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GPS co-ordinates please and thanks. lol. Good to see ya get in some R&R with the buddies Wayne. Deserved.

That'd be one fine fishery to have in your backyard. A fine season for ya Mike. Would think it really cool to be casting for some of those big toothies like you do, out there in the offshore waters. 2014 you'll get to start all over.

You just answered my question. Try it in flasher mode Brian. Set your upper and lower limits in the exact range you're fishing, with the lower limit 1 or 2 feet deeper than your total depth. Shoot a little vid or take a picture if you think of it. Buddy of mine gave me an X67c as a gift some years back. Have used Vex's, Marcum's and Birds and do find they are all the same in that, without one you're blind so with ANY one of them you're in the game. Never had any issue with the X67 but am curious about the Elite. It's nice to have both sonar and flasher options. You now have a portable for any season.

You're foolin' around in the woods more nowadays there Sasquatch. Mikey's In and out without a trace, stealing fish with a grin on his face. lol.

Lotsa slush and snow will probably keep a good few of the walkers off the ice. This year might be tougher all around for many wanting distant access. Good day out for ya dood!

Great buy. The Enticers are a perfect machine for the sensible rider looking for a work horse and reliable sled for ice fishing. Was it not around 2005 when they stopped making them? This winter is shaping up to be a wicked snowy one. Glad this rain is thickening up the snow and surface crusts, should help keep the Bravo floating up on top. Some wicked pics too BTW.

Alistair Sim in the Original Christmal Carol. And Elf is one the kids and I enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbQZ8GK2usU

Agree with others, get yourself one or two combos for walleye and a combo for pike. For jiggin' or pulling harnesses you don't have to break the bank on a walleye stick. Good old Berkeley Lightning rod rated up to 10lb test and about 6 1/2 feet in length would be good. Shimano sticks Clarus or Compre for a little more money and quality. Spool up with 10lb braid and if you have a spare spool keep 8 or 10lb mono on that. If you like spinning rods for pike too, beef up to a med/heavy rod rated up to 15/17lb test. Used St.Croix, Shimano, Fenwick, Loomis and a few others for pike over the years, so many options at different prices. Spool up with 30lb braid on a 3000 series reel and don't forget a steel or titanium leader at the business end. Agree with Bill on netting. Haven't netted a pike in ten years because of just what he says. Learn to handle them right and well and you'll do less damage.

Your music is waaaaaaaaaaaaay more messed up dood! Those funkadelik fellas were weird. lol. Christmas spirit this morning... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovi1SKwfyxU Mike... Out For A Rip just might be the next Canadian Classic. lol.

FOR PETE'S SAKE MAN!!! lol. A great multi-species year for ya Pete. Says a tonne about your fishing prowess that's for sure. The 50" won't be long for you, cause you gots thems muskies number dood! GL2014

The pluggin' was interesting and you surely pounded a tonne of steelies on them. What kind of water do you generally look for when plugging? And do you try to keep baits beating bottom on the retrieve? Great northerns too. Enjoyed your earlier season trip recap north. Gotta love those experiences.

Enjoying a cup of coffee on my cozy morning flight across land and sea. Cool stuff flight commander Irishfield. It is some cooooooooooold out there this December. Interesting stuff about the solar farms. Have 3/4 acre behind a thin treeline and in open field behind the house here, because it's pretty well out of sight I often wondered if it would be worth it to have 2 or 3 of things?

Both solid brands. Used the Humminbird 585ci for a few years and never had a problem. When a brand new Lowrance HDS7 Gen2 came my way for $500 though I couldn't say no. Took me awhile to switch the H out for the L but glad I did because now that Bird can go to the bow and I won't be jiggin' up there blind anymore for gnarly lakers and snarly smallies, while the definition, options and even mapping are better viewed now in the Capn's chair. Again though... nothing wrong with either product.

Summer's first harvests fishing involved her. We would walk Store Creek in Moosonee and catch small specks. To keep moving without the fish I would hide them under bark or leaves and ask her to remember where they were on the way back home. I'd slow the pace nearing our stocks and ask her if we forgot anything, or if we're close to our fish. She loved being responsible for finding them... more than reeling them in. They were her Easter eggs and back home I would cook them in the pan only gutted. They were her snacks she got to share, and share she did. Only went that way a few years but the process of catching and harvesting fish took early roots in a good way. When I come home now with fish and put them in the sink, even as a teen she's curious to drop what she's doing and have a look at the catch. Leah fell into it because she's just curious about everything. Wants to see all the inards, touch the fish, talk about it, watch them cook, understand the process, and if she can go with Dad fishing to get them. After every time I get back from fishing, if she's home, she comes to the garage and asks (yells out) the same questions. How was your fishing? Did you catch any fish? Did you bring any home? She's like a broken record that has been playing that same tune for years now. No matter what about harvest and fishing the main thing with kids is, they need to see you're happy and that it's being done right, and that in some good way they are very much a part of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE4a3KdIQiY He's a funny guy! Didn't know that Bill. Do now. Thanks.

As long as your gas doesn't smell like oil... cause that'd be something weird to think about, especially after your friday night out drinking with the fellas.

I had just dug out a big greener while driving by MEC one day and so I flicked it out the window onto the sidewalk infront of their store. From my rearview mirrow I watched three patrons and a worker come rushing out and divide my boogie into four equal parts. The first skinny rake simply ate it for she probably mistook it as a tiny piece of spinach. The teenage store worker took his piece inside and put it in a recyclable paper bag labelled GreenPiece, then stuck a $5.00 label on it with all proceeds to... duh!!!! GreenPeace!!! The third guy closely examined his nugget under a pocket microscope and must have noted a tiny speck of blood indicating it was of human origin. After some DNA testing and follow-up with InterPol I received a call with notice to appear in court on charges of littering. And that last little ChiaPet of a woman; before I could even turn the corner, she watered, nurtured and made my greener into a beautiful crop garden complete with trees that grow tofu burgers. MEC is a magical place I thought, and I'd spend the $5 to belong for sure.

Fished largies once this year and caught more bigger ones than those. Just joking around of course. Mike... I think you and this TRJ are in bed together and each night you plan then execute perfect bass slayfests on the water. Chunky year for ya!

What I found best in this report wasn't the fishing... Man, your kids happiness is the highlight of your life dood. They are in a great state of mind in every photo I see here. Keep up the great parenting... and fishing in 2014.

Have always enjoyed viewing the great fishing Christine has done through her life. Kudos to you Aaron for making that such a great day on the water.

My nephews are 2 1/2 and 1 this Christmas. Leah is only 10 and still has plenty kid in her... Summer still pretends for her younger sister. Wouldn't mind a few DVD's... Dexter season 8, Breaking Bad & Game of Thrones seasons 1. Other than that, looking forward most to great food with the families, watching the kiddies open their presents and sit on Santa's (Uncle George) lap on the 24th for our annual cheers.

Don't let fishing grow old on ya Lew... Grow old with fishing, Some solid muskies there young fella!

Didn't know it ti'll taking the wife to her first NHL game at "The Garage" but from the second section she can pretty well turn every head within a hundred yards radius when she gets piped up. Like that every sporting event and concert... and loves her GSP on TV too. Shhheeesh!

But 313 equals lucky 7. Cliff... end of the day you best have two drinks. Sorry to hear about what is certainly some of the most rotten karma anyone could possibly have. Hope it can all get sorted out easy enough, and covered by insurance of course.

In Chilliwack one night, bought 3 Scottsmen a shot of Laphroig and they all pushed it aside. One fella even howled "what in unholy ffffock are ye tryin' ta dooo to me lad," in his disgust. Those seaside whiskeys aren't for everyone... and they're kinda right, Laphroig is an aquired fuel. As for Lagavulin... it must be an aquired taste too, it's OK but plenty go on about it. That's kinda the thing with all booze though... to each their own. My uncle Les was over when I was 19. It was a week of interesting scotch sampling. Les played saxaphone in a BIG band and travelled across U.K. Many distilleries would host venues that his and such bands would play at. He sampled much on the road over 40 years, but being his home was in the Orkney Islands, Highland Park was a favorite as it was the local scotch I believe. Scapa comes from there as well. We were lucky in Moosonee to get a case of Scapa during it's limited release here... I loved the stuff for a few years ti'll it was gone. Oban is a western Highland... haven't had it in probably 15 years but remembered loving it then. It was $76 a bottle here then and on a college budget quite a stretch. Think now it's about $120. Too bad. I won't pay anymore than about $75-80 tops for a bottle of booze, but most times with Scotch look for around $50-65... which makes MacCallan perfect. The Oban distillery is one closest to my fathers ancestral blood, MacCallum. Dalwhinnie, GlenLivet, MacCallan and Aberlour... All around Glenmore Park. All fine scotches. Don't often pay for the Dalwhinnie which leaves the other three. MacCallan and Aberlour are right next door to each other on the Spey, pretty well same water, same land. They're actually quite close in taste, Aberlour is done in sherry, and MacCallan in oak or sherry. Like the lighter oak tastes more but have barely sampled their stuff overall Anything sweeter and smooth is where I'm best with scotch. Some guys might like the smoke... or whatever.