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Yeah, what's 150yd or 300yd spool of braid worth versus a spool of 10lb raven/andres? There's so much value in a 300yd spool of braid, do 3 reels for a few years. Initial cost of braid is high, but have it has lots of value!

14 or 20lb braid on the pin, fireline crystal, or super line like Berkley Nano....will cost a pretty penny to spool it up, but no line twist, lot fewer break offs, and removing line every other trip...get a few seasons out of it, vs. respooling every few weeks if you fish lots...use a 8 or 10lb shot line, and for steelhead tie on a couple feet of 6lb flouro, salmon, bump things up a few pounds(8lb flouro, 12lb shot line??) when fish are close to shore and you, your rod is bowed so much some times, let out some line so if the fish goes again, the rod will have some give, line wouldn't just snap

toonie toss....put a 60oz bottle of booze on the dance floor around 1am, have them stand back about 30-40ft or fairly far back, and toss toonies at it, closest wins it..... arms length of raffle tickets and the wedding party and family donates gifts to raffle off(20$ and maybe one or two better gift), get an arm lengths of 5 bucks or so.....put boxes in from of the prize(label the box for the prize) give them one side of the tickets into the box if you have matching sets, or have them tear it in half if you have single set of tickets and put in half jello shooters or worm jelly shooters(not sure how they're made(saturated in booze??) but sweet to slurp down)1$ per shot

I protect my rods when on the road, with a Shimano rod case/carrier, I bought at Fishing World a few years ago. It can cover hold about 8rods, with the top 1.5ft covered in hard plastic, and wraps about the middle and bottom. It keeps them more stable, and less likely to break a tip. Also, it's more convient to help me carry 4+rods around on multi species trips. I only have a 14.5ft tiller, and don't both with anything. I do lay them on from one seat to the next, so they are level and not bouncing off the beam or front seat. I might consider a rod wrap....haven't really thought about it and do see them as a pain pulling on and off. I did break one of my better st.croix one trip, jigging for walleye, I let it sit against the beam, go to set a hook and the rod snaps...st.croix replaced it at no cost other than shipping. It likely damaged the blank bouncing around on the trip somewhere. Friend has broken 2 rods of decent valve on trips in simular fashion. He uses 2 rod wraps now, but never puts them back on once fishing starts...only used for on the road?

Also, to make it look bigger in the photo, hold it out away from your body......it does wonders for fish photos!!!

I too am looking at the St.Croix Eyecon 7' MH casting rod as well!!! Looks sweet for 120$ compared to the 240$ 7' MH Legend Tournament. Put on a older Curado or Chronarch, with 20lb braid and use it for bottom bouncing or casting/trolling crank baits. Bring a 6'3 rod for jigging, a 6'6" rod for jigs/cranks/drop shot, and a few other stiffer rods for pike, and I'm good for most of my pike/walleye trips(Nip/Bisco/Quebec/Lady E/etc).

Hey, When doing a fly in trip, do you bring 1piece rods or just 2+piece rods? I've only done fly in's with my dad, back in the day, and we only used 2pc rods back then. Now I prefer 1piece. The planes I've been on were smaller float planes, and I didn't have lots of room for 1piece rods in them. Do the bigger planes have the room, or do they put rod tubes on the pontoons? Just thinking of a new rod, and it will hopefully be taken on a trophy pike fly in with the next few years! Thanks!

You can see at the bottom, it is a Topps Baseball Archive Series Set. The whole set on ebay is worth 40-70$. Sorry. That card alone, maybe 10$.

I am willing to spend a few hundred dollars on a reel. I've had a quick look in the BassPro catalogue, but would like suggestions. I like a spinning reel for friends to use, and a change of pace. My regular set ups for heavier baits are a 7ft medium heavy casting rod, 7ft heavy casting using a Curado or Chronarch. My musky rods are 6'6 to 7ft and with 301 Cardiffs. I think a knock off lure wouldn't be good quality, not as good as Rapala's quality for sure! I know some Japanese and Chinese made lures are high quality, I just think knock offs likely made in Asia, would be sub par. No value. No right to use a Rapala sticker, to trick people.

Hey, I'm looking for suggestions on a powerful spinning reel, something that can crank in some pike sized(small musky) lures for a few hours a day. I've been using a 4000 symetre from about 2004 on a 7ft heavy rod, and it the reel starts to slip or fail after a while. Take it home, tune it up, it feels fine, but casting heavy lures again, and after a while, it slips or starts grinding. Maybe a small saltwater reel would work(redfish or striper reel). Also, at a new local store, they were carrying some odd Rapalas. Clear box, no cardboard bottom, single Rapala sticker, no diving info. no Rapala on the lure lip, stainless hooks not black just some odd coloured Chinese/Japanese looking crankbaits. They had hundreds of them. Must be knock offs eh? Anybody else see these? I wouldn't touch them. Likely should be reported. Poor kids who think they might be getting a deal on Rapalas, but are likely buying crappy Chinese junk. Thanks!!!

Does anybody use trout beads for ice fishing? I would think they'd be a good attractor for whitefish. Use a glow bead, or natural egg colour, instead of a white pearl on a spreader or just above live bait rig? Heck if it's on fire, maybe even lower down a single bead rigged up with the single egg hook behind it a few inches. Hopefully Simcoe is frozen by February and I might give some beads a try.

Ernie did up the MudHole MHx 1203 10ft 6-12lb for me. I was hit up by one big old beat up male today. The rod is nice and I look forward to the next time the water is high and fish are more agressive! Overall pretty slow down there. I also caught somebody's poor fishing line that had broke off above the float with a shaker on. The fish was deep hooked and bleeding, but still very spunky. I let it go since I only hooked the float, not the fish, but wonder if it would survive with the hook still in it's throat?

Thanks, However, I did try to place an order with Mepps, and it wouldn't let me do the sale, since I needed an American address for my VISA. Where in do you pick up the Mepps Longcasts? I don't think I'll be getting to the city for a few weeks. I like the looks for their Little Wolf spoons, which I picked up 3 of. I have some Silver Fox Vibrams, but wish they'd cast further. I also added a few Len Thompson's, a few Rapala size 5 rattle traps, 3 pack of small Big O Cordells, and a few cleos. It's dam expense tossin lures, either snagging up and breaking off, or hammered and bitten off. Put 4 new ones in the drink on Thursday, (2 fish, 2 snags). I'm not going to use 8lb flouro tippet anymore, might bust out the 15lb flouro from my bass gear, might just do the straight braid. It is pretty exciting fishing though! I have 4 white stradic 2500s, which I rotate between bass/walleye/trout rods. I really don't need a new spinning reel. Heck, I've even got a Diawa SS, on a bottom bouncing eye rod, just begging for more use. I'm on nights, and will fish as much as possible this week. I'll try to get out Wednesday! Ernie got my rod done up in 1 day. I'll try it out this morning!

The US reel's only 50$ marked down from 150$ at Cabela's right now......I was thinking of it. Was wanting to order some of those long cast mepps, at that the only site i can find that'll order them. Anybody down near Niagara want to put in an order directly to Mepps and pick it up at the mail to store in Niagara NY. I could buy about 60$ worth of long casts from their site which only does US sales. After that either ship it to me or bring it up to BruceCounty?

Hey, I'm thinking it's time I upgrade my floatation suit for this upcoming season. I currently have a 10year old 2 piece bouy o boy, which is now slightly too small. I want a one piece XXL. To keep cool in the hut, I won't mind unzipping and letting it hang behind me. It's just as easy as wearing a 2 piece. I am looking at Mustang's website and prices at Royal Distrubting and LeBarons. Their Atlantic series is the mid range one, which is still close to 400$. LeBaron's has Helly Hanson's one piece for about 300$, that seams to have nice features. Mustang must be the safest for that price. It must have neoprene/valcor wrists and ankles along with pull straps on the thighs and waste. For safety this is likely the best. For function, it's lacking. Helly Hanson has zipped arm pits to help keep cool. I like that feature in the winter, my Columbia coat gets the pits unzipped often. HH also has d rings to put the boat motor stop cord on, reinforced knees, pockets in the thighs and lined chest hand warmer pockets. Also I think the fabric 420 denier nylon might be tougher. My old suit, which I think is simular to Mustang, got a few cuts in it from hooks. Could I please get others opinions on what they have and what they like? Thank you!

I just did my Kawartha trip there and one day on Balsam. Fishing was slow, but first fish was a nice 47incher which christened my new 44x40 Frabill folding powerstow nicely. The net made it very easy to handle the big fish without much stress or need to take them out of the water for anything other than a few quick photos. Cut the line, shake out the hooks, remove the bait, and no worries of being injured or hurting the fish. Two more fish, one was 31 and the other released without much attention as it was about 26inches, but it did the best jumps I've seen in a while. Bass/Eye guys found the season slowed things down good. One comment was spots they've been catch fish constantly at have shut down....they went 2 days without when I was there. Balsam was slow with a strong south west wind blowing strongly past Ant Is. to the long point, and we only raised two skis. Caught one bass. Raised a small ski just infront of the PP launch before pulling out. If I were a guide, I'd be trying my hardest to get GRIM REAPER lures to support me!!!!! They are such sweet high quality lures which always do well for me! The lady who's camp I was at thought I should've killed the big fish, as it doesn't reproduce and eats too much.....I thought that was funny!

Just finished college and working my first job, in an lab without windows in Waterloo. My supervisor, listening to a radio, mentioned it to me and I realized it was a huge deal, when learning it was a jumbo jet flying into the building in NYC. Coworkers didn't seem too concerned, but getting updates on the other planes, made me feel uneasy. I went out for lunch and noticed the blank, sense of shock look on everyone's face well driving, and in the mall. I listened to radio reports on the drive. That night I stayed awake and only got 2hours sleep, watching the footage on the TV. It was so shocking. What's next? How many didn't make it? The world will not be the same is how I felt and that's not a feeling you experience too often.

Later this month, I will be off for 3 days of fishing. I'm heading to the Kawartha's instead of LakeAir territory. I haven't fished the Kawartha's in a few years, closest to it was Sparrow a couple times. I'm looking forward to musky and bass. Looking for deeper weed edges and areas about 10-12 feet working shallower using senkos rigged normal and wacky. If I find thick stuff, I'll put on something to bust through to dig out the big ones laying in them. I might toss some spinners and run them slower so they go deeper. Might run crank baits if it's more of a smallie area, and use drop shot gobies/minnows/half senkos. As for musky, big bucktails, double blades bucktails, 1-3oz spinners, larger cranks, and look for big weed patches close to deeper water, points, and deeper structure. Might even try open water trolling in over deeper water. I'm going to miss WestArm, but Kawartha's is about 2hours closer and might provide more action. I would love to hit up WestArm each trip, but Ontario has too much to offer.

I know the side road you came down in the first pic, and have an idea where the cottage is.... damn'A, dogs allowed on the beaches in most of Kincardine area.....not like South or Port. I hate that about my new area. Sure I understand main beaches, but come on, cottage road beaches with limited access? At minimum allow dogs on beaches with leashes and poo and scoop rules! Nope everything up and down the coast in the new area is posted no dogs. Dogs love water, everything from the labs to the shih tzus, so it's a real shame by laws are put in place to restrict it! There's already by laws for leashes, and if you have a dog that might attack or be considered dangerous be respectful and use the leash and mussle! If you have a dog that's trained enough not to run up and down and potential scare people/kids, sure throw the stick out in the water and up and down the beach!

I don't think the power stow comes with a bag....the bag wasn't a big deal to me. I didn't see net bags when I looked back on the the company website.

ProTackleMuskyShop and Stacy are about the only Frabill dealer in Ontario. I emailed him, he has want I want in stock and it's coming my way, the 44x40 power stow.....Now to look forward to 3 days in the Kawartha's mid September for a few 40-45inchers I hope(maybe bigger). Then come October I'll get to fish some big musky areas for a few days. Released a healthy 53" from my boat, a few falls ago, so hopefully I'm due again. Mix in some bass fishing each time, and hopefully get some football sized smallies or a 5+lb bucketmouth. My local river produced another decent smallie the other day. One that's from the tip of the fingers to the inside tip of my elbow, which is between 19.5 to 20inches. I can't say for sure I've got a bass over 20inches, but I've got about 10 the past few years in the 4lb range locally. Only about a 4lb bucket in the Kawartha's is my pb. I'd like to put up a few pb's this fall, then come November and December school some steelhead and luck into a 10lber plus. Use the boat locally for some fall runs at the river mouths too. I'm jonesin' to book a week trip to a remote cabin next spring too, haven't done a full week or remote trip in 2years! Got 3buddies confirmed, just need one more and I'm booking it! FISH ON!

Yeah, I've only got a 14.5ft princecraft, so I'm not looking for a huge net that doesn't fold. I do think I'll cancell the order and look for the 38 or 42" stow and go. Thanks!

Hey, I just ordered a 30x32 Frabill Power Stow and Go from Cabela's. It's got a 42"deep net, and says it's good for bass/eyes/pike/skis. I'd sort of like the next size up which is like 38", but don't know where to get one. Can anybody help me out? For the big 50+ inche musky would you think a 30x32 net that's 42" deep create a decent pen to net the fish and keep it comfortable in the water? It's likely going to be curled up a bit, but hopefully not stressed too much. What do you big musky fisherman think of a net the size of the 30x32x42deep? I was at basspro in the spring and they carried this series of nets. I don't know the size they had, and their website doesn't mention that they carry them. Does the Toronto store ship directly if I called and ordered? For the price of gas to get to Vaughan, it's easier to just pay the shipping and charges from Cabela's. I wouldn't mind a slightly bigger net though. Thanks guys and gals!

Tonight, I'm diggin BLIND MELON - For my Friends!!! Blind Melon is awesome to listen to! I've got their You - Tube playlist going well working. Three nights this week I did 100video play lists for Neil Young. Routinely mix in Nirvana, Pearl Jam, The Tragically Hip, Ramones, RHCP, Blood Hound Gang play lists.

Hey, My princecraft trailer's safety chains were about one link per side too short. Also, the safety clips didn't totally fit over the gaps on the receiver. I went to HomeHardware to pick up something new, and went with 3/8" threaded chain links(2640lb rated) to leave on the receiver. I could have of spent about 30$ on a new chain and new safety clips, instead I spend about 7$. The links will stay on the truck, so I might seal the threading somehow. The safety chain will hook onto this 2640Lb class link using a "C" safety hook with a spring clip to keep it from falling off, and it will fit pretty comfortably. Do you the MTO would approve of this? My boss has threaded chain links hanging off his trailer receiver. Saved a few bucks, and I don't have "S" hooks without a clip.