Dara

Nice. What day was that. I know Saturday was colder than a ..... And what river

for some reason they won't post like they usually do

I guess all this talk about the whitefish, I better post some pictures. We weren't the first boat out there. Ended up being at least 20 boats out there. Our friendly neighborhood CO showed up and checked every license where was. we ended up with about 20 fish lost a couple of dandys hot lure for the day was a 3" long Sweedish pimple in gold with the bumps on it. When I cut my fish open they were eating 3" long smelts. Fun cranking these guys out of 85' of water. I'll be there for the next few weekends, then on to the walleyes

Cool, I woulda never thought to fish them. Caught specs as a kid in the Orangeville area in the ditches though

I have seen a few guys keep Rock Bass. Gotta keep em cool though. It's neat watching them go at a minnow. I don't think you could keep a spec cold enough without spending a pile. and yeah, its illegal and what creeks? PS, we got a pile of whitefish outta Big Basswood saturday...pics on Monday

A yammie throttle won't go past start unless its in gear, and then the pull cord is locked out

A 9.9 yammie should start right up. Every 5 or 6 years you will have to pull the carb and clean it. They gum up and can't get gas My 15 was like that. I don't "store" it though. I shut it off,a few weeks later I realize fishing is over, so I take it off the boat and put it in the basement, then in spring, I make sure it starts in a garbage can and go fishing

My Oak pile

Heck, if I woulda seen the size sooner. I have a bunch of dry red oak and coulda milled you a 1" piece pretty easy. If anybody else needs some, let me know

Holy crap. You must be planning on some big Muskies to need a hundred an fifty horsepower to troll for em. Nice boat lew..and it sure is a purty prop. have fun with it

As long as it isn't soaking wet all the time it should last fine. The thing that rots wood wood is water. You ever see maple furniture rot?

Not on your life!!! Look around at the price of new stuff that you want. keep an eye on what used stuff is worth. When the deal shows up, jump on it. You gotta do your homework first. Looking at new prices helps to educate you a lot

hey big guy...hows it going. Our lakes are open and the lakers and whitefish are hitting like mad

He wouldn't have spark if the kill switch was off. Choke the heck out of it till it starts. Failing that, clean the carb. You could have poured a bit of gas in the spark plug hole too.

I was out for them today. We have one lake here in particular that is really good for them. On the bottom in 85 fow. medium heavy rod. baitcaster with braided line. You don't want the stretch in that depth. bounce/jig a spoon on the bottom like a wounded baitfish. red and gold cleo is good, the best today was a good sized sweedish pimple in gold with the bumps on it. You can put a treble on both ends to better your average. I cleaned some after i got home and they were eating 3" smelts so I went and got a black/silver lead minnow for next week. I think you could do good with a smelt on the spoon but we don't really need to. We ended up with 20 fish 3 to 6 lbs with a bunch lost. A slow day PS be ready because they hit like a freight train.

all I got to say is....Yummy

I think so. I'm Yamaha all the way. My sled is a yammie 4 stroke too and its great Definetly will be good stuff to come,

Yeah, my son said...we are gonna have even more fun in the new one

That package would be 22 to 24k plus taxes new. people are thinking they don't want to give stuff away just cause its used a bit. Its a tad high, but that stuff isn't all that easy to find

Not totally painless. After the guy took off with it, I headed out for dinner with my wife and son, daughter is away at school. We did a bit of reminscing about all the good times we had in that boat over the last 12 years. Pulling the kids on a tube, many family fishing vacations, personal best fish caught out of it, exploring lakes and rivers together...sniff, sniff...yep, good times

I'll answer the tax question. You gotta pay PST on the trailer when you change the ownership. Trailers really aren't worth much. I think you gotta pay tax to change the ownership on the boat. Boats aren't worth much "as is" either. You don't have to register that expensive motor. You already had a motor for that boat didn't you? I think I have this right. Basically, you don't have to pay tax on the whole works if you have seperate reciepts.

How bout, Bens bait n tackle Garden river, boat launch too. Pine st marina launch Bells point campground launch Gitcheegoomi marina launch at haviland bay

Nice job. I've built a couple like that with my dad over the years. Did you size it to fit a garbage can it there to test run the motor?

Well, I sold my boat, and ordered the new one. Mentioned to an inspector that was looking at some work at our shop the other day that I had some toys for sale. Turns out he was looking for a 14' boat motor trailer. After he was done we zipped over to my house, just a few blocks away. The boat was still upside down on the trailer so he could have a good look at the bottom, and what an impressive bottom it is. Motor was in the shop, a bit dusty he says, till I flip the cowling off and its shiny inside. he makes an offer, I counter, sold. he picked it up and paid me tonight. So that does it, now I for sure need a boat. I head to beat up on the Sylvan guy one more time...he is hurting now, even his boss is mad at him. He needs me to give him a deal on some aluminium for a rack on his horse trailer. So, 16' Sylvan explorer side console with a 60 Yammie 4 stroke should be in my driveway by this time next week. I had to bum a boat ride with my chum to go for whitefish tomorrow, but I'll pay hi9m back next week.

heard it!...I been there