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We'll be out there for the Tyler event, but other than that, I cant see a lot of ice fishing in my future. I may try a few more times before ice out however. Keep your reports coming though Glen...they are always a great read!

This will be my second year of participating the Fishing for Tyler Event. It was a real pleasure meeting the family last year and you can count on Bly and I doing our bit for years to come. It's great to hear the progress he is making! See you all in 1 and a half weeks!

I wasn't sure who's report this was at first....it was the all those clothes.....when I saw this picture, it all came back to me! You look that blurry in real life, so it was easy to figure it out. Great report Glen...very thankful for these soft water reports!!! Bly laughed at me tonight for putting all my steelhead gear in a new chest pack...LOL. Gotta get ready for the spring run in oh...8 weeks or so....haha.

Way to go.....I hope the next door neighbors kid's don't miss that noodle....LOL. Great idea!

Sure...Toskala is game, but why would we? I'd say they try to unload the big salaries. The Leafs have been trying to get a good starting goalie for 3 years now they finally have one that isn't breaking the bank.

Ohhh...video cameras.... I was going to tell you to ask Wayne...lots of his cameras are underwater right now!!!

Go to this site to download your manual.... http://www.yamaha-motor.com/outboard/servi...spx?ls=outboard Just choose the year and model. Here's the maintenance schedule for their 4 stroke 200hp....says after the break in period, change after 100 hours or 6 months.

Should tell you right in the manual. Most will tell you the schedule of regular maintenance items like that. What year/make/model/HP motor do you have?

Great report and pics! Good to see lots of success on hardwater this winter.

Rich...not crazy...maybe obsessed?? LOL. Good on you for getting out there! My first steelie ever came on a day exactly like this day you went out. It was well worth it! There is no fishable open water around me or else I'd have been out there as well I'm sure. It's been well over a month since I last wet a line and bly and I are going stir crazy!!! Great job...even with no fish, looks like a good time out there.

80F?? You are tying to make us all crazy aren't you? LOL. Great report...love the pics. Right now it's -30C with the wind chill here in Toronto....your post shows me that spring can NOT come fast enough! Right now, I'm really enjoying reading posts like yours and GCD...they keep me going!

Lots of these stories coming out recently. Very sad indeed. It seems that with the last few mild winters, as soon as people saw all the snow they equated it with cold temps for good ice to form. I hope I dont see another story like this!!

Yep...I concur. Mike helped my good friends out of a jam by doing some amazing work on their laminate floor installation. Top notch quality and a great guy. Doesn't get much better than that!

Welcome to the board! Great intro and some great pictures as well. I can already tell you'll fit right in here! Looking forward to your reports this coming season. My wife Bly and I have the fishing itch bad....cant wait for the spring run of the steelies up the tribs...until then, I look here for my fishing fix!

Like others here, my dad started it years ago with all us kids. Here's an early pic of him and us with a pike!! I believe this was 1973 or 1974.. I lost my dad back in the early 90's, but not before one last fishing trip. Here's a pic of him with his catch out on the BOQ...just 6 months before cancer took him from us....and as it turned out his last fish caught here on earth.

Yep...we knew this was coming. The kids each got a few movies yesterday for an inside day today. Looking like a family day indoors, with the fireplace going!!!

Sweet work Wayne! I brought a new treadmill up the stairs (that I put together last night), loaded into the CRV, and returned it to the store because the incline feature wasn't working. I then brought a new unit home, pu it together and did a quick 15 minute workout to try it all out. Oh yeah...jammed for 2 hours this morning with the band too.

Oh wow...bly and I fish quite a bit when the water isn't frozen. So, let's say we averaged 3 days a week during the spring steelhead run for about 20 times. Then from May thru to November it's probably about 5 days a week....that's 7 months times 4 weeks time 5 days.....ummm....175 days.... So I guess in total, we fished around 195 times in 2007. Most of those are just for two hours at night...now that we have a boat, we'll hopefully get out a few extra times.....

We've kept a log of how our fishing goes....and barometric pressure is one factor. We've found that if the pressure is on the low side and pretty stable, the fishing seems to be the most consistent. Rapidly dropping pressure can be great too. Pressure that is high (over 102 kpa) or rising very quickly hasn't yielded the best results. There have been a few discussions on this stuff as seen in the links below, but one thing always rings true...you cant catch fish from your living room! http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.p...pic=516&hl= http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.p...p;hl=barometric Here's a thread that talks about wind direction.... http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.p...p;hl=barometric

You are a bunch of smart donkeys!!!!

I hear you Wayne! Your finder/gps combo has a screen bigger than my living room TV, so I understand where you are coming from....LOL. I'm talking about my own situation, where I have a fish finder that is worth maybe a hundred bucks. People like me are likely to upgrade slowly over time. A little market research would be HUGE in making this kind of business decision (like the poll you suggested). I'd really want to know the percentage of people who are looking to upgrade in the next 12 months vs those who are looking to upgrade up to two years from now, to people who are quite happy with what they have. The sweet zone for replacement transducer business I would think would be in the latter group....with some spill-over into the 1 to 2 year group.

I find fish finders to be sort of like having a toy. You go out and buy one and use it for a while. Then it breaks and it's a great excuse to go out and buy a brand new one with better features. If the transducer fails within a year, then warranty should cover it. If it lasts you more than that and newer stuff comes out with better sensitivity, better gps capability, better screen size and graphics and so on, then lots of people would investigate those options. I may be way off the mark, hopefully others will chime in on this one too! Someone had a good idea about starting a poll...would be a great way to measure what you are hoping to find.

Some beautiful looking fish! Congrats!

Whoa! Must be one of those European Pike angler who caught that one...either that or it's photoshop....LOL. Actually, I think my uncle caught that fish. It is a cool pic...would be cool to visit there one day.

My backyard rink turned to slush after that last snowfall as well. I was going to try it out, but didn't want to fall thru the ice. I do have a float suit now...maybe I'll try it. Oh wait...the thickness of the ice was only at 4 inches anyways...pretty sure if I fell thru, the water wouldnt' go higher than my boots...LOL.