Saturday, September 30, 2006

Oilers finish pre-season 6-2

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Raffe Torres scored the game winner in o.t.
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Oilers beat the Canucks 3-2, and Van. fans must ask themselves " Is Matte Cooke the new Todd Bertuzzi ?" A bone-headed boarding penalty, and a fat mouth really hurt the 'nucks as they skated in o.t. - not the way you want to head into the regular season ! Canucks 2-6
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1st star - Dwayn Roloson - 30 saves
2nd star - Daniel Sedin - 2 goals
3rd star - Shawn Horcoff - 2 assists

Big Nite !


Had a killer nite of poker last nite !
449 players
4,515,000 chips
24 % hands won
$ 7.80 in first place prize money
#1 in the $30 free role
even had 4 aces at final table, beating the guy who flopped KK !
Sweet ! Woodchucker wins !

Friday, September 29, 2006

cutie patuties

My Sweeties !
Avery
Gabe
Emma

Ex-Oilers !

The Oilers lost to the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 last night.

The young and fast Oilers posted a 2- 0 lead and held it til the half way mark !


Mikhnov scored a beauty !

Georges Laraque got the winner !

Losing was no big deal to me, what bothered me is seeing ex-Oiler Mike Comrie fighting our rookie Patrick Thoresen..." the little sissy is wearing his helmet with a visor !" That is very un-cool, it's no wonder so many Edmontonians dislike this little butt-head !

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Oilers play Coyotes for 3rd time !

Joffrey Lupul and the Oilers hope to continue on last nights success, in Phoenix tonite ! They wrap up the pre-season Saturday against the 'nucks !

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Oilers outscore Canucks 5-4 !

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Edmonton Oilers' Dwayne Roloson, right, makes the glove save on Vancouver Canucks' Brandon Reid during the first period of NHL pre-eason hockey action, at Edmonton's Rexall Place on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006.
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Three Stars
1. Joffrey Lupul, Edmonton - Had a goal and two assists.
2. Jarret Stoll, Edmonton - Scored a key breakaway goal that got the ball rolling for the Oilers.
3. Ryan Smyth, Edmonton - One goal and one assist for the two-point night.

Oilers play Canucks tonite !



Wed. Sep. 27th 7:00 p.m. mst @ Edmonton
The 2006 Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers (4-1-0) continue the home portion of their pre-season schedule as they host the Vancouver Canucks (1-4-0) tonight at Rexall Place. It is the first of two meetings between the Oilers and Canucks in the pre-season as Edmonton concludes the pre-season schedule at Vancouver on Saturday, September 30th.

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Congradulations !

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Woooooo Hooooooo ! Joel and Sandra have a new baby boy !
Elijah was born miraculously on Sept 15th.
Angels saw them all through the whole way
Great job Sandra... way to go dad... 3 kids means lots of love in the Cadieux home !

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Men... take Notice !

In the world of romance, one single rule applies: Make the woman happy.

Do something she likes and you get points. +
Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted. -
You don't get any points for doing something she expects !
Sorry, that's the way the game is played !
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Here is a guide to the point system.
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Simple Duties:
You make sure there's plenty of gas in the car (+1)
There are barely enough fumes in the car to make it to the nearest
gas station(-1)
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You take out the recyclables and stack them neatly by the curb. (+1)
You take out the recyclables at 4:30 pm, just as the truck pulls away. (-1)
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You load the dishwasher whenever you dirty a dish.. (+1)
You leave them under the bed.. (-5)
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You go out to buy her spring-fresh extra-light panty liners with wings. (+5)
But return with beer. (-5)
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You leave the toilet seat up.. (-1)
You replace the toilet-paper roll when it's empty.. ( 0 )
When the toilet-paper roll is barren, you resort to Kleenex. (-1)
When the Kleenex runs out, you shuffle slowly to the next bathroom.. (-2)
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You make the bed.. (+1)
You make the bed, but forget to add the decorative pillows.. ( 0 )
You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets.. (-1)
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You check out a suspicious noise at night. ( 0 )
You check out a suspicious noise and it's nothing.. ( 0 )
You check out a suspicious noise and it's something (+5)
You pummel it with a six iron. (+10)
It's her father (-10)
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Social Engagements :
You stay by her side the entire party (0)
You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college
drinking buddy (-2)
Named Tiffany (-4)
Tiffany is a dancer (-6)
Tiffany has implants (-8)
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Her Birthday You take her out to dinner (0)
You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar (+1)
Okay, it is a sports bar (-2)
And it's all-you-can-eat night (-3)
It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night,
and your face is painted the colors of your favorite team (-10)
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A night out with the boys :
Go out with a pal (-5)
And the pal is happily married (-4)
Or frighteningly single (-7)
And he drives a Mustang (-10)
With a personalized license plate "GR8 N BED" (-15)
You have a few beers. (-20)
And miss curfew by an hour. (-25)
You get home at 3 am. (-30)
You get home at 3 am smelling of booze and cheap cigars.. (-50)
And not wearing any pants.. (-100)
Is that a tattoo???..(-200)
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Bodily Functions :
You refrain from farting for an entire 4 hour car ride (+5)
You fart once and excuse yourself, then roll down a window (+1)
You fart a few times, each time excusing yourself and rolling down a window (0)
You fart explosively and repeatedly,
each time activating the childproof lock on her window,
creating a virtual "dutch oven on wheels" and laugh maniacally. (-20)
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A Night Out :
You take her to a movie (+2)
You take her to a movie she likes (+4)
You take her to a movie you hate (anything with Barbara Streisand) (+6)
You take her to a movie you like (-2)
It's called DeathCop3 (-3)
Which features cyborgs having sex (-9)
You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans (-15)
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Your Physique :
You develop a noticeable potbelly (-15)
You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it (+10)
You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to loose jeans
and baggy Hawaiian shirts (-30)
You say "I don't give a damn because you have one too" (-800)
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The Big Question :
She asks, "Do I look fat?" (-5)
(Sensitive questions always start with a deficit)
You hesitate in responding (-10)
You reply, "Where?" (-35)
You reply "Just more to love, honey". (-50)
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Communication:
When she wants to talk about a problem, you listen,
displaying what looks like a concerned expression (0)
When she wants to talk, you listen, for over 30 minutes (+5)
You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV (+10)
She realizes this is because you've fallen asleep (-20)
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more :
When mingling, you hold your mate's hand and gaze at her lovingly. (+1)
When mingling, you introduce her as "the ol' ball and chain" and pat her on the rump.. (-5) When your mate points toward a hot-looking woman and asks you if you think she is attractive, you say, "Yes, but nowhere near as attractive as you". (+1)
When your mate points to a woman and asks if you think she's attractive, you say, "Yeah, but don't worry, she's lousy in bed" (-6)
That woman is her sister (-90)
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A night out :
You take her dancing (+5)
You have one drink, and that's it ( 0 )
You have more than a few and perform the tango with a poodle (-2)
You have a lot of drinks, vaguely remember being fingerprinted. (-18)
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Things Of A Disgusting Nature :
You unclog a stopped-up toilet (+6)
You clean up cat, dog or human vomit (+7)
You get rid of a dead rodent.. +8
You remove the collie from the thresher (+12)
You take her mother to see Cats.. (+16)
You leave her at the auditorium...(-500)
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Saturday Afternoon:
You go to the mall together (+3)
You go to the mall, drop her off at the entrance, then park the car.. (+4)
You spend the day shopping for furniture and pretend to like it (+3)
You go to the mall, drop her off at the entrance, then drive to a sports bar.. ( -2)
You spend the day shopping for furniture, and nap on a sectional.. (0)
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You spend the day at a wholesale club, buying in bulk. (+3)
Most of it chips and beer.. (-6)
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You tackle a large household project, such as painting the den. (+15)
Or refinishing the floors.. (+16)
Or rewiring the basement. (+17)
Or adding a second floor (+18)
Or setting up a Nerf Ball hoop over the bathroom wastebasket (-6)
And you're tickled pink about it. (-15)
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You visit her parents (+1)
You visit her parents and actually make conversation.. (+3)
You visit her parents and stare vacantly at the television.. (-3)
and the television is off.. (-6)
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You spend the afternoon watching football in your underwear. (-6)
And you didn't even go to college (-10)
And it's not your underwear (-15)
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You go to a nice, pricey restaurant and hire a guitar player (+3)
You go to a pricey restaurant, hire a guitar player and get up and sing (+4)
And you stink.. (+2)
And you're not half bad. (+5)
You get up and sing a Barry Manilow song, and you're escorted out to much applause. (-2)
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Gifts:
You give her a gift.. ( 0 )
You give her a gift, and it's a small appliance. (-10)
You give her a gift, and it's not a small appliance (+1)
You give her a gift, and it isn't chocolate.. (+2)
You give her a gift that you'll be paying off for months. (+30)
You wait until the last minute and buy her a gift that day.. (-10)
With her credit card. (-30)
And whatever you bought is two sizes too big. (-40)
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Thoughtfulness :
You forget her birthday completely.. (-10)
You forget your anniversary (-20)
You forget to pick her up at the bus station. (-25)
Which is in Newark, New Jersey (-35)
And the pouring rain dissolves her leg cast.. (-50)
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Her Night Out:
You watch the kids while she goes out with her annoying work friends. (+5)
She goes out with her annoying work friends, and she comes home late. (+10)
You wait up. +15
She goes out, comes home late and drunk, and you put her to bed (+20)
She comes home late and drunk, and you gently put her to bed, but not before she pukes in the bathroom. (+25)
Which you clean up (+35)
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A Night At Home:
You watch TV together (0)
You rent a movie.. (+1)
You rent a movie and it's SENSE & SENSIBILITY (+3)
It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you stay awake throughout (+5)
It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you fall asleep. (-1)
It's SENSE & SENSIBILITY and you fall asleep and drool (-2)
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Flowers:
You buy her flowers only when it's expected.. (0)
You buy her flowers as a surprise, just for the hell of it.. (+5)
You give her wildflowers you've actually picked yourself. (+10)
And she contracts Lyme disease (-25)
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Grooming:
You trim your nails.. (+5)
You trim your nails in the living room. (-10)
You trim your nails and flick them at the cat (-15)
You shave on the weekends.. (+2)
You don't shave on the weekends.. (-4)
You don't bathe on the weekends either. (-8)
But then, neither does she. (+8)
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Finances:
You spend a lot of money on something impractical.. (-5)
Something she can't use. (-10)
Such as a motorized model airplane.. (-20)
And your kid needs braces.. (-30)
fact, all four of the kids need braces.(-120)
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Driving:
You lose the directions on a trip (-4)
You lose the direction and end up getting lost.. (-10)
You end up getting lost in a bad part of town (-15)
You get lost in a bad part of town and meet the locals up close and personal.. (-25)
She finds out you lied about having a black belt (-60)
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A positive score by the end of the week may result in you grtting some nookie !
A negative score and you're flying solo pal ! Good Luck !

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Oilers drop one !

Here we go !
ding ding ding !

Jacques pummeled Prust to bloodiness !
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A late goal in the final minute by Joffrey Lupul was not enough as the Calgary Flames defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 at Rexall Place in NHL pre-season action on Saturday night. Alex Tanguay and Mark Giordano scored the Flames' goals as the Oilers' pre-season record falls to 4-1-0. Devon Dubnyk was the first star with 29 saves. The squad played well despite playing only 6 vets compared to 11 for Calgary.

Bodie cranks Ferrence to the ice !

Oilers reduce roster by eight


The Oilers play their 2nd game of a home and home series tonite in Edmonton

Edmonton Oilers Press Release

The Edmonton Oilers have reduced their training camp roster to 37 players with eight transactions today. Six of the eight transactions involved player assignments to American Hockey League affilitates, while one player was returned to his junior team and another was released.

View the list of the remaining players in camp
Kyle Brodziak (C), Liam Reddox (LW) and Tim Sestito (LW) have been assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, while Stephane Goulet (LW) and Brock Radunske (LW) were sent to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Zack Stortini (LW) has been assigned to the Hamilton Bulldogs.Vyacheslav Trukhno (LW) was returned to the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL and J.J. Hunter (RW) was released.

Friday, September 22, 2006

pre-season standings

Here are the standings
as of Friday Sep. 22 '06
for the western teams



Team---------- G.P. --Pts.
1.*
Edmonton---4--- 8
2.*
Chicago---3 ---6
3.*
San Jose---3---4
4.
Calgary---3--- 5
5.
Colorado---2--- 4
6.
Minnesota---2--- 4
7.
Nashville---3--- 4
8.
Columbus---4--- 4
9.Anaheim---3---4

10.Dallas---4--- 4
11.Detroit---3---3

12.Los Angeles---2---2

13.Phoenix---4--- 2
14.
St. Louis---2--- 0
15.Vancouver---3--- 0
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Lucky #4

Horcoff scores game winner
Stortini and Godard play "catch my fist"
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Oilers remain perfect in the pre-season winning in o.t.
Rookie Patrick Thoresen had a goal and an assist and is impressing all as he vies for one of the last forward positions. Patrick leads the team in scoring this pre-season(4 pts.)

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Oilers Vrs. Flames Tonite !

Battle of Alberta

Heres are the lines
GOAL:
Markkanen
Dubnyk
DEFENCE:
Tjarnqvist - Greene
Bergeron - Roy
Hejda - Staios
FORWARDS:
Stortini - Horcoff - Pisani
Trukhno - Stoll - Winchester
Jacques - Pouliot - Thoresen
Almtorp - Schremp - Reddox
Go Oilers Go !

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Hockey writers suck ! except Keith and I !



"There's too much parody in the western conference !..."
Many hockey writers are picking the Oiler's to miss the playoffs this season, all because of a lack of intelligence. Any good Oiler fan knows we've seen some changes (and changes had to be made), but come on... we were the first runner up in game 7 of the Stanley Cup ! Booooo to the writers of "The Hockey News" who picked the Oilers 12th in the west. Boooooo to "Sports Interactive", a leader in the field of sports management games, they pick us 13th. Good greif we lose 1 veteren defenceman to "whiney wife syndrome", and 1 over rated Russian prima donna (Samsonov)... and all the sudden we suck ?
Let me share with you why I believe the Oilers will make the playoffs... and excell in them. The Oilers just became a whole lot younger, and a whole lot faster. Plus they have a whole lot more heart. Grit and determination count for everything when youre making a run for the playoffs!


  • Peca's gone- so what, we've replaced him with Robbie Schremp. Rob is younger more tenacious and wants to make this team. Peca didnt produce til after the trade dead line, don't think you'll see that problem here.
  • Samsonov's gone- so is his wage. The Oilers picked up Petr Sykora and a proven winner (Stanley Cup) with the Devils. Sykora looks like the shizzle playing along side Ales Hemsky.
  • Pronger's gone-a loss indeed. I'm not so sure we have to piss and moan about this. The Oilers just slaughtered the Ducks in this deal (for many years to come). Joffrey Lupul is younger and is a high light goal scorer. He'll play well on any line but looks great with youngster Jarret Stoll. He scored 4 goals in 1 game against the Ave's in the playoffs last year(record). Ladislav Smid ("the other" player in the trade) is a huge prospect defenceman that should crack the line up this year. Should be an elite "D" in only a couple years. There are only more draft picks to come, we win this one, cause Chris only has a couple years left at his high rate of play.
  • 7 other players are gone- there's always turn around every season and that will never change. The guys who are on that list were role players and might be missed, however the farm has a large crop and we will not starve.

  • Conklin - Clb
  • Dvorak - St.L
  • Harvey - ?
  • Laraque - Phx
  • Murray - ?
  • Spacek - Buf
  • Tarnstrom - ?

Check out our new line combinations

  • Smyth/ Horcoff/ Pisani- Fernando was leading playoff goal scorer
  • Torres/ Sykora/ Hemsky- Chemistry is beautiful, Ales will thrive !
  • Moreau/ Stoll/ Lupul- youth and grit...Lupul's "The Bomb"(thats good)
  • Reasoner/ Scremp/ Mikhnov- possible "Calder Trophy" on this line

The Goaltending team of Roloson and Markkanen is solid. Rollies knee is 100 %, and the exp. Jussie recieved in round 4 was great for his confidence. What a tag team champion !

Our defenceman our not the once feared pack of the playoffs but they're not weak either

  • Smith/Staios - solid for any team
  • Tjarnqvist/Greene - Matt became a pillar in cup run
  • Bergeron/Smid - forgive Marc for Rollie accident he's still a hitting stallion
  • Hejda - #7 D has yet to be N.H.L. proven but has the skillz

I said the farm looked good, and i'm not joking. There's alot of high draft picks in there with lots of talent. Names on the call-up sheet you might hear are...

  1. (G) Jeff Deslauriers
  2. (G) Devon Dubnyk
  3. (LW) J.F. Jacques
  4. (C) M.A. Pouliot
  5. (RW) Brad Winchester
  6. (D) Danny Syvret
  7. (D) Matt Roy
  8. (C) Patrick Thoresen

Our management and coaching are 1A. Lowe and Mac T. are brilliant and genious, and proven champions . They wont let us finish 12th or 13th. Billy Moores, Charlie Huddy, Pete Peters, and Craig Simpson aren't slouches either, coaching is not an issue. All this... and there's still room in our salary cap (9 million) for a surprise come March.

The greatest reason we will make the playoffs is the fans. You and me... and Oiler pride. Not to mention the tagteam of Paul Laurios and Joey Moss singing our national anthem. We are not a team to be underestimated, so chew on that for a while right through April and May 2007 !

My 8 teams to make the playoffs in no particular order are

  1. Edmonton
  2. Calgary
  3. Nashville
  4. San Jose
  5. Detroit
  6. Dallas
  7. Anaheim
  8. (dark horse) Columbus or Vancouver

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Oilers improve to 3-0

Deslauriers
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Ales Hemsky and Petr Sykora each had two points and Jeff Deslauriers stopped 24 of 25 shots as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Phoenix Coyotes 3-1 on Tuesday night at Rexall Place.
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Torres

Oilers and Coyotes meet again tonight


Roster for tonight's game for the Edmonton Oilers:

38 Jeff Deslauriers G
1 Devan Dubnyk G
5 Ladislav Smid D
8 Alexei Mikhnov LW
14 Raffi Torres LW
15 Joffrey Lupul RW
18 Ethan Moreau LW
19 Marty Reasoner C
21 Jason Smith D
25 Jan Hejda D
28 Patrick Thoresen RW
45 Toby Petersen C
47 Marc-Andre Bergeron D
60 Sebastien Bisallion D
62 Tim Sestito LW
65 Troy Bodie RW
66 Tyler Spurgeon C
71 Petr Sykora C
77 Tom Gilbert D
83 Ales Hemsky RW

Oilers cage Panthers !

Bertuzzi vrs Markkanen
Ryan Smyth scored an early third-period goal to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Monday night. Tom Gilbert had the other Edmonton marker while Martin Lojek tallied for Florida.

Petterson celebrates !

Monday, September 18, 2006

Game Day


Oilers roster vs Florida
The Edmonton Oilers' 20-man roster for tonight's game against the Florida Panthers:
30 Jussi Markkanen G
35 Dwayne Roloson G
2 Matt Greene D
10 Shawn Horcoff C
22 Kyle Brodziak C
26 Brad Winchester L/RW
29 Daniel Tjarnqvist D
34 Fernando Pisani RW
36 Mathieu Roy D
42 Jonas Almtorp RW
44 Rob Schremp C
46 Zack Stortini LW
47 Marc-Andre Bergeron D
48 Fredrik Petterson RW
52 Brock Radunske LW
67 Mike Duco LW
76 Bryan Young D
77 Tom Gilbert D
78 Marc-Antoine Pouliot C
94 Ryan Smyth LW

Sunday, September 17, 2006

The whopper !

On the way to the lake my son Gabe told us all he was gonna catch a whopper, "okay" we thought !
"The Whopper !"- he reeled it in all the way "by himself", so no confusion !
"Proud Papa"
wouldn't you know it he stuck it BIG ! I'm the proud father of a son who caught a 4.4 pound laker at Morffee Lake.

"Proud Grandpapa"

We park our boat at grandpa's cause we don't have a safe place of our own, and each time we come back we get everyone out to see our catch. Way to go son !