dave524

Very nice, both versions. Seen those fellas crawling out of the water onto the snowbanks on shore, almost getting warm enough

this may be of some use to you http://crownlanduseatlas.mnr.gov.on.ca/

My three fav driving songs Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild Golden Earring - Radar Love Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen - Hotrod Lincoln All three guaranteed to get the pedal a little closer to the metal

Very nice, good open layout at the back, obviously designed for salmon fishermen by salmon fishermen. Good weather protection, my favourite in its class for great lakes trolling.

I didn't get married till I was a few months shy of fifty, ten years ago now. Worked to support my hunting and fishing habit. Usually had 4 weeks vacation, 1 week for trout opener, would take the week of deer season for hunting and the week previous so I could spend it in a motel room in Meaford and then the 3rd week of August was usually prime for staging Kings so that I would spend on Lake Ontario along with most days off from April through to the start of hunting and fall steelheading. I've slowed down a whole bunch now, domestic responsibilities and a minor health issue. Retired though last year, so picking up some speed again

Yep, just did the paperwork recently, going be one more starting May, gotta pay for my gear

If you're going to come up with a Walleye hoax, you gotta go BIG http://www.walleyecentral.com/humor.htm

Costco in St Catharines fills 20 pounders for about $5 less than the truck stop or garage here in town. I looked into a small tank, 5 pounder, some time ago ago to run a propane cooking burner on for day trips, more expensive than a 20 pounder They seem to be priced like AAA batteries vs AA, pay more for less.

Great looking buck. Is there any special significance to him sticking out his tongue at you ?

Before we got into all the downriggers and stuff we would get a few evening fishing out of Port Colborne just out from what we referred to as the east break wall, water would vary from 15 to 30 feet deep. With a predominate SW wind we would run to the east side of the shipping channel by the foghorn and drift towards Nickle Plant Beach along the east wall jigging with worm tipped Erie Dearie's. This was quite some time ago but probably worth a try if your close to Port Colborne.

The 90 would get 40 barely with just me and trimmed out right. Surprised on the tank location, the Sylvan had its tank back under the well at the back. I was primarily a troller so the front platform was used for little more than storage and a place to set a big igloo cooler. Console had a bench on the front with storage in it, also the seat for the driver was a good sized live well with a foam top and back rest that flipped so I most often sat facing the rear when trolling. I actually plugged the hoses for the live well on the exterior of the hull with removeable plugs and used it for tackle storage Unlike you, if I could have made any mod, it would have been to shorten the front deck a bit and move the console forward a bit to free up more room at the back, but I was almost always running riggers and such. Great that you can customize it just to your needs.

Your're going to love that boat when it's done. I ran its cousin a 18' Sylvan CC , 90 hp and a 9.9 kicker for the better part of 20 years on Lake Ontario for salmon and Erie for walleye and bass. Was hard to chose between the two when I was buying, Starcraft had the nicer console but the Sylvan had a built in 18 gal tank, looks like you got the best of both now. Good deep hulls for the big lake and easy to move around in. Looks like you are doing a great job on the refurbishing, nice rig.

Curiously, spring water that has been underground for like a thousand or so years, bring it to the surface and put it in a bottle and now it has an expiry date

Full size GMC 3/4 ton, rear wheel drive 1979 to 1988 GMC Safari, rear wheel drive, more trucklike than your average mini-van 2000 to present Put snows on the back and extra weight if it is an empty box, makes a big difference.

named after a beer??

Labour day is fine, duck season is a few weeks away. GPS is good, take it, but you will need a airphoto to pick your route through inpenetrable stands of cattails. Point A to point B will not be a straight line.

What Fish Farmer said is true, stay out of their area. Long paddle out to there anyway, this area is open and is where I did most of my fishing. http://www.longpoint.on.ca/lpwa/SatelliteMap.asp

I lived in Port Rowan and worked in the park for a couple of years when I was a lot younger. The water level at that time was high so maybe things are different now. It is an excellent place to kayak or canoe, spring Bluegill and Crappie are excellent in the channels and ponds used in the fall by duckhunters. I used a light flyrod, white #6 maribou streamer for the Crappie and a sponge rubber spider for the gills. There is also pike, bowfin and LMB. Shallow weedless presentations rule, again, I used a heavier fly rod most with poppers, deerhair mice and streamers tied on weedless keel type hooks or monofilament weedguards. I liked the ability to set a fly down in a card table sized opening in the vegetation and then lift it without retrieving and then hit the next opening. What I strongly recommend is a current air photo of the area of the marsh you intend to fish and make sure you know where you are at any time. The myriad of channels and ponds are like a maze and with the high vegetation you are lost visually. There is more water to fish than the Park proper. The Long Point Waterfowl Management Unit stretches from the causeway to the park on the north side of Beach Boulevard , it would be all accessable outside of duck hunting season. Get a airphoto though, knowing which direction you want to go is useless if it is solid cattails.

It's my fault Solo, I treated myself to a snowblower this year. I actually was hoping to use it this time

Looks well maintained and very clean. Assuming it's in Kentucky, would that be far enough south to get a test run? The price is defintitely right.

Glad I live close to the Niagara River so if I really want to go fishing in the winter I can actually go fishing.

OK, I seem to be a generation older than most of the stuff posted, grew up listening to the guitar heroes of the blues/rock genre of the late 60's/70's, you gotta be a virtuoso on that Les Paul or Strat to get my ear. Gary Moore doing a rendition of a Roy Buchanan classic My favourite young guitar hero with his version of a Warren Hayes/Gov't Mule tune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDAQm2qWnYw...feature=related Remember the Leonard Cohen tune from the movie " Shrek " ? The resemblance is remarkable but the guy can play http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIXhS5KbP98 " The blues is the roots... everything else is the fruits " Wiillie Dixon

This is exactly what my wife and I have found. Use one of the metal carafe makers now, keeps it warm enough for a long time and nuke it a little if it cools. For coffee, we really have enjoyed the Costco Kirkland Brand 100% Columbian for about 8 years now, you can make it good and strong without it getting bitter, price is quite good as well for a 100% Columbian.

They are still pretty common Niagara way, try the Niagara River or the mouth area of tribs that way.

Just asking, what really are the advantages of power loading? I've had a 18 foot aluminum with a V4 outboard for over 25 years, never power loaded or felt the need to. Just back in as close to the dock as you can, barely submerge the rear rollers/bunks, pull out winch line to about 1/2 way down the trailer, go to boat, untie, from dock centre hull between the rollers, keeping tension on the lead line off the bow go to the rear of the vehicle, hitch the line around the winch mast if you need to, hop on the centre beam of the trailer and attach the winch line, winch boat onto trailer removing the lead line just before the hull buries the ring in the masthead, hook up safety chain and go to the tow vehicle and clear the launch area before doing anything else so to not keep anyone waiting. I usually launch by myself. With an open mind I'm asking if there are any real advantages other than a few turns of the winch handle. I always viewed it as a potentially risky method, possibly some macho male rite of passage inspired by TV shows. Edit: as others mentioned while i was typing, too deep is a problem, you want the hull firmly on the trailer when you pull it out, I rarely get my feet wet standing at the winch at most launches.