SkeinMachine

Good show bud,queenston back & long drifts have really heated up the last couple days too.

Owner #ST-41 1 size larger than stock hook. Skeiner suggested these hooks last spring ..... waaay better hookups..... make sure you have good split rings too.

Yup,Owner ST-41's in #4's for bomber long A 15's,reef runners,X-raps,fastracs etc.

Expensive,but they pay for themselves,especially if tourney fishing where every fish/hook up counts.

King slayer if I ever saw one

A couple other SD's that are not in the catalogue....

Super Glo Wonderbread & Hawg Wild.

Still around Stix

Some guys have already been out on the inland lakes up here.

Looking good for Simcoe(Cooks Bay) before Fishmas.

A shot of Cooks Bay from Monday,Dec 03........

If you want to plan on ice fishing, consider Lakes Nipissing or Simcoe in Ontario.

The blank looks like the NK mag Aluminum flash spoon :?: :?:

Thanks Skeiner! We'll see you all soon, its time to Christmas shop and with that exchange, there won't be anything left for us!

Let us know when your gas prices are under $1.05/litre. We will be flocking to the boarder like a reverse migration of bluebills!

Funny you mention gas prices,supposed to hit $1.05/litre this coming week(currently sitting at 98 cents/litre).

Just noticed the exchange rate has gone up again,$1 Cdn now = $1.07 US :shock:

Only problem with that,at work we deal in US currency,so it's really hurting us bigtime :evil: :evil:

$1 Cdn=$1.04 U.S.

WB,any pics of that BT :?: :?:

Congrats

These :?: :?: :?:

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Congrats,now the addiction begins

We've been taking them on the north shore of the lake off the pierheads for the last 2 weeks............

Before & after work:

SpoonPullers(it's my home page)

A-TOM-MIK

GLA

LOU

AtTheOak

GLF

LOO

A couple private forums aswell.

Nights before hitting the big lake:

Various(similiar to Tom):

GLCFS (Transects, surf currents, Surf temps)

NOAA.weather forecast

Mich Coastwatch

Modis imagery

Do they originate in the boat or do they come out of the water?

Good question,where do they go at night????

Fly swatters help pass the time when the bite slows down.

Their called Stable Flies.

They look like a smaller version of the common house fly,with light tan stripes on their rear end.

They only show up on calm days,and only when your wearing shorts.

They bite right through socks.

Stable Flies

Jeffrey Hahn, Assist. Extension Entomologist

Stable fly. :Jeff Hahn:

Whether you are outside at your favorite lake cabin or sitting in your backyard in town, you probably have experienced a problem with flies biting at or near your ankles. These flies, similar in appearance to house flies, are known as stable flies. Stable flies, sometimes called biting house flies or ankle-biters, are about 1/4 - 3/8th and are gray with four longitudinal black stripes on their thorax.

However, while house flies have sponging mouthparts for sopping up liquid food, the mouthparts of stable flies are modified into a long, sharp bayonet-like proboscis. They feed on the blood of not only people but on many other mammals, including dogs, cattle, and horses. They are very persistent and very annoying.

50 lb Ande fluoro here,with Owner #1 ST 41 trebles.

Mix 2 parts epoxy(the 24 hr),put a dab into the crotch of each treble,so Mr.King can't rotate the treble in it's mouth,and pinch your leader off.

Loki nets with their coated mesh bags are popular up here,minimal scale removal.

A trick I learned from off a guy up here is after the fish is lying on the floor,take your wash down pump and spray water down the Kings mouth,after a minute,the fish starts kicking,time to put him back.

Excellent snubbers,ran them the last 3 yrs,no issues.