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Great post Lew. If one wants to imagine what it was like that day for those brave young men storming the beach, just close your eyes. Imagine you're on an amphibious troop transport. The waves are causing it to lurch and the stench of vomit is in the air. The men around you are sick. Some are seasick, some are sick from the sound of artillary rounds bouncing off the armour. Suddenly the gate drops, and if you are one of the lucky ones you scramble out. If you are really lucky you find some cover on the beach. If you make it off the beach alive you will never be the same person. I served in the Navy many years ago, but I cannot imagine the bravery of these young men. In my book, heros all.

Bayliner would likley be my last choice in a boat, especially a fishing boat. That said i do understand budgets, but suggest if you're looking at new you may want to look at the 17' Larson. larson also offers a beautiful new 18' hull that is getting a lot of attention. These are glass boats made using the latest technology which they describe on their website, Also, in tin, a 17 or 18' Tracker. Tracker has a poor rep but they have made good strides over the last couple years. If you go with an outboard resist the temptation to underpower. You can usually get away with 75% of the max recommended HP, but any more and you'll sacrifice performance, trade-in, and even to some degree safety. Best of luck in your search.

I'm amazed at how polarizing this guy is. I'm also amazed at the sympathy being shown. I'm all for giving anyone a 2nd chance, 3rd chance, heck, however many chances as they need, and while surely we all make mistakes, I have to wonder how anyone in there right mind would want a bullying addict to represent them as their mayor. That is what he is, an addict, and a bully, So it comes down to what we mean by the term "give him a chance", a chance to turn their life around through counseling, sure. A chance to continue on as mayor, "Are you kidding me?" It is inconceivable to me that someone would be willing to vote for a person with this track record.

Just pay attention to ther map I'm sure they will give you and give the points a wide birth as this is a semi-manmade lake with flooded timber and a lot of shallow points.

I watch the show, but he is a little quirky. Like when he puts the fish back in the net to release it, half the time the fish gets hung up in this net he so he starts shaking the thing the whole time stating how easy it is release a fish from the net. Or he'll say, "Barb, will you net this for me?", and of course she says, "sure", but I get the feeling she'd like to say, "net your own damn fish!!"

I wasn't even aware of Mitchell's, but I did stay at Ellen Island once and had a wonderful time. IMHO one of the top walleye fisheries in eastern Ontario.

My wife and i are avid cyclists. We own Specialized road bikes and Trek dual purpose hybrids. Just like boats, there is no bike that handles all conditions perfectly. If you want to ride gravel i strongly urge you to consider either a hybrid or mountain bike. If you plan to mostly trail ride buy a mountain bike, mostly ride backroads or city I recommend a hybrid. I just replaced my 20 year old hybrid. After an exhaustive search i settled on a Trek DS8.5. It's a little pricey but as I still compete I wanted decent components, disc brakes, and weight was a concern. I honestly believe the Trek DS series is very good bang for the buck. I bought a leftover model and saved some bucks. I got my bike in March and have a little over 200 miles on it so far and love it. It's very important to select the right frame size so that you can achieve the proper fit. Therefore, once you know what you want, I would urge you to go get fitted properly vs buying from a mass merchant. Proper fit makes a world of difference in terms of your enjoyment and performance. http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/town/dual_sport/models/

Best way to tell is to plane the boat and trim the motor. Does it blow out excessively when turning? On the other hand, are you creating excess drag with the vent plate?

Leadcore on river systems is generally not a good idea for multiple reasons, all leading to the fact that maintaining a desired depth is next to impossible. If it's not the change in the bottom depth it's the change in current, which affects both boat speed and rate of sink. Add to that the diameter of LC and how river current will be affected by that diameter. leadcore is a highly effective tool, however, it's best suited for lakes with relatively flat bottoms. IMHO one of the best ways to fish river current is small diameter braid (10-12 lb) on a three way rig. On the Mississippi River wing dams they use a 1/2 or sometimes even 3/4 oz jig with something plastic like a ringworm below a 3 way swivel with a hook and crawler or leech off a hook coming off the 3rd leg, Another option is simply an aberdeen hook tied in 2-3' above the jig using a palomer knot. (my preference) Either of those presentations is much easier to control in current. You could even use a small shallow diving stick bait above the jig but that does take some experimenting and again adds complexity as current changes. The goal in using these rigs is to fish as close to vertical as possible.

Thre is a 22 ft islander advertised here with supposedly low hours. http://community.walleye.com/showthread.php?t=7245

Just as an option to a sonar, if you have a smart phone you can purchase the Navionics app. You get pretty incredible detail and it will allow you to locate ledges and other preferred areas.

I just heard an interesting take on this, and it wouldn't surprise me one bit. The theory is they wanted out of the A&E contract. Now, just supposing this is true, one would have to say the country pumpkins outsmarted the network execs. There seems to be a growing backlash against him being suspended or fired or whatever has transpired. They may just have trapped A&E. If that was the plan I may just become a fan afterall.

I don't agree with his comments regarding gays but I don't think it was vengeful or mean-spirited. The fact is the comments I watched were pretty much in alignment with many churches. I guess you could say he had the right to say it and the contract must give the network the right to cancel. I've only watched it a couple times and frankly it really doesn't appeal to me. It appeared as though the scenes were scripted and then they just let them interract, sometimes humorously but mostly not so much.

My circulation isn't what it once was so a few years ago I searched for a great cold weather pac hunting boot. One that would allow me to still hunt but keep my feet warm on stand. i settled on the Schnee's Hunter II pac boot and I've been very satisified. This boot is totally waterproof yet to be safe one should apply thread sealer. Additionally one should buy 1 full size larger than their shoe size. When I bought mine I ordered 13's, I applied the thread sealer, and subsequently after my 1st hunt realized they were just a little small. The company sent me brand new boots at no charge. The boots carry a lfetime guarantee on workmanship and if you wear out the soles you can send the in to be re-soled. The only thing I would recommened is that you use a pitch type sealer to cover the leather smell which out of the box is pretty bad, but after application and time is a non-issue. The boots are amazingly comfortable, like wearing a sneaker. For me this is the ultimate hunting boot, and you can buy and you can but camo hunting gaiters from Kenetrek, who make a very similar boot for a few less bucks. httphttp://www.kenetrek.com/products.asp?dept=13

Very nice Lew. Hope you are having a blast.

The last couple weeks I'm just tired of walleye fishing so I turned my attention to musky. Cast until I'm tired then troll. Last week i put on an inline board with a bucktail so i could troll the big shoreline structure. It worked very well but I did have to slow down some with my smaller boards. The presentation looked awesome in this clear water and I could drag it just in front of big undercut shore rock. I was sure we'd hook-up, but unfortunately that wasn't the case. Give it a shot. Anything that pulls hard or at speed would be trouble for an in-line board.

I have the same type ladder. Do yourself a favor and wrap a bungie cord around it so it won't deploy by accident.

Really great photos. Is that the same water snake that's been living in that rock crevice at that dock for about 5 years now?

I'm not 100% on this as I have I-Pilot but not I-Pilot Link, but I believe the difference is how the track is laid down. Wih Link I believe you can lay down a track off your GPS map screen while sitting in your driveway, whereas with I Pilot you actually have to record your track on the water. One thing I've done when I want to get new tracks laid down quickly is deploy the bow mount but run my kicker while recording. I can run the kicker around 3-4 mph and get a track laid down pretty quickly, You know, some days they may be sitting high on edges and some days on the low side. Some days they want the bait falling, so trolling along the edge is only marginally productive, and, as the water temp warms, and they are willing to chase, laying down a zig zag track is very effective as your baits on one side of the boat are rising and the oposite side falling on each turn.

Subaru has the best four wheel drive on the market and they run forever with routine maintenance. My suggestion is shop around Cliff, you may find a better deal on a Forester at another dealer. When my wife bought her Outback we shopped around quite a bit and saved more than you might think.

Big Cliff, you ought to try Cicadas. In most instances they will out produce jigs using this technique.

Lady Lake Evelyn may have the best walleye bite in eastern Ontario, and good pike as well. I would suggest contacting Ellen Island Lodge if you want to make your own meals or or Red Pine Wilderness Lodge if you want meals provided. Both are known for outstanding hospitality. Either Lodge picks you up at Mowat's Landing in a large pontoon or boat, you travel a very short distance down the Montreal River, to where they portage into Lady Lake Evelyn River. From there it's up river to the lake.

In places where one can fish two or even three rods for eyes you can't beat an I-pilot. I have tracks stored to memory, so I get close to my desired track and hit the track to end or track to start button, set my desired speed, and away i go. I can spend my time rigging rods and checking baits vs steering. if I want an erratic motion I'll offset my main motor which causes the Terrova to continuously compensate to stay on course (great for the summer bite) Now, if you're a musky fisherman like Lew, you can use the same program but set the speed control to something that allows you to work over an area as you move, or, you can use the electronic anchor to keep you on a spot (best when working into the wind). The system is worth its weight in gold, and the Terrova has proven to be a very robust design, unlike the Motorguide old and now discontinued PTSV. I've had cable systems, I'll take the Terrova anyday, If I wanted to maximize control I'd rather have a hand control unit but there is no way I would want my foot on a pedal all day, The major hang-up with the I-Pilot is wind. if the wind is pushing your boat faster than you've set the speed control it is a hassle, so you need to work into the wind on those days.

Typically you're going a little slow, like .5-.9 mph. But yes, most run them off bottom bouncers. Because they are almost buoyancy neutral you can run longer leaders and go pretty slow. Best time IMHO is before the eyes are really willing to chase down something going faster, but like I said, the whole presentation is evolving from where it started as a below a dam immitation of a wounded baitfish moving downstream in a death spiral to something that is fairly akin to a harness presentation. In our lake it has worked very well, and we seem to get better than average fish with this technique vs harnesses.