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Very nice, Larry, those are some great shots. A Happy New Year to ya.

Congratulations to you, Brian, Betty, and the happy couple. New life is truly a blessing.

Skud, please pass along best fishes to Mr. Christensen, whatever the heck his name is . I dunno. TEP is a cool dood.

Thanks for your report, Pete, especiably about the ice thickness report. Good onya.

What kind of whacko tries to kill a cop with a knife? There is a lot more to this story, I'm sure. God Bless 'em all.

Sweet, Mike. Congratulations to the whole dang crew. I hope I get to fish with BillM and Drifter#16 sumday, I'm sure there is a whole lifetime of experience and info I could mebbe learn. Pic #4 is a stunner.

That must be a busy time for you, Mike, with Pa in the hospital, Ma with the flu, and then there is Christmas. Hope it all works out well for your family.

Fabulous, Drew. I certainly agree with your opinions of the other board members with whom I've had the honour to fish. I think it's time to start your own fishing show. Solopaddler and you would make a fearsome pair on the TV. Thanks for sharing your trips with us.

I should have known better and done a search for the video on OFC before posting. Best to all the noofs this season.

A wee bit of homesickness for the Blowes bros. Best to you, b'ys.

Picture perfect, very nice.

The playing is good, Cliff, and the production is what makes this a real gem. Congratulations.

Merry Christmas to you and your fambly, Brian, and to Sinker too. And to Memart, Roy, Rick, ChrisK, DanC, GCD, the Plummas, Terry, Wayne, Chris, Lexx, solo, ccmt and bly, Ron, Paul and joey, Spiel, BigCliff, beans, motiv8tr, slowpoke, lew, nemo, snag, monique, BigChev and Lady, Rattletrap, meely, Leslie and Kevin, MtP, Steve (PF), Parker, BigUgli, Emile, and the hundreds of other OFNrs I've enjoyed over the last seven years. Looking forward to meeting many more. Truly fine people. TJ also.

Thanks, Vince, glad to hear that you like it round these here parts. Somehow, we mostly collect really very fine folks. God Bless you and your family this Christmas season.

I love me some 15 two.

Thanks, Swede. Those are all great photos that you took while covering a lot of water! Thanks for your post.

I've met a woman before who does hair, nails and makeup before steelheading. Alas, she is taken. Great report, MJL. I guess the 'one steamboat, two steamboats, three steamboats' chant just doesn't have the same cachet.

Oh dear, I've been called worse. Almost every time, it's been well deserved. Thanks again, everybody.

Thanks for the stories, friends. I hadn't considered moles, but I've just learned that they are in the composter to eat the little red worms (I can't come to terms with etc.). That might explain why typical rat baits weren't working. But then again, Dave524's experience doesn't rule out rats either. I guess I will keep that big Victor set inside the bin.

What Spiel and Sinker said. Your mainline will fail before this knot fails.

Troutologist and crew, that is hardcore, and a lot of ice so early in the season. DanC was hardcore too, and all day long.

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Since it is not rats, I kinda like how the whole composter is steaming away, well turned and aerated, all on its ownself. By 'turned over', I did not mean 'overturned', but more like forked over. Stirred, like. It's strange how the vegetables and coffee grounds are being stirred, but the bacon/peanutbutter on the thumb snapper trap is being ignored by the rodent. Don't ask about the thumb thing, a painful event and all. Do I want a mole in my compost bin? Btw, i dealt with a previous mouse infestation in the compost bin by naming them, so this is a possibility too.

There is some type of critter in my composter. We use strict rules about no fat, bones, eggs, meat, salad dressing and so on. But we still have some evidence of a critter that turns over the compost bin. It leaves tunnels about a golf ball size in diameter, bottom to top. The trap set with bacon and peanut butter has not been tripped in over a week, so I wonder if this could still be a rat. Any idears?

Well done, Lew. Paradise at last. Thanks for sharing your life plans with us - all those years of hard work have paid off nicely, and certainly well-deserved.

Mr. Crooks! Congratulations on your beautiful family, and apparently ever increasing health, wellness and vigor! FFs - R.I.P. Thanks for thinking of us, best to you.