jasonl

I also agree with the trades aspect except for a few differences. Make sure you enter into a protected trade, one that you must be lisc. for and is enforced by the ministry of labour or you will find yourself out of a job as anyone can do your job without a lisc or exp. I am an electrician and have been in the trade for 14 yrs. I make good money and never am I out of work BUT I am willing to travel, i'll take the scariest dirtiest jobs but they pay 10G a month and more. I started out at the bottom, slugging materials, trudging thru sewage, climbing thru inches of dirt and dust and working my balls off and more. the apprenticeship years were tough and horrid but they passed quickly. i now get opportunities to work all over and get to choose places that have good fishing. I've been to every province west of ontario and as far north as Nunavut. I get to put more miles in a plane commuting to work than on my jeep. I've met lots of great people and for the most part have had a successful career. and the best part is I was 19 when I started and i'm now only 32 and can do whatever I like in the trade. Make a decision soon and stick to it!!!!

Those cranes are beautiful. I spent the late summer in Nunavut and would stare in awe as sandhill cranes would fly by with their haunting calls. Their mating dance was definately something to behold as they would hop around drunkenly trying to impress their mate... thanks for sharing

Definately invest in winter tires and some sort of weight for the back. I've used peices of slate from an old pool table when I had my E350 as well as sand bags. Be sure to fasten them down good tho. I foound about 300-400 lbs worked good on a 2005 E350 with an extended 10 foot cargo area. I also used to pack some d rings with a recovery strap. $100 for gear that saved me alot in tow fees when I did get stuck...

My Lab is a wicked fisherman, he's caught more chromers than I have, and is the coolest fishing buddy ever!! He doesn't tell anyone when he does better than I do!!!

I live a few blocks from the marina. I'll be flying home tonight and was thinking of heading down to cast some lines tomorrow if the weather co operates. What time are you thinking of going?

well to add some more to it.

i've had the boat parked in my driveway for 1.5 yrs, checked for leaks(none), checked the transom(good) cut down the forest and pulled out the flower beds than proceeded to gut the interior. Replaced the floor and rod lockers. purchased new seats and will be rewiring everything this december. As for checking out the motor I tore the cover off, evicted all the wasps, by the time i cleaned up everything I filled a 10 gallon pail with all the wasp remnants. No evidence of mice whatsoever.

The reason for the project is this particular boat is what I caught my first fish, a 9lb pickeral on it 20 yrs ago when my uncle bought it new. He passed 2 yrs ago from cancer and myself and my wife and kids cared for him for almost a yr of his last days. This boat has memories past, present and more to come

I fly home in 2 weeks after 4 months on the road working so i'll definately pick up some seafoam and some grease as well as an impeller and some lower end lube.

keeps the info coming I appreciate it!!!

Jason

I inherited a 1989 alumacraft with a 45hp merc on it. It sat in a field for 10 yrs prior to me taking it home now I've been looking for a shop manual for the engine and see several available. I'm decently mechanically inclined but have never touched a 2 stroke in my life. So what would you guys recommend for a shop manual and where would I start on with get this engine started. I haven't even hooked a battery to it yet but I have manually turned it over to check for compression.

Thanks and here's some pics

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I'm in the process of finishing my basement and am looking for a tin wacker to re-run my duct work who needs a side job. I'm an electrician and am willing to trades services or pay cash. I'll be flying home in about 2 weeks and would like some prices. Anyone interested pm me for details!!!

Hey Jason sweet catch....where you going in Nunavuit...I spent 2 months in Pangnirtung last year building a hospital up there....take plenty of spoons and for sure extra line...nothing is cheap there...one jug of peach juice was 26 dollars and here its about 3...if your a smoker take'm...can of coke 3 bucks!!! we caught a bunch of arctic char there was pretty cool our cook at the hotel would cook'm all for us....drop me a line on where your headed...maybe I can help you out with some things...where we went it was a dry town but had bootleggers...60oz of rye 800 DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!! no we did not purchase were smart enough to bring a few of our own

$800 holy crap I guess I best be quitting drinking.... I'm off to baker lake... Its also a dry town and you have to purchase thru the RCMP. I'm bringing up some Glen Fiddich but not enough to last 3 months...... I'm packing up my gear as I type, just got to stay as light as posible as I like to be able to carry everything myself, including my tools.....

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My buddy came down last night for some canoe fishing for largies but with all that wind we decided to shore fish in a lil spot by my place for some rumours of pickeral. 20 mins in Andrew hooks into some dinner

caught on a five of diamonds 6lbs, 25"

I got a sheephead on a red devil but nothing else so after an hour we headed home to avoid the storm...

Hopefully when I get to nunavut I can get out to cast a few lines

congrats

check out the "backroad mapbooks" they have alot of trail info. As well look for some crown land maps to show some of the popular trails..hth

good job man........shows a lot of guts picking up and moving like that to find work

i'm sure it will be well worth it, mentally and financially

tambo

I spent a winter in fort mac and another in grande prairie so it shouldn't be tooooo bad

watcha gonna do....shovel snow?

haha yeah most likely, actually i'm an electrician and i'll be taking care of some govt housing projects

I got on offer of 12g a month all expenses covered including flights..... just need to bring my parka!!!!! I'm expecting it to be an experience...

Dude jump on it, I have a wife and 3 kids as well as several properties and I still jump at opportunities like that, i'm actually on my way to nunavut next week for a work gig, getting a chance to travel won't come your way too often and getting paid to do it will be even rarer, just store all your stuff, get your passport tie up your loose ends and GET ON THAT PLANE!!!!!

well like many others my job ended last week and there definately doesn't seem like ther is much going on in niagara so i started looking abroad. Well I got a pretty decent offer in baker lake nunavut and i'll be leaving next week

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after 3 months I'll get some time off and a ticket back home so i'll atleast be able to chase some salmon and hopefully get a deer in the freezer

I've been taking my 3 since they were about 3 yrs old, my daughter now 11 doesn't come too often but luvs our "dad and her" time early saturday mornings usually 5-8 ish. My middle son is 8 and is very serious with what he does, we can paddle for hours without a sound and we enjoy every minute of it, he seems to get more out of viewing the scenery and wildlife taking pictures of oddities and such, my youngest at 3 is in it just for the treats but he sits in the canoe and gets as excited as the other 2.

I've always stressed the tranquility of going fishing, silently observing the animals and pointing out different flowers and things, I try to answer their questions as best I can and admit if I'm not sure. My middle boy has been on an April back country trip with me, portaging 9 mile in total over 2 days without a wimper and nevergot to cast one line but we loved it.

Catching fish is just a bonus the best part is quality time where any topic of conversation is allowed and watching my little grow

It makes total sense to me, the guy drives a Ford, enough said

I have a 15' watson canoe and have had it for 2 seasons, bought it used and probably have paddled 500km with alot of rock scaping and drops down ravines. I love it! Its lightweight, balanced and does everything i want, but i also only paid $350 for it used...

Thanks Guys, as for my WJ here is a better pic

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Its an 01 with 8.5" of lift riding on 33's

She hit on a 1/16oz yellow jig head with a yellow mister twister tail... weighed in just over 5 lbs, fish feels heavier that that by far but either way she is in the freezer waiting to be mounted on the wall

Well this whole month at work has been sooooo stressful blah, blah blah, so last week I promised a guy from work that i'd take him out for some bucket mouths, considering he hooked me up with a spot for some eyes and lo and behold the damn fish were'nt biting. Everyone was saying that this honey hole was to die for and he would catch more fish than he could count but...... the buggers were no where to be found... well after a few hrs casting and only 1 fish to the boat I decided to change up to a jig and scrape the bottom well let me say the first cast produced a boot like fish and I thought for sure that this log was the unfortunate act of snagging a carp when the biggest bass I've seen this year broke water I was so glad that I had my med action rod with me instead of my usual UL. than he spit......Oh well atleast I got a witness... Now the heat was on and the excitement was in the air.. we shot aroun...d the pond hitting the deep spots with anything that would sink... an hour or so goes by and i've about given up when I spy some turtles playing in the water.. I cast over and again I hook into a boot. after a few few feet of dragging this log it decides to pull back WHAM I yank the hook as hard as I can and nearly topple out of the boat, no way was this fish lettin go.. well several minutes later here is what I bring aboard..

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lol awsome read expecially at 3:15am! lol

 

at least it only took you an hour to get in.. If that was local for me it would be like a 3 hour wait!!

ahh come on, port hospital is amazing! in and out with amazing service!! oh I forgot we lost it

I guess its off to welland if we need it! with a hook in the thumb like that you'd bleed to death before you where even seen by a doctor there!!!

I installed satelite dishes professionally for bell for years, In the beginning before the fancy testers i used a baby monitor, put the transmitter in front of the tv and carry the receiver part clipped to your shirt. As for the dual Lnb tuning most important is ensuring the mast is PERFECTLY PLUMB than set the scew and proceed to pan left and right slowly if after panning 2-3 times back and forth within 2-3 mins you haven't aquired a signal verify everything as you have something wrong.... than just pan again after tuning your strongest signal adjust up and down to fine tune HTH