Joeytier

Its definitely nice not having to worry about sucking crap into the impeller housing in shallow water!

Don't expect them to do anything for horseflies and the like, but they work excellent on mosquitos.

A lot of the big deep clear Temagami lakes just don't seem to naturally support large numbers of walleye, in general, so the ones that are there have plenty chance to grow large.  I can think of many many examples of oligotrophic waters like Gull that are known for trophy walleye, but good luck catching keepers consistently.

If you don't mind a real manual footshift, Suzuki and Honda both still offer true manual 500 cc bikes (Kingquad and Foreman) if you wanted the ultimate manitenance free machine. 

Lots of people buy Polaris and Cat's and have reasonably good luck with them if you dont ride much and maintain them well, but I don't think many will recommend them as a whole.

Sticking with a Kodiak 450, Foreman 500, or Kingquad 500 would be the safest longterm bet.  Kawasaki makes a nice bike but do they make a 500 class or just the 650?

Sweet splakers!

Snowfall only surprises me from mid-June to mid-September lol

We are behind schedule yet again for ice out, but the forecast looks very promising for things to change quickly.  I'm happy to be putting my sled to bed.

My guess is that we will be about a week ahead of last year, somewhere in the first week of May.

Go on fish online and find some splake and bow lakes that you can access by foot.  The ice will be on the way out out but likely fishable.  I was drilling thru 30" and sledding on 2.5 feet of snow today, and I'm well south of kap.

I'm just hoping I can be in my boat before 2nd week of May (like last year).

3 feet of snow still in the bush made for a fun snowmobile ride, but was also a little discouraging.

I used to have one.  I sold it for 2 main reasons....it's farrrrr noisier than any watercooled outboard and the centrifugal clutch is a pain for trolling and I did not like not having a neutral gear.  Purely as a utilitarian motor, they are great, but the 3.5 watercooled merc I have now with a traditional Forward-Neutral gearcase is far better for fishing imo

Amazing gator.   After todays 12-hour skunk, I'm not sure if I enjoyed seeing that or not.

Amazing action

Just read the regulations, it's all there in plain English, and you remove any doubt of innacurate info.

Looks like an awesome adventure!  My kinda style

On 2/20/2019 at 2:28 PM, Terry said:

Everyone knows what each name means so just except it and move on

 

Bingo! 

100% brookie.  Id put that at 5-5.5 pounds...huge!  Very sweet brookie

Bring a sled.  

Those are some fine splake Chris

5 weeks into the season now, ice and snow is set up nicely in the north.  Had mainly beautiful conditions thus far but it seems like some real winter conditions are knocking on the door.

Awesome vid Simon.

On 12/2/2018 at 11:21 PM, ckewley said:

It's been quite a while since I've posted in this thread, hope I don't upset the apple cart. Recently I've re-ignited my love of Celtic Frost from my childhood and all the side projects that have spun from that group including Triptykon. Brilliant stuff man!!!!

 

I love Triptykon almost as much as the last Frost album, Monotheist.  Brilliant stuff!

Had a crazy day of early winter splake fishing the other day, and was lucky enough to get it all on camera.  No big ones, but some wild action out of ultra shallow water!

Wow...36" is wild!

Where's the expedition?

8-9" on most backlakes, great for sled travel and the snow conditions on the trails are great!  It's been a great start to the season for conditions so far this winter, in stark contrast to the awful fall we had.