splashhopper

looks like pure heaven

I would have given him some face language that resembles me licking an ice cream from the bottom up.... then video taped him !

looks like heaven to me

prayers fromour family to yours...

aounds like a decent day anyways

ada boy beans

awesome

awesome

excellent report.... thank you for taking the time to write it.

beauty fish eh

Hey all: I am going back to a retreat on Raven and Deer lakes up near Dorset in September. I have been there the last two years and done well on Large Mouth bass each visit. My gut tells me that there has to be some lake trout or large brook trout in there as one of those lakes is close to 80 feet deep. I have access to three boats and want to try drop shotting and or slow trolling a three way rig down deep for whatever is living down there. If anyone knows or has fished these two lakes, I am all ears. Thanks for any help. Splashhopper

G-man.... are da man ! ...

AWESOME video Wayne ... thank you so much for sharing your daughters incredible journey with us.

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That is great news and an even greater outlook on life.

As a proud father of a 3 time Candian National Taekwondo daughter, I can attest to the costs of kids moving through the ranks in highly competitive sports. We never thought in our wildest dreams when she started in the sport at 5 years old would she stick with or be as accomplished as she is. Our family has had to make some pretyy serious financial adjustments to help her realize her fullest potential in this sport. The club does fundraisers, prizes, raffles, car washes.... all of it. The families with more money particpate equally in the fundraisers and don;t come across with holier than thou attitudes just because they drive expensive vehicles and live in big homes. They are in it for ALL of the kids in the club. A child that may not come from a privileged family should not limit that kids chances to achieve their best. My childs success in her sport is not your financial burden. But if a kid is standing out there asking for some help, maybe step back a moment and think about THEM, instead of what you think their parents " parenting style" should be. There are many stories in the sports arena's of how kids worked their tails off to get to where they are. And there are just as many stories of what the parents go through to help their child, no matter what it costs their Pride and Ego. I can say this, my daughter has just qualified to go to Russia to represent the Junior Canadian Taekwondo team and I will be doing whateve I have to do to help her get there. She is doing her part with straight A's and volunteering in school etc. I can suck up some FALSE pride and do my part. As for the comment that the kids are arriving at the liquor store in their parents $50 k vehicles. Rememebr this, not EVERY SINGLE KID there is. Not mine. And how do you know which one of those kids is in the same boat as mine? Count your blessings if you have a privileged lifestyle. And count your blessings even more when you help that one kid realize their dream because you decided to drop a WHOLE LOONEY in the basket while walking in to the liquor store to buy your fourty dollar bottle.

what about the beard ?

dang.... now what will I do with my shimano reel that I bought at Canadian Tire 4 years ago for $39.00 ( on sale of course ) ? I was counting on that reel

And that is what OFC is all about.

keep em coming bro.....

That's the spirit Richard. Prayers from my family to yours. Sincerely

my most memorable fishing experience was the first time I took my daughter fishing with me. I had no idea if she would like it or if she would get bored so I took her to a good spot for carp. We went to Walmart and bought one of those $15.00 reel and rod combo's for her and headed out. Got to the spot.... not there 5 minutes and she hooks in to a MONSTER carp ! She had a wrist brace on her hand and was fighting this fish like the trooper she is. I stuck real close to her as she only weighed 45-50 lbs then and that fish was pulling her like she was wasn't even there. Then she yelled at me to take the rod because it was hurting her wrist and she didn;t want to lose it. Yeah no pressure chanelle.... a five foot rod and not even sure how much line or what lb test was on the real. About 10 minutes later we got it in... She couldn't even lift it.... Turns out it was about 30lbs.... the following picture doesn't do the fish justice ( it's gurth was double what you see there).... but her smile says it all..... Her FIRST FISH ! Great topic.