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Maybe, just maybe, the Habs are on to something there. 2 big contributors to the Ducks success in these playoffs have been Giguere (a Francophone) and Pahlsson (a Swede). Hmmmmm A good hockey player is a good hockey player is a good hockey player regardless of where his momma popped him out into this world.

Good luck guys, looking forward to the report of a safe healthy arrival. All the best.

I am lucky, I am fishing more now with kids than ever before. Of course they are older - 15 & 13 - but both love it too so it is great family time together being on the water. As they grow and show interest in it, bring them along. Don't force it on them but if they love it you always have a great fishing partner handy. Course buying tackle for 3 people sucks but I can always blame new purchases on them as well.

Nice job Gerritt - tell little man Good Shooting. The last pic is great, love the look on him in the last pic.

Nice moment Landlocked, thanks for sharing. Wait now though til he finds out about BPS and the joys of visiting the local tackle shop.

Good job Cliff, you guys are having some fun out there - nice teamwork. Congrats on another nice (well as Wayne said ugly...) fish Good on ya to for helping out the dad and his set up problems, hope it pays off for him and his son.

From losing Jumbo's behind in the rearview to the marina is about 6 1/2 hours depending on traffic and how many stops we make. Usually only 2 stops for coffee though as BPS was closed at 5:30 am thankfully - that usually adds about an hour to the drive and a couple hundred bucks to the cost of the trip. You're right about the kids - I am learning a ton from Ryan as he is a sponge for learning - spends all winter reading up then numbing my mind with all his fishing facts and info.

Went up to the French River on the May 24 long weekend with my son Ryan and his friend Tyson. Fishing was slow, weather for the most part very nice except the dreaded cold front that moved thru. Had a great time, can't beat the boys weekend away with my son. Tyson had never been up north so there were lots of new things for him to see. It was fun seeing the beauty of things that sometimes you take for granted through someone elses eyes that have never witnessed them. While the fishing was slow, got some pike and a few OOS bass but sadly no walleye - we had a great time. Left St. Thomas on Friday at 3am, great time to travel, little traffic on the road and were on the 400 by 5am. Plan was to change the old toilet at the cottage to a new compost toilet. Not a fun job but had to be done. Out with the old In with the new (Ryan warming it up on the deck) Job was done by about 6 Friday, had a few pops, dinner and early to bed so we could get an early start on the water Saturday Woke up and the loons told us to get moving Beautiful weather during the day on Saturday - sunny and warm Ryan landed a nice pike Fished all day, noticed a very large black wall of cloud moving in, temps started to drop and fish seemed to disappear. Woke up the next morning and things were a little different Fishing got tough but managed a few snot rockets to keep us out there Took the occasional break to get warm While it was a tough day with few fish, the boys perservered without any complaints and we stayed on the water until sunset - my favorite time of day up there - the beauty is incredible Monday was our last full day up there and we had to get Tyson, who had been skunked up til then, some fish Took him to a little panfish hole and washed the skunk off him Full of confidence now, he wanted his first pike - thankfully he got it Not much else that day, except we interrupted this little fella having his lunch Even the clouds taunted us, telling us there are fish there but no luck Watched the sun go down on another great boys weekend away with my son, up early the next day for the long ride home. A quick stop at BPS to stretch the legs and restock the tackle that some of the rocks up there ate and we were home and unpacked by dinner time Tuesday. Tyson loved it, says he is going back up with us in July. Can't beat the time with kids - it goes so fast, get it in while you can. Thanks for reading

That is the smallest 100 HP motor I have ever seen My nephew has the same motor but 7.5HP and it pushes his 14' fiberglass no problem. As others said, won't get anywhere quickly and the old lady could take you in a race but it is a nice quiet motor that will get you around in the new fiberglass. Ya may want to hold onto the older one that came with the boat though for abit until you are sure you are happy with the 10HP

good luck this weekend Lew. i figure as long as I have less stuff than my wife has shoes, I have a valid argument. She has lots of shoes so I have room for a few more shopping trips.

Pottahawk on the 2nd Sunday in July - You will catch lots Here is a map of the bay - should be good around Bluff's Bar - right now the perch are in and pike, thru summer lots of bass to be had http://www.longpoint.on.ca/map.htm

Brian, check your PM's - have a boat you can borrow if you need it Steve

Phil, congrats on that beautiful fish. Glad you had an amazing time.

Great report Whopper, looking forward to more.

aniceguy, I have the same thing from another message board the "banned" me too. I just delete the emails with all the other Spam I get. Too much effort to try and get removed but only one quick click of the button and the email is gone.

My thoughts and prayers to you and your family Lew. An amazing tribute you have posted to Eddy.

I thought the same thing solo, that the Dora set up was yours Great report, thanks for sharing. You got a real cutie there.

Get feeling better soon Gerritt, hope the recovery goes well.

Thanks for the update FOTB, appreciate it. Team 10 = rising steadily :Gonefishing:

Congrats Tony, glad the news was good. Enjoy the new house.

tony, i will PM you the name of an asbestos abatement company we have recommended in the past to some of our customers who needed asbestos removed from their boilers and pipes before we did our work. for what it is worth, the last time we recommended them, they charged the customer around 1500 for removing a basement full of asbestos so hopefully a couple of handfuls won't be 2 bad. agree 2 with Dustin, put it back on the sellers to remove it properly or help with the cost of such. since they now know it, they have to disclose it to any future buyers so they may just want to get it done with now rather than keeping the house on the market.

Congrats Brian on your silver anniversary. Very sorry and our condolences on the loss of your grandpa as well.

Didn't the same things get said about Lalime for a few years too - how did that work out?? As a hockey fan, I am looking forward to seeing the Pens / Sens series - should be some good fast hockey and hopefully a long series. Watch out for the Sharks out west though. Sharks over Sabres in the cup final.

Enough talk of the reffing fix. If you watched the 3rd you saw the uncalled slew foot by Koivu on Coliaccova, the uncalled cross check from behind on Deveraux, the uncalled 6 Canadiens on the ice near the bench on a bad change. Leafs had 2 more PP than the Habs and made them count - hardly a fix.

They musta put their umbrellas away too soon Go Devils Go