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I would like to thank everyone for the suggestions and fishing spots. On August 24, my fishing partner John and drove up to Haileybury Beach Motel. The travel time from Scarborough including stops took about 7 hours. I would not recommend this motel. The bathroom had mould and the floor under the bed looked like it had never been cleaned in months My dog came out coated in dust from going under there. The next morning we had breakfast and headed over to Mowat Landing to launch the boat. The launch there was very good but the parking area above was very crowded. We got the boat launched and headed over to the dam where there the dock was located. We then waited for the trailer to take us over the dam. It took about 5 minutes to get us from the dam to the Lake. If you have rods in vertical rod holders, take them down in advance as some of the rods found the tree branches and luckily none got broken! The fee for the trailer service was $40 (cash only) and was payable on the way out. The owner, Mike, of Red Pine Lodge met us at the top of the dam and guided us to the lodge where we stayed in the cabin known as the "Waterfront Condo". The cabin was extremely clean and had everything in it that was described on the website. Mike then gave us a detailed coloured map with fishing spots and areas to avoid (rocks, shoals and shallow areas). Mike also came to our cabin each day to give us a heads up on the fishing and checked on whether or not we needed any bait. The fishing for the first 3 days was excellent. We caught pike, walleye and smallmouth bass. We enjoyed a couple of walleye dinners in our cabin. On the fourth day, we had a major storm and stayed in the cabin. The fishing was tough for the next few days and we caught a few walleyes and smallmouth. The majority of the walleyes we caught were eaters. We did not get any in the slot. Just a note, the MNR are on this lake and decided to check my boat. They have a camp on the lake. I was about 10 feet away from docking using my Minn Kota and they came in at extreme speed almost raming my boat. The lodge was not happy with them as the waves moved all of their boats and they had to retie some of them. The MNR did a thorough check for safety equipment including checking my flashlight and confirming I had a usable fire extinguisher on board. Other than almost ramming my boat, they were decent guys. I just do not understand why could not have let me dock and then check the boat. What worked on this lake was live bait (worms and minnows) on orange, green, pink and white jigs. We did not have much success with trolling lures. Most of the fishing spots are within a mile of the lodge. We would see boats from the other lodges come up to some of the jigging spots in the area around Red Pine. The owner, Mike, noted that the fishing there was best in the spring. Overall, we had a great trip. I would highly recommend Red Pine Lodge. My fishing partner and I will be coming back next year.

Thank fully it appears our cooler weather is coming sooner. It's 2:00 pm at the time of this picture, It has clouded over and and a nice cool breeze and about 9-10 degrees cooler. Doesn't sound like much but it sure makes a difference. It's finally bearable. A little better picture of the tomato plants with a Nikon rather than the Canon, a little closer up to so there are a couple missing. A few pictures of some of last years crop. The plants will grow to be 9ft tall and I get fruits up to 3.5lbs a piece. Low in acid, very few seeds and very big tomato flavor.

Here's one Fisherman. I took this at 0ne pm, Mountain time just a while ago, almost 33 in the shade and hottest part of the day is yet to come. I honestly can't remember a day when it has been below 30. Some days as high as 36. Set an all time high on Friday, can't remember what is was though LOL, just another scorcher to me. As my luck would have it the air conditioner packed it in a few weeks ago. Probably from working over time Haha. $7000:00 for a new one so that isn't about to happen. Thank God it's going to cool down this week beginning tomorrow with some desperately needed rain with a high of 12 later in the week. Can't wait. A very poor picture with a very expensive camera that is acting up, again, of what few tomato plants I started this year. Of course as tomatoes do, they've been loving the heat. They are facing south so they get a lot of heat from the sun reflecting off the fence boards as well.

Good thing it's going to warm up, my cherry tomatoes are still in blossom and making new ones.

Progress is slow but I'm still advancing. This seamless all cork design handle is almost ready for installment onto the blank. I just need to mortise out the reel seat to accommodate the reel foot.

Holy $#@#....i laughed because I have no idea why I know what a Sopwith Camel is.

First question, what is the boat rated for. No point in putting a saturn 5 rocket on a Sopwith Camel.