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Don't forget all those gas and oil spitting boat motors. There are thousands of leaky motors plying those waters in the warmer month. just check out the oil slicks around the marinas.

I'm up because my brain still wanted to go fishing.. but the body knows to stay inside

I know that one only too well.

Already sent the son to work and have now shipped the Mrs off to Ottawa for the weekend. All before 6 am.

Getting up at 4 am just to run the son to his job sucks. Can't wait til he has a decent set of wheels.

Now I'm just browsing through OFC and the tackle catalogue before I run to the fishing show.

I'll be a gunin for ya, sheriff!

Looks great Emil. Hope the ice is that good next weekend for Fishing For Tyler.

Nice to hear there are still people willing to do a good turn.

Now that sounds like a sweet opportunity boys and girls.

Let the girls have at 'er, as long as jello is involved.

In Russia/Ukraine it's honey wrestling. (insert drool smiley)

The lad made a moral choice and stood by it. Good for him, end of story.

As a reservist, my combat instructor was a 110 lb woman who could wipe the floor with the carcass of any man stupid enough to play tough guy. She was damn good at what she did. The days of women staying home and tending house and family are long gone. How one deals with it personally....?

Household chores and dog grooming.

Hey FNA. IF your wife isn't mad at you, you're either doing something really wrong, and she'd rather get even, or did something really right

love this show, waiting for one of the boys to be eaten by a gator. almost the same IQ!!!

Be nice. Some days every son thinks he knows better than his father, and some days most fathers think their sons is that stoopid. Starts around age 13 and lasts anywhere from 25-30 before son realizes pops was usually right, and pops realizes he was being an hard at times. All part of the process.

All-time favourite line from a Saturday morning fishing show:

 

"And of course one of the key reasons we're catching these lake trout today is .... my dependable Fram oil filter."

 

Takes 'jackass' to a whole new level.

You wouldn't be hinting at the "laurel and Hardy" Fishing Show?

How embarrassing. Protect the criminal, prosecute the victim.

Thank Canada's bottomfeeders of the Bar. Offer no resistance or defence and let the lawful authorities deal with the matter. To bad you were killed obeying the wishes of the lawyers. No comfort for your widowed family, and criminal compensation for the victims is a pathetic joke.

So, who wants to hook up and where on Saturday? The beer court.

Red Fisher like his booze... ... that's why he always had those binoculars with him...it was his flask.......he showed everyone on his last show how the eye lense screwed off and he drank from them.

And the problem is.............?

Did you manage a trip on the Jolly Roger while you were there? Best $45 I ever spent!!!!!!

a four or five hour cruise with swimming, dancing and a steak dinner with all the drinks you could handle to wash 'er all down with. Been on that thing about 1/2 dozen times!!!!

All you can drink rum swizzles served in 1 gallon jugs

I'm sorry, but there is only one great Canadian fishing show. Some have come close, but none equal Red Fisher and his tales.

I realize half the folks on this board weren't even a twinkle in their father's eyes when his show ran, but it featured not just the fishing but the great outdoors as a whole.

Kids need to be able to explore on their own. Else they never develop necessary problem solving skills or self confidence.

At that age my folks would not have had a clue where I was while romping through forest, field, and ponds.

Me too. I'm like a little kid down there. Unfortunately we've gotten out of that mode since we've been going to Cancun every January. I'm hoping that our new grandson who's due any day now will be my excuse for some more trips back to Mickey Land. I even enjoy the drive down there. Not so much the drive home.

 

And you're right. It's smack in the middle of great bass fishing country. In fact it seems to me a member here wrote about hiring a guide and doing some fishing there a few years back.

 

Sure, it's tacky and cheesy and expensive, but dayum - it's fun.

 

JF

You can fish a lot of the ponds around the hotels. The city of Orlando stocks over 20 lakes within the city itself with public access. Walk out the hotel door and throw some baits while the Mrs sleeps in. Pretty neat having the lake to myself and my own cheering section.

i think the exact same way. i have a buddy at work who spends thousands and thousands to go to disney twice a year, he wouldnt THINK of heading north for something relaxing. hell, the guy has never been north of barrie and can say "theres much more to see at disney than northern ontario" i have no idea how he can do the same thing over and over and over.

I admit to being a Disney junkie. The place is ever evolving, so things are always changing. Bass fishing there and through the area is also good. Once every 3-4 years is good enough though.

Lying around the beach just tain't me. I need to be doing, and there is a lot of Canada still to do.

Friday morning I hooked up with icefisherman and his cute son, Jordan. The target being smelt. After we were st up, the bite was slow but steady. After an hour someone flipped a switch and everything stopped. Smelt would not come off the bottom. With a lot of teasing we could get a few to rise every 1/2 hour or so, but it was a lot of work to get 4 dozen smelts.

Always happy to see young Jordan. A smiling ball of energy.

Emil, the smoked fish and sausage were excellent.

On to this morning. RobD and myself set up in a local marina. hoping for perch or trouts. Caught the tail end of a morning bite, and had enough for a meal. Water was gin clear, and we could see a few oversized perch down the hole, but they weren't biting. Around 11 the bit turned off. Nothing to be seen anywhere, other than a big pike. Kind of explains why the perch disappeared.

Nothing wrong with a perch dinner.

What's a little weather when the fish are calling. Nice walters.

RobD and I put in 4 hours this morning. One of us had to remain sitting in the hut at all times or it would have been airborne.

I like all the seasons, but, being a Finn, I'll take my winter over 100F temps any time. Besides, ice wrangling has been great this year.

I'm planning on Saturday.