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Poor guy... could've left him some hair ! He'll be fine Rick... he's got you chasing him around.

Yah Yah Yah !! LOL Already a mulit-car pile up on 26 just North of Barrie.

1. Get this house finished off inside so I can sell it in the next couple years. 2. Spend more time in the shop getting work done. 3. Spend less time on this electronic box. 4. Start drinking again...my 10 year liver reprieve is up in 4 days ! Not necessarily in that order!

That mint piece of history would be proudly displayed on my entertainment stand beside my airplane models...

Thanks Lew ! A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you, yours and everyone here on OFC.

Watch how it's priced Gerritt... add the 3000 GSP puck and 200 skimmer transducer and it's $649

Great shots Dan !

'cause this is a fishing forum in case you didn' t notice !!

Thanks for the report Joey ! Paul looks right in his element there... and Terry and his toys... well what can I say?

Great stuff Mark !

At least this one's not digested... lol

Thanks guys!

Didn't help us did it Glen! LOL

Can't be... it's upright....

Thanks Tomcat !

Not in Zone 11... only one month now ...Feb 15th to 3rd Sat in March.. then we have to wait 'till pickeral opener to go again. Thanks for the advise and I welcome any more that folks can share. I know it's a long way off... but wanna be ready for spring opener.

Yep the minnow bait is an easy one... tail hook up.. and if a belly hook down (but split ring may dictate it goes to a side!) Now tell me... why do all the hook mfg's put treble hooks on their baits? Guess I should find some nice siwashes and change some up. Next I need to spend some time/$'s and find some minnow baits as well. Had great success with spoons (Linquest and Thompson) last year ....even though most on the lake use minnow baits. Next season I'm gonna try both.

Thanks for the report !! If you hit edit and add [ img ] ahead of the pic properties and [ /img ] behind them... without any spaces in any of it... your pictures will show here.

I'm still trying to figure out why it's in fishing tackle and equipment. Gonna troll her with the sparkling ring as bait?

Make and Size # Ben? Next dumb question... hook direction. Towards the underside of the spoon or outwards...or does it matter?

YUMMMM.. Pickeral and a bonus Perch snack! Thanks for the post/pics.

With the Gale out of the South last night and this morning... is the ice up to Orillia yet? and boats back in at Gilford? LOL

I use a high quality ball bearing swivel between the main line and a rod length of mono and also a ball bearing stringeze snap as well to attach the hook.. + the Len Thompson spoons at least have a ball bearing... so I think that's covered well. Just curious if anyone finds more hook ups with either style hook. Trebles seem to do a fair amount of damage to Lakers jaws...and if Siwash will hook up as well with less damage..then I'll be buying them and swapping out the trebles. Spent yesterday getting my spoon boxes in order for spring opener...and was giving it some thought.

Hopefully you got the beer drank before it got to warm Jeff !

Still pretty quiet around here before Ice fishing "heats" up... Which hook do you use on your trolling spoons... and why? Thanks!