13.   Since I lost the rear shock on Project Renegade yesterday I couldn't do another full day riding with the Southern Harbour crew. Instead I decided to leave my sled home and head out with our Shed-Headz Crew to the Sooley Family Cabin near Whitbourne for a day ice fishing. Sunday morning Sooley, Maffer, French and I headed out over the highway westbound to the cabin. Sooley's day didn't start well as his sled would start, it was beeping in error like the electronic key wasn't working.

12.   We opened up the Garage at the cabin and Sooley, Maffer and I got the Sooley family Honda 300 4x4 and the old Enticer II running to take up the pond.

11.   French unloaded his 2009 Yamaha Nytro XTX and we were ready to go. There was a few inches of slush on top of ice that was about 12" thick, so travelling by ATV and old worn out sled was slow going.

10.   French's Nytro had no trouble powering through the slop and soon enough we made it to our destination and bored a few ice fishing holes.

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7.   By the way, if your looking for an awesome all round all season boot, Dunlop's Purofort Thermo+ Boots are simply awesome. The uppers are thin and they have a thick sole and you wouldn't think they would be very warm, but they are rated to -60F and I can tell you they work. Being a "rubber" boot, they kept my feet warm and dry all day even though it was chilly and the slush was deep on the ice.

6.   We had an awesome boil-up in our fire pit clearing and managed to land a 1/2 dozen trout, not bad for essentially a half day trouting.

5.  On the menu today was good ol' fashioned bologna and beans which somehow always tastes best cooked over and open fire.

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1.   All in all it was a great day in the woods, the skies were overcast but the weather was clear.

Cheers, MIKE

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