The official what I did today that was fishing related thread...

[Mr3seasonscamp]

Rhyback I get de diet left over 😜😜😜

[pike mike]

Maybe we'll have a weigh off to decide who gets/needs the diet coke LOL

[Oarin]

Bought lead split shot while in VA,as they don't sell lead ones in NY. Made a reservation at the Tem Rose Motel for my August trip to TBL with my friend Jim. It's really a nice motel, 2 large bedrooms in the "room" on the 1st floor with a small porch to sit and relax on. $109 per night. 75 more days until the outpost and 123 until lucky cabin #13!!!

[SgtCrabby]

@Oarin, Educate me:
If you can't get lead in NY, what material is your sinkers made of?
And what happens if you get 'caught' with imported lead on a local lake?

We can use all the lead we want here. But I can understand the conservationist viewpoint on why to ban it.

[Oarin]

I think they're steel. Not as heavy and harder to use, very hard to reopen off the line once put on. I don't think there's a penalty for using them, just no more sales, so they'll eventually be gone. The reasoning is birds and fish will eat them I guess. I think you can still get lead ones in very large weights because they're harder to eat. Who knows, the DEC will do what they want. I wonder how many of the "suits" who head the DEC ever spent a day on the water with a pole in their hand or a foot in the forest with a rifle?

[Fort Wisers]

Monday night past:
Finally pulled back the cover on the boat, no surprises (Yet).
Got the batteries installed, water hoses on engine all back connected and the outdrive gear oil changed.
The outdrive oil change (which is normally a very simple job) took a turn for the worst when the pump blew a seal half way through the job.
This forced me to make an emergency run to Canadian Tire to grab another......
During this run, the wind must of have blown over my half emptied container of oil.
The boat is in the garage but I had all the doors open to "allow the nice weather in" (hence the wind too! ).
In my rush to go get the pump I failed to re-cap said oil container when I left, so there was about 1/2 bottle of gear oil all over the floor when I returned.
Some saw dust from the "wood-shop" spread over that made short work of clean up and the new pump worked just great to finish the outdrive.
As a result of the emergency run, I ran out of time to do anything further and haven't touched the boat since.

[RHYBAK]

I've been out killing a few Rainbow Trout on the Rivers.
I made and vac packed about 60 venison meatballs for our Pasta night.
I smoked and vac packed 8 racks of ribs
This weekend I'm smoking 11 pounds of wings for our trip.
I'm going to try my hand at making a Honey Garlic Habanero wing sauce and jar it for our trip.
Bought my Brandy today.
Just slowly getting prepares.
A bit anal but I don't care.
I'm not and never have been a last minute guy.

Did some phoning around...Leeches look like 49 dollars a pound
That would be 10 U.S. dollars

[Oarin]

   Unpacked, repacked, and listed everything in my big boat bin and cabin bin and checked off each item on my master list on Wednesday. Today I stripped the line off my reels and respooled each with either 6 or 8 lb. test. Beginning to think about the meals and will soon be buying, vacuum sealing, and freezing some items. Can't wait for July and August trips!!

[puckster_guy]

I've been out killing a few Rainbow Trout on the Rivers.
I made and vac packed about 60 venison meatballs for our Pasta night.
I smoked and vac packed 8 racks of ribs
This weekend I'm smoking 11 pounds of wings for our trip.
I'm going to try my hand at making a Honey Garlic Habanero wing sauce and jar it for our trip.
Bought my Brandy today.
Just slowly getting prepares.
A bit anal but I don't care.
I'm not and never have been a last minute guy.


Did some phoning around...Leeches look like 49 dollars a pound
That would be 10 U.S. dollars

Gee Rhybak you give a whole new meaning to the phrase "I want what your smoking"
LOL

[SgtCrabby]

Rhybac,  you're smoking the good stuff.  I approve ( and want some).

[Canuckbass]

Rain day here so I made a run to Cabela's to buy lots of jig heads for group. Warm harnesses and weights were cheap so I restocked too.

[Greg]

In the last week, I have done multiple things to get ready for the season... got my boat out of storage, cleaned it up (I always get some strange looks from neighbours when I am standing in the boat in the driveway pushing the vacuum back and forth).  Put all the nets, oar, extra prop, life jackets, etc.  back in the boat ready to go.  I gathered all my fishing gear (several little bags somehow make it back from various different stores throughout the winter and get thrown in a pile) and restocked several different "pockets" in various tackle boxes with clasps, lures, and plastics. 

I also took apart a spinner reel I had spooled with mono-line - last year my friend used it and the spool seemed to slip or skip when he had a 3lb (fairly small) pile on the reel - I oiled it up and tightened any gear, screw or nut that I could see and re-spooled it with braided line (any advice on fixing reels which seem to do this skipping thing?). 

Its cold and wet here in Ottawa today... season doesn't really open on the Ottawa River until next weekend (our long weekend for the Victoria holiday) - I hope to go out fishing all three days - weather forecast looks much better than this weekend!

A neighbour buddy has two reels he has had for a while, I took them apart and oiled them over the winter and he is buying two new rods and he bought a large spool of braid when he was in Florida for a vacation in February - going to help him load those up - he has never used a baitcaster so going to try to adjust it for him and put on a practice weight and try to teach him how not to get a back-lash...assuming I can remember how to cast correctly...

All this to say... I am doing anything I can to keep busy killing time (with fishing activities) before next weekend!   Just a little anxious.

[SgtCrabby]

I hear ya Greg,  Anticipation of fishing season requires immediate attention.

I've been trying to sort my tackle back to my local waters set and my northern waters set.   
I spooled new line on my new trolling rod which will get its first use as soon as I can get back on the water.

[Fort Wisers]

Yanked the boat out of the garage again last night, gave her a bit of a bath and welded up a cracked weld on one of the wheel fender supports.
The crack is a result of hauling down HWY533 (north of Mattawa) last trip to Kipawa!
Fired the old girl up and made sure everything worked.
We might take it for a spin this weekend on the rideau to make sure all is good!

[Fort Wisers]

Last night got the "redneck canoe racks" (IE 2x4s with some attachment points) on the truck last night, NOW it's officially summer!