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Took this picture from my front porch this morning as the sun rose above Clear Lake.

It’s sad to see the damage that Russian and Chinese social media misinformation campaigns have ravaged on the populous, alas, here we are with our own people halting our economy, dying preventable deaths by refusing treatment due to a misinformation campaign, fighting one another, attempting to coupe our own elected leader, some people saying “you need to be on this side or that side” Civil war isn’t a good thing no matter what “side” you fall on. Those that really don’t have our interests in mind are smiling right now. I guess nearly three years of this is enough to drive some people to or over the edge, it’s not surprising but it’s sad to watch. The world will never be the same…I think I speak for all of us when I say that we really just all need the opportunity to go fishing and drink a few beers with our buddies and family without any consideration for anything except what we feel like catching and drinking that particular day, just like we did back in the day.

Chris I get it that you're pretty wound up here lately, and if I still had young kids I'd likely agree a lot with you. But listen man, your thread got locked up fast, you should realize that there is a low tolerance level here for threads going sideways and anything political. So please don't bring that crap to Bunks thread, hijacking it makes no sense and is totally inconsiderate and disrespectful to Drew. Hopefully mods just remove your posts, no need to lock it.

Thought this was a site to discuss fishing and tackle and boats and stuff? Could be a nice break from vaccines and climate change and a bunch of other stuff people don’t agree on. I doubt anybody ever changed their mind about anything because some guy on a fishing site told them otherwise lol!

I recall about 20 years ago... walleye opener on BOQ... we started at 3am. Had some decent electronics, a nice outboard with a kicker. By 7am, still zero bites. Came around a corner, and an old man was in a wide-body canoe with oars... no motor. He was wrapped in a sleeping bag, he would give the oar a pull, then tap-tap on his rod, and repeat the other side oar, zig-zagging. As we drifted nearer him, we asked how he was doing. "Got 5 so far" 😆 For ice fishing, I would not be without my Vexilar (or other flasher brand). It changes a 1 fish day into 12 fish day... especially when fishing clear water. A GPS is huge for me... as is the track on the water, as it allows me to maintain same depth. For most other... the electronics is not as necessary. Moving from monochrome to colour on my FF made a big difference, I can now differentiate between a soft fish and hard bottom, could not with grayscale. I have StructureScan on my boat, it is just a neat toy, but I seldom use it.

Fishing and travel is what this is about. Balancing a life in the north and south, pointing a moral compass, maintaining some sanity, and fighting the clock while experiencing all that’s possible. This past year I visited Nunavut’s highest north, most east and furthest west communities for work, essentially and finally leaving my footprints in all four corners of the Arctic Territory. Outside of that accomplishment, there has been fishing, and the past four seasons witnessed so many personal best catches for family and friends and days on the water, that so much can just never be forgotten. My fish, many other's fish like personal bests for Leah, Bren and friends, and so much of the best I could get of the scenery, please enjoy this one… LINK ON IN HERE TO........ BIG FISH, BIGGER WONDERS. BIG FISH, BIGGER WONDERS. Best to all in 2022.

Way to go bud

The B will in the future will “bake and tie” bug brownies by the dozen.

Nice fish, buddy! Looking a bit grey on top, and what's that, a BEARD!!!!! 😁 Doug

Haven't heard that one for a few years now hahaha

Lew waits for the sun to come up! We call Lew O’clock.

Dan I had to join years ago while working on a family tree and needed to find people. I very rarely post, I do read them . . . I’ve reconnected with people i had not spoken to in years, some abroad . . . the Vintage site is great for browsing.. . https://www.facebook.com/groups/1579752435674910/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=3052109635105842

My fish hut is/can be legally towed down the highway as a trailer. Crank-down axles to put the frame on this ice for fishing. I don't have a picture, but I wired all the external lights (For Hwy use) to the onboard 12-volt system with a 4way flasher unit. Installed this to keep me visible at night, when I heard any form of a vehicle approaching. After reading this thread maybe I was giving out the wrong message? 🛑 LOL Dan..

https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/02/14/hudson-mayor-resigns-after-saying-ice-fishing-could-lead-prostitution/

I hope that anyone with a hut on the ice in that lake installs a red light on their hut just to taunt him.

I meant when I get to my ice fishing area. LOL

my pre tournament fishing involves a heck of a lot of time staring at navionics web app on my work computer monitor. its so fast and nice to look at the maps on a big old screen.

That sucks sorry to hear that. I lost my dream job at the beginning of the pandemic due to restrictions. Luckily I found something else but it still hurt. Ive lost what I thought this country was all about which is the freedom to make your own choices and travel and work without worrying that the government wont step in and take everything away from you if you didn't obey. Put it this way, pre March 2020 I was a staunch Liberal Trudeau voter(and I know we had our disagreements in the past because I was so left Chris lol). Now Im embarrassed that I thought that way.

I have to wonder how folks would feel if that crap show going on in Ottawa was happening in THEIR backyard... HH

we have not had the martial law act since the 80s. The measures brought in today are much different (I wonder if those same people who showed up in Ottawa to try to change Americn law also go to C Tire to return Walmart stuff?)

Despite the rules in place, some of just can't seem to be able to comprehend that this is not the place for your political views... HH

that's the best references you can get

Might as well lock this one up now. The prev one on this subject went down in flames fast

I don’t know why but every time I see the title “ice brownie “ I think the story is going to be about something else

Hey guys, Got out with an outfitter for a couple days on the south shore of Nipissing. Fishing was.... beyond slow. Having Panoptix and really seeing how fish are reacting, I don't know if I marked more than 2 walleye the entire 2 days. Lots of Cisco's around though. But that is fishing I guess. Anyway we moved out of our bungalow for a while to a day hut in a little deeper water and hooked up with this guy. My face says it all. Luckily there was a measuring tape on the wall. 31" and what i'd have to assume is over 10lbs. Not a lot of fish were caught but a memory of a lifetime for me and my Dad. Cheers BM11

IMO the main purpose of a FF on ice is to keep the fisherman entertained. That way he stays longer and catches more fish.😁, It puzzles me when my buds put their FF Xducer in the hole before they put a line in. It doesn't matter to me if I am marking fish or not for the first little while.

Almost any protest some punks show up just to cause problems and in most cases they have nothing to do with the actual group and from what I saw that seems to be the case here I saw videos of the truck drivers cleaning up messes and stopping punks from causing trouble. the mainstream media has a agenda based on political views and can no longer be trusted

Said the guy that watched it on TV and read the newspapers. I WAS THERE........just because you do not agree with them do not discredit them. I do not agree with 3/4 of what they stand for but seeing what I witnessed and watching what was reported on the news were polar opposites. Just because you want to believe it and feel that it could be true does not make it the truth. These are great stories, unfortunately not facts. Do not believe everything you read The restaurants were open to take out - I know this as a FACT because I ordered take out on Friday night and again on Sat night (once on Rideau Street and Dalhousie and one in the Byward market). I wore a mask in the mall, in stores, at the LCBO and when required and nothing was said to me or my family. This was over the weekend so I do not understand about the daycare thing. I was 1 block away from Rideau Street (Cumberland and Besserer) and slept with the window cracked open a tad because it was hot and the noise died down after 11 - and I was about the closest condo there was to the rally.

It really means nothing that the tech kids didn't catch this day. The soon to be good anglers will figure it out. And 100 ft away that's 3 moves. In perchn 100 ft is the moon. Most of my buddy's take units off boat for there ice fishing so 12 month use tempers the cost.

So educate me about that. I was there and saw the war memorial - nothing defaced nothing damaged. As far as the swastikas.........I was in and out of the entire rally all weekend and never saw a one. I did see 3 conf flags. To put it in perspective there was about 16,000 people there and I saw 3 conf flags. That works out to be 0.00018% of the people at that rally - so you would dismiss something because of that stat?

I can assure everyone here, that having high quality electronics and knowing how to use them well, will 100% catch you more fish. Livescope making this even more eye opening because there are fish I catch that I would have never caught without it, It makes sense, but there is 100% a group of fish “type” that won’t eat if your boat is anywhere near them. That goes for all species. once again with lakers, for whatever reason they were not fond of vertical presentation but would eat jigs ripped by them. If I put the boat near them they won’t eat. bass, fish suspending way way up high in the water column most likely on bait. You can’t put a boat on it, but I’ve thrown top water out over those fish in 25 feet of water and they eat. It’s incredible

Nope......no manipulation of the media whatsoever !! Storming the food shelter for the homeless and demanding food TRUE STORY !! Storming the rideau center refusing to wear masks TRUE STORY !! Honking their horns at all hours of the night without any care whatsoever of parents with babies or young childern trying to sleep TRUE STORY !! Causing traffic choas for ppl trying to get to work or drop their kids off at daycare etc TRUE STORY!! Harrassing downtown residents who are wearing masks TRUE STORY !! Restaurants doing amazing buisness ?????? Are you kidding ??? From who ??? The truckers who refuse to wear a mask = They can't enter !! Most of the restaurants are CLOSED !!

Any rally that has Swastikas flying proudly, loses any support from me. How hard would it have been for organizers to send them packing. This gave a black eye to the protest and any sympathy they might have gotten. don't get me started on what they did at the War Memorial...

I refuse to put on winter tires because: • It’s my car, my choice, my freedom. • The effectiveness of winter tires is not proven, except by studies carried out by the manufacturers (like I’m supposed to trust them). • My neighbor Bob had an accident even after putting on winter tires. • Some drivers are already on their 3rd set of tires, which proves their ineffectiveness. • We do not know what the tires are made of. • The tire manufacturers scare us with winter just to enrich themselves. • In fact, I read on the internet that the tire giants invented snow and spread it at night when you sleep. • If I have winter tires, the government can track me in the snow. Educate yourself, open your eyes, stop being sheep! This year, I say no to winter tires! HH

yep............😉