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its coming.... lol

Im not from down there, but I imagine any of the kawarthas are good..

Thats correct Roy. I imagine of the water was warm, they dont do as well.

Nice!!

NICE FISH!!

Right on Rick.. keep up the good work!!

Great report!! The new owners there are great... come to think of it.. they are our closes neighbors!!!

Awesome pictures guys!!!

LOL.. I was waiting for someone to ask... cant tell ya... working out the details.. but its gonna be fun.

Welcome aboard!!

I think its a great topic...

Great report... .. if you don't think people flyin to these lakes.. here's a story for you. This is absolutely true!! 4 or 5 years ago, Monique, I and the two kids were on a weeklong flyin at a spot we went to every year. We had been in for three or four days, when around noon, a small float plane lands on the lake. He moors on shore across the lake, unloads a portaboat, and with a kid they get in and start fishing. Well being the friendly folks we are we get in our boat to go out and ask if he wants to have a shore lunch with us. As we put over and get about 50 feet from him, I say Hi!!... he says "HEY!! your that family I always see on the internet!!" I was actually a bit flattered. I asked him if he came often and he said it was his first time that he had just watched our video from the year before and flew in from Timmin's to try it out. He asked me where the pickeral were, and I told him truthfully that there was no pickeral in the lake, but it was LOADED with pike, which is the reason we liked it, lots of action. His kid then proceeds to proudly pipe up and say, "well no big deal, Dads got a freezer full of pickeral at the cottage anyway!!" As soon as he found out there was no pickeral in the lake, he putted back to the plane and promptly took off. The guy wasnt a dick or anything. I dont blame the outfitter at all.

Awesome report.. always and adventure im sure....

LOL

Congrats.. I know how ya feel.

You wont need any advice.. lakes are FULL of fish.. We did these videos while there at Manotak Lodge http://www.manotak.com/videos.html

Ditto.... but not all are enlightened.. some slack in necessary.

That's a given.. what I'm saying is that is it the right of the government to mandate that you wear it?? I think you should wear it, but is it the governments decision to MAKE it so. Maybe I'm wrong, but common sense shouldn't be LAW, but sense. Maybe there's just a lack of sense today. OK.. here's another thing.... if an impaired charge in the boat makes you loose your drivers license.. if you get caught without a life jacket will you loose points like a seat belt charge.. they wont bother with your boater card cause that's a fraud. They will just knock points off your DRIVERS LICENSE cause that the only real punishment. I hope you enjoy that!! If they pass this.. there's no going back... whens the last time they repealed a law... wasn't income tax supposed to be a temporary WW2 measure?? Doesn't seem very temporary to me. To me its the sames as drunk driving.. there's a limit.. 0.08 or something like that.. over that your in trouble.. not any more.. 0.04 now and your in trouble.. and loose your license... whats next 0.02.. whats next..... This kind of legislation is just the start.. I tell ya what.. I bet ya they don't make wear you PFD or seat belt in Communist China or Russia. But I guess were better at common sense than they are. They must all be stupid and we should enlighten them. All the little rules add up... must be fun to make them up and get paid for it...

That usually the American way... whats up GCD.. in favor of more government involvement in your life. ie communism?? Next they tell ya ya cant drink shione, cause its bad for ya... LONG LIVE THE SOUTH!!!

I wonder if Bill Clinton wears a PFD?? and if you think that you wont fall over while wizzing.. it has happened to me.. thankfully in 3 feet of water.

To me the entire thing is not about whether you should wear a lifejacket.. that's pretty obvious.. the thing for me is that in 50 years there are going to be so many regulations that you'll be breaking the law all the time cause you wont know whats legal and whats not. I tell you if you get stopped by a CO and an OPP officer, if they spend enough time going through the boat and asking questions, they will soon enough find something that you are not compying with. As far as Im concerned it all began with seatbelts. yes they should be worn, no they shouldnt be madatory. started out as a ticket... now its point on your licence. heres the next thing... if they ban the use of cell phones and the use of gps units, whats next.. i tell ya having a boiling hot timmies coffee in my hand is just as dangerous, so thats next no more drinking in the vehicle, and then.. next... if you get caught without both hands on the wheel.. you'll get a ticket. Im not saying these things are not common sense, im just saying that the regulators never take a break.. next is (and i dont smoke) you wont be able to smoke in your own house if there is someone under 16 in the house.. dont think it cant happen?? Think again... There's a reason my camp is so far in the bush. PS.. it was only very recently that I found out its not mandatory for the kids to wear a life jacket. Diod I make them wear them.. sure I did.

When have I ever been a good example....

I wear mine occasionally, and make the kids wear them when we are underway. To me making it mandatory is just one more way the government can control my actions, based on a knee jerk reaction to a flurry of fatalities. (Like the gun registry and boaters cards, which have both proven themselves to be useless.) I tell ya what, they can mandate whatever they want, it doesn't mean ill do it. It may not be politically correct, but its the way I feel.

Congrats!!

Its a bass pro block about 10 bucks each I think, Im also putting down corn and a sweet deer feed from my local co-op at about $9 for a 55lb bag.