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Thanks. Water depth under my hut was 70'.

Wasn't one of the soldiers it was one of the ramp workers for one of the airlines. Either way it sucks. :-(

Got out to the lake and drilled a few holes today. First spot I had 2 hits, which I missed. It was a scenic spot though. Stuck around for about an hour and a half and moved to the West side of the lake. I wanted to get into the sun and warm up a bit. Fished the same lure that I had the 2 hits on earlier with not even a sniff and no fish on the flasher. Changed up to a white tube and promptly hit 3 fish landing 2 and losing the third just below the ice. Took a pic of the bigger one a fat 26"+ fish. The bite died nad I hit one more spot with no luck before heading home. Took a different route to see the temporary military base the Army has set up on the edge of town. There are 1,500 of them in town doing a little winter arctic training. I figured I best go have a peek before htey head out in a few weeks. Seems most are out on the land training (there have been some paratrooper jups too). They sure have a bunch of stuff. There was a pretty big incident earier this week when one of their helos hit a main power wire putting the city into darkness. Luckily none of the 3 on board the helo was injured and they managed to land safely at the airport. Unfortunately there was an injury at the airport due to the reduced lighting. One of the rampys was hit by the prop of a Dash8 and is in hospital in critical con. in Edmonton. Operation Arctic Ram main base.

Nope His is a 70's era flasher. Lowrance Bluewater LFG-175

Better get 'em while you can 'cause with this unusually warm winter they will just be a memory come opener and will probably already be out in the blue zone.

Exactly!!! Back in the early days the show was awesome and we would spend the whole day going through all the vendors, manufacturers and outfitters booths. Now you can do it in an hour.

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That means nothing. A charter boat I used to work on had their downriggers wired that way. 12V from battery to outlets mounted under the gunnal and then 3 prong plugs on the downriggers plugged into the outlets. Easy way for the non-electrically inclined to wire it up.

Here you go.

No, but button pushing is sooooooooooo much fun!!!

It will with the Leaf fans.

Exactly!!! Ottawa fans are a little light in the cognitive skills area. I probably should have drawn him stick figures or used puppets just for young Mathiew. He never was the sharpest pencil in the box.

You Ottawa fans don't know how to read English do you Matt? I said that Datsyk is, not Kessel. I'm saying that Kessel isn't. Maybe you could learn the English language during the off season while your precious Senators are pitching and putting while the Leafs are playing in the 1st round of the playoffs.

That's like saying Bobby Orr or Wayne Gretzky is my definition of a well rounded player. Pavel is probably the best player in the league right now and all others are rated lower. IMHO Kessel is an excellent player but not quite in that league. The Leafs have some good talent on their squad. Early season I said that the biggest issue they had at the time was the PK. Well now the PK is awesome but goal tending has not been the same since Reimer got run in the crease and suffered his concussion. I think if the goal tending were to be brought in line with the way the rest of the team is playing we would be in a much better place.

They most certainly were part of the spring fishing show at one point. In fact they had the largest booth as well. Back in it's hey day the spring fishing show was the most anticipated show as it had the most fishing related stuff going on and not a bunch of non-fishing related stuff like the Toronto Sportsmans Show did. The first few years the spring fishing show was held in Pickering and it then moved to the International Center. I don't remember when the big vendors started disappearing but I think it was in the late 80's. I stopped going shortly after LeBarons left the show (only because it coincided with a bunch of other large vendors leaving).

Here is a clay site. http://www.sculpey.com/ FYI mixing and swirling=good beads. You can hand roll your clay beads or get a Bead Roller Just don't forget to make the hole in the bead before baking the clay. LOL Glass beads can be had at craft stores like Michaels.

You want a faster sink rate just ditch the plastic beads and run glass or clay beads.

Nah, he paid good money for it. Too bad he can't spell!!!

Mike If you get this vehicle does that mean we can call you Captain Highlander?

Been running one of These for a couple of years. It keeps all 3 of my batteries topped up and gives full output to each battery in sequence but if the battery is charged it is taken out of the rotation. Was super cheap when I purchased it on sale and has a 5 year warranty!!!!

I would go with a Van Staal if you can afford it. At the lower end price wise is The VM-150 and at the expensive end are These and This One if you're into a little bling factor and need tons of line. But if you want bling and a bail you need one of These Or if you have gobs of $$$ burning a hole in your pocket you could get a Diawa Saltiga for $1,100-$1,200 or step down to a Shimano Stella SW for $730-$950

Before you head East, head North for a 12 hour drive and come ice fish with me Mike.

That and the $8K cost for replacing the batteries when the time comes.

There are always great deals on sunglasses and sausages at the show.