manitoubass2

I just plain dont worry about defending my house. Sheesh, some of you guys are paranoid!

 

If someone breaks into my place they're going to be in for a big shock! I have nothing worth stealing lol!!!

 

S.

Hahaha. Its not paranoid(look at the op)

Its just good information to be aware of?

Not necessarily what I meant. But I had one guy try to tell me that if he was at that theatre where the guy shot the place up, he'd of been the guy to stop/prevent it. Kind of like the crazy stuff the NRA spews, for instance the black church that was shot up by that guy down south - If the pastor had allowed guns in his church, this wouldn't have happened.

I gotcha

Thats just talk, like tough guy internet warriors.

99.9% of people hear gunshots they're looking for cover instantly

Yeah I made up that number?

Agenda 21!!!!

Not sure if thats sarcastic or???

Anyhow

Yep stealheadpsycho thats absolutely true!

Again bud email or call anytime ya need an ear!

Get healthy you two!!!

Ive never met one gun owner that thinks having guns makes them a hero

Better yet, arm all citizens so the criminals don't have their way with us.

I know im the minority here but id much rather see this then gun registry (or hopefully never gun confiscation).

Now we do live in a good country but many people forget that the right to bear arms is also to protect citizens from a tyrannical government.

Wow a lot of you sound like you live in a war zone!! I have lived in London England, Toronto, Tokyo, Plymouth England, Brighton in England(lived rough on the streets four a year and a half) have never been mugged or burgled or threatened in anyway, I feel no need to have an arsenal at my disposal for 'home defence', Maybe I'm not English or Canadian, must be Irish with a horseshoe up my ....

Yeah you just may be lucky, or maybe im very unlucky lol.

Where I live now its really not a worry.

When I grew up in fort frances, we had some weird crime spree timeframe where it just went crazy. Vehicle jackings, store robberies, 2 really screwed up murders(google jamie perlette fort frances murder or maki murder fort frances.)

Two places in canada id never live is winnipeg or tbay, boy they have some rough areas

I wonder if that's the same fish that Spiel posted in "Fishing News" March 29, 2010.

Never seen that pic roy, maybe?

I seen this posted by ron lidner last night on facecrack

19.25" 4.25lb(alleged) black crappie

How many vets in Canada ? Not one will vote for him.

Great to hear!!!!

If someone was hurting you or your family, would the dogs react differently?

If they dont know you they are super nice until you go near one of us then they freak.

I wonder whats happens in a case when an intruder gets mauled by dogs???

And OI the first break in we had was deug fueled,second was alcohol.

Its the drug fueled ones that scare me because they seem capable of anything(of course im more afraid of a rapist/killer/pro thief)

But the drug fueled ones are so unpredictable and you have to act fast.

Any of use ever had a gun drawn on you? As a law abiding citizen its very very scary.

Ive been through it 3 times

Robbed at gunpoint in toronto

Shot aat by two rivals in grande prairie( i just happened to cross the street in the wrong place at the wrong time, could feel shots miss my head twice)

And once by police. Someone reported i hade a gun at the river with children(was just a pellet gun, kids practising while i fished) two cops come fast guns drawn. Thankfully I knew one of them and that calmed the situation quickly.

Anyhow

Chances are no one on this board will ever have to use one. In fact, chances are pretty good that no one one this board knows anyone or has a family member who has had to worry about it.

 

If you're worried, get a dog.

 

Speaking of which - Manitou, how did your intruder get past your dogs?

Both events happened before I had my dogs.

But, they are huskies. They will not protect from a home invasion.

You could walk right in and pet them if you wanted too

Thats insane Lew!

Fish of one cast???

Awesome!!!!

Beauty trout???

Im very envious

Thanks for sharing dana

How many aboriginals in Canada???

Not one will vote Harper

???^^^

Lew do you know how many Musky you have boated over the years? It must be many and for sure more then my 3.

 

I'll take a Northern over a Musky any day. I know how to catch Pike. But seriously a 40" Pike on light line is far more exiting than a 40" Musky on a cable and a come along.

Lol.

I do still use 20-30lb braid pike fishing

Anyhow I think it was on rainy lake I got a 40" pike while crappie fishing.

4lb mono on a 5'6" light rod

Didnt end well for the pike

That was a good 10-12 minute fight. Fish gassed out and couldnt revive.

In retrospect I wish I had just broke it off

Holy must be in with the mafia

Just a kiss???

I doubt that musky said the same....

 

Cheers!

Zing!???

But that pic scares me lol.

Bout 7 years ago I was fishing mainville with my pops and his friend.

We stopped for shore lunch and i went casted off this rock edge. Caught a 41" pike(which is hyyyyuùge for that lake).

For some reason I grabbed it with my left hand? I never do that, always my right hand.

I got the hook out and my dad came for a pic. She flopped insane and I dropped that fish on the rocks(my bad I know)

But on the way down her gill plate caught my thumb, right in the webbing.

By the amount of blood i though she almost severed my thumb clean off lol.

But it did cause nerve damage and I couldnt move my thumb for a few weeks, thankfully it healed properly and no issues now, just a scar

Hahaha Lew, great pic!

Rick,if you have any doubt about Eagle Lk's ability to produce world class muskie action check out North Shore Lodge's website.

North Shore is 1 of the resorts in that episode of River Monsters

Oh I dont doubt it one bit!

I used to visit the area often when I worked in ear falls.

All im saying is LOTWS is on par IMO.

I was in eagle lake when that tornado hit about 13 years ago

jesus this is a terrifying thought, im not gonna lie that ive wielded a very large butcher knife when i heard a noise from the basement of my house. (a picture frame fell off of the wall and smashed) If confronted there is no doubt in my mind I would use whatever is available to me to inflict damage or intimidate intruder, including a gun if available.

 

I cant believe this has happened to you twice manitou, ill tell you i wouldnt have been as nice to hit the person in the shins, their face would probably be a bit rearranged.

Not gonna lie, its very very hard to remain calm during a break in.

Remember i have 6 kids and a wife to defend too. And i will. But going to jail isnt gonna help them either.

Trust me getting hit with a bat is no joke. Even to the shins will instantly take a person down. Could be bad if they had a gun though and just started firing off rounds.

When I was 15 i was assaulted with an aluminum(thank god it wasnt wood) bat with a direct blow to my forehead.

I felt the "ping" through my entire body and I was out on my feet. I remember my forehead swelling fast and then thats it. I remember nothing for the next 2 months.

Bill, i too love fishing big pike.

I just started on musky this year and have yet to get anything decent.

Is there a big difference in the fight?

My pb pike is 47" and i cant imagine any other freshwater fishing (aside from the great lakes) fighting like that fish did, other then sturgeon, which are insane 45 minute battles even for small ones lol