Terry

I got asked to go to Lake X for some crappie fishing and couldn"t say no, I have been dieing to get out, Knew I had to do a bit of traveling to get some ice. we found the spot, threw a big rock on the ice and it did not go through so the march was on.. chip chip step was not the route this time it was chip chip crack craaaaaacccckkkkkkkk run crack step seems the water level had lowered sense the ice formed so there was a bit of a space between the ice and the water so we spud a hole and the ice cracks in 4 directions and you could feel the ice drop to the water level. I saw it drop where the ice met the rocky shoreline . after the first scare we checked and had 4" of good black ice and all the way out it was the same thing, the one time I am sure I could see the crack run 400ft and shake a dock when it got to it.. but again good 4" of ice we set up fishing and Andy gets 2 bass real quick he wasn't happy getting green bass as his first ice fish of the season..LOL I got the first crappie and we continued catching lots of them right through the day it started snowing pretty good and the wind picked up so we called it a day for the long ride home <a href="http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c52/Mrbeee1954/?action=view&current=lakeX1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c52/Mrbeee1954/lakeX1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> everyone had lots for a meal this poor little frog was on the ice and half frozen, so we got him over near the shore and some open water so he could get down to some mud for the winter...or we just fed a big bass a nice frog..... it was great getting on the ice I can't wait to get out again closer to home thanks guys it was great fishing and fun day

and that is why I remove one of the chairs and use a folding lawn chair to sit in make more room for storage too

here walleye here crappie looks like some will be fishing soon

great job

the best to you guys and your families.......

I thought running the engine would clear some ice as they are backing up LOL good try

the price of doing business

you put a 4" bolt and only put the nut just on the boat that gives it lots of play self adjusting as it was.. but I only put them on when I need them and hit the ice and I always remove them before I leave the ice I forgot to remove them a couple of times and there was no damage from the road

http://www.acanac.ca/DSL.html

yeah the rail is more effective I have them as an extra, so if I am going for a very long trip on ice with no snow, I like having as much powder as possible going into my sliders and heat exchanger so I use both types at the same time and can add the bolts to the ski too you can never be too prepared

fishing is like being a salesmen you put out the bait and hope to reel them in

I had to order mine on-line from the US

ok everywhere I read says that all new engines are built to be used with a % of ethanol, so why are so many saying the buy fuel that doesn't have ethanol to protect their engines from the evils of ethanol...... if you have an old engine I understand your concern......I remember people buying lead additives for some years after they removed it from fuel even though they had a new car which was built for unleaded..... or am I missing something maybe the additives advertizing company are earning their pay

the spring steel scratchers work very well but you bugger them up if you go in reverse I have these too I mount them on my skis when conditions are real bad and you can go in revers with these ones http://www.firstplaceparts.com/15-6430.html?gclid=CKPq17K6kK0CFYHrKgoddj0p6A

I have bolts through the ends of the skis, they work not too bad but scratchers work best <embed width="600" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid25.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc52%2FMrbeee1954%2FVideos%2FDIGI0007.mp4">

every year every month every week every day every hour conditions change, so no one can really give you a definitive answer to your question but if you just want a general answer then I would say yes most years you can this year, still hopeful. but ask again in the middle of Feb. and you will get a better answer even on the best day I would never just say, yes it is safe for a truck, I might say something like " in the areas I have fished the last few days, it looked good for a truck but I have not been to all areas of the lake and pressure cracks change hourly"

that sucks

LOL

well it's my fault it got off topic but someone was giving bad advise or at least was wrong info so I wanted to correct it and we ended up here

I don't know...LOL, but I am surprised...

me too my x67c is made for the ice so maybe it has a heater and the hds5 has a computer in it and gets warm on it's own, so maybe older or cheaper ones do freeze up a bit but not mine

not true I watch my jig on the fishfinder and my jig on my underwater camera and my rod tip and I can assure you it is 100% realtime the exact moment or so close that humans can't detect the difference along with the Amplitude Scope barwhich is the right side of the lcd which my manual just stated as being real time display HDS 5 sorry but you are talking about old technology <a href="http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c52/Mrbeee1954/?action=view&current=fishfind.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c52/Mrbeee1954/fishfind.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

never heard of these words you are using..but everything on the lcd screen is lcd on Lowrance the bar on the right Amplitude Scope bar is lcd and is real time and clearly everything to the left is history and still lcd as already stated in this thread

this is what I use for a monitor http://www.ebay.ca/itm/250568469981?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

http://www.jetviewcctv.com/product_info.php?products_id=413&osCsid=150b353fb428ebeb1ce641c3b18f7f1b kit http://www.ebay.ca/itm/30M-Waterproof-Motorized-0-360-Underwater-Video-Camera-/220824592720?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336a2be150 no monitor http://www.ebay.ca/itm/100ft-30M-Underwater-Video-Camera-Motorized-0-360-View-/350513173989?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519c3695e5 this is mine <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fReTjeneCu0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> if you would like to see it in action I could meet you on Rice to look st dome crappie/perch