tinbanger

let me know when the "gang" ( Misfish, tyler and his Mom ,Extreme team )will be there and the coffees , tea ( for you ) and hot choc (for tyler) are on me. Come on Wayne ...you get to be on TV! LOL TB

just a little positive customer service story about our friends at MNR . Earlier today I emailied a question to MNR via there website ( "contact us") . It was answered via return email in less than 15 minutes with the advice/info I needed. Called the Ministry department suggested ,phone answered by a real person , who managed to solve my issue in under 5 minutes. who says customer service is dead.... or should I be buying a lottery ticket ! TB

Whole bunch of little bunnies behind the hosue in the ravine .If it wasn't for the neighborhood cats , snares would work well. have fun out there. TB

AC/DC! You lucky guy awesome , saw them at SARS fest , they kicked the Stones butt , best show I had seen in a long time .they truly seem to enjoy what they do . TB

Count on me for the tea .I'll bring along some extra for the crew and anyone else that can make it . as for the fishing gear maybe not ...supposed to be working !! TB

let me know when you plan to be there and I'll bring you a coffee ( or tea) ! sounds way cool!!! great job on the promo TB

planning to be out with Pikeie and a buddy before he goes back to Soo for school on Sunday . Most likely Gilford as I'm not sure Innisfil park ice is safe yet .Any on eknow for sure ? Be walkin and will keep an eye out we have a OFC sticker on our bucket ! TB

marina and a good 100 feet out from entry ( maybe farther) has almost 6" of solid ice. caught some small perch there yesterday , or should I say Pikie caught some perch ...and a sucker ! tb

Interesting video. Reminds me of an old high school girlfriends family who had a sugar bush in the Westport area. her father was old school and used a team of horses to gather the sap . The sugar shack smelled of maple syrup even in August! TB

nice fish and great report somethin about us Barrie guys and Niagara river muskies Although I think yours was a bit bigger TB

great report glad to hear some fish were caught ..although no pics ???? Really need to plan better for next year and make sure I have a some credits left come december Put the boat away on Sunday , won't be long till April TB

Patent pending !!! Can't take the credit , stole the idea from numerous OFC posts .Works well and best of all ...cheap TB

nice report some hard work ( hike) paid off TB

nice report and fish too! TB

thanks for the replies Pigeontroller - no gun seen ,maybe we should have taken a run over to see LOL As far as conditions the water sure was mucked up , but we didn't know enough to stay home . tb

And not just any Muskie My First Muskie after a few weeks of getting snowed in I finally picked a good day .Temperatures into the single digits and sunshine . Met up with Hometownhandyman in Hamilton and after a quick stop a CTC ( Left boots at home ) we headed off to the river . Arrived at the Netherby ramp around 10:30 ( after a tour of the surrounding farmland ) Ramp was bare and dry ..however the water was heavily stained (brown) Launched and headed up stream .Water clarity seemed to improve as we got into deeper water a bit farther upstream , although wasn't much better than maybe 12-18" .water temps at 39 degrees. Trolled a few hours with only the odd 'tick' showing on the electronics.Clearing weeds was the only exercise we got . Enjoyed the company the scenery and the snacks ! Watched the us coast guard run up and Down the US side Decided to try a firetiger grandma and that was what proved to be effective as this pretty little fish was on my line not 30 minutes later.quick measure (34") and a quick release ( she thanked me with a nice face full of cold river water) wire cutter came in handy as she had chomped down good on the front treble . After several trips out this year it wasnice to actually hold a fish , not big ...but hey my first! Tinbanger

Muskie baits cost MORE than the retriver I have . weighted body about 6" long with short lengths of chain . On small dia. nylon rope Cost about $6 Works great on wood , rocks normally can get lure off without TB

Been said before ...but I'll say it again welcome aboard!! Tinbanger

thanks Lew Will take a look , may just pick the the first ( best) looking ramp I come across. Plan to troll upstream , so if needed I can drift back to the ramp LOL. At the very least I will provide an update as to river conditions ! TB

Planning on giving the skis a shot tomorrow . Been trying for two weeks to get there but the weather wouldn't cooperate . Hopefully tomorrow should be ok , hope the winds don't blow up to bad. Preseme there is no white stuff down there as well. As far as ramps go ,planning to launch at Frenchmens creek ( as per Lew's directions) room in the boat if anyone interested ( see Hookups) tb

you have many good friends ,some that you haven't even met yet ! hang in the thier. dave (Tinbanger)

quite the review , might have to pick it up. and ....what's an 'album '? LOL tb

its just gettin the boat out from the launch that may be my problem. Glad to hear you had some luck on the weekend TB

thanks for the replies me thinks Gbay might be done for the year. we got a couple of inches of wet heavy snow last night as well . didn't really want to pull the boat around on the messy roads anyways. hoping maybe friday things will dry up a bit. TB

thanks for the reponses. definatly need to add a downspout ( should have done it this fall ) the area in question is at the base of a valley facing south east and get lots of sun whuch is adding to the melt .steep pitch on one roof as well roof is leaking ( or was , added new material to valley and patched some obvious spots this fall) new roof planned for the spring. Gutters are clean . hoping for a bit more of a melt to get the deicer in . thanks again TB