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Dunno Joe! Had to wait it out with PBucket and didn't really go elsewhere. Just waaaay to much hassle to move 1000's of photos some place else then, re-embed every new IMG tag into all the old stories on my website. Hated PBucket for doing what they did then came to wonder if they would turn it around eventually. People like myself with pay accounts were grandfathered at the original prices with original services until Dec 31 of this year, some people beyond into 2019 if finishing up with an existing paid account. Today, I bought in for $21 cheaper than my old deal with waaaay more storage and all the same features I once had. My guess, PBucket just couldn't host millions of free users with billions of photos being uploaded and stored there and no sign of that slowing down for them either. They pulled a super nasty and turned people off the place and now they're maybe pulling some back in with a different business approach in mind. Whatever it may be, the receipt sent to my email today said that on this day next year, the same price will be automatically billed to my credit card and the plan will remain what it is now.

And so it worked out this time! $48.03 for the year. Pretty well UNLIMITED, AD FREE, NO WATERMARKING and SHARING. I have over 7000 photos in there and it now notes I have used only 1% of my storage. It advertises as "Forever Plan" but once purchased it came up as Essentials200 or something like that. Only time will tell if I get screwed

That's the one Adam. I emailed their support team to see if able to slide into it, as it would be better and cheaper than their old plans were and, it would mean moving nothing.

I hear ya man! It's a risk. But if they're offering said plan above for a year, I'd take it for a year and see what comes the following.

Daaaaaang dude!!! That there's a purdy one!

It was around November 20-25 or so two autumns back that I fished muskies 7 days in a row during that heatwave. Only caught one on the last day when the weather was turning cold. There was a day or more that reached 20+C I believe. This October out there plenty, man it was cool some days. Winter tires shoulda been on for folks before Halloween I guess.

Can someone link over to Photobucket and report back if the "Forever Plan" is offered to them on their home page or, the "Plans" page? My old account expired, I went over there tonight to have a look and the Forever Plan came up. So, I log in and get a notice to upgrade, go to upgrade and, there's no "Forever Plan" option offered to me. This plan is pretty sick, being that it's about $50US a year with pretty well totally unlimited everything including photo sharing/bandwidth and a terrabyte of storage. So, I log out to see if the plan pops up to me again and maybe I can pull a promo code or something but, it doesn't appear anymore. Wondered if maybe because PBucket got my IP the once and found it to be an old user, that they're just not willing to offer me up a new user plan? Anyhow, any PBucket people wanting back in, that plan looked like about the best it's gonna ever get. $4.00 a month US rather than last years bullcrap offer of $400US a year for the same.

Listening to both Greta Van Fleet albums pretty much every day. For some odd reason, cycling that with Daft Punk's last album too. But a bit inbetween been enjoying a little Alabama Shakes. This woman has pipes!!!

Thanks Len... and good to hear from you. Trust you're getting ready for a long ice season now, unless any hunts haven't finished..? Maybe catch ya out there sometime for lakers granted I get out much at all.

Short as it was, the muskie fishing was the best I've ever had. Just can't imagine how long a winter it's going to be for those not used to it. But it is Canada, and next week could hit +20C like it did two years ago.

Two perfect specimens right there. Nicely done.

This thread is tooo funny. I want to steal, copy and paste all of it to every bass page everywhere. lol.

You have great water in your backyard... but it'd be hard to beat the scenery and excitement of traveling with friends to a northern muskie lodge. Solid reward bud!

On that page too... Just as I am Lowrance and as I am... etc. They become "problem" pages, they're negative most of them. Just like our evening news... In Lunds case, I wonder how many Lund owners are happy with their boats but just don't go online on any regular basis to confess their love? lmao! Had an issue with my new Lund already, but my marina and Lund took care of it entirely. I'm with Wayne, "The Bomber" sold after 8 years of heavy use and trailering, with not a leak. But like every other boat, you treat it like crap and don't give it regular winks and TLC, they will get old on you that much quicker. Although never an issue with an old transom... the new boat has the new transom. Wonder if other companies will follow suit?

LOL!!! When your net man is gonna have troubles is when the net is needed. Good stuff! Sunday was a tough one here, lost one, caught a bunch of pike but snapped off an $80 bait and $10 leader. You did better. lol. Christine and I were chatting about you in the boat for a minute.

Sent a couple off last spring that were bad apples. Gotta admit, they cleaned 'em up purdy good and got 'em working better than before.

Only thing that stands out as extraordinary here is that TheKawarthaAngler needs to change his name to just KawarthaAngler so that his profile can fit that dropped "r" into place with the rest of his name. Just a bit of OCD here for ya. lol

Good to hear from ya mon chum! Would be nicer to hear of better health though. Didn't even think of "then there were six" in reference, you got me looking online now. lol... Fat bottomed gulls, yeah, that was one for sure. Polar Foam...??? Just an idiot here really. What a dumb play that was. lol Be well bud. Feel good.

Started on FishOntario in 2002, added Fish-Hawk in 2003 as it was basically home turf waters that most there were posting about, and later started lurking here in 04 I think, came on about 05/06 and joined NAA, RB's and YRF about then too. All have basically died, with F-H likely to be the next. Soooooooooo many people have come and gone but some still really stand out for each of us when you see their names. It would be great to hear how old members are doing, I always like reports, and guys like say Cookslav's spring Algonquin trips, Tony or Aaron's summer salmon days, Ramble's backwoods tours, etc, etc. are the types of personal fishing reports and stories which I always felt fueled me to read more. Steve posted the names Pameladellaire and Mepps as well. Pam years back sent me a print of one of her paintings. She had painted it from a picture I had taken of a cabin on Hancock Creek outside of Moosonee. Couple months ago I was looking at it here at home and happily remembering that kind gesture and the fact she used to post her paintings here. Well, she fell off the face of the earth, like many people actually do from these sites, except that some of us for whatever reason never forget them. And Joey!!! How could any of us forget her, she was beautiful with everyone here and off site as well. Doesn't matter how old this place is, the next person or post that could have some impact on your life could happen any time.

Those stars had me going a minute. Can't believe how much your daughter looks like Monique, and how she and your boy have grown. It's incredible that you're all together, enjoying it together. Must make you parents proud. It's a piece of heaven, your heaven, and so it's gotta be one helluva a great jiggy jiggy place to visit.

OK... I won't send this reply to your boss. Appreciate you reading the story but please put your job first in the future. lol You should take the trip in your dad's honor is what you should do. Back to your roots. It's the perfect place to think on that. There's only a handful of friends I could consider doing this kind of trip with. The older we all get, the more set in our ways we tend to be so if you have friends that you are struggling with on short trips now, chances are you will continue to unless you begin talking about it soon. My temperament and drive isn't for everyone, and I know this. So with some friends I am quick and honest to explain that I don't think we would work together well for this or that type of thing. If they are really your friends, they may or may not like it but, they will ultimately understand and accept that. Friends I think the world of don't necessarily have the right stuff for certain trips. And that's not usually a fault of theirs or mine, but more or less just our differences and, my beliefs of how we will manage together on any given trip. Mike is one guy who puts on his big boy pants, gets his hands dirty, never stops thinking, and in the face of troubled moments usually takes a time out to collect himself. I'm much the same except I tend to explode for a brief moment when troubled, then it's out and I can chill. It's never an easy thing though, I have some friends now who likely be ticked off with me for life because I took this trip without them. To that I say, book yourself the trip and go then. As far as fly fishing goes, I truly was just in awe of it again, maybe more so than ever before. IMO it's just not productive enough for certain fishing I like, ie; muskie, lakers, walleye, sturgeon, and others. That said, trips for specks and pike, maybe more gar at home too, I hope to step up the fly game a little bit more. It is, as you know, a very rewarding to hook up. http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/woods-expedition-comfort-max-self-inflating-mattress-4-in-0762919p.html#srp This thing was a bit bulky but AMAZING to sleep on. Bought it and a single tent that the mattress just fits inside. The whole thing can be set up on the casting deck of my boat. Get just as good a night sleep on it as I do the bed at home. Maybe better with all that fresh O2 passing the nares. You'll like it I think! You like the northern O trip reports.

Terry has always been a star. Remembering at Wayne's cottage sitting talking and one up'ing each other. Me: "Ahhhh in my teens for something to do we'd get a case of beer and hit the backroads." Wayne: "Just a case?!?! I'd keep a keg in the trunk." Terry: "Well my car had a keg too, and I built a tap right into the dash."

Great to enjoy with a morning coffee Andrew. Surely gets me missing the days on the rivers and lakes north, walleye are always a fun social fish, especially in numbers like 100 or even just 99 a day. The right group of people though, and it's trips like this one that keep ya going back for more.

The "Freezer" is now called the "Breakfast" pool maybe? Basically a 2 second walk from Alberts? A fly angler was on it a couple days but when he and Albert slipped down river one afternoon, we got in there and pounded fish in that tailout. Didn't swing the flies much there as that's all the other guy had been doing, but he sure left alot of fish lure hungry. Above the Aquatuk where those skinny runs were we moved through at a quick pace and didn't bother. Finally drift fished in a good mile or two before stopping at Eerie Feelings above the Aquatuk. Put a quick and decent hurt on some fish there. It's interesting to note how others like to fish the river, there's certainly no shortage of trout for all styles. And thanks Sterling. lol. Mike had me laughing with that log too. Nut! GOD we could have used some horny bush broads out there though. What happens on the Sutton... well, it doesn't stay on the Sutton and it sure would have added a little extra to the story.

Not 100 here... but probably 24 in the big boy box and another 50 in odds and ends muskie/pike/big laker crossovers. And you're totally right, been using about 7 or 8 consistently this season and don't change much because once you have those confidence lures, it's hard to switch out.