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Great pics!!

Nice lookin Lynx. We get them on our back trail and by the bear barrels on the regular. They like to hunt the small critters that munch on bear bait. All kinds of unique visitors show up at the cans, including yogi! FYI if you have an iPhone, uploading is very easy!

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I JB welded a crack in the oil pan on the bottom of our 1992 kawasaki bayou 220 10 years ago. The kids are still tearing that old bike up today. If that is a split, I'd JB it, sand it as smooth as you can and hit it with some paint. My bet is it'll work just fine!

I’ve seen worse. I had an old Johnson 25hp that ran flooded like this on many occasions when I was a teenager. It never crapped out on me. Yes if it froze it would be bad news, and certainly at some point with oil like that you could have a catastrophic failure. But I expect you’ll probably be ok as it was in a garage. Get the seals changed. As for leaving an outboard empty of gear oil. I did it once or twice when pressed for time in the fall on my old boat. No harm no foul. But you do need to put a few wraps of orange flagging tape around the lower as a visual reminder that you need to fill it up in the spring!

It’s an excellent park and only 45 minutes from the north bay boat launch as well. I’ll give you gps coords.

Funny that you mention that, there are a some US states that have banned trail cameras, or cellular trail cameras for hunting. Not that far of a stretch to ban some technology for fishing. I'd be some pissed if they banned ipilot lol.

I will say that the terrova foot peddle saved me a fishing day on the Niagara once when the remote crapped out. I never use a foot pedal but I was glad to have it the one time I needed it, the remote is generally pretty reliable and I always carry spare batteries but that one went bad and I had to get a new remote.

Some dude here mentioned simple green for cleaning mung off your boat. I tried it last year and it worked great.

7k? I’m sure it’s a quality item, but to me anything over 3 grand is getting silly for a bow mount.

Cabelas says in stock online for $2300 plus tax. I’m not sure how accurate that is but worth a shot! Even if they drop ship it could be worth the wait.

I’ve been pretty happy with my terrova.

It was shorter than melton mowbray LOL.

1990's for sure. Can't remember how far back, maybe 95? I found OFC from that board also, I had some weird handle that I can't remember back then (not that my current one is much better), might have been part of my hotmail at the time, trouter something. I was mainly into steelhead then.

I still deer hunt with a guy that I met off his hunting site years ago. Talk about internet dating!

I remember the Zoo board well, run by Andy Rubaszek. It closed up shop shortly after he retired from the Zoology department. It was a good board, and I met a few guys back in the day off that site and fished with them. One of them is still a good buddy of mine! Most of my experiences where positive on that site, but like anywhere boys will be boys. Andy was a pleasant guy, and I believe he was heavily involved with Metro East anglers, their hatchery efforts and did a lot for the fishery and stocking east of the GTA. I got on that site at the beginning back when they updated once a week.

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Welcome to the site!

That’s the real cure to line problems

Nanofil is an excellent spring/summer/ fall line, and works great if your fishing from a heated shack. It's pretty crap when fished outside in freezing temps and I wouldn't use it as an ice line. I grabbed 8 spools of it as soon as I heard they where discontinuing the product. A real shame! OP, I use 8-10lb power pro on most ice reels, and I just use a longer fluoro leader the clearer the water. If your strictly fishing outside though braid isn't my first choice. I stick with trilene XL. I have used the clear trilene ice line in 3lb test on my perch rods though. Nothing perfect in winter, everything either coils a bit or freezes a bit. It's one of the reasons I try to fish in a flip over as much as possible unless it's a warm wind free day. If someone has the caramilk secret for ice line I'd love to hear it.

I've been wearing a Striker 2 piece for several seasons now. I'm all on board the 2 piece train after spending more than 20 years in a one piece. The strikers are nothing like conventional survival suits either, they are very comfortable to wear!

You just did. You also have a .218 bee. Don't put nug stuff online, ever. It will never help you, only harm you. Like mentioned, they already know you most likely have one by virtue of licensing.

I disagree entirely. The minute I saw the 7, I said there is no way in heck I want to drag that giant thing around on the ice and I went with a 5. Not everyone wants the same thing. Nothing wrong with a big sonar but they aren’t for everyone in all circumstances! Your mileage may vary!

I have a Helix 5 as a portable. I agree it's excellent for the purpose. I had an opportunity to buy a 7, but found it to be far too large when I took a close look. Just my opinion, but the 7 certainly can't hurt if you don't mind the extra size and weight!

Ear clamps work well but I’ve replaced many a fuel line with stainless hose clamps because that’s what I have and it’s never caused a problem with many hours on the water. Either way you go you’ll never have an issue because of the clamp, it’ll be something else that causes problems.