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It's to light. Go bigger. You will regret getting the 40#.

Great report and excellent photography. I have to say I'm feeling a little jealous!

I saw this commercial for the first time today. Sorry if this has been posted before. I thought it was pretty funny. The funniest part is that last phrase. "Ugly Stick – America’s strongest and most SENSTIVIVE rod" Sensitive, are you kidding me!!

I just forwarded that to the accounting department at my work. Just waiting to here the laughter begin from their batch of cubicals!

Nice fish man. Definitly worth the two pukes! I've never been sea sick in Canada. But I puke everytime I go out in the Bahamas.. Weird..

It's all coming together now.. Thanks for the link Fisherman.

When you guys say "pop up", do you just mean the suction cup sliding up the back of the transom? I guess I should have mentioned, my unit is a portable, it never came with any mounting bracket for the back of my boat.

A little more info.. This is a humminbird being run on a 14' tinner with a 25Hp.. Thanks for the comments so far. Keep em comin!

I was intrigued by a picture Irishfeild posted of a transducer mounting bracket in a past post. It got me thinking about how much nicer it would be to have a bracket, rather then the stock suction cup. I’m not a big fan of the suction cups, as they fall off all the time. The only thing I’m worried about is my own error. I’m always pulling my boat up on shore. I have forgotten to pull the transducer off several times. No worries, the suction cup just falls off and no damage is done to my transducer. This also happens when I drift into shallow water, and bang rocks with the bottom of my boat. With a ridged mounting bracket, the transducer would get damaged if I drag the boat onto shore, or hit something while moving. It took Irishfeilds design, and modified it a bit. This way it guards the transducer from damage (from the frony anyways). However, I have questions: 1. Will this design cause the transducer to not work at high speeds, as the guard will cause turbulence? 2. Will the metal guard affect the function of the transducer? (Cause interference) Have a look at my attachments, and let me know what you think. I think I’ll try this, and if it doesn’t work, I can get out the grinder and make some mods.

I've been running a 565 for the past two years. Both for soft and hard water. I love the unit. I think I paid around $300 with the case any everything, but that wasn't on sale. The transducer mounts on the transom of the boat with a suction cup, just under the water line. It's a bit of a pain in the arse though. If it's not in the exact right position, it rooster tails like crazy!, and it can pop off at high speeds. The unit it's self works fabulous. I can mark a double uni knot at 40' no problem. Mark a small williams ice jig at 120'. I would highly recomend this for your first fishfinder, as it's very easy to use. It doesn't have ALL the bells and whistles, but it's very easy to figure out.

I think there's some conservation land around the southwestern part of cooks bay. I see a ton of duck hunters using if to hunt from. Not sure if it would be the best place for wading out for carp, but it's worth looking into. I carp shoot in that area all the time from my boat. Where I go, the bottom is not safe to wade. There's spots where you can be walking in knee deep water, and the next step, your up past your head. Super soft bottom.. PM me if you want more info in Simcoe Carp, and some great spots to go in the coming months..

Great report Ben, Looks like you had a productive season.

That was great man. Nice job on the video!

You said you'd be using the gun for varmint control? I'm not sure about the regs, but you should look into them. You might have to take the hunters safety coarse, and then purchase a small game hunting license if you want to kill varmints. Not sure if varmint control is considered hunting..

I posted almost the exact same thing about simply fishing about 6 months ago.. I'm not much of a musky fisherman, the only muskey i've ever had hooked up swam away with my entire lure still in it's mouth!

Sly to the rescue eh.. I know he never would, but he should charge them for the ride.

That's what I was worried about. I wasn't sure what the stuff does as it dries out.. Thanks Spiel, and everyone else for your comments...

You know what man, I never thought of that. That's a good point.. By the replies I've received, it sounds like a good tactic for steal heading. I'll have to give it a try! Thanks for the replies folks!

I've never made beef jerky, but I have made venison, and goose jerky. Both where done in the oven using a jerky cure/seasoning I bought a bass pro. They have a bunch off different flavors. First you cut the meat into 1/4 thick strips. Then mix the seasoning and the cure and apply it to your meat per the instructions on the package. Let it sit in your fridge for a few days to tenderize. Then cook it on low in the oven for a few hours, turning a few times an hour. The goose jerky was the second best tasting method of cooking Canada Goose IMO.. First being Goose summer sausage..

Good idea on testing a few and setting them aside from the others. As for the WD-40, Is it really mostly fish oil?? The other perk of the Cod Liver Oil is (I'm assuming) it's environmentally friendly.

I spent a few hours last weekend pulling my summer lures out of the storage box, and cleaning them up. There was some tarnish on my Williams spoons, and meps spinners, so I took the CLR to them, then rinsed them in water. I want to coat them in oil now, to keep any further tarnish and hook rust from occurring. Same thing goes for my ice fishing jigs before I store them away until next hardwater season. I bought a bottle of Cod Liver Oil. I was planning on lightly coating my ice fishing lures in this stuff before putting them away for the summer. I was also going to coating my steel summer lures in this stuff too. I know some of you use Cod Liver Oil for fish attractant. My question is, will this stuff damage the lures (paint, feathers, etc) if I coat my lures, then leave them for extended periods of time? Also, any feedback on using this stuff as a attractant would be great.. If it works good for specific species, and not other, amount to use, how often to apply, etc… It sure does have a powerful scent to it. Thanks eh,

If you do remove the console, and replace with some 1/2 type console, you going to want to stiffen the front of the V with something. My boat used to look similar to that, and now it's a tiller (mods before I bought it). The entire front console was removed, and replaced with a ply wood deck that takes up about the first 3.5' of the haul.. Great for storing things under, casting from, and mounting trolling motor in the future.. The middle bench was modified, but not removed. There also was a rear bench, which was removed, and replaced with two side boxes. Let me know if you want, I can e-mail you some pics..

Nice report, and some very nice hogs, but I have to agree with Terry.. Don't get me wrong, I do keep big perch, but I also keep smaller ones. I don't go out and just target the hogs..

Keep it up man. Make sure you let us know what the results are. Ya, I bet the DFO is steaming.. My cousins girlfriend works for the DFO, I'm imagining what she would be saying looking at those pics.. Not very nice words, that’s for sure.

I got one for the same deal last year. I like the knife, but the sharpening tool that comes with them is garbage..