limeyangler

Hi all, Holiday was AWESOME! basically my mum's 80th Birthday bash. She had the time of her life having the whole family together in one place….does not happen often. She also had her nearest and dearest friends turning up at different points too. Only had a week which did not leave much time for fishing. Got out only once really but it did not disappoint. Went to a little bay I know. The wind had been howling straight in there all month at upto 65Kmh(i was watching the weather channels for months before i left). The stories i was hearing from locals was fishing was very slow because of the wind, however, that did not matter for where i was. I got 2 small fish for supper and missed 3 MASSIVE fish, snapped 30lb braid like it did not exist. Was not bit off either as i was using 40lb test wire leaders. I also know the fish were huge because every 10 minutes or so i was treated to a spectacular dance of giant trevalli, huge barracuda and frantic baitfish as the latter tried to dodge the raids of the former. Did not get much action on video unfortunately as i did not notice the link from my Gopro's remote was down . My point and shoot camera also got broke . Lost the most effective lure too 2nd cast…..a large 9cm rapala Clacking rap in pearl/ghost. Found a baitfish washed up on shore….now wonder they liked the Clacking Rap i was using……….. Anyway….here is a video of that morning. a great little break from stupidly cold NWOntario, and an absolutely amazing time shared with my mum and family.

Like others said….what are you fishing for?

Tundras are good. I would have got one but figured i would have passengers on trails lots so went with a utility/trail hybrid.

Good luck Jen.

I played a game called bandy when we lived in Sweden…its like a cross between european field hockey and ice hockey, played on a rink the size of a soccer field….now that took some flooding. Awesome game by the way….also play with a ball not a puck.

how long do i have to be here before i can say its cold? I can't speak about yesterday or tomorrow Dan. Don't mean to sound gnarly…but ….-40 feels the same no matter when or where you born….lol.

Hi all, Had it all planned. Was going to go trout fishing today. Only one chore to do, easy….front porch area needed snow blowing…then gone! Hmmmmmm, what i forgot was that the guy who plows our yard after heavy snow IS ON HOLIDAY 3 hours later at 1pm i'm just about done with the snow removal, only problem is the wind is up to around 25kmh and temps have dipped to minus 20c and dropping. Seems to be the pattern here this year, gets warm enough to snow then too cold to go out and play in it. Well i was not going to let that stop me. With fishing off the radar (again) I took the opportunity to clear out the garage…then jumped on the snow machine for an evening stroll round the block.

Hi all, Just going through the mountain of videos i have, found this gem from Jan 2011! I posted it before….but had to again…sooooooo CAYOOT!

Yup…have a 3TB WD USB hardrive which runs my iMac's Time Machine (auto backup) and a 4TB WD USB for double up of all my media. Most of my videos are on Youtube and so i can always download from there, a lot of my pictures are in photobucket, so i can get some back from there too if the worset happened. I am in the process of making DVDs for my mum's 80th birthday that will include a lot of our favourite Jack videos from birth till now, so will have a hard copy in existence elsewhere than our house and send some copes to other relatives. After reading Joey's post decided just today to buy some CD-Rs to copy entire photo library for another hard copy….cant be too safe. We would be absolutely devastated to lose our Jack pictures and videos. Fishing videos?…whatever….can always go again and most are on Youtube, but Jack will only be young once.

Thanks man, it was great, the time just flew by! Yup, being grateful for -20C is normal…lol….boy how my "normal" has changed. We head to antigua for a week next week…..quite the swing in temperatures for sure….Enjoy Florida you lucky bar steward. Thank you. she does have a sister but she is evil, selfish and calorifically challenged…..lol….she lives in St. Thomas too. Thanks, it really is nice having the shack out, quite the community on the ice road…great fun.

Awesome Roy

Hi all, Spent the whole day with Jack at the ice shack….not even a bite, but we had a blast. Mum noticed we were there on her way home from work and payed a visit. Jack sent her packing right away to get pizza as he wanted to stay longer so suggested we had supper there too. Awesome to have the shack out again, missed last year and thought i was going to miss out again. It was windy and snowy, but a welcome relief to see temperatures in the low -20C range after what seems like weeks of daytime -30C!

Awesome Rob…….you just reminded me to try that again and use slow motion on the go pro!

NICE! Love sea fishing.

Wow…Awesome rig….awesome fish….crazy being out in this

Hi all, This weather is ridiculous….warms up enough to snow then gets so cold you can't go out to play in it. Lots of time inside the last couple of days. Lots of good food too….put on a few pounds….lol. New years supper was awesome, but in our house we think the best thing about having a roast lamb supper is you get to have Lamb Sharwarma Kebabs the next day! 1) Spice the lamb with curry powder, garlic powder, cumin powder, coarse sea salt and cracked black pepper (secret ingredient is a chicken oxo cube sent from England) a touch of olive oil and broil on hi until the lamb gets crispy. 2) Warm some pitta bread to stuff it all in when the lamb is just about done, I have coleslaw(no dressing), lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, fresh flat leaf parsley, pepperoncini peppers and some lemon and lime wedges to squeeze over the top. 3) For your chilli sauce use Old El Paso Taco sauce and add (to taste) cumin powder, franks hot sauce or tobasco, and some Dry Garlic Sauce (available at Walmart)……. I'd say for homemade it is pretty darn good….had worse in Lebanese restaurants! lamb is awesome…….i'll probably get shot for saying it….WAY BETTER THAN MOOSE!

That dog would never get to lick me again!

Still have to try it out, it got cold enough to snow….dumped a foot then went back to minus -30s again

I say forget TV for your morals and family values, switch the darn thing off, get outside and do something with your family, instead of relying on some ridiculous 'reality' show to set the example, lead from the front!

Me too…….it was Jack's idea, he chose the paint colour too! Original to say the least.

Hi all, What a great morning thanks to a good buddy. Moved the iceshack down to the ice road on my buddies trailer. Jack (my 4 year old son) is so happy that it is out again after missing out last year. Went back to get a couple of pics on a brutally cold evening (-33C), but the clear skies made for some great Fire&Ice shots at sunset. Feeling very blessed to have a wonderful loving family, a few trusted, loyal friends and many friendly acquaintances and living in a stunningly beautiful part of the world(with some pretty decent fishing). Hope you all have a great new year….HEALTH AND HAPPINESS to you all!

I like this place because its NOT all about fishing. Sure….we all share fishing as a passion but this really is a community, where like minded…lol…and not so like minded folks hang out. But believe me…if it wasn't minus stupid degrees C outside….i would be fishing and report posting for sure.

Probably a hell of a lot less than they paid

YEAH…i found them all while getting to know the lake ….lol! That second make shift ploughed road got me good 3 years ago, hit it at around 45mph on the XLT….holy crappola….I landed perfect luckily. I walked back and measured from the take off point to where i landed…..more than twenty paces!!! Its particularly bad on the overcast days when you cannot see contours, even the hardened tracks through old slush can be an issue if you hit them unexpectedly and at speed.

Good article here for differences between Hero 3 and 3+ http://www.cinema5d.com/news/?p=21225 Its states that the battery life is increased because it has a 1180mAh battery now. I have been using a 'Wasabi' brand battery with my Hero3 which boasts 1200mAh….i have seen no noticeable improvement in battery life with the camera in use, what i have noticed though is the Wasabi batteries hold their charge when not in use whereas the GoPro brand batteries are absolute $#%$#@# and are dead after a few days non usage.