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Large rubber O rings will prevent most of the water that drips down the bar when paddling , and there are plugs you ca buy for those holes. Guys are out in wet suits, spring and fall. Calm days they have the plugs in. When water get on the yak, they pull a plug or 2, drain and put back in.

This sends water rushing over its gills, giving it a blast of oxygen.

Ed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

What exactly is this ?

Fall batch done . McFly foam ,is sweet to work with. A mix of both McFly and reg UV yarn eggs.

Look how nice you can rig up a pontoon,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOL 2017.

I must add,I have fished from a sit on tube, inflatable pontoons and now this OutCast. Sit on was very comfy, used flippers to get around. It was easy I must say. The pontoons ( had 3 ) Rowing is easy, can use flippers to maneuver around easy. Other then the OutCast, the others can be lifted with easy and transported by putting on your back, and drop in the water .

All my buddies that fish out here on the big water of Simcoe,ALL have sit on top. 2 motorized,1 pedal drive and one that paddles and has scotty stabilizers . One guy even has a 2.5 hp outboard rigged up on his . Might have a pic of it.

Remember those end cuts of the bacon I did a few weeks back and cut into cubes ? Well they got fried up to get most fats removed . There is a real nice sweet and smokey taste to them . Well they all went into this cheesy mac and cheese . 1lb old and 1 lb mild . Lots of smokey cheesiness favor for sure.

There is pike there and perch . Get yourself a canoe or small tinny and fish Doe.

ASAP Beans,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sorry.

Hello Ralph. Longtime. Hope all is well.

Yes still a bit of oil . I could of went another hour or swapped the racks as there were some real nice dried out pieces. That grate is suppose to be one use over a bbq, but it will last for a smoker as long as I spray the grates with pam and lay on the racks for the smoker.

Got around to my peppers and yes,extra lean, makes a world of difference. Next will be buying pure beef and grinding it up to make . Even slice some thin. Have to be careful not to make it to hard,teeth are getting old. LOL I need to grab another box of peppers me thinks . I ran out last winter to soon . I would sooner do peppers, than tomatoes. The acid is killing me these days . Hope to get another real nice box like the one I got. They were nice . The peppers with the added few roasted cloves of garlic,make for a great easy dish of pasta. Just chop up the peppers and garlic,add some butter and parm, stir into the pasta. Perfecto. Some added steam muscles or clams, is a nice treat. Doing over charcoal was a bit of a learn for me,as I did it over a propane grill before. Charing (sp?) happens faster.

I am only going to add this Cliff . I know a ole fella that is as kind as you . Heart of gold. His mrs,s passed and a few years later,he met another and well,it did not work as he had planned. She tried to take from him, but he was wise and said,out you go. Question Have you been watching grumpy ole men and grumpier ole men ? Both are hot ole ladies .LOL That was a laugh for ya, just so ya know .

Copy paste is easy Lew Beautiful 1st pic Lew. Stunning. No smile, no fish though,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ya I know,yer retired,,,,,,,,,,,,,LOL

My Simms are over 25 yrs old. I am the 3rd user of these waders. I had to seal a crotch seam when I got them 3 years ago. Still good to go. They are much heavier then the ones they make now. I looked a a pair today, not paying $700 .

But do not drive with them on.oops

Those prices look like aliexpress.

Thats the fish picture studio.

Yup. Hand grinder and a kitchen aid.

I had it get to 170 and they were on the bottom 2 racks . I think the middle racks would be better. Trial and error . I also used just 1 pan of apple chips, had no hickory . One pan was plenty IMO .

So with all that smoking and cooking going on in my other thread, I did manage about 6-7 hours of wetting a line over this weekend. Sunday I got a text from #1 son the bite was on . Not being prepared yet for the fall run,I grab my rod and a few of my balanced silly leg jigs. I have never fished one, but with the orders coming from my son and his buddies, they must work, right ? So get there early,my spot was secured by my son and the other young fellas . They are all rigged up with roe,skein and beads . One of the young fellas asked what I was going to use ? I showed him . That is a nice looking silly leg sir. I said as I always do,do not call me sir,KID. LOL. These young guys are a good bunch of fellas. Respect like when I was a young guy that showed respect to older sirs,I mean ,older fella . Light finally comes after sitting 1.5 hours of darkness . Time to fish . Throw the float,watch as it goes by,twitch as they say in the twitching bug lingo and well,wham . All I felt was the rod tip pull and it was fish on. I was laughing like a young boy. So excited to have a hit on my bug. Then it starts. Leap after leap . Not me,the fish . A steelhead I yelp .SHHHHHHHHHHH, is all I heard from the guys . I couldn't help myself,it was one drift and a hit on my own bug . A nice battle and in the net that my son helped with . Now I know why I have been asked to tie so many. They do put a beating on the jig. So with that adventure day behind me.I wanted to get back at it again this morning. Same bait, but also had my hot shot set up with me. No room yesterday for that. At the bank at early dark to just get the spot that I wanted. Day light comes,start with the bug, but nada. Switch up to the hot shot,nada. Buddy nails one on a 10mm bead. Hey,I got one of those in my back pocket. Not really,It was in my jacket buried some where. Ah, there you are. retie,peg the bead and cast. Float goes by and gone . Set and fish one. Dang me, it,s another nice fish. This one went leaps and bounds . Fresh fish are the best fight. Nice fight,in the net . Want to get out for a perch fish before I put away the float boat,but the river calls.

Labor day weekend and well,there was some labor during these past 3 days. The good fun stuff. Lets get this started eh. Home and get the bacon that has been curing for 7 days ready . Rinse, pat dry and add ground pepper as the norm for me. In the fridge til morning. My smoker was booked for the weekend. Bacon ,some jerky ,sat and sun, Monday was going to be a fishing day . Well Friday night I get a knock on the door and it,s #1 son with a fresh silver salmon. Pop,can you clean and smoke this for me ? Ya ok,I will try and fit it into my weekend schedule . So a quick, slice slice there and a flip flip there, a dump of salt here,couple of dumps of brown sugar there, fill bowl with water, stir,dump in a zip lock bag and into the fridge it goes till a later date. Saturday morning arrives early,4:20. I thought that was an early time to start smoking. LOL Get the smoker fired up and in goes the pork. I could only get an internal temp of 165-168 deg, so decided to fire up the grill to get the proper internal temps of 175-180 deg. Good call, as it did not take long . Turned out IMO, so good. I was slicing pieces off the smaller chunk and just eating. Had to stop or I was going to go into a piggy coma . Cut the ends off of each slab,cubed for frying up and put in home made mac & cheese later on . Sliced and vac packed. Since the grill was fired up,might as well throw on some chops and taters for dinner. Oh look,more beer. LOL No pics,to hungry. LOL After that was all done,I prepped for my first attempt at smoked ground beef jerky. I used this commercial stuff, Hi Mountain. Seems everyone carries it,so must be good . I went a little less then the recipe called for,as this was my first try. So up in the AM Sunday just before 4:20 this time, pull the bowl out of the fridge ,grab my new jerky maker tube pusher thingy. Oh wait, for got. I have been looking for jerky grates, but man, they want an arm and a leg for them. While at CTC, they had these use once and throw away grilling grates for $5.99. Yup,I,ll take 2 of those for my first go at. Now, back to the squeezing of the meat. Stuff the tube,and lock,load and squeeze . Effortless I must say. Laid out the strips like a pro, I thought anyways. Interruption happens,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, TEXT, Son says,fish are on,grab rod and get here. What the hell, I am just about to do my jerky,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Hell with it,they will wait. Put racks in the fridge,grab rod and some of my silly leg balanced jigs I tied. I was not prepared, but son calls with the bite on,I got to go . Look for a report on this later,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Now back to jerking,,,,,,,,,, Home by 9:30 am, I get the smoker ready,once again . Get the wood pan going,grates in and wait . Check after 2 hours, coming along just fine,I think. Never did this before,what the hell do I know, but the smell was unreal already . The word is,when you can take a stick of meat, bend and it does not break,it,s done. I was able to bend the sticks after 4 hours and it did not break. Done . Only issue was,I had no pam spray and well,some of the sticks kinda stuck to the grate. No worries,I chewed the remaining stuck pieces off. No waste.LOL One thing for sure I will do next time,is go with a low fat content ground meat and spray the grates. I went with lean and found it was a bit greasy for me. I will go with extra lean or maybe even with ground game. Bison,elk or venison . Have to start some where right. I did get it right,the first try .Vac pac these up for later eats on the river and to share with my fishing buddies. This jerky stuff is going to be a must have come the ice season. Great snacking . Not finished yet, oh no. Master chef at large here . I wanted a nice full spatchek lemon chicken for dinner. Grab one of those free range no antibiotic birds . Ya cost a few $ more, but found that today,s normal pack chicken tastes like crap, no flavor, so gave it a go. Along with some lemons and corn on the cob from a local and fixen,s for ceaser salad. I injected the breast and legs with pure squeezed lemon and sprinkled newfie savory all over it. Man, that bird plumped up . On the grill indirect for 1 hour with 2 large apple wood chuncks. Reached 165 and it was chow time. Man that apple wood smoke on the skin and lemon in the meat,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, DROOLING Now back to that dropped off salmon. Once dinner was done, I got the fish pat and racked, and in the fridge til Monday AM. Up Monday real early and well, smoking fish was not on my mind,fishing was, so off to the river for a few hours . Sons smoke fish can wait . Was a good call as I went 1/2 in a few hours. Yes, you will have to find this report in the fishing section of the forum as well . Home,and well, same routine, smoker prepped,fish in,smoked and well, jerky salmon vac packed. Cabelas had this box of bags 15% off . Cost me $22 for alot of bags. Good bargain and lie the different sizes. Easy packing . Mondays feed is, LEFT OVERS. The best kind. A side note after all this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, When I arrived home this morning, I see my granddaughter with a couple of packs of my vac packs. One smoke bacon and one of snack sticks. She was all smiles and said, your suppose to be fishing . Well that was until I tail slapped her with my catch of the day. LMAO. Ya maybe not funny to her,but hey, it,s all fun til you get tail slapped. LOL Hope all had a great fun and safe long weekend . I am pooped out. Beer me.

That is an old flat fish Norm. Pulled it out of the package this morning to fish it . There were a few old timers that were envious of this.