splashhopper

Thank you for all the kind acknowledgments.

Definitely scoring with her kicks... she has the ability to execute the instructions yelled at her by her coach.... Thank goodness she isn't addhd like her dad is !

I concur with Dutchy,..... No problem with the deal Ryan....

Couldn't afford two parents to go on the trip Roy.. Timing of the tournament right after Christmas was tough on us financially.

It's a long time till trout open back up is why I started this year

Thanks Bernie,,,, There was a day though that I wouldn't have asked

I know,,, it's not fishing,.,,,, But hey.... my daughter, Botbot on here, puts in 4-5 nights of training in the sport she loves... Taekwondo. She qualified for the Canadian Junior National Tournament this past weekend in Halifax. Last Wednesday,, they had no one for her to fight ( weight class for her age) so we signed some papers and got her bumped up two weight classes. She had to be a minimum of 30 kilos though ... even though we signed the papers. At the weigh in,, she was so full of Gatorade ... she could barely stand to get weighed. But hey... she was over the threshold.. .she was whole 30.65 kilos She won her first fight and then it was on to the semis. In the semi-finals match, she was down by 3 points with 30 seconds to go She tied it up and WON in sudden death Then,,, she is in the finals and is down 2 points with 15 seconds left..... whammo and ties it up to go to sudden death AGAIN... She wins ! Botbot also competed in the patterns portion of the tournament and won that as well ! She wins DOUBLE GOLD for the third straight year. She is the reigning 2010 Canadian NATIONAL Junior Taekwondo Champion.. and successfully defended her 2009 and 2007 championships. ( 2008 had a weight change and she wasn;t allowed to compete ) Her very proud Mom .. .who deserves a medal of her own for her dedication to our daughters enjoyment and success in this sport. Whooot whooot !

nice catch....

wow.... that oughta help... big time.....

So Dutchy and I had a brutal fall for rainbows this year and were thinking it was gonna be a long time till trout season opened up again. We were discussing all the anticipation for the ice fishing on the board . We decided we would give it a try and went out and bought a few things for it. Well, this past Saturday was the day... We take our auger out and drop a couple of holes... who knew than an EIGHT INCH AUGER is a bugger to burrow holes down,,,, we didn't ! Dutchy got all set up,,, and threaded a worm on to his hook,,, he was jigging it for about 5 minutes and... got this 12 inch JUMBO FATTIE We are STOKED Well.. after 6 more hours and NOTHING more to show for it... we were a little less than impressed with all the hoopla we heard on the boards. But hey..... we are not quitters.... We go back out Sunday ... thinking maybe we missed the "morning bite" on Saturday... and the afternoon bite and the early evening bite No matter.... we gonna try again.... So,,, back we go..... Dutchy starts off at the same hole he got the jumbo perch on before,.,,, i give it about 10 minutes... and look down the lake to see who else is there. I walk down to two old boys.... ask them if they are having any luck. um yeah..... and as he is talking.. .hauls in three nice sized bluegills. hmmmmm??? I decide to humble myself and tell.. we are newbies to this ice fishing.... and he invites us both down to fish with him and his buddy. He is a humble old fella,,, and watches us drill holes with that HUUUGE 8" auger.... sees how slow we are... I asked him to try it.... he did,,,, went through it ok,,, but said our blades were dulll as a hammer.... no kidding! He grabs his 6" AUGER AND PLOWS THROUGH THE ICE IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS FLAT :w00t We start fishing with our original set up.... about 15 minutes later... the old boy comes over... checks our jigs..... cuts them off and re-ties with his itty bittty tiny little jigs He drops it down to the bottom and shows us how to jig it.... 1-2 inches off bottom,, ,and small little jigging... not the one to two feet we were doing ! lol A few minutes later and Dutchy is in to one.... yeah baby..... and then he gets a few more.... geeeesh .... I finally get one after looking like this for awhile and thinking I should check in to that PROZAC stuff! We see the old boy moving around to the 5-6 holes he has drilled... so we do the same... and slowly but surely.. we start catching a few. All in all.. Sunday was a MUCH more enjoyable day of fishing....lol We will give it another go soon. Does anyone want to buy an 8" auger... We are looking at getting a 6" one asap. Dutchy and Splashhopper

I don't have to worry about these things anymore..... I have my little fishing buddy, Botbot, just go and take care of it for me

I really miss this too >>

My PB smallie and my PB Largie Bring on the thaw.....

GREAT to see you Holdfast.... oh,,, and nice report too

I have never been accused of being stable.

signed

welcome aboard... eh

I agree Ryan.... Should have mentioned that we secured the kitty litter bags with bungee chords hooked in to eyebolts.

Great Bumblebeee....... Leechman I wonder if you can make a "TOP WATER" butterfly.... Then come up with a "rippin rap" song like Mohammed Ali that you can sing with your lures on the days the fishing is slow.

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UNBELIEVABLE make sure you watch it to the end.

don't be listening to someone that doesn't drive these vehicles in the snow.... His point of "should be" tell you it is an OPINION,,,,, not experience Get the snows bro ! I drove those empty boxes for two winters myself..... we used to put three 20lb bags of kitty litter over each of the rear wheel wells for added weight .... added weight,, plus you can throw them under the wheels for traction if you still get stuck

Hope they still have them beats

Use www.photobucket.com bro... Once on Photobucket.... copy the IMG code of the picture you want to post....and paste it in to a thread here

CTC on Fanshawe at Hyde Park had them on Tuesday.... at the customer service desk.