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Hi all, My buddy and I headed out to break trail to our nearby favourite walleye lake, after an hour of breaking trail and checking ice conditions we got to one of our spots and spent another hour staring down the holes. Once the sun hit the treeline we had a short 20 minute flurry of action, iced 6 walleye but 4 were tiny and went back, I came home with my catch, one just under 18" and one just under 22". Fun afternoon.

So I was in IG on Friday and saw that they had family packs of 5 boneless sirloin chops on sale for $2.49 lb and I couldn't resist that price so I grabbed two packs and also grabbed a dual pack of pork tenderloin to use all the racks. One side of 5 chops got Montreal steak spice and the other 5 got a good dose of curry powder. The other side will get a Mango Chipotle spice and the other will get a Traeger Blackened Sakatchewan rub which I quite like. The tenderloins got a good smearing of mustard and then a good coating of Meathead's Memphis Dust rub that I made. Here's the recipe for anyone interested. https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/spice-rubs-and-pastes/meatheads-memphis-dust-rub-recipe/ Things are looking up.

what do you mean "ice fishing"? are you trying to bush crash into back lakes or just towing a pop up down the lake? IMO Yamaha is by far the best, polaris is 2nd, cat 3rd, skidoo is junk, whatever brand you pick stay away from high performance models, go for entry level, simple, basic, low performance stuff

Been looking for a sled mainly for ice fishing. Seems like a lot of older sleds for sale, lots of early 2000's with most having a fair number of miles on them. Is there a cut off for miles on certain sleds? Seems Yamahas have way more mile than most.

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Working on a new minnow bait. 1.5" long

Is this a mistype Joe ? I made up some stuffed shells with ricotta,fresh fried spinach,parma,fresh garlic,salt pepper and mozzarella. Topped with some marinara and mozzarella cheese.

From a very reliable source, parts are hard to get even for newer sleds of any brand, the cost of tracks has virtually doubled, other parts are almost impossible to get. Guys that have been ordering tracks from last spring to summer are still waiting. The shop he works in has requests from all across the country. when you go to buy, make sure it's not a basket case that needs a lot of work.

Always a spot on the sled if you’re up this way.

Thx for sharing Simon and enjoy your fish fry. Some of my best eye memories are from the sometimes unbelievable dusk bites back in the day on Scugog. Double digit numbers of eyes per person happened often enough during those 30-45 minute feeding frenzies.

Damn, I want to move North

Beauty day and pics and a nice bounty

Awesome, Im looking at open water in the Kawarthas after the rain yesterday. 9" of ice will be a long way off for us/.

I buy lots of lures off small lure makers on Instagram . I think you would do well on there.

We lost power about 4:30 yesterday afternoon, hooked up my little 2KW generator, turned my phone into a hotspot, fired up the propane fireplace and enjoyed the evening with a good movie and dinner😊.

Not the bearcat?

So many old yamadoos running they just don’t die. Stay the hell away from Polaris and don’t even bother looking at Arctic crap

Some trees down ,part of my wood fence is down and a piece of siding is flapping but I can’t stay on a ladder long enough to fix it fun wow

7-10 hours from Niagara. Drive to. You look at options from Baskatong up to La Verendrye Wildlife Reserve? It'd very likely tick off the four species you've listed and there are plenty operators.

Lakeline Lodge and Marina, Athens, ON One cottage still available Awesome beach, I can see 20 feet deep super clear water, water depths to 300 feet Probably a 4 hour drive from Niagara No walleye Only week available is August 20 - 27 Within your budget My avatar shows the average Smallmouth. I will be there the week of August 20th - 27th. https://lakelinelodge.com/mainland-cottage-5

Check out Gow-Bush-Kon Lodge in Gowganda . Reasonable rates , comfortable and clean cabins. great fishing Walleye, small mouth, pike, perch and Trout.

It's on the list! Don't think 2022 tho

Go see Pat up at lake of the woods. Its an awesome trip! I've been 3 times and can't wait to go back! I even went in the winter, and it was also amazing! Long drive, or a short flight to Tbay then a few hours drive. Lake of the Woods Lodge S.

Brian, I've been on a roll for the past few months using a "Sous Vide" as much as possible! I bought a bunch of Blade roasts when they were on sale. I got them for under $24.00. Two are resting in the freezer and one I cooked in my Sous Vide for 30 hours at 133F. Along with the meat, I also added... fresh thyme and a dry rub. Into the vacuum pack and into the water bath for as I said 30 hours. The roast came out perfectly med rare. A quick trip out to the BBQ set on sear for 5 minutes to brown it up and it was glorious. Cut thin against the grain and you could cut it with your fork! Tonight, I am putting jerk wings in it for 2 hours at 155F, then into the convection oven to brown. Because the Sous Vide "cooks" the meat in it's own juices, there is no need to marinate any more, the cooking process flavours the meat. I also have a full beef brisket in the freezer. That will take about 40-50 hours in the Sous Vide at 155F. Once cooked, it will go into the fridge for 3 hours, then onto the BBQ for browning! As far as which machine to buy, there are basically two kinds to consider. The lower priced units are virtually the same as the higher priced units with the only real difference being blue tooth connected to your phone for remote monitoring. Typically they can be had had for under a hundred bucks, without the blue tooth option. I know that CTC has them on sale right now for around $80.00. (If you are an Air Miles person, they are currently available at a reduced cost, thats where I got mine) HH

Hearst Air has great lakes in your price range.

we did a boat in trip to wenebegon lake with 5 mile lake lodge near chapleau . walleye, pike, and perch. would go there again

Got out for the second time this season, got one really small fish yesterday and froze my @$$ off in the process but this morning was warmer and got around 10 in a couple hours, good to get out, 9” of ice….. 👍

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Hey there In your targeted areas I have been to Lady Evelyn twice and enjoyed the trip. I did American plan and housekeeping. Happy to provide more details but overall Lady E was great. Not to far, felt remote and fishing was good. Reports on my blog here https://www.northernjacks.com/post/things-that-go-bang-in-the-night We also went to Brennan Harbour one year which is in Spanish Ontario. It was American plan but I believe the offer different packages including housekeeping. We enjoyed our trip, fishing was good and it’s relatively close the to GTA Report here https://www.northernjacks.com/post/fat-bottom-bouncers-make-the-fishing-world-go-round We also did 2 fly ins w White River air as well which would be close to your distance preferred. Two reports on my blog as well depending on time of year you plan on going and the lake you may get that close to your budget Cheers and best of luck Andrew

Have never done anything even remotely close to these experiences...hope you find a good one!

Wrapped the front of the shank with 8 wraps of .020 lead free wire to get a balance .

So far our group has not had a bad experience on our trips - whether they be drive to, boat in, paddle in or fly in But we have yet to return to the same lake - I wanted to dig into that a bit Here are my observations https://www.northernjacks.com/post/the-thrill-of-new-experiences Cheers Andrew

I'm on Clear Lake just south of Stoney and the lake froze up right across a week ago then the big blow came in yesterday and now the ice is totally gone again.