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Wayne you are to observant for my own good Rumor has it that said idiot didn't miss a day of work and went on a week long catching trip two weeks after stupid move. That's my story and I'm sticking to it Whopper

That bucket is a fiberglass pedestal used to enclose wiring splices, in my area they are normally installed under ground with the cover being flush with grade, at least for high voltage applications.

Dustin we have had two separate incidents in last last six months of people trying to steal what they thought was copper wiring from public utility poles only to be electocuted. One died and the other is in a vegitated state. Bears don't know any better but people should. The one guy not only was trying to steal the wiring from a live grid he was doing it in a thunder/rain storm go figure. Whopper Below is an example of some idiot sticking his arm where he shouldn't have.

Southwest Ohio in body Somewhere in Ontario in mind. Whopper

Correct me if I'm wrong but as a member I think all you can do is edit a post and if you are the one that started the thread you can only edit your text and not your Topic Title. Whopper

Well besides the money that I invested in new musky gear this year I tried to keep it simple with purchases this year so that do more trips than usual. One thing that I found that was money well spent and was very inexpensive was the intro to fluorocarbon for leaders and spooling a couple rods with fireline. For those of you still using store bought or steel leaders you may want to read JP Bushy's article in this months news letter. I had more than a few conversations with him over the past year about jigging technequies and this year was the first year using fluoro to make leaders for pickeral & pike fishing. In July I had the pleasure of fishing a lake in NWO for mainly pickeral but the lake had a very good population of pike in it also so this is when I put to test what JP and I had talked about and what he has written in his article I was pleasantly surprised. Using the fluoro leaders fishing for pickeral eleminated breaks offs from both pike & pickeral while jig fishing completely for me and convinced my partner, my son, to follow suit after a couple of frustrated lost fish. In years past I have been strickly a mono man but this year I also started using fireline on a couple of rods and have found it also rewarding for increase sensitivity and performance. Typically I try to use a light as line as possible which typically will lead to losing baits due to snags, well with the use of fireline line this year I have saved a lot of baits that I wouldn't normally be able to retrive due to the line strenght of the fireline, so I have saved some money there. The cost of the fluoro for leaders and the fireline were both more than what they replaced but saved my money and improved my catching in the long run. Whopper

Glad to hear you got your car fixed Maureen! Good on Wayne for helping out Wayne has gone beyond the call of duty with his generosity and his helping hand this past year along with others OFC'ers. Whopper

Pretty wild stuff, covers definetly weren't designed for snow load. Don't know if I'd want to be the one shoveling snow off the covers though.

Touges... Pickeral ... Muskie ... eh LMAO Lew and after yesterday we also catch pickeral here too! Whopper

To cool Dustin! Good for you for sharing! Whopper

LOL Art Get a heavier bait! Whopper

Nope I'm in the same shape Wayne only beside xmas she has a big birthday tomorrow and I ain't got squat Whopper

Nice looking pup Whopper

Really nice place. Thanks for sharing! Whopper

Don't change nothing Pete this is the only thing that I'm one up on these guys Whopper

Dang Maureen I hope things turn for the better for ya! Whopper

What a brute! Mike I read thru all the replies and your right he was well respected and I was even surprise that no one even commented about keeping the fish. Got to love the old school though. Whopper

Great pics Dan, I've been waiting to get out with the camera until after gun season is over here. Don't want to be mistaken for bambi Whopper

What no pics! I'm with Glen on this one at least until Christmas and only for a week Whopper

Matt I went to the one in Columbus this past year and there was a lot of tackle in a small area. I met my first OFC'ers at that show. DrPhil and his son Jason with musky magnets had a booth and I went to one of Pete M's seminars. It was really neat but as far as good deals I really couldn't tell ya with my limited experience. I did get some good deals on some Grim Reapers spinnerbaits. I suspect the Chicago show or the one in Pittsburg is probably better. If ya want to come up to the Columbus one next spring give me a shout I'll probably go again. Whopper

Well if it's like that on your side the south shore harbors of the western basin probably don't have much water in them. Cool video do the "hustle" Whopper

I must be a cold day in he!! We had real high winds here all day, gust up to 60mph really couldn't imagine being on the water today. Good call Chris, Lew & Peter. Whopper

Good Luck Peter! My local river rose 4' with the rains that we had last night and today so the saugeye bite will be nill for at least three days. Whopper

Great report and those are some of the best looking smallies that I've seen in awhile. Beautiful markings. Thanks for sharing. Whopper

Congrats Jamie! Nice looking fish bud. Whopper