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Happy Birthday Jen! Hope you have a great one...enjoy your 29th!

Great job again CC! Yep...levels are rising and mudding up as we speak. The board wasn't the same when you were not posting reports...all is right again in the world....LOL.

It's a great magazine! My wife won a subscription last year.... We didn't win the lottery though....LOL

Hey Lakeshore.... There is a Magnetawan Bait and tackle up there...get a lake map...it helped me out greatly last summer. I think they are only 6 bucks and they are laminated, It has locations where species hang out at different times of the year. Woodland Echoes in the Mag also has these maps.....I'm sure the gas station on the 520 heading into the town also has them. Good luck!

Welcome back! I'm gonna miss those bass reports from down south. Glad to hear the drive was uneventful!!

Wow...$1000 bucks in equipment is great! Congrats!

I use one of our rubbermaid garbage containers...just filled it with enough water to cover the intakes.

What are you doing in Africa? How's the fishing there??? LOL

LOL Doug....you sure do bring in monsters!!! Worth another look I think....

Excellent post! I may practice on one of my reels that I no longer use to make sure I don't mess anything up on something expensive... I'll be taking TONS of pictures as I take it apart though...that's great advice.

Here's an example... The tubing comes with the floats that I buy...or you can buy a length of it and cut as necessary. The second tube above the float is for holding a night stick if fishing at night...you'd be surprised how many of those things fly off when you cast...LOL.

After seeing the pics, I'd just cut it off from underneath...the faucets/spout should be able to be pulled thru the top....if you need longer supply tubes then they are available pretty inexpensively.

Great post Gerritt...I can almost fill in the blanks as to what you are thinking....LOL

I got a new trailer last fall. I found at lower speeds the trailer would move all over the road, but once I hit a certain speed it got better. Once I had it up on blocks I spun the wheels and noticed they were not centered on the hub. Whoever put it together put the self centering lug nuts on backwards They had the tapered end of the nuts facing out instead of in....quick fix and all seems fine now.

Ahem....I do read this board quite thoroughly....LOL

When I started steelhead fishing, I posted a "skunk review" that went across about 5 outings! The important thing is that you learn from you experience. At least you got out there and gave it your best...you cant catch fish at home after all! Keep at it...you'll get the fish, and I hope you post your successes! Great scenery shots by the way!

It took me a little practice, but I can get a steelhead in pretty quickly on my spinning gear. I think the rod plays a bigger part....and how you play the fish. I will sometimes leave the drag looser than needed and thumb the spool if I feel the fish starting to get further away than I want it too. Confidence in leader material affects how I fight a fish....obviously different depending on whether I'm using 4lbs test for clear waters or 6lb test for cloudy waters/night fishing. I admit though, I have never used a centerpin

I certainly did NOT kiss that sucker...LOL. I did eat doug's steelie though...was great between a few slices of bread. Felt sick to my stomach after though....

If you are not prepared to stream harden them like fishindevil said, pick up some distilled water at the grocery store...get it nice and cold and rinse it off. I've been told that tap water isn't good for them...although some have tried it with no problems.

I thought you called douG a fish Pigeonfisher, since he's the one with all the mud on him....LOL. Had another great day douG...too bad the conditions sucked! Hopefully we'll have some more time out there...gotta get you a new PB....I suppose there is only one way to go from there....up..... Suckers in the tribs is a bad sign...action tends to slow down once they get in there. Thanks again for the awesome sandwiches too...we should have you come on all our outings...at least we'll be fed well.

If you need a basin wrench, let me know...I have one you can use. The nuts for these are at the top of the supply tube, where the supply meets the sink. Just let me know ok?

I told you before....stop calling us weirdos!!!! LOL

Great report! I'll be making up some hair rigs and some mix with this report. Thanks!

Can you take a digital pic and post it? Did you look for countersunk screws that you need allen wrenches to take out on the handle side?

Oh man Glen...the broken rod just sucks! Can you imagine the size of fish that had to be on to break that rod? Jeez...just thinking about it....oh wait...sorry Glen..... Blurry pics suck, but at least now I can sympathize with you!! Good to see you getting out there on shore!