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It wasn't a meteorite!! I have video!!!!

I hate the fact that the sportsnet games other than the West ones are always blacked out for me. Tried to find a stream of last nights game to keep up on the score with no luck. The Jets/Wild game was a good one though. As was the Sharks/Av's game.

Four pages of info HERE

I have all of Gierach's books too.

You just need an older snowmobile trailer. Check Craigs List and Kijiji.

I have a copy.

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Yep, '89 was a good year for sure. All through the 80's were great.

I wouldn't trust them to do oil changes either. An old employer of mine did and 100kms from home the drain plug fell out in the middle of no where.

I would have to say my best year was back in 1999. I spent 15 years guiding on Great Bear Lake and I get as much if not more pleasure out of my guests catching their fish of a lifetime as I do catching my own. 1999 was "my" year at the lodge with my clients landing at least one laker over 40#'s each week of the season. The best week of the season was the first week of August. My guests caught 7 of the 10 biggest fish of the week. The smallest fish on the board that week was 43#'s and my guest's biggest fish was 64#'s just 2#'s shy of the world record at the time.

I dig two parallel trenches and use 2 pressure treated 6"X6"'s connected end to end with a lap joint. I then use 4 24" pieces of rebar through the wood into undisturbed ground. I then backfill and compact around the beams leaving them flush with the surrounding ground. Finally I use 3" lag bolts with large washers through the feet of the shelter into the beams. This by far is the best way to secure these shelters. IMHO

Don't forget the brass pole in the center.

Another big plus of the puck (flat bottomed transducers) is that fact you can clear the snow off the ice and place the transducer on the ice, pour some water on the ice to couple the transducer to the ice and take depth readings right through the ice. But the ice has to be of good quality (black ice). I can easily shoot through over 5' of ice and have even marked fish through the ice. This is a huge bonus when you are drilling through that much ice. Blind drilling is a big waste of time in these conditions. IMHO You could probably do it with a regular skimmer transducer but you would need to drill down 1/2" or so and clean out the depression and use a ton more water to partially fill the hole. It's all about efficiency for me. There are no maps of the lakes here and to drill hundreds of holes through 5' of ice would leave no time to actually fish.

Nope, you just live in a warm climate.

Only on Saturday night. I think someone wrote a song about it.

My LMS 350 slowsdown in the real cold as well. It's older but hardly cheap.

Mine too, but I just turn it down. Luckily my hand warmers are digitally controlled and have 10 settings.

I have. I tried 2 of my lcd units on the ice and both were rough wehn it was cold. I'm talking -25 and colder cold (which is most of the winter). They were noticibly lagging due to the cold. The only lcd units that I would even think of using up here are those designed for ice fishing as the screens are heated.

Done the drive many times. When I moved to Yellowknife I did it the week before Christmas driving my fully loaded down Honda Civic Si towing a 4X8 trailer full of stuff. The only places that I had some minor issues with were a long slippery uphill North of LSPP where I was having traction problems due to all the weight on the back of the car. I made it but spun the tires a bit and was worried for a minute. The second place I had issues was in Sask. the wind was out of the North andit was blowing snow across the highway creating a lovely 600km long stretch of black ice. I kept the speed down and had no problems but I had to be on my game at all times. If you take your time it is a pretty good drive even in the winter. I would take HWY16 (The Yellowhead Trail) just West of Portage La Prarie Manitoba to Saskatoon then 14 West to Biggar Sask. to 51/12 West to Stettler AB to 11 West into Red Deer. The Hwy 16 route is much more scenic than the Trans Canada route through Sask. There are more rolling hills and trees to block the wind too. Have a good trip and let us know how you make out.

^^^^^ What Bill says is true. It will enable you to catch many more fish than without one. I can't hit the ice without my flasher. Case in point 2 weeks ago I only managed to catch 3 fish one was a no brainer as it railed my jig. The other two came in to my bait but I would have never known as it took me a long time to tease them into hitting. Without the flasher I would have just been jigging blindly and not working the fish that were actually there.

It works mint for looking behind my washing machine.

I have no idea. As I said I have only used it twice (both times without a hut) and the glare on the screen was so bad I couldn't see a thing. Might have to try it again this year in the hut and see what happens.

I have one of the Cabelas cameras. Got it 3 years ago and have used it twice. More trouble than it's worth IMO.

Glue and a hose clamp.