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Yep, I agree. I'd still rather see him fish in the "derby" though, haha

I'm watching the live feed right now. Daves got some good interviews going on during the fog delay. He's an awesome MC to have http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/tournaments/classic/live/index

I'm trying to get outta the dog house. Had a few too many beers last night and came home late. So, silent treatment for most of today thus far

Thats good to hear limey

I wasn't calling you out or anything, it just looks short and stocky. If your that big though, lol, that explains it. I agree, if it was over 30" and that nice girth, I'd say closer to 11lbs than 10lbs. Again, great fish!

What was the length? Looks fairly short, but very good girth

Nice fish, great catch! Around here anything 10lbs + is called a cowbeena, and they sure are fun to catch

welcome aboard fellow angler!

Hell yes. Go above a few post and follow the link!!!

Big bump Get signed up for some fun folks!

Hurry up, we need 3 more sign ups! I'm anxious to get started here

haha, thats alright, at least there alive to tell the story. If I was staying any longer myself, they would have been more than welcome to fish with me. and I would never be caught on 4" of ice, nevermind with a four wheeler

I hear ya, I did my fair share of dumb things as well. But I'm in a different mindset as a parent nowadays. Still though, I'd flip my crap if I ever caught my kids down there under the same circumstances, and I've taught them well enough for them to know that. But like I said, if they go down, I dont wanna be there. Automatically your going to be held accountable on some level, whether its the parents or police. I don't need that, nor do I need the guilty conscience of knowing I never told them to leave

lol But still these kids were no older than 8-9. You go through the ice here, I don't care who you are, your not coming up I might also add, I dont wish to be there if/when they fall through the ice

I'm all for exploring and such, but kids near open water at the rapids unsupervised is unacceptable IMO. Would be a great story in the paper the following day, imagine that was your kids. And I can assure you they had no idea what they were doing in that area, I've never seen these kids in my whole life., and I'm down there a good 150 days a year.

We had some pretty warm weather today, around +7. So I figured what the heck, it's better than the -41 I went out in 4-5 days ago, lets go do some fishing. So, I walked down to my normal local spot, and was surprised by a few old friends already down there fishing! Awesome, plus they had holes drilled already, even bigger bonus! After that I figured it was gonna be a great day for sure, but it wasn't. We managed a few 17" walleye, nice eaters. It was tough bite, although we know there are tons of fish there. Oh well, thats how it goes sometimes. Anyhow, after 3 hours my buddies pack up and leave. I decided to stay as the bite usually picks up nice in the evening. It started getting pretty sketchy out there though, being it is a high current river (rainy river). The shack was slowly being engulfed in water. In 3 hours the water arose a good 4 inches, and there was some heavy cracking. So I called a buddy to bring the fourwheeler and a jack down so we could move it and block it up above the water. While I'm waiting for him, I see two kids walk out on the ice. I'm thinking what the hell? I see two kids, look to be maybe 8-9 years old, with no adult in sight. So I waited a minute, still never noticed any adults. So I start walking towards them shouting for them to get off the ice. They keep going, problem is, there walking right towards the main channel, right at the rapids!!! I snapped a few picks as I was running towards them, and I actually had to escort them off the ice. Anyhow, I just thought that was pretty unreal. Shame on their parents. Then my buddy gets there, we do what we need to do and I mention the kids to him. His reply, "Yeah, they were down here yesterday as well, unreal hey?" I'm just baffled, 10 year old kids unsupervised, not 75 yards from open water in the main channel of a flowing river????

another thing to factor in here is, alot of ontario parcels coming from the Us will actually be shipped to a port, like BC first. When that happens it usually adds a few weeks to the delivery. However, if a parcel is brokered, that shouldnt be the case at all. limey, if you ever really need something in a pinch from the states, hit me up. I was born in international falls MN and have a mailbox on that side. Shipping usually only takes 2-3 days that way, then another day from Fort Frances to Dryden

Sweet, thats like 3 lures, lol. That is pretty awesome though. My son was super excited to meet Al Linder a few years back at the Fort Frances Bass Championships. We ran into him at the bait shop, talked fishing (mainly my son talking), and Al reached into his boat storage and pulled out a box of Clackin' Raps for him. There was at least 50 of them, very kind of Al. My son is still pumped about it, lol

Bump. Come on guys, get signed up for the OFC tourney! Gonna be a blast!

Will do. In that episode I'm not sure if it's me in the backround, or Harvey Cochrane? We were both down there, just finished up, sitting there having a beer, lol

lol, I already do. I was referring more to In'Fisherman But thanks, my downtime has been much more enjoyable since finding that site a few weeks ago

I'm very jealous. I wonder if there are available on-line somewhere?

lol, no problem, it's a great show. Next time your fishing in manitou/rainy river though, pick me up. I'm the guy fishing the shore with the kids, haha. It was prett cool to see you guys taping right there at our home spot

It's a multi species tourny for board members. Sign up in the tournament forum and you'll get added to a team of OFC members. Read through the rules etc to get a clearer idea of how it all works, but its very simple. Sign up, I'm still waiting myself to get added to a team follow this link to sing up NOW!!! http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=50035

I have to agree with you on the end of Linders show, thats where I tune out for the most part. Pete is awesome, between him or Dave for best personality in the sport IMO. Another new show that looks really good is (at least from the pilot) is Barry Pringles show, "Fish this". .