I'm Free :) Or Goin' fishin' :)

[fishtildark]

Congrats Puckster,
looking forward to joining that fraternity soon also. best wishes for it to be everything you have looked forward to.
Captain crappie..great line.. had a 615 am laugh.

[Hodgey1]

Puckster, your plans sound awesome, enjoy your camp and those grand kids. Congratulation on making it to retirement!

I am Envious and Jealous!

The double edge sword of life, I want to retire now, but then I couldn't afford to fish I know you shouldn't wish your life away, but I wish I was retired. I listen to a pod cast the other day about a guy who bought every possible combination of numbers for a state lottery and won, I'm now looking for investors. Who in? With me included, we only need like 700 million more.

[puckster_guy]

 That's the draw back, Hodgey. Budget is now tight been buying stuff for camp with any spare bread I had. Now I'm living on half of what I used to make. it's OK I'm debt free, It was necessary to retire. I'll prob take some short jobs on for "beer" money or things I need as they come up. I got all I need and am done working for a living. Now I'll take a job or a contract on to buy myself something or pack it away for later. Got my self a retirement present, I'm replacing 2 everyday rods I lost when my boat flipped. A 7 foot med action ugly stik trolling rod and a St. Croix ECX63MXF Med action fast tip one piece Jigging rod.
Also a request for you guys I want to borrow or rent an under water camera preferably with a light on it. when my boat flipped I was in about 15 FOW. I'd like to go back there and with the camera and a hook and see if I can snag up some of the stuff I lost there. I figure I can rig up a hook and line  and drag a rod or tackle box back up.

[Nancy]

Hey Puck, Congratulations on the retirement. You certainly have earned it.

[SgtCrabby]

Congratulations puckster!

Retirement is better than advertised.
I've been out of the rat-race for 4 years now at the end of May.

But I still can't go fishing as often as I want.
Although, I'm going to try fishing tomorrow.

[Walleye Wacker]

Where did your boat flip?  On Kipawa somewhere?  We have an underwater camera and will be at Cedar Valley in June. 

[puckster_guy]

 I'm on Kipawa. the extreme east end  at Red Pine Chutes. The little community of cottages there. I have no idea where Cedar Valley is. However I'd appreciate it the operation shouldn't more then an hour or two.  TY

[T-Bone]

I have no idea where Cedar Valley is. However I'd appreciate it the operation shouldn't more then an hour or two.  TY

Cedar Valley would be a day trip for you Puck; a used camera on eBay would cost less than the gas to get there and back, then back and home again.

[puckster_guy]

I'm kinda thinking the same thing, T-Bone, It'll be handy to play around with on some of my spots to see whats keeping fish there. I have time later this spring I'll spring for one. It was just an idea to follow up on.

[RHYBAK]

That's the draw back, Hodgey. Budget is now tight been buying stuff for camp with any spare bread I had. Now I'm living on half of what I used to make. it's OK I'm debt free, It was necessary to retire. I'll prob take some short jobs on for "beer" money or things I need as they come up. I got all I need and am done working for a living. Now I'll take a job or a contract on to buy myself something or pack it away for later. Got my self a retirement present, I'm replacing 2 everyday rods I lost when my boat flipped. A 7 foot med action ugly stik trolling rod and a St. Croix ECX63MXF Med action fast tip one piece Jigging rod.
Also a request for you guys I want to borrow or rent an under water camera preferably with a light on it. when my boat flipped I was in about 15 FOW. I'd like to go back there and with the camera and a hook and see if I can snag up some of the stuff I lost there. I figure I can rig up a hook and line  and drag a rod or tackle box back up.

Check you P.M.
I have a camera you can borrow and I'm local to you in the GTA

[Captain Hali]

A word of caution to anybody who is going to use an underwater camera in Kipawa. In July 2016, while my son and I were trolling just before entering the narrows going from Alwaki to Hunter's Lake, between the small island and shore on the West side, one of our rods hung up on bottom and got pulled out of the rod holder. Splash, brand new rod and reel getting it's first use gone.Luckily I had my AquaVu underwater camera with me. As my son Peter maneuvered the boat using the electric trolling motor I lowered the camera to find the rod. We had a sunny day so visibility was very good and I could see 10 feet in front of the camera. This was in 18/20 fow. Lots of rocks and boulders but no rod.My camera got hung up in the rocks, and no matter how I tried to get it loose, it would not budge.Well, there is a camera down there not far from a rod & reel.How could I have avoided getting the camera stuck?? On the AquaVu the camera housing is in the form of a fish. There are two ways to orient the camera. horizontally and vertically. USE THE VERTICAL method.You will have plenty of visibility by keeping the camera well clear of bottom and any snags. Cost of replacement camera with 50 ft of Coaxial cable and rod & reel, $500.00 Can. We did see a really nice walleye swim past the camera.       

[puckster_guy]

 Good advice Capt' TY. I got your message Rhybak. I'll aim for a trip in June to try the salvage operation. TYVM for the offer.

[CaptainCrappie]

Captain, I had a similar experience with a camera several years ago at a spot we call Snoopy. Lots of rocks on bottom in about 15 ft. of water.  We were anchored but the wind was spinning us around so it was about a 30 ft. circle of water we were covering.  The water varied in depth form a min. of about 11 ft. to a max of about 17 ft.   Now and again, a few walleyes would show up on the camera.  I always get excited when that happens.  My son and I were slip bobbering with a leech and as my bobber slipped below the surface I dropped the camera and landed the walleye. That took about a minute which was enough time for that camera to wedge between some rocks.  I tried for about a half hour to get that camera loose.  I had a very nice view of the rocks which held it in place but could do nothing to get it loose no matter which direction I pulled.  I just gave up on it.  We were anchored front and back now and I figured we would fish there till dark, then leave the camera and it's cable there for eternity.  As dark came my son raised the bow anchor and it was a miracle!  That camera got loose somehow!  I'm more careful now but it could always happen again.  Good luck on getting your stuff back.

C.C.

[limacharley]

Doesn't anyone on this forum have a SCUBA cert?

[puckster_guy]

 Looks like your the only one LC, I asked around last fall nobody knew anybody. IMV it's a lot of work for just a few things. @RHYBAK  I think I'll call you on Monday.
I'll wait till after Easter to go up the road in is still covered by too much snow. A couple of days of rain fore casted for this week should go a long way to fixing that.