Ron

As stated by others, ATVs and Sleds have their pros and cons. Depending on what lakes you go to eill depend on what will woek best for you. My self, an ATV won't do me any good on the Northern lakes I frequent. Cost wise, you van get a sled much cheaper than a used ATV. Good sleds to look at for ice fishing are Yamaha Bravos, Skidoo Tundras, Polaris Indy lites and Artic Cat Panthers, just to name a few. I own an Artic Cat Panther, 2 up seat, long track. This machine is great for towing gear for 3 people including 3 portable huts and 3 people. There are a few people on this site that can attest to this. Again depending on what lakes you fish will make your choice on what to get or should I say on have much to spend. My machine cost about 5 g's when I got it. The other machine if I could have found one would have been the Skidoo Tundra. Then again, my machine was also great for trail riding. You would be in the right price range for a decent ice fishing machine. My brother has a Polaris Indy lite up for sale, asking 2 g's for it. A nice light weight machine, perfect for towing a portable, not so good if you are breaking trails. Check the condition of the track mostly, this will tell you lots on how the machine was taken care of and how it was riden. If it is studded, make sure the studs are in good condition, not bent over or worn out. A well maintained machine should not have oil leaks, over greased idler wheels, rusty shocks etc. Check for free play in the handle bars. As for licenceing, the machine will or should have numbers on it. Same as a car though, you have to buy an annual sticker. (15 bucks). You do need insurance on the sled as well.

Have you ever tried to walk in a pair of steel toed boots? These creepers are about the same. The reason you see commercial creepers flexible is because they are mass produced and cost effective.

Gavin, say what you will, I for one, dislike the abuse some people do to the fishing regs. I guess we all know where you stand with your code of ethics. Sure, most guides will run the legal amount of rods. Then again, if there were 4 people in the boat and you had 8 rods out, on certain lakes that is legal. Where I took this photo, you are only entitled to one rod per person, not 4. No, they were not doing a study, no they were not working for the MNR and no they were not native. The one person in the yellow Rain gear, turned his face once he saw me lift my camera up to take a photo. As simple as it is to understand the regs, perhaps you should read up on them. You would see it is illegal to run more than one line per person. And wherever you figure speeding fits in this thread, yes you're right, so is marijuana, crack, rape and theft. I don't really understand what you are trying to accomplish on this thread? Is there a reason why you are defending these guys? Do you know them? Are they friends of yours?

So ya got them finally built eh Dave! Kinda spiffy lookin too. Man those things should be good for walking on ice banks too.

Hey Mikey! He likes it! (He won't fish it he hates all fishing)..... Nice day on the water Mike, the first one is a nice fatty! Good on ya's bud.

Nice numbers Roy, I'm sure I haven't read all of them. The ones I did though, came from the heart. Well, most of them anyways. Here's to another 6000 Roy, CHEERS

It's always just you Jeffy, ALWAYS!

Isent the originals off to the pair of ya. Good luck with them. Wayne, I tried the sqinting thing too, didn't work for me. Next, I'll try a few Ceizures, see if that works.

Happy Thanks Giving our American friends. May you all get that sleeping bug from eating too much bird. Enjoy the extra day holiday and enjoy it on the water. Geez Joey, why did you post a picture of TJ?

Green Lake for first ice Brookies! Nothing will beat that trip, never has, never will.

Glad to hear these pictures are getting around. Like everyone said, it would be nice to see these peices of slime get caught. regardless of their background, whether they are members of this board, or another board, these are people I do not want to associate myself with. Here are a few more pics, low light conditions and distance between the boats didn't help on the clairity. Yes, we could have made out the vehicle they were driving, it was a black Ford pickup. Unless you are in a situation like this yourself, you have no idea on how you would react. At first I wanted to confront the pond scum. Createing a scene was not my idea of enjoying the weekend though. I would perfer to go back to St. Clair on my own time, not court time possibly facing assault charges. Perhaps the miricle of Photo Shop would clear up these images to ID the vin numbers on the boat.

Well, it looks like I will be off to Quinte on Saturday now. Good luck to you guys on the weekend.

More of the LSC skies. OK, who's got room in their boat? Or who has experience on the Niagara that would go with me in my boat? Canadian side only, not interested in getting an American licence.

Well, I see you nailed it all on the head. Summed it up pretty good I must say. Now just what do you mean by "I'll get him back".... LOL

That is good to hear. Thanks for the initial post on this as well BPSBassman.

Friday would be the best day for me. I will be working all the other days except Boxing Day.

Fishing the Kawarthas for me was well above average, This being the first year "on my own" targeting Muskie. I boated 22 with the largest being a nice fat 46".

That is one nice buhemith of a Sturgen! Too bad his nails aren't manicured.

Your not! Wow, I feel special, I got my pic up there twice! Now, I remember that pic was longgg before my first digital camera, in fact, I recall getting those pictures put on CD at Quinte Photo. If I'm not mistaken, it cost me about 20 bucks for that! The year was 2000

Is that the best you can do Paul? Geesh,

Eddyk, I You know this guy who lives about 7 kms from you, If you ask me him, I he might lend it to you when you need one. I'll he'll take a pic of it.

Welcome Jed, as everyone else said, I think you'll enjoy it here.

Your not slow Larry, just that some of us were quicker.

Well, that would be a fun ride, probably better than any roller coaster. AS for paying for a portion of gas, sure no problem, just as long as there is 45 people in the boat with me.