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Tie on a buckshot and fish for walleye lol. Couldn't get it turned up the hole so had to cut a second one.

With all of the things going on in the world we have found that we needed another set of hands here at OFC. We have asked a long time friend and active member of the board to help out. Misfish or Brian has stepped up to the plate and has accepted the position of Administrator to help us deal with the management and problem solving issues that pop up occasionally. We want everyone to give a warm welcome to Brian and to know he is here to help with any issues that you might have. OFC

Careful everyone.. hes the Codfather now

I finally got out ice fishing on Monday, last year it was a struggle to get enough decent perch for a feed, not a problem this year. I am not going to give you a number but from the time we got there until we left it was one after another, often with both of us pulling up double headers at the same time. There were a few dinks but most of them were 10+" with a few monsters thrown in. I can honestly say it was probably the best day catching I can ever remember. (We both only kept about 20 fish) Conditions out there were pretty good, ice seemed to be 8- 10 " but there seemed to be quite a bit of slush building up by the end of the day. Days like that I am glad i go out with an operator, it's worth the money for me to not have to worry getting stuck, that's work for a young man 😊 Once again, thanks to Tim Hales and his crew for another fantastic day!

If it's mainly Walleye at that time of year, then two places come to mind that fit your criteria.. Mouth of the Spanish R. on the North Channel of Lake Huron...aka Whalesback Channel. Lac Kipiwa...just across the border in Quebec. 90 minutes from North Bay. Both are Walleye factories...as good as a lot of fly-ins. Both have good ramps and a variety of accommodation options.

Thank you Brian for volunteering. It's a necessary but under-appreciated role...and I'm sure the pay is great 😜

Bait! HH

The hunts are crazy expensive...the amount you pay the gov't for a "tag" is astronomical. Though, the guides tell me success is absolutely guaranteed. The concessions we were at do allow some hunting...they are set up like the ZEC system in Quebec. It's a different story in the National Parks.

I have a few buddies who have hunted in Africa (but I forget which country/countries). They did not remark on the hunts being too easy. I am guessing that there are slimmer pickings outside the game preserves, but honestly I have no idea. I think their TAXIDERMY bills were more than the hunt itself! 😲

Yeah...every time I hit the shutter button on my camera, I'd imagine it was a trigger. Though with the amount of game in Botswana, I would think the hunting would almost be too easy to be fun and challenging. The guides do harvest a Kudu (see photo) a couple of times a month...to put on the menu for dinner at camp...and also to make Billtong (like beef jerky) as a snack for the daily "sundowner" cocktail time. Kudu is absolutely by far the best game meat of any kind that I have ever tasted...would love to have a freezer full. Interestingly, the guides in camp and on the game drives do carry a .375 H&H just in case one of the pussies get too frisky. I talked one of them into letting me fire off a round at a tin can (just to make sure it was sighted in...hehe). Jeez...it felt like a stick of dynamite went off on my shoulder. Believe it or not, the most dangerous animal in Africa is the Hippo. They kill more humans every year than all other animals combined. If you get between a Hippo and its trail back to the water, it will just blindly charge you and trample you to death.

Awesome! Lots of the big cats! The hunter in me had the crosshairs on quite a few of those critters. Your camera caught lots of them in perfect poses. Doug

ATTABOY, Brian! Thanks for taking this on. Doug

I hear a Mickey of Screech and a bag of kelp can buy ya outta jail

Everyone is O-Fish-illy now on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION 😀

You're a good lad...tells your mother...!!!

They seemed to have disappeared from those grounds since the salvage yard closed. Starting to weed up.

Smoked whitie, my favourite! Supper tonight was moose tortillas, I think a good swap would be them for some smoked whitefish, we need to get together one of these years! Doug

Yeah, those were the glory days. As a kid in the 60's and 70's, I used to go down to the Bronte pier on a warm April night with my Dad and Uncles. It was a real party atmosphere. Some of the contraptions that folks made to net them...like mini cranes..were real feats of engineering. On the right night, with a half dozen dips of our net we could fill a bushel. We would fill the bathtub with them to clean them with scissors, and then a big fry up in the wee hours of the night. These days, the only place I consistently see them caught in big numbers are the tribs of Lake Superior. Most of creeks and rivers north of the Soo along Hwy 17 still get substantial runs...Harmony, Chippewa, Pancake, Speckled Trout, etc. Our group heads up there for Steelhead the week after the Trout opener down south...so last week of April / first week of May. We usually have no problem getting our fill of Smelt in the evening...a little smaller than the ones we used to get on Lake O years ago...but just as sweet. Some of the local restaurants along 17 even feature them as a special that time of year.

Get back to work on those Loony flies Mr B! lol

Very nice Congrats!!!!

Couldn't be a better choice IMHO

This will kill your fishing time or maybe a private snow machine for your travels. Congrats Mr B.

You two testing me already EH,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, LMAO

If only plant based corn was a thing. 🤣