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Hi all, Seems like we are getting a somewhat 'normal' winter this year. Lots of snow and lots of ice with a slow and steady thaw happening. Been out lots, for every species, really nice to have the options of whatever mode of transport takes your fancy, be it sleds, quads, sXside, or just jump in your truck.

With the help from family,they are doing up some T,s . Family is getting the 1st off,s

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Getting there, slowly, my favourite speed. The rear grip and the reel seat have been glued onto the blank (a CTS Affinity Float 13' 3-6)..... The butt cap is finished and will get glued on before the day is over.... And the foregrip with wood insert is now a work in progress....

Apply before the end of the month. My son and I have done this...an experience that will create invaluable skills and memories for a lifetime. http://www.ontario.ca/page/stewardship-youth-ranger-program

Hi all, been fun fishing here. Guided some guys from Iowa for crappie a couple times in the last couple of weeks, they left and came back… lol . Weather held until the last day. So glad I didn’t have to clean any fish this time…

I wanted some more rod holders so I got four but they didn’t have a base. I remembered Misfish saying to try metal supermarket so I ordered there. They cut to the lengths I needed. I got 2 at 1/4”x3” 8” long and I got 4”sq and 3/8” thick to make the hard to find big Jon Downrigger base. They can mount offset so they clear my Bimini when stowed.

Now you just relax a minute young whipper-snapper! Trolling is healing, casting is just "itis" for the joints.

For Everyone,s Interest....Hamilton Bass Masters Swap Meet Next Saturday March 29th 2025 Ancaster Fair Grounds Start at 9.00am Till 2.00 Pm Admission $5.00 Kids under 12 Free l will have a Table There with lots of Stuff

I'll be there for the swap and in the large arena my daughter will be running barrels sometime around noon or so.. its going to be a busy place

I too was a huge fan of Yes, I had at least 5 of their albums, the first one being Close to the Edge. I even had the Rick Wakeman album Six Wives of Henry the Eighth. Lol I never figured I'd be seeing comments here about partying with Sid, I was well acquainted with him too but never went overboard on it. Anyone remember windowpane?

If you are gonna get one get the Garmin…hands down superior to the Humminbird. you are correct in that it is “passive” in its use but valuable nonetheless. Even an expensive LiveScope can’t find fish that aren’t there. If there are fish there, or just a few fish it will show you when they are there and ‘how’ they are. It will show if they are suspended, on the bottom or both. It shows in real time the fish reacting to your bait. I can even tell by the angle and speed of the graph mark which fish is gonna bite and the ones that are window shoppers. I can also tell the species by the speed and movement of the signals. I don’t like to fish without mine, very effective tool to have.

Yammy 90 on my 1875 ProGuide drops to a troll speed of 1.4mph using the RPM limiter. As the hours build on the motor, you will in colder water build carbon up pretty quick using that limiter so run it hard back to launch and burn that out. The Terrova 80 will pull the boat along for a troll at up to about 2.6mph. Cruise speed at 4500rpm is about 27-28mph. Go a big tiller, lots of room to roam.

Took this picture on my way trout fishing mid February, do I need a shelter and a heater? For me A BIG YES. Do I need a fishfinder…no, do I need a power auger? With my arthritis another big yes. Do I need live scope… nah. Do I need a snowmachine and a quad, no…. But I wouldn’t get to 80% of the places I go. Life is short…make it as fun and comfortable as you can is my thinking.

“Honey do list” season is the only time I get any @$&@ done! Lol.

It takes me a while to get summer out of my system and accept the things I cannot change….like winter… a really loooong winter.

Big fan since 1980..... Privileged to have seen them live on a few occasions, damn they was loud!

You're killing it man. I do so love ice fishing but it's not a guaranteed thing down here in south end of the Province.

I use the ice transducer because it is weighted and you can just drop it down the hole without needing a bracket to mount it on to have it at the right angle to work. The bracket works fine, I used one before I had an 'Iceducer' but the unit is more portable and less cumbersome with an ice transducer, so that's why i got a live scope because I missed the inconvenience of lugging an awkward and cumbersome piece of kit around the ice....lol.

Same here, huge Wakeman fan. A few years back, when Yes were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Rick (who seemed a little "over refreshed" from the celebrations) told a joke during his acceptance speech, that's always stuck with me: "Now that I'm an older man I had to go the doctor's for a Prostate exam. So I drop my trousers, bend over, hear the snap of the rubber glove, and it feels like a gerbil is burrowing itself into my backside. The doctor says to me, "Don't be embarrassed, it's not uncommon to get an erection during this part of the exam". I answer, "But doctor, I don't have an erection". The doctor replies, "I know, but I do".

Wow, that's going to take me a thousand of hours on ice to be able to interpret the chart like that. How come you are using an ice fishing transducer instead of using the transducer that come with the kit? What were the reasons you opt the ice fishing transducer?

MLG, 1979, second row red, center ice....and YES.....Purple Mic (or maybe Black Star Blotter?).

Dude...the memories ! Gotta get them back in my rotation. August 1977, Rich Stadium, Purple Microdot..."nuff said ! "Yours is No Disgrace" was the encore, but they finished their set with "Roundabout"...which is still floatin' in my head some 48 years later... Also that day...Bob Seger, J. Geils and Donovan ..

Yep...I was a Junior Ranger 49 years ago. My son 22 yeas ago...it spurred him to get a Masters Degree in Environmental Science. I hope the program's still around for my grandkids in a few years..

Great catch!

This has been going on over 50 years

You wouldn’t believe the fish these guys catch. great picture

Hey there, its been 17 years since this topic was posted. It's also been 17 years since I was born, which is kind of crazy. I've been fishing Ontario for Lake Trout, and this lake is what started that. I saw the talk about the fishing in this lake, and wanted to show the current state of Chandos almost 20 years later. For reference, Here is a lake trout that me and my dad caught there. Kind of crazy how time flies by. Hoping to see some of you are still fishing strong!

Sounds like a great deal

Buy a 4 stroke

He's certainly one happy young man. 😄

Cobourg fish lift tentative date is April 5 at The Mill Restaurant. Students requiring volunteer hours bring your forms. Bring chest waders or rubber boots and a net if you got it. open to all volunteers young and old. Start up time is 8:30am

Lol, a buddy of mine just posted this on FB.

Cute!

A few years ago, my daughter and I started a little project to create a fishing alphabet book. I figured it was a good way for her to learn about fishing, reading and books. I could also use the opportunity to try and convince her that I was a better angler than I actually am. It took about two years of long stretches of procrastination, sprinkled with some focused work, and fishing interruptions to get it done. The original idea was just to create a simple printable book in black and white but as I got more into it, it kept growing with the eventual goal of publishing it on Amazon. I'm really happy with the end result and would love for some people to see it. The book is called "L is for Lunker" and is available on Amazon. I'm also more than happy to send anyone a digital copy of the book. Just send me a pm.

Not at all!!! lol

As most of us sit around in the "transition" time of the year, I get excited for the the adventures I have booked (and random trips) for the 2025 soft water season. I would say right now is when I do 90% of my fish gear buying. Big trips are: 1. June - French river for a week 2. Aug - 10 Mile Loge QC (thanks Iggy) 3. Aug - Round Lake (family vacation) Mix in some trips for lake trout in QC and Big Rideau as well as some local lakes for bass pike ad walleye I plan to fish as much as possible this year. Anyone else doing anything special for the 2025 fishing season? Cheers, BM

I’m going to try to make it to the perch fest. then maybe small lake for lake trout. then Erie for eyes. st Clair for Muskie. GB for salmon and rainbow. Then small lake north for whatever bites. that’s all I have so far. I’ve bought a bunch of gear. Hope to get a second boat too.

I would be careful with this, I think this could be illegal on two counts: 1. Bait It is illegal to (or attempt to) deposit or release into, or within 30 metres of, any waters: live or dead bait or baitfish, including fish eggs, gametes or fish parts 2 Chumming Chumming (baiting an area to attract fish) is allowed for common carp and for attracting other fish species, but only with plant-based baits as defined in general fishing regulations.

Your right an ice angler does not need all that much gear - but it sure can be fun running and gunning, on the Reelpro Ice fishing Sled at 80 mph

I've always run a kicker, keep those hours off the big motor and sip fuel. Salmon/walleyes/muskies/whatever. Kicker probably gets 10 times the amount of hours the big mill does. If you do a lot of trolling, you'd be crazy not to have one.

With the tent, Ion ice auger, sled, pack and gear, maybe forty five pounds. Often, fishing with a buddy, one of us brings a shelter and the other brings an auger. For back-country lakes I take a hand auger. I am going for crappies tomorrow, no shelter, minimal gear but with the Ion, total weight probably 25 pounds. HTH

I have never run a kicker in my life Maybe I should have but never could get my head around the actual need. Save your money for something else, you don't need it. Take that for what it is

The customer was asking for Nickel Silver hardware on this build. I'm going to try and convince him to to go with the Champagne hardware. Thoughts?

By Canada imposing tariffs on goods imported from the US the intention is to make American businesses suffer. For example if we have to pay 25% more for orange juice from Florida, then a lot of Canadians may stop buying it and switch to apple juice produced in Ontario. So these tariffs will hurt US producers/mfgr's and hopefully they will pressure Trump/US gov't to end tariffs on their side, so we will end ours. Hence, the term "trade war".

It doesn't help us Lew, it's just chest puffing rhetorical nonsense from self important fools hoping to buy votes.

Lake Kipawa Quebec - 4 hrs from the GTA walleye, bass, lake trout , northern pike, whitefish,