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Great report and pics Ryan Looks like you kids had a blast out there!!! Averie's such a sweetheart loved the pic of the kiss Thanks for sharing Jacques

Funny one Glen That Buddy Hackett dude sure is a funny guy

Ya did better than me Bruce You'll have a nice meal out of those!!! Thanks for sharing Jacques

Awesome works guys May be I should switch to doing some of that in the future Leechman

Hope you had / have an awesome day Bernie To many more!!!

I hear you Bruce.... the weather was nice out there today but the wind picked up from the North late morning and by 1:00pm was brutal wasn't wearing a tuque and thought my ears were going to fall off

Ohhhh Nooooo you got me You're a funny guy Dozer joke / joke Yeah next time I'll try and get into some eyes somehow

Thanks Paul!!! Nope no luck only managed to land a small perch

Thanks phiphntek!!! Yeah that looks close to that Terry got your PM and sent you one.

Well today had book the day off because of the mild temps but most importantly was looking forward to hitting my favorite lake for eyes Unfortunately for me the eyes were no where to be seen but managed to land my first fish of 2010 The day started on a positive note when I looked at the thermometer from my kitchen window..... it read 0C Left home at 6:30am and got to destination at 7:30am.... not a soul out on the lake so proceeded to drilling 4 holes to start with. Had 3 set lines rigged with #3 Octopus hooks tipped with dead minnows and a jigging rod rigged with a Buck shot spoon tipped with a minnow head. Ice was good with 10" of black ice, no wind and over cast. Had steady action on one set line but could not get any fish to commit A couple hours went by before I was able to ice this big brute on the jigging rod and boy, was I ever happy to finally see it on the ice..... the battle lasted a fraction of a second, check it out After that got a few hit and miss and at 1:00pm called it a day. Got back home around 2:30pm. All in all was a great time spent on the hard stuff and looking forward to do it again Hope you enjoy Leechman

Hey Bushart that's an offer I can't refuse That's very generous of you Which of the ones I made do you want to start with?? Crankbait 5" or 3" Spooks 3", 4" or 5" just to name a few Jacques

15 years WOW you must be excited about a day like that Right on Bill Keep at it.... you're doing good!!!

Awesome report Steve Some good looking lakers in them pics!!! Thanks for sharing Leechman

Great report and pics Bill You guys did pretty good.... beauty whites Thanks for sharing Jacques

Nice pics Paul Beautiful up there!!! I bet you had plenty of bush for nature walks Was this your first time flying? and was it a direct flight? Thanks for sharing Jacques

Congrats Skud on getting that monkey off your back Great job and that last trout is a beauty Thanks for sharing Leechman

You got to love it to limit out on whities in 3 hours Great job icefisherman and thanks for the report Leechman

Thanks moparhawk!!! I sure hope not..... ah well if it does, will just have to make another Thanks Jet!!! It certainly would..... I ran out of hooks but will be adding #4 Excalibur treble on that baby Thanks Fidel!!! That's all it took No tank test yet but come mid May and will be giving her a good workout..... unless there's someone that want to test it for me!!!

Since I could not access the site Sunday and Monday decided to hit to work shop and create an oversize crank bait with rattles from the scrap pieces of pine I have.... Had to find 4 pieces of equal thickness for this project and it was a long process in the making Once I found them, began putting it together...... here are the pieces that I worked with Glued them together in pairs..... after carefully measuring and marking the outline proceeded on the band saw.... once that was done, drilled two holes on each halves for the rattles..... here's the result Glued those two halves together and here's the result Started molding the piece with the dremmel.... couple of pics.... Light sanding.... Now at this point the piece was not completely round so I had to improvise.... here's what I did Some more sanding and was able to add the eyelets.... couple of pics.... result Now I was able to proceed to the next step..... painting First coat of white Then applied the color pattern Finish product..... a few pics!!! Along side the 3" ones to give you perspective Hope you enjoy!!! Leechman

What do you say to a report like this Long planning, long hike with lots of efforts, beauty specks and amongst family & friends Congrats to all involved Thanks for sharing this awesome report with us Anders Leechman

I can't see the video cause I'm at work but sounds like that was quality time spent with the missus and got a good chuckle about this statement LOL Very nice of her to boot you out of the house sort of speak Thanks for sharing Simon and keep'em coming!!! Jacques

Sweet little angel Congrats to both of you Laz Leechman

Here's a few of my PB's last year..... beginning with trout opener in April.... 18" speckle Mid August..... 5lbs 6oz Large mouth Same day..... 32" Snake September..... 19" Walleye And kept this one for last because it was caught on hard water in February..... Whitie Hard water or Soft..... I love fishing Leechman

8" augers vs 6" you ask??? a little more efforts drilling with an 8" is all that I found out. I used to have an 8" and everytime I used it, cursed it.... Last year bought a Sub Zero 6" and it's so much easier and very happy with it. Like mentioned in other replies..... don't knock the blades or use excessive force while drilling..... that will prevent from damaging them. As far as tipups goes well I make my own from pine cause up here in QC we are allowed 5 lines per person and it would be too expensive if I bought them. Mine are rigged with plastic spools and have 10 adjustable holes so that I can set them very light or very heavy depending on the species of fish I'm targetting Here's a few pics, first the adjustable holes Plastic reels Different designs Leechman

AWESOME design and details on that fly Chris.... I like it