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DRIFTER_016

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  1. I could use one of those on my boat!!! Where did your friend get it? Custom made? How many $$$$
  2. I gather you have home insurance. Give them a call and see if it is covered because it was on the property at the time of the fire. Couldn't hurt right?
  3. Had this 2 year old walk right up to me in 2003. I had to back up as I didn't know what it was up to. It got as close as 5 feet before backing off to about 15 feet.
  4. And the next three highest vote getters (who missed it by that much) were Cale Yarborough, David Pearson and Bobby Allison.
  5. Tons of guys deserve to be in the hall. Two I can think of right off the top are Cale Yarborough and The Silver Fox David Pearson
  6. No snow is good for now. Let's build a bunch of safe ice first and then it can snow so I can get there to make swiss cheese of all those lakes.
  7. NOW!!!! The smaller ponds and lakes already have ice. Here's a shot taken last Thursday on a trip south east of here. I have another trip booked into the community this Friday, so we'll see how much more ice there is.
  8. Back in the 70's and early 80's the Credit was awesome. Then cam the crowds and the crap. I pretty much stopped fishing the river by the end of the 80's early 90's. I couldn't handle the Bull anymore.
  9. I have bought and sold a ton of gear on Ebay. I have purchased 4 sage fly rods, about a dozen reels as well as rod building supplies and lures all at prices 25% or more below retail. Plus I have made a bunch of $$$$ on gear I have purchased at farm auctions. Two items that come to mind are a couple of spinning reels I got at one auction (BNIB Mitchell 300 and a used Record reel) that were sold at a 500+% profit!!!!! It was much easier to find the real deals in the beginning, but if you are patient there are still some good deals to be had.
  10. The problem with the suction cup is that it is not solid and moves around due to the water pressure on the transducer. The transducer is permanently mounted on my boat and I read bottom at full speed (35+ MPH). Reading fish at speeds over 5 or so MPH is difficult due to the size of the target and the speed at which you pass over that target. The faster you go the more compressed the image gets. At trolling speed you may pass over a large school of bait that presents as a big ball. That same ball of bait at speed will show as a vertical line. By speeding up the chart rate you can fix this compression issue, but it can only go so far.
  11. I have had my eye on those Wrangler Silent Armor's for a while. Have heard nothing but good things about them.
  12. Yep, stuff works good as an accelerant (sp?) in potato cannons too!!!! Back to 870's. My first gun was an 870 SPS CAMO 12 guage that still resides in my gun cabinet. Full synthetic camoed stock and camoed 28" barrel with matching sling. She's a beauty duck gun!!!!
  13. Yep, for years the Champ was a staple on the mighty Q in TO. Several years ago when driving through Northern Ontario what do I hear on a Rock Station in Thunder Bay? Yep, you guessed it, the Champ was alive and well and walleye fishing in Ontario's North Country!!! Well I LOSE IT!!! So I head fake him with a Salami, and he goes for it!!!! And then I finish him off with a flurry to the solarplexes!!! Ever since then I've been the champ!!!!
  14. Drain your fuel tank and install one of these in the fuel line near the engine. Also drain the carbs and clean out the fuel lines. Add stabilizer to your fuel when filling up to reduce moisture build up.
  15. Back when they implemented fishing licenses in Ontario them lying guberment types told us that all monies from the sale of licenses were going to the ministry (I was all for this) What they didn't say was that all current funding was going the way of the DODO and that the license $$$$ were much less than the previous funding. Typical politician double speak, you can't trust them dude's as far as you can throw them!!!!! As for increases, I would pay, heck I just forked out $145 US for my 2009 non-resident Alaskan fishing license!!!!
  16. I gather you are talking about one pf the connectors on the fuel hose, right? You can buy a replacement connector and a hose clamp tp hold it on. Cut off the old connector, insert the new one and tighten the hose clamp and yer done!! Take the broken connector into a Napa store or marina and they should have a replacement.
  17. If there is a God, Dalton McSquinty will be eaten by a bear on his way to work one day!!!!!!
  18. Translation: The local MP is having a family fish fry this weekend!!!!
  19. Sounds like the jealous rantings of a non-fishing father of twins!!!! Here's more salt for your wounds Paul. I'm leaving on Saturday for 5 weeks of trout and salmon slaying in Alaska!!!! TEEHEEHEE!!!!!
  20. Yep they still click, they just don't work. I ordered a new one up from LeBarons, plugged it in and all is good. Before the new pedal was installed the direction worked but no prop spinning. I went through all the same testing as you before giving in and buying the pedal. Pretty much a waste of my time as there have been lots of posts on various boards about pedal problems with this model of pedal. It's an easy fix though.
  21. I had similar issues with my 18 year old Auto Pilot. Turns out the pedal was shot. Replaced it and all is good. If you still have issues after cleaning up your wiring pick up a new pedal. About $70 and available at LeBarons, Bass Pro, Cabelas etc.
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