limeyangler

I'd say try everything thats been suggested apart from getting rid of the dog Matt. As a new dog owner (chocolate lab) i am reading with great interest...some good tips...thanks.

I would definitely find it hard living in a city again thats for sure. Its amazing how clear the lake is at ice out, this lake is the clour of a Timmies double double as soon as the water is 20' from shore! LOL....and moments before that the 60lb beast came screaming across the yard full tilt and smacked into the kid broadside sending him flying!

Awesome....i have to admit i said out loud..."$#@#$ slow down woman", but i guess thats not her style from what i've seen before. Happy for ya both Wayne.

Ice out should be here before end of walleye season....if not completely enough to cast from our shore or in a boat in a narrows somewhere...cant wait. Ice has not receded far from our shore as yet...but whats left is pretty honeycombed, another week or so above freezing during the day and some wind should do the trick. PICS OF IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE FRIDAY. NOT LONG NOW

Mine and the wife's has been through the wash twice now...look pretty much the same as when they went in....lol...my trailer and skidoo ownership not so good.

Never tried them, but that looks and sounds good, you go to jail for 100 years if you so much as say the word smelt in wmzs up here!

:thumbsup_anim: Why would you do that...thats so evil....hehe.

:thumbsup_anim: Awesome G-Man. Great fish.....lol...and great gloves!

Doesn't count...no OFC TOURNEY sign visible! JK. CONGRATULATIONS ROB! A FULL STRINGER EH. She's adorable.

LOL @ Bi-polar, its been a bit ADHD too, for that matter its been a bit QRSTUVWXYZ too! Paul...i hear ya...its the same most years...this year just feels more extreme due to the crazy temps we got. LOL...BUSTED! I did think...ok i must have chatted to this guy before...if not he is a really friendly guy...great customer service! Sorry Rick. I was even talking about you to my buddy on the way up. We were trying to see if we could see your name on any of the signs by the houses. Anyway, be great to hear update 'bite' forcasts...maybe you'll join us some time eh? Just wear a red carnation so we know how to recognise you this time She is that! Can only get betterrerer.

Cant wait till ya give a review Blair. been thinking about something like that for a couple of small lakes round here. Gonna fit a fishfinder to that too?

LOL...yup...tank! good news is they dont get too much smaller than that so the only way is up! As for Spring....we are currently relapsing back to winter, its snowing outside as i write and thermometer is hovering around -7. Hopefully this kills all the blackflies! JK.

Hi all, Did a bit of research and figured our best chance for open water fishing (and catching) was a little stretch of water with some current about 10 miles past Blue Lake North of Vermillion Bay. Only a small area to cast(which got bigger as the evening wore on) and shared with a family of 4. FOUND A PUDDLE TO CAST AT WITH MY BUDDY CLIFF We got there at about 5pm and it wasn't until 6:20pm that Cliff got the first fish.....a massive 6" walleye. I followed that with 3 exactly the same size and then Cliff got a nice keeper right at the end. Our guides were freezing up from around 6pm and there was a brutal wind the whole time we were there. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! AT LEAST WE AVOIDED THE SKUNK! The family beside us were using slip bobbers to anchor in the current with no success. Cliff and i were using a floating jig with a couple of split shot 18" up the line with a medium paced retrieve. The fish were small but very aggressive! Wont get out for 2 weeks now but the next outing will be in a boat...love it!

Thanks for the great replies. I will of course look into all suggestions. Gord....I always head to the Fish'nhole on the way in and have been to Pro-Am a couple of times too...a trip to Winnipeg would be incomplete without visiting Wholesale sports so will check them too. Despite what my original post 'might' have sounded like to some people i have done enough research before hand to know what the better price of the unit is....and Cabelas is not it! Even factoring in internet delivery charges and taxes! In fact Cabelas seems to want to factor delivery charges into their price on this one. I also have had no problems with Cabelas...and in the past their customer service has been excellent! But that does not mean that this is right.....its robbery and they can go to hell on this one. They need to update their website too as so people do not assume they are getting the newer one. Man o man.....i'm going fishing now....lol...gonna head up to past blue lake looking for current and open water to toss a line with a buddy of mine.

Are you serious? Did you even bother reading my post!!?? You wanna hear me rant just post nonsense like that more often!

Hi All, I am going to purchase a Minn-Kota I-Pilot this spring. I noticed however that they have updated it for 2012. The new one has a different remote,wider screen, slimmer. ergonomics and can save 6 instead of 3 "lock spots". When i went to order online at Cabelas i noticed that the picture of the product on the website was of the older model. Not wanting to end up with the old model i thought i'd call the Winnipeg shop to check. Glad i did. The item listed on the website is the older model. The new one is also $40 more expensive. I was a bit disappointed with their price. In the past i have found Cabelas to be very competitive ,or the cheapest or near to it for Canadian retailers on most things( their price on my Terrova was even better than US reatailers at a time the looney was way above par!). This is just fleecing the customer in my opinion. RRP is $449...NOT $469....and that is before tax. LOST MY PURCHASE THERE CABELAS...congrats! I really hope this is not a turning point for them in terms of pricing...now that they feel established and confident they can charge what the hell they like! A bit pissed off...i have been saving for a long time to get this, was headed to winnipeg anyway on Sunday next week....was pretty pumped to be finally getting it, but i refuse to let these shysters fleece me if i can help it....time to shop around...SHAME REALLY Rant done.....but felt it necessary in case anyone else ended up with an outdated model this spring.

Like Drifter said...very smart bird! Thanks for posting that...was really cool.

Happy Birthday old man....

Iwas thinking/daydreaming about that just the other day!

Thanks Roy and Ryan...i'm getting some good shots of the pup for years to come.....gonna be interesting to see what he's like in the boat! Yup...i'm done ice fishing, was gonna go but the ice honeycombed real quick in the last 2 days. Too funny...thats exactly it! We are still not sure who was coming up the hole or looking in Paul.

They are pike dead bait in Europe!

WOW...Rudd...that brings back memories of fishing off my garden wall in the Thames River, London, England.

Why i prefer to fish alone mostly, and in my own boat! I fished with a guy who insisted on having fish I.D and alarm on at all times. We would sit on a spot marking bubbles and weeds without catching anything but he would refuse to move cuz "No...look...look at all the fish down there!" And folks who dont understand that when you are on a lake that is 4 million square miles in size with only 2 boats on it, it is not cool to use my marker bouy as a point of reference causing our hulls to touch from time to time, without as much as a hello or tip of the hat.

I'm thinking in 8 days or less i will be casting for walleye from shore and in 2 weeks i will be fishing for them in my boat for a week till it closes.....then on to lake trout, bass and crappie till it opens again...either way i am anticipating open water and boat fishing to start in 2 weeks! I WILL BE OUT IN A BLIZZARD...DONE IT BEFORE...WOULD DO IT AGAIN ANY DAY!