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Let me start out by saying what a great weekend my wife, kids and I had! So we head up to my folks place Friday night after work and get there late so no real fishing was done other then 100 or so yards out and ended up with a nicew keeper eye. No pic's other then real bad ones if you want proof Sat. morning starts off with some great weather and waiting for some not so old friends. They got there right on time so they had breakfast with my kids. My wife needed to run into town as she forgot to pack something so my son and I went out for a quick fish. We found a bunch of these all over the place. My son did get skunked but he's 4 and didn't even wet a line as he just wanted to watch all the fish. We had a nice quiet night and off to bed we all went waiting for some other friends; old and new, to join us tomorrow. Sunday we get up to another great day. We all get ready for a fun filled day and my daughter bouncing off the walls waiting for everyone to show up. 10:00 rolls around and right on time Cliff and Sydney show up. Sure enough my daughter goes in to shy mode as she was waiting all morning for Syd but we told her, 10:00 so we all can get ready. We wait a bit to find out what another person in the group is doing to find out he's delayed... So what do we decide to do? That's right! My daughter and I take Cliff and Syd out looking for some bass and perch. We did find them but the bite wasn't near as good as it was the day before. I boated the fist bass of the trip (Cliff has a pic) and Syd landed a perch or two and Kaileigh and Cliff came up short with light bites and nothing landed. It was ok cause it was almost lunch time. We head in and the girls took a dip in the lake and had a whole lot of fun and got along like they have been frineds for years and not a few hours. We all sit down to a big lunch (still waiting on another person to show ) and while we let our food digest the girls got a bit of the creative bug and helped paint a garden chair for my mother. After that they decided they would rather stay behind and swim and play so Cliff and I got out for an hour while waiting for our third person to join us for the day. After looking at what spots were open (not holding other boats) we wet some lines and are into the 'cookie-cutter' bass that are all over the lake. Second cast for Cliff and his skunk is now gone for the day. We got a few more just like this and get the text message that it's time to go back to the dock and pick up our third person for the days fun. We get young_one (Will) and we head off back to an open spot close to where were were. Will was Will and kept us LOL as we had found a pattern and we weren't sharing with him so he had to figure out a lake he have never fished on his own... We fished all over the lake and had a few rather big bass for this lake too! Pic's to be added by the others. We head back close to the cottage to fish a bit as dinner was getting close and we got into a few mose there too, back to the cookie-cutter size tho... We all get ready for a feast off hotdogs, burgers, sausages, one fresh fish and more! It was getting late and Cliff and Syd had to go home so we all said our goodbye's and are already planning the next trip So Will and I headed out for the dusk/evening bite to see what we could hook into. Will got a great keeper walleye only a few min. into this trip! Wait, there was/is a problem... we lost the stinger off the boat earlier in the day! ok, problem solved, use the big basket net as a livewell off the back of the boat, PROBLEM! The fish found a hole in the net and got free. Yes, my fault 100% for this problem this time. Did I say this time? Oh there is more... Back to the evening fishing though. Will caught another keeper walleye and this one was an upgrade from the last one so I didn't feel bad for putting him on the fish. The bug's got brutal so we decided a few more cast and all I enved up with was a head shake, hookset, another BIG head shake so I set the hook again (as I knew the hook was getting dull) and all of a sudden there was nothing pulling. I think "damn!" and sure enough what ever it was it was heavy as it pulled a fair bit of drag and my rod looked like and Uglystik ad they way it was bent over and they just as fast as it hit, it bit through the 20lb braid... So we call it a night and head in to the cottage. I got a message from Cliff saying they were home safe and sound and Will had to get going too. I got his message that he made it home safe and sound too so I headed off to bed after watching a bit of the storm to end a great day of fishing with frinds old and new. Thanks to Cliff, Sydney and Will for joining our family for a fun filled day to our weekend! Thanks for reading all. Geoff

That's some great work you all did there!!!

very cool, good tunes too!

not a problem at all Wayne. As long as you all pass it a long when Jenn doesn't nead it, give or take a month or two at this rate...

what's that old saying Randy? if you din't have bad luck you would have no luck at all so there you have it. Don't forget to wear a helmet at all times!

Hey all. So I just got confirmation from 2 OFC'ers, sorry OFC'ers that they can make it Sunday to my folks place on 4 mile lake. 3 adults and 2 kids so far and maybe another adult on Sat (all depending on things going on). We may even have a local on the lake join us in he boat too, just not sure yet as I haven't heard back. The plan of attack for the day? See if the 2 girls (the kids) can out fish the adults on the perch and other pannies in the lake! Then spend some time playing with bass and with luck a walleye or a few. I'm not going to name any names just incase things change but the kids' have at least one ace in the pocket and we the adults (have a 3rd) have a younger one to be a net man if needed. I just hope he gets some fish! So if anyone is going to be on the lake on Sunday we might need another boat to get us ALL out there as my wife and son will be on shore. Unless they take the tinny out. Worst case is we take the 6th and 7th (if we get there) people and drag them out in a tube then hand them a combo and tell them to fish while floating around the area. Have fun this weekend folks and there will be a report to follow from one of us, cheers. Geoff

did she test out the new walker? If so, how did it go VS the current one at the hospital?

Oh I tried for the video was was too slow on the blackberry...

You go girl! and I mean that to both of you...

I wonder what tomorrow will bring...

So I go out for a walk at lunch to find Mrs Kelly and Dann helping out a friend. I don't think you can tell in this pic but it's 30x hotter where they are cause of the gril's

noted and I would be walking away rather fast.

I just missed getting a pic of a guy walking down Bay St in a Banana suit!!!

http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Enforcement/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_163377.html

then go there as you can find a few spots to fish from shore as well.

MNR tips email. you never know...

Too bad it took me so long to get my phone out to get a good pic...

Here are a few pic's I have taken in the past two days. Notice the name on the truck? Well this "Newf" should have watch where he was going. Yes, he hit the back of the car... These two guys came flying down Bay St. yesterday. One has a powered chair and the trailer person doesn't so he just holds on for the ride. Nice way to get around if you ask me...

I am kind of the same thought here. True (I guess), but show me how and that all that other good stuff (not asking you to do so Bill, the companies involved) works better then XYZ company.

I have NEVER had a problem with any of my RayBan glasses and or warranty. B&L now runs the Canada arm of RayBan (I think) so try there if you have issues. I still have a set of RayBan glasses I got for fishing but with the misshaps that can happen while fishing I'll stick to my sub $50 set's.

if you can, find out the brand of oil the last owner used. you might not want to start running AMS-OIL Synthetic in it if it's never had it run through it before. If you cannot find out, run the good old style stuff you can get at CTC as that's what was more then likely used in the past. Just my extra to the reply...

Hey paul. I have a $30 or $40 set I got from Bass Pro from Extream Optics and I wear them every day and I'm happy with them. They last about 3 to 4 years of daily use too. What kind of price range are you looking at? I wear amber all the time and I've never had a problem. Some like smoke on a bright day and amber of an overcast day. Me, I like what works... Cheers. PS, I hear Solar Bat (Solar____ ?) products are very good to for teh price. Geoff

I too run 50:1 in my 70's Jhonson unit. (easy there all you smart reading... )

you might want to add where you are located so people can give you a place close to home...