DocWet

You sure can make a mess some days just walking around he boat...south wind usually brings humidity and flies. 

Over 2000 varieties of black flies and they all bite! Frank Forester (writer) says that he has never fished for the red fleshed trout of Hamilton County (Adirondaks) because of the scourge of the black fly which is especilly venomous to him. Most of North America is plagued by these monsters. The larva live in swift highly oxegenated waters.

On 7/15/2021 at 12:42 PM, chinook35 said:

Ok to use if you’re a horse or a cow. Not for use in humans. Powerful carcinogen. Read the label
Every pesticide is a carcinogen if its going to do its job....ie, Kill bugs!

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Never caught a whitefish in lake Erie...but caught plenty in Lake Simcoe in May; before the season opened. They were large 24" or more. We were perch fishing at the time. This occurred at Pefferlaws. 

Cheers, Docwet    Everything has limitations...and I hate limitations.

Permethrins (Livestock insecticide) 2/3 oz. to 1 Gal H20... 

You will find out that trolling a staight line results in less fish caught...I know from experience. The boat that cannot troll a straight line always catches more fish.

Rgards, Doc W.

Made this vise 45 years ago from SS key stock...and am still using it. No welding, Simple hand tools, ball pein hammer, drill press, files, buffer.

Cheers, Docwet

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A history of OMC and Johnson is available on U-Tube. A Johnson outboard (150 hp) that needed rebuilt after several hundred hours of running showed the rod journals were .004" undersize. This engine was put back together and traded for an Evinrude of similar size. I never heard of any problems with the Evinrude. Many people of my aquaintance who owned Johnson engines have gotten out of boating completely.

Cheers, DocWet , (Everything has limitations...and I hate limitations.)

Isn't this the guy whose wife was calling from the Coast Guard Station to...Please come home sir!

I'm the one who suggested a No. 44 Sutton behind a 3/0 Dodger and connected to a Flyrod loaded with mono. instead of flyline for rainbow trout trolling.

Cheers, DocWet

I always save the cheek meat (For me)...give the rest away.

Wrap anything with bacon and we'll eat it...

22 hours ago, Sam Smith said:

Not shipping to Canada. I would like to know if someone else in Ontario has actually bought it at a store here and what location

F**k that **** @ $ 28.00/ lb...who needs it...Use high pressure Car wash & quarters.

Local High Pressure car wash and $10 worth of quarters...might have to scrub the zebra mussels off the outdrive...or use Clorox & water, 50/50 and 104 F hot water...kills 'em outright. Touch up anti-fouling paint where needed.

Cheers, DocWet

Get AwlGrip (US Paint) and appropriate prep. for aluminum. Buy Flexo sprayer (no need for compressed air). Leave bottom unpainted or spray Awlgrip Anti-fouling paint if mooring is envisioned.

ps: Don't forget to replace any loose rivets and cracked ribs.

Cheers, DocWet

Perfection loop, Surgeons knot or Palomar knot.

Installed 200# Hi-Seas braid and much less cable singing...Also added 3' of 400#  mono at the bitter end to cushion weight. See pix.

We used to find them (Lakers) placed along the Falls walk in Buffalo, presumably for the local bums and homeless people to take up and eat. No kidding!

On Superior (Lake), I used to walk along the boat ramps to see what the locals were bringing in, and in mostly what I saw were small (14-16" lakers, banker trout,) being kept

to eat. These, I believe were a different species than the common lakers we all catch.

Our local Arby's restauranteur was given a large Laker to cook and it stunk so bad, he threw it out.

Cheers, Docwet

What you need is a watertight Cord Grip from Heyco...or ask an electrician friend to help. Cannon should have provided this item.

We used to go to Ontario to fish for the big salmon and trout...

In August and September, with the zephyrs so balmy and light...

We'd do the lake Ontario shuffle by day...and sometimes by night...

3 to 4' waves with a wind chop on top was a typical day's ramble...

Later, dining at the Three Bridges Inn was always a gamble...

Spending lots to catch a little was the usual day's sum...

Our guide friend Jim would sometimes show us the way...

At times we were very lucky to find our way back at the end of the day.

 

copyright DPW 2013

Old commercial gill-net fishermen have told me that the great lakes and surrounding waters are changing...and not for the better. The fish are changing their habits too as former forage species decline and new ones appear. They adapt and the fisherman must adapt also.

Cheers, DocWet 

Crossing the T less than 50 yds. away...You're the idiot!...Stay out of traffic is my advice.

Nessmuk's Black Fly Dope

3 oz. Pine Tar

2 oz. Castor Oil

1 oz. Pennyroyal Oil

Never been known to fail. Once carried soap and towels on a 6-week woods tramp...and never used either a single time after this varnish is applied. (Nessmuk)

Entomologists say there are over 2000 varieties of the black fly and they all bite.

Simmer together and bottle for use.

All ingredients available on Ebay for about $ 13.00.

On 12/10/2014 at 12:25 PM, DocWet said:

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Boat is 30 years old, this year.