manitoubass2

It is hurtful to have to do, but better than letting your friend suffer. My Lucky was 17 when we decided to put her down. She was a wonderful friend, but her health was failing and she was suffering. I still think about her and our other dogs often. Better to think of the wonderful 14 years you had together.

You have my heartfelt sympathies.

yeah i followed that thread, as well as many others here going though the same thing. Always heartbreaking. To me, its hard to lose that part of the family because much like children, our dogs are just so pure. Nothing but love and companionship, protection and fun. When all is said in done, she'll be burried at our favorite spot on the river. Where she ate plenty of fish, protected us from wolves, and swam during the hot summer days. I really wanna get a few more pics with her, but can't hold back the tears

You have my sympathies Manitou, I went through the same sad thing 2 weeks ago and it's very tough.

thanks lew, and others. Yeah 2 years ago we said goodbye to our boxer that made 12 amazing years. Just plain sucks

But she has gotten nippy in her age too, she has her moments. But last few weeks her legs are just giving out on her. So painful to watch. Amazing companion out in the wild too. She sure loves to gish

Sorry to hear.

 

I take that it was great with kids?

she sure is. No bullies messing with our kids. She's super loyal to our family. She clings to my 3 year old daughter with that look on her face" this is my girl, you don't wanna find out what happens if you hurt her".

After 14 strong years, she is getting put down. She fought hard this winter and i was so proud of her, but age has just taken its toll on her old legs:( not looking forward to this one bit. She's an amazing pup, and such a huge part of the family. Ughh, just had to vent a lil

Hahaha. Hey thats cool, fort frances bass championship is a pretty big event around here. Always a good time. Rainy lake is awesome, i love fishing it. NW bay is about a 35 minute drive from my house, so we fish there quite often. Even up to the cascades or porters inlet. Big lake, lotsa big fish

Yup

 

Sometimes it's all about makin lemonade when your given lemons

 

years ago my son and I were in a bass tourney----long story short-----started into the day---I hit a rock with my prop and mangled it really good.

 

We could still move but like 2mph tops

 

Well I told him (who was very dis-heartened) that we'd keep fishin and stay put and try and make the best of it---well a couple hours before weigh in-----we started catchin huge smallies-------I gave us enough time to limp into the weigh in

 

Guess who won? Including Big fish of the tourney

 

I'm thinkin that had my prop been good----probably would not have stayed in that spot

awesome! Thats a great memory to share

Wow, great stuff, and man I'm hungry now!

its a long trip, but your more then welcome for suppah some time;)

You guys lucked out finding a good spot after getting stuck like that....I know the feeling of having to change plans and hope for the best; usually I end up getting skunked haha.

 

Great meal you put out there!

yeah we really lucked out. The spot we wanted to fish(holds rediculous big walleye) was only 6-700 yards away. I was gonna bring my gear sled but buddy said naw we dont need it lol. Thats how it always happens haha. I wasnt gonna walk that in snow and slush with auger in hand and all our gear, cause we only had 4 hours to fish. Ah well, we'll hit that spot another day. And thanks, meal turned out awesome:)simple but tasty

Is that bannock?

Everything looks good

well technically bannock is baked. Fried bread is fried. But lots of people call fry bread bannock, lol. So yeah i suppose it is by your terms.this is bannock

Adult plate;)

Thanks doods:) here is the reward for my better halves bday today:) first a ill fun!. Walleye nuggets, fried bread, baked sweet potatoes, steamed broccoli and maple syrup baked beans:)

I'm heading back there soon. I'm curious about those big pike as well.

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One awesome thing that i seen twice today was BIG pike swoop in from just under the ice to 20 fow to hammer fish i was jigging up! On one hand it sucked, on the other hand it was awesome to see. Those pike were hammering 18" walleye on my video game screen, so cool. Wish i had the gopro through ice to tape it. Oh well maybe next time

A few more

Oops sorry for the double pic. Here's another

Well i had to go get rid of that 2oz walleye that landed me a derby win, lol. So me and a great bud headed out on to rainy lake. Day started with getting the truck stuck. A few phone calls and we got out okay. But change of game plans as the drifts wouldn't allow us to drive out. So we check navionics and change the game plan. Drill ten holes 400 yards offshore on what we agree looks like promising grounds. Payed off big time! First fish 5 mins in, 17.5" keeper. We marked fish like crazy, big ones too! We alternated holes and continued to absolutely hammer walleye from 16.5" to 26". Missed a few at the hole but luckily dove in to catch them haha. All fish but one came on buckshot jigging spoons in orange/yellow tipped with frozen shiners. One fish came on a deadsticked jig. Amazing day, great time! I'm waiting for him to send my pics, but here are a few in the meantime:)my keeps for the day!

Thanks! Heading up to fish rainy lake today, hopefully tie into some big walleye/pike!

Ouch. Reimer is hung out to dry. Zero chance on all 3 goals

And caps score, darn it haha

This one should be good.Go Leafs Go!!!!!

yessir!!!!

 

 

Guiding pays better. LMAO

way better lol. I have zero interest in buying a new boat every year for 5 years to get a 40% discount on my 6th boat haha

They didn't play last night. Game vrs caps is about to start now. Philly Pitts was a good game, gnarly finish