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Wow, I gotta say this is one sweet unit, it covers all the bases, Flasher mode, chart mode or a colum type unit. This unit can be used as either type or a combination of the three, it's not just a flasher,it has all the bells and whistles anyone could ask for. A great unit for the high tech fishers who like to play with there electronics. The only things I don't like is the tranducer arm set-up, a floater is 100x better and easier, and I hate the interference that Marcum units give off, other then that it is one impressive machine.

I don't notice any interference, but then again I have an LX-5

Maybe if I had one of those VEX things I would have a problem with it.

The issue is caused by the high power of the Marcum units. More power=better target separation.

thanks!! Does anybody know why the Views counter is not working?? Hummm

It only updates every few hours to keep the load on the server down, so it can work on more important stuff.

That is hilarious!! I wonder what they were even thinking to try to put that in place. Politics at it's finest??

Me thinks the transit commisioner has had a few too many bong hits!!!

That's why I love fishing with Terry....he has all the necessary hardware....including a timer that measures to the nanosecond

Even a broken down old boat/trailer too!!!

Just when I thought I was done spending $$ on big ticket items for my ice fishing obsession this comes along.

For most of my bait casters it's braid. I do use mono on a couple that I use for river fishing trout and char though. The mono holds up better around rocks. Braid tends to fray too easily and mono has more stretch which lessens the probability of pulling the lure away from the fish. Generally I'm bouncing heavy spoons along the bottom with this system.

Is that a big streamer you were casting?

Yep.

Emil

I always used the launch at Lakeside Promanade Pk. at the Lakeview Gen Stn.

Don't know what it's like now but it had 2 very nice ramps and lots of free parking.

Plus it was 3 minutes from my house.

I did....and there are several ...can't decide which ones I need...OR-14....OR-17...or even the super strong OR-30?

And are those things very expensive or what???!?

 

Better see if I can find some used one....not sure if I want to spent $200 on releases....waoooo...

 

Cheers,

Ice Fisherman

For walleye get the lightest tension ones available.

I have a bunch of the OR3's for eyes and some OR14's for salmon.

I have NEVER had a problem with any of my RayBan glasses and or warranty. B&L now runs the Canada arm of RayBan (I think) so try there if you have issues.

 

I still have a set of RayBan glasses I got for fishing but with the misshaps that can happen while fishing I'll stick to my sub $50 set's.

I also have not had any issues with RayBan's warranty or service.

It was also nice that they are located in Mississauga (at least it was nice when I lived there )

My RayBan's are amber for most types of light. I also have some Haber's in rose for low light and some Smith Action Optics in grey for bright sunny days. The clearest glasses I have ever had were a pair of Ocean Waves but I lost them in a rafting incident and they're now over $300 to replace them.

I was in Lutselke' on the East Arm of Great Slave Lake for work this past week and stayed at the local Lodge for my accomodations.

I had a lot of work to do in town over the week but got to wet a line on a couple of occasions. The first time I put on the waders and hiked a ways up from the lodge and fished from a point where the river dumps into the bay. I managed a couple of grayling in the 18" range and several trout to about 7 or 8 pounds. Not bad for an hour and a half. I did notice that the water felt pretty chilly (think I have a seam leak in the G3's ) I found out later that the temp there was still only 4.5C.

The following day (and my last full day in the area) I was able to finish all the work I had to do and get back to the lodge by lunch. The lodge is run by a husband and wife team (Wayne and Debbie) and they have a nice little operation going on there. The boats are 18' Alumarines with 40hp Merc EFI 4 Strokes. I talked to Wayne about taking a boat out for the afternoon and evening and after lunch got out and did a little fly trolling for troots!!!

So I'll let the pics speak for themselves.

Enjoy

I still have 41 more days to go until my vacation.

But them I'm off to Alaska for 5 1/2 weeks.

Then it will be nothing but this!!!

Take it to these guys. They do great work at a great price!!!

City Wide Welding Inc

905-677-0316

1867 Drew Road,

Mississauga, ON L5S 1J5

It was so hot the Pilsbury French Loaf I bought at the grocery store was ready to serve by the time I got home!!!!

thanks

 

but in the dead of winter..twit for tat

Terry

I would much rather have my winters than your summers.

The last year I was there I was really having breathing problems due to the bad yellow air.

Holy crap it's hot down there!!!!! I wouldn't want to be outside in TO (or any other southern Ontario location). Weather like this is for sittin' inside infront of a big air conditioner with a cold drink. Thursday looks like a killer!!!!

Remeber to bring your pets inside!!!

Actually the porch roof and house roof were separate structures and all the metal was fastened down by 2" screws.

Windy huh?

I had a couple of farms and barns across the street disappear like that back in '96.

Actually Drifter, I lean toward Fish4eyes assement, the trusses are still there it appears the roof cladding has been torn off by the winds. Regardless OLD MAN youy have my sympathy. Insrance is gonna be a female dog on this one possibly.

You're right it's the sheathing that went bye bye.

I guess they didn't use ring shank nails.

My guess is the wind got under the porch and lifted the whole thing off including the roof sheathing.

I'll be hopping on a plane to Lutselke' in a couple of hours to go set up the network in our new learning centre there. While there I will be staying Here unfortunately.

Might even have a day to get out fishin' plus I'll have time after work.

Oh woe is me!!!!

How to keep cool on a boat...

 

1. Put on skinny jeans, aviators and golf shirt with popped collar

2. Blast the beats as you cruise past anchored fishing boats

 

j/k

Don't forget the cool Captains hat.

I would be blaming the installer of that roof for that one. You pay 30+k for a "lifetime roof" to have that happen. Herd of this same thing happening to friends of the family. Payed 30k for a lifetime roof, to be collecting it around the street to ensure it does not cause damage to other people's property (when we had those 100k winds earlier this spring). My roof was done properly, and I just continued on with my day

This has nothing to do with the construction just local building codes.

In areas where hurricane force winds are common hurricane ties are required for securing the roof trusses to the walls. In Ontario there is no requirement for hurricane ties and when you get very high winds this is what can happen when the trusses are only toe nailed into the wall caps.

Would using the cav plate as a "ladder" add any extra stress to the transom?

No more than having a transom/swim ladder and you don't need to go out and spend extra $$$$ for it.

Call the airlines and see what they have to say.

And as for chips you should def get the new "Fish'n Chip". 1 ft depth increments. Insane detail!

Unless you live in the arctic, where you can't get squat for electronic maps.

Nope, the stuff eats plastics and melts paint.

Always spray into your hand and then rub it on.

Too often I see people spraying it on like hair spray.