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Congrets Chad.

This is your best post on OFC for sure :thumbsup_anim:

Enjoy all the great years to come

Nice Dan!

One day I'll make it up to grouse heaven. Tasty little critters!

We've been going to the bait station every weekend. Nearly 1000 photos have been taken. This week was unique though. Our first "non-bear" visitors. A family of coons. A few fishers, or at least what I think are fishers. Maybe they are martin, or weasel?? Keep in mind that that is a 45 gallon drum. In the one pic there is a fisher on the ground, and another in the drum with his tail hanging out.

We also had our first bear on bear encounter caught on camera. Very cool.

The weekend after next we'll try our luck. Been shooting the bow every day.

It's a very distinguished look Brian.

Nice whitie too.

Congrets on the the PB Simon. What a beast eh

Nice clean looking fish too.

Very nice indeed!

Thanks for sharing

I don't know what is funnier. The situation, or the reporters reaction..

In all seriousness though, Wow that was dangerous..

First baby is due Sept 3rd. It's been busy getting ready for that. So this year, I've only made it out maybe 12 times in the soft water season.

Hardwater, I didn't miss a weekend.

As for how long? I was raised in Pickle Lake. I didn't eat baby food, to expensive. My mom feed me mashed pickerel and pike that my dad would catch daily in the river in our back yard after work. Been fishing my entire life.

Like you, I don't have the time or money to get in to various different species of fish. Been fishing Pickerel, Bass, Pike, Whitefish and Pan fish, and am happy with that for now.

What thickness? Might have a chunk laying around.

If not, metal supermarkets will have something.

Adventure fishing maps might have that lake mapped out. They are not the best maps. But they show access points, and rough depths / structure. Most of they have the local bait shops listed too.

A good last resort option.

How you doing Alex? Getting geared up for Hockey season?

No. Not that I'm aware of.

I always unhook everything and tie the rope that is on the bow to the back of the trailer and then launch and the boat comes too shore when I pull the trailer out.... I sure get some looks from people until they realize the boat is tied to the trailer, lol

X2.. But I run a VW Golf, and 14' tinner. So I don't mind running the boat up onto shore. I wouldn't be doing that at a concrete launch with a fancy fishing boat.

I'll fire you a PM later today.

There are a few realy realy nice spots for training in my neighbourhood.

I'm on a K9 SAR team, and we train all the time. I know what it's like trying to find good land for training.

I run a 36lb on a 14' aluminum.

Can troll dead slow all weekend long. It's one of my favourite ways to fish.

Bought the biggest battery I could for it.

I would suggest bigger then 36lb.

If you are buying private you do not pay tax. Once tax man gets wind that you have registered a boat, they will inquire as to how much you paid, and will come after you for the tax. If you do not have a receipt, they will come and inspect the boat, and charge you whatever they think it's worth (basically).

So as mentioned before, keep your receipts.

Make sure you get the ownership for the trailer, and a bill of sale so you can get it put in your name.

The Bill of sale should include details about the boat, motor and trailer. (boat make + model, motor make + model, trailer make+model, etc..)

If the bill just says "bought a boat, motor and trailer for $xx" then people at the DMV might throw it out. That's what they tried to do to me. They need specidics acording the woman I talked talked to.

As far as the other details, I can't really help. I havn't bought a boat worth more then $1000...

Congrets on the boat!

What are the details of the boat? Are we talking a $30,000 bass boat, of a $1000 tin lizy? Makes a bit of a difference.

Wow. That's an increadible thing to do!

Very good on you man

Wow.. Monster fish

X2 on the bigger net Might make things easier on the net man.

Sorry to hear about the loss of you bud Wayne. Sure looked like a beautiful dog.

The story that you posted from Wild Bill sums up what many of us feel about our pets.

I vividly remember the first time/place I took my dog fishing. She got so excited when I got a fish on the line! I never would have thought a dog would act like that. I was shore fishing the Coldwater river, and as soon as my rod bent over, she started to freak out. Sprinting back and forth along the shore line, and eventually jumping in the water after the fish.

I'm sure you have several fond memories as well.

These people were not falling because of the mud, they were falling because the shock is seriously violent.

That is insane.

Congrets to all the people here who ran in the race!

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak

or

If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong

Awesome. Great to see the kids out enjoying some fishing!

Its a tough one, but You can do it !!!! I used to run that one too, but i retired 23 years ago:whistling:

Thanks for the support Merc. I've been practicing all week! I think I'm ready

Well said. Also does anyone have the link to this forum?

Just google "Austin Fishing HAD A BLAST"