Lunker777

Hey everyone

Only 3 more days till the hit is on !!!! I cant wait to get out and start hunting down the lunkers !!!

Any one have any special plans for the weekend ???

Its just coincidence that we are going up to the cottage on opener weekend... but Im not going to complain !

Elephant lake, here I come !!!!!!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !

Hey everyone

I have a Hummingbird 565 fish finder and Im just installing it on the boat right now.

I was wondering the best location for the transducer. I have never installed one before so its all new to me.

I want to get away from bolting the transducer to the hull if possible, So I was thinking about mounting it on a small peice of wood and then using 3M 5200 epoxy to attach that to the hull..

I dont know if you guys have used this stuff but its pretty wicked epoxy, I think it would work well !

heres a pic of the rear of the hull...

I plan on making the whole on the top to run the wire through so I dont have to make any holes under the water line... Let me know what ya'll think !

Also, would a regular 12 V battery do the trick for powering the fish finder... and nav. lights etc. or should that be a deep cycle as well ?

Thanks !

Im just tired of the paid programming. But I guess these channels... IE WFN, Military channel, Out door channel.... They get there funding from these so we have to put up with it.

I watch a few shows and then change the channel. Facts of fishing, Getting Skooled, Real Fishing, Bass edge, Musky hunter, Scotty martin... theres a few others Ive started to watch but cant remembe the names.

All in all.... The wife hates the channel, because its on quite a bit ! haha

Couldn't speak specifically to a 1448 (I assume that's a 14 footer?) but on Kijiji and various marine sites I've been seeing stuff under $1500. try BPS?

yea, its a 14'... 48" bottom!

Hey everyone

Im looking for a 1448 jon boat ... welded or riveted, doesnt matter.

Usually how it goes is a local marina will get a good buy on some and unless you live in the area you tend to have a hard time finding out ! haha

I was just wondering if any of you OFC'ers know of a good deal on a 1448 Jon boat any where right now ??? Old stock or anything like that.... maybe your local dealer has one, or a few !

My buddies dad boat an all welded 1448 Tracker Jon boat for about $1700 brand new !!!! Thats a steal. He got it from Hully Gully last year... aparently they bought a wack load of them when the dollar was strong and then blasted them out the door ! To bad I missed out ! haha

Thanks !

Im sitting at work till 12.... so Im not to worried right now.

But Im spose to be working on my boat after work and I dont know how well thats going to work out if its raining !

BOOO

Hey everyone, thanks for the replies.... I hope to hook into some nice fish... make the trip worth while ! hahah

Should I be using a leader when fishing for pike ???? if so, what ?

Also, what type of rod/reel should I expect to get away with ? Just what Im using for large mouths or do I need something specific..... Sorry for the dumb questions... But I know the pike up north compared to here are not the same !!

See theres the difference between you and me.

 

-You would rather go to Jail then do time for your Country- Its a Free Country Sweet-ums have at-er. I rather serve to be Free.

 

- I would never-ever ask the public should I take a job or stay on Social Assistance. To me its a no Brainer- Get off the Social assistance. Anyways I grew up that is a last resort and not to be proud of

 

- I did take unemployment as a young feller in Quebec, but I also moved to work/ Calgary/ worked/ then joined the Military in Calgary. I was not proud to be on Social assistance but I did take the first job offered./ Bagging Patatoes for min Wage.

- Good for you my young friend, glad to see you sacrafice yourself to work for a prick employer than maybe do time for your country. But I bet given the choice, Military weeknds with social assistance, you would not be asking your embarrising question on a public forum where some of us have dealt with a heluv alot more stress than your decision to stay on social assistance or work for an Idiot boss that you assume to be. Next time use your head besides seperating your ears. Good luck on your job and after a week PM me and tell me how your Boss is, maybe I can help you deal with it. Ive dealt with alot worse.

 

 

Tidbit

Hows this for stress-- You are tasked to make sure a road is clear of mines outside a village in Serbia. You know there are mines there as the fields are left un-cultivated. You have the mine record from the Serbians that says they layed seven mines. You look and look but only find six. You and your Section even look farther than what the recorder tells ya. Still only six of seven found. You go back to your Commander and he asks. IS THE ROAD CLEAR. You say well we only found six of seven mines. Commander is pissed and asks you IS THE ROAD CLEAR. I say yes knowingly OUR Infantry will use that same road that night to patrol ensuring there is no military operations going on between the warring factions. DID I SLEEP you think. This goes on everyday in Afghanistan.

 

Dr. HOLDIE

Dude, Thats great you served in the army.... but don't hold yourself on a high horse for it. There are plenty more where you came from. We are all thankful for our soldiers. I respect EVERYONE of them for what they do because I couldn't even imagine the level of danger and stress they go through on a day to day basis when on the lines. I've talked to one returned soldier about what it was like over there and he said to me..."try being the most scared you have EVER been in your life... times it by 10, and then feel that all day long every day" ....... Wow.

Stop calling it "Social Assistance" You make it sound like something bad, the topic is EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE..... I get money taken off my check every week to pay for my EI if I were to lose my job. I don't consider it "Riding the system" if I had to make the choice.... If I knew the guy was a prick, I would keep looking myself to possibly find a better job.Im sure the offer would still be on the table down the road if it come to HAVING to work for the guy.... AND If he is that much of a prick, Im sure there would be open positions pretty regularly.

If wormdangler said he was on welfare and couldn't decide to give up smokin crack with 6 babies in the house or go to work... then yes, I would say Get off your .

I live in Chatham, ONT.... if you have ever been here, it is the model it seems for people "riding the system" ...It actually makes me red in the face when I see the disgusting welfare rats walking the streets looking for there next fix or riding there 10 speed to the beer store with 2 cases of lucky on the bars. Its absolutley BRUTAL !!!

Im sure I wouldn't see wormdangler doing that in his home town... Ive worked for a bad boss before... 1 year... 24 people hired and fired.... Save yourself the wasted time... because, like in my case... it could turn you off the career all together ! Be careful ! GOOD LUCK Wormdangler !

There are still musky in there. Just not as many, and when you do get one, its a good one!!

 

Just keep casting the cabbage. I've fished that lake for at least 20 years, and that's all I do there. You have a chance at catching anything.

 

Where are you staying?

 

S.

Im going to be staying in Wilberforce, We have a cottage on Pussey Lake .... Maybe we could meet up for a morning/day of fishing ???? if your going to be around !!!

I dont know the lake aswell for any obstacles I should be looking out for !

White spinnerbiats!!!!! Silver hammered colorado blades!

 

Just drift the caggabe out in the middle of the lake and burn the spinners. You'll get TONs of pike, and some bass too. You might even get lucky and get a walleye or musky while your at it. That's pretty much all I use on that lake, and I fish it a fair bit in the summer. I might even be there when you are!

 

S.

Musky eh ? how big are we talking.... I want to catch some BIG fish hahah if possible !

I think I got lots of white spinners.... Im gunna stop by BPS on they way up to !

Hey everyone.... less than 2 weeks till opener and the trip up north !

I will be fishing Elephant Lake mostly for pike and LMB.... I was just wondering what I should be using for the pike up there ??? I've only fished the northern lakes once and that was through the ice haha So I'm a little lost on what I should plan on bringing....

If I could get a general idea of what to bring that would be great.... I have my LMB stuff pretty well in order.... but the pike things are where Ill need some help !

Thanks in advance !

Hey everyone,

Well the steel flex went on yesterday and I was away at a meeting all day for work so when I came home she was nice and hard !

One thing that kind of concerned me was the color.... it well... CHANGED color ? It was green, wait..."olive drab" when we put it on but it dried brown ? Except for on one spot. We put 2 semi thin coats on... and deemed that ok. Put the first coat on... waited for about 3 and a half hours and then put the second on.

Its weird ! I also noticed in some spot where we had layed it on thick and it was running ( vertical areas ) that there was kind of a brown line at the front of the run... Heres some pics to show ...

Here you can kind of see the brown line but its kind of blurry...

And here are the rest..

So ya, I guess Im ok with the color... seeing as its beneath the water line... but still its kind of weird. It fees like it has dried properly.... we are still going to wait another day before flippin it over just to make sure its cured completely.

Another step closer to a finished product !!!! =D> =D> =D>

PS, This is my post from "www.tinboats.net" ...Steel Flex is a popular product on that site... It an epoxy used on air boats .... good for sealing leaky aluminum's. Its like a thick paste and when it cures.... after about 16 hrs.... it turns rock hard and seals EVERYTHING !!! I've heard very good reviews with the stuff... so I'm pretty confident. All I have left to do now is a little flooring on the inside and then carpeting everything. Also I need to paint the topside of the boat but I haven't decided on a color yet. I was going to do it in the "olive drab" color but since the bottom didn't turn out, I'm stuck now and don't know what color to paint her ! She is ready for the water mechanically... but not cosmetically ! haha Any opinions on a color for the top side ? I was thinking black !

Thanks for looking !

It's one big party here now! Wow! We are the Champs!

 

I had the wonderful experience of watching the Cup win with 14 little boys between 6 and 10 years old. It was AWESOME! These kids will never forget how awesome it was. The excitement was ridiculous.

 

Five observations: 1. Fleury came up HUGE! I was worried about him. 2. Alot of empty seats in Detroit. 3. Classless fans. Booing the Cup winner? Detroit deserves the misery. 4. They are getting old. Pens got to more loose pucks tonite than in any other game. 5. PENS ARE YOUNG! Jump on the wagon!

 

Super Bowl and Stanley Cup in same year. And to be the world's best fisherman, we have the trifecta here in Pittsburgh. Yeeeeehaaaawww!

 

Lucky for the world that the Pirates suck, my ego would be worse than it is!

1 - Your right

2 - I was at the game and there wasn't an empty seat in the house. in between periods, the lines up and wait for bathrooms are so long... It looks empty till about 12 mins left in the period haha

3 - We weren't booing the cup winner.... We were booing The person handing the cup to the winner !!!! BETTMAN !

4 - What age is " old " ?

5 - Again, your right .

Overall.... VERY disappointed in the game, Couldn't believe it ! Still got to see a cup lifted I guess.... not the same feeling if Detroit would of hoisted it though.

Congrats Pens !

Have no fear!

The Stanley Cup will be decided on Friday and summer like weather will arrive on Saturday.

There is a little know Ontario law...forbidding warm weather before the Cup is awarded.

Or maybe it's just until the Leafs win the Cup again, it's been so long I forget....grin.

When the leafs win a cup again, we'll all be COLD !... ya know with the whole " HELL FREEZING OVER" hahah

Had a Ranger a short while ago, used.

OK for 'normal' use and towing a 14' tinny

Put a small tent trailer behind it, and it died when it got to a hill.

Milage towing was atrocious, and had no guts on the hills, I think the new ones are only rated at 24 miles a gallon, Would'nt thank you for another one.

What engine did it have ? and was it 2wd or 4x4

Pitts did deserve the win and its about time you realized your team has only won from the lucky bounces

Yea... lucky bounces.... 5 of them in game 5 !!! :dunno: Who is this guy ? haha

Good game.... Game 7 baby ! WOOOO

Sorry to hear that you were getting "Jerked" around by the salesman...........that's what's typically called "Low Balling" in the industry. There are many different forms of it but it basically means you are given a low ball price to keep you interested in the vehicle they have and you have shown some interest in. They expect you to get excited about the new car/truck and you have told friends and family you're getting a new ride because of this great deal you're getting. Then at the last minute they left something out of the price or they made a error on the figures, etc.......... then because the customer is so close to getting his new ride he agrees to pay the extra amount just so he can have it.

 

BTW this might have been a Blessing in disguise after reading the Consumer's Report on the Ford Ranger.

 

 

Bob

I dont think he was low balling me, he knows I used to be in the business and that I know the tricks of the trade hahahah But I know they did have 0% for 60 months yesterday, I saw the paper. HE said they changed it this morning.

Oh well.... I even at the figures he gave me yesterday I wasn't planning on doing anything.... my insurance would go up almost $60 a month... so that right there was the decision maker for me !

Plus I think its a smarter move to drive my car till its paid off... that way I can start fresh and not have deficiency in my new loan !

Well thank you all for the input... It really helped me out.

BUT..Last night he had called me gave me a price of $425/mnth over 60 mnths @0% ( I owe alot more on my car than its worth so thats where the higher payment comes into play) He was selling me the truck for $20000

So I asked if A-plan would help the price abit and he said he had to do some figuring and would give me a call back... Called back this morning and says that 0% is now off the truck... so that will make my payment REDICULOUS ! So I dont think I'll be getting a new truck for a while... Ill have to ask the father n'law to borrow his ride !

Thanks again for the help !

You know what they say "there is a sucker born every minute" Want to be one buy a Ford Ranger

....Why ?

well, guess the wings decided to let us win the cup off of home ice this year. would of been nice to win at home, but nope now we got to win in the dirty Detroit.

 

Thanks Wings.

.............? Are you saying "we" as in the pegnuins ? If so....

Wow, thanks for all the help people ! I just went to the dealer to talk to the sales person. Still not sure what Im going to do, but for what its worth, the ranger sounds like a pretty good deal.

I can get a 4x4 sport ext. cab.... pwr pack, cruise, tilt for $20000 + tax

Get a toyota Truck enough said. Plus resale value will be amazing when the time comes

Not the info Im looking for but thanks... Toyotas are to much $$$ .....AND If I could afford a Toyota... I would buy a Gm ... Enough said.

I didn't see Talbot's slash but the no call trip/slash at the end of game 4 on Crosby was gutless too. I can't remember who it was but it was gutless sour grapes when the game was over.

WOAH WOAH WOAH.... Crosbys act he put on over that "slash" to the back of the leg should of got an award... Hes lucky the Wings didn't score on that play.

He was CLEARLY trying to draw a penalty . Once the play was at the other end, all of a sudden hes all better.

Im not sayin the slash on Datsyuk deserved a penalty because I think I was already asleep for it so I didn't see it.

But you can't compare the play on Crosby to anything that "deserves" a penalty ! Its almost like in game 4 when Helm took a slash to the hand.... sitting on the bench with an icepack being attended to by the trainer... that clearly did some damage.... Crosby went to the bench and was out next shift, didn't skip a beat.

I consider it "gutless" when you lay on the ice for 10-20 seconds trying to act hurt... then when you relaize the play is at the other end and nothing is coming of it... skate off, wait... back on a minute later !

If the Pens didn't take those stupid penalties, it would have been a different game. There is the prove of inexperience on the Pens behalf.... young team, Came off a BIG win, a little cocky and got off of their game plan all together.

It will be a very exciting game 6 I believe. The Pens will take it and it will go to game 7 ! Just like everyone wanted !

Also my tickets to game 7 should triple in value