Rod Caster

The Laloche community must be beside themselves. Nobody wants this

I would pay good money to witness this event from start to finish.

Holy crap are those Mr. Atlas whitefish?? The shoulders on them.

She looks great with a sleigh behind her! Good linging bud. You'll find your ling ball soon.

Wow! One hell of a season.

Awesome, what a rush! I'm on a white beach as well... Not quite the same though

That is absolutely going to create havoc to local deliveries and cross-country shipping. I can't believe this occurred. I'm driving to Wawa today... traffic wont be an issue!

4" of ice...lets hope it stays! Nothing like some Pabst & crapst

I was thinking we could do Nipissing instead. What do you think? ?

Christ I have bad timing. We should have walked that extra 200 meters last week

Immediately set up webnannies for all websites with the word Jeep in them. You may get a bit obsessed. Will you start waving at every other Jeeo on the road now?

hey jer, how many years ago was it that we were fishing around Dec 1st for splake?? What a different year!

easier than launching a boat from sand... She must have glided nicely. Desperation and deprivation will make ice fishermen do funny things

Yep, that's pretty sad Jer, hahaha. Are the lakes completely open in your area?

How's the sand-rolled ling? That'll dull the knife real quick

We (Joey Tier) found mud, yes mud, on the trail to the first lake, so we headed back to an easy-access lake. There, we found 1" of solid ice, so we fished off a public dock into 4 feet of water and caught nothing. Ice fishing!

Limey's on-going life saga is always entertaining. I like the big, you-should-be-an-outdoor-writer threads, but I also really like the short fishing threads with a quick story and a few pics. Especially back lake reports. I can relate to those. I can't stand Joey Tigers reports; the ones where he catches nice fish from cool spots, especially the ones where I was invited to go but for whatever reason didn't.

Fair enough, ive thought out my decisions, as I'm sure you have as well. Each their own. It's a nice car, but that poor thing must have a target on its back bumper. Previous claims screwed me over (hit and run claims are considered 100% at fault), so now that's it's paid off my only goal is to get a few years of very cheap operation.

I've only detailed/waxed a vehicle once, and it was because it was a tax write off. If your vehicle is leased or still on financing, or is a collector-type vehicle then I can see why a good wash/wax is worth it. My 3x hit and run victim, 3rd rear bumper, 2nd front bumper, umbrella flew into the door, tree on the hood, gravel road commute, wife backed into dad's garage car, doesn't get the highlife treatment. haha.

I don't have 60K in vehicles, more like 6K, (nor anywhere near a few 100K in house contents!!) so my risk is much smaller than yours. I'll do the car repair work myself, which is why it'll cost closer to 1,500. Using a body shop, my car would barely be worth the cost of repairs. My car will probably look like a golf ball in the end, maybe with several different colors, but I really don't care. My house, and contents, are covered just fine. I have a high deductible which means I avoid small claims. I'll deal with the small stuff myself. Big stuff is covered just fine...plus, I have additional coverage on the liability side because I own a large acreage and that comes with its own set of liabilities. Listen, insurance companies win in the end no matter what, , if you want big expensive things and like having a safety net without really being responsible for your own stuff or actions, then go ahead and insure them to the fullest and live in peace with your toys. I'll be responsible for my own actions (obviously to limit, when it comes to damaging other people property or health) and when things happen to me, I'll learn my lessons and move on. I never changed my story, I just never explicitly said I don't have comprehensive on my car. The reason I don't, is because I have no intention of ever making a claim unless it's a liability claim. If someone steals my golf ball car, then so be it. $300 for a wash and wax??? You could have done it for less than 30 at home. Was that a business decision?

I don't pay for comp coverage so that's out of the question anyway. And yes, if you make a claim it will cost you if/when you switch companies. If you stay with the same company you may not see the increase, until they change their policies. I got bitten on a small house claim years ago so I'm done dealing with them. I insure the minimum and assume my own risks, I don't need their safety net unless I have a liability or fire claim or any other catastrophic claim. I opened the car up today and I might be able to et away with around 1500 in repairs... Not 100% sure yet, but I may have lucked out. With a 1000 deductible I would be better off just going at it myself anyway. Either way, I'm in this position now, so I'm going along for the ride no matter what

I can't be bothered with insurance unless I run into something/somebody. With a $1,000 deductible, and a good chance I switch insurance companies next year, I'll just take my lumps, avoid a claim on my record, and keep them out of my business. The search for Corolla parts begins!

Cross wind is a solid brew. The whole lake of bays lineup is good

My mechanic friend also jokes that it would "buff right out" haha No insurance claim will be made. I'll deal with it myself. I'll end up paying that money back in increased premiums anyway. I can't stand dealing with insurance. If a windshield can go in, then I might be able to fix it for under 2,000.

The a-pillar took a lot of weight and is quite crumpled; I'll have to remove the fender and plastic shrouding to see what it really looks like in there