splashhopper

great pics.... looks you two were having fun

thanks for the report.... how come steph is out-fishing you on "her day".. .all the time? lol

Looking forward to it.... or we can go for a tour on my new ride! ... lol u better not be too big though

Hi Dubluz: By any chance have you got a pic of the side mount for your Sportspal.... I too think it will be a helluva lot easier to use the trolling motor at the side than behind my back.... How far out did you put the mount from the side of the canoe ? I am using the battery box as a seat right now... works great so far... and all my body parts are still intact I was wondering what that hole up front was for...( My buddy has eye-bolts in his and uses it to for his tie-downs.) I just discovered that putting the straps criss-crossed over the middle of canoe on my van's roof rack works WAY BETTER than securing the ends down . I still put a bungee chord at each end though I think I will put a roll of that muffler tape in the back of my van for emergency repairs while I am away. Any particular method of washing the built up grunge off? I was thinking of some TSP and a good scrub brush. How much weight can the canoe hold... one of my buddies is built the size of Shrek... and kinda talks like him too! Thanks for the heads up on the " wave control"... so far I haven't had that worry, but I know that will come soon enough. Splashhopper

Took a pic of my "new canoe" this morning.... It is definitely small when loaded ( 11 ft).... ( that's my buddy in the front with his SUITCASE ) lol But hey... I have already caught 7 fish in it in less than 18 hours.... lol The canoe has a leak or two in it.... big whoopie... Now I just need to find out where it is and learn how to seal em up from my other buddy that owns an old Sporstpal too ....

I was actually thinking of knocking him down $10.000 too! lol At that price... let him have a case and half of beer for it...lol ... I went out on it today and caught a half dozen fish.... 4 decent smallies and two good sized crappies... i get back to the van and discover I have lost one of the foam pads to put under it on the roof of the van. ( the ones i borrowed from my friend last night ) As the fishing gods would have it.... the guy that came in to shore right behind me with his canoe offered me one for free,,, I said: "how about I give you $10.00 for all four" ? I got those too.. Now I just need to buy my own life jackets for my daughter and i.....

wtg on a nice day of fishing

Yep.... and my buddy that has a 14 Sportspal just called and is gonna help me find the leak and fix it like he did with his 5 years ago and it has never leaked since.... Lucky me......

wooo hooo..... Kijiji has been berry berry good 2 meeeeee lately.. In the last two weeks I have bought: 1) Motor-guide 36lb thrust trolling motor .. barely used 2) 12v Energizer deep cycle battery... had to clean up the terminals 3) Schumacher 2-10 V charger.. Sub-total: $140.00 Today I bought an 11ft Sportspal canoe Paid $50.00 Grand total... $190.00 ! I didn't realize how small an 11 foot canoe really is until I went to strap it on the roof of my Grand Caravan.... holy crap... thank goodness I had some long bungee cords in the van already from work... We took the little canoe out to the local pond for a test run before we take it up to "Spinnerbait country" tomorrow am. After a bit of fiddling and farting around.... I got the electric motor rigged up and my buddy in the front.. Off we went... he has never fished top-water before and definitely not "the slop".... lol I headed straight to it and rigged him up with my favorite: a Black Scum frog I was having a bit of a challenge getting used to the side mount for the motor and he was learning how to fish top-water... As we got closer to the slop, I headed us toward shore and some overhanging trees He tossed hi frog in and within a few casts.. he was getting some action... he was excited... I told him I thought the big frogs were chasing his frog And that he would "KNOW" when a large-mouth bass hit his top-water frog ... I finally got a chance to fish and about 10 casts in..... KAPOW... HUUUGE HIT.... AND i SET THE HOOK My PB largemouth >>> All that we had was a camera phone.... but hey.... it's a pretty good photo for the pressure we were under...lol We estimated the fish at or near 5 lbs based on its length of 21" and girth the same size as my PB smallie from last weekend.... i really need to get a digital scale... it's getting kinda nuts lately with some of the fish I have been VERY FORTUNATE to catch the last 2-3 weeks. Tomorrow morning we are headed back out with the little canoe.... gonna test it out on a larger conservation area. The canoe has a very small leak in it... no biggie... I will check it over next week and re-seal the joints.... maybe even add a bolt or two to it for easier tie downs...and secure a short piece of 2x4 to the side to mount the motor... All in all... I am one very happy consumer of stuff from Kijiji so far... Now If I could just get rid of some of my own stuff on there,... my wife would be happy too Splashhopper

youtube.com has LOTS of stuff for newbies like us

nice report... nice fish,,,, I have the same challenge with the pics I take of the bigger fish... my photography skills suck....lol

scroll up and look at the colours that were working for me

Bump... and a pm sent

< never needed a 9mm for fishing

I look at it as if you don't have a line in the water, you're not gonna catch a fish. I don't pay much attention to the moon. Although it does make it easier to see. I think along the same lines.... It is just that i too had an amazing long weekend of fishing last eek and it was a full moon too... I fished the same places and at the same times and with the same baits.... but that week, the moon was full. .so it got me wondering

don;t have one here yet, since every pic I have tried to use says it is too large... I even tried pulling from photobucket to no avail.. so my pic looks like this >>>

if you are targeting the bass in those ponds... grab a pack or two of Senko's ( black/blue) or Berkley sinking worm- (watermelon colour) from Crappy Tire and some weedless hooks... rig the worms Wacky style ( both of the above can be found by searching Youtube.com) toss the line out and let them it bottom... gently jig it to bring it off bottom a foot or so if you get nothing by the time it is half way back to your boat... reel it in and cast it out again... work the shore lines and keep your boat about 10-15 yards off shore... Good luck bro

http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/ Any thoughts on moon phase effects for the bite? thanks

why not use 1/4" Easyboard from Home Depot.... about $18 for a 3x 5 sheet... can cut it with a utility knife it is very light... and is used under tiled floors(1/4 - 1/2 ")... behind shower walls (1/2 inch for walls)etc can withstand water too i use it for floor tile installations a lot. a

everybody drives thru Moosomin.... I sometimes wish my own father had ... but nooooo.. he stopped for a few beers in Moosomin and as my mom says: " instead of me being a tall dark German boy, I am a short assed little drunk(sober now though)...lol

welll.... that explains EVERYTHING

nice feesh mang

yeah stop "correcting" holdfast typos..... maybe that's the way dey spell tings in saksatchewaan eh... lol Great pics of families place ,,,,, love the shots of the boat on the quiet water... looks very peaceful

well said John

Mutant or not.. that fish is huuuge... wtg boys I wonder how many of the salmon caught on the great lakes could technically be called "mutants" since so many of them are raised in hatcheries and then released to "the wild"...