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Cannon Easi-Troll Downrigger with Swivel Base $150 Cannon Easi-Troll downriver ready to go with Swivel base. 2foot stainless boom $150 obo PM me if interested

I would look into the Western New York Retriever Club https://www.facebook.com/Western-New-York-Retriever-Club-Inc-170685129609037/ They do training days and testing events. I'm not sure what the schedule looks like coming up but its worth a look. They would also probably be able to point you in the direction of pro trainers or people that would help

yeah we've seen a couple of wildfires up there. Pretty eerie to watch an entire island burn from the water

Met Archie yesterday. Great looking smart puppy. I think you've got a good one on your hands. I don't think ill ever get anything but a griff again

Thanks, Yeah its nice to be able to get into eyes day after day after day without too much work. This trip has been going on for 40 some years. Ive gone for 8 years. I don't think there has ever been a "bad" week of fishing up there

Nice. Maybe ill have to look into getting out there. The pics have always been enough for me. Maybe someday if i land an absolute monster ill get a replica made. I'm just thinking about all the 3 1/2 to 4 pounders that used to come home and go in the freezer. 6 of those makes a hell of a fish fry. I know the slot is designed to keep breeders in the water and boost the population, which seems to be working. Itd just be nice to haul some more meat home. Yeah we had trouble crossing the border a couple of times at Wellesley Island. Ive always held true that its not hard to get into Canada, its just hard to get back into the U.S. we've never had a problem with Canadian Border Gaurds but you get the wrong ***hole coming back into the U.S. and you can expect to have a bad day. Anyway, we started crossing at Ogdensburg/Prescott and that has always been much more relaxed. We hardly ever run into traffic there and we've never had a tough time from anybody. I think the Wellesley crossing just gets too much traffic and people being generally rude. The Guards there always seemed high strung.

wow yup haha. thats quite the haul. Have you already gone? How was the fishing? Were you after muskies and pike or eyes? And yeah id recommend it. Totally worth the drive to me. Navigating those big Canadian lakes is the most daunting thing id say. Cabonga has 2800 miles of shoreline and i believe Lac Seul is around the 3000 mark as well?

We left from Binghamton, crossed in Ogdensburg, went through Ottowa and that took us about 10 hours, but we took our time and we were pulling boats. We stayed at Deer Horn Lodge which is on the northwestern "corner" of the reservoir. Pavilion Cabonga is on the southern side of the reservoir. You can trailer your boat up there. The drive has drastically improved over the years. There's about 20 miles of dirt road now which in the past has been a leaf spring breaker, but this year it was very smooth. The fishing has gone downhill a bit since Ive been going. it seems that my first year (2008) the only thing we caught was 4 pound and up fish, and we didn't have to work for them at all. It is the water supply for Ottawa, so you're kind-of at the mercy of how much water is in the reservoir. The water this year was high and cold, and it seemed like a constant grind, but we got em and it beat the hell out of walleye fishing around here. We were getting a lot of small fish this year, and i think that has to do with the slot that's been in place for 5? years now. We were there in a drought year when the reservoir was 4 feet low when we got there and 7 feet low when we left. THAT was a tough week of fishing Its a long drive and a lot of work to get there. I think that turns alot of people off. But for me alot of the appeal is getting away completely for a while, and fishing somewhere for solid, quality eyes without jockeying for position with other boats. Especially recreational craft, Some pricks will practically run you over. The water around here can get so busy its lost alot of appeal for me.