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Sinker...with a 3 month old and 2 year old it can take 3 days...LOL. It is a smaller zoo...but much more kid friendly I found compared to the Metro Zoo.

Bowmanville Zoo is perfect for you! It's a smaller zoo, but can still take you most of the day to walk through it and see the animal show they have at the Animatheatre (it's actually a really good show they put on). A lot of animals you see in the movies have come from the Bowmanville zoo. They have some animals walking around freely that the kids can touch. They also have some parts where you can actually feed the animals. There are coin operated machines at those exhibits...you get a handful of food. We took our little one there at 3 months up until about age 4 and she loved it each time. It also has a small amusement park. Last time we were there, they didn't have the splash pad...but that's just another reason to go. They have a website... http://www.bowmanvillezoo.com/index.html

Not sure where that lake is.... It may be on this sattelite shot taken yesterday afternoon.... http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/mod...es.143.250m.jpg

Here's a sattelite image shot yesterday at 5pm... http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/mod...on.143.250m.jpg River looks ok, lake looks pretty frozen still.

Thought maybe he was a naturalized Canadian citizen...LOL.

Great report guys! Glad to see a few fish caught in these winds. Oh yeah Cliff...Sydney wanted to know when we'd see you next!!! Gotta get Sue and Carole talking again or it wont happen...LOL.

Grizzly Adams....gotta be him!!! Great painting by the way....looks amazing...

Welcome!

Unbelievable Mike! I gotta head to one or two of those spots next year when I'm at the in-laws over the Christmas holidays... I'll be calling you...LOL. Awesome pics...awesome fish...awesome story telling...

With our little one, we started her out with a barbie one at around age 5. It was a spincast reel, which she mastered as far as casting was concerned pretty quickly. (one handed cast). The good thing about those rods is that they are short...they don't tend to hit anyone else in proximity while casting. It's harder to set the hook because of slack in the line, but they do work great with panfish. We got her a 4.5 foot spincast combo last year, which she loves, and has a much easier time setting the hook with it. We'll get her into a spinning reel this year and see how that goes.

At least you broke it on a fish and not by doing something stupid like I've done before!!! Nice fish!

Yep...I have one...year is 1983. Here some pics of mine...runs great too! With 2 in the boat, it pushes my 14 ft aluminum at 32 km/h. These two pics were taken when Big Cliff and I were changing the impeller.

Fantastic outing for sure! That's one species I've never targeted...and seeing all these reports makes me want to go out at least once to target them. thanks for the report and pics!

LOL...that's a great shot of the "demon"!!! I can hear him now...wasn't me...it was that cat next door. You believe me right????

Yeah...like the others said...GREAT day out there! Congrats...had to move around a lot, but it sure paid off.

Oh man...your teasers show more fish in great settings than about a half dozen outings for me...LOL Can't wait to see the full report!

70 viewers now...lol

Very cool...a bump of around 30 viewers it seems...LOL

Hey now!! What did I ever do to you?? LOL.

Damn. No words. Cant wait til next years report!

Hey now!!! I was talking about roe bags....jeez!! Great report Becky and congrats on that catfish!!!! Don't worry Alex...I'm sure next time you can catch another beauty like this one...

I am...our little one has two birthday parties to go to today...so I'm out pretty much from 11 til 6...leaving a quiet house for her...LOL.

Ok Ok Ok...I didn't get that cake. It was taken off the internet and I had to photoshop "Grandpa" off the bottom of it... But if I could make one like that...I'd try...LOL.

It's a few hours early, but I wanted to be the first to wish my wife and favourite fishing partner a very happy birthday! I know you'd rather be out on the creeks, so hopefully this cake will tie you over until they clear.