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Did you ever see my post for weather forecast on my days off? Well it holds true every time...lol...look at the last four days and look at the next 4 days starting today....you will know my shift pattern easily!

Hi All, Was determined to get out in the boat today. Put off from in front of the house and headed in search of pike, bass and crappie. Took some big sucker minnows for under a slip bobber but was not to be. Got a couple OOS walleye and a whole bunch of hammer handle pike but no big girls, no bass and not a sniff of a crappie anywhere. IT WAS COLD TODAY. 25kmh NE wind when i left...but rather pleasant by 8pm. Best bit of the trip was fnding mum, Jack and Roloff waiting for a boat ride when i pulled upto to shore....Roloff's first time in the boat. VIDEO. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LE8Mx4uYN5w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> WAS STILL COLD ON THE WAY HOME.....BUT AT LEAST THE WIND DIED OFF WAS AWESOME....MUM, JACK AND ROLOFF WAITING FOR A BOAT RIDE WHEN I ARRIVED HOME...TOOK SOME INTERESTING PICS OF ICE ON OUR SHORE WHILE THEY GOT THEIR PFDs ON WENT FOR A BOAT RIDE BEFORE JACK'S BEDTIME, ROLOFF'S 1ST TIME IN THE TINNY!

bon vacances!!!

Like dan said, all lakes here are open.

OMG!!!!.....the lakes i could access! Awesome...thanx for posting vance.

Congrats...cute baby!

Thanks for the replies, topic came up in conversation with a buddy...was just wondering.

I know its a big lake, but just wondering if anyone on the forum has ever shorefished for them and were they successful. Obviously not asking where....just if it can be done successfully, or are all the fish out over deeper water most of the time. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply Mark. Looks like the specs for your unit and the 62s are the same. I have now had you and Bill say that the 1.7GB internal is good enough. The only difference between your units is nautical maps preloaded, outdoor GPS games(whatever those are?)and the fact that the 78 floats. It just so happens that Walmart here in town has those too....so got a hands on look at one yesterday morning. The floating part is what has my interest....lol...with my luck. Couple of questions Mark.....what maps have you got on the internal and what other maps do you use/recommend. I did a bit more research and the Garmin Lake Maps get a really $hitty press, especially for NWO. Thanks in advance.

Its a bit of a tease now its closed, cuz yeah...they are hungry.....those big minnows were left over from my Eagle lake adventures last week, they would go for the biggest minnow you could find in yer bucket! By my 3rd trip out last week i had mostly 6" suckers with me. the crappie and bass are open and i will be trying for pike too, so i can still service my addiction....not to mention lakers....yeah...might take jack up to Thunder lake to shore fish a laker or two.

Your on, we'll head out and get supper while the kids play! Could not upload anything on my work computer last night...so here are my pics a little late. That 21" hit seconds after saying "i dont think i'll get any big ones"......lol...not the worlds largest but she hit like a frieght train and inhaled a 5" sucker minnow....same colour as your shaky head worms! She was hooked deep, but swam away after a pic, hope she was ok. Jack did not join me last night...he was reading books with mum in his jammies...he can see me from the couch though. Roloff was with me, he's a good swimmer and curious about fish....lol. Hope you dont mind me posting here. Cheers <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mL3KVnqSFa4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Yeah GPScity has the 62sc for $399 and the 62s for $379. Walmart has the 62s for $389......so for a few extra bucks you get 3.5GB and a camera. With your endorsement and Danc's its just a matter of price now i think....GPSCity is the best so far...Ebay is expensive on this one...Amazon is ridiculous for this one too.

Thanks Bill, will think about that for sure...especially since my local Walmart actually has that one in stock! At a really good price. However, it just seems that to double that capacity it is only $15 bucks or so more...with a camera thrown in...a pretty $hitty camera granted...but a fun thing to have for not much more. How do you rate the unit? Good buy? Awesome Dan! When i get whatever unit you'll have to show me how to use it.... over lunch? I fell head over heals for the 60csx when i first started looking into GPS 4 years ago...then i got given the old etrex and stopped looking..but now i need one made sense to go for the latest....and all the reviews say it is a good upgrade on the csx...so must be good!

Hi all, I posted some time ago that i was in the market for a GPS. I broke an old one last year, bought another which i though was similar at half price (new etrex legend) only to realise the previous owner had uploaded better maps onto that unit than the preloaded basemaps the new unit came with. With the prices of maps and the memory limitations of the legend series i thought i'd be better off returning the etrex legend and upgrading. Since i gave up smoking and Red Bull energy drinks....i have a bit more cash and figured i only really want to buy a GPS once (or once every 10 years ) so make it a good one while i have the cash. I have $600. I flirted with the idea of just waiting a bit longer and getting a HDS-5 Gen 2/chartplotter, but figured i could use a handheld too, and since i do ok with my trusty X67c i decided to save again and make that my next gift to myself. So basically i looked at the top of the line for 3 top brands....Garmin, Delorme, and Lowrance. I was impressed by the Delorme PN-60w, innovative and lots....i mean LOTS...of preloaded maps (apparantly maps is what Delorme do), also it took Navionics chips. however, the innovative products that went with it (emergency GPS texting service) was expensive, and it quite a few negative reviews. I think what put me off in the end was it had the smallest screen size and my eyesight is getting worse and worse. In my previous post many of you replied that Navionics chips were best, and since i already love Lowrance(my x67c rocks) i looked at their new Endura series...in particular the Endura Sierra. The specs are right up there with the top Garmins and Delorme and also had touchscreen functions and buttons. And of course was navionics capable. However, reading reviews from a large number of sites, this unit faired the worse of the three, lots of compatability issues, software, firmware, customer service issues...etc...etc. Put me off big time. That brings me to the Garmin. Lots of good reviews about 62 series. Only nagging problem was that the garmins wont do Navionics. However looking at the Inland lakes chip garmin has its not bad at all coverage wise, and what i really want on my handheld is not so much lake depths (i'll get a Lowrance HDS with Navionics for that) but the Offroad Mapbooks for Ontario.....THAT ROCKS! So....based on all that i think i have decided on a Garmin GPSMap 62sc. I dont really want a camera, but it was the model with the highest internal memory capacity(3.5Gb) that did not come preloaded with expensive USA Topo that i would rarely use. I will almost be able to afford both the canada lakes Chip and Backroad Mapbook Chip in my budget (i am about $60 over budget) but figure i will have a kick ass unit with lots of lakes and all the tiny trails i need to find my way to some pretty remote ones too. Basically i am laying out my thought process for myself before i spend $600+. Anyone care to add anything here....all comments welcome...even if i dont agree with them

Yup...its a tough life. Hey Rick...awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing a slice of your life down there. I'd love to have you guys up sometime. Plenty of room for the whole clan to run around, might even get to do some tubing if the water is warm Jack would certainly love the company too.

You inspired me manitou...went down the lawn for 10 mins and got 2 good eaters.....thanks man!

Awesome Rick....happy belated Birthday little man...you done your dad proud!

Here is an ad on our local classifieds this morning, unfreekin'believabubble! Garmin Dakota 10 ($299.99) only used a 2-3 times. Has Garmin Topographic map of Canada ($151.65) loaded onto it. Asking $375.00 OBO. REALLY BUDDAY!!? I can get a brand new one online, with 2 years extended warranty on top of Garmin's original warranty, with a new Garmin Topo Canada chip delivered to my door for $324!!!!!!!! That's with 13% taxes factored in!!!! I want to say more but it would be unkind! Actually .....lol...i should wait to see if it sells and then order a bunch and put them on sale for a huge profit!

So sad...Please, if you have a FB account put this on your status if you dated, know, work with or are related to (or divorced from) someone who suffers from stupidity. We all need to understand stupidity is real and must be taken seriously. You could be sitting next to a stupid person right now. There is still no known cure for stupidity, and sympathy does not help. Sometimes a piece of 2x4 to the back of the head helps, but not a lot. But we can raise awareness! 53% won't re-post this because they don't know how to copy and paste! Thanks Simon

looks kinda boring to me

Wow Rick, that looks like too much fun for one person...glad you shared it with yer offspring! Cool report man....freaky walleye fishin'....love it!

i think they look like little Tarpon

Hey Rob, got mine off ebay...came in around $20 cheaper than Cabelas, but if it goes wrong I will have to go direct to Minnkota. I think if i could have done things over...i might have gone with a 24volt instead of the 12v,sometimes....just sometimes i think the extra power would be good, under powered in gusting winds.

Thats awesome Terry...really cool video. Do you have that Gopro on a string or something...whats the set up?