u/Commercial-Age4750

This has been the best 2 weeks and like 4 trips I've had in a long time. Don't normally get out to target trout all that often. In and amongst the pictures are also my youngest son's first and second ever Brook trout. What a great way to end our main inland trout season here.

So my caravan does NOT like hwy speeds... at around 100 kmph (60 mph) it starts to shake, and it gets worse at 110. At lower speeds it sometimes makes a bit of a weird noise.... tried to lift and shake the front tires but my block wasn't set right and it rolled a bit and fucked up my buddies jack (now I owe him a new one). Got these pictures of the tires. Im thinking either a weight has fallen off and one is unbalanced, or my alignment is out. Would like others opinions.

Not sure the engine size, think it's 6.1L.... and to be clear, by shakes I mean I can feel it in the steering wheel and anything in the cup holder visibly moves

For sale in the kids toy section of my local dollar store

Check out this ole beauty I recently picked up for $5 (Canadian)! Gonna give her a test run then hand it off to a YouTuber friend to use in videos... and yes it's a complete combo

Well folks I got em! I also have to give credit where it's due and I think the suggestion from u/SnooLentils9710 about making sure I was using a feeder cage and pack bait did help! I also owe a thank you to those that pointed out I needed ti be fishing on a rainy or cloudy day.

I did a video but here are some additional stats.

From my over 152 fish caught that *in game* day.

I had;

23 Regular Crucian carp

15 Trophy Crucian Carp

3 Uni Crucian Carp

12 Regular Weatherfish

9 Trophy Weatherfish

2 Uni Weatherfish

Im not great at math but maybe someone else can crunch the numbers and get the odds

This little guy has a bright future if he can avoid the local pike

Would love any info anyone might have. I know he was born in Edinburgh in 1898

My dad passed away quite suddenly on Monday and left behind a shop with a fair bit of wood. I have a friend who has agreed to help me identify all of it, but in the mean time I kinda need a sooner rather then later ID on this wood my dad held onto for over 30 years. I BELIEVE he said it was Cherry, but I'd like to try and figure it out for sure. If it is the cherry I think it is, I will be gifting it to his best friend who is coming down from 6 hours away to take home with him.

Im not even really sure where to start or what to say..... I was awoken this morning to a panicked phone call from my mom saying that my dad was gone..... just... gone. She woke up, got herself ready for the day, then went to say goodbye to him (it wasnt uncommon for him to stay up way later then her and then sleep in) and realized that something was wrong. His CPAP was still running but she couldn't hear his breath going back into it, she touched him and he was cold, she thought that might be from the fan, but no... he was gone. She called 911, and the paramedics did what they could, but it was to late.

They live about an hour away, so I had to quickly get dressed, call my wife (who was at her mom's around the corner getting ready to take her own mom to the cancer clinic), wait for her to get here and in the meantime break the news to my two sons.

My dad had a theory, that there was a song lyric for just about any situation you could ever find yourself in, and that one could probably hold an entire conversation using just song lyrics. Ironically he was also a huge Pink Floyd fan, and any time someone asked me how I was feeling today, the only true answer I could give was that I was "comfortably numb".

Im not gonna lie guys, I have broken down and ugly cried several times today. I know I am supposed to be the rock for my wife and kids and my mom and my little sister who will be coming down from her home 10 hours away tomorrow, her husband took off several months ago leaving her with her two disabled children, but good riddance to bad rubbish!

I just don't know how I can. I keep thinking about all the things I wished I'd done and the things I wont be able to do anymore like taking him fishing, or calling for advice or help with projects. The things we had planned.... he had battled heart issues for 42 years, and we knew something could happen at any time, but man I didn't expect it to be now. He had just bought a new trailer, and had just bought his dream car..... they had a nice long camping trip booked for later this week.

Rest In Peace John Robertson 1956 - 2026 70 years young.

No cheese curds, it was a some sort of cheese cause, and no sign of any gravy!

These two people both lived near a sinkhole that ate an entire person who was apparently never found

I belong to a club and this wee bugger along with a few others of around the same size give or take have learned that our *docks are a great source of an easy meal! So I went out and bought a pack of Berkley PowerBait Gillies. I nose hooked it with a large wacky hook and had a 1/8 tungsten bullet weight unpinned so it slid and man the action was perfect!

Video was recorded for a for fun Facebook tournament for a group called the Backwater Fishing League

Monarch Catapillar

We usually find them before they get quite this big, but spotted the first monarch catapillar of the year today. Been growing milkweed for close to 10 years, took a couple years for them to find it, but now we usually end up with 2 or 3 a season that we know of.

This was a very nice surprise for my dad while playing with some bluegills and baby bass tonight!

*Edit to add. It's a crappie folks, they are pretty resilient and having it out of the water for a few extra seconds for a picture with my 70 year old father was not harming it I assure you.

Monarch Catapillar

We usually find them before they get quite this big, but spotted ihe first monarch catapillar today. Been growing milkweed for close to 10 years, took a couple years for them to find it, but now we usually end up with 2 or 3 a season