reel actually does everything needed for muskie/pike angling. With today's lines, it holds plenty for casting. I mainly use the 80lb. Spiderwire Ultracast and can get plenty on. Sorry about this, and no real "notice" ... but when left with a choice of having reels that would consistently see more negative quality issues that I'd be using (and with my name on it) - that wasn't an exciting option. Too bad they wouldn't retool; great reels. Hope this answers the questions, and hope we are able to find a suitable replacement for larger line capacity reel. In the meantime, I expect folks would be happy with the low profile as an option. Best Fishes! Pete

Yeah, as TJ says, in reality, they're just trying to make a living like the rest of us. It's just what they like to eat and how much that's the bummer. Maybe we can teach them to graze or eat mosquitos or black flies or something.

Neat photo ... pretty amazing what those darn birds can gobble up. Yeah, sure wouldn't hurt my feelings much if a few ended up missing

Hi, Wow, that is absolutely awesome stuff!!!!! Tremendous photos. Great stories ... lots of FUN! Love it

Sorry to hear that. A tough deal for sure (my wife and I had same decision with Elmo [old kitty] in January). Pete