Banger68

That lake is nuts. Like the 401 on water. Good LB fishing though.

He was smiling all weekend and giving me the gears. He loved beating Dad at fishing, LOL.

With the demands of the job the past while fishing has taken a bit of a back seat. But I got out a couple times this fall in some small lakes by the cottage. Caught quite a few Smallies but the boy beat me up on size.

I did catch some too, LOL.

All caught on twister jigs or Zoom Lizards.

The next weekend we took one of my son's friends that never been out fishing before. Helluva first fish! He didn't stop talking about it for hours.

Picture still makes me laugh.

My week trip to Moira Lake is coming up ... can't wait.

How's the summer fishing on this lake? I've heard about the fall Musky fishing, but not much else.

I have a Pflueger Arbor with the same style spool. I put the braid on with no backing. I have not had the same problem. I use it mainly for lighter jigging.

I can't remember the braid that's on it. It's not Power Pro or Sufix though.

I was a long haired kid that listened to heavy metal and the nickname stuck. I add the 68 for the year I was born. Easy for me to remember.

Thanks for the input guys.

I'm back up there in a couple weeks. Hopefully they are still in colour and I'll send the little guy after them with his net.

We have a ton of Chub in the area. They are the right shape, but the whole head was orange. I've been up there for 10 years and never seen these before. That orange in the pic is the right colour though. Maybe the same fish with more colour?

Don't think they were goldfish. Every time I've seen released goldfish they kept their rounder profile and stayed in still water. These were slim like a minnow and were staying in the current.

Hope they wern't goldfish as there was a school of 20-30 of them.

I was at the cottage this weekend on the Saugeen River. There was a whole school of a minnow like fish swimming around. They were slim like a minnow (1.5" long) with an orange/red head with a brownish orange body. They were pretty fast moving and stayed in the current so it was hard to get a good look at them. Anybody seen these before or have an idea what they are?

How much is a compre anyway, once you add in taxes? Maybe 130, 140? Hardly qualifies as being in a 100 dollar class bracket.

I picked up two Compre this year, One was $100 incl taxes at the London Boat Show and the other was $110 incl taxes at a sale in Hamilton. Plus they have the rebate.

Like them so far, but only fished them a couple times.

You are isolated from the grid if the main breaker is off. But there is nothing stopping somebody from closing both breakers at the same time. That MUST be avoided. That is what the isolation panel does.

I bought an 18" Sylvan last year and have been very happy with it. I was very impressed with it's rough water handling and I can get into the mid 40's with a 115 opti. I picked the Sylvan more for the interior layout then anything else as well as a proven hull construction.

It depends what is important to you to pick what suits you.

I know the motor adds extra oil during the break in period. Maybe that is fouling the plugs a bit during extended idling. But my 115 has about the same # of hours and I haven't noticed this problem. But I haven't many slow speed trips either.

I noticed coloured or stained water seem to lighten the fish and fade the markings. The bass in the Grand and Binbrook Conservation seem healthy enough ... just washed out.

My trip is in the minivan with two kids in the back. The PVC tube will work perfect.

What do you use to transport 7' one peice fishing rods? Looks like I'm headed to Lake of the Ozarks.

Tnx

Bill

I've towed my 18' Sylvan w/115 with my 2005 Town & Country w/3.8. The van pulls my boat fairly well, but I feel I'm at the vans safe limit and wouldn't go much heavier if any. My van does have the towing package that consists of a larger tranny cooler, oil cooler, larger rad (extra cooling), and the load leveling rear suspension. And my trailer does have brakes on it.

The van weights as much if not more then the small pickups and SUV's so I have never had an issue with it on the highway (tail wagging the dog problem). I've never had a problem on a ramp (knock on wood)but I haven't been on any extreme or bad repair ramps but I seem to do fine when 2wd trucks are spinning. You see the short comings of towing with a van on rough roads and such as it isn't as stiff (sturdy) as a vehicle with frame or 4WD.

With that said I've also pulled it with a full size Ram & a Grand Cherokee and it works out much better. They are just not working as hard.

Towing a 20' boat will be pushing it to the limit IMHO.

You can get approved for this mortgage?

Yeah ... as the family grows (in hieght and numbers), the cottage is getting smaller and smaller.

oh, and the first trip out with the baitcaster. no bird nests.

Able to squeak out a little fishing on the long weekend. Got out to a small lake with my son and two nephews. The Pike needed glasses with all the following and missed passes. But we got a couple ... and it's fun to watch them follow the lure in. It clouded over and that's all they needed. We caught about 16 pike in the next hour ... but none of any size. We kept a couple for breakfast. Love eating Pike, just hate cleaning them.

Love it

By far most of my Bass have been on 6" Zoom Lizard in Junebug. Even a bunch of Smallmouth by the cottage.

I bought my Cobalt at Ray Cullen a couple years ago. I had no problems, but nothing special either(decent deal) But the sales rep I had is gone. A couple I've talked to since were full of crap.

My daughter grew away from fishing at about 6. Hope she comes back around again.