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Another Great Lake transplant from the south. Hydra Sports 1800cc with a Mariner 150 both 1989 from Fla. Great little fishing boat that will handle more wave than most guests can take:)

Hi, I'm sorta new on here, but not new, if you catch my drift. Any crown lands that have been logged, have never left crown ownership. It's all fair game for anyone to access. Logging companies receive cutting permits and may restrict use during operations, but be sure, it's still crown land

The honest truth is that among today's 50 hp to 75 hp engines there really isn't a bad choice, they're all very close in terms of fuel efficiency and overall reliability. Go to each manufacturer's website and you can read the specifics on each ... there are some minor weight and feature differences that might swing you one way or another. But the biggest difference is most likely going to come down to the dealer you buy it from ... some may offer incentives that the others don't, or be more convenient for service etc. Just for clarity, BRP did not sell Evinrude to Mercury, or to anyone else. Evinrude is discontinued, meaning BRP still owns the name and such but will no longer build the engines.

The entire shoreline from Tecumseh to the Niagara River has both quantity and quality of fish. Pick a launch and go. Use basic knowledge of structure fishing to locate fish. Start shallow and work deep...you'll find them. Once you find fish, it's rinse and repeat; work that depth and follow the contour. You don't need to ask for specific spots. Good luck!

I did not know that you were in the Masonic Lodge!

You are correct - I misread the news article.

My eyes!!! Beautiful looking spot and fish!

Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda.

Chatting with my buddy Colin the other night when the topic of our first "backcountry" canoe trip came up After so many laughs I thought - this is a post that I need to write I am not sure which of us coined the title "The Citiots Take Algonquin Park" but since I wrote it and its my site I am taking credit lol Here is the link https://www.northernjacks.com/post/the-citiots-take-algonquin-park Cheers Andrew

Depended on the year and the engine, I put on a fair number of hours per season. the most I've put on an engine in a season was 185 hrs. and the most that I've put on a single engine over a four years was 650 hrs. I also know most of the people who had purchased my boats & engine and the only one that ever blew up was an Evinrude from 2004!

Not one bit of that installation screams,I AM ITALIAN,,,,,,,,,,,, Where are the lions to guard the doors ? Looks nice Albert.

As Garnet stated the Balsam slot was there prior to the rest of the Kawartha's and is like a reverse slot. Confusing to say the least but streamlining the regs is not a priority for the MNR!

Until my summers got filled up with tournaments, we used to make at least one trip north and did try a bunch of smaller bodies of water. I used to cartop a Coleman Crawdad back in those days and could launch it anywhere I could launch a canoe! We had some good days for numbers but never ever did find anything with giants in it!

My only experience with four strokes is with the Yamaha's that I've had over the years and I truly believe that they are the most reliable outboard available currently. That by far is the most important thing to me. knowing that I'm getting back!

I'm not the Avg fisherman. Balsam walleye where self protected before the slot. The reason they hardly ever went shallower than 12ft and spent most of there time 18ft and over. That's why local cottagers couldn't catch walleye. This is also why Kawratha assessment couldn't get them in there trap nets . I seen there data from early 90's they would trap 2-3 walleyes. Most of there traps sat in 10 ft of water and the net went to shore. 3 of there location where perfect spot just needed to be deeper. Now the extreme large walleye specimen's before slot where much much deeper , so self protecting. I had doz spots where 6-9 lb walleye lived in the 22-26 ft, they are gone died off. We are stuck with this slot. I liked the old Balsam better but can live with the new Balsam. I've even learned to love eating pike.

How about one of these new tillers? 😜

Fisheries Management Plans have more going on than the average person knows. The whole idea is to balance the pressure and keep pressure off fragile ecosystems. Balsam is very fragile so with the slot many meat fishermen hit the Kawarthas and many trophy anglers hit Quinte.

I’m sure that works great. How do you explain the lipstick?? 😂

Gord is a smart man. That lake has a few magnet areas for walleye and thus would be easily fished out with standard slot limits. With the 'reverse' slot limit anglers let many go which are prime breeders. MNR does try new methods to experiment with different ways of managing a fishery. Your son catching two shows it may be working. To not be able to keep the two may simply mean wrong spot or presentation. These days most carry cameras so if a 'trophy of a lifetime' was caught (yeck to eating it anyway) a pic would probably be taken by another person in the boat as being released and should be no issue getting a replica mount done if desired. With Quinte abounding the past years with easily caught monsters a true trophy these days is no longer 9lb but wayyyyy bigger and prob around 12lbs. so very hard to find one anyways. The lake is kept secret by many and anyone going there knows the regs so have to deal with it. Or else hit other places.

Gord Pyzer spoke to this during his recent video podcast with the gents from fishn canada. i specifically asked about why fmz 14 had different regs than the kawarthas with an even stranger “closed” middle slot <16 >22 slot limit for walleye. What Gord explained was that the original concept for the “one over” keeper idea was to allow people who had caught a fish of a lifetime to be able to keep the fish in order to get a mount made. He indicated it was the exact same train of thought as the musky over keeper size. He then explained in hind sight it was in error and that if we truly care about our walleye populations people need to stop targeting over fish for consumption. You will even hear folks up in pointe au baril talking And celebrating about getting an over to keep. He explained that contrary to what some falsely believe, the best breeding fish are the largest. They have the biggest eggs and best genetics and therefore their populations should be protected. Gord also mentioned that there are very very few if any actual healthy self sustaining walleye populations in Ontario. As he indicated “stocking” is a reflection of failure of the fisheries management system. He truly believes that with better regulations the need for stocking walleye could be removed through some common sense approaches. i know my family has now vowed to never keep any over fish again in accordance with Gord’s advice and hopefully some others will follow suit. I’m not certain what it would take for the fishing regulations to change? But perhaps after 15 something + years a revision could be considered? i just know that when it was explained directly from the God himself’s mouth, that was enough to change my mind forever

Perch and smallmouths also love eating gobies.

Just got her today. Brand new 20hp at a decent price tag of $3500 including tax. Looking forward to a nice quiet troll now.

This is my boat. Bought it last year. Had to drive twice to Kapuskasing to get her. i am very happy with it - my wife and daughters love it.

absolutely! Hit a bunch of spots in the Parry Sound area and caught lots of pike and largemouth. Did the same when I lived in Barrie...found all kinds of ponds, some only an acre or two....some had pike stretching to 40 inches! I knew of a pond where I had caught a beaut...then saw the ponds being filled in! Tried my best to catch him again to relocate him to the pond across the street. Actually had him on again but unfortunately lost him...poor bugger didn't know I was trying to help him. Next thing I knew the pond had been filled in...big pikey was just fertilizer now