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If you are still home and don't have heat allow the faucets to run at a fast drip/tiny thin stream to keep them from freezing.

 

 

Art

That only works when you are on town water.

I'm on trucked water with a 500 gallon tank and pump.

Current temp outside is -37C and -48 with the windchill.

And my power has been out for 3 1/2 hours.

The temp in my kitchen when I left for work was between -5C and -8C.

I'm gonna be pissed if the pipes freeze.

778 looks like the tarpon is catching up

Don't know why, it's 15 seconds of crap.

The only way it could possibly win is if they are cheating.

I found out by accident that you can type in any email address even if it doesn't exist and it will add to the count. I accidently misspelled one of my email addresses and it was counted.

Okay so if you don't use the lights, I guess the bulbs will last a long time..

Yep, never turn them on and they will never burn out.

Pretty much same set-ups I used too. Just didn't need the sonar.

 

My buddy up there needs to adapt his fishing to how we know it. He often goes home fishless. 12-13 years I figure the north will be calling me back. You're in a good place Dave and you know it.

Without the flasher how would I know where to drill in the first place?

I clear a patch of snow off the ice, put my transducer on the ice and pour a little water out of a water bottle I bring along over the transducer. The water couples the transducer to the ice alowing me to tell what the water depth is before I drill.

It also makes a big difference when jigging too. We saw a lot of fish that would come in and look but not bite until you teased them a bit. Without the flasher we would not even have known they were there. This probably accounted for 6 or 8 fish over the day. 25% to 33% of our catch was made possible because of the flasher.

I have been out close to a dozen times this winter and only got skunked once and that was the first time out this winter and only because I could not get to the water I wanted to fish due to dangerously thin ice.

Some great pike Dave. Sleek. Betcha that lake will get another visit, and they should fatten up too in the coming while. Just cause I got a bud out there, I gotta ask a couple... what do you use for bait, or what's best up there? Do you use a flasher at all too?

 

I'll keep an eye out for the annual winter laker tour you do.

Bunk

Dead sticked cisocoes worked best but I also caught fish on airplane jigs and spoons tipped with shiners/smaller ciscoes.

As for the flaseh......................you bet!!! Wouldn't go anywhere with out my Marcum LX-5.

Still waiting on the mining ice roads to open for Trout Tour 2011 to start.

She missed a spot.

Send some this way will ya?

The trails suck up here this year. I was bouncing of rocks and logs on my fishing outing last Sunday.

It must have been unlocked. I have two vehicles and am forever accidently opening them by bending over with the keys in my pocket, opening the house door or rifling around for something in my pockets. I hate those key fobs for that reason. Always relocked them when I knew about it, but......hey, what can you do. It sucks but life goes on.

Been there, done that.

Forgot to lock up last summer and some punk rifled through my car.

He didn't take anything though, I guess he got scared off.

He was caught breaking into another vehicle and it turns out he is the 11 year old son of a local celeb.

The guy that caught him got his 11 yo son to dole out some street justice and then took the kid home by to his folks by the collar.

Doubt he will do it again.

And here's the proof!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkJednDFJGA&feature=player_embedded&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

Yep, toy parts ain't cheap.

I had to replace the stator assy. on my '89 CR125 Honda for the nifty sum of $600 once.

Wasn't too impressed either.

Never had another problem with the bike after I replaced it though.

Holy cow, are you finally getting dialed in up there? That's awesome bud!

 

Keep that up and you'll be bailing on the Attawapiskat trip.

 

Gerritt was right though. A pic of the fish all battered up and frying in oil is the OFC money shot!

Starting to. Just been trying different lakes. So many lakes so little time.

So far this winter I have fished a total of 5 new lakes. I think I will be heading back there next weekend.

Nah, no bailing for me. I already gots my plane ticket.

Poike's are fer catchin', troots are fer eatin'.

awesome pike thats a lake to try in the spring

Already have plans for that. It's an easy 100 yard portage off the big lake.

I want to head in there with my inflatable and see what happens.

Hope u did not put it in with bare hands (touching the glass part).. something about the oils on the fingers.. causes them to blow due to the high temps.

 

could be an old wives tale... but it seems to make sense.

 

G

Yep, the oils off your skin will cause a halogen bulb to crack and die when it heats up. If you accidentally touch the glass portion of the bulb while installing it immediately clean it with denatured alcohol before using it.

Where would I buy those ?

Any car audio/alarm shop will have them.

Aftermarket actuators go for about $30 each then you need harnesses a relay and switch.

I think I may have a kit around here somewhere.

I'll let you know if I find it.

Luscious looking lucius there Dave! Thanks for sharing your outing and the great pics. Ummm is it just me or is the scenery getting bigger or are you getting smaller? Seems you might have lost a few kilos eh? Pounds also?

Scenery isn't getting any bigger I'm just not blocking so much of it any more.

I've dropped over 60#'s so far.

with my 60 merc 4stroke i can only troll down to 2.3mph (tracker targa 16), have to use 2 5gallon pails to slow me down to 1.5mph. so switching to a merc 4stroke is out for you. look at other manufactures and see if they come with a something that would allow you to control the rpms to go below "normal idle" rpm's. i dont know if im making sense here or not

Yep, get yourself a Yamaha.

They have their "variable trolling system" which allows you to adjust the RPM between 650 and 900 in 50 RPM increments.

Yamaha 60hp Outboard

And where are the pictures of them fried up crispy with a side of chips?

All were released to fight another day.

*SMILES*

 

Isnt it funny how that works? Bet i know your fav lake, ...now!

Nice Post.

 

 

Beautiful fish! well done.

Bet you don't.

My favorite lake is 400 miles North of here.

But just out of curiosity, the temp was?

-16 and about -22 with the wind.

Nice. How many feet of ice did you have to drill through?

2 1/2 to 3 feet

Nice stuff! Warm day??? No jackets??? :dunno:

Jackets are for wusses!!!!

Actually I just ran out of the Frabill to get one of the set lines.

It's quite comfortable in the hut with the 14,000 BTU sunflower heater blasting.

Got out to another new lake today and had some great action.

I've been driving over this lake for several years on my way to other lakes and have never fished it..........until today.

Todays target would be pike, and I had been told that this lake was a goodun'.

Well I was not disapointed. We pulled onto the lake and picked out a fishy looking spot and drilled 1/2 dozen holes covering water from 6 to 15 FOW and dropped baits. It didn't take long before I got my first fish of 2011, a decent 30 incher.

Shortly after this on I got another an inch or so shorter and then a few little guys.

But the big ones were lurking as I had one attack one of the small ones I landed. My buddy managed this nice 36 incher as well as several in the 24 to 30 inch range and a bunch of smaller fish.

I got a bunch in the 24 to 30 inch range as well as a couple of 40 inch class brutes.

This big girl came on a tipup in the first hour of the day.

And this leviathon came later in the day on a dead sticked ciscoe on a quick strike rig.

She taped out at about 44 inches.

Got plans to hit this spot again real soon.

637

Power locks are a simple and inexpensive upgrade if you have some mechanical ability.

601!!!!!

Keep 'em coming.

I don't do funny........................Ice Fishing is SERIOUS business.