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  1. I have stayed at Wajashk several times over the last 20 years.... great spot on the French.
  2. What a beautiful last couple of days West of Ottawa. Really gets the soft water and boat tinkering juices flowing!
  3. Pretty crazy stuff. Side imaging is still very useful as a tool and provides a lot that Livescope can't. Having the historical data with side scan where you can drop waypoints around structure is useful... and then you can scope the crap out of it to find fish. I'm a tech guy so i like all this stuff... but from a cost perspective.... yikes. I went with the original PS-22 Panoptix transducer... 1/3 the price, less power consumption, no black box. Still a huge upgrade from a jigging application perspective... forward vu is obviously lacking in comparison to LS but is still useable. Its really just a gateway setup lol.
  4. Totally agree. I run 4 AGM's (2 31's and 2 24's) on a Lund 1675 Pro Guide lol. 2 trolling motor a house and a starter. That is 340lbs in batteries! I currently have an ACR that charges the starting battery first from the motor's alternator then flips over to the house battery when the starter is topped up. This set up doesn't work with Lithiums so it will stay that was for a bit.
  5. Hey Bill I had read that optimal charging temps for AGM's were over 32F... but i guess there are non optimal charging conditions. With Lithium charging below 32 can damage the cells and ruin the battery, hence why some of them have the cold temp charging shut off if the battery gets to cold. In my garage I won't have that problem. I got 4 seasons out of my AGM's and lots of life left... sold them fairly quickly.
  6. I did a bunch of research into Lithium phosphate's and 2 budget friendly brands kept coming back time after time as a good deal that are built well that are easy to order from Amazon. Li Time - $369 Power Queen - $349 The basic models do not have low temp charging cut offs, but then again your AGM's are not supposed to be charged below 0C either. No bluetooth either. AOL Lithium seems to be also very well made according to several reviews but you need to order from their website. I pulled the trigger on 2 Power Queen 100ah's as my AGM's are just too heavy. cutting the trolling motor battery weight from 140lbs to 50lbs is significant enough to make the switch. My current AGM's are Nautilus AGM extreme XD's group size 31's - $665 each currently at CT. If you have the money and want to go with Dakota, Ionic, or Battleborn that is great as well. But the few battery brands above seem to be a good budget option with a decent reputation thus far. Time will tell. BM
  7. Still lots of time for winter... but yes this might be the weirdest year yet. 2 days in a row at about 10 here West of Ottawa. Maybe we will get 4 feet of snow in March?
  8. 31" over 10lb Walleye on Nipissing a couple years ago.
  9. I mean there is some validity to the increase number of animals and humans being attacked by yotes in suburban area's. There are a few news articles a year outing attacks on toddlers in their fenced in back yards or people out for walks. In 2022 several pets were killed and several people were attacked by a yote in Ottawa's south end. The closer you get to "town" the more aggressive they become. I'm all for wildlife being around... until they are causing a problem. Last spring we had a bear in our community for a couple weeks taking down bird feeders all down the street.... thats fine and all.... but with a 5 and 4 year old playing in the back yard.. not overly keen on just letting them be around.
  10. Hey Smitty, The guys put out in CB close to Buchhams. No activity out there other than 1 small shack. A lot of shacks at the end of peoples driveways as of Tuesday this week.
  11. Hey Bill, White Owl Lake out of Hornepayne June 2nd to 9th.
  12. Well I finally booked the trip so now I know what we can mange. They have a generator so i'll be brining the big unit. Found a BNIB Garmin 2d/structure scan transducer for $120 on marketplace. Will upgrade to a lithium closer to the trip and feel better about the ability to locate fish in case the weather doesn't cooperate. Now the fly in planning has begun.... can't wait for June.
  13. Not far from you CrowMan, The little trout lakes out that way have been frozen for a a few weeks now with over 6 inches of ice. Machines will be out on them now. Boy do those lakes ever get pounded with fishing pressure. Bought into an ice shack this year on the Big River..... seems to be a bust so far!
  14. Right there with ya Shag. Very unusual year thats for sure. Maybe by this weekend?
  15. Keeping under weight is always tough. I am leaning toward the simple approach.
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