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I agree. Kid is gonna be a beast when he matures abit.

hahaha, right on! We have a big family, so we have done the same thing plenty of times. They turn out great too! I really have to be in the mood to make these pizza's, just the crust takes alot of work. Takes a good two hours from start to finish. And believe me, it took about 20 tries to get a perfect to us, crust. Anyone needs a recipe, I'd be glad to hand it down

Thanks Billy Bob! Oh, if you were a little closer to me I'd make you a few today Happy b-day!!!

PS8 the iron chef!!!!! Thats amazing man, looks beyond incredible!!!

beauty fish Steve! Congrats!!!!

These guys are from scratch. I prefer mushroom/pepperoni/black olive. BUT..... I will basically eat, and enjoy, any pizza. Even puddaha pizza gets made around here once in a while Some sort of hot sauce is the only must have for me

Nope, we never went anywhere else yesterday. I have fished big sawbill quite a few times though, both very good lakes! Next time though, I'm just gonna go through porters inlet. Much easier and we can hit some walleye after crappie fishing. Another week and were gonna hit up another lake, not sure which one though? Mainville maybe? Possibly go for some trout up the cedar narrows road? Who knows? So many amazing options within an hour of here it's ridiculous.

I've fished it enough to say the sensitivity is good, but not great like PP. As for the fraying part, I haven't noticed that yet, but I will say it cuts easily, not like other braided lines. So I'd think you could get bit off pretty easily, moreso like a mono

Come on over! Walleye tonight, crappie tomorrow! I'll take some pics. Gonna try something new with the crappie, can't wait!!!

Yeppers. I took a quick look at the camera and discovered a tiny screw missing, so there was a small gap on the side of the camera. Thank for the comments guys, we sure did have a blast!

Well, for the past few weeks my pops has been bugging me to go fishing with him. I always want too, but our schedules only allow us to get out together a few times per year. So when he called two nights ago asking if I was free to fish Sawbill, and I was, of course I said YES!!!! I grew up fishing this lake a a couple times per year, but I haven't really been in there for about ten years. So it had that "new lake" experience written all over it. We spent Friday night discussing what to do, where to go, over some beers. Always great times! We rigged up, got the sleds ready the night before and had everything set. Lights out at 11pm. Alarm goes off, it's 5am. Coffee and a quick breaky and were all set to go. Then we get a phone call??? Two other couples are rigged up and ready to head out. So we plan to meet, and were off. We had some discussion about which way to enter the lake, as there are numerous options. We made the wrong call. Heading down an unplowed road with nowhere to turn around, bummer. Lots of hills and about 14" of snow, and WAY longer then we expected the road to be, 12km to be exact. But we made it, thankfully. After a few good laughs and the "wonder how were gonna get outta here" talk, were all on sleds and off. Arrive on the lake about 645am. They have huts to set up, not us, we went without for this day. It was cold and VERY windy, about -20, winds about 50kmph. We picked a section of the lake partially sheltered by an island. None of us had fished it, but it was a wind block, and had a rock drop off right off shore that went 23FOW. We drilled about 20 holes while our day partners got shacks set up. Started dropping line and noticed we had landed in a great spot, right on some rock structure with depth differences by about 5ft. I like it, I was amped and ready to go! First line down for me, and I hand fed the line to the bottom. As soon as it hit, "thump", fish on!!! Eagerly awaiting to see what it was, I here fish on, and fish on again!" Saweet, we or on the spot!!! First three fish were small crappie, about 8"ers. This continued for awhile, but it was great fun. Soon, some 10"ers were biting! It died off for an hour or so, then our partner broke off a big pike right at the hole, boooo! She was a good one too. Right after that, he sets the hook. Looks like another decent pike??? Gets it up and lo and behold, the first smallmouth I had ever seen pulled outta that lake! A nice, healthy 2.5lber with a unbelievable shade of bronze. Then, just as fast as the bite turned off, it was back on! My first fish on the new bite was nice!!! Felt like a beauty. Get er to the hole and a quick measurement reveiled 11.5". Right on, great fish! Next bite, and then I knew it was on!!!! This was either a good perch, or a great crappie? It fought good (as good as it could fight anyhow), got it to the hole and grabbed it. Everyone asked me, what did ya get??? So I held it up, and everyone agreed it was a great fish, and the biggest they had seen from this lake. I was stoked, because without measurement I still knew it was a PB. Got the tape out and snapped a few pics as well. The fish was a tad over 13", but was chunky too. We struggled after that to catch keepers, but we had alot of action. We also got on some good perch too, which was a bonus. The action was good enough that we decided not to try for walleye later in the day. The ride out went well, and nobody got stuck! The bummer was, my camera didn't get used enough, and all the pics have blurry spots in the middle of the photos??? No idea why, but oh well. This was a great day, good company, fun times and fishing with the ol'man! Just perfect, weather included. Hope you all enjoy!

I've been using it this ice season and it's growing on me. I didn't really care to cast this line, but I previously mentioned I'd love it for vertical jigging. I used it so far for walleye/crappie. I used it alot today for crappie, in really horrible conditions too I might add. Had three rods rigged today. One with 4lb mono, one with 10lb powerpro, and one with 8lb nanofil. Nanofil by far, iced up the least. Actually, after 12 hours on the hardwater, it had very little buildup. The PP had a little ice, but was still easily manageable, to which I was surprised (first time using a lighter test PP in ice fishing outside a shack). The mono, horrible, right back in the rod bag after a hour or so. I wouldn't say unmanageable, but way more freeze up then the other two lines. Caught some nice fish on the Nanofil today, no issues. Zero break offs. One thing I will say though, is loosen the drag and hand feed it in if possible. If you flip the bail and let 'er go, she'll be coiled up in a heartbeat. So, take in to consideration the depth you'll be fishing. I was in 15-23 FOW today, and it was no issue. Any deeper, and it might be a major nuisance. Just my two scents

Thats either really funny, or I'm just really tired? Or both... Good luck for the next week!

Show her the video before you go to bed, it might work?

hahaha, awesome! That bears got the moves!!!

If your ever out of quick change clevises, hit up any craft store for these. I just tried them out, and they don't work quite as well, there abit heavier too, but the blade spins very good and is very easily changeable. You'll never lose a blade either. What are they? I'm not sure, I think there for earrings???

such a good idea! I'm def. doing this Thank you

Just a few of the patterns I did last weekend. The ones I like I made about 10 of each. Used alot of different hooks, line etc. My lureparts package still didnt arrive, so as long as it gets here by the weekend, I'll be doing some more

lipophilic ingredients I suppose. Ever keep track on the time to see how long it works for?

Probably, if it works. There is obviously a hyyyyuge market for it

Neverwet??? lol Too bad it's not commercially available yet

it would look nice at night, and it might smell nice? haha

Jedi, how about a small light mounted on the rod aimed at the guides? Like Bill said, it wouldn't take much to keep it from freezing. Even dunking the rod in the lake works well for about two minutes, lol

has anyone ever cut out sodium acetate from those heating pads? I think it would be in a gel, that could possibly be spread on the rod guides? Not sure how it would react though? just a thought

Yep, but that's why something like capsicum in a carrier like PEG might just do the trick easily? I just don't think physically heating the guides would be of any convenience, but that's just me. Either way, either approach would have advantages and drawbacks